The time came to one day in 1949, through our continuous efforts, our army finally defeated Lao Chiang, after which Lao Chiang led his remnants to flee to Donggang, and now the Kuomintang's delusion of controlling the interior was completely destroyed.
At that time, the Generals of the Kuomintang knew that their hopes of returning to the interior could be said to be zero, so why did old Chiang Kai-shek quietly return to zhejiang with 1954? Is there any conspiracy by the Kuomintang again? Today, I will lead you to dig out the truth of the matter. So now let's get straight to the point.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > those three battles wiped out most of the Nationalist forces</h1>
At the beginning of 1949, after the Kuomintang had gone through three important battles, most of the Kuomintang's strength had been wiped out by our side by half, so what about those three battles that made our side eliminate half of the Kuomintang's strength? That is, the famous Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, and the Huaihai Campaign, it was after these three battles that the Kuomintang's defeat was already doomed, and the Kuomintang's rule in the interior had been completely destroyed by our side, and finally old Chiang had no choice but to adopt Zhang Qiyun's suggestion.
The | a panoramic view of the Battle of Huaihai
With the pace of our army, Old Chiang Kai-shek made a decisive decision at the moment to make Donggang the residence of the Kuomintang after the Kuomintang retired from the army, who is Zhang Qiyun, and why will Old Jiang Wei follow his advice?
Let's first understand the basic background of Zhang Qiyun. Zhang Qiyun was born on September 29, 1900, died on August 26, 1985, when he did not defect to Lao Jiang, Zhang Qiyun was a Chinese geographer who was a true lover of reading, and because he was a fellow countryman with Lao Jiang, he proposed to Lao Jiang to retreat to Donggang after lao Jiang's failure.
He also analyzed to Chiang The Red Army's ability to fight at sea was flawed, the Red Army's combat effectiveness at sea was inferior to ours, and the Kuomintang's air force at that time was much stronger than that of the Red Army, so he suggested that Old Chiang retreat to Donggang.
Figure | Zhang Qiyun
In fact, Old Chiang had long planned to evacuate, but at that time he did not plan to withdraw the center of the Kuomintang to Donggang, after the three major battles the Kuomintang can retreat in more than one place, such as the southwest, Hainan, can be chosen, the southwest region is divided into Sichuan, from the geographical point of view is a natural danger, can easily resist foreign invasion, can effectively stop the enemy's pace of attack.
After the fall of Guangzhou in October 1949, the Kuomintang immediately moved all the central institutions in it to Chongqing and Chengdu, and after a very strong attack by our side, the Kuomintang could only give up and continue to stay in the interior, so the old Chiang Kai-shek could only use contingency plans, and had no choice but to lead the remnants of the army to defeat and flee in a hurry.
The | the Kuomintang fled
In the process of fleeing, Lao Jiang could only lead them back to Donggang, which was indeed more suitable for retreat than in the southwest, but at that time, Lao Jiang still had the idea that the war situation could be reversed, and it was precisely because Lao Jiang had this idea that Lao Jiang placed the central organ of the Kuomintang in the southwest region.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > life after the defeat of the Kuomintang and its retreat to Donggang</h1>
Of course, this idea of Lao Jiang was quickly destroyed under the strong attack of our army, so Lao Jiang could only retreat to Donggang, which was a relatively independent region at that time, and Donggang had a superior place that could not be compared with the inland at that time. For example, the material of Donggang is extremely rich, and the use of land is also quite high, although the place of Donggang is not particularly large, but in such a climate, whether it is grain or agricultural products, it can basically be said that it meets the needs of the military and the people.
From the perspective of basic equipment, the place of Donggang is even more convenient and faster than that of the inland parts, before which Donggang also had the industrial base left by Japan in that year, so that transportation was more convenient, and Donggang at that time also had great potential in the development of industrial economy.
The figure | the Kuomintang to Donggang
And from a strategic point of view, the edge of the Pacific is the East Port, and the United States is still close to the East Port, so the United States will certainly not let the East Port go unchecked, if there is help from the United States, then the Kuomintang will be very safe at least in terms of defense, from the perspective of social security, the residents of the East Port.
After half a century of Japanese rule, when the Kuomintang returned to Donggang, it received attention and support for the Kuomintang. In this respect, unlike the mainland, the residents of Donggang, who at that time rarely accepted our ideas, made the Kuomintang rule more rapidly.
The Kuomintang in the interior controlled the financial institutions at the beginning of 1949, and at this time continued to transport gold, silver, foreign exchange and materials to Donggang, and the Kuomintang above the interior had really given up at this time that the Kuomintang in Donggang could counterattack the interior, and at this time they were no longer thinking of returning to the interior, and were ready to go to Donggang to hold donggang together with the large Kuomintang troops.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" what did Old Chiang say when > the Kuomintang rushed to Donggang? </h1>
At this time, the Kuomintang had completely failed in the interior, and it had become an indisputable fact that they had rushed to Donggang; when old Chiang's father and son left their hometown, someone once asked him how long he could come back, and Old Chiang was stunned at that time, because he did not know when he would be able to return to his homeland, and after thinking about it, old Chiang could only slowly stretch out five fingers and say: At most five years, after saying that, he would look back at his hometown, turn around and take the boat to Donggang.
Picture | Old Jiang
When Lao Jiang left Zhejiang, there were always two theories: the first was that Old Jiang returned to his hometown in January 1949, until he went to Donggang on April 25, and never returned to his hometown since then. There is also a second theory that Lao Jiang once again set foot on the land of the mainland on April 28, 1950, which was the fourth time he returned to the mainland after leaving the mainland, and this was also the last time that Lao Jiang set foot in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.
According to historical records, old Chiang and may 1950 went to inspect Zhoushan, of course, this is not the old Chiang alone to accompany old Chiang, american General Alan Kirk accompanied to Zhoushan, after the liberation of Nanjing and other places, the Kuomintang has been in Zhoushan.
Old Chiang's final attempt is to protect Dingdai to cover the flank of the East Port, and while protecting the international changes, looking for opportunities to counterattack the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Old Jiang wants Zhoushan is not unreasonable, whether from a military point of view or private feelings to insist on Zhoushan is what Old Chiang must do, from a private point of view, the old home can not go back, but Zhoushan and the hometown are connected, walking into Zhoushan is equivalent to entering the hometown, you can breathe the land of the hometown is a place that can make you feel not far from home.
The picture | Zhoushan in that year
Militarily, Zhoushan's geographical location is very important to protect Zhoushan not only to blockade the interior, but also as an important base for reversing the return to the interior, and the Kuomintang also let the generals from the Whampoa Military Academy near Zhoushan, as well as the sophisticated troops with American equipment, of which there are a total of 5 armies and 16 divisions, not only the air force but also the navy and armored vehicles, a total of 121, and 125,000.
On April 2 of the same year, Lao Jiang held a banquet to invite personnel above the division commander of the Nationalist army to the banquet, and at the same time Lao Jiang also made a speech: reprimanded the officers and asked them to pay close attention to the practice of the generals, and in the course of the practice, they should pay attention to the battle after the landing.
They all thought that the United States would also go with them to carry out a counteroffensive, because they thought that the American generals would go to Zhoushan with lao Jiang in order to plan how to counterattack, and they never thought that lao Jiang would give up Zhoushan, but lao Jiang had the intention of giving up, because at that time Zhoushan was facing hundreds of thousands of elite troops on our side, and at this time Lao Jiang knew that Zhoushan could not be saved.
The picture | the lineup of the year
At that time, our 4 armies and 10 artillerymen, a total of 130,000 people, commanded by our two generals at this time they had reached the front line in eastern Zhejiang, our two generals held a meeting on April 2 related to the Zhoushan operation, and at the same time decided to transfer two additional armies to General Song Shilun for command, planning a collective attack on Zhoushan in late June, after consultation between us and Stalin, the Soviet Union commanded the air force to strengthen the division of various aircraft a total of 119 aircraft and we sent 3500 people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > the Kuomintang completely left the mainland</h1>
From February 26 to March 27, 1950, he had entered Shanghai and Xuzhou to help our side enter the war, and the Kuomintang troops in Zhoushan were 1/3 of the Kuomintang troops, and if these Kuomintang were all swallowed by our side, then for old Chiang Kai-shek he would not be as simple as a pain, if old Chiang Kai-shek lost these Kuomintang old Chiang Kai-shek would not say that he would return to the interior, I am afraid that even the old Chiang Kai-shek would also be lost, and finally the old Chiang Kai-shek thought about it for half a day after weighing the pros and cons, and the old Chiang could only bear to give up his love to our army to Zhoushan. He also gave orders to the Kuomintang to withdraw their troops.
This order was very painful for Old Chiang Kai-shek, and he could not visit his hometown in Zhoushan in the future, and he could not take a step forward in the interior; although he had withdrawn his troops, there were still the inland and the islands in the north and south occupied by the Kuomintang.
The US military has also been taking up momentum for the old Chiang Kai-shek, and the United States has gone so far as to say that the islands in many places, such as Dachen Yijiangshan, are warships built by the United States that will never sink, and through our determination, our side finally scared off the old Chiang Kai-shek and our side also liberated Zhoushan at this time, but the surrounding islands are still ruled by the Kuomintang.
The picture | the battleship of the US army
Time came to the morning of May 1954, lao Jiang and the first lady together on a Kuomintang warship to Taizhou, Zhejiang Dachen Island for inspection, and then in the afternoon of May went to Pingyang Nanji Island for inspection, the american university professor, through the study of old Chiang's diary found that old Chiang wrote about the inspection, old Chiang's probably wrote: "Old Chiang feels that sitting on the car feels charming scenery, the climate is comfortable to make him miss his hometown even more, and he says that he does not want to leave. In this case, Lao Jiang expressed how much he missed his hometown: "On this day, Lao Jiang received the representatives of the United States and planned to go to Jiangshan Island together, but the fog on the sea was too heavy, so they did not go.
On May 9, they went together to observe the airfield built, and after they listened to the report on the defense of Nanji Island together, they inspected the local residences and the residences of the local soldiers and civilians together, and at the end of May, Lao Jiang once again wrote about his memories of his hometown in the 12th volume of his diary.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > old Jiang miss his hometown so much that he regrets what he did before? </h1>
Old Jiang missed his hometown so early and knew that he would do such a thing as betraying the people in the first place. We don't know if Old Jiang will regret what he did in the first place. What Old Jiang is doing now is not to give up his hometown and want to return to his hometown to live, on the other hand, Old Jiang is to find an opportunity to return to the inland, and Old Jiang has been looking for suitable places on the island and surveying the surrounding areas.
Figure | Old Jiang observing the surroundings
Or he could help himself with the counter-offensive through the United States so that he could get some land in the interior so that he could really enter the interior, of course, none of his plans had the support of others. Because the strength of the Kuomintang and our army was already too far apart at that time, not only because our weapons and the distance between the two sides of the strait were too far, at that time our side did not go to liberate Donggang because of the pressure of the US side, geographically speaking, the islands of Dachen were very close to the hinterland, and the loss of Dachen and other islands was only a matter of time.
In the days that followed, our army was considering and brewing, and our army made relevant preparations on January 18, 1955, and the three armed forces of the navy, army, and air force were on standby together in order to liberate Yijiangshan Island, and at the time of the liberation of Yijiangshan Island, this was the first war launched by the three armed forces of our army, navy, and air force, and after our efforts, we finally liberated Yijiangshan Island, and at the same time, Old Chiang Kai-shek knew that the next target of our army's attack was Dachen Island.
The Kuomintang retreated to Dachen Island, and our army was liberated
The representative figure of the United States immediately suggested that Lao Chiang withdraw the Kuomintang troops from Dachen Island as soon as possible in order to reduce the casualties of the Kuomintang troops, and Lao Jiang said in his heart: The United States is too timid, and it only dares to do anything in the shadows, that is, it does not dare to send troops to help, but Old Chiang also knows that this is helpless, so Old Chiang can only accept the proposal, so Old Chiang retreated from Dachen Island, and Old Chiang also named this retreat "King Kong Plan" What is "King Kong Plan?" That is, the Kuomintang withdrew all the Kuomintang troops in the Dachen Island area and had taken away all the residents on Dachen Island.
Figure | The King Kong Project
On February 5, the U.S. military ordered the dispatch of warships to the Air Force to help the Kuomintang retreat, and sent all the residents of Dachen Island to Donggang, and on February 8, the Kuomintang officially began their "King Kong Plan" When our army learned of this news, it immediately contacted the headquarters responsible for liberating Dachen and other related islands.
So at this time, the headquarters of the eastern Zhejiang front received a phone call from The Minister of National Defense, General Manager Peng, who said on the phone: There are too many things involved in this incident, this has involved the international community, and at this time it is no longer a battle between us, so General Manager Peng issued an order for them to retreat.
Even the headquarters of the eastern Zhejiang front had abandoned the plan to attack Dachen and other islands at this time. However, they continued to retreat for about 5 days, from February 8 to February 12, when the residents of Dachen and other places were abducted by the Kuomintang to Donggang, at this time the Kuomintang troops had 25,000 people and more than 18,000 residents who were abducted were all evacuated to Donggang, and by February 24, the Kuomintang troops had repeated the same trick in Nanji Island.
The | arrives at Donggang
After the residents of the island were caught in Donggang, and the materials that the Kuomintang could not take away, they tried to mix and destroy, in short, they did not leave a little thing for our army, so Nanji Island became an empty island like Dachen Island. Even if the Kuomintang retreats, it will find a way to create trouble for our army, and it must also find a way to make the residents in the interior unhappy. This is ridiculous.
It is simply unheard of, the Kuomintang at that time completely deprived those soldiers and civilians of their personal freedom, what is the difference between this and the Qing government in those years, how could such a unit be victorious, the defeat of the Kuomintang is what the people yearn for, just as the so-called people who won the people's hearts won the world, the Kuomintang had already lost the people's hearts at that time, and how could they possibly win? Of course, in this, we can also know how much old Jiang hates our side.
Although Old Chiang kai-shek is obsessed with his hometown, but these are only superficial, and his heart always hopes that he can rule the interior, but his wish is absolutely impossible for our army to let her fulfill her wish, not only will our army not let old Chiang do as he wishes, but also the masses of the people will not agree, after the inspection of Dachen Island, old Chiang has never stepped into the interior for the second half of his life, and we do not know whether old Chiang has regretted these things.
But what we do know is that under the profound influence of the United States on the Kuomintang, the Kuomintang became one of the biggest obstacles to our liberation of the whole interior. This kind of resistance of theirs will certainly not last too long, not only because of our troops, our troops are only one of the reasons, but also because the Kuomintang has completely lost the hearts and minds of the people. The reunification of the interior and the coast has long been the people's aspiration, and this was the common aspiration of the people on both sides of the strait at that time.
Figure | liberate an island
Donggang at that time was because they had not been in contact with our thinking, so they would support the Kuomintang, after coming into contact with the ideas of our army, they were even more expecting our army to liberate Donggang as soon as possible, at that time there were too many people separated from their relatives, and they would never see each other again in their lifetime.
Our army has always been constantly fighting hard and constantly training troops to win victory for our army as soon as possible. Our side constantly trains and studies all kinds of weapons not to encroach on other people's homeland just to protect the people, just to reunite the family members, so that the masses can eat and wear warm every day, so that people on both sides of the strait can meet each other and reunite at any time.