When it comes to Song Meiling, we must be familiar with her, she is undoubtedly a very important female figure in modern Chinese history. In our impression, the image of this woman seems to be a zhishu da li, and it also played a crucial role in the "pillow wind" of the final formation of the Chinese communist united front during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The influence of her marriage to Chiang Kai-shek is also self-evident, but a woman who looks so good has asked the United States to drop an atomic bomb on Chinese mainland? What is the reason for this? What is Chiang Kai-shek's attitude toward this?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >, do you really understand Song Meiling's origin and background? </h1>
Born in Wenchang, Hainan, Song Meiling was a prominent politician and diplomat, and served as the First Lady of the Republic of China for six years. In terms of art, Soong Mei Ling was proficient in piano, chess, books, and paintings, and was also a diplomatic assistant to Chiang Kai-shek. After the death of Soong Mei-ling, Our leaders evaluated Soong Mei-ling as an influential and well-known figure in China's modern and contemporary history, who made great contributions to the Chinese-people's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and to opposing national separatism.
However, why did such a woman, who had made outstanding contributions to our country's War of Resistance, drop an atomic bomb on the mainland? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek led his troops to retreat to the island of Taiwan, and he was naturally unwilling and calculated in his heart a good opportunity to counterattack the mainland. The United States is naturally a crucial part of his plan. As the first lady, Song Meiling also went to the United States several times and expressed her desire to use the power of the United States to drop atomic bombs on the mainland, hoping to exert pressure on the mainland.
Due to the family environment, Song Meiling has not had any friends since she was a child, but has felt the charm of wolf culture and understands that only power is the answer to everything. This idea, which sprouted from an early age, naturally also had a great impact on her subsequent decision-making. Later, Song Meiling went to the United States to study, which also made her very early contact with Western popular culture, thinking ahead of most women at that time. And her marriage to Chiang Kai-shek, even when U.S. General Rossford made Wilkey record his visit to Chongqing, said that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to use soong Mei-ling's maternal power to seek benefits, a political marriage.
Whatever Chiang Kai-shek's initial intentions, after marrying Soong Mei-ling, he did benefit from the strength of the Soong Ching-ling clan and his desired rise to the absolute center of power. Of course, Song Meiling also gained the rights she longed for, and she also completely made her ambitions public, and as the first lady, she strongly involved in the core areas of the country's political diplomacy and so on. Thanks to her good family conditions, her English proficiency in being able to communicate with foreign friends during her study abroad, and her innate temperament determined by her origins have made her feel comfortable in the field of politics and diplomacy. I have to admit that Song Meiling is indeed very successful in the field of diplomacy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > Second, why did Song Meiling's diplomatic attitude suddenly change? </h1>
Until the early 1930s, Song Meiling's diplomatic work was worthy of praise, not only galloping in various diplomatic occasions at home and abroad, but also caring for people's livelihood, donating money to build schools and observing the people's feelings of the people at the bottom. So what are the key factors that change Soong Mei Ling's diplomacy? The Xi'an Incident is the answer. Huaqingchi in 1936, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling probably will not forget. His subordinates Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, after repeated petitions were rejected by Chiang Kai-shek, arrested Chiang Kai-shek at Huaqingchi on December 12.
After this political incident, it undoubtedly caused a sensation in the country, and many people were involved in this political chaos. This incident also became the direct reason why Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek for more than fifty years, and another leader, General Yang Hucheng, was directly killed by the fierce Chiang Kai-shek. In addition, among the people directly affected, Song Meiling is also an important member. The first lady's biggest change after the fact was to start venturing into the military. In order to better arm the Kuomintang army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Song Meiling traveled back and forth around the world to give speeches, and also lived up to expectations and used her outstanding diplomatic skills and means to obtain assistance from many countries, and Song Meiling also gained command of the air force at that time.
Song Meiling, who took office as a new official, was naturally full of vigor, and she hired General Chennault of the United States as an air force adviser and also formed a brand new team called the Flying Tigers. However, in fact, in this reform, it can be seen that Song Meiling has become hostile to the Communist forces.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" >3. What did Soong Mei-ling do to the communist forces? </h1>
At that time, Song Meiling, with the power she had in her hands, played a so-called gimmick to enhance the strength of the air force, hyped it up among the people, and called on the people to donate money for the early arrival of the day of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan and the early arrival of the Chinese nation, which also received a good response. However, Song Meiling, who successfully obtained a huge amount of money, did not use the money on military expenses, but took it for herself, and also arranged a show of the old aircraft refreshing the paint and passing off the new aircraft to comfort the people. Because of Song Meiling's selfish desires, the Kuomintang army paid a heavy price on the battlefield. Chiang Kai-shek also lashed out at Soong Mei-ling for this, a move that not only affected the process of resisting Japan, but also lost the credibility and popular will of the Kuomintang. This move is also enough to expose Song Meiling's ambitions.
The next thing is the most surprising and criticized thing Song Meiling did. When Chiang Kai-shek was defeated one after another in the Liaoshen Campaign, the Pingjin Campaign, and the Battle of Crossing the River in the Liberation War, knowing that the general trend had gone to lead his troops to flee to Taiwan, the husband and wife were both waiting for the day when they would counterattack the mainland. If you want to wait for this day, but with Taiwan's own military strength, I am afraid that it will be a dark day, and at this time, the United States, which has the world's top military strength and nuclear weapons, naturally needs to be the object of appeasement. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek sent Song Meiling, who had excellent diplomatic ability, to the United States to negotiate. However, what Song Meiling said in a speech in the United States made the whole world break out in a cold sweat. She said that the Americans are too cowardly, and they should follow the same tactics against the Chinese mainland as they did with Japan, using nuclear weapons to counterattack the mainland. Not only my country, but also the representative of the United States present here, was shocked by her remarks, and they could not understand this act of bombing their homeland with nuclear weapons.
This remark has been recorded in the public and private historical records of both Taiwan and the United States. At that time, the reporter also specifically asked Mrs. Jiang about this matter: "If the United States bombs China with atomic weapons, how will the Chinese people react?" Mrs. Chiang replied, "The use of atomic weapons by the U.S. military is welcome." Even if Soong requests so, the United States has its own considerations, and they dare not risk using nuclear weapons to trigger World War III and oppose China in the first place. When Chiang Kai-shek learned of Soong Mei-ling's demands, he was also furious and wrote to the United States saying that he would not use nuclear weapons. So what do you think about Song Meiling's behavior?