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In the second half of 1944, President Chiang and Roosevelt "fought" several rounds of "big battles" over Stilwell, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater of Operations. The result was an unprecedented 2:0 victory for the former, what is the situation?
In view of the fact that he commanded the Chinese army in India to win in northern Burma, and at the same time the Kuomintang army under Chiang's command was defeated in the Battle of Henan-Xianggui, Stilwell had the idea of replacing Chiang's overall command of the squadron.
He first persuaded Marshall to support him, and then asked the latter to persuade Roosevelt, and then there was a telegram from Roosevelt to President Chiang on July 7, 1944, suggesting that Stilwell be placed under your direct command to command all the central **, and give him all responsibility and authority to command the battle.
Roosevelt also informed Chiang that Stilwell had been promoted to four-star general in order to match his authority and rank. Let Stilwell be under the full command of Chiang**, in fact, it is necessary to set up the Chiang clan and entrust Stilwell with full command of power.
Although Chiang felt humiliated and angry about this, he did not dare to directly "flip the table" and replied to Roosevelt, saying that "in principle, I agree with Stilwell's appointment proposal, but the situation of the squadron is complicated and there must be a period of preparation."
Roosevelt, of course, understood Chiang's delay, and called again on July 15, asking him to "deal with it quickly and hand over command to Shi as soon as possible." Chiang is still vain about this.
On August 10, Roosevelt called Chiang again, urging Chiang to "act immediately on the matter of granting Stilwell full command," and immediately sent his personal representative, Hurley, to China to mediate the relationship between Chiang and Chiang, and on August 23 and September 18, Roosevelt called Chiang one after another, especially on September 18, which was almost equivalent to an ultimatum: "Only by taking action to take action can we preserve the gains of several years of anti-Japanese war and our plan for military aid," and threatened to cut off military aid to Chiang.
Jiang believes that this "is the greatest stain on the rest of his life, and it is also the recent national shame." Two days later, he asked Hurley to tell Roosevelt, "The Chinese people cannot bear Stilwell's insults, which is an obstacle to cooperation." ”
He told Hurley that Roosevelt gave Stilwell full command of the squadron, out of good intentions, which was beneficial to China's War of Resistance, but "the command of the army is a matter of national survival and death, and cannot be handled with caution," and resolutely demanded that Roosevelt send another person to replace Stilwell as the former commander-in-chief of the Sino-US coalition forces and chief of staff of the Chinese theater.
Chiang also told Roosevelt through various channels that if he was forced to hand over command, he would "restore the posture of independent resistance." He was determined to refuse to hand over command and sweep Stilwell out of the house.
Roosevelt probed Chiang's bottom line and no longer insisted on taking full command. This was the 1:0 of the first leg, and Chiang's small victory.
But in a telegram of October 6, Roosevelt made a slight concession and demanded that Stilwell be given command of the Chinese forces in Burma and the Chinese expeditionary force in Yunnan.
Chiang refused again, saying that not only would he not give Stilwell any more command, but also strongly demanded that he be transferred, even at the cost of severing U.S. aid and severing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Roosevelt's personal representative, Hurley, was the first to waver, persuaded by Chiang. He telegraphed Roosevelt, "If you support Stilwell, you will lose Chiang, and possibly even China."
Roosevelt also counted on the squadron to drag a large number of Japanese troops, and was even more unwilling to lose China, so he finally chose to compromise with Chiang. On October 19, he issued an order for Stilwell to return home, which was the second round of Chiang's confrontation, and Chiang won 2-0.
On the issue of Stilwell, there was actually a third meeting, in August 1945, when Chiang won 3:0. However, this confrontation was no longer against Roosevelt, but Truman.
In June 1945, Stilwell became commander-in-chief of the U.S. Tenth Army, and according to Marshall's order, he planned to lead his troops from the Ryukyus to land in China in August of this year. Shi threatened that once he came to China, he would "overthrow Chiang to avenge his hatred last year."
When Chiang heard this, he refused Stilwell's visit to China, and finally Truman and Marshall withdrew the order, and Stilwell was completely planted in Chiang's hands.
Looking at this series of confrontations surrounding Stilwell, it is not so much that Chiang defeated Roosevelt and Truman to achieve a 3-0 victory, but that Rodoux chose to temporarily compromise Chiang in order to protect American interests to the greatest extent.
In any case, Chiang's response to the Stilwell incident is still desirable, otherwise the squadron will really become a mercenary of the United States, and Luo Dushi will really become Jiang's "emperor".