In 1941, Jiang Weiguo approached his stepfather, Dai Jitao, with "Asian Insider" and asked him about whether he and his father were biological father and son. Mr. Dai suggested that he ask his father, but Mr. Jiang said he was unable to talk about many of the book's contents.
Still, he wanted to confirm the answer to the question.
Dai Jitao took out Chiang Kai-shek's ** and a mirror, gently placed them on both sides of his cheeks, and sighed: "Look at me, how similar do I look like Chiang Kai-shek?" ”
What was the real relationship between Chiang Weiguo and Chiang Kai-shek? If it is not a biological father and son, then who is Jiang Weiguo's biological father? Although Chiang Kai-shek had many confidantes in his life, he only had three children, except for his adopted daughter Jiang Yaoguang, there were only two brothers, Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Weiguo.
However, in these two children, Chiang Kai-shek showed a kind of eccentricity. Like many families, families in ancient times preferred small children to large ones, and this was also reflected in Chiang Kai-shek.
In the process of Chiang Weiguo and Chiang Ching-kuo's upbringing, Chiang Kai-shek was obviously more concerned about Chiang Weiguo.
Born in Japan, Jiang Weiguo returned to Shanghai in 1916 with the help of Junzaburo Yamada. It was not until 1920 that Chiang Kai-shek took him home. When he was a child, Chiang Weiguo often pestered Chiang Kai-shek, asking who his biological mother was, but Chiang Kai-shek was never able to answer.
Maybe it's because he owes Jiang Weiguo a little bit, since he was a child, Chiang Kai-shek has taken him around, and Jiang Weiguo can be seen no matter where he goes to the best social occasions.
For example, during the Canton Rebellion in 1922, Chiang Kai-shek, who was on vacation at home, immediately went out of his house to rescue Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who was forced to hide on the ship Yongfeng.
At the moment when Chiang Kai-shek was about to go out, his son Chiang Weiguo suddenly rushed over and hugged his father's leg tightly. Because Chiang Kai-shek's busy schedule, it was difficult for him to have time to accompany Jiang Weiguo, so this rare companionship made Jiang Weiguo reluctant to leave his father.
Although Chiang Kai-shek loved his two children, he always did not hesitate to push them away in the face of political affairs. Chiang Ching-kuo had several similar experiences as a child.
But looking at the young Jiang Weiguo, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't push him away ruthlessly, just comforted him with a loving tone, and then turned away with tears. Although this is just a common scene in ordinary families, it can also be seen that Chiang Kai-shek has a deep love for Chiang Weiguo.
Originally, Chiang Kai-shek treated the two children with no partiality and gave them the same treatment. However, an incident occurred in 1925 that changed that. That year, Chiang Ching-kuo was expelled from school for participating in demonstrations and had to go to the Soviet Union to study under his father's arrangement.
Surprisingly, during his time in the USSR, he was exposed to advanced ideas, was enthusiastic about the revolution, and even joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. At first, Chiang Kai-shek knew nothing about it, but after the April 12 coup, Chiang Ching-kuo publicly declared: "At one time, Chiang Kai-shek was my father and a member of the revolution.
But now, he's my enemy. ”
Chiang Kai-shek was half angry, and his son not only joined the Communist Party, but also publicly denounced him. Although Chiang Ching-kuo had deeply reflected on himself after returning to China, Chiang Kai-shek had ostensibly forgiven him for his actions.
But in fact, Chiang Kai-shek became more and more partial to his other son, Chiang Weiguo. Compared with Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Wei-kuo was more clever and cute in front of Chiang Kai-shek. But as time went on, this favor faded away.
Chiang Weiguo once thought that the reason for his fall from grace was that he was not born to Chiang Kai-shek, so he found Junzaburo Yamada and learned that he was most likely the child of his father-in-law Dai Jitao and the Japanese woman Shigematsu Kaneko.
However, because Shigematsu Jinzi was Dai Jitao's lover, Dai Jitao never dared to recognize Jiang Weiguo, so he could only ask his good brother Chiang Kai-shek to adopt on his behalf.
Although Chiang Weiguo was not Chiang Kai-shek's biological son, his fall from grace was not due to parent-child relationship. His fall from grace stems from two main reasons, one is his military ability, and the other is his arrogant mentality.
During the War of Liberation, Jiang Weiguo participated in two major battles, but the results were not satisfactory. The first time was in October 1946, when he led armored troops to attack North and Central China.
Although this unit was well-equipped, and the soldiers all used American-made equipment, which was not even inferior to the five ace units of the Kuomintang, Jiang Weiguo was too conceited and despised the PLA.
He had no experience in battle, but his father put him in command of the battle. Under the command of the famous general Shi Zuhuang, although the armored forces won the first battle, they were eventually defeated by the People's Liberation Army and lost Zaozhuang.
Although Chiang Weiguo may not have been Chiang Kai-shek's biological son, his military prowess and arrogant mentality caused him to lose his father's trust and favor.
Shi Zuhuang was forced to leave the team because of calculations, and although the person who replaced him was also a student of the Whampoa Military Academy, he chose to go deep alone out of self-preservation, and was seized by ** and Su Yu and completely annihilated the armored unit within two days.
This made Chiang Kai-shek very angry, and he gave Chiang Wei ** troops and generals, but he still handed over such a result. However, since this was Jiang Weiguo's first battle, the defeat was understandable.
Therefore, he was allowed to continue as commander of the armored forces and hoped that he would make amends for his mistakes with this battle. In the following years, Jiang Weiguo participated in a number of small battles and performed mediocrely.
However, in 1948, he was faced with another major battle, which was the Battle of Huaihai.
After the outbreak of the Huaihai Campaign, Du Yuming quickly organized the army to support the **12th Corps. And in his ranks, Jiang Weiguo and his armored troops were impressively listed. Probably because he was too eager to succeed, Jiang Weiguo impatiently launched a charge as soon as he arrived on the battlefield, wanting to use the mobility advantage of tanks to break through the encirclement of our army.
However, he did not expect that his soldiers could move fast with the help of a steel beast like a tank, but the friendly forces could not keep up with them. Seeing that Jiang Weiguo's troops were gradually breaking away from the main army, Su Yu immediately began to concentrate on bombing.
In the face of our army's grenades and mortars, Jiang Weiguo, who did not have the support of friendly forces, suffered heavy losses, and soon lost the ability to continue fighting, so he could only retreat to the rear. However, after the defeat in the first battle, Jiang Weiguo did not reflect on his own problems, but instead shifted the blame to the main forces, ordering them to go and snatch back the tanks left on the battlefield.
The main forces had no way to argue with it, so they could only bite the bullet and step onto the battlefield. Although in the end the main forces managed to recapture the tanks on the battlefield, they also suffered heavy losses. This incident not only angered Chiang Kai-shek, but also angered all the Kuomintang generals.
Since then, Chiang Weiguo has gradually lost Chiang Kai-shek's trust and has never had the opportunity to set foot on the battlefield again. However, the defeat on the battlefield did not make Jiang Weiguo mature, but instead allowed Jiang Weiguo to enter the path of self-destruction.
He is greedy, although he is not related to Song Meiling, but in terms of greed for money, he is the perfect successor of Song Meiling. Perhaps because he was favored by Chiang Kai-shek since he was a child, although Jiang Weiguo did not become a gentleman, he was completely the temperament of a rich child.
In 1941, when Chiang Kai-shek sent Chiang Weiguo to garrison Tongguan, Chiang Weiguo often took the train to Xi'an to attend high-level balls. When Japan surrendered in 1945, Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Weiguo, got the news early and ordered his soldiers to buy a large amount of food, tobacco and alcohol, and firecrackers for celebrations with military salaries.
It didn't take long for Japan to announce its surrender, and the large amount of goods that Jiang Weiguo had hoarded suddenly became urgently needed, making Jiang Weiguo make a lot of money. After the end of the Liberation War, Chiang Weiguo fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek and continued to serve as commander of the armored department.
But Jiang Weiguo no longer wants to be just an ordinary officer, he wants to do business more. Therefore, he secretly opened a dance hall called "Armored House", using his identity and armored vehicles to attract customers.
Under his management, the "Armored House" has gradually become one of the best social venues in Taipei.
Jiang Weiguo's way of life, though full of wantonness, led him down the wrong path. When Japan surrendered in 1945, he made a fortune by hoarding a large amount of goods.
He found the market chaotic, but instead of working with Chiang Kai-shek to find a solution to inflation, he took the opportunity to accumulate money and purchased a number of luxury villas. Chiang Kai-shek was shocked by this, because he always emphasized his incorruptibility and impartiality.
So he immediately ordered Jiang Weiguo to stop taking advantage of the national disaster to make a fortune. Although Chiang Weiguo obeyed the order, Chiang Kai-shek still had a mustard in his heart. Over time, he gradually abandoned the idea of letting Chiang Weiguo inherit him, stripped him from the political center, and transferred him out of the armored forces in 1963.
Chiang Weiguo tried to recommend Zhao Zhihua as commander of the armored forces, but Chiang Kai-shek refused, fearing that Zhao would become his puppet. Soon, Zhao Zhihua launched a mutiny at the Hsinchu Hukou base, claiming to clear the monarch's side, although it did not cause a big impact, Zhao was also imprisoned.
This incident made Chiang Kai-shek deeply angry with Chiang Weiguo.
Although it was later confirmed that the incident had nothing to do with Chiang Weiguo, Chiang Kai-shek was disappointed in Chiang Weiguo and never gave him the opportunity to be promoted to general. For the next dozen years, whenever Chiang Weiguo sought promotion, Chiang Kai-shek would stop him.
In Chiang Kai-shek's heart, he thought that his unsuccessful son should find an idle job to spend his life in peace rather than being domineering in the army. Until Chiang Kai-shek's death, Chiang Weiguo was never promoted to general.
According to the internal rules of the Kuomintang, soldiers who failed to be promoted to military rank for 14 years were forced to retire. Therefore, after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Chiang Weiguo began to look for ways to maintain his career before he could immerse himself in the grief of his father's death.
Jiang Weiguo asked Soong Meiling for help, hoping to get a higher rank. At a family banquet, Jiang Weiguo showed Song Meiling what he looked like in a military uniform, and said that this was the last time he wore a military uniform.
Song Meiling understood what Jiang Weiguo meant, so she arranged for Jiang Jingguo to give Jiang Weiguo a military promotion. Jiang Weiguo also got the opportunity to continue his career. The reason why Soong Meiling agreed to Chiang Weiguo's request was mainly to protect the position of the Chiang family after Chiang Kai-shek's death.
However, Jiang Weiguo did not change his behavior, and continued to indulge in spending time and drinking, and finally died in 1997. This story tells us that even with the help of superior people, we should not forget our responsibilities and missions.
After reading Jiang Weiguo's estate, Song Meiling was surprised to find that he did not have savings, but was burdened with huge debts. She couldn't help but sigh: "You can't live if you do your own sin." ”
Jiang Weiguo's life is quite legendary, but compared to his father, his ability is obviously insufficient. Perhaps he is better suited to business than politics.