Lao Chiang wooed the ten marshals, but they were all rejected
At the first award ceremony in 1955, the Communist Party of China selected ten outstanding marshals, including **, and others, whose heroic deeds and selfless dedication made great contributions to the founding and stability of New China.
These marshals actively participated in the revolution during the Red Army period, and after a series of battles such as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, they finally created peace in the republic with blood and fire.
However, when the news reached Taiwan, there was a dead silence within the KMT. Although the Kuomintang had existed for 51 years, the post of "marshal" was not created in practice or ceremonies, and the highest military rank was only "special general" held by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek: for"Marshal"The word has a soft spot, and he has given it to himself"Generalissimo of China's first army, navy and air force", even when visiting abroad, he will emphasize his status as a marshal.
However, the fact is that the real marshal has already won the recognition and support of the whole country, and his so-called"Generalissimo"but was left out in the cold on an island. When he heard the news, Chiang Kai-shek was silent for a long time, and finally said a sentence that made others feel"Redness"words:"Of these ten people, only ** can be called a marshal, and the other nine can only be called generals. "
This sentence is full of helplessness and sadness. Although Chiang Kai-shek and the ten marshals of the Republic belonged to two camps, they had a lot of intersections during the revolutionary period, and some of them were even once co-opted by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek's most important one of the top ten marshals is **, the two are close in age, and in the early years of the Guangdong Army and the Yunnan Army respectively, and later both served as the commander of local troops, with similar development trajectories.
However, in 1922 he came into contact with Marxism, resolutely and resolutely relinquished all his posts and embarked on a completely different path. **'s road to joining the party was not all smooth sailing, because he was born in an old warlord family, he was wary of Chen Duxiu, the secretary of the ** Bureau at the time, until he went to Europe to study, and he got acquainted with *** before he reluctantly joined the party under the introduction of ***.
In May 1926, ** returned to China to participate in the Northern Expedition, and it was at that time that he first met Chiang Kai-shek.
* He is a clever soldier and a sincere man, but it is a pity that he is not used by me. Until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party entered the second period of cooperation, ** met Chiang Kai-shek again, and at this time he had become the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army.
* Meeting with Chiang Kai-shek with the aim of advancing the Kuomintang-Communist peace talks. According to the agreement, the Eighth Route Army was subordinate to the National Revolutionary Army, and Chiang Kai-shek was to be responsible for providing military pay. However, when ** clearly put forward this request, Chiang Kai-shek did not respond, but took out 100,000 oceans, saying that this was a special consideration for ** personally.
This incident reflects the degree of corruption within the Kuomintang from the side, with a lack of military salaries and a very common bribery.
* Rejected Chiang Kai-shek's request, ending this unpleasant conversation. In his early years, he had seen Chiang Kai-shek's cruelty. In the "Zhenxia Battle" in early February 1929, **'s wife Wu Ruolan**, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to vent his anger, ordered her head to be cut off for public display.
The grievances of these two people are already irreconcilable. And Chiang Kai-shek has always regarded *** as a favorite general. When the representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party discussed the Battle of Xuzhou, ** participated in the meeting as a representative of the Eighth Route Army and was received by Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek asked about ***'s life and family situation with concern, and when ** mentioned family problems with a serious expression, his tone suddenly became cold. He said that his family had been cared for by the Kuomintang, and even his ancestral graves had been dug up by the soldiers, and the fate of his two younger brothers was still unknown.
Chiang Kai-shek was choked by ***'s words, and he took out a check for 50,000 oceans from a drawer and handed it to ***. However, ** did not hesitate to reject this proposal and suggested that Chiang Kai-shek should pay the military expenses of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in full.
After that, ** got up and left, leaving Chiang Kai-shek embarrassed and embarrassed.
*, *, and ** are all important figures who have national enmity and family hatred with Chiang Kai-shek. ** He served as a division commander in the 15th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army and held a prominent position.
After Wang Jingwei set up another portal, ** became the object of competition between Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei. Chiang Kai-shek's conditions for ** were very tempting, including a one-time grant of 5 million ocean military expenses, two villas and the Hanyang Arsenal.
This condition was very attractive at the time, not only in terms of economic gains, but more importantly, in terms of access to the most important resource of the war years, the arsenal.
* Saw through the hypocrisy of the Chiang Kai-shek regime, resolutely refused, and participated in the Nanchang Uprising a few months later. Prior to this, Chiang Kai-shek had sent people to search for Hongjiaguan, the hometown of **, resulting in more than 70 people in the ** family not being spared, including the elderly and children.
What is puzzling is that even during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek met with ** again and still asked about the other party's family situation.
* Responded indifferently: "Thanks to the care of the chairman, I have a family of 70, and now I am the only one left." These powerful words made Chiang Kai-shek's carefully prepared strategy of wooing come to naught.
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek was still trying to win over Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who had followed him to participate in the revolution, and occupied an important position in the early Kuomintang army. It can be said that for a long time, ** was an existence that Chiang Kai-shek could not reach.
After Chiang Kai-shek seized power, he promised to make *** the commander of the new 1st Division of the main force, with a monthly salary of up to 150,000 yuan. However, for Chiang Kai-shek's kind invitation, ** resolutely refused and was unmoved.
**During the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, he dared to take the lead in raising the anti-Chiang banner, and participated in the Nanchang Uprising with Ye Ting and **, this firm position made Chiang Kai-shek hold a grudge, and the two have never crossed paths since.
In the list of the top ten marshals, there are people of age and status below Chiang Kai-shek, who were once students of Chiang Kai-shek or worked under him. But, one way or another, Chiang Kai-shek did not succeed in co-opting them.
In 1925, ** returned from studying in the Soviet Union and served as a political instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, partnering with ***. ** Always dare to uphold justice, and when he sees something incorrect, he will point it out in public, so there was a conflict at the first meeting with Chiang Kai-shek.
At the gate of the Whampoa Military Academy, ** happened to see a group of students entering the campus with a sedan chair, and they were disgusted in their hearts, shouting at the crowd: "This is a new-style school, ** the feudal lord who came?" ”
The feudal lord in the car was none other than Chiang Kai-shek.
Seeing the new instructor of the Political Department, Chiang Kai-shek didn't say much, but just glared at *** fiercely, and regarded him as a thorn in his side from then on. The relationship between the two has always been very tense, and Chiang Kai-shek never hesitated to criticize this disobedient instructor, and every time he had the opportunity, he would accuse him in public that he had a low military level and was unproductive, and he also made the school a miasma.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek even made up a crime and imprisoned ***.
Many years later, Chiang Kai-shek may find it difficult to imagine that the instructor who was once regarded as "unproductive" by himself has become a senior general of the People's Liberation Army, and has challenged his authority as a principal on the battlefield again and again.
Among the top ten marshals who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, ** and ** are also two of them. For these two students, Chiang Kai-shek once intersected. He has a very high evaluation of **, and even praises him as a "war devil".
Once, when Chiang Kai-shek was passing by the tactical class of the Fourth Infantry Section, he heard a lecture on the "Battle of Guizhou", which made him feel very interested, so he sat at the end of the class and began to audit.
After the teacher's presentation, the students were invited to the stage to share their impressions.
Chiang Kai-shek remained calm in the face of the speeches of many students, but when ** began to speak, his eyes suddenly lit up. Unlike other students, he drew a topographical map of Guizhou on the blackboard and analyzed in detail the gains and losses of each step of the war.
His speech surprised Chiang Kai-shek and praised him as a manufacturable material. Immediately after the speech, Chiang Kai-shek invited ** to his office, intending to win him over.
At this moment, Wang Jingwei also came, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard Chiang Kai-shek's "Niang Xipi", and he was very confused.
* and ***, two legends of the Whampoa Military Academy, their life trajectories are very different. **The first meeting with Chiang Kai-shek was blown up by the departure of the other party, and then under the introduction of ***, he joined the revolutionary ranks, and Chiang Kai-shek's many attempts to win over him also ended in failure.
However, **'s performance at the Whampoa Military Academy is very different from **. **Coming from the north, a strong Shanxi dialect looks out of place at the Whampoa Military Academy in the south.
His academic performance has always been average, and he does not show himself on weekdays. Due to accent problems, several conversations he had with Chiang Kai-shek were snubbed by the other party. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek even put him on the list of "unbearable" and never took the slightest care of him.
**'s talent made Chiang Kai-shek begin to re-examine himself, and he once sent people to visit ***'s parents and try to persuade them to let *** take refuge. However, Father Xu understood the righteousness and replied with a smile: "I'm wondering if Principal Jiang locked up my son." ”
* Another of the top ten marshals that Chiang Kai-shek had wanted to woo, his cousin Chen Xiu was Chiang Kai-shek's attendant and was later promoted to lieutenant general during the War of Liberation.
At the time of the signing of the Double Tenth Agreement, Chiang Kai-shek tried to use his influence to win over the main command. However, when he met with his brother Chen Xiu, he did not propose to join the Kuomintang, but persuaded Chen Xiu to defect to the Communist Party.
In September 1948, the Liaoshen Campaign broke out, the People's Liberation Army was like a bamboo, and the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated. In order to prevent the People's Liberation Army from obtaining heavy **, Chiang Kai-shek secretly ordered Chen Xiu to blow up the Shenyang Arsenal three times, but Chen Xiu firmly blocked it.
Chen Xiu led the troops to revolt, successfully protected the factory production line, captured a number of 155mm large-caliber heavy guns, and played an important role in the subsequent battle. Chiang Kai-shek's co-optation failed again.
It can be seen from Chiang Kai-shek's interactions with the ten marshals that there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust. Chiang Kai-shek stood on the opposite side of the people, and even if he had power and wealth, he could not get the support of the people.
Under the trend of history, Chiang Kai-shek was destined to be abandoned by the times.