In 1986, a woman in disguise quietly came from Hong Kong to Guangxi Province in Chinese mainland, filming sneakily along the way**. The real identity of this disguised woman is Bai Chongxi's second daughter Bai Xianhui.
However, Bai Xianhui's whereabouts have actually been discovered by the ** police. Just when Bai Xianhui thought that his "purpose" of coming to Chinese mainland had been completed and was about to leave Chinese mainland unconsciously and return to Taiwan, China via Hong Kong, Bai Xianhui, who was at the airport, was stopped by the crew
"You are Ms. Bai Xianhui, the daughter of General Bai Chongxi, welcome to Chinese mainland this time, this time your travel expenses have been all free, this is the meaning of **, I hope you often come to your home to see!" ”Bai Xianhui was surprised by the crew's reaction: Could it be that Chinese mainland had discovered her whereabouts but had not told her for a long time?
So, what is the purpose of Bai Xianhui's coming to the mainland of the motherland? Why did she hide her whereabouts at the time? What is the story between Bai Xianhui and her father Bai Chongxi?
People always say that a daughter is a father's intimate little padded jacket, and Bai Xianhui is no exception. Bai Chongxi had a total of 7 boys and 3 girls in his life, and Bai Xianzhi, the eldest daughter of Bai Chongxi's family, excelled in her studies and left her family very early to study in the United States. As the second daughter of Bai Chongxi's family, Bai Xianhui shouldered the heavy responsibility of taking care of her sister Bai Xianming and her elderly father.
In 1966, 73-year-old Bai Chongxi entered the last days of his life. At the last moment of his life, he called Bai Xianzhi beside him and said that his biggest regret in this life and his greatest wish in life was to be able to return to the mainland of the motherland to see.
In 1893, Bai Chongxi was born in Guangxi Province to a family with strong Muslim religious beliefs. After that, Guangxi became Bai Chongxi's birthplace. During the National Revolution in 1924, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren joined forces to expel the old Gui warlords and establish the new Gui lineThe two men were collectively known as "Li and Bai", and under the rule of Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren, the Xingui warlords became the most powerful local Kuomintang armed force after Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing National**.
However, Bai Chongxi's personal ambitions go far beyond that. In the 30s of the 20th century, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren joined forces to launch the Jiang-Gui War and the Central Plains War. However, Guangxi Province could not compete with most of Chiang Kai-shek's Jiangnan region with the strength of a single province, so Bai Chongxi was quickly defeated. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek further regained his power, greatly weakening Bai Chongxi's local independent power as a warlord of the Gui family.
Although there were many contradictions between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek, the two maintained an astonishing consistency in their anti-people stance. In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coupAs he prepared to massacre the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang left, Bai Chongxi expressed unwavering support for Chiang Kai-shek's actions.
After the full-scale outbreak of the Liberation War in 1946, Bai Chongxi spared no effort to continue to support Chiang Kai-shek in launching the anti-people civil war. After the outbreak of the Northeast War in 1946, Bai Chongxi was once transferred to the Northeast Front and presided over the Northeast War with Du Yuming, which once brought a lot of trouble to the Northeast Field Army.
At the end of the Liberation War in 1949, Bai Chongxi was responsible for blocking the southward Northeast Field Army in the Battle of HengbaoAfter several rounds of fighting, our army did not pick up the slightest advantage in front of Bai Chongxi. This also made Bai Chongxi once evaluated as the most difficult general in the Kuomintang after the founding of New China.
Although Bai Chongxi's military command ability was really first-class among the Kuomintang, Bai Chongxi's strength alone could not reverse the general trend of historical development. Under the pressure of the People's Liberation Army, Bai Chongxi's invincible Gui army was finally defeated. Bai Chongxi, who was forced to the end of his life, had to think carefully about his future life path.
At this time, Bai Chongxi's other life partner: Li Zongren had already made his choice. In Li Zongren's view, he and Bai Chongxi fought with Chiang Kai-shek for the first place as a warlord during the ** period.
If Chiang Kai-shek retreats to Taiwan, he will inevitably further strengthen his power and pull out the thorn in his side, how can he and Bai Chongxi have a good ending and destination at that time? Therefore, Li Zongren decided to take refuge in Hong Kong, and told his partner Bai Chongxi not to go to Taiwan unless absolutely necessary.
However, Bai Chongxi was desperate to believe that Chiang Kai-shek would not do anything to himself, and insisted on choosing to withdraw to Taiwan's treasure island with Chiang Kai-shek. Bai Chongxi's choice made his former friends and partners completely part ways. After the defeat and retreat to Taiwan, Bai Chongxi also completely lost the opportunity to return to the mainland of the motherland.
In 1966, Bai Chongxi died of a heart attack, but there is another theory that Bai Chongxi died of Chiang Kai-shek's **, as for which ending is the truth of history, people still do not know to this day. But what is certain is that returning to the mainland of the motherland and visiting his hometown again is Bai Chongxi's greatest wish in his life.
After Bai Chongxi passed away with regret, his daughter Bai Xianhui never forgot her father's last wish. However, in the 60s and early 80s of the 20th century, the Kuomintang maintained a highly vigilant attitude towards cross-strait exchanges, which made Bai Xianhui unable to realize his dream even though he had a desire to return to the mainland of the motherland.
It was not until 1979 that the thawing of the ice in the strait made Bai Xianhui see the historical opportunity to return to the mainland of the motherland with his father's last wish. On New Year's Day of that year, China's Supreme People's Congress issued a "Letter to Taiwan Compatriots," calling on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to realize the "three direct links between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait" as soon as possible, and encouraging people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to visit their relatives.
At the same time, China's Ministry of National Defense has also issued an order to the PLA on the front line to stop shelling the large and small Kinmen islands, and this is enough to demonstrate China's sincerity in making efforts to promote communication and exchanges between the people on both sides of the strait.
However, in the face of the olive branch thrown out by the mainland of the motherland, the Taiwan authorities still maintain a highly vigilant attitude. In the face of the "three links between the two sides of the strait" proposed by the mainland of the motherland, the stubborn Chiang Ching-kuo authorities immediately put forward the "three noes" strategy to resist.
But,The historical trend of cross-strait reunification is irreversible, and in the face of increasingly frequent contacts and contacts between the people on both sides of the strait, he had no choice but to relax the restrictions on communication and exchanges between the people on both sides of the strait in the late years of Chiang Ching-kuo in Taiwan.
By 1986, Bai Xianhui believed that the historical time was ripe for him to return to the mainland of the motherland with his father's last wish. So she chose to take a flight to Hong Kong first, and then from Hong Kong to Bai Chongxi's hometown: Guangxi Province.
However, considering her father's special status and her own unwillingness to be discovered by the outside world, Bai Xianhui's visit to the mainland was very low-key, and she disguised herself for fear that her every move would be discovered by Chinese mainland.
However, after all, Bai Chongxi was a "war criminal" named and confirmed by our party after the outbreak of the Liberation War in 1946, and Bai Xianhui secretly came to the mainland of the motherlandThe sneaky behavior itself is very suspicious. So, why didn't Chinese mainland stop Bai Xianhui's visit to Chinese mainland at that time?
First of all, there is no doubt that after Chinese mainland issued the "Letter to Taiwan Compatriots" in 1979, calling for the early realization of the three links between the two sides of the strait, it adopted an open and tolerant attitude toward the relatives of any Kuomintang generals who came to Chinese mainland to visit their relatives. Therefore, for Bai Chongxi's family member, Bai Xianhui, the motherland's first place is to adopt a welcoming and open attitude.
Second, the reason why Chinese mainland welcomes Bai Xianhui's arrival is also inextricably linked to Bai Chongxi's historical contributions to the Chinese nation.
Although in the critical historical periods such as Chiang Kai-shek's April 12 counter-revolutionary coup d'état and the outbreak of the Liberation War, Bai Chongxi stood on the position of being anti-people. But,This does not mean that Bai Chongxi has not made progress and contributions to China's revolution and construction, and Bai Chongxi has left a strong mark in history than promoting the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front and the outbreak of the Taierzhuang Campaign.
In 1936, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched a military admonition to Chiang Kai-shek, demanding that Chiang Kai-shek stop the civil war and unite to resist the Japanese, which was for the Xi'an Incident. After the outbreak of the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to accept Zhang Xueliang's request under military pressureAt the same time, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren also responded to the Xi'an Incident, expressing their willingness to obey Chiang Kai-shek's command and dispatch during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
In 1937, Japan launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. During this historical period, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren to command the anti-Japanese war in East China. During the Battle of Xu Beng, Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren worked together to transfer the Japanese army's strategic offensive line from south to north to east to westIt profoundly affected the historical pattern of the Anti-Japanese War in the future. At the same time, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi achieved the greatest victory of 30,000 enemies on the frontal battlefield of China's Anti-Japanese War.
Therefore, looking at the merits and demerits of Bai Chongxi's life, the Republic still adopted a relatively open and tolerant attitude, allowing Bai Xianhui to come to the mainland and revisit his hometown.
What surprised Bai Xianhui was that after she boarded the plane, she learned that her whereabouts had already been known by Chinese mainland, and all food, clothing, housing and transportation were reimbursed by the mainland, which made her feel even more incredibleEven when she came to Chinese mainland and was lucky enough to see the movie "Battle of Taierzhuang" released, it was deliberately arranged.
Bai Xianhui was very touched by the meticulous consideration and care of Bai Xianhui in Chinese mainland, and after returning to Taiwan, she immediately shared what she saw and heard in the mainland of the motherland with the people around her, which further promoted communication and exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
In 1992, Chinese mainland met with the Straits Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) on Taiwan's treasure island, and at the same time, the Wang-Koo talks proceeded smoothly, effectively promoting friendly exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. In the follow-up cross-strait exchanges, Bai Xianhui made indelible contributions to the communication and exchanges between the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
To this day, people still talk about Bai Xianhui's visit to the mainland of the motherland in 1986, and people are even more amazed by Chinese mainland's open and tolerant historical attitude towards Taiwan. Actually,The fundamental reason why the mainland of the motherland has adopted an open and tolerant attitude toward the Taiwan compatriots lies in the kinship between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, where blood is thicker than water.
The people on both sides of the strait themselves are one family, and they have to be separated because of various historical reasons, but the reunification of the two sides of the strait is an irresistible historical trend, and no external force can completely separate the two brothers.
It is foreseeable that as the comprehensive national strength of the motherland becomes stronger and stronger, the day when Taiwan's treasure island will return to the embrace of the motherland is getting closer and closer. On the day of Taiwan's return and the rise of China, the dragon of the East will proudly soar in the sky of the Pacific Ocean, and everyone will remember that in the long river of history, there is a great country called China!