Bai Chongxi died, and the sheets were torn. Chiang Kai-shek: Remarry a widow.
On December 1, 1966, Bai Chongxi, a member of the Kuomintang who had been at the top of the list of assassinations drawn up by Chiang Kai-shek with Li Zongren, died suddenly in his apartment.
Although he escaped from Chiang Kai-shek's nets many times, he died in the quiet of the morning, and the cause of death became an unsolved mystery.
Bai Chongxi was found naked on the bed in his bedroom, his sheets and pajamas torn to shreds. His bizarre death has sparked speculation about whether it was an elaborate conspiracy by the agents.
However, the complex reasons behind Bai Chongxi's death remain a mystery to this day. In Guangxi, a figure known as "Little Zhuge emerged", Sun Yat-sen once said: "First unify the two Guangxi and then unify the whole country", which fully illustrates the importance of the two Guangxi in the process of national reunification.
Although Sun Yat-sen advocated the Northern Expedition many times, all of them ended in failure, perhaps due to the lack of a reliable base area, which was Liangguang.
The status of the two Guangxi is self-evident, and key figures are of great importance in the great cause of reunification. If Li Zongren is a "key figure" in Guangxi's reunification, then Bai Chongxi is also an "important figure" in the great cause of Guangxi's reunification.
Bai Chongxi was a native of Guilin, Guangxi, and his father was a successful businessman who attached great importance to his children's education. Therefore, Bai Chongxi studied hard in a private school since he was a child, and then entered a new primary school, and finally successfully entered the junior normal school in Guangxi in 1909.
Young Bai Chongxi was studying when the Xinhai Revolution broke out. When the flame of revolution burned in Guangxi Province, he did not hesitate to follow the student army to Hubei, showing a strong willingness to make meritorious contributions.
After the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Army, Bai Chongxi received enlistment training and conducted in-depth study at the Army Preparatory School and the Baoding Military Academy. In the winter of 1916, after graduating from the Baoding Army Military Academy, the highest institution in the military world, he was awarded the rank of sergeant and began his brilliant military career.
Bai Chongxi began his brilliant military career in his hometown of Guangxi. In the process of following the model battalion commander Ma Xiaojun to fight in all directions, Bai Chongxi was promoted from company commander to battalion commander with his heroic and good fighting performance.
However, his goals are much more than that. Four years later, Bai Chongxi seized the opportunity to meet the brigade commander Huang Shaohong in Guangzhou in the name of being injured in a horse fall, and decided to participate in the construction of the Guangzhou Revolution together.
However, Bai Chongxi is well aware that cooperation with Huang Shaohong alone is not enough, and he needs more allies and resources to realize his ambitions.
The military situation faced by Bai Chongxi in Guangxi was very complicated, and the new military strength was not enough to compete with the old Gui lineage. In order to win more support, he successfully met with Mr. Sun Yat-sen through Zhu Peide's connections.
After receiving the support of Sun Yat-sen and the assistance of the Cantonese army, Bai Chongxi successfully dealt with the troops of Feng Baochu and Chen Xianjue, and strengthened his strength. But he knew that the strength at this time was still not enough to compete with the old Gui family.
So, he again sought external assistance and went to Yulin to ask Li Zongren to send troops to help. In accordance with Bai Chongxi's plan of "uniting weak forces to attack a strong enemy and avoiding attacking a strong enemy," Li Zongren united the troops of the Yellow and White armies to capture Nanning.
Li Zongren, Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi formed the triangular alliance of "Dinggui to fight thieves", and the war in Guangxi was finally calmed down. In this great cause of reunification, Bai Chongxi, as a "lubricant" for harmonious coexistence among generals, made great contributions.
In 1926, during the Northern Expedition of the Guangdong Revolution, Bai Chongxi was invited by Chiang Kai-shek to serve as the deputy chief of staff of the Northern Expeditionary Army, fully demonstrating his outstanding military talent. He commanded two divisions and a brigade to pursue and annihilate Sun Chuanfang's military headquarters, totaling more than 15,000 people.
In January of the following year, when the war in Zhejiang was unfavorable, Bai Chongxi was ordered to go to Zhejiang to supervise the war, confusing Meng Zhaoyue's team with the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and forcibly marched at night to smash Meng Zhaoyue's general headquarters, successfully turning the tide of the war.
Bai Chongxi commanded Ruoding on the Jinpu line, and even his teacher Chen Tiaoyuan praised him as the future "Little Zhuge " and became famous. During the Northern Expedition, the relationship between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have entered a "honeymoon period", and Chiang even appointed him as chief of staff, and the two cooperated to create the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, as if they were comrades-in-arms on the same front.
However, what is surprising is that in the later "forcing Jiang to go to the wild" movement, Bai Chongxi became the main driving force.
On April 18, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek set up a separate nationalist ** in Nanjing, forming a confrontation with the Wuhan national** headed by Wang Jingwei. Wang Jingwei was extremely angry at Chiang Kai-shek's action and threatened to launch a military crusade against Chiang Kai-shek.
By June, Tang Shengzhi had received heavy troops and was ordered to attack Nanjing. In order to contend with Tang Shengzhi, Chiang Kai-shek transferred part of his troops from the Xuzhou front to defend. However, it was this transfer that caused a vacancy in the front-line forces in Xuzhou, and Sun Chuanfang took the opportunity to counterattack and recapture Xuzhou.
In this way, the advantage of the Jinpu line, which was previously established by Bai Chongxi to turn the tide, instantly turned into a decline.
At Tang Shengzhi's strong request, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to seek the opinions of Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and others. Although Chiang advocated attacking Wuhan first and then the Northern Expedition, Bai Chongxi was firmly opposed.
Chiang, who was dismissed, tried to threaten Bai Chongxi that if he had to negotiate with Wuhan, he would leave and let someone else go. However, Bai Chongxi was not afraid, and even said frankly: "For the sake of the overall situation, it is good for the commander-in-chief to leave for a while." ”
Chiang Kai-shek left Nanjing alone after a declaration of resignation, burdened with pressure and accusations from all sides. This first overthrow led by Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren not only revealed the contradictions between them and Chiang Kai-shek, but also laid the groundwork for the relationship between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek.
Although the conflict between Nanjing and Wuhan was alleviated after Chiang Kai-shek's resignation, and the Northern Expedition continued to advance, when he returned to Nanjing in January 1928 to report on his duties, the Northern Expedition was nearing its end.
Although on the surface Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek remained calm, in reality there was still a problem between the two. After the end of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek began to take revenge on him.
At the beginning of 1931, Hu Hanmin was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and his supporters left Nanjing one after another and sent telegrams asking Chiang to go down to the field and support Wang Jingwei to establish another Guangzhou**. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek convened a reorganization meeting in Nanjing, planning to reduce the motley forces, but the first target was Bai Chongxi's Fourth Army.
Bai Chongxi was naturally reluctant to become a victim of Chiang, which led to a war between Chiang and Gui. At the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek had the advantage and rebelled against Bai Chongxi's subordinates, causing Bai Chongxi's generals to defect one after another.
Under these circumstances, Bai Chongxi was forced to flee to Vietnam. However, things took a turn for the worse in early 1931.
Bai Chongxi took advantage of the opportunity to jointly propose with Li Zongren to demand that Chiang Kai-shek resign from his post. In the end, an agreement was reached between Nanking and Canton, abolishing the "Canton National**" and Chiang Kai-shek was forced to resign.
This was the second time Bai Chongxi had put pressure on Chiang Kai-shek. Since then, the Guangxi region, where Bai Chongxi is located, has been in a state of semi-independence, insisting on self-defense and autonomy. Even when encircling and suppressing the Red Army, they each had their own plans.
Chiang Kai-shek tried to order Bai Chongxi to pursue the Red Army with all his might, but Bai Chongxi understood the truth that "there are bandits and there are me, and there are no bandits and no self", and only hoped that the Red Army would leave Guangxi as soon as possible.
Although Chiang Kai-shek was extremely dissatisfied with this, he only recorded the matter on Bai Chongxi's head. Although the two had a brief cooperation during the Sino-Japanese War, conflicts were the norm between the two of them.
In the Huaihai Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Bai Chongxi to transfer both Huang Wei's corps and Zhang Gan's corps to the Jinpu line to participate in the battle and rush to Xuzhou's aid. However, in order to preserve his own strength, Bai Chongxi only agreed to transfer Huang Wei's corps and let it go east.
Huang Wei's corps was Chiang Kai-shek's heart, while Zhang Gan's corps was the right-hand man of the Gui family. When Huang Wei's corps was besieged by the People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly asked Bai Chongxi to send Zhang Gan's corps to the rescue again, but Bai Chongxi remained indifferent and unwilling to let his troops take risks.
Even when Chiang Kai-shek resent Song Xilian's team to the east, Bai Chongxi resolutely prevented the team from setting off, and finally missed the opportunity to rescue. This time, Chiang Kai-shek's disappointment with Bai Chongxi reached its peak, and he was unwilling to pretend to live in peace anymore, so he directly scolded Bai Chongxi as "Niang Xipi".
At the end of 1948, when the Chiang dynasty was in turmoil, Bai Chongxi had a heavy army in his hand and telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek again, asking him to stop fighting and negotiate peace, and urging him to go to the wilderness. Under pressure from all sides, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to go into the field for the third time on January 21, 1949.
And Bai Chongxi was deceived into Taiwan, and the cause of death is still a mystery. With the crossing of the Yangtze River by a million heroes, Bai Chongxi's good days are gone. The Gui army was crushed under the fierce offensive of the People's Liberation Army, and Bai Chongxi retreated again and again, fleeing all the way from Guilin to Hainan Island.
Bai Chongxi, who was once majestic and forced Chiang Kai-shek to the palace, no longer exists, and at this time he is in a panic, just hoping to find a place to survive.
Although Li Zongren was his "good brother", Chiang Kai-shek threw an olive branch to him. Chiang Kai-shek not only allocated military expenses to Bai Chongxi, but also promised him a high position, and even personally sent Luo Qi, deputy commander-in-chief of the army, to invite him to Taiwan with a handwritten letter to "discuss major matters" and promised him the post of "premier."
Although Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek have always had contradictions, this position of "premier" is very attractive to Bai Chongxi.
When Bai Chongxi began to waver, Chiang Kai-shek added fuel to the fire and sent his cronies to spread the word, saying that he had lamented that the military could not do without Bai Chongxi. When Bai Chongxi heard this, he became even more determined to go to Taiwan, and at the end of 1949, he flew to Taiwan by special plane.
Bai Chongxi called himself "Little Zhuge ", but he was not wise in going to Taiwan. After arriving in Taiwan, Bai Chongxi was not given the promised position of "executive premier", but was given the fictitious positions of chairman of the religious council and strategic adviser.
After Li Zongren publicly criticized Chiang Kai-shek's "reinstatement", his position deteriorated.
Bai Chongxi's daughter got married in the United States, and he longed to go to the ceremony, but he was unable to leave Taiwan for half a step because of Chiang Kai-shek's obstruction. He was often ostracized by the Kuomintang Council of Leaders, and even the guests entering and leaving the White Mansion were monitored by agents sent by Chiang Kai-shek.
This situation has marginalized him from politics and the military, and the death of his wife, Ma, has made him feel even more lonely. In this case, a peachy scandal about him arises.
In his later years, he felt depressed every day, and with the frustration of officialdom and the death of his wife, he urgently needed someone to comfort his heart. It was under this circumstance that Miss Zhang entered his life.
Miss Zhang, as Bai Chongxi's personal **, because of her careful care and gentle comfort for Bai Chongxi's health, Bai Chongxi's mood has been improved, and the two have developed a lover relationship.
Although Bai Chongxi is already very old, he is unwilling to lose his dignity in front of his lover, so he often sends people to buy "tonics". However, this move gave Chiang Kai-shek's eagle dogs an opportunity.
Under the instructions of many parties, the doctor sold some "special drugs" to Bai Chongxi, which were large and domineering.
After Bai Chongxi took this medicine, he felt much younger, but in fact, this medicine was already slowly consuming his body. Sure enough, on the evening of December 1, 1966, Miss Zhang came to Bai Chongxi's residence as usual, but Bai Chongxi never got up from bed again.
The next morning, when Bai Chongxi's adjutant found him, he had been dead for a long time. According to recollections, Bai Chongxi was lying naked on the bed, her pajamas and sheets were torn to shreds, and there was still half a cup of unfinished "medicinal wine" left on the low table next to her, and Miss Zhang had disappeared without a trace.
At that time, various ** reports said that Bai Chongxi died because he was addicted to women and overindulged.
Although Pai's son insisted that his father died of a family disease disease, this did not change the widespread perception that he died in a political battle. Many speculated that this Miss Zhang might have been a spy sent by Chiang Kai-shek to drain Bai Chongxi's energy.
Chiang Kai-shek was noncommittal about these rumors, and he did not know what he thought of the cause of the death of this old subordinate. It's just that it is said that he has scolded Bai Chongxi more than once in private, thinking that his betrayal behavior and"Remarry a widow"There is no difference.
However, the real cause of Bai Chongxi's death is difficult to determine in various oral stories, but it is a pity that a brave veteran on the battlefield died with such an unbearable image.