On December 10, 1949, Guangzhou Airport suddenly received information that Chiang Kai-shek was going to take a plane from Chengdu to Taiwan, passing over Guangzhou on the way.
At that time, Guangzhou Airport had been occupied by the People's Liberation Army, and after learning the news, everyone did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported it to Hong Xuezhi, deputy commander of the 15th Corps.
After hearing this, Hong Xuezhi was also very excited, Chiang Kai-shek is the number one war criminal, this time passing over Guangzhou, he must knock it down, otherwise he will let the tiger return to the mountain!
However, Hong Xuezhi didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he immediately reported it to ***
At that time, ** was the chairman of Guangdong Province and the mayor of Guangzhou City, the commander of the South China Military Region, the acting secretary of the Central and South China Bureau, and the top leader of the entire Central and South China regionOne was to directly knock down Chiang Kai-shek's plane, and the second was to send fighter jets to intercept and make Chiang Kai-shek's plane make a forced landing.
However, **did not express his position, but said that the matter is very important and he needs to ask for instructions**.
After waiting for a while, ** has not replied, the person in charge of the airport said that Chiang Kai-shek's plane will fly over soon, and it will be too late if he doesn't fight, Hong Xuezhi is also very anxious, so he persuaded *** The matter is urgent, you can cut it first!
However, **without consent, saying that without **'s instructions, no one can fight.
As a result, everyone had to watch Chiang Kai-shek's plane fly over, and it was a pity!
So, why is there no reply? In addition to being too anxious for time and too late to discuss, there is actually a very important reason, that is, *** doesn't want to fight.
Why? This brings us to the complicated situation in Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek was defeated in the civil war, and the Americans had long wanted to abandon him, and after the Kuomintang moved to Taiwan, the Americans wanted to support one person again to replace Chiang Kai-shek and turn Taiwan into a colony of the United States as a bridgehead to contain Chinese mainland.
Therefore, if Chiang Kai-shek dies on the mainland, he will fall into the hands of the Americans and can more smoothly turn Taiwan into their colony, which is undoubtedly something that all Chinese do not want to see.
Although Chiang Kai-shek is the number one reactionary, after all, he is still a traditional Chinese and supports the reunification of the motherland, so letting him lead Taiwan is in line with the national interests of the Chinese, and only by leading Taiwan can he withstand the pressure of the Americans.
Later history also proved this point, and Chiang Kai-shek spared no effort in safeguarding the interests of the Chinese nation and ensured that Taiwan never became independent.
In 1959, Taiwan wanted to re-elect "**According to the "Constitution" of China**, Chiang Kai-shek has been in office for two terms"** can no longer be in office, and the Americans also want to change to an "obedient" person, which put Chiang Kai-shek in a crisis.
At this time, ** stood up and supported Chiang Kai-shek to continue to be "**."
On October 1, 1959, during an interview with Czechoslovakia, he publicly stated:"Americans don't like Chiang Kai-shek, they like Chen Cheng and some people who are 100% pro-American. Chiang Kai-shek was 99 percent in favor of the United States, but another 1 percent was not. Under the pressure of the Americans, Chiang Kai-shek originally planned not to do it, but we told him to do it, so to speak, now we are the only ones in the world who support Chiang Kai-shek to continue to do **. ”
**'s statement undoubtedly moved Chiang Kai-shek very much, although the two of them are life and death enemies, but in safeguarding the interests of the Chinese nation, the two of them have the same heart.
Therefore, at the end of 1949, there was no order to shoot down Chiang Kai-shek's plane, which was really a very clever approach, and it once again reflected the farsightedness of the first class.
In addition, ** also played a big role in it, if he hadn't insisted on waiting for **'s reply, Hong Xuezhi would probably have to "cut first and then play".
It can also be seen from this incident that the overall situation and political vision of the first are incomparable to Hong Xuezhi, one is handsome, the other is a general, this is the gap.
As *** commented on Ye Shuai:"Zhuge is only cautious in his life, and Lu Duan is not confused about major matters. ”
References: "Yangcheng Evening News", "Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan", "* Record of Victory over Chiang Kai-shek").