From September 10 to 15, 1945, representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party held four consecutive formal talks. Although both sides have made some concessions on the National Assembly and the **** issue, there has been no progress on the core army and liberated areas issues.

On September 13, 1945, the "Circular of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Situation of Negotiations with the Kuomintang" wrote: The Kuomintang has no sincerity, the opinions of the two sides are far apart, and the negotiations will be delayed for a while. On specific issues, Chiang said: ** The legal system brooks no disorder, and he does not advocate a multi-party situation similar to that of France. On the important issue of relations between the two parties: Only 12 divisions are allowed for the army, which must be completely obeyed by orders and concentrated in designated areas. With regard to democracy in the liberated areas, it is ambiguous. On the surface, Jiang treated King Mao Zhou very well, which created a spirit of unity in society. In fact, we did not relax our policy of weakening and weakening [annihilating] ourselves on all issues, and took advantage of the fear and opposition of the people of the whole country to civil war, and to use their legitimate position and the support and strengthening of the United States (to ensure the favorable position of the United States vis-à-vis the Soviet Union in the Far East), and to exert strong pressure in an attempt to force me to comply, especially the question of nationalizing the armed forces. Therefore, in terms of the attitude of the talks, we only need to recognize and recognize the unity of his legal system and military orders and decrees, and adopt an attitude of denying all of them to our side.

US Ambassador Hurley, who was tasked with bringing about peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, received an order to return to China to report on his work. Counting from his fingers, he has been in China for more than a year, how much has the contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party been resolved? At the beginning, he patted his chest and assured US President Truman to promote cooperation between the KMT and the Communist Party. Before returning to China, he was desperate to get a written agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Even if it is peace on paper, it is better to give Truman a confession

On September 17, just the day before he was about to return to China, Hurley hosted a banquet for ***** and negotiators from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. During the meeting, Hurley said that in any case, a public announcement should be issued as soon as possible, not only to explain the understanding reached by the two sides on the general issue of peaceful nation-building principles, but also to have a clear decision on the military issue. Listening to what both sides said, Hurley found that the negotiations were still stuck on the issue of the army.

In order to get a peace agreement as soon as possible, Hurley took the initiative to propose to Zhou Enlai the idea of reducing the Kuomintang and Communist forces in proportion. In this regard, the CCP side believes that it is acceptable.

On the 19th, in a new round of negotiations, Zhou Enlai proposed: "Regarding the number of troops, Ambassador Hurley proposed that the ratio of the Central Committee to the Chinese Communist Army be one-fifth, and our side is willing to concede to one-seventh in this ratio, that is, the Central Committee has 262 divisions, and our side should have 43 divisions, which is 5 divisions compared with the plan proposed on September 3. On the issue of liberated areas, Zhou Enlai also proposed that the CCP was willing to retreat from eight regions, including Guangdong, Hainan Island, Zhejiang, and southern Jiangsu, and only stationed in northern regions such as Shandong, Hebei, and Chahar.

Although the CCP made great concessions and Hurley postponed his return to China in order to wait for the results of the peace talks, the Kuomintang remained unmoved. During the talks on the 21st, the Kuomintang representatives only increased the number of divisions allowed for the reorganization of the Chinese communist army from the original 12 divisions to 16 divisions.

In the "conversation record" of the day, you can see such a tense scene. When the Kuomintang representatives rejected the CCP's proposal one by one, Wang Ruofei slapped the table on the spot and said angrily: "Then, the Central Committee has wiped out all our party's troops." ”

In the face of the stalemate, Zhou Enlai pointed out sharply: "Although today's negotiations are based on an equal attitude, the concept of the Kuomintang is arrogant and does not wait for the CCP on an equal footing...... Today, our party has recognized Mr. Chiang's leadership position and the Kuomintang as the largest party in China. As far as Mr. Chiang's status is concerned, only he can be said to lead all parties and factions and lead the whole of China, so Mr. Chiang is not only the president of the Kuomintang, but also the leader of the whole country, but the Kuomintang cannot regard itself as a leader and regard our party as the ruled. ”

Hurley found Chiang Kai-shek that night, and finally forced Chiang to cede the number of CCP troops to 20 divisions. However, Chiang Kai-shek stressed: The Chinese Communists must recognize this number, cannot add more, and cannot mention the matter of proportional to the number of national troops.

Hurley's return trip could not be delayed any longer. He found Mao ** overnight, trying to force the Communist Party to accept Chiang Kai-shek's ultimatum. But no matter how clever he is, angry and corrupt, and even sharp in his words, Mao ** will not give in. The next day, Hurley had to return to the United States with his unfinished mission, never to return.

On September 27, Chiang Kai-shek took Soong Meiling to Xichang for a vacation. On the plane, Chiang Kai-shek saw a report published in Xinhua Daily on the same day that Mao ** answered a question from a Reuters reporter. Mao ** said: "The CCP has 1.2 million members, and the number of people who have gained a democratic life under its leadership is now well over 10,000. These people, in accordance with the principle of voluntariness, have organized an army of more than 1.2 million people and a militia of more than 2.2 million people, who are distributed not only in the provinces of North China and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region in the northwest, but also in the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong. The members of the Communist Party of China are distributed in all provinces of the country

Seeing these words, the anger that had been accumulated in Chiang Kai-shek's heart for many days exploded. Thinking of the suppression of the Communist Party for many years, the Communist army has been suppressing more and more, and now the representative of the Communist Party has negotiated with him at the same table, he wrote angrily in his diary that day: "Such a heinous culprit, especially do not regret it, but instead demand the formation of 1.2 million troops, and divide the areas of the seven provinces and cities north of Longhai Road, all of which are owned by his sphere of influence. ”

Armed with a sharp weapon, the murderous intent suddenly rose. On the second day after Mao ** arrived in Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek dug out the "Handbook for Suppressing Bandits" concocted in the Lushan Officer Training Corps in 1933 and asked He Yingqin to reprint and distribute it. When he arrived in Xichang, he didn't care about playing in the mountains and rivers, and he was bored in the house alone planning an earth-shattering move. On September 29, 1945, when the negotiations were at an impasse, Chiang Kai-shek listed 11 "crimes" of the CCP in his diary, and also wrote down the text of preparing to seize and try Mao.

Chiang Kai-shek was very clear about the consequences of the "buttoning hair", and he first thought of the possible reaction of the United States and the Soviet Union. Since Hurley had used the national personality of the United States to guarantee Mao's personal safety in Chongqing for negotiations, once he detained Mao, the United States would certainly be furious, and the Soviet Union was likely to "use this excuse to forcibly occupy China's northeast and disturb China's Xinjiang." Even so, he still felt that it was worth it.

Tsarist Russia forced me to sign the Mongolian capital and go out independently, I am afraid that Stalin will not succeed, and Tsarist Russia has fought against the United States. Throw this mess to the CCP, and I don't know who will kill the deer in the future。。。。。

It seemed that Chiang Kai-shek was about to break the kettle and was ready to go out to buckle and examine the hair, but he hesitated again the next day. On October 6, Chiang Kai-shek wrote in his diary: "On the question of the Communist Party, we seriously consider it, and we dare not have a little Meng Lang. There is no excuse for internal and external troubles, or there is no trouble again because of this, and in the end, only the destiny of heaven is obeyed

But Chiang Kai-shek understood that it was a terrible thing to try Mao **, and Chiang Kai-shek would definitely think that once he made a desperate bet, then Lou Zike would be stabbed big. He had to take into account the international and domestic reactions. The main thing is that China had just defeated Japan, and Chiang Kai-shek felt that he was at the peak of his career, and he did not believe that Mao ** could succeed. He once said, "I have an army of 8 million, and I can do whatever I want!" "Even if you put Mao ** back, or even give him another "Victory Medal", you will still be able to win if you see him on the battlefield in Japan. In his diary, Chiang Kai-shek wrote conceitedly: "Determined that there is no possibility of his people succeeding, and that it is not enough to hinder the cause of our reunification, let it change, and never jump out of this grasp." ”

In early October, Zhou Enlai proposed to the Kuomintang representatives, "Chairman Mao has been in Chongqing for more than a month, and it is difficult for the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to reach an agreement in the short term on some issues, so we decided to let Chairman Mao return to Yan'an first." "It was difficult to see that the negotiations were fruitful, and the Kuomintang had no choice but to agree.

Before Mao returned to Yan'an, the two sides compiled the records of the previous negotiations into a written document "Minutes of Talks with Representatives of the Chinese Communist Party", known as the "Double Tenth Agreement".

The smell of the negotiation arena was hardly shown in the "Double Tenth Agreement". At the beginning of the "agreement," it was stated that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party "held negotiations in an air of friendship and harmony." While the two sides still have differences on some major issues, they are positive, at least literally.

In the "Agreement", the Chinese Communists made another huge concession on the issue of the number of troops, from the initial requirement of 48 divisions to 24 or at least 20 divisions, almost meeting Chiang Kai-shek's psychological expectations. However, it is not difficult to see that there are still many unresolved issues in the Double Tenth Agreement, and the two sides can only put their respective demands on it

On October 8, Zhang Zhizhong, director of the Political Department of the Central Military Commission of the Kuomintang, held a grand banquet for Mao ** in the auditorium of the Central Military Commission. There were 500 or 600 people from the Kuomintang party, government, military, and cultural circles in Chongqing who were invited.

Zhang Zhizhong and Mao ** both made enthusiastic speeches. Zhang Zhizhong even optimistically said to everyone: "There is already 70 percent hope for the success of the talks, and we believe that there will be ways to gradually bring it closer to the remaining 30 percent and finally reach a satisfactory settlement." The audience applauded. The reception was always filled with a festive atmosphere. After the meeting, Zhang Zhizhong also specially found the famous Li family class in Chongqing to perform a Peking Opera "Heroes".