"Father, what do you think we should do?" Chiang Ching-kuo hurriedly ate a few bites of food, came to Chiang Kai-shek's study, sat on the sofa opposite Chiang Kai-shek and asked.

"Tell me what you think," Chiang Kai-shek said with a blank face.

Jiang Jingguo pondered for a moment and said: "Zhou Enlai's New Year's speech, I have carefully studied it, and what he said is good. After the reunification of the country, Taiwan can be used as a special local administrative region with a high degree of autonomy and will not interfere in Taiwan's local affairs. Moreover, the army of [***] will not interfere in Taiwan's local affairs after it is stationed in Taiwan. But I guess it's impossible, it's [***] expediency. In his speech, Zhou said that Taiwan's current social and economic system will remain unchanged, and its way of life will remain unchanged for 50 years. The Taiwan Special Administrative Region protects the right to private property from infringement in accordance with the law. Looking at any country in the world, it will not, and cannot be, allow the existence of two incompatible and opposing systems and ideologies within a single country? It's impossible from a management point of view. As for what he said, letting our people hold the leading positions of the country's political institutions and participate in the management of the country is even more nonsense, at most it is to be a tablet with gold on [***] face, and I am afraid that even a small staff member will not listen to what he says. Chiang Ching-kuo paused here and then said: "They said that I should be the chief executive of the Taiwan Special Administrative Region and lead the affairs of the special administrative region. I once imagined that if that were the case, how could the above guidelines and policies be implemented, and they would not be able to do one thing, implement two sets of documents, and formulate two sets of policies. Doing what you think is inconsistent with the above guidelines and policies. Acting according to what has been said above is not in keeping with the actual situation in Taiwan society, so we can't ask for instructions and report on everything. So I can't do it. ”

Chiang Kai-shek leaned on the Taishi's chair and listened quietly with his eyes closed, hearing that Chiang Ching-kuo was no longer speaking. He slowly opened his eyes and said, "Judging from the conditions that [***] offered, it is already the best condition they can prescribe." You're right, these are a kind of expedient measures for them. He touched his bare forehead with his hand and said: "Politics is, in the final analysis, a question of who holds the power and whose interests it defends. As a representative of a class, there is no doubt that if you lose power, you lose everything. The key issue now is whether we can give up our existing power and interests. Chiang Kai-shek stood up from his chair, his eyes flashing with a light that was very different from his age, and said to his eldest son: "A politician, no matter what he shouts, is essentially for power, and as long as he survives, he will not give up his power until death," Chiang Kai-shek said almost at the end. "No power or death!"

Chiang Ching-kuo had to admire the incisiveness of this father's incisive summary of the world's ancient and modern Chinese and foreign power tricks. "Father, do you think we still have a fight with [***]?"

"It's one thing to have it or not, and it's another thing to fight or not. In the long run, without the participation of external forces, it will be difficult for us to defeat [***] on our own. After all, Taiwan is too small, has no strategic depth, no resources available, and a small population. But don't we just do nothing? We must use the power in our hands to gain greater rights and interests for us. I still have to fight it, and the big deal is that the head falls to the ground. It's better than living under the rule of [***], and watching them turn their hands into clouds and cover their hands for rain. Chiang Kai-shek told his son the truth.

"Father, I feel that in terms of the current strength of the communist army, although they have millions of troops, most of them are land forces, and their naval and air capabilities are still limited, and now according to the information we have, ten of the thirty landing ships of the [***] navy are in the Ryukyu Islands, and the rest of the warships that surrendered to the communist army are only about 10,000 tons. The current Air Force is worrisome. Although the communist army does not have many planes, that is, 50 to 60 planes in Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang, its combat effectiveness is indeed impressive, and this is a bit difficult to do, and it is difficult to do anything without air supremacy. Butterfly Island is not because of the lack of air supremacy that we suffered defeat. ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and interrupted Chiang Ching-kuo's words: "Whether it is a fight or a peace, you and Chen Cheng will discuss it first and come up with two plans." In the past few days, let Mrs. and Fang Liang bring Xiaowen, Xiaozhang, Xiaowu, Xiaoyong, Xiaoyan, Xiaoci, and several of their children to the United States, and you will immediately allocate a sum of money to her Swiss account in the name of special activity funds, the more the better. Then select a few treasures from the cultural relics of the Palace Museum and put them in a few boxes, prepare two planes and two helicopters for use at critical moments. ”

"Okay," Chiang Ching-kuo said, standing up, "I'll do it right away." ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Chiang Ching-kuo, who was standing up, and said: "Order Kinmen, Dachen Island, Penghu Islands and other front-line islands to strengthen vigilance. Pay close attention to every move on the other side, and report any anomalies as soon as they occur. I ordered the troops to hurry up their combat readiness to prevent a surprise attack by the communist army on us. ”

The Penghu Islands are located in the center of the Taiwan Strait and are the fortresses that hold the sea in eastern Asia. It is separated from the Penghu waterway in the east, opposite the island of Taiwan, the shortest distance is about 45 kilometers, is a barrier to defend Taiwan, and the west is across the sea from Xiamen City, Fujian Province, Chinese mainland, the shortest distance is about 140 kilometers, the strategic location is very important. Without the Penghu Islands, Taiwan will lose its last barrier, and Taiwan will be in danger.

Therefore, after Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, he attached great importance to the strategic role of the Penghu Islands, and in order to defend the main island of Taiwan and strengthen this defensive barrier, he set up the Penghu Defense Command on Penghu Island, that is, Magong Island, with a port command, an air force combat command, an artillery command, a regional communications command, a logistics command, a military police battalion, and a wartime command post in Gongbei Mountain. The garrison strength is: more than 30,000 troops of the 68th Infantry Division and the 83rd Infantry Division of the Army and 35 American-made M4A4 "Sherman" medium tanks of the 73rd Tank Group; Penghu Island is also one of the most important naval bases of the Kuomintang in Taiwan, with naval forces including the 2nd Destroyer Fleet, the 1st Squadron of the Coast Guard Group, and the 3rd Squadron of the Boat Squadron; The Air Force has 12 F-47N Thunder fighters stationed at Magong Airport all year round, and has a first-line beachhead and a second-line defensive position on the main island of Penghu, and has also built peripheral positions and key fortifications on other islands under its jurisdiction.

Before 31 August, the Kuomintang did not make any reaction to the final announcement of the [***] deputies. After meeting with Kuomintang representative Cao Minquan on the afternoon of August 15, Liu Jie, the representative of the Kuomintang, never saw Cao Minquan again, nor did he receive any phone calls or letters from Cao. Not to mention showing enough sincerity and action to accept Zhou Enlai's ten opinions. It seems that the Kuomintang authorities did not cry when they saw the coffin, and they were determined to carry it to the end.

On 1 September, at about 4 o'clock in the morning, the First Marine Division of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, under the leadership of division commander Wan Jun, 13,000 officers and men, 70 M26 Pershing tanks, including 9 flamethrower tanks equipped with flamethrowers, and 30 armored vehicles boarded 10 LST1 landing ships on Nanao Island in an orderly manner according to boarding procedures. A reinforced division of the 28th Army of the 10th Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, with 20,000 men as the second echelon, also boarded 10 LST1 landing ships on Butterfly Island; at 6 o'clock in the morning, the First Marine Division, as the first batch of troops to liberate the Penghu Islands, joined five fire support ships converted from 10,000-ton ships and three frigates, and headed for the Penghu Islands in the northeast direction. Ten LST1 landing ships of the 28th Army followed as the second echelon. As the command ship of this operation, the fire support ship "Reunification" is also the flagship of the entire fleet, which travels between the entire fleet, constantly in contact with the Air Police 2000, and keeps abreast of the latest changes in the enemy situation. Before their departure, the Air Police 2000, under the protection of the MiG-15 modification, carried out air alert in the TW Strait, closely watching everything on the land, sea and air side of the TW side. And the latest situation is timely and accurately reflected to the relevant departments. All the fighters at the Guangdong-Minzhejiang airfield are in a state of imminent battle, ready to listen to the dispatch of the Hou Air Police 2000 Air Command, and intercept the naval and air forces of the TW Kuomintang at any time. The vice governors of Guangdong and Fujian provinces personally led the team to form a support committee, which collected more than 3,000 stretchers, and more than 200 sea transport ships and ambulance ships and a large amount of war materials also moved along with the fleet. This fully demonstrates the tremendous power of the people's war.

At 12:54, the alert radar in T Bay issued an alert of "discovering [***] large-scale fleet heading towards the Penghu area of Taiwan", and 5 B25 and 5 F-47N Thunder fighters from TW Chiayi Airport took off urgently. The Kuomintang in Magong Harbor expelled four destroyers of the Second Fleet and five gunboats of the 1st Squadron of the Coast Guard Group also left the port to meet the enemy. The whole of Taiwan entered a state of war.

The three Jian-10 and six MiG-15 planes that came to Shantou Airport were changed to escort the Chinese landing fleet and formed into a battle formation to carry out alert patrols over the Chinese fleet. Just as the 10 Kuomintang planes approached the skies over our fleet, the air forces of the two sides took the lead in a fierce air battle.

In this mission, Wang Wei did not use his power for personal gain, but handed over the escort mission to Li Kai's flight squadron. He brought another 3 J-10s and 6 MiG-15s to change to reserves.

The pilots of Li Kai's flight squadron and piloting the MiG-15 are all outstanding cadres and fighters with good military and political qualities selected from various units of the army. They have a high degree of political consciousness and the spirit of heroic fighting, and some of them were famous combat heroes when they were in the army, and they were [***] members who fought vicious battles and fought bayonets. They are also good students in the aviation school, they are definitely good at fighting on the ground or in the sky, even if they have just put on their wings and flown into the blue sky for dozens of hours, they also have the ambition to fight against strong enemies with the ambition of seeing death as home. To repay the trust and hope of the party and the people with the victory of the battle, although a few transport planes were also shot down in the air battle of Butterfly Island last time, but when he went back, he asked Regiment Commander Wang to scold the loser, and he didn't need to think about the war. This time they are determined to fight this battle. In particular, 104 wants to avenge the arrow that was injured last time.

(To be continued)