Chapter 187: The Battle of Wuhan Meets the Chairman of the Committee
The time for Jin to see Chiang Kai-shek was arranged at eight o'clock in the morning, and Han Yunhua was very unhappy about this time, which meant that he couldn't sleep lazily and take a good rest today, let alone accompany Han Yunqian to go around the market area to see the prosperity of Wuhan, and he could only meet Chairman Jiang who occasionally came to say a word of Niang Xipi with excitement or annoyance.
But fortunately, Vice Chairman Zhou is here, otherwise Han Yunhua would have withdrawn a long time ago, he doesn't want to fight with these smiling warlords, that's too tiring. Chiang Kai-shek's meeting with Zhou Enlai and Han Yunhua was not at his mansion in Wuhan, but in the conference room of the Wuchang Military Commission. Before the arrival of Han Yunhua and others, Chiang Kai-shek was sitting alone in front of the wide map, he was thinking about what to say when he saw the legendary ** god of war, he originally planned to win over the 25-year-old general of the Eighth Route Army, but when He Yingqin whispered to him that the father of the Han family brothers and sisters was Han Laohu, for the Han Laohu who dared to counterattack a division with only one infantry regiment with very poor weapons and equipment and won the victory, Chiang Kai-shek still remembered it deeply, and he offered a reward of 100,000 oceans to take Han Laohu's head. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, Chiang Kai-shek never thought that Han Laohu had a son who was more talented and talented in fighting than him.
Chiang Kai-shek knew that it was impossible for him and Han Yunhua to work together in the national government, and if it weren't for the presence of the Japanese now, he thought that they should be hostile to each other, and perhaps what happened to Songpu that day was a kind of replication of what happened to him Chiang. Han Yunhua's command ability completely convinced the proud supreme leader of the Nationalist Government, and the Battle of Wuhan lasted for a month and a half, and the previous battle was only two and a half months. However, there were no less than 26,000 devils who were lost in the hands of this ** senior officer, and two field divisions and one infantry brigade fought against Han Yunhua's troops, but the results were the same, and they were all convinced. According to the telegram sent by Chen Cheng, the casualties of Han Yunhua's troops should be around 6,000, because Chen Cheng saw nearly 6,000 tombs in the Wanjialing Martyrs Cemetery.
Although 6,000 is already a large number, it is so insignificant compared to the number of more than 26,000 Japanese troops, and it has not appeared for many years in China's modern history, especially in foreign wars. Since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, the casualties of more than ten to one have numbed the supreme leader of the Nationalist Government.
Chiang Kai-shek had been spending a lot more time in the conference room of the Wuchang Military Commission lately than in the past, sometimes even spending the night here. His appearance made Chen Cheng and He Yingqin feel the pressure, and the implementation of the plan was accelerated, but it played a certain role in supervising and urging the officials of the national government, big and small, to improve their work efficiency a lot. Every day, all kinds of telegrams and bulletins from the front line are sent to him. Chiang Kai-shek was straight, his Venus was shining, and he hung his head for a while to listen to the staff officers' analysis of the enemy's situation and situation, and for a while he watched the staff officers nervously plot and record on the map, looking as if he was wholeheartedly engaged. Chiang Kai-shek could not forget how these two months had passed, let alone that two months earlier, he had organized a military preparation meeting for the Battle of Wuhan here. However, in the few major battles he prepared before the war, he failed. The high-ranking generals of the Kuomintang armies and divisions found on the battlefield that the chairman's appetite was not small, but the plans and plans formulated before the war did not work at all on the battlefield. As soon as the battle began, either the main direction was broken through by the Japanese army, or the friendly neighbors were defeated first. Any counterattack and encirclement is just a dream in the end.
The sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers under his command made him sober. Chiang Kai-shek realized that his crowd tactics needed space, a huge amount of room for maneuver. He stared at Wuhan on the map, only to find that it was a dead place tightly embraced by lakes and swamps and rivers. But looking outside, his heart couldn't help but suddenly open up. It was precisely because of the arrival of this ** general and his troops that the outcome of the Battle of Wuhan had a turning point, which he did not deny. Moreover, Han Yunhua's sincere cooperation against Japan also made Chiang Kai-shek very appreciative, it can be said that in addition to those veteran generals and commanders, Chiang Kai-shek has one more person who can be admired, and he does not underestimate the commander of the Eighth Route Army who he once called "mud legs". ,
When the guard officer told Chiang Kai-shek that Mr. Zhou and General Han Yunhua had come, should they come in now? Chiang Kai-shek, who came to his senses, found himself in a daze for a long time, shook his slightly emaciated head, Chiang Kai-shek straightened his yellow-green tweed military uniform and said: "Go out with me to meet this General Han...... Ignoring the stunned expression of the guard officer, Chiang Kai-shek walked out of the conference room and walked towards the meeting room.
Seeing Vice Chairman Zhou, Chiang Kai-shek said with some emotion: "Enlai, don't go through the years, things are wrong, there are a lot of emotions."
In September 1924, he was transferred back to China and arrived in Guangzhou. Later, he served as the chairman of the ** Liangguang District Committee and the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, so Chiang Kai-shek and Vice Chairman Zhou were already old acquaintances. However, due to differences in beliefs, the two sides developed into a situation of armed confrontation, and Chiang Kai-shek once offered a huge reward for the arrest of Vice Chairman Zhou. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, in the face of the uncertain future of the country and the nation, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party worked together to resist Japan. At this time, Vice Chairman Zhou became the intermediary between the two sides, and Chiang Kai-shek still trusted Vice Chairman Zhou's personality and morality.
I don't hate Chiang Kai-shek himself, Vice Chairman Zhou, but it has nothing to do with political beliefs and personality charm. For Chiang Kai-shek's enthusiasm, Vice Chairman Zhou is also very pleased, which shows that the army led by Han Yunhua has really fought for face, and their efforts have been respected by the Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek himself, and the Nationalist Government is facing up to the power of the Nationalist Government at a time. How could Vice Chairman Zhou, who regarded Han Yunhua as a son, not be happy when he saw the impressive achievements of this little guy who he had brought up with his own hands.
"Hey, life is like chess, the situation changes in an instant, don't mention the unhappiness in the past, it's sad to talk about it, let's talk about some happy things, what do you say, chairman." Vice Chairman Zhou's eyes were full of sincerity, and he did not want the previous disputes to affect the current cooperation between the KMT and the CPC, let alone the future of the country and the nation.
"This should be the famous General Han Yunhua Han, he is really a young hero, not inferior to the ancient Ganluo Shao Zhongqian, and he is the pillar of the nation and the hope of the country." Chiang Kai-shek pointed to Han Yunhua, who was following Vice Chairman Zhou, and said. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek also hoped that he could really let go of his previous grievances and resist the foreign enemy first, after all, the biggest loss from the Japanese invasion of China was the Nationalist Government, and as the actual ruler of the government, the biggest loss was him, Chiang Kai-shek.
Moreover, at this time, the few meaningful words that Jiang Baili said on Lushan once again swirled in Chiang Kai-shek's mind: "In the war against Japan, no matter how far it goes, it doesn't matter if you lose everything, in the end, the hole card is not to compromise with Japan, and only a long-term war of resistance can defeat Japan." In a word, whether you win or lose, you just don't make peace with him (Japan): "If you don't resist, everyone else has a way out, but he has no way out, and the only way out for him is to be a prisoner." As soon as he thought of the fate of the two unlucky emperors in the late Northern Song Dynasty, Song Qinzong and Song Huizong, Chiang Kai-shek shuddered. Chiang Kai-shek has thought countless times that he is the leader of a great country, the supreme commander of millions of armies, and a supreme special person, how can he be a prisoner of the ranks, and Chiang Kai-shek is not a wreck, let alone wagging his tail and begging for mercy under the banner of others. He has gone from being a "Ruiyuan scoundrel" that everyone hates to now being the chairman of a country, and only he himself understands the ups and downs he has experienced along the way, and how many times he has hovered between life and death, he knows that only resistance can win the space for survival. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek thought of the warlords who were persuaded by him to surrender in various names, and a few of them could still enjoy peace, and most of them were taken away by him and placed under house arrest in a corner of a district, and the situation was so miserable, so the current Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek half a year ago had completely different ideas, and Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Furuma played a little role in Chiang Kai-shek's political inducement half a year ago, which once made Chiang Kai-shek himself and a large part of the Nationalist Government excited. However, it was not until after the outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan that Chiang Kai-shek and others clearly realized that the Japanese army had always taken the elimination of the Nationalist Government and colonization of China as its highest goal, and it had never changed, and that everything was a ploy played by the Japanese army without achieving this goal, which was really unbelievable.
In the past, Chairman Chiang did not dare to resist Japan in view of the huge gap between China and Japan, not because he did not want to resist Japan as the outside world said, otherwise how could the millions of elite communist troops who sacrificed their lives in the battles of Songhu, Nanjing, Taiyuan, and Xuzhou make sense. But now it is different, the successive victories have never inflated Chiang Kai-shek's confidence, and the overtures of the United States and the Soviet Union have made Chiang Kai-shek see new hope. As an excellent statesman, it was impossible for Chiang Kai-shek not to pay attention to the changing situation in the international arena, and although he did not know what would happen, let alone the Second World War, a major event that would affect the course of human development, he knew that there would be a war between Britain and France and Germany, and that it would be a matter of time before the United States, which had always worn the same pants with Britain and France, entered the war. When the time comes, Chiang Kai-shek really can't figure out where China should go.