Chapter 300 18. Chiang Kai-shek was in great pain after the fiasco of the battle of Xu Bang

When Chiang Kai-shek received the news that the entire army of Du Yuming's group had been destroyed, he was in great pain.He roared heart-piercingly: "It's over! Everything is over! Half of the country is over!" After speaking, he coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.This frightened Soong Meiling. She stroked her husband who was lying on the sofa and said, "Darling (dear), don't be too sad, it will damage your body. As long as there are green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood." !" These days are indeed enough for Chiang Kai-shek to worry about.The Northeast was lost, and more than 500,000 troops were wiped out. Now in the Huaihai War, all the more than 600,000 troops have been reimbursed.Beijing and Shanghai were completely exposed to the communist army. How could this not make him anxious? There was not even a trace of the swagger, smugness, and triumphant air he had when he launched all-out war three years earlier.What disturbed him in particular was that within the Kuomintang reactionary group, the centrifugal tendency was further developed. Chiang Kai-shek's "authority" was no longer effective. The Guangxi clique was challenging him, and the American "friends" were also putting pressure on him. He also felt that the future was hopeless, and he left him, almost to the point where the tree fell and the monkeys scattered.

The disastrous defeat at the Battle of Xu Bang caused a series of chain reactions within the Kuomintang group. Not only the officers and soldiers felt hopeless and had no intention of fighting again, but even the families of the captured and fallen generals came to cry. After Chiang Kai-shek had just sent away Huang Botao and Qiu Qingquan's family members, it was reported that Cao Xiuqing, Du Yuming's wife, had come to see him again.As soon as Jiang heard this, he said to Yu Jishi: "When you go to see her, just say that I am not here. You tell her that I already knew that Du Yuming was captured. You just say that it was my instruction: give great comfort to Du Yuming's family."

Yu Jishi was ordered to meet Cao Xiuqing at the presidential palace, and told her Jiang's instructions. It’s okay not to mention Jiang’s instructions, but when Jiang’s instructions were mentioned, Mrs. Du cried like a complaint: "My husband is sick, and he is required to lead his troops to break through the siege. He can’t walk. What kind of siege! It’s not that he is clearly asked life?" This crying disturbed many people in the presidential palace, and some privately commented: "Du Yuming has fought to the death for the Jiang family for more than 20 years, but this time he broke through the siege and was captured, and the old man didn't even see his family. It's too unreasonable! Some said: "Wei Lihuang was defeated in the Battle of Western Liaoning, and the old man ordered him to be dismissed and investigated. It seems that the only suitable way to work for the Jiang family is to die."

Just when Cao Xiuqing was crying and making noise in the presidential palace, Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Xuzhou's "suppression general", returned to Nanjing after losing more than 600,000 troops.When Chiang Kai-shek heard that Liu Zhi had come back, he was furious, and said to Yu Jishi, "Liu Zhi only makes decisions for himself, and he is extremely shameless. In this battle of Xu Bang, Liu Wude was incompetent, which delayed the overall situation. It is really hateful." After Jiang said, he ordered the withdrawal of Xuzhou The general headquarters of the "Suppression General" established the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Command, with Tang Enbo as the commander-in-chief to arrange the defense of the river, and Liu Zhi awaited review and handling.

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