Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty Eight

March 1949 Xibaipo Nanjing Xibaipo, which is as simple as a mountain man masked by yellow sand, has its heavy weight on the balance of the world. On January 31, Mao Zedong made an exception and got up early in the morning, took a walk outside the village for a while, and then returned to the crop yard with a persimmon tree and a stone roller.It's already the beginning of spring, and the ground has not yet frozen.The branches of the persimmon tree are bare, standing in front of the house in a very solemn and silent manner.Mao Zedong stomped the dirt on his feet and walked into the house, only to hear a thud, and something scratched his shoulder.He looked up and saw swallows flying to the eaves with spring mud in their mouths.Oh, it's making a nest.Surprise flashed in Mao Zedong's eyes, and he stopped.

The sun rose a pole high, and Mao Zedong was still standing there.The guards put a fur coat on Mao Zedong's shoulders. "Take it." Mao Zedong shook his shoulders, "Xibaipo is much warmer than Siberia!" He is waiting for Mikoyan, the senior special envoy of the CPSU Central Committee.Waiting with little patience. Victory in the Battle of Huaihai.Tilted the balance of the world.The New York "Herald Tribune" said: "In China, where the pace of life has always been slow, the situation is approaching a climax... This time will be a great climax, because the tragedy suffered by the Nanking government shows the end of an era. "U.S. Congressman Kennedy said: "Our relationship with China after World War II is a tragedy. What existed before was wiped out by our diplomats and our president!"

On the square in the center of Split, Yugoslavia, a large map of China was hung, and bright red flags were planted all over the north of the Yangtze River.Dimitrov, the leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party, praised China's strategic decisive battle as "a series of amazing victories, which are of great importance to changing the balance of power in the world." The working class of Japan, Italy, Britain, France, East Germany and the United States And leaders warmly congratulate this decisive victory. The Soviet Socialist Republic, which the Chinese Communist Party regards as a model, only squeezed five lines of news on the very inconspicuous "TASS Announcement" column of the fourth page of "Pravda" after the victory of the Huaihai Battle.

Anna, a famous American reporter who has great concern and affection for the Chinese revolution?Louis?Strong, who was in the Czech Republic to attend the World Conference on Women.Hearing that the Huaihai battlefield was about to come to an end, she hurried from Budapest to Moscow, planning to go to China for an interview, but she was not granted a visa.She heard the news of the successful end of the Huaihai Campaign in Moscow, but it was on the news program of the BBC. What is even more incredible is that after the KMT’s Executive Yuan moved from Nanjing to Guangzhou, the Soviet Union’s embassy also moved to Guangzhou.At this time, the embassies of Britain, France, and the United States were still in Nanjing.

This attitude of the Soviet Union not only seriously hurt the inner feelings of the Chinese Communist Party, but more seriously caused some ideological confusion among some comrades in the party. They were shaken by the idea of ​​"fighting across the Yangtze River and liberating the whole of China", and they were worried that it would lead to an explosion of the world. war. The Chinese revolution was pushed to the banks of the Yangtze River in a destructive manner, and the wind on the river became dignified. Stalin telegraphed that his special envoy would come to China, and that he would "secretly" come to the small mountain village where Mao Zedong lived.This "greeting" was made by Stalin in May 1948. He said that he would send an experienced member of the Politburo to listen to the opinions of the Chinese Communist Party.

After waiting for half a year, Mao Zedong understood that the "steel" leader who was accustomed to smoking a big pipe was waiting for the changing situation and the development of the current situation. Now his envoy is here.But the Chinese Communist Party is no longer the Chinese Communist Party of the 1930s, and the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union were not the Comintern of that year.China's affairs will no longer be at the mercy of others, there is no "boss" in the revolution, only "truth".Mao Zedong's name has nothing to do with "steel", but he does not lack the hardness of "steel".His character - "Runzhi" is quite feminine, and it is typical Chinese culture to use softness to overcome rigidity.Mao Zedong's tenacity and unrestrainedness combined the grandeur of a great man with the romance of a poet, which enabled him to be born in the arduous revolution in China, and he was unique among a large number of outstanding leaders of the Communist Party of China.With the growing glory of the Chinese revolution, Mao Zedong's outstanding leadership was helplessly recognized by leaders of some major countries who were unwilling to admit it.

Mao Zedong looked intently under the eaves, and the swallow was concentrating on making its nest, a piece of grass, a lump of mud, and made it very carefully. The white sun climbed up a little bit, but the temperature did not rise significantly. At noon, the tall and burly Mikoyan finally arrived.Mikoyan said that he was entrusted by Comrade Stalin to listen to the opinions of Mao Zedong and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China - he only listened with his ears and did not participate in the discussion of decisive opinions.The special envoy's calmness and careful wording made Mao Zedong feel that Stalin had indeed sent a seasoned person.

For a week, the head of the Communist Party of China held talks with Mikoyan with historic significance, and the atmosphere was tense on the outside but tense on the inside.Mikoyan, who only came with "ears", brought the topic to the third largest river in the world - the Yangtze River more than once. The talks also mentioned the US atomic bomb.Mao Zedong smiled meaningfully and said, "That's a paper tiger." Mi Gaoyang shrugged awkwardly. The Soviet delegation came secretly and left in a hurry, and was never known to Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren from the beginning to the end.

Mao Zedong's thinking will not be influenced by others.The Chinese revolution is on the verge of victory, and the liberation of the whole of China is just around the corner.It is impossible for the Chinese Communists who have fought for decades to give up their ideals at this time.At the beginning of the new year, Mao Zedong issued a call to the whole country to "carry out the revolution to the end." He did not follow in the footsteps of the overlord of Chu, nor did he show mercy to villains like snakes. On February 11th, the fourth day after Mikoyan left Xibaipo, Mao Zedong issued an order: Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Tan Zhenlin, and Su Yu, the general front committee members of the Huaihai Campaign, were the general front committee members of the cross-river campaign.

On February 15, Mao Zedong published "Why Do the Divided Reactionaries Still Cry "Comprehensive Peace"?" " On February 16, Mao Zedong published "The Kuomintang Reactionaries Changed From "Calling for Peace" to Calling for War."In his article, he asked angrily: "Is the premise of saving the people or the premise of saving war criminals?...Why do you oppose the punishment of war criminals? You are not willing to 'shorten the duration of the war' and 'reduce the suffering of the people' Is it? If because of this objection, the war continues, wouldn’t it mean prolonging the time and prolonging the disaster of war?... You are merciful people who "predetermine saving the people", why did you suddenly change it to saving war criminals Now? According to the statistics of your government’s Ministry of the Interior, the number of Chinese people is not 450 million, but 475 million. How big is this compared to a hundred or so war criminals?  … ..."

On February 18, Mao Zedong published "Comment on Several Answers to the Question of Kuomintang's Responsibility for the War". The rhythm of the revolution is like the spring rain after another, and the spring breeze after another. On March 5, the Second Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the CPC Central Committee opened in Xibaipo.This plenary meeting discussed and studied not only military issues.The senior leaders of the CCP began to turn their vision to how to build a country, how to transform an old agricultural country into an industrial country, from New Democracy to socialism... In response to the Kuomintang's growing call for "peace talks", the CCP has organized a delegation headed by Zhou Enlai.Having accumulated decades of experience, they know that their opponents have no sincerity in the real peace talks. They are just delaying the counterattack, but the CCP still takes it seriously. One thing is clear, regardless of war or peace, "revolution" must cross the river.The tragedy in Chinese history cannot be repeated.This river that traverses the territory of China has moistened the fertile soil and forests of the land of China since ancient times, and has nurtured generations of Yan and Huang people.In today's increasingly progressive world, how can she act as an iron blade that splits the country, and a constriction that kills the blood relatives? ! The commanders of the major field armies have come. Today they are the generals of the Hengdao immediately, and soon they will be the "local officials" of the major cities and regions of New China.The second and third came from Deng Xiaoping and Chen Yi.Liu Bocheng presided over the work of the General Front Committee and was unable to do so, so he asked for leave. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, presided over the meeting and made a "Report on the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China". Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and others made speeches.On March 13th, the plenary session closed.The next day, the central government held a symposium, the topic of which was to propose plans and make decisions on the personnel arrangements in the various regions. Deng Xiaoping was the first to speak at the meeting. On behalf of the Central Committee, he proposed the jurisdiction and personnel arrangements for East China. At that time, the secretary of the East China Bureau was Rao Shushi, and Deng Xiaoping was the secretary of the Central Plains Bureau and the secretary of the General Front Committee.The central government entrusted him to speak on behalf of East China at the meeting, instead of Rao Shushi, which meant that the central government handed over the most fertile southeast half of China to Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping took out his draft from a roll-edged canvas bag, and his calm demeanor made his short stature dignified and tall in the eyes of the participants.He read out the list and explained, obviously well prepared. The East China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is composed of 17 people including Deng Xiaoping, Liu Bocheng, Rao Shushi, and Chen Yi.Deng Xiaoping was the first secretary, Rao Shushi was the second secretary, and Chen Yi was the third secretary. The jurisdiction of East China includes: Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wuhu, Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Suzhou, Nantong, Wujin and other cities, and the provinces include Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui... Mao Zedong interjected: "Taiwan Province should also be added. Pay attention to this place." Deng Xiaoping continued to proceed—— There are a total of 2 million troops in East China. Chen Yi is the mayor of Shanghai; Liu Bocheng is the mayor of Nanjing... When talking about the personnel arrangement in Zhejiang Province, Mao Zedong said: "Zhejiang is a land of scholars in our country, and we must send a learned person to Zhejiang." Deng Xiaoping then proposed the personnel arrangements for the five districts of southern Jiangsu, northern Jiangsu, southern Anhui, northern Anhui, and northeastern Jiangxi. He talked about raising food for the new districts after the troops crossed the river, talking about city fundraising, the use of currency, and Shanghai The job takes over... Mao Zedong expressed his satisfaction, exhaled thick smoke, and said: "The personnel allocation in the East China region is set as it is now, and we need to change it in the future." On the eve of leaving Xibaipo, Mao Zedong put on a cotton coat and stood under the persimmon tree that had spit out new leaves the size of copper coins, and discussed with Deng Xiaoping again the issue of crossing the river. The crescent moon hangs in the western sky, and they have been talking for a long time.Mao Zedong was silent for a while, and said: "We want to open the door to the south of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is the key to open this door. We must cross the river. If the peace talks are successful, we will open them; if the peace talks fail, we will open them." .This is something no one, no country can stop us!" Deng Xiaoping seems to be carrying two mountains; one is to fight across the river, and the other is to take over the city. The night was dark, and Mao Zedong finally ended their conversation with six words: "I leave it to you to command." Five months ago, when the Huaihai Campaign began, Mao Zedong said the same thing to Deng Xiaoping. "Is it Qihan? He came back from Beiping so soon?!" When Li Zongren heard the news, he trotted to the living room wearing a cotton nightgown regardless of his decency. Huang Qihan returned to Nanjing on the last Kuomintang plane that left Peiping. Two days later, Peiping declared peaceful liberation. Hearing that Huang Qihan met General Ye Jianying of the Communist Party of China, joy appeared on Li Zongren's face, and he sighed: "Finally we have a relationship. Brother Qihan has worked hard." Li Zongren held Huang Qihan's hands and placed him in the most comfortable place. On the soft couch, he asked impatiently, "When will they stop attacking?" "Ye Jianying promised to report this issue to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China." Li Zongren raised his eyebrows, his face darkened. "Mr. De, the two armies are fighting against each other. Is it reasonable to ask them to stop the military attack before any agreement has been reached? Ye Jianying did not refuse, which is already very polite." Li Zongren was silent.In order to prevent the Communist Party from marching towards the Yangtze River, Li Zongren asked for help everywhere.He called Song Qingling, Li Jishen, Zhang Lan and other leaders of the Democratic League, hoping to create a third force to contain the Communist Party.As a result, he hit a wall.Li Jishen said: "I don't know what communism and socialism are, but I believe that the Communist Party and Mao Zedong really work for the benefit of the country and the people. Anyone with a little sense of justice and nationality should agree with and Support them. What’s more, Chiang Kai-shek has ruled China for more than 20 years and has made a mess of the motherland. All people with lofty ideals are heartbroken. Now that Chiang Kai-shek is about to collapse completely, it would be foolish for anyone to follow him!” Yes, the victory of the Communist Party is a foregone conclusion, and the democrats are unwilling to return to the dilapidated and deserted house of the Kuomintang.Li Zongren pinned his hopes on Huang Qihan, but the result was still pending. "Brother Qi Han," Li Zongren frowned and clenched his fists, as if another kite to test the direction of the wind would fly away from his hands, "a few days ago I sent Dr. Gan Jiehou as my personal representative to Shanghai Negotiate with celebrities such as Yan Huiqing, Zhang Shizhao, Lei Zhen, Jiang Yong, etc., hoping that they will go to Peiping as middlemen to build a bridge between the government and the Communist Party. If they agree, organize a "Shanghai People's Peace Delegation" to Beijing, you see how?" Huang Qihan nodded and said, "Okay. If they are willing to come forward, of course that's great. I'm afraid..." Li Zongren thought for a while and said, "I'll ask Shao Lizi to come forward again and go to Shanghai to lobby them." Shao Lizi is known as the "Peaceful Old Man". Huang Qihan can weigh his weight, but... "Mr. De." Huang Qihan was silent for a moment, then said, "The current situation is so serious, Mr. De might as well drive to Shanghai and invite those celebrities to organize a delegation to Beijing." Li Zongren nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go in person." Nanjing's March was warm and cold, and a "peach blossom snow" beat the bright yellow sycamore leaves to pieces.The leather warm boots that Li Zongren had just taken off were put on again.The leather boots stepped on the soft new snow, making deep pits step by step.His two feet moved forward alternately, just like the two "wheels" he was playing with in the palm of his hand—peace talks and preparations for war. He used peace talks to step onto the political stage to prepare for war and defend half of the south of the Yangtze River, thereby achieving the goal of taking Chiang and permanently occupying the political stage.Since February, there has been no sound of gunfire on both sides of the Yangtze River. This rare calm encouraged Li Zongren, making him feel that the ideal of "dividing the river and ruling" with the Communist Party is not a fantasy. As he sent out a second "peace talk" delegation, he spun the other wheel. In early March, the Ministry of Defense held a combat conference.The meeting was presided over by Chief of Staff Gu Zhutong, attended by generals at all levels.Li Zongren and the newly appointed President of the Executive Yuan He Yingqin attended the meeting. Gu Zhutong briefly stated the gist of the meeting, and Cai Wenzhi, director of the Operations Department, began to propose the "Jiangfang Plan".Facing the battle map covering the entire wall, he said: "The main force of our army's river defense should extend upwards and downstream from Nanjing. The river in this area is relatively narrow, and there are many crossings on the north bank, which is convenient for the communist ships to hide. The situation below Jiangyin is different. The river in that area is extremely wide, and it is not easy for the communist army to smuggle in, so there is no need to guard it with heavy troops..." Li Zongren thought that Cai Zhi's plan was detailed and thorough, and frequently nodded in approval. Tang Enbo, who had been silent all the time, said at this time: "I think that the main force of our army should be concentrated below Jiangyin on the Yangtze River, with Shanghai as the center of defense, and concentrated defense." Cai Wenzhi said in astonishment: "In terms of strategy and tactics, I don't think Chinese and foreign military strategists will think that it is the best policy to abandon the Yangtze River and defend Shanghai." Tang Enbo smiled coldly.Cai Wenzhi was a student of Tang Zhi when he was in the military academy, and he didn't take Cai seriously at all. Cai Wenzhi was surprised that his senior division commander with rich combat experience actually proposed such a stupid Jiang defense plan.Despite the contempt on Tang Enbo's face, as the director of the war department, he had to refute his fallacy: "According to Commander Tang's plan, if the main force of our army is placed along the Beijing-Shanghai railway, we will have to retreat to Shanghai in the end. This is not Is it obvious suicide?" Li Zongren said: "Enbo, talk about your thoughts in detail." The commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison personally appointed by Chiang Kai-shek before his resignation, sat there majesticly, with a straight back and hands on his knees, quite like a warrior.The combat policy that Chiang Kai-shek explained to him was: take the Yangtze River defense line as the periphery, focus on the Shanghai-Hangzhou triangle area, take Songhu as the core, adopt a long-term defense policy, and finally stick to Songhu and echo Taiwan.Even Tang Enbo didn't wake up for a long time after hearing this deployment.After reminiscing like a cow, he figured out Chiang Kai-shek's hole card. Tang Enbo is not a direct descendant of the Whampoa Military Academy and has mediocre qualifications. However, he was entrusted with important tasks by Chiang Kai-shek when the party and the country were dying.His strength as the commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou garrison can only be compared with him by the Hu Zongnan Group, the only descendant of the Jiang family. The source of his fortune came on a icy and snowy morning.It was 1928, in Nanjing.Chiang Kai-shek, who got up at dawn, was walking on the snow in Jilong Mountain, and saw a group of non-commissioned officers from the military academy shouting loudly "One! Two! Three! Four" and went out to practice.Chiang Kai-shek was shocked and stopped to watch. As the team approached, the instructor leading the team came into Chiang Kai-shek's eyes.The man's facial features were not conspicuous, but his clothing was conspicuous—it was more than 20 degrees below zero, and he was only wearing a single shirt. "Which unit?" Chiang Kai-shek snapped. With a bang, the team stood up suddenly like nails.Together with the instructor's riding boots, he snapped a salute and reported: "Tang Enbo, captain of the third brigade of the sixth batch of the Central Military Academy!" Chiang Kai-shek stepped into the car door, and when he arrived at the Central Military Academy, he went straight to the third brigade to check the internal affairs, and then checked all the brigades one by one.In the whole school, only the third brigade's internal affairs are clean and tidy, which satisfies him. At this time, Tang Enbo led the team back to the camp. Before disbanding, he only heard him roar like a lion and asked: "Brothers, are you cold?" "It's not cold!" From then on, the word "Tang Enbo" was entered into Chiang Kai-shek's brain. Since then, among the rising and falling Kuomintang generals, Tang Enbo was promoted again and again. There were also times of bad luck; there was also the humiliation of being ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to kneel down and crawl out of the house; he also gritted his teeth and cursed Chiang Kai-shek as a "mad dog" behind his back.But turning around, he is still the most loyal dog under Chiang Kai-shek's knees. He was ordered in danger, and apart from being tragic, he also pondered whether Chiang Kai-shek, who had been "ruthless and ruthless, planned things well", regarded him as a hero in troubled times, or a "good bow and running dog".What troubled him the most was that after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down, he had to act in accordance with Chiang's arrangements.On the one hand, he has to deal with the acting President Li.However, this ignorant Acting President Li started the defense plan for Nanjing after he came to power, and ordered the Ministry of National Defense to allocate funds urgently to build city defense fortifications.It was very difficult to hand over the reports to him one by one.Since he took office, he has secretly dismantled the large-caliber artillery around Nanjing and transported it to Songhu.In the past few days, he is secretly equipping 24 motorcycle divisions, controlling 200 American trucks, and is ready to evacuate Nanjing and return to Songhu at any time. Tang Enbo's fifty-year-old face is smooth and flat due to the strong oil secretion, and has a bronze color.At this time, because of Cai Wenzhi's public rebuttal and hearing Li Zongren's question, the capillaries of the epidermis were a little congested, and gradually turned from bronze to brownish red, and then purple red... "This is President Jiang's deployment!" Tang Enbo simply showed his hole card. Li Zongren was stunned.He recalled that when Chiang Kai-shek was resigned, Leighton Stuart had condemned the Kuomintang government, saying that the U.S. Intelligence Agency had learned that Chiang Kai-shek intended to abandon Nanjing and surrender Taiwan.Li Zongren didn't believe it at the time, but now it has been confirmed that the US intelligence is convincing.It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is really drawing the fire from the bottom of the pot and is going to start anew.This thrilling game played by Chiang Kai-shek was enough to make the generals present at all levels dumbfounded.Li Zongren was so angry that he looked like a drowning man with a white face. Cai Wenzhi said resolutely at this time: "President Jiang has already stepped down, and Commander Tang does not need to use force to overwhelm others. Now that soldiers are approaching the Yangtze River, the situation is critical. Everything must be based on the survival of the party and the country. Your Jiang defense plan will definitely lead to Jiang breaking the capital." When the time comes, will you be able to defend Shanghai?!" Before Cai Wenzhi finished speaking, Tang Enbo slapped the table, his blood was racing with anger, and he shouted in a gaffe: "What are you, Cai Wenzhi?! Why don't you guard the river?! I'll kill you!" The document in front of him suddenly fell and rushed out of the venue. There was an uproar in the venue.Cai Wenzhi didn't expect Tang Enbo to be so unreasonable. With shaking hands, he cleaned up the documents that Tang Enbo had dropped, and couldn't bear to say: "This can go on?! Can this go on?! I resign!" Li Zongren looked at He Yingqin and Gu Zhutong, and said with trembling lips: "How to deal with this situation?!" Gu Zhutong smiled wryly.He Yingqin shook his head and said, "The boss doesn't agree, what can I do? That's all." How did Li Zongren know that Chiang Kai-shek's deployment had already been communicated with He and Gu respectively. In the mountains and rivers at Xikou in Fenghua, Chiang Kai-shek repaired the family tree, worshiped the ancestral hall, swept the ancestral graves, searched for the relics of his childhood, and did everything with great concentration.During this focus, seven radio stations were set up at Xikou; the absolute authority of half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River was established in Siming Mountain; generals and senior officials in plain clothes and simple clothes came and went frequently in "Ci'an"... He just changed the command location, the KMT's carriage, the whip is still in his hand.It is impossible for him to sit back and watch Li Zongren's cooperation with the Communist Party. He will never let his party and the Communist Party sit in the same house and share China's destiny. He is just waiting for the time, he firmly believes that the United States can abandon him, but will not give up their interests in China.And China is none other than him, and they will still come to him in the end.The reason why he wants to protect Shanghai is that he sees that the communist army is invincible, and it is difficult for the party and the army to hold the Yangtze River regardless of their fighting spirit and strength.Shanghai and Taiwan are just separated by water. Fighting in Shanghai can affect the international audio-visual, and Taiwan is the rear base. He can send more air force and navy to Shanghai at any time, and can withdraw his troops to Taiwan at any time.For the Communist Party, which has neither an air force nor a navy, it is still a dream to fight across the sea.