Chapter 24 24. The defeat in "1949"

■ "Memoirs of Li Zongren" pointed out that although Chiang Kai-shek was a soldier, he didn't know how to fight, which eventually led to the defeat of the army.Those who praise Chiang Kai-shek's great achievements can hardly imagine how amateurish Chiang Kai-shek is in the military.As for the so-called successful unification of the Central Plains by the Northern Expedition, what was achieved was not military merit, but the merit of bribery and intelligence. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek did not know how to fight. □ General Sheng Wen of Whampoa Phase VI, he was Hu Zongnan's chief of staff, and he was the one who brought down Yan'an.In his later years, he recalled in "Mr. Sheng Wen's Interview Record", he pointed out in disguise that Chiang Kai-shek didn't know soldiers, and would only use up his troops to exhaust his forces:

I can boldly say that the Battle of Xu Bang should not have been fought, it was a political mistake.We fight in many places where we should not fight, and defend everywhere where we should give up.To capture a place in this way is to carry an extra burden, and in the end, you have no strength at all.The Communist Party is different on this point. It is unwilling to carry redundant and useless burdens, and to preserve its strength at any time.Everywhere must be defended, tantamount to dying with the enemy.In the end, I was the one who defended Chengdu. I was opposed to defending Chengdu at that time.