Chapter 48 Section 7

Little did he know that Mao Renfeng, who had been shrewd all his life, didn't know the mind of his nephew at all.Mao Sen, who already knew that Shanghai would not be protected, had a wishful thinking in his heart. He needed his uncle to operate for him, and he was going to Fujian to serve as the commander of Xiamen's security.Then take this as an opportunity to set up another hill in the military command.Share power with Mao Renfeng. Mao Renfeng, who didn't know why, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know that the nephew he was carrying in one hand was already full-fledged at this time, staring at the throne behind him.However, before he had time to return to Chiang Kai-shek again, Chiang and his son had already left Shanghai by ship. On May 4th, Hangzhou was declared liberated. Chiang Kai-shek, who wanted to show in Shanghai that he was not chaotic in times of crisis and that he was "commander well", was confused when he heard that the three field troops of the People's Liberation Army were marching towards Shanghai along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway. On the afternoon of the 6th, Chiang Kai-shek and his son boarded the warship, and the next morning they left Fuxing Island and headed for Putuo in the Zhoushan Islands.

When Mao Renfeng rushed to see him off, Chiang Kai-shek found him among a large number of senior generals and did not make any representations. On May 12, the People's Liberation Army launched an attack on Shanghai. After the 14th the fighting became intense. On May 16, most of the Kuomintang army's outer positions in Shanghai were lost.Chiang Kai-shek originally clamored that Shanghai, which could hold on for at least 3 months, was like a paper lantern that would break if it was seized.The next day, he had to pretend to lead Zhou Zhirou, Commander of the Kuomintang Air Force, and Gui Yongqing, Commander of the Navy, and hurried back to Shanghai on the "Jiang Jing" warship.

Mao Renfeng couldn't be idle for a moment.He obeyed Jiang's wishes and actively assisted Jiang Jingguo to rush out the supplies of 1,500 ships.At the same time, they coerced and kidnapped some prominent social figures who did not want to go to Taiwan and high-ranking KMT officials who had lost power, and frantically massacred a large number of revolutionaries and people with lofty ideals. By the way, Taiwan, so rich as it is today, has a lot to do with the rush to transport the goods.According to accurate statistics, only Mao Renfeng assisted Jiang Jingguo to transport more than 110,000 taels of gold, more than 300 million taels of silver, and several million silver dollars to Taiwan.With these original capitals, Taiwan's economy was able to take off after the 1970s, creating economic miracles one after another, known as the "Four Asian Tigers".

Of course, according to Chiang Kai-shek's conception, he originally wanted to empty Shanghai completely.However, on the afternoon of May 22, Chiang Ching-kuo flew from Magong Island to the sky over Shanghai, and was notified by the ground that PLA artillery shells had landed at Jiangwan Airport. The report said: "There is nothing we can do to scramble to transport supplies to Shanghai." Three days later, the People's Liberation Army entered the urban area, broke through the Kuomintang's Suzhou River defense line, and approached north. Mao Sen, the police chief of the Shanghai Kuomintang, couldn't wait to find Mao Renfeng, and asked: "Uncle, did the president make an explicit order, why didn't you do it. This time is the best time."

Mao Renfeng sighed: "Recently there have been a lot of things. The president has a lot of things to manage every day, and the war is tense. I don't know if he can't distract himself, or he has some scruples. He has never issued a sanction order. But I feel like holding a jar of oil in my hand. I can’t drop it, I can’t throw it away, I’m so anxious.” On the 26th, the People's Liberation Army broke into the urban area in an all-round way.Mao Renfeng immediately asked Chiang Kai-shek for instructions, but the answer he got was beyond his expectations, and the action was suspended, waiting for orders.

Mao Renfeng was surprised and happy, mixed joy and sorrow.The heart that had been hanging on him was finally let go, and he was happy that the action was cancelled, and the troubles he had been worrying about would disappear with it.The worry is, is Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfied with his job and ready to change generals?Suspicious, he knew that after the fall of Shanghai, if Soong Ching Ling went to the Communist Party, if any nerve of Chiang Kai-shek was touched, then he would be much more troublesome and difficult than it is now. When Mao Sen learned about it, his eyes widened in surprise, "What? Cancel? Waiting for an order? Still waiting for a ghost, there is no such shop after this village. Repeatedly, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to move in the future."

Mao Renfeng waved his hand, as if he had passed the daunting Flame Mountain, he was suddenly relaxed, and he comforted with a smile: "Sen'er, this is what the president meant. Forget it! Boss Dai was right before his death. Whoever does it is asking for trouble. Why bother wading in this muddy water." "Hey!" Mao Sen shook his head in disappointment, "I've prepared everything. Even the plane at the airport has been arranged properly. Just waiting for the order from the president, I can definitely get her to Taiwan without getting angry. .” Sun Ke Yangcheng sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, advising not to touch the "survivor" of the father of the country; Song Meiling was in a state of shock in the middle of the night, and angrily accused Chiang Kai-shek of "what's wrong with my sister, I will not agree."With a bitter face, Chiang Kai-shek told Mao Renfeng frankly the reason for the cancellation of the action plan; listening to Soong Ching Ling's sincere persuasion, Sun Ke sighed and said: "Madam, Zhesheng has strayed too far into the officialdom, and he has already turned back without a shore." Shanghai With the red flag flying on the beach, Soong Ching Ling asked Chen Geng with a smile: "Lin Biao is also a Whampoa student in the fourth period, so why does he lead more soldiers than you?"

From Chiang Kai-shek's repetitions, Mao Renfeng had no way of knowing why his carefully concocted assassination plan was cancelled.The so-called waiting for orders, what can he wait for? He has withdrawn the top class of the Secrecy Bureau to Guangzhou, and he can still wait in Shanghai?Judging from previous situations and his experience, the assassination plan was aborted again. In essence, it was Song Meiling who finally stopped Chiang Kai-shek's madness, and Sun Yat-sen's heir-Sun Ke. After Chiang Kai-shek and his son came to Shanghai again on May 17, because of the corrupt situation, and in order to jointly fight against Li Zongren, Sun Ke, then the executive director of the Kuomintang, and Chiang Kai-shek abandoned their previous feuds and got closer.The two communicated frequently and started working together again.

In the middle of the night during this period, Chiang Kai-shek received a special line call from Sun Ke from Guangzhou. To Chiang Kai-shek's surprise, Sun Ke asked directly on the phone: "Mr. Jiang, there are many rumors outside that Shanghai will fall to the Communists hand. I don’t know, how will Mrs. Sun deal with it?” Chiang Kai-shek was startled, thinking to himself, the news went so fast.He hesitated for a while, calmed down, and replied pretending to be embarrassed: "Zhesheng (Sun Ke's word Zhesheng), Mrs. Sun, the party and the country respect her very much. In view of the changes in the current situation, Minister Kong and Eldest Sister still You Ziwen and Meiling both persuaded her to go to Taiwan. But Mrs. Sun had a deep prejudice against me and said that she would not go anywhere except Shanghai. Isn’t this a waste of time because of people? Staying in Shanghai doesn’t mean staying in Taiwan. Being a united front tool of the Communist bandits? Confused! Knowing shame, distinguishing between life and death, being responsible, and emphasizing integrity. As a believer of the Prime Minister and a comrade of our party and country, you should keep it in your heart. This... this, Mrs. Sun, has repeatedly violated the Prime Minister’s creed, even Going beyond the rules and endangering the Republic of China. Now you don’t want to go to Taiwan with us, isn’t this an act of kinship and hatred?”