After the defeat of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, Stilwell threw all the blame on Chiang Kai-shek, and took all the achievements of the expeditionary force in Burma on himself. In fact, his strategic and tactical thinking was still stuck in the First World War, and he was not interested in tanks.
Both the Air Force and the Air Force lacked understanding. They thought about the advance of the infantry group all day long, and also wrongly chose the offensive route, resulting in heavy losses to the soldiers of the expeditionary force.
In comparison, Stilwell's successor, General Wedemeyer, was a true good friend of the Chinese people.
Half a year later, Stilwell used the defeat of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi as an excuse to ask Chiang Kai-shek to hand over the military command of the entire China to him. This extremely rude request actually won the approval of Marshall and finally the support of Roosevelt.
Let alone Chiang Kai-shek, it is impossible for any leader of a country to hand over all of his country's troops to a foreigner. After receiving Roosevelt's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and directly threatened that if he did not hand over all of his country's troops to a foreigner.
If Diwei is removed from office, then China will break away from the Allies and fight alone.
Roosevelt had no choice but to transfer Stilwell out of the China theater and let General Weimed take over.
As soon as Weimet came to the Chinese theater, reality poured cold water on him. He found that what he inherited was a mess. The Chinese theater staff controlled by Stilwell was just an empty frame. There was no organization and operation of the staff, and there was no Chinese theater.
This is equivalent to the fact that Stilwell failed to even do basic work in four years after taking office.
Weimed was appointed at the critical moment and formed the Sino-US Joint Staff within a month, allowing the military chiefs of both sides to hold regular meetings every week to discuss military combat plans. At the same time, he also canceled the plan to continue to mobilize troops to Myanmar and stabilized the situation.
China's domestic battlefield compensated to a certain extent for the negative impact of the defeat of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi.
Next, Wedemeyer tried to establish a reasonable system for the Chinese theater from the aspects of salary, supply and other institutional aspects. This is what a high-level commander should do, rather than focusing on the specific training of soldiers like Stilwell, and then allocating all
supplies, and take these well-trained troops to fight the war.
Stilwell could not even solve the problem of the U.S. Army and Air Force competing for Hump supplies. Wedemeyer solved it as soon as he took office and repaired the relationship between the U.S. Army Headquarters assisting China and the Flying Tigers. At the same time, he also cooperated with Chinese officials
There was a tacit understanding that as long as Wedemeyer was in Chongqing, he would meet and discuss with Chiang Kai-shek almost every day. The discussions included the command system, organization, operations, training, transportation, defense, division of theaters, establishment of new armies, etc. These are all things Stilwell should have done
It was solved, but he only wanted to be angry with Chiang Kai-shek, and later it all fell on Wedemeyer's shoulders.
Stilwell called Chiang Kai-shek a big jackass and a dictator, while Wedemeyer's evaluation of Chiang Kai-shek was: "He is just the leader of a loose association, and he has to go through huge difficulties from time to time to obtain the power of others to command him.
obey."
Chiang Kai-shek also had great trust in Wedemeyer and highly praised him. He called him a role model for soldiers and believed that "our soldiers should follow our example."
Comparing the two, whether it is at the military or diplomatic level, Wedemeyer and Stilwell's abilities are very different, and they are not even in the same realm.
However, both Chinese and American people can only remember Stilwell, but ignore the real hero Wedemeyer. Perhaps for Wedemeyer, he should be called "a good fighter without great achievements."
These are all things for later. It will take more than half a year for Wedemeyer to arrive in China.
For Chang Kaishen, he has to face not only battlefield defeats, but also the growing calls for democracy in the country.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, China's democratic constitutional movement developed vigorously. As the war entered a stalemate stage, the Nationalist government gradually changed its face. Not only did it cancel the requirement to convene the National Assembly on a regular basis, it also adopted high-pressure rule over various constitutional groups, prohibiting and
Restrict all activities striving for constitutional government.
By 1944, all democrats believed that the democratic constitutional movement had completely failed.
At this time, the Communist Party put forward the slogan of "forming a coalition government", and all the democrats responded as if they had found a treasure. Because the UK is now a multi-party coalition government, the Conservative Party is responsible for military and foreign affairs, the Labor Party is responsible for internal affairs and the economy, and the Liberal Party is responsible for
Assist in governance.
The British coalition government has done a great job, so China can do the same!
Under the leadership of the Communist Party and with the cooperation of democratic parties and democratic liberals, the call for the formation of a coalition government has become louder and louder. Under this background, the China Democratic Political Alliance was officially reorganized into the "Democratic League" and allowed to
Apply to join as an individual.
Chiang Kai-shek was very worried about this. Military agents also stepped up surveillance of the Communist Party and democratic figures, and the censorship of newspapers, magazines and books became increasingly strict.
To be honest, if Zhou Hexuan were in Chiang Kai-shek's position, I don't know what to do. If you agree to form a coalition government, you will undoubtedly dig your own grave and will attract collective opposition from the top bureaucrats of the Kuomintang. If you don't agree, you will have to fight with all parties.
The conflicts with civilians are getting deeper and deeper, until they are irreversible.
Mid July.
Zhou Hexuan is playing with his son Zhou Shengguang at home. The little boy was born to Zhang Leyi in March last year and was named "Dawn of Victory".
Suddenly Liang Suming came to visit, and after reminiscing about the past, he said: "Mingcheng, the Democratic Political Alliance is about to be reorganized into the Democratic Alliance, and individuals are allowed to participate. Our purpose is to discuss post-war nation-building, avoid civil war, and strive for a coalition government. You
Any thoughts on this?”
"The coalition government is like a mirror, it looks beautiful, but in fact it is elusive." Zhou Hexuan shook his head with a wry smile.
"Are you that pessimistic?" Liang Suming was a little unhappy.
Zhou Hexuan explained: "It's not that I am pessimistic, but I have long seen through the nature of the Kuomintang. Even if Chang Kaishen is willing to form a coalition government, will his bureaucrats hand over power? Even if the coalition government can be realized, how will the military handle it?
Chiang Kai-shek must demand that the Communist Party hand over its troops first, and he makes this request out of national justice. After all, the military power of a country should belong to the central government. Will the Communist Party hand over its troops or not? Once the Communist Party hands over its troops, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly regrets it.
What should we do if we become a dictatorship?”
Liang Yuming was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "It is indeed true. It seems that the coalition government has little hope."
Zhou Hexuan said: "China's political situation has developed to the current point and can only be solved with the barrel of a gun. Civil war is inevitable."
Liang Xuming said dejectedly: "China has experienced 30 years of civil war. Will the civil war continue after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War? When will this end!"
Zhou Hexuan didn't answer because no one would believe him. Now that the Nationalist government has millions of troops and support from the United States, who could have expected that the Communist Party would drive them to Taiwan in just three years?
It is precisely because they cannot see the future that countless democrats, including Liang Suming, are worried. In their imagination, China's civil war may continue for another ten to twenty years, or even thirty to fifty years, without any consequences.
There is no end, no peace, and China can only exhaust its last vestige of strength in the war.
"Regardless of whether we can succeed or not, we must try our best to fight for it. We can't watch the country continue to deteriorate." Liang Xuming suddenly stood up and said, "Mingcheng, are you willing to join the Democratic League that is about to be formed? I will nominate you to serve as the leader.
Member of the Central Committee, with your international political vision and connections, you will definitely be able to greatly promote the fight for a coalition government!"
"There is no need to be a member of the Central Committee," Zhou Hexuan waved his hand and said, "I can join, but only as an ordinary member to express my support for democratic constitutionalism, but I am not optimistic about your ideas."
Liang Suming was greatly disappointed. He even felt that Zhou Hexuan was too cowardly and pessimistic. He clearly had the ability to contribute to democracy but chose to sit idly by. He sighed and said: "Well, everyone has their own ambitions, and I will not force it. I will wait until the founding meeting of the Democratic League is held.
, I will come again to send you an invitation letter. Farewell!"
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