The Chinese people are the most simple and kind-hearted people in the world. No matter how hard their lives are, as long as they work together from top to bottom to save food and clothing and tide over the difficulties, everyone can grit their teeth and persevere. However, under the current situation of total economic bankruptcy in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, corruption within the Chongqing government has
But it is becoming more and more rampant. The taxes collected by the central government have to be apportioned to local governments at least three times more. More than two-thirds of the central government's fiscal expenditures are pocketed by officials at all levels.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that although Lao Jiang himself lived a relatively simple life (compared to those of his relatives), his wife Song Meiling and her relatives, such as Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziliang (Song Ziwen himself was also quite honest, but he
's younger brother
Song Ziliang became a billionaire through plunder and corruption.) But they all took the lead in corruption. During the unprecedented crisis in the Kuomintang-controlled area, the assets of the two families not only did not shrink, but further expanded to more than 1 billion US dollars.
Lao Chiang Kai-shek has always been ruthless and cruel to outsiders, and treats relatives (including fellow villagers) more leniently and preferentially as the closer the relationship is, regardless of family or country. From this point of view, it can be seen that Lao Chiang Kai-shek cannot be called a politician at all.
Consider a politician.) Jen
They were kind and indulgent, knowing that what they did would ruin their rule, but they still could not bring themselves to deal with it ruthlessly. As a result, the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked. Officials at all levels below followed suit and completely destroyed the rule of the Chongqing government.
Sent to a dead end
A small group of people have enriched the country, while more than 95% of the remaining population has fallen into abject poverty. Anyone with some knowledge can see that the Kuomintang has no future, and they have come to the liberated areas to change their families. Even the most supportive people in the past have
Old Chiang Kai-shek
Landowners and gentry, faced with such a serious existential crisis, also changed their positions one after another. Under such circumstances, if old Chiang Kai-shek did not take the risk and wait until the Red Party and the Japanese reached a peace agreement to free up their hands, he would even
There is no chance of winning even one percent.
However, a low-probability event is a low-probability event after all. The national army's all-out attack had just begun when Chiang Kai-shek received a severe blow. Hu Zongnan, his most trusted student, actually led hundreds of thousands of his direct Central Army troops to revolt in Xi'an.
Hu Zongnan has always been loyal to Chiang Kai-shek. During the first anti-Red climax of the Kuomintang, he led his troops to defend Xi'an. He still persisted in the face of the three-sided siege by the Red Party armed forces, but now he actually doesn't.
It is really unexpected that the Chongqing government surrendered in the war, but to put it bluntly, it is actually very simple. It is not a word "money". Due to the financial difficulties of the Chongqing government,
Difficult. Not only have the previous rewards for the national army in Xi'an not been paid out yet, but even the most basic military pay has been reduced by one-third on the basis of the already discounted "national disaster pay". In addition, Xi'an has long been
It became an isolated city surrounded by the liberated areas. Even though the citizens were driven out of the city by Hu Zongnan to reduce the burden, the Xi'an National Army could not hold on for long before they ran out of food.[
Under such circumstances, the People's Liberation Army outside the city was very immoral and set up a large pot of steamed meat buns, which completely destroyed the morale of the national army in the city. After hearing the propaganda outside the city that "surrender, you will eat meat buns."
, thousands of national troops in Xi'an deserted overnight, including battalion commanders and regimental commanders. Hu Zongnan, who knew the situation was over, wanted to commit suicide.
In order to repay the principal's kindness, he was persuaded by his adjutant, who was actually a secret member of the Red Party, and resolutely led his troops to revolt. "Commander, you are indeed the most trusted student of the chairman, but even you and his
Compared with relatives, they are still not worth mentioning. Otherwise, why would he let his relatives become corrupt while leaving you and your subordinates unable to even have porridge?"
Hu Zongnan, whom Chiang Kai-shek trusted and valued the most, revolted. The miscellaneous troops who lived in even more embarrassment and were used as cannon fodder by Chiang Kai-shek had no reason to resist. As a result, within a month, the national army revolted and surrendered.
The total number exceeded three million. Originally, in major
Among the field armies, the Northwest Field Army and the Jiangnan Field Army, which were relatively small in strength, took advantage of the opportunity to recruit Chinese prisoners of war to significantly expand their troops. The total strength of both quickly increased to more than one million. The remaining troops of the Central Plains Field Army commanded by Su Yu also achieved considerable results.
The military strength was expanded to 800,000.
What's even worse is that since most of the soldiers in the national army were captured by young men, the superiors regarded them as cannon fodder. In the process of capturing young men alone, millions died (Note 1). After joining the army, officers
The soldiers often did not treat them as human beings, often beating, scolding, and abusing them, and their military pay was cut off.
As a result, these soldiers generally hated the Chiang regime. As a result, after complaining and educating and replacing grassroots commanders, most of the newly reorganized national army units will quickly transform into an elite division with more valor and bravery.
Then we go back and beat the national army until they cry for father and mother.
Note 1: The main causes of death were hunger, fatigue, disease and abuse. Due to layers of deductions at that time, the average daily food supply of the captured young men before joining the army could not even meet the minimum requirements for survival, which directly led to many
Those who were thin and starved to death or got sick were then
Most of the personnel escorting young men treated human life with indifference. For those who were seriously ill, they not only refused to spend money to hire a doctor, but often buried them alive. In addition, many national army troops had poor military discipline at that time, and some officers took pleasure in torturing them and were harmed by them.
There are also many young men and new recruits who died.
As for the total death toll of young men during the Anti-Japanese War in history, the statistics are still accurate so far. However, in history, Song Meiling was interviewed (sometimes this woman was very shrewd, but many times she was very mentally retarded. After escaping to Taiwan, she even publicly
Asking Americans "Why don't they drop atoms on the mainland?" caused an uproar in the public opinion.) It has been said that in the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, 14 million people died in the process of capturing young men by the Chinese army, but combined with other historical data (most of them said that the rate of young men was in place
only
Less than 50%, and the total number of young men finally captured was 14 million, and the number of deaths and escapes should be roughly the same number.), the 14 million should actually be the total number of deaths and escapes, but considering that the number of captured men at that time
The strong men were tied up with ropes and marched on the road, and were escorted by Nationalist officers and soldiers with guns. It was not easy to escape, so millions of people must have died. This was already more than the Japanese killed. Chiang Kai-shek
The regime's disregard for human life is truly chilling.
In this book, although the time is short, because the economic crisis of the Chiang regime is more serious than in history, the death toll of millions may actually be a small number (to be continued...)