The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1049

  After the defeat of Yuxianggui, Stilwell threw all the blame to Lao Jiang, and took all the achievements of the expeditionary army in Burma to himself. In fact, his strategic and tactical thinking was still in the First World War, and he lacked knowledge of tanks and air forces. He was thinking about advancing the infantry group all day long, and he also chose the wrong offensive route, resulting in heavy losses for the expeditionary troops.

   In comparison, Stilwell’s successor, General Wedemeyer, was the real good friend of the Chinese people.

   Half a year later, Stilwell used the rout of Henan, Hunan and Guizhou as an excuse to ask Lao Jiang to hand over the military command of the whole of China to him. This rude request was actually approved by Marshall and eventually supported by Roosevelt.

   Not to mention Lao Jiang, the leader of any country cannot hand over all the troops of his country to a foreigner. After receiving Roosevelt’s telegram, Jiang Fei was so angry that he directly threatened that if Stilwell was not removed, China would fight independently from the Allies.

  Roosevelt had to transfer Stilwell from the Chinese theater and let General Wedemeyer take over.

  Wedemeyer just came to the Chinese theater, and reality poured cold water on him, and he found that what he took over was a mess. The Chinese theater staff controlled by Stilwell is just an empty shelf. There is no organization and operation of the staff, and no combat plan and logistics operation system of the Chinese theater. This is equivalent to Stilwell’s four years in office. Even the basic work has not been done well. .

  Wedemeyer was ordered in danger, and within a month, the Sino-US Joint Staff was formed, and the military chiefs of the two sides held regular weekly meetings to discuss military combat plans. At the same time, he also canceled the plan to continue to transfer troops to Burma, stabilized China’s domestic battlefield, and to a certain extent made up for the bad impact of the defeat of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi.

   Next, Wedemeyer tried to establish a reasonable system for the Chinese theater from the salary, supply and other institutional levels. This is what a high-level commander should do, instead of focusing on the specific training of soldiers like Stilwell, and then mobilizing all the supplies and bringing these trained troops to war.

   Stilwell couldn’t even solve the problem of the US Army and Air Force competing for hump materials. Wedemeyer fixed it as soon as he took office, and repaired the relationship between the US Army Headquarters Aid China and the Flying Tigers. At the same time, he also cooperated tacitly with Chinese officials. As long as Wedemeyer was in Chongqing, he would meet and discuss with Lao Jiang almost every day. The content of the conversation included the command system, organization, operations, training, transportation, defense, theater division, and the establishment of a new army, etc. . These were all things Stilwell should have solved, but he only knew that he was angry with Lao Jiang, and it all fell on Wedemeyer’s shoulders.

Stilwell called Lao Jiang a big stupid donkey and a dictator, while Wedemeyer’s evaluation of Lao Jiang was: “He is only the head of a loose association, and he has to go through great difficulties from time to time to gain the command of others over him. obey.”

   Lao Jiang also trusted and highly regarded Wedemeyer, calling him a role model for soldiers, and believed that “our soldiers should follow suit”.

  Comparing the two, whether it is military or diplomatic, Wedemeyer and Stilwell’s abilities are both superior, and they are not even on the same level.

   However, both the Chinese and the American people can only remember Stilwell, but ignore the real hero Wedemeyer. Perhaps for Wedemeyer, he should be called “a good fighter has no great merit”.

   These are things to come later, Wedemeyer will take more than half a year to arrive in China.

   For Chang Kaishen, in addition to the defeat in the battlefield, he also has to face the growing call for democracy in the country.

   After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, China’s democratic and constitutional movement developed vigorously. As the war entered the stage of stalemate, the Nationalist government gradually changed its face. Not only did it cancel the requirement to hold the National Assembly on a regular basis, but it also imposed high-handed rule on various constitutional groups, prohibiting and restricting all activities for constitutionalism.

   By 1944, all democrats believed that the democratic constitutional movement had failed completely.

   At this time, the Communist Party put forward the slogan of “formation of a coalition government”, and all the democrats responded to it like a treasure. Because the UK is now a multi-party coalition government, the Conservative Party is responsible for military diplomacy, the Labour Party is responsible for the domestic economy, and the Liberal Party is responsible for assisting in governing.

  The British coalition government has done a great job, so can China!

Under the leadership of the Communist Party and with the cooperation of various democratic parties and democratic and free people, the call for the formation of a coalition government has grown louder and louder. In this context, the China Democratic Political League was officially reorganized into the “China Democratic League” and allowed to use the Apply to join as an individual.

  Lao Jiang was devastated by this, the military secret agents also strengthened their surveillance of the Communist Party and democrats, and the censorship of newspapers, magazines and books became more and more strict.

  To be honest, I don’t know what to do with Zhou Hexuan in Lao Jiang’s seat. If you agree to form a coalition government, you will undoubtedly be digging your own grave and will attract collective opposition from the top bureaucrats of the National Party.

   Mid-July.

   Zhou Hexuan is teasing his son Zhou Shengguang at home. The little guy was born by Zhang Leyi in March last year and is named “Dawn of Victory”.

Suddenly Liang Suming came to visit, and after reciting a few words, he said bluntly: “Mingcheng, the Democratic Political Group Alliance is about to be reorganized into the Democratic Alliance, allowing individuals to participate. Our purpose is to discuss the establishment of a country after the war, avoid civil war, and strive for a coalition government. You What are your thoughts on this?”

   “The coalition government is like the moon in a mirror. It looks beautiful, but in reality it is impossible to achieve.” Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly and shook his head.

   “Are you that pessimistic?” Liang Suming was a little unhappy.

Zhou Hexuan explained: “It’s not that I’m pessimistic, it’s that I’ve already seen through the essence 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, what will the army do? Lao Jiang must have asked the Communist Party to hand over the army first, and he made this request based on the righteousness of the country. After all, the military power of a country should be vested in the central government. Will the Communist Party hand it over or not? Once the Communist Party handed over the army, Lao Jiang suddenly regretted it. What about dictatorship?”

  Liang Suming was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed: “That’s true, it seems that there is little hope of a coalition government.”

   Zhou Hexuan said: “China’s political situation has developed to the point where it can only be solved by the barrel of a gun. Civil war is inevitable.”

  Liang Suming said dejectedly: “China has gone through a civil war for 30 years. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, will the civil war continue? When will this be the end!”

   Zhou Hexuan did not answer, because no one believed what he said. Now that the Nationalist government has millions of troops and the support of the United States, who would have expected to be driven to Taiwan by the Communist Party in three years?

   It is precisely because they cannot see the future that countless democrats, including Liang Suming, are so worried. When they think about it, China’s civil war may continue for another ten or twenty years, or even thirty or fifty years.

“Whether we can succeed or not, we must strive for it as much as possible, and we can’t watch the country continue to deteriorate,” Liang Suming suddenly stood up and said, “Mingcheng, are you willing to join the upcoming China Democratic League? I will nominate you then. Member of the Central Committee, with your international political vision and personal connections, you will definitely be able to greatly promote the fight for a coalition government!”

   “You don’t have to be a member of the Central Committee,” Zhou Hexuan said, waving his hand. “I can join, but I will only be an ordinary member to express my support for democracy and constitutionalism, but I am not optimistic about your ideas.”

  Liang Suming was greatly disappointed, and even felt that Zhou Hexuan was too cowardly and pessimistic, but chose to sit back and watch while he was capable of contributing to democracy. He sighed and said, “Well, everyone has their own aspirations, so I won’t force it. I will come back to send you an invitation letter before the founding meeting of the Democratic League. Farewell!”