In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek launched a "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked the whole country, and no one expected that even in the case of foreign invasion, he would dare to risk the world's condemnation and fight in the same room.
In the southern Anhui incident, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army suffered heavy losses, more than 9,000 troops directly under it, ambushed and besieged by 80,000 people of the national army, after 7 days and nights of fierce fighting, only more than 2,000 people successfully broke through, the rest were either sacrificed or captured, and even the army commander Ye Ting became a prisoner of the Kuomintang.
Judging from the outcome of this incident, the New Fourth Army suffered such heavy losses and inflicted heavy losses on the Communists that Chiang Kai-shek's goal had been achieved, and he was even complacent about the fact that he had succeeded in weakening the Communists. However, it was not long before Chiang Kai-shek discovered how much trouble the Southern Anhui Incident had caused him.
So how much trouble did the Southern Anhui Incident bring to Chiang Kai-shek?
First, the pressure of domestic public opinion.
After the incident in southern Anhui, Chiang Kai-shek immediately called out the reason for doing so, and directly stated that the New Fourth Army was a rebel army. This caused strong dissatisfaction among the people at that time, because Chiang Kai-shek was treating the people of the country as fools by doing so, and everyone knew that he was extremely jealous of the Communist Party, so he planned this incident, and now blames the Communist Party.
Therefore, whether it is the Communist Party of China or other democratic figures, they have accused Chiang Kai-shek of this behavior, and even many patriotic figures within the Kuomintang have quite a lot of criticism of Chiang Kai-shek, including Zhang Zhizhong, Wei Lihuang and other high-ranking generals. Everyone agreed that this should be the time to work together.
Therefore, after the Southern Anhui Incident, Chiang Kai-shek was under very great pressure from public opinion.
Second, international opposition.
The Chinese battlefield was a very important battlefield in World War II, which was a critical period in the anti-fascist war. Therefore, when the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries heard that Chiang Kai-shek had brazenly launched the Southern Anhui Incident in disregard of the overall situation, undermined unity, and even had the possibility of affecting the situation on the battlefield in China, these countries were extremely dissatisfied.
At that time, the Soviet Union immediately expressed a strong protest. Britain also did not approve of Chiang Kai-shek's approach. The United States directly threatened Chiang Kai-shek, saying that if the dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party could not be resolved, it would no longer provide military assistance to China.
The Chinese army can now maintain the front line, which is inseparable from the large amount of materials given by the United States, and once the United States really stops aiding China, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Chiang Kai-shek could never have imagined that the international response would be one-sided, and all of them were opposed to Chiang Kai-shek's Southern Anhui Incident.
Third, Japan has stepped up its aggression.
Chiang Kai-shek would launch the Southern Anhui Incident, thinking that the Japanese army was no longer capable of continuing to invade China, and even more so that after the Southern Anhui Incident, the Japanese army would not talk about making trouble with the Communist Party, but should also sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight in the conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and only take action when the victory and defeat were decided.
However, the Japanese army, as the aggressor, would not care about this, because the New Fourth Army suffered heavy losses, resulting in a hole in the defense line, and the Japanese army directly seized the opportunity to launch the Battle of Southern Henan, which Chiang Kai-shek did not expect.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek's plan for the "Southern Anhui Incident" was intended to weaken the strength of the Communist Party, and even drove all the Communist troops to Hebei, so as to exhaust the strength of the Japanese army, which had achieved his own goal. I just didn't expect that this incident would cause such huge consequences.
Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek was tired of coping with the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad, and although he did not apologize for the incident, he no longer aimed at the Communist Party, and once again showed a friendly gesture of joint resistance against Japan. Therefore, there was no winner in the Southern Anhui Incident, and only the Japanese army was the most happy to see it.