During the Liberation War, why was Xue Yue not selected for the four major suppression generals? Is it a lack of qualifications or something else hidden? Do you still remember the heroic generals engraved inside and outside the Great Wall during the Anti-Japanese War? They defended the dignity of the country with blood and sweat and wrote an epic of war that can be sung and cried. However, during the civil war, Xue Yue, the former "God of War", was not selected as one of the four major Kuomintang suppressors, what is the reason for this? Is it because of insufficient qualifications, or is there something else hidden?
In 1948, when the War of Liberation entered the white-hot stage, Chiang Kai-shek established four major suppression headquarters in various major theaters across the country, namely North China, Northeast China, Xuzhou and Central China. Each commander had several corps and special forces under its jurisdiction, and it could be said to be the most powerful operational front of the national army at that time.
Chiang Kai-shek was very cautious about the selection of these commanders-in-chief. In the end, in addition to Bai Chongxi, a "first-class general", the other three Liu Zhi, Fu Zuoyi and Wei Lihuang were all senior second-level generals. Judging by their rank and seniority, they are undoubtedly the best candidates.
However, unexpectedly, Xue Yue, who was once called the "God of War" along with Bai Chongxi, was not selected for the list of the four major suppressors. This makes many people feel very puzzling - Xue Yue was a famous anti-Japanese general back then, with a great record, how could he be so snubbed by Chiang Kai-shek?
It turned out that although Xue Yue was already a second-class general at that time, his rank order was far lower than that of Wei Lihuang and others. More importantly, in the early days of the Liberation War, Xue Yue commanded troops to suffer heavy defeats with Huaye in the Xuzhou area. The successive defeats made Chiang Kai-shek completely lose confidence in him.
However, these alone are not enough to fully explain why Xue Yue was so left out in the cold. In fact, Xue Yue's status in the army is much more than that. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he quickly immersed himself in the party politics in Nanjing, actively formed gangs, openly supported Sun Ke's candidacy for vice president, and even conspired with Cantonese politicians to "rule Guangdong by Cantonese people".
This style of work undoubtedly formed a head-on conflict with Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship. At this critical moment, Xue Yue has lost his original intention of being a pure soldier and has become a political animal. And for Jiang, handing over the heavy task to such a person is tantamount to digging his own grave.
In addition to the change of mentality, Xue Yue's poor performance in the Xuzhou Pacification Office was also the key reason why he was abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek. In June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek personally appointed Xue Yue as the director of the Xuzhou Appeasement Office, hoping that he would be able to wipe out the guerrillas in the Suzhou-Anhui base area within half a year.
However, it backfired. For more than half a year, Xue Yue not only did not get his wish, but swallowed the bitter fruit one after another during the fight with Huaye commanded by Chen Yi and Su Yu. First, it suffered heavy losses in the Soviet Union and Central China, losing tens of thousands of soldiers; Later, it was defeated and retreated by Huaye with the strategy of "striking the east and attacking the west", and finally three brigades were completely annihilated in the Lunan area.
Faced with defeat after defeat, Chiang Kai-shek would of course question Xue Yue's command ability. In the first half of 1947, he unceremoniously replaced Xue Yue and sent his confidant Gu Zhutong to take over. It can be seen that in Jiang's mind, Xue Yue has completely lost the aura of the hero of the Anti-Japanese War.
It was precisely because of the change of mentality and the poor performance of the war that Xue Yue was finally ruthlessly pulled down from the altar of the "God of War" by Chiang Kai-shek, and he had no chance with the four major suppressors. In contrast, although Bai Chongxi and others were not as satisfactory, they at least retained the purity of the soldiers, and their combat achievements were far better than Xue Yue's, so they could win Jiang's favor.
The reason why Xue Yue failed to become one of the four major suppressors was of course due to subjective and objective reasons, but in the final analysis, it was because he lost the trust of Chiang Kai-shek at a critical moment. How can a general take on a heavy responsibility if he can't even gain the trust of his commander? Xue Yue's experience is a lesson from the past, warning us that we must not give up our duties as soldiers at any time, otherwise we will eventually degenerate from the "God of War" to the "Man of Stink" like him. #头条首发大赛#