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This was before the special meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on April 4. The Prime Minister felt that he should find a few less important matters to "follow" the Republic of China, so that in the minutes of the negotiations, it would appear that both parties had their own gains.Tang Hua mentioned the Double Tenth Festival in a flash of his mind, and the Prime Minister applauded, so the Double National Day was decided.
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朝鲜的谈判从1951年6月到1953年4月，谈了2年10个月。
和美镇的谈判从1953年4月20日上午11时开始，中午12时结束，谈了一个小时。
"President Li, you have already contacted and reached an agreement, right?"
After signing, Marshall stared into Li Zongren's eyes and asked.
"General Marshall, when you arrived in Taipei yesterday, you told me that your biggest regret in China seven years ago was that you failed to allow China to form a coalition government and move towards peace, so that you had to return to China seven years later."
Li Zongren answered Marshall calmly, "No, you have no regrets, we still form a coalition government now."
Chapter 63, The Secret of Colonel William Hodgson
"The commander-in-chief and Li Zongren have completed the signing of the agreement! The talks are over!"
"Marshall and his entourage left the venue early."
"Special Envoy Svirk congratulated the successful peace talks and delivered an impromptu speech. The content of the speech will be translated later."
The dynamics of Hemeizhen's negotiation scene were reported to Xiamen Qianzhi in real time, and Xiamen Qianzhi passed the information to Beijing in the shortest time.Here, watching the talks and the signing of the peace agreement, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the veterans of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee whispered to each other.
Among the onlookers, Ms. Song, the mother of the country, may have been the first to get the news—at the end of March, the prime minister and the chairman informed Ms. Song of the news.After learning that her brother-in-law was the first target of the Taiwan campaign, Ms. Song was silent for a long time, but finally said firmly: "Mr. Sun said that the tide of history is mighty, and those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish."
Ms. Song then began to write a persuasion letter to her sister, but she didn't really expect her sister to return to China, but even if her sister didn't listen to the persuasion, she still had to do what should be done.
"Ambassador Pan Youxin congratulated the successful peace talks and requested to contact the embassy in Beijing immediately. He needs to report the news to Moscow."
"If there is no highly confidential information, he can use the remote intercom to dictate the telegram now, and the Xiamen front finger will send it back to Beijing, and we will send someone to be the telegram deliveryman." The Prime Minister said, "Also, to remind the front finger, it is necessary for Marshall to return to Taipei in advance. An ambiguous signal that the next step must be taken immediately."
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Off the coast of the Tamsui River.
The Tamsui River, like other rivers in Taiwan, originates from the central mountain range and flows north-west to the north side of the Taiwan Strait.Although the Danshui River is not long, it has a large amount of water and a slow flow.
On the morning of April 4, several landing ships departing from Fuzhou approached the mouth of the Tamsui River.Although the two sides ceased fire at noon yesterday, the landing ship stopped outside the firing range of the fort at the mouth of the Tamsui.
4月20日，台军所有部队都要求步话机、电台等一切通信设备处于开机可接收信息状态。4月20日中午12时一过，所有通信设备都在接收同一个消息：
The armistice agreement has been reached, and all army officers restrained their subordinates, put weapons and ammunition into storage and kept them properly, and assembled and stood by.All officers and soldiers from army commanders to privates can voluntarily decide to stay in Taiwan, return to the mainland or take refuge in Okinawa.This is a message sent to all the remaining troops of the national army. In the troops that have been absolutely controlled, the officers and soldiers received instructions to cooperate with the PLA troops who came to join, and rushed to the predetermined locations to maintain order in northern Taiwan.
At 4:20 noon on April 12, the landing ship of our army in the Tamsui Estuary had already started the main engine, and they were advancing together at this time.Half an hour later, the bow door of the landing ship opened, and what emerged was neither an amphibious tank nor an amphibious armored vehicle, but a Soviet-made high-speed assault boat.
为了筹备台湾战役，前指调动的地面部队包括3个兵团9个军、1个坦克师、1个炮兵师、1个两栖机械化师、2个海军陆战师。
The Marine Division was transformed from the three field forces at the end of 1950.Seven days before the Battle of Taiwan, only the 7st Marine Division participated in the battle.
Now, the 7nd Division of the Marine Corps, which had been hidden for 2 days, appeared.
Their task is to take advantage of the gap after the armistice negotiations to quickly go upstream from the Tamsui River to Taipei to control the situation.
Taipei is not a seaport city. It takes about 18 kilometers to the northeast from Taipei to get to Keelung Port, and 12.5 kilometers to the northwest along the Tamsui River to the mouth of the Tamsui River.
The 2th Regiment of the 4nd Division of the Marine Corps was the first wave of troops to break in. They left the landing ship in hundreds of assault boats and quickly approached the mouth of the Danshui River.It is 6 kilometers from the landing ship to the coastline/the estuary of the Tamsui River, and 12.5 kilometers from the estuary of the Tamsui River to Taipei. According to the speed of the assault boat, it only takes more than 20 minutes.
"Enter the Tamsui River! Everyone is ready for battle!" Jiang Wuqi, head of the 1st Regiment, shouted on the walkie-talkie.
According to the information obtained before, from the mouth of the Tamsui River to the river section of Taipei City, there are officers and soldiers from the 2nd Regiment of the Annan Army on both sides of the river, and they have already reached a tacit understanding with our army.But what if.
The machine gunner at the front of the assault boat was lying on the firing position, nervously observing the left and right river banks.At the tail of the assault boat are two 40mm rocket launchers. A high-explosive grenade has already been stuffed into the rocket launcher. With just one pull of the trigger, the rocket can roll and fly to the head of any enemy army on the river bank.
Fortunately, the worst did not happen.There is a stronghold of the national army several hundred meters away on the Danshui River, or a squad is stationed, or a platoon is stationed. When passing by the Danshui River at high speed, the [-]st Marine Division saw that the defenders in all the strongholds were not on alert. status, and each has a red flag hoisted on a flagpole or pole.
In the Danshui River, the assault boats of the 1st Marine Division, which were running against the current at high speed, also had a red flag on each boat.
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Hemei Town.
Li Zongren saw the Marshall motorcade leaving early.He was not surprised.
Less than 2 minutes after Marshall's convoy left, the jeep rented by the Asahi Shimbun reporter roared out of the negotiating venue and sped northward, overtaking Marshall's convoy in a short while.
Another minute later, the engine of the Ford car of the Hong Kong "South China Morning Post" reporter roared and rushed out of the negotiating venue, overtaking Marshall's convoy, and then overtaking the jeep rented by the "Asahi Shimbun" reporter.
They were all rushing back to Taipei to telegraph the news...
"Mr. Li Zongren," the commander-in-chief said, "on the way back to Taipei, the 27th Army Reconnaissance Battalion will go with your guards to protect your safety and also facilitate control of the situation along the way and in Taipei."
The commander-in-chief shook hands with Li Zongren and said goodbye to the UN Secretary-General's special envoy Svirk: "Mr. Special Envoy, basically there will be no fighting in Taiwan, but Taipei will complete the transfer of defense in the last two days, and many soldiers will carry out weapons and ammunition imports." Public security is prone to problems with stock counting and troop transfer. If you want to go back to Taipei, I will send the 28th Army Reconnaissance Battalion to escort you back. But we also recommend that you stay in our controlled area for a day or two, and we can even arrange for you to go to Penghu And Xiamen for a study visit. As for the contact with Mr. Secretary-General, if we don’t want to send a secret telegram, we can forward it via the domestic telegraph line from Guangzhou to Hong Kong’s international line.”
"Comrade Commander-in-Chief," Pan Youxin, the Soviet ambassador to China, sent a telegram to his embassy in Beijing. The task was completed and everything is fine now. "I don't have to rush back to Beijing for the time being. I hope to visit Taiwan for a day or two. In addition I would like to make a personal request, I would like to inspect the Xianglin Manor where Chiang Kai-shek once lived."
The commander-in-chief nodded, "Don't worry, Mr. Ambassador, we will arrange it soon.... Actually, Xianglin Manor is less than 2 kilometers away from us."
In fact, Xianglin Manor was not the place where Chiang Kai-shek once lived.He still lives there.
The place of negotiation is at the foot of Iron Mountain in Hemei Town.Chiang Kai-shek's camp is at Xianglin Manor 1.5 kilometers away.
In other words, both Chiang Kai-shek and the Republic of China were terminated in Hemei Town.
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"After completing the transfer of defense in Taiwan, we will open Keelung Port for a week in accordance with the previous agreement between China and the United States, and allow some Taiwanese residents to leave the country."
At the Beijing War Situation Center, the Prime Minister explained the follow-up action plan to the CPPCC and veterans of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee who were watching.
"However, the former government staff of the Republic of China in Taiwan, officers of the national army, war criminals previously delineated by our side, and absconding bully landlords, etc., cannot leave the country freely."
"...we're not going to pardon those Civil War criminals?"
"It is the voice and demand of the people to punish those war criminals who committed war crimes and did not repent or perform meritorious service until the signing of the armistice agreement." Some people can apply to leave the country, and the latter two may be more complicated. For the 35 US military advisers in Taiwan, we will temporarily restrict their freedom of movement. After the situation in Taipei stabilizes, we will negotiate with the US and the two sides will reach an agreement let him return."
"John J. Hodgson? He is actually on the list of 35 members of the advisory group? Prime Minister, we want Li Zongren to immediately detain William Hodgson and confiscate all documents and files kept by him and even his team."
Tang Hua was looking at the list of the last group of US military advisors left in Taiwan just now.A few days ago, the Taiwan campaign seemed to be rehearsing with a script. Not only did Tang Hua stay up all night at night, he also didn't come during the day. Today was the first time I saw the list of US military advisory groups sent by Taipei.
Everyone in the War Information Center Command, including the Prime Minister, turned their attention to Tang Hua who was holding the list of advisors.
"William Hodgson, Colonel of the U.S. Air Force, from 1950 to 1952, he belonged to the U.S. Air Force Psychological Warfare Department. In fact, the Air Force Psychological Warfare Department reported to Lieutenant General T.D. White, the U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of biological and chemical warfare. , is the department in charge of biological and chemical warfare in the Far East." Tang Hua said, "He probably has direct evidence that the U.S. military dropped bacterial weapons on North Korea from the end of 1951 to the beginning of 1952!"
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Taipei.