白崇禧密谋和共反蒋毛泽东批准秘密接触1948年除夕之夜蒋介石的“求和”文告,确如中共中央所预见,纯粹是一种缓兵之计。面对军事和经济的败局,国民党内部早已分崩离析,求和之声越来越多。继续不顾一切地打下去,不仅军事上没有喘息的机会,而且政治上必定会引发众怒,危及自身的地位。迫不得已,蒋介石只好一面做出和平姿态,一面准备宣告下野,把和谈的难题留给副总统李宗仁。国民党内一向派系林立,蒋介石的中央军遭受覆灭性打击之后,以李宗仁、白崇禧为首的拥有相当军事实力的桂系自然变得 Chiang Kai-shek’s “Summoned” Essay on Chiang Mai’s New Year’s Eve in 1948, indeed predicted by the CPC Central Committee, is purely a delaying tactic. Faced with the defeat of the military and the economy, the Kuomintang has long been falling apart and the voice of peace has become more and more numerous. To continue to fight desperately not only will there be no military respite, but it will inevitably lead to public anger and jeopardize its own position in politics. As a last resort, Chiang Kai-shek had to make a peace gesture and was ready to declare his opposition to leave the peace talks to the Vice-President Li Tsung-jen. After the Kuomintang’s factional and factional Chiang Kai-shek Central Army suffered a devastating blow, the naturally strong Guihua Department of the PLA, headed by Li Zong-ren and Bai Chongxi, naturally became