走向皖南事变:1938—1940年国民党有关新四军文电考察

About Southern Anhui Incident: KMT Telegrams Concerning New Fourth Army from 1938 to 1940

国民党有关文电表明,新四军组建之初,蒋介石对其曾经抱有很大幻想。叶挺与项英之间矛盾公开化后,蒋介石更是亲自出面拉拢叶挺,加大分化新四军的力度。随着新四军的"失控",蒋介石处心积虑地谋求削弱新四军。无论是要求新四军调往江南,还是逼迫新四军移往黄河以北,都是为消灭新四军创造条件。黄桥决战后,蒋介石公开将"操刀杀人"与"借刀杀人"结合起来对付新四军。项英一直提防国民党"借刀杀人",却从未想到国民党随时可以"操刀杀人"。就这样,一场同室操戈的民族悲剧最终上演。

Relevant telegraph messages sent by KMT indicate that Chiang Kai-shek had big illusionary expectations for the New Fourth Army when it was first founded.After the conflict between Ye Ting and Xiang Ying was made public,Chiang personally approached Ye Ting,trying hard to draw him over and to divide the New Fourth Army.When the New Fourth Army became"out of control",Chiang tried in every way possible to weaken the New Fourth Army.He sought to create conditions for eliminating the New Fourth Army by ordering the latter to be transferred to the south of the Yangtze River,or forcing it to move to the north of the Yellow River.After the Battle of Huangqiao,Chiang Kai-shek publicly combined"Killing by His Own Hands"with"Killing by Others’Hands".Xiang Ying had always been wary of Kuomintang’s"Killing by Others’Hands",but had never expected that Chiang would practice"Killing by His Own Hands".Thus,there came a national fratricidal tragedy.