Thread:ChineseSocialist/@comment-35183725-20200620010855/@comment-38073745-20200620051337

In fact he did it to avoid going into combat, as that was his primary strategy toward the war. KMT forces only started fighting due to domestic pressure from the CCP.

He obviously knew about the consequences of taking such a decision very well, not to mention Wuhan was taken four months later. He could still have mounted successful resistance from the fastness of Sichuan, he was a shitty strategist. By killing and impoverishing so many people he just drove them into the arms of Mao in Yan'an.

Anyway disqualifying the event as if on a timeline where it didn't occur is difficult and not of my interest, just a blunder that must not be repeated again.