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Most U.S. military observers had thought that the Reds would crush Chiang Kai-shek's forces at Suchow, and take his capital, Nanking, in a matter of days. When this did not happen last week, they could hardly believe it.
The fine loess dust on the rutted dirt road from Suchow to the front, 25 miles to the east, was churned by our jeep into a long brown cloud which hung in the still air. We could hear the distant thump of artillery and the crunch of aerial bombs. Ahead...
The day after we landed at Nanking came the melancholy news that Huang Po-tao's moated walls had been pierced. The Communists claimed that his army was segmented and being chewed up piecemeal. If true, this left the Nationalists in a serious position. Both Li and Chiu had...
Though both Nanking and Shanghai were temporarily quiet, the situation in both remained explosive. Already violence flared at Shanghai's exits. As soon as a train backed up to the North Station, a tidal wave of people ran down the platform and surged over the train, filling it up...
The fear was widespread that if the Communists won the battle of Suchow, raging crowds would spread destruction through Nanking and Shanghai. To bolster morale for the time being, a giant "Victory Parade" was ordered in Nanking. U.S. military experts on the spot did not believe that the government would...