Why did Li Zongren refuse to sign the peace agreement of April 20, 1949?

Reason: The Kuomintang was unwilling to accept unconditional surrender when it still had a certain amount of military strength, and also imagined that it would be possible to rely on the Yangtze River to block the attack of the People's Liberation Army and achieve the division of the river.

On January 14, 1949, in a statement on the current situation, the chairman of the Communist Party of China put forward eight peace conditions for the Communist Party of China to conduct peace talks with the Kuomintang.

From April 1 to 20, 1949, the CPC delegation headed by *** and the Nanjing delegation headed by Zhang Zhizhong held negotiations with the CPC delegation in Beiping for half a month and drew up a domestic peace agreement. The CPC delegation insisted on what it should have adhered to and forbearance what it could, and both grasped the principles and made necessary concessions.

On April 20, 1949 (the twenty-third day of the third lunar month), the people of Nanjing** refused to sign the "Internal Peace Agreement".

In January 1949, Li Zongren, the acting officer, expressed his willingness to negotiate peace with the Communists. In order to achieve peace, the CPC delegation headed by the CPC and the Kuomintang delegation headed by Zhang Zhizhong held peace talks in Beiping, and the two sides reached the final amendment to the "Domestic Peace Agreement". Under Chiang Kai-shek's manipulation, the Kuomintang refused to sign the peace agreement.

The Kuomintang's fake peace talks were thoroughly exposed.

Because the agreement basically says that it is necessary to let go of the ** and accept the change, abolish the Nanjing ** and the constitution, punish Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren and other war criminals, and the troops must cross the river, these conditions are basically to persuade surrender.

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The surrender of political power and the army was suitable for punishing war criminals, and the war criminals included Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren and almost all other high-ranking Kuomintang officials.

The Chinese Kuomintang, in order to know at home, is for the good of us Chinese and the people, and wants to fight with the Communist Party of China to the end!

The Kuomintang had no intention of holding genuine peace talks.

In addition, to sign is to relinquish power.

The CCP launched the Battle of Crossing the River in April 1949. The Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River, also known as the Battle of Ninghu-Hangzhou, was a battle in which the Chinese People's Liberation Army forcibly crossed the Yangtze River during the War of Liberation.

On the evening of April 20 and 21, 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched the crossing of the river in accordance with the orders of the ** Military Commission and the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign" issued by the General Front Committee. Forcibly crossed the Yangtze River on a thousand-mile front from Hukou in the west to Jingjiang in the east, and quickly broke through the river defenses of the Kuomintang army.

Favorable conditions have been created for the People's Liberation Army to continue to advance southward and liberate the southern provinces. It has created important conditions for liberating the entire territory of East China and marching into South China and Southwest China.

Background: The Kuomintang army organized the defense of the Yangtze River with 700,000 troops in an attempt to prevent the People's Liberation Army from crossing the Yangtze River through the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, Pingjin and other battles in the strategic decisive stage.

The total strength of the PLA has grown to 4 million men, its morale is high, its equipment has been further improved, and its large corps has become more experienced in combat, and it is fully confident that it will defeat the Kuomintang army on a nationwide scale.

After the three major battles, the regular army of the Kuomintang Army still had about 1.15 million people in 71 armies and 227 divisions, plus special forces, organs, schools and local troops, with a total strength of 2.04 million, of which 1.46 million troops could be used for combat. Most of these units were newly built or rebuilt after being annihilated, and they are distributed over a vast area from Xinjiang to Taiwan, so they are strategically unable to organize an effective defense.

In order to quickly end the war, achieve real peace, and reduce the suffering of the people, the Communist Party of China is willing to hold peace talks with the Kuomintang under the eight conditions of punishing war criminals and abolishing the pseudo-constitution and the pseudo-legal system.

On April 1, 1949, the delegation of the Communist Party of China headed by the Communist Party of China and the delegation of the Kuomintang led by Zhang Zhizhong began negotiations in Beiping. After many negotiations, the CCP delegation sent the peace amendment to the KMT delegation on April 15.

On April 20, the KMT refused to sign the peace agreement, and negotiations broke down.

On April 21, 1949, the Chairman and Commander-in-Chief issued an order to march across the country. It is under the unified command of the secretary of the General Front Committee.

2. The Third Field Army launched the battle of crossing the river on the morning of the same day. On a thousand-mile front stretching from Hukou in the west to Jiangyin in the east, the People's Liberation Army's million-strong division forcibly crossed the Yangtze River, and the defense line of the Yangtze River, which the Kuomintang had painstakingly managed for three and a half months, collapsed in an instant. On April 23, the People's Liberation Army liberated Nanjing, and the Kuomintang fled to Guangzhou.

The liberation of Nanjing marked the end of 22 years of reactionary rule by the Kuomintang.

Overthrow the Kuomintang** and liberate the whole of China.

The Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River, also known as the Battle of Ninghu-Hangzhou, was a battle in which the Chinese People's Liberation Army forcibly crossed the Yangtze River during the Liberation War.

After the Liaoshen Campaign, the Huaihai Campaign, and the Pingjin Campaign, under the cover of the smokescreen of peace negotiations, the Kuomintang army actively arranged the Yangtze River defense line.

On April 20, 1949, the Kuomintang finally refused to sign the Internal Peace Agreement (Final Amendment). On the 21st, *** and ** issued the "Order to March to the Whole Country".

On the night of April 20 and 21, 1949, the People's Liberation Army was the first.

In accordance with the orders of the First Central Military Commission and the "Outline for the Implementation of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Campaign" issued by the General Front Committee, the 2nd and 3rd Field Armies successively launched the crossing of the Yangtze River. With the support and cooperation of artillery and engineers, they forcibly crossed the Yangtze River on a thousand-mile front stretching from Hukou in the west to Jingjiang in the east, quickly broke through the Kuomintang army's river defenses, occupied Guichi, Tongling, Wuhu, Changzhou, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, and other cities, and completely destroyed the Kuomintang army's Yangtze River defense line.

On April 23, 1949, the First Division of the Third Field Army liberated Nanjing, and Nanjing ** collapsed. Then, the armies of all walks advanced southward and liberated Hangzhou, Nanchang and other cities. On May 27, the main force of the Third Field Army captured Shanghai.

During this period, the Fourth Field Army crossed the Yangtze River south on May 14, liberated Hankou on the 16th, and liberated Wuchang and Hanyang on the 17th.

On June 2, 1949, the First Division of the Third Field Army liberated Chongming Island, and thus the battle of crossing the river ended.

The victory in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River created favorable conditions for the PLA to continue to advance southward and liberate the southern provinces.

But how to liberate the south of the Yangtze River.

The "Order to March to the Whole Country" was drafted by Chairman *** on April 21, 1949, and after the Kuomintang reactionaries refused to sign the internal peace agreement, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a large-scale march on an unprecedented scale to the vast areas that had not yet been liberated, in accordance with the orders of Chairman *** and Commander-in-Chief.

So the answer to your question is *** and **.

, ** jointly issued an order to "carry the revolution through to the end".