Due to the continuous defeats, Chiang Kai-shek had to personally hold a military conference to readjust the Nationalist strategies on January 10, 1948, by flying to Shenyang from Nanjing, and replaced Chen Cheng with Wei Lihuang.
As a result of a prolonged series of military defeats, Chiang Kai-shek was compelled to take drastic action, holding an emergency meeting with his top generals to reevaluate the Nationalist strategy on January 10, 1948, by flying from Nanjing to Shenyang and making significant personnel changes.