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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 379: The Aftermath of the Xi'an Incident

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    Chapter 379 The aftermath of the Xi¡¯an Incident

    The figures of great men have faded away, and history has accumulated thick dust, but it has never been buried. The Xi'an Incident had an immeasurable and far-reaching impact on China and the entire Chinese nation.

    The Xi'an Incident reached a six-point agreement with the following contents: (1) Reorganize the Communist Party and the National Government, expel pro-Japanese factions, and accommodate anti-Japanese elements.  (2) Release Shanghai¡¯s patriotic leaders, release all political prisoners, and ensure the people¡¯s freedom and rights.  (3) Stop the policy of "suppressing the Communists" and unite the Red Army to resist Japan.  (4) Convene a national salvation conference attended by all parties, factions, all walks of life and the military to decide on the policy of resisting Japan and saving the nation.  (5) Establishing cooperative relations with countries that sympathize with China's anti-Japanese war (6) Other specific measures to save the country.

    ?? Promoted the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front, and brought all parties together for this national goal. During this period, although there were occasional frictions, they did not depart from this tone.

    The footsteps of history have long gone. The gunshots by the Huaqing Pool have disappeared in the long river of time. The merits of thousands of years will be commented by future generations. It is just a matter of opinion. Who can restore the true face of history?

    According to the evaluation of the Chinese Communist Party, the Xi'an Incident was caused by Zhang Xueliang's non-resistance after the September 18th Incident and being condemned by the people across the country.  national policy.

    A mutiny was launched in Xi'an at the end of 1936, and Chiang Zhongzheng, then Chairman of the Military Commission of the National Government and Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was kidnapped. He proposed eight proposals, including stopping the suppression of the Communist Party, reorganizing the government, and sending troops to resist Japan.

    The Xi'an Incident caused the Nationalist Government to stop suppressing the Communist Party and unite with the Communist Party to resist Japan. This forced the government's anti-Japanese preparations to be interrupted and the all-out anti-Japanese war to break out in advance. On the other hand, the Nationalist government came back to life and gained a breathing space, leading to a full-scale rebellion after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

    According to the evaluation of the Chinese Communist Party, due to the occurrence of the Xi'an Incident and its peaceful resolution, it finally ended the ten-year civil war, achieved domestic peace, and promoted the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which greatly encouraged the Chinese people.  With the anti-Japanese enthusiasm, the whole people launched the Anti-Japanese War and persisted for eight years until victory.

    Zhou Enlai, one of the leaders of the Communist Party of China and then vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, evaluated Zhang Xueliang as: "a national hero and a hero through the ages."

    Zhang Xueliang's self-evaluation: In the decades after the incident, Zhang Xueliang has always insisted: "As a soldier, I should be shot; but according to my conscience, I did nothing wrong! Any Chinese, under the circumstances at that time,  Everyone would do that, but I, Zhang Xueliang, did it.¡±

    As for why Zhang Xueliang took the risk and personally sent Chairman Chiang back to Nanjing, there have been different opinions. According to Zhang Xueliang himself: "The leader is a clay Bodhisattva. Now that I have knocked him down, I will personally lift him up. If he has  Spirit, I will kowtow to him." He said so, and he did so, using the freedom for the rest of his life to show his character as a minister.

    Soong Meiling had a very positive evaluation of Zhang Xueliang. She publicly said about Zhang Xueliang's Xi'an Incident, "Han Qing doesn't want territory or money, he wants to sacrifice." Based on her understanding of her husband, Jiang Zhongzheng, and the degree of personal relationship between Soong Meiling and Zhang Xueliang, she  It is completely understandable to understand Zhang Xueliang¡¯s mentality at that time.

    It was for the public good, not for personal gain. Therefore, in the years to come, Mrs. Chiang tried her best to protect Zhang Xueliang from harm. In a memoir, Jay House, the U.S. Minister to China, recorded that Soong Meiling said to Chiang Kai-shek: "If you  If there is any disadvantage to that little guy (referring to Zhang Xueliang), I will leave Taiwan immediately and publish all the things you have done."

    The Song family and Zhang Xueliang have always been close. The trial of Zhang Xueliang by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China caused great dissatisfaction with the Song family. Song Ziwen wrote to Chiang Kai-shek many times to argue for Zhang Xueliang's vindication, and was willing to vouch for Zhang Xueliang's death in person.  He resigned from all his positions in exchange for Zhang Hanqing's personal freedom.

    The party involved, Chairman Chiang, commented on Zhang Xueliang's launch of the Xi'an Incident: "Han Qing is confused!" These four words only describe the Chiang family. His complicated feelings towards this brother who worshiped him seemed to be regretful, and seemed to be an ironclad hatred.  Steel is like an elder brother's rebuke to his ignorant younger brother. As the saying goes, everything is in one word.

    Hu Shi, a famous figure in the Republic of China, commented: "It is not easy to form a leader in China. If something bad happens to Chiang Kai-shek, China will go back twenty years." He also clearly defined that Zhang Xueliang's Xi'an Incident was "named to resist the enemy, but in fact it destroyed the Great Wall."  "The sinner of the country and the nation", "Without the Xi'an Incident, the Communist Party would have been eliminated soon. The losses caused by the Xi'an Incident to our country are irreparable."

    Some people who are familiar with Chairman Chiang commented that Chairman Chiang's attitude towards Japan was not conciliatory and sued for peace, but was actually due to the disparity in national power between China and Japan. The first thing Chiang Kai-shek wanted to do was to eliminate the separatist forces of the Communist Party and local warlords and unify the Great Wall.  The Chinese region to the south, and then, the whole countryforce to deal with the Japanese.

    Although the Anti-Japanese War was inevitable, it started on July 7, 1937, which was a direct result of the Xi'an Incident. It cannot be ruled out that the Japanese army did not feel a real threat when the Chinese National United Front was not quickly formed.  , the possibility of not invading the Central Plains and heading directly north to the Soviet Union.

    There are different opinions and mixed reviews. The Xi'an Incident did happen and it did change the course of China's history. The merits and demerits of a thousand years can only be left to future generations to comment.

    On the afternoon of December 25, in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, at the Northwest Suppression General Left Army Headquarters, when Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's plane flew over Shangluo, Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the Left Army, said to Tang Qiuli nervously:  "The Chairman's plane is approaching and he wants to speak to Deputy Commander-in-Chief Tang in person."

    Tang Qiuli took over the air liaison machine, and Chairman Chiang's strong Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent came from the earphone: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Tang, thank you for your hard work. Take control of the troops and wait for the order to return to Nanjing."

    Tang Qiuli knew that the old man had returned to Nanjing safely, and it was time for the Communist Party to reward and punish him. The first prize was waiting for him. Although Chairman Chiang did not speak much, he conveyed a lot of information clearly and unmistakably.  A good army is the most important information. The old man is relieved that he has 300,000 Central Army troops in his hands.

    The call between Chairman Jiang and Tang Qiuli was clearly transmitted to the ears of the generals through the amplifier in the headquarters. Tang Qiuli turned around and looked coldly at the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army, who was sweating profusely on his face.  Liu Zhi is also a senior general who is frightened and frightened.

    Liu Zhi couldn't help but look nervous. On the afternoon of the 24th, a division of Liu Zhi's department of the Left Route Army suddenly left the Majie station without receiving any orders, passed through Heilongkou, Gongwangling, and arrived at  The Lantian area in the southern suburbs of Xi'an created a situation of troops approaching Xi'an.

    At this time, Tang Qiuli was still on the way from Luoyang to Shangluo. After learning about this, Tang Qiuli broke out in a cold sweat. He was so damn brave that he dared to privately mobilize troops and march into Xi'an under such circumstances.  Did you get that person's order?

    It's definitely not that the division commander has lost his mind. Someone must have bypassed him and given him an order directly, and the person who gave the order must have a very close relationship with the division commander. Otherwise, even if the division commander takes the courage of a leopard, he will not be able to do anything.  Don't dare to use your own head to disobey military orders.

    When they arrived at the headquarters of the Left Route Army, Commander-in-Chief Liu Zhi was running around in a hurry, with a sad look on his face, and he was at a loss. Liu Zhi had extremely mediocre abilities, but he had always been a senior commander of the Communist Party of China. He was powerless whether on the anti-Japanese battlefield or on the battlefield.  In the subsequent civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he made no achievements. He had neither the ability to kill the enemy nor any remarkable military exploits. There was no merit at all.

    The Communist Party calls him a lucky general internally, but in fact he is mocked as a stupid general in private. Du Yuming, a famous general of the Communist Party of China, once lamented: "How can you fight a good war under the command of a pig?"  Such people have indeed been reused by Chairman Chiang again and again.

    Until he became a general of the army and served as the supreme commander of the field theater, the old man's employment skills were like an antelope hanging its horns. It was incomprehensible and had no rules at all. I'm afraid the Huaihai Campaign would have been ruined here.  human hand.

    Of course, Liu Zhi had no choice in this situation and panicked. When Tang Qiuli arrived, the Left Route Army headquarters was already filled with senior generals from various armies, each one looking like a clay sculpture.  .

    Tang Qiuli learned that this unit that invaded the southern suburbs of Xi'an without authorization was the 06th Division under Liu Zhi. The division commander was Army Major General He Yuquan, a nephew of the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin. The 106th Division was the main force of the Left Route Army.  The division has a strength of 10,000 people and is well equipped.

    Tang Qiuli suddenly realized, and he understood everything. He Yingqin must not be willing to lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he made a desperate decision and directly issued an order to his nephew, or carried out the plan of killing someone with a borrowed knife.

    Whether He Yingqin's head was filled with water, or he was out of his wits because of his sharpness, and his ambition made him crazy. The Xi'an Incident has come to an end, and he sent a mere 10,000 people to help him. The Northeastern Army of 200,000 people alone can defeat 100,000 people.  The Sixth Division was completely submerged, not counting the Seventeenth Route Army and the Japanese Red Army.

    Tang Qiuli ordered Liu Zhi, in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Suppression General Left Route Army, to convene an emergency military meeting to convey the Nationalist Government's Military Commission's latest military deployment on the armed crusade against Zhang Yang, so that He Yuquan, commander of the 106th Division, must attend the meeting.  , the troops stayed on standby.

    At the same time, he ordered Mei Ting to send a telegram: Tang Qiusheng, commander-in-chief of the Dingbian Garrison Mobile Corps, commanded the headquarters to immediately go south via Xianyang. On the morning of the 25th, defenses must be deployed in the southern suburbs of Xi'an to form a siege on Lantian.

    Feng Jiwu, commander-in-chief of the **Division's Southward Corps, commanded the headquarters, left Luling Pass and headed west, passing through Luonan, approaching Lantian, and with the Dingbian Mobile Corps, formed an encirclement of the 106th Division of the Central Army stationed in Lantian.

    The two units are waiting for orders,Be prepared to attack at any time. If the 106th Division refuses to surrender its arms, it will be annihilated on the spot. This order was given by Tang Qiuli, commander of the North China First Division.

    Tang Qiuli issued a series of orders with murderous intent and a cold look on his face. Liu Zhi and the generals of the Left Army were dumbfounded. Oh my god, this very young deputy commander-in-chief was so ruthless that a division of the Central Army  , more than 10,000 people, they will surrender their arms if they are told, and if they don't accept it, they will be annihilated on the spot.

    (To be continued)
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