Chapter 195: Personal pain and national pain (Part 2)

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Zhang Xueliang read Zhang Xuewu's telegram over and over again, and every sentence and every word hit his heart like a heavy hammer. The final result of this incident was like this? This was something Zhang Xueliang had never expected at the beginning, but his personal pain could not be compared with the pain of the country and the nation.

The CCP initially wanted to kill Chiang Kai-shek to alleviate the crisis of its own encirclement and suppression, because Chiang Kai-shek was the commander of the National Government who firmly advocated the suppression of the Communist Party. However, Stalin, who was in Moscow, believed that Chiang Kai-shek was the only leader who could lead China's anti-Japanese resistance. Stalin was worried that once Chiang Kai-shek had an unexpected surprise, China would likely be in a situation of warlord separatism, lacking sufficient prestige, qualifications and capabilities to unify the overall situation and lead the resistance. If China was unable to resist, the *** could be used as a reserve for China's vast territory to plunder resources and accumulate strength to attack the Soviet Union's weaknesses in the Far East.

What the Soviet Union was most worried about was the expansion ambitions of Western Germany Hitler. The aggressive Third Reich of Germany had already revealed its sharp teeth at the end of 1936. The Soviet Union was unable to fight both east and west. Under Stalin's great pressure, after fierce debate and consultation within the Communist Party of China, the side changed its strategic thinking of the trinity. The coordination group led by Zhou Enlai went to Xi'an to negotiate and release Chiang, which even fought for substantial interests for the Communist Party of China.

After many days of conversations with Mrs. Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Kai-shek, and Zhang Xueliang also read some Chiang Kai-shek's diary, he suddenly realized that Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Japan was not to tolerate peace, but was really due to the huge gap in China-Japan's national strength. What Chiang Kai-shek wanted to do was to eliminate the separatist forces of the Communist Party of China and local factions and unify the domestic military and political power.

Zhang Xueliang put down the telegram and walked to the window. At present, various signs of various troops in the Northeast Army were already appearing. The troops below were not stable. Not everyone was optimistic about the Northwest Army's alliance with Russia and the Communist Party. After all, many Northeast Army generals in the Central East Road incident were still in pain. The most fundamental thing was that the CCP's policies and propositions were also disagreeable and unacceptable to these generals. The 17th Route Army's strength was not enough in the eyes of the Northeast Army generals, so Yang Hucheng naturally had no strength in speaking. The CCP's side changed from a common comrade-in-arms to a mediator because of the opposition from the Soviet Union, and Zhang Xueliang became the center of the entire Double Twelve Incident!

For a time, it was very strong, especially Zhang Xuewu's words: You and I both had a grudge against the *** people to kill their father, which made Zhang Xueliang finally make up his mind. Zhang Xuewu's father was killed when he was suppressing bandits. At that time, many bandits were secretly funded by the *** people, so Zhang Xuewu's father's death was also closely related to the *** people.

Releasing Chiang Kai-shek to announce a peaceful settlement of the Double Twelve Incident? Zhang Xueliang was a little hesitant, but he could not discuss with Yang, Zhou, Ye and others. Asking Song Ziwen and others, I am afraid it would not work either. Since the Central Army bombed Tongguan today, it showed its attitude. Zhang Xuewu's troops were clearly approaching Yan'an, but in fact they were guarding the back door for themselves, so that their Northeast Army would not retreat and go to a dead end!

However, Chen Cheng, Shao Lizi, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Diaoyuan, Wei Lihuang, Zhu Shaoliang and others are still in the hands of the 17th Route Army. Zhang Xueliang has realized that as long as Chiang Kai-shek is safe, the safety of these people will be guaranteed, and it seems that it is not appropriate to hold too many troops in his hands. Especially when the Japanese invaders gathered heavily, there is probably no one who lacks mobile forces than Zhang Xuewu. Moreover, Northeast Army officers and soldiers can burst out with amazing combat power when entering Rehe. Fighting back to their hometown is the greatest wish of every Northeast Army officer and soldier.

The 53rd Army originally had four divisions: the 115th Division, the 116th Division, the 117th Division and the 118th Division. Among them, the 115th Division was severely damaged during the process of attack. The number of the 115th Division was cancelled by the Ministry of Military Affairs. For this reason, Zhang Xueliang reorganized two independent brigades without the Ministry of Military Affairs. The 53rd Army under the command of Wan Fulin is no longer as glorious as the reorganization of the Miyun in Peiping, and the 57th Army under its subordinates is only the 11th.

The 0th Division, the 111th Division, and the 112th Division had three dissatisfied troops. He Zhuguo was transferred from the 57th Army during the reorganization to the commander of the cavalry army. Although there was one more army, the troops were less than 30,000. The Nanjing government not only refused to supplement the troops, equipment and ammunition, but instead revoked the four divisions of the 109th Division, the 115th Division, the 120th Division and the 129th Division. This made Zhang Xueliang anxious.

If Zhang Xueliang gave his troops to others, he was really reluctant to let him go. It was better to be cheaper than outsiders than Zhang Xuewu. At least he saw much further than himself in this matter, and the various interests during this period were balanced very well. Zhang Xueliang even regretted it. If he had known this, he should have discussed more with Zhang Xuewu instead of avoiding him on his back.

Zhang Xueliang decided to hand over the 53rd Army and the 57th Army to Zhang Xuewu, which was a brotherly battle. After all, after he released Chiang this time, he would go abroad to the United States without asking about political affairs. Zhang Xueliang drafted a secret telegram to Yuncheng who was commanding Zhanyang's troops to attack from Ordos to Yulin.

Zhang Xuewu was relieved at Zhang Xueliang's final decision. Zhang Xuewu was also shocked by Zhang Xueliang's desire to hand over the 53rd Army and the 57th Army to himself. Not to mention that these two troops were later transferred to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the personnel composition of the 57th Army was even more complicated, and it was unscrupulous compared to Wang Yizhe's 67th Army.

If Zhang Xueliang gave Zhang Xuewu the 67th Army, Zhang Xuewu would flatly and sternly refuse. However, the 53rd Army and the 57th Army had very good foundations, especially grassroots officers below the grassroots battalion. So Zhang Xuewu called back to Zhang Xueliang that as long as the officers below the battalion, the two armies would be reorganized immediately after they arrived in Yuncheng, and all the weapons would be returned to the Nanjing government. The troops were transported to Rehe in the name of the military farm, but they had to cooperate in time. Before the two armies handed over the weapons, they would never announce the release of Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an, and they could only be before him.

Zhang Xuewu's considerations are very reasonable. The six divisions of the 53rd Army and the 57th Army plus the direct troops must have a total of more than 55,000 people. He only has a few outstanding battalion commanders and retains all the company and platoon-level officers. In this way, it is convenient for him to change clothes and train. Besides, although these weapons are jealous, he has not yet come to fight against Nanjing. After all, he can deal with his personnel by himself by clearing out the rebels, and the weapons must be handed over to the Ministry of Military Affairs. This is a signal to Nanjing. I have no intention of becoming a king.

Therefore, on January 3, under the deliberate arrangement of both sides, Zhang Xueliang also concealed Zhang Xuewu's true purpose from the bottom. Therefore, at the welcome meeting, all the officers above the battalion of the 53rd Army and the 57th Army were disarmed. Zhang Xuewu personally came forward to appease the important task, but Wan Fulin spitted.

Zhang Xuewu was not angry at all. Then he detained all the members of the comrades and platoon-level officers in the company and sent troops to escort back to Xi'an, which was considered to be a kindness and righteousness to these people, because Zhang Xuewu himself knew very well that what he needed now was absolute control of the dictatorial warlord form. Zhang Xuewu would never allow another organization or small group that was not synchronized with him under his command. Zhang Xuewu would never be polite about such infiltrations or sand, because when facing the heavy Japanese troops, any minor negligence would lead to painful consequences. Zhang Xuewu understood this more than anyone. What is learning from history? This is learning from history!

Zhang Xuewu's tactical actions of the 53rd Army and the 57th Army were so excited that He Yingqin was also shocked, and everyone in Xi'an was shocked. However, beyond everyone's expectations, Zhang Xueliang announced the release of Chiang Kai-shek after Yang Hucheng's secret talks and peacefully resolved the Xi'an Incident.

Zhang Xueliang's actions made the CCP feel relieved, but at the airport, Zhang Xueliang actually regarded himself as a soldier and committed such a behavior as he had to regret it, in case someone had ulterior motives and decided to escort Chiang Kai-shek to Nanjing with the same plane?

Zhang Xueliang's actions frightened Yang Hucheng, Zhou, Ye and others. When they rushed to the airport, the plane had already taken off! The only three remaining troops of the Northeast Army were immediately trapped in a state of headlessness. The 6th and 8th Artillery Brigades in Tongguan fell directly to the Nanjing National Government on the day after Zhang Xuewu left.

Zhang Xuewu thought that since the Double Twelve incident became peacefully resolved and two of the five Northeast Army's main forces were also involved in his hands, it seemed unlikely that the civil strife of the Northeast Army would break out? However, Zhang Xuewu still obviously underestimated the radicalism and ambitions of the young people.

Before February 2 and January 10, the young Northeast Army soldiers, Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others who ignored the overall situation suddenly launched an attack and killed Wang Yizhe, the commander of the 67th Army, the commander of the Northeast Army veteran army, Xu Fang, the director of the Staff Department of the Northwest Headquarters, Song Xueli, the deputy director, and Jiang Bin, the director of the Transportation Department.

However, what surprised Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu and Sun Mingjiu was that first of all, the young and strong sects could not control the troops at all. The entire cavalry army turned to the Nanjing National Government. The 10th Cavalry Division began to attack the militia formed by the disarmed 17th Route Army, and captured and killed the *** and the young and strong sect officers.

The shocked Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others fled to the CCP delegation the next day and expressed their great repentance to Zhou, saying that they could not grasp the situation in time, etc. Zhou considered that Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others had close contact with the CCP staff Liu Ding and others for a long time, and would inevitably involve the CCP personnel, so Zhou directly arranged a vehicle to secretly send Ying Detian, Miao Jianqiu, Sun Mingjiu and others to the Sanyuan Red Army garrison, and secretly sent Peng and other leaders. The people brought by Liu Ding must be secretly engaged and cannot meet anyone at present.
Chapter completed!