Age of Rebirth

Chapter 370 The Aftermath of the Xi'an Incident

The figure of the great man is far away, and the history is full of thick dust, but it has never been buried. The Xi'an Incident has an immeasurable and far-reaching impact on China and the entire Chinese nation.

The following six-point agreement reached in the Xi'an Incident, (1) reorganized the Communist Party and the National Government, expelled pro-Japanese factions, and accommodated anti-Japanese elements. (2) Release the patriotic leaders of Shanghai, release all political prisoners, and guarantee the freedom and rights of the people. (3) Stop the policy of "communist suppression" and unite with the Red Army to resist Japan. (4) Convene a National Salvation Conference attended by all parties, factions, walks of life, and armies to decide on the policy of resisting Japan and saving the nation. (5) Establish cooperative relations with countries that sympathize with China's resistance to Japan (6) Other specific measures to save the country.

It contributed to the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front. For the goal of this nation, all parties came together. During this period, although there were occasional frictions, they did not deviate from this tone.

The footsteps of history have long gone, and the gunshots by the Huaqing Pool disappeared in the long river of time. The meritorious deeds of thousands of years have their own comments. [

According to the evaluation of the Communist Party of China, the Xi'an Incident was Zhang Xueliang's non-resistance after the September [-]th Incident. He was instigated and bewitched by the CCP when he was condemned by the people of the whole country, and he was dissatisfied with the basic national policy of "suppressing the Communist Party first, and then resisting Japan." .

At the end of [-], a mutiny was launched in Xi'an, and Jiang Zhongzheng, who was then chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and Chairman of the Communist Party of China, was held hostage. He proposed eight propositions 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 fight against Japan, which led to the interruption of the government’s anti-Japanese preparations and the outbreak of a full-scale anti-Japanese war.

According to the evaluation of the Communist Party of China, the occurrence of the Xi’an Incident and its peaceful settlement finally ended the ten-year civil war, achieved domestic peace, and facilitated 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. The anti-Japanese enthusiasm launched the whole people's anti-Japanese war, and persisted for eight years until victory.

One of the leaders of the CCP, Zhou Enlai, who was the vice chairman of the Central Committee of the CCP at the time, commented on Zhang Xueliang as "a national hero and a hero through the ages."

Zhang Xueliang’s self-assessment, 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 the time, Everyone would do that, but I, Zhang Xueliang, did it."

As for why Zhang Xueliang took the risk and personally sent Chairman Jiang back to Nanjing, there have been different opinions. According to Zhang Xueliang himself: "The leader is a mud bodhisattva. Now that I have brought him down, I will personally help him up. If he has Spirit, I will kowtow to him with my head." He said so, and he did so, using the freedom of the rest of his life to fulfill the character of a minister.

Song Meiling’s evaluation of Zhang Xueliang was very positive. She publicly said that Zhang Xueliang’s Xi’an Incident, “Hanqing doesn’t want land or money, he wants to sacrifice.” Zhang Xueliang's mentality at that time is completely understandable.

It was for the public, not for her own self-interest. Therefore, in the years to come, Mrs. Chiang did her best to protect Zhang Xueliang from harm. In a memoir, Jay House, the US ambassador to China, recorded Soong Meiling saying 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 announce all the things you have done."

The Song family and Zhang Xueliang have always had a close relationship. The trial of Zhang Xueliang by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China caused great dissatisfaction among the Song family. Resign from all positions in exchange for Zhang Hanqing's personal freedom.

Chairman Jiang, the party involved, commented on Zhang Xueliang's launch of the Xi'an Incident: "Hanqing is confused!" It's just four words, but it tells Jiang's complex feelings about this brother's complicated feelings, and he seems to hate iron. Steel, like the elder brother reprimanding the ignorant younger brother, as the saying goes, everything is in one sentence.

Hu Shi, a celebrity in the Republic of China, commented: "It is not easy for China to form a leader. If Chiang Kai-shek is unlucky, China will go back 20 years." Sinners of the Nation and Nation", "Without the Xi'an Incident, the Communist Party would have been wiped out very quickly, and the loss of the Xi'an Incident to our country cannot be made up for."

Some people who are familiar with Chairman Chiang commented that Chairman Chiang’s attitude towards Japan was not to appease and seek peace, but because of 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 CCP and local warlords, and unify the Great Wall. South China, and then poured the power of the whole country to deal with the Japanese.

Although the War of Resistance must be fought, it started on July [-], [-], which was a direct consequence of the Xi'an Incident, and it cannot be ruled out that the Japanese army did not feel a real threat in the absence of a rapid formation of the Chinese National United Front , the possibility of not invading the Central Plains, but directly going north to the Soviet Union.

There are different opinions and different praises and criticisms. The Xi'an Incident did happen, and it did change the course of China's history.

On the afternoon of December 25th, in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province, when Generalissimo Jiang's plane flew over Shangluo at the headquarters of the Left Army of the Northwest Suppression General, Liu Zhi, the commander in chief of the Left Army, said to Tang Qiuli nervously: "Member The long plane is in the air, and asked to speak to Deputy Commander Tang in person."

Tang Qiuli took over the air-to-air liaison machine, and Chairman Jiang's strong Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent came from the earphones: "Deputy Commander 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 when the old man returned to Nanjing safely, it was time for the police to reward him and punish him. A good army is the most important information. The old man is very relieved that the 30 central army is in his hands.

The conversation between Generalissimo Jiang and Tang Qiuli was clearly heard by the generals through the amplifier in the headquarters. Tang Qiuli turned around and looked coldly at the commander-in-chief of the Left Army who was sweating profusely. Liu Zhi is also a group of senior generals who are sincere and fearful. [

Liu Zhi couldn't help but look nervous. On the afternoon of the 24th, a division of Liu Zhi's Division of the Left Army suddenly left the Majie garrison without receiving any orders, and arrived at the southern suburbs of Xi'an via Heilongkou and Gongwangling. The area around Lantian in the south of the Yangtze River created a situation where soldiers were 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 fucking bold. Did you get that person's order?

It's definitely not that the teacher is in a daze, someone must have bypassed him and directly issued an order to him, and the person who gave the order must have a very close relationship with the teacher, otherwise, even if the teacher has eaten the guts of a leopard, Don't dare to use your own head to disobey the military order.

Arriving at the headquarters of the Left Route Army, the commander-in-chief Liu Zhi was running around in a hurry, his face was full of sadness, and he was helpless. Liu Zhi was an extremely mediocre man, but he had always served as a senior commander of the Communist Party. Afterwards, in the battlefields of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, they all made achievements, not only the ability to kill the enemy, but also remarkable military exploits. There is no merit to speak of.

The Communist Party internally called him a blessed general, but in fact he ridiculed him as a stupid general in private. Du Yuming, a famous general in the Communist Party of China, once lamented, "Under the command of a pig, how can you fight a good battle?" Such people have indeed been reused by Chairman Jiang again and again.

Until he became a first-level general of the army and served as the supreme commander of the war zone, the old man's way of employing people was really like an antelope's horns, which made people unable to figure it out. hand.

Of course, Liu Zhi had no way to deal with this situation and panicked. When Tang Qiuli arrived, the left army headquarters was already filled with senior generals from various troops, each one of them looked like clay sculptures and wood sculptures.

Tang Qiuli learned that this unit that entered the southern suburbs of Xi'an without authorization was the 1th Division, one of Liu Zhi's subordinates. The division has [-] people and is well-equipped.

Tang Qiuli suddenly realized that he understood everything. It must be that He Yingqin was unwilling to lose the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity like this. He put all his eggs in one basket and gave orders to his nephew directly, or carried out the plan to kill with a knife.

To say whether He Yingqin's head was flooded, or whether he was blinded by profit, and his ambition made him crazy. The Xi'an Incident has come to an end. He sent a mere 1 people to help him. The division was completely submerged, not counting the Seventeenth Route Army and the Red Army of the Communist Party of China.

Tang Qiuli ordered Liu Zhi to convene an emergency military meeting in the name of the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Suppression General Left Route Army to convey to the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government the latest military deployment regarding the military crusade against Zhang Yang, so that He Yuquan, the commander of the [-]th Division, must attend the meeting , the troops stayed in place and stood by.

At the same time, he ordered Mei Ting to send a telegram: Tang Qiusheng, the commander-in-chief of the mobile corps of the Dingbian Garrison, and the command post should immediately go south via Xianyang.

Feng Jiwu, the commander-in-chief of the Southward Corps of the Independent Division, and the command post, left Luling Pass and marched westward, passing through Luonan, approaching Lantian, and forming an encirclement of the [-]th Division of the Central Army stationed in Lantian with the Dingbian Mobile Corps.

The two divisions are waiting for orders and are ready to attack at any time. If the [-]th Division refuses to disarm, they will be wiped out on the spot. This order is given by Tang Qiuli, the commander of the North China Independent Division.

Tang Qiuli issued a series of orders, with a murderous look and a cold face. Liu Zhi and the generals of the left army were all stupid. My god, this very young deputy commander-in-chief is ruthless enough. A division of the Central Army , More than 1 people, if they say disarm, they will disarm, and if they refuse to accept it, they will be wiped out on the spot.

(To be continued)