Chapter 91: The Xi'an Incident

On December 12, 1936, He Jianye, who had deliberately gotten up early in the morning, listened to the radio in the regiment headquarters, waiting for the event that changed the situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

The soft female voice "Central News Agency" began to broadcast, "Central News Agency: Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng sent a message to the whole country on 'reorganizing the Nanjing government, accommodating all parties and factions, and jointly responsible for saving the country; cease all civil wars; the immediate release of the arrested patriotic leaders in Shanghai; the release of all political prisoners in the country; opening up the popular patriotic movement; guarantee all political freedoms of assembly and association of the people; Obey Premier Sun's will; Immediately convene a National Salvation Conference. 'The electrification of the Eight Proposals for National Salvation"

The troops on the training ground are still continuing training, He Jianye stood up and tidied up his clothes, slowly walked into the training ground, watched the training of the soldiers, after a while, there was a large noise outside the camp of the 16th regiment, He Jianye ordered to continue training, led Zeng Da and a few guards out, only to see two brigade commanders, three regiment commanders except himself, and many battalion company commanders gathered outside the division department, shouting loudly to the division commander Li Yutang? After a while, the crowd dispersed, and the division headquarters ordered no officers above the regimental commander to attend the military meeting.

Li Yutang looked at the excited Whampoa officers below with a dark face, and said:

"I know that the principal was detained in Xi'an, and everyone was anxious to go to Xi'an immediately to rescue the principal; But you must understand that we are soldiers, and without the order of the Military Commission, we will move every soldier without permission, and I am afraid everyone knows what the consequences will be! I ordered, after the regiment commanders returned, reorganize the troops, be ready to pull out at any time, as soon as the order arrives, I will lead everyone to Xi'an, and chop up the white-eyed wolves who are not well fed! Li Yutang patted the table and ordered,

"Yes!" All the officers stood and replied aloud,

On 16 December, the 3rd Division, which was ready to be deployed, was ordered to concentrate in Nanchang and be ready to go to Shaanxi at any time to participate in the military operation of armed encirclement of Xi'an according to the changes in the situation. Before the start of the division, Li Yutang summoned all officers above the regimental level to report on the latest progress: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the latest news, the current situation is as follows: On December 13, seven academic institutions including the Academia Sinica sent a telegram to the whole country to discuss Zhang; Luo Jialun, president and professor of various universities in Nanjing, and 347 other people jointly sent a letter to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng to accuse Jiang of detaining him. On December 15, more than 100 newspapers and news agencies, including "Declaration", "Ta Kung Pao" and "Yishi Bao", jointly issued the "Joint Declaration of the National Press on the Current Situation"; At the same time, the National Salvation Federation from all walks of life issued an emergency declaration. Just now, after the Nationalist Government exhorted Zhang Xueliang to surrender to no avail, letters and telegrams from all walks of life in China were exchanged and demanded a crusade, so the Political Committee decided to send He Yingqin as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, Liu Zhi as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army's East Route Group Army, and Gu Zhutong as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Group Army. The air force then launched a bombing campaign to bomb Xi'an's neighboring cities, and gradually turned to Xi'an. At present, the military arrangements are as follows: 1. With Dong Zhao's 28th Division, Gui Yongqing's Teaching Corps, Song Xilian's 36th Division, Ruan Zhaochang's 57th Division, Fan Songfu's 79th Division, the main forces of the 1st and 5th Artillery Regiments, and an engineer regiment as the backbone, they are all under the command of Fan Songfu, commander of the 46th Army. Attack Xi'an from the front along both sides of Longhai Road. 2. With Li Mo'an's 10th Division and Liu Kan's 83rd Division, under the command of Li Mo'an, they drove from Tongguan to Luonan and entered Lantian. 3. Hu Zongnan's First Army, which was stationed in Tianshui, was ordered to advance to the area of Baoji and Fengxiang. Fourth, the 51st Division of Wang Yaowu, which was stationed in Hanzhong, was ordered to pass through the Meridian Valley and enter and leave the area south of Xi'an. 5. The 25th Division of Guan Linzheng, stationed near Wuzhongbao in Ningxia, was ordered to advance to the Guyuan and Pingliang areas. 6. Zheng Dongguo's 2nd Division and Li Bifan's 23rd Division were ordered to be the general reserve for the attack along the Longhai Road and assembled near Tongguan. 7. The main force of the air force was concentrated in Luoyang, on standby to bomb Xi'an, and to assist the frontal troops in the operation. 8. According to the plan of the headquarters of the rebel army, the frontal troops of the Longhai railway line were assembled around the 20th. The task of our 3rd Division was to immediately arrive in Nanchang by train and stand by. Now the ministries organized their troops to start pedaling. ”

He Jianye led the men and equipment of the 16th Regiment to pedal silently, although he knew that this was another armed parade, but he did not dare to make an inpositive attitude. On December 19, the 3rd Division was stationed in the Nanchang Barracks, waiting for orders from the headquarters of the rebel army.

On December 22, 1936, with Duanna's all-out maneuvering, Song Meiling, Song Ziwen and others arrived in Xi'an. Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng went to the airport to greet them, and then Zhang Xueliang accompanied Song Meiling and Duan Na to see Chiang Kai-shek.

On December 23, 1936, the two sides began formal negotiations on the second floor of the West Building of Zhang Xueliang's Mansion, and Song Ziwen represented the Nationalist Government, and Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, and *** attended the negotiation meeting on behalf of Xi'an.

On the afternoon of December 25, 1936, Zhang Xueliang had personally accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to leave Xi'an for Luoyang by plane. Before leaving Xi'an, Zhang Xueliang left a warrant to hand over the Northeast Army to Yang Hucheng for command.

On December 26, 1936, Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Nanjing, and the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully.

The Third Division, which was waiting for the progress of the incident in Nanchang, collectively lifted the state of emergency with Chairman Chiang's safe arrival in Nanjing, and each stayed in the barracks around Nanchang to conduct training and wait for the next order from the Military Commission.

When the New Year came in 1937, He Jianye knew that this might be the last New Year to accompany his family, so he arranged for the troops to ask for leave with the division commander early, and took Wang Yue straight to the He Mansion in Qingjiang.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, after He Jianye and his eldest brother met in the secret room, after discussion, it was decided not to let Wang Yue know the core secrets of the family, and at present, it is limited to Huang Jiaying except for the two brothers.

"The United States sent a telegram in October saying that the production technology of penicillin had broken through the bottleneck and entered a semi-synthetic era, which was completely free from the restrictions of fermentation technology, which was good news, and it was expected that the largest part of the United States debt would be paid off in March 1937, and the penicillin of other countries had been fully paid. Here's the relevant telegram, you see! He Fuchu handed He Jianye a bunch of messages, He Jianye gradually looked, and found that now the United States Fuye Pharmaceutical Company has re-expanded the production line, fermentation manufacturing and semi-synthetic manufacturing go hand in hand, the semi-synthetic production line has been able to extract a large number of 200,000 units of penicillin, better than the 100,000 units extracted by fermentation technology, 1 200,000 units of penicillin than 2 100,000 units of effect is not only better, but also more stable, the current price continues to be between 50-70 US dollars, The company has now begun to recycle funds to provide laboratory employee benefits and improve worker salaries.

"In addition, the Germans and Swedes agreed to buy penicillin from the production line of Bofors 75-mm field guns, on the condition that they pay 200,000 units of 200,000 units of penicillin or 500,000 units of 10 units of penicillin, a telegram sent in December." He Fuchu handed He Jianye a telegram,

"In addition, Limber called to say that penicillin has begun to be stockpiled, and asked what supplies to return to China, because it is impossible for countries to take out such a large amount of gold or pounds and dollars." He Fuchu handed He Jianye a telegram he received a few days ago,

"The Germans think beautifully, now we are not very anxious about those things, tell Limber that the Germans now want to buy penicillin, in addition to exchanging gold, they can only use the production line of Bofors 75 mm field guns and the production line of 88 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, these two production lines are priced at 1 million pieces of 200,000 units of penicillin, and the production line of PAK37 anti-aircraft guns is an addition to the Germans." After He Jianye finished speaking, He Fuchu nodded to the operator, and the message was encrypted and passed through several transit stations in the middle to reach the United States.