Chapter 41: The Xi'an Incident (6)

It was a fluke that He Yingqin, who had followed Chairman Chiang to Xi'an after attending the Luoyang Military Conference, returned to Nanjing by plane on the morning of 11 December because he had important affairs to be handled.

Escaped a catastrophe because of this, other military and political officials, but they did not have such good luck, maybe this is the certainty in the dark, He Yingqin seems to be unpredictable, because the reason for his departure from Xi'an is not very sufficient.

The parties involved in the Xi'an Incident, as well as later historians, are also quite puzzled, and the folk circulate these various versions, but in the final analysis, the conclusions given can only be described by two words: luck.

"At present, the situation in Xi'an is unclear, because of the suddenness of the incident, the sudden change, the chairman and all the prefects have become hostages of Zhang and Yang, and now many parties are holding consultations to seek a safe way, and everything is to protect the personal safety of the chairman of the committee as the first priority."

In fact, after detaining Chairman Chiang, what should be the next step, and what should be done? Zhang Yang and the others are not in their chests, and they are still very vague about the specific direction of Xi'an's next step.

On the night of 11 December, when Zhang Xueliang announced the plan of action for the "military admonition," his senior officers asked him what he would do next after arresting Jiang. Zhang Xueliang's reply was that he would arrest us first and then talk about it, only if he promised us to resist Japan, and we still supported him as a leader, as for the extent of his promise, I really have no score in my heart.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng also ordered their cronies and civilian officers to organize a design committee to study all political issues; in fact, they wanted to listen to everyone's opinions and ordered their cronies to form a staff group to be responsible for military issues.

During the discussions, the design committee was also arguing endlessly, and there were serious differences of opinion, and some people had extreme opinions, advocating that Chairman Chiang should be killed, and that without him to coordinate the Nationalist Government Army, the Northeast Army could smoothly return to its hometown to fight devils, and it was better than being entrenched here.

At that time, the mainstream ideology in Xi'an was to advocate the killing of Chairman Chiang, and the vast majority of people thought that this was a logical outcome, and the design committee had consulted all walks of life and the military in Xi'an, and the result was that the majority advocated the killing of Chiang.

Some people advocated borrowing a knife to kill people and sending Chairman Chiang to the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, Jiang and the Communist Red Army fought for nearly ten years, and how many communists they killed, the two sides can be called a deep feud in a sea of blood, and Jiang fell into the hands of the Red Army, and there was absolutely no possibility of survival, so that we did not stick a drop of blood on our hands, and we achieved our goal, and also made the Red Army of the Communist Party of China grateful, killing two birds with one stone.

Some people believed that Chairman Chiang could only be sent back to Nanjing if he promised to resist Japan, but as for the specific terms, they could not come up with a complete political proposition, which was just an idea.

There are different opinions, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng have no definite number in their hearts, Chairman Jiang can't kill or let go now, they find that the end of the Xi'an incident is more difficult than the beginning!

On 17 December, five days after the Xi'an Incident, the Japanese hoped that the great battle and decisive battle outside Xi'an between the Nationalist Government Army, the Northeast Army, and the 17th Route Army, which the Chinese people feared, did not take place.

The troops of the Nationalist Government in North China showed no signs of mobilization.

The most anxious thing is the Japanese, who are eager to go into battle shirtless, take matters into their own hands, and kill Xi'an, and it is best to stew Chairman Chiang, Zhang Xueliang, and Yang Hucheng with a spoonful, but the troops of the North China garrison army, which are closest to Xi'an, are tightly pinned down by the 29th Army and other troops in North China, and they cannot move.

The base camp of the Japanese army absolutely believed that if they transferred troops from North China to the direction of Shaanxi, the troops of the Nationalist Government in North China would dare to copy the nest they had been operating for many years.

Emperor Hirohito is more anxious than any Japanese cabinet member, or senior military generals, Emperor Hirohito, who is well versed in Han culture, but peeps into the property of the teacher's family, knows the truth of taking advantage of the chaos, these days, the first thing he said when he woke up in the morning was to ask the imperial attendant, did Xi'an in China do it?

However, what I waited for was a very disappointing answer, Emperor Hirohito was in a hurry, his stool was dry, not to mention hemorrhoids, he was more than forty years old, and his face was covered with pimples again.

Even on the royal bed, when he was happy with Queen Liangzi, all he shouted was: ", do it, I'll do it!" "Desperately twitching her thin body, taking Empress Liangzi's plump breasts as the national government, and pinching the blue and purple with purple, so that Empress Liangzi thought that His Majesty the Emperor had committed that evil wind and worked her body.

Following the last news conference, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka jumped out and issued a second statement, "If the Nanjing Nationalist Government wants to seek a compromise with the rebels Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, the Japanese Government has reason to believe that this is an expression of extreme hatred against the Japanese Empire, and the Japanese Government will resolutely not sit idly by, and will try to redeem the impact of this matter even if it exerts its national strength." ”

This is a naked threat, and it is clearly told to the Nanjing Nationalist Government that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are openly advocating anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese ideas, and you and Zhang Yang will not be able to fight if they do not fight, and if you do not fight, the Japanese Empire will beat you.

Not to mention, although Matsuoka's remarks did not intimidate a few people, they were a great encouragement to the powerful figures within the Nanjing Nationalist Government who had a natural affinity for the Japanese, and this was also a signal that the Great Japanese Empire would fully support you even if you fought.

As a result, the Nanjing government, which was originally in chaos, became even more undercurrent, and for a time, the shouting and shouting of killing became very loud and became the mainstream ideology within the Nationalist Government, among which the pro-Japanese faction headed by Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin shouted the most joyfully and shouted the most fiercely.

Not only that, but also really made military preparations, He Yingqin sent several orders to the various departments of the Nationalist Government Army around Shaanxi, immediately besieging Xi'an City, and the orders sent were all politely rejected by commanders at all levels without exception.

The reason is that they are subordinate to the Northwest Suppression of Bandits General Headquarters and have no direct subordinate relationship with the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the troops can only act after receiving an order from the Northwest Suppression Headquarters.

These commanders of the Nationalist Government Army also understood that the current situation in Xi'an was not clear, and Chairman Chiang had not lost his life, and if he had given Minister He's order, once Chairman Chiang escaped from danger and asked about the matter, he would have been caught as a scapegarment by that military or political bigwig.