Chapter 1859: Gains and Losses
Li Han didn't know that the reaction of the Japanese would be so big, he originally thought that this time it might be the 29th Army that was going to bear the blame for himself, but he didn't expect that it was the Nationalist Government who was unlucky in the end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the request of the Japanese, this is exactly a copy of the "Ho-Mei Agreement", which was originally signed in 1935, but now it seems that it will be a full year ahead of schedule.
Originally, the central government in Nanjing, headed by Chiang Kai-shek, had always been relatively weak in its attitude toward Japan, and tens of thousands of troops of the 19th Route Army were rebelling in Fujian with their chariots and horses.
Now that the Nationalist Government is busy dealing with the "Fujian Incident", it must not have the heart to deal with the persecution of the Japanese.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Takashi Sakai, chief of staff of the North China Garrison Army, to meet with He Yingqin, and on the killing of 500 Japanese soldiers, he handed over to He Yingqin a "memorandum" drawn up by Umezu Mijiro, commander of the Japanese North China Garrison Army, demanding that the Third Military Police Regiment of the Nationalist Government and the Political Training Office of the Military Commission withdraw from North China.
All of these institutions were set up by Chiang Kai-shek to strengthen his control over North China and hinder Japan's conspiracy to separate North China from the Nationalist Government and implement "autonomy", so they were hated by the Japanese army.
Takashi Sakai also demanded that the Nationalist government's central army withdraw from Hebei and remove Yu Xuezhong, the chairman of Hebei Province, who had taken a tough stance on Japan.
The stakes were so high that He Yingqin hurriedly reported to Chiang Kai-shek, and in the following ten days, He Yingqin and Takashi Sakai held four talks.
When He Yingqin met with Takashi Sakai for the fourth time to discuss this matter, Takashi Sakai again resorted to the means of a hooligan, he took off his shoes, put them on the negotiating table, and then sat cross-legged on a chair, and from time to time knocked on the table with a saber, demanding that He Yingqin sign the treaty drawn up by the Japanese side.
He Yingqin did not of course not agree to this request of the Japanese, although he was a pro-Japanese faction, but the difference between being pro-Japanese and betraying the country is still very big.
In terms of taking 10,000 steps back, what would he gain even if he surrendered to the Japanese. He is already a member of the Central Committee of the Nationalist Government and Minister of Military Affairs, even if he defects to the Japanese, can the Japanese still offer him a higher position than this?
Moreover, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when He Yingqin was the chief of staff of the Military Commission, he was responsible for the wartime military system planning and the command of various battles, and made no small contribution to the War of Resistance against Japan.
In addition, He Yingqin also received a special honor, that is, when Japan surrendered in four or five years, he accepted Okamura's surrender on behalf of the Japanese government in Nanjing, which is the greatest honor that a Chinese soldier can enjoy!
Seeing He Yingqin talking about him left and right, Sakai Takashi suddenly lost his temper, scolded and went out of the door, and without taking a few steps, he untied his trouser belt, did not avoid the people around him, and urinated in the courtyard, which made He Yingqin cry and laugh.
In order to avoid the Japanese pestering him, He Yingqin returned to Nanjing to report to the Nationalist Government, and he could not be the master of this matter, and it depended on Chiang Kai-shek's attitude.
When he received He Yingqin's report, Chiang Kai-shek angrily threw the teacup on the ground, and the central government's voice in North China was very weak.
If the Beiping Administrative Affairs Consolidation Committee and the Beiping Branch of the Military Commission of the Executive Yuan are abolished, then North China will become the second Shanxi, and he will really have nothing to do with his old Jiang.
This was verified by the later July Seven Incident. Chiang Kai-shek already knew that a war against Japan was inevitable, so he urgently dispatched more than 100,000 troops of the Central Army to the front line in North China to prepare to support Song Zheyuan's resistance against Japan.
As a result, Song Zheyuan was worried that Chiang Kai-shek, like the Japanese, had come to grab territory, and did not allow the Central Army to enter the country, missing the best fighter plane, and made a series of stupid moves, giving up the northern, eastern, and southern sides of Beiping to the Japanese.
Although Song Zheyuan later showed a little tougher than Zhang Xueliang, the advantages of the national army in North China have all been exhausted.
The more than 100,000 Chinese troops in North China were defeated by the Japanese army without even fighting a decent battle, and they completely lost the heroic spirit of the 29th Army when they participated in the Battle of the Great Wall.
But anger turned to anger, and Chiang Kai-shek was also helpless, and the Central Army in his hands alone was no match for the Japanese at all.
However, at this time, Fujian was engaged in independence again, and Chen Jitang, the king of the Southern Heavens, was also ready to move, which also made Chiang Kai-shek unable to be distracted.
In the end, in view of the current state of the Nationalist Government, the Central Army could only helplessly denounce the shameless behavior of the Japanese invaders.
At the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin finally formally replied to Umezu Mijiro after many secret meetings with the Japanese side, expressing his commitment to "everything mentioned."
The memorandums and replies exchanged between He and Mei are the notorious "Ho-Mei Agreement."
The content of the provisions of the "Hemei Agreement" is: abolish the party headquarters in Hebei and Pingjin; retreat from the 3rd Regiment of the Northeast Army, the Central Army and the Military Police stationed in Hebei;
Replacement of the chairman of Hebei Province and the mayor of Pingjin City; The ban on anti-Japanese groups and anti-Japanese activities in Hebei Province was in fact tantamount to the Nationalist Government's renunciation of sovereignty over North China.
After the signing of the "Hemei Agreement", the Northeast Army and the Central Army were forced to withdraw from Hebei Province, and there was a huge power vacuum in Hebei Province.
At this time, there was no other army in the Beiping area except Song Zheyuan's 29th, so under the instruction of the central government in Nanjing, the 29th Army accepted the territory of Hebei Province, and Song Zheyuan became the real master of Hebei Province.
"The Japanese are deceiving people too much, Yunong, I want to know the full details of this incident."
After the signing of the "He-Mei Agreement," the central government in Nanjing was again pushed to the cusp of a gag on the ground, and the public opinion of the Chinese people was one-sided, and students in various localities were marching and demonstrating, scolding the government for betraying the country.
Not only did he completely lose his territory in North China, but he also became a traitor in the mouth of the people of the whole country, and Chiang Kai-shek's depression can be imagined. So he was desperate to find out what was going on and why more than 500 Japanese soldiers died in Chahar.
"Bench, I have investigated this matter clearly, and this incident was completely caused by Li Han, the commander of the Chahar Security Army.
After intercepting the news that the Japanese army was transporting weapons to Liu Guitang, Li Hanqin led the security guard regiment to attack the Japanese escort team overnight, and all 538 Japanese officers and men were killed. ”
During this time, Dai Li's pressure was not small, the future agent king of the national army has now begun to emerge, and what Li Han did in Chahar was clearly known to him.
No wonder some people later concluded that during the War of Resistance, wherever there were Chinese in this world, there must have been Dai Li's intelligence officers active.
Even Indochina, Indonesia, Borneo, Taiwan, Siam, the Malay Peninsula, the South Pacific Islands, Sealand, Myanmar and India.
"Since you can investigate clearly, the Japanese should also know why they didn't choose Li Han to attack, but instead pointed the finger at the center."
Chiang Kai-shek asked, in his opinion, even if Japan wanted to take this opportunity to put pressure on the central authorities, but with the Japanese character of being eager to repay the truth, they would certainly not let go of Li Han, the initiator of this incident.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not see Japan's follow-up actions against Chahar, which made him a little worried about whether Li Han was colluding with Japan
"Commission, Li Han insisted that the bandits had done this thing, and it had nothing to do with his security army. Let Japan go to whomever it wants.
Moreover, Li Han's attitude was very tough, and he publicly stated that if the Japanese wanted to take the opportunity to send troops into Chahar Province, the 30,000 soldiers of the security army would fight the Japanese to the end.
In this regard, the commander of the Japanese garrison in North China was furious, and he had already contacted Kenji Dohihara, the head of the Japanese special high-tech department, and asked Kenji Dohihara to send spies to kill Li Han. ”
"It's just nonsense, this Li Han doesn't have any sense of the overall situation, he has a good face, but he makes the government pay for his personal recklessness.
Yu Nong, you will pay more attention to this person in the future, and report to me immediately if there is any situation. ”
In Chiang Kai-shek's view, Li Han was completely excluding dissidents, but even if he wanted to eliminate the opposition forces, he would have a time and place, and because of his own selfishness, he had brought so much trouble to the central government, and for a moment he really wanted to push Li Han to the end.
However, Chiang Kai-shek also knew that even if there was no incident with Li Han, the Japanese would have found other excuses, and the difference was only a difference in time. Chahar has a hard-line general like Li Han, which will definitely do more good than harm to the government in terms of the overall situation.
However, this incident made Chiang Kai-shek more concerned about the plan proposed by the German advisers to reorganize the national army, and sooner or later there would be a war between China and Japan, and there was only so much land in the Republic of China, it was impossible for him to endure it endlessly.
One of his own bold actions actually caused the "Hemei Agreement" to be signed a year ahead of schedule, and Li Han was also scared into a cold sweat.
He was not worried that he would disrupt the trajectory of history, but felt that things had developed into the way they were now, and on the whole, the Republic of China had suffered a loss.
Although he himself took a small advantage, it obviously did more harm than good to the entire Republic of China. Although the central government's attitude toward Japan was weak, it was still able to retain most of the sovereignty of North China.
But after replacing Song Zheyuan, it completely changed, although Song Zheyuan was a good hand at fighting, but his ability to govern local areas was very limited, especially in a large province like Hebei. After he took charge of North China, the political affairs in North China were basically taken over by the later traitors, and Song Zheyuan was only responsible for collecting money.
In the economic aspect, on the one hand, these big traitors sought economic support from Japan and the puppet Manchuria, and on the other hand, they wantonly betrayed the economic sovereignty of North China, causing the Nationalist Government to suffer heavy financial losses, a large number of private enterprises collapsed, and the rest were forced to relocate to other provinces.
Moreover, after the 29th Army completely took control of the Hebei and Beijing-Tianjin regions, their high-level corruption also occurred quickly. Song Zheyuan took over the unified tax, salt tax, customs duties, and railways, and all taxes were deducted for his own use.
The 500,000 yuan earmarked fund allocated by Nanjing to the 29th Army for the construction of the defense fortification line was also embezzled by Song Zheyuan, except for a part of it and distributed it to the four division commanders under his command, all the rest went into Song's pocket, and the planned defense fortifications did not even buy a single brick.