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Chapter 1177 Preemptive Strike (1)

The misty winter rain is getting thicker and thicker, the cold north wind condenses the water droplets on the branches of thousands of trees into ice cubes, and the endless bamboo and trees on Cuiping Mountain shiver and are overwhelmed, and the sound of crackling bamboo and wood breaking does not stop all night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At nine o'clock in the morning, Gu Changfeng, who had been working hard all night, pushed open the closed window of the conference room, and the biting cold wind instantly poured into the warm room, blowing up the thick smoke wafting all over the room.

Gu Changfeng took a deep breath of the damp and cold air, looked up at the misty, ice-covered mountains, exhaled the white mist, took the cigarette handed by Yang Bin and lit it, and glanced at the brothers who were talking in a low voice.

"The 136th and 137th Divisions have been fully equipped, the 44th Division of Yichang is ready for battle, and the two transport aircraft groups of the Air Force are also ready, but I don't know what happened to the commander, and I am really worried that the intelligence is unreliable." Yang Bin muttered, and his heart was uneasy.

Chief of Staff Ye Cheng walked to the window with a cup of hot tea, and saw Gu Changfeng's frowning appearance, knowing that he was as anxious as himself, so he squeezed out a smile and explained in a low voice: "Maybe the situation in Xi'an is not as bad as we guessed......"

The sound of hurried footsteps interrupted Ye Cheng's words, and Fang Pengxiang, the chief of operations, arrived quickly, and Fang Zheng's face was full of horror: "Commander is in a hurry...... What a problem! ”

Yang Bin quickly took the message, read it in a hurry, suddenly shuddered, raised his head and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately bring Uncle Dao and Mr. Jiang to a meeting!" ”

At 9:20 in the morning, Baoding camp.

Huang Yingwu, who was ordered to rush to the scene, shook off the snowflakes all over his body, untied the big feather, handed it to the guard by the door, pushed open the door and entered the war room, involuntarily stopped, looked at An Yi with a blue face and Hu Jialin with an anxious face for a while, walked over quickly and asked in a low voice: "Something happened?" ”

An Yi nodded: "Two and a half hours ago, the commander of the Northeast Army, Bai Fengxiang, the brigade commander Tang Junyao, and the battalion commander Sun Mingjiu, abducted Chairman Jiang from Lintong to the headquarters of Yang Hucheng in Xi'an New Town, Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Zhu Shaoliang, Qian Dajun, Wei Lihuang, Jiang Zuobin, Chen Jiji, Chen Tiaoyuan, Wan Yaohuang, Jiang Fangzhen, etc., were all detained...... It's cipher, look at it. ”

Huang Yingwu gasped, suddenly grabbed the telegram on the table, read it three times before slowly putting it down, and looked at An Yi speechlessly.

An Yi smiled bitterly: "Inform the division commanders to come as soon as possible." ”

Hu Jialin nodded and walked to the telephone.

10:40 a.m., Xi'an.

Zhang Xueliang walked into the big restaurant of the Xijing Guest House surrounded by the guards, and saw the central officials sitting in a circle in a panic and frustration, waving his hand to signal the guards in charge to retreat, trying to squeeze out a smile, striding forward, stretching out his hand to the generals who were being guarded, but no one stretched out his hand to him, and even more did not even look at Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang shook hands with several civil officials who were anxiously questioning, and said to everyone with an apologetic face: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's matter, Xueliang is really forced to do so, the chairman of the committee ignores the Japanese invaders and occupies our great rivers and mountains, and is bent on suppressing the Communist Party.

"It is a very dangerous thing to suppress the patriotic spirit and public opinion of the vast number of officers and soldiers, and in the event of a mutiny, the officers and men under my command will beat me to death at any time Director Yang, and at any time they can take advantage of the situation to kill the princes and the chairman of the committee who have already entered Shaanxi!

"In the past few months, the call for the officers and men of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army to stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan has been increasing, and it has reached a critical moment that cannot be relieved. During this period, I repeatedly admonished the chairman, hoping that he would calm the anger of the people, but he was too stubborn and could not listen to a word, what could I do?

"In order to promote the situation of national unity to resist Japan, and for the sake of Xi'an to avoid disasters, Director Yang and I are willing to offend the suspicion of rebellion and invite the chairman to the headquarters of the 17th Route Army in the Xincheng Building.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the matter has come to this, Xueliang doesn't want to say more, here's a telegram, signed by me and Director Yang, after you listen, if you agree, sign your name on it."

Zhang Xueliang glanced around, picked up the declaration and read it aloud:

The Central Executive Committee of Nanjing, Chairman Lin Junjian of the National Government, the honors of all academies, ministries and associations, the appeasement directors, the commanders-in-chief, the chairmen of the provinces, the national salvation federations, the organs, the corporations, the newspapers and schools:

The Northeast has been in decline for more than five years, the national power is overpowered, the territory is declining, the Songhu Agreement is humiliated, and the Tanggu and Hemei agreements are followed.

Recently, the international situation has changed abruptly, and they have colluded with each other to sacrifice our country and nation. When the war in Suidong began, the crowd was full of emotion and morale. At this juncture, how should our central leaders inspire the military and the people to launch the entire war of resistance in the country? Why is it that the soldiers defending the territory in the front killed the enemy in blood, and the diplomatic authorities in the rear are still trying to compromise?

Since the outbreak of patriotic injustice in Shanghai, the world has been shocked, the whole country has been saddened, and patriotism has been convicted, which is outrageous. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was surrounded by a small crowd, abandoned the people, and misled the country. Xueliang and others wept and admonished, and they were reprimanded. The students of Xi'an held a national salvation movement, and even instigated spies to shoot and kill a patriotic teenager. Xueliang waited for many years in robes, and he couldn't bear to sit idly by, because he gave Kai-shek the last admonition, kept it safe, and urged him to reflect.

The military and people in the northwest unanimously advocated the following: 1. Reorganize the Nanjing government; Second, to stop all civil wars; 3. Immediately release the arrested patriotic leaders in Shanghai; Fourth, the release of all political prisoners in the country; Fifth, open up the people's patriotic movement; 6. To guarantee the political freedom of assembly and association of the people; 7. Earnestly abide by the Prime Minister's will; Eighth, immediately convene a national salvation conference.

The above eight points are the unanimous proposals of our and the military and people in the northwest to save the country, and I hope that the public will obey public opinion, adopt them openly, open up the future life for the country, and cleanse the sorrow of misleading the country in the past. At present, the righteousness cannot be refuted, and it is only for the salvation of the people, to help the country, to make merit for the crime, and to listen to the people of the country. The power is overwhelming, and the urgency is to return to life.

Zhang Xueliang Yang Hucheng

Zhang Xueliang finished reading it in one breath, handed over the telegram of the declaration to Adjutant Tan Hai, turned to the officials and arched his hand: "For the sake of the country and the nation, please everyone!" ”

All the generals and officers, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, no one stood up and agreed.

Seeing this, Zhang Xueliang smiled bitterly, took out a cigarette, lit it slowly, shook his head and walked to the door.

Adjutant Tan Hai took the telegram, scanned it sternly, and admonished loudly: "Since everyone is not opposed, then it can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence!" Next, I will go to the officers in turn, and ask the officers to sign their names, I hope that the officers will cooperate closely and not make moves that hurt each other's feelings, let alone a tragedy like Vice President Shao Yuanchong! ”

Everyone was taken aback, and immediately realized that Shao Yuanchong was more than lucky, and the content of Tan Hai's words was self-evident. All the adults were either full of anger or frightened, but none of them dared to stand up, and then looked at the fierce guards who ran into the room again, and involuntarily lowered their heads.

Tan Hai walked up to Chen Jiji, who was sitting in the middle, handed over the telegram, and said coldly: "Chief Chen, please come first and sign your name!" ”

The guard beside Tan Hai opened the shell gun in his hand intentionally or unintentionally, and Chen Jiji, Chen Cheng, and Jiang Dingwen glanced at each other, sighed, and signed his name on it.

Tan Hai laughed, walked up to one person after another with the message, and looked at these originally unattainable generals and central officials tremblingly signing their names on the declaration, feeling extremely happy and excited in his heart.

Tan Hai walked in front of the last Chen Cheng, smiled fiercely, and said in a low voice: "Vice Chief Chen, you are Chairman Jiang's favorite general, your name is more effective, please sign it!" ”

Chen Cheng pushed the telegram away: "You have the ability to kill me!" ”

Tan Hai was furious, pointed at his nose and scolded: "What a thing that doesn't know current affairs, what do you think you are?" Yesterday you were the deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and today it falls into our hands, and you are not a ball! Lao Tzu advises you to do it obediently, don't toast and don't eat and drink! ”

Chen Cheng's face turned red, and he stood up, pointed at Tan Hai's nose and scolded: "What are you, dare to talk to me like this?" ”

Tan Hai had a grim smile on his face, and shouted an order to the guards: "Drag it out, slaughter it!" ”

The two strong guards rushed up, Jiang Dingwen was shocked, hugged Chen Cheng to death, and Qian Dajun and Chen Jiji, whose legs were pierced by bullets, were also so frightened that they hurriedly pounced.

Jiang Dingwen pushed away the shell gun pointed at Chen Cheng's head under an exclamation, Zhu Shaoliang, Jiang Baili and others hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them, and the noise finally alarmed Zhang Xueliang who was standing at the door.

Zhang Xueliang saw that the time had come, threw away the cigarette butt and walked inside, pretending not to know what was going on, and asked in surprise what was going on, and finally turned to Tan Hai and scolded sternly: "Why are you so rude and rude, quickly apologize to Vice Minister Chen!" ”

Tan Hai took a step back with a calm face, squinting at Chen Cheng, who was so angry that his face turned pale, Jiang Dingwen could only pull Chen Cheng's arm and whisper in his ear.

Chen Cheng's face was full of grief and indignation, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and finally had to hastily sign his name on the message.

Tan Hai completed the task, his expression was extremely excited, he saluted Zhang Xueliang, led the guards to stride out, and rushed to Yang Hucheng's headquarters by car.

Zhang Xueliang laughed heartily, hugged his fists and said goodbye, Chen Cheng stepped forward and shouted to stop him: "Brother Hanqing, please slow down!" ”

"Oh? What does Brother Ci command? Zhang Xueliang turned around and asked with a friendly smile.

Chen Cheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Brother Han Qing, junior brother understands the feelings of you and the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army, but have you considered how much damage your rebellious behavior today will bring to the party-state and you personally?" If there is a case in the commission, please Brother Han Qing look at the world, who else can deter the princes from all walks of life who support the army and divide the territory? Who can lead the whole team to fight against the Japanese invaders? Brother Han Qing, I don't dare to say anything else, just say that the Huangpu generals stationed in Gansu, Shaanxi, Jinyu and command 300,000 soldiers, as well as more than 200,000 Anjia troops in southeast Shaanxi, are not easy to think with, I'm afraid that Brother Han Qing's idea of coercing the Son of Heaven to make the princes not so easy to realize, right? ”

Zhang Xueliang quietly stared at Chen Cheng, whose face was pale, for a while, without saying a word, brushed his sleeves away, and Jiang Baili's painful voice immediately sounded in the hall:

"It's over! It's all over! Han Qing is confused......"