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Chapter 1179 - Preemptive Strike (3)

At 6 p.m., a China Central Airlines passenger plane landed at Nanjing Airport, and only two people got off the plane -- Song Ziwen, director of the Central Economic Commission and special commissioner of Guangdong, and his secretary. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Song Ziwen saw Gu Zhenglun, commander of the military police and commander of the capital garrison, and Qu Muchen, commander of the Air Defense Command, who came forward, he was in good spirits, strode forward to shake hands, talked a little bit, and got into the car with Gu Zhenglun and Qu Muchen, and the car drove out of the airport quickly under the escort of the two bridge cars, one after the other.

"How did you make such a big formation?" Song Ziwen asked with a smile.

Gu Zhenglun sighed, shook his head and said, "In extraordinary times, you have to guard against it!" At this time, your identity and status are particularly crucial, and there is no room for error. ”

Song Ziwen looked at Chiang Kai-shek's loyal cadre in front of him with a smile: "Is it what Mr. Yongzhi means, or what do you mean?" ”

Gu Zhenglun smiled mysteriously: "It's all there, haha!" What if I say that this is An Yi's brother's opinion? Well!? ”

Song Ziwen was stunned for a moment, his stunned eyes turned a few times behind the lenses, and then looked at Qu Muchen, the lieutenant general of the air defense force who was sitting in front, and seemed to understand something, and finally sighed faintly: "So I'm relieved!" An Yi, this guy, is amazing! ”

Four hours ago, Song Ziwen was panicked in the face of all kinds of gossip flying all over the sky, and it was not until he received a phone call from Kong Xiangxi that he settled down slightly, and after urgently contacting the Soviet consulate in Shanghai and finding no one, he quickly rushed to the airport and flew to Nanjing on a chartered plane, so that he could go to the Soviet consulate with Kong Xiangxi to report and mediate.

At this time, Song Ziwen's mood was very complicated, when he first received the news that Chiang Kai-shek was abducted and imprisoned, Song Ziwen was still a little gloating in shock, thinking that it was not a good thing to let this rough guy suffer some hardships, but after thinking about it, the idea of schadenfreude was gone, and he was soberly aware that in case Chiang Kai-shek died, Mo said that the power of the Song family would be seriously weakened, and He Yingqin and other pro-Japanese factions would inevitably usurp power again, and if Wang Jingwei, the soft-boned leader, was welcomed back, a large-scale civil war would be absolutely unavoidable. At that time, the Japanese will take advantage of the situation, and not only will the people of the whole country become slaves of the country, but even his Song family will have to flee the motherland and live in exile.

Therefore, Song Ziwen almost didn't need to think too much to make up his mind, no matter what aspect he said, he must rescue Chiang Kai-shek from danger, otherwise he will end up with a sad end of losing his lips and teeth.

The car soon arrived at the rest garden, Kong Xiangxi and Zhang Zhizhong stood at the door to greet Song Ziwen, sent away Gu Zhenglun and Qu Muchen, who were in heavy responsibility, and immediately led Song Ziwen to the second floor. There are words such as "my brother loves and protects the Jiegong, and he has been like a day for eight years, and he does not dare to harm the public because of his private interests, so I ask the Jiegong to stay in Xi'an for the time being, urge him to reflect, and never harm it".

Song Meiling's hanging heart finally let go, and Song Ziwen sat down and analyzed in detail:

"I know very well Han Qing's character, he will not be confused to the extent of killing a killer, at least until their political goals are achieved, the life of the chairman should be safe and secure. According to my analysis, Zhang and Yang's mutiny is very likely to be bewitched by **, but I think that their intention is not to kill Kai-shek, but to force him to do something, and the next thing is likely to be very difficult negotiations. ”

Kong Xiangxi nodded: "What we see is slightly the same, it's just, what should we do next?" ”

Song Ziwen pondered for a moment: "I don't have any good ideas for a while, although Han Qing specially called to explain, but it doesn't mean that Kai-shek's life is not in danger, after all, there is a wolf-like Yang Hucheng on the side, and there is a ** hidden behind the scenes who hates Kai-shek, and none of us can figure out how complicated the current situation in Xi'an is."

"Thinking carefully about their telegram declaration, I feel that the attitude of ** is very important, and I am very worried about the hidden Japanese pseudo-spies in Xi'an City, so we must not take it lightly, and we must take the initiative to establish contact with Hanqing and keep the call open. Looking at Nanjing in front of us, I am afraid that the storm is already coming, and the undercurrent is surging, so we must take the initiative to grasp the situation and do our best to limit the pro-Japanese faction from holding military power, otherwise everything will get out of control. ”

"It's hard! Wen Bai and I have also analyzed it, He Yingqin is not an idle person, and he holds a talisman in his hand, so he will definitely make a move. From noon to now, he has visited a number of party-state veterans non-stop, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, to everyone's surprise, he summoned a meeting between the Lixing Society and the generals in Beijing and Huangpu. Kong Xiangxi said worriedly.

Song Ziwen pondered for a moment and decisively decided: "We must immediately go to the Soviet consulate and embassy, explain the situation, and tell them that without Chairman Chiang, China will definitely be in chaos, and Japan will inevitably invade and occupy China in an all-round way. ”

Kong Xiangxi immediately stood up: "Without further ado, do it immediately, Meiling had better go together!" ”

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Three hours later, the Song siblings and Kong Xiangxi received a satisfactory reply from the Soviet embassy.

After discussing with Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Zhang Zhizhong, Gong Qian and others, Song Meiling decided to agree to the eight-point proposal of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, with the purpose that as long as Chiang Kai-shek could come back safe and sound, everything could be discussed.

After the principles were settled, Song Meiling made a phone call to Shanghai, cried to the eldest sister Song Qingling, and then informed the results of everyone's discussion in detail, asking the eldest sister to help with all her might.

In any case, Chiang Kai-shek is his brother-in-law, and it is related to the rise and fall of the Song family, Song Qingling readily agreed, and contacted Pan Hannian, the director of the office secretly stationed in Shanghai, by telephone, and conveyed the opinions of Song Meiling and others, and asked Pan Hannian what he thought.

Pan Hannian seemed to have expected this phone call, and conveyed an important message very calmly: **The central government did not know about it in advance, and after the incident, it strongly advocated a peaceful settlement, and sent Zhou Enlai and others to Xi'an to mediate.

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the executive meeting and political meeting of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang were urgently convened, and the following resolutions were soon made under the chairmanship of He Yingqin:

(1) Zhang Xueliang is strictly handled by Zhang Xueliang, (2) Vice President Kong is responsible for the Executive Yuan; (3) To add He Yingqin, Cheng Qian, Li Liejun, Zhu Peide, Tang Shengzhi, and Chen Shaokuan as members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission; (4) The Military Commission shall be under the responsibility of Vice Chairman Feng Yuxiang and members of the Standing Committee; (5) The command and transfer of the armed forces is temporarily under the responsibility of Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin; (6) Telegraph the whole country, publicize the crimes of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and call on the whole army and the whole people to resolutely crusade.

The last point of the resolution was a huge controversy, and the participants had different opinions, with Dai Chuanxian strongly advocating that Zhang and Yang should not be weak, and that Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen should not be guided in advance, and that troops should not be raised to attack Xi'an when negotiations have not yet begun and there is still hope for a peaceful settlement.

After arguing for more than half an hour, He Yingqin, who held the military power as he wished, saw that Feng Yuxiang and others were on the side of Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi, and had to suspend the power supply to the whole country and issue a crusade order.

Just as the meeting ended, an important news came:

After receiving a secret telegram from Zhang Xueliang's troops ordering his troops to occupy the airport, armory, and close all banks, Huang Yongan weighed it again and again, refused to obey, and led his troops to surrender to the Central Army and the Camp Office stationed in Luoyang, and reported Zhang Xueliang's telegram to Zhu Shaozhou, director of the Luoyang Military Branch.

Zhu Shaozhou was a fellow countryman of Chiang Kai-shek, who was Chen Guofu's entourage before the Xinhai Revolution, and entered the Qinghe First Military Preparatory School in the first year of the Republic of China, and later entered the Baoding Army Military Academy. On April 12, the army was stationed in Shanghai, and the workers' pickets in Zhabei and Wusong were disarmed. During the 128th Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, he served as the chief of staff of the Fifth Army, in the early days of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, he served as the director of the recruit training department, and later served as the director of the Luoyang Central Military Branch. During the Min Revolution, Zhu was ordered to persuade the 19th Route Army to surrender, but without results, he still returned to the Luoyang Military Branch and was responsible for secretly supervising the repair of defense fortifications along the Yellow River.

Zhu Shaozhou was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the 2nd Division of Fan Songfu's Division of the 46th Army stationed in western Henan to rush to open Tongguan and occupy Tongguan before Zhang Xueliang's troops.

When everyone heard the emergency report, they were shocked, and many people secretly worried that the exchange of fire between the 46th Army and the Northeast Army would bring disaster to Chiang Kai-shek, who was in the hands of Zhang and Yang. Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi immediately started a discussion with Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang decisively called Zhu Shaozhou and Fan Songfu, ordering the troops to be stationed in place, not to start the war, and to take the initiative to attack, Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi's hanging hearts were slightly relaxed, and when the two left, they didn't notice the slightest sneer on the corner of He Yingqin's mouth.

On the morning of the next day, Song Meiling and others, who received Song Qingling's reply, did not believe that the ** side did not know about this at all, so they were deeply worried about Pan Hannian's statement, and now the sworn enemy of ** Chiang Kai-shek Tiger fell into Pingyang and was in prison, and it was impossible for the Central Committee and the Red Army not to seize this great opportunity to eliminate the opponent.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Vice Chairman Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram to advise Zhang Xueliang to release Chairman Jiang and return to Beijing first; In his capacity as acting president of the Executive Yuan, Kong Xiangxi sent telegrams to the whole country, supported the established national policy of the central government, and worked together to help each other in difficulties, and sent telegrams to Zheyuan of the Northern Song Dynasty of Huabei, Han Fuju of Shandong, Zhu Peide of Yunnan, Yan Xishan of Shanxi, Shang Zhen of Henan, Shen Honglie of Qingdao, Yu Xuezhong of Lanzhou, and Feng Qinzai, the commander of the Yang Hucheng Division, who had a close personal relationship, hoping to work together to save the crisis and peacefully resolve the Xi'an Incident.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Song Meiling, accompanied by Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen, and Gong Qian, held a press conference at the Jinling Hotel in accordance with the established plan, and distributed a written statement by Song Ziwen before the meeting:

"Chairman Chiang is absolutely safe in Xi'an, and I believe that the Xi'an incident is the most unfortunate thing for the country, and it is urgent to use effective methods to resolve it in the shortest possible time. Cover the eyes of the whole world, and the moment is focused on China also. My public and private relationship with Dean Jiang and my friendship with Zhang Xueliang for many years are well known to the world. In the special relationship, if there is any possible solution, I am very willing to do my utmost under the leadership of the central government. It is up to the Government to decide which approach to take; Whether I have the need to go to Xi'an, I will also be on call to the government......"

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the situation in the northwest suddenly changed, the commander of the First Army, Hu Zongnan, and more than 40 commanders of the Huangpu Division, suddenly sent a telegram to the central government, requesting an order to crusade against Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and Lanzhou Yu Xuezhong's department suddenly occupied Lanzhou City and the important places of the central military and political organs, closed all the city gates, and mastered the telegraph office, bank, airport, and station.

The soldiers on the front line in Suiyuan were shocked to hear that Zhang and Yang had launched a military coup d'état in Xi'an, and Chairman Chiang was in prison, and they were extremely shocked.

After the expansion of the army, the Suiyuan departments of more than 60,000 soldiers are now facing the puppet Mongolian armed forces supported by the ferocious Japanese invaders, preparing for the next big war all the time, all the military salaries and logistics supplies, all have to rely on Chiang Kai-shek's allocation, now the old Chiang was suddenly arrested, the supply of food, ammunition and medicine is all gone, the generals of the various departments are anxious, all of them are flocked to Fu Zuoyi's headquarters, after intense discussion, the steady Fu Zuoyi persuaded the angry people, a telegram to An Yi's hand, asked him how to deal with it?

An Yi, who had just reached a verbal agreement with Yan Xishan and had returned from Taiyuan not long ago, was carefully reading the second request telegram sent by Zhang Xueliang at this moment, and had just put it down, and had not been able to inform the more than ten generals around him, Liu Qing came quickly with Fu Zuoyi's urgent telegram.

An Yi took the telegram and read it, stood up suddenly, read Fu Zuoyi's call aloud, and then politely looked at Wan Fulin and Pang Bingxun who rushed to Baoding:

"The two elder brothers, General Yisheng's current situation, I'm afraid it's the same as the two elder brothers, the soldiers on the front line of Suiyuan unanimously advocated a telegram to crusade against Zhang Hanqing and Yang Hucheng, and General Yisheng temporarily pressed down on the overall situation. Next, the juniors would like to hear the opinions of the two seniors. ”

"Brother An, our opinion of the Forty Army is very clear, that is, we will advance and retreat together with Brother An's army, as long as my brother gives an order, we can pull out the camp and immediately crusade against Xi'an!"

Pang Bingxun has been deeply cared for by Chiang Kai-shek in the past six months, not only has he been successfully promoted to lieutenant general and the rank of general, but also has priority guarantees for food and salary, and under the vigorous support of An Yi and Hu Jialin's 17th Army, he has been immersed in hard training and made every effort to build the army.

An Yi grinned: "What do you think of Senior Wan?" ”

Wan Fulin laughed: "Brother, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, others can't believe my brother's character, can I still believe it?" Say it, say it! ”

An Yi nodded gratefully, glanced at a circle of generals, and saw that everyone was looking at him waiting for a decision, so he slowly put away his smile and made a decisive decision-