Chapter 75: Zhang Zuoxiang's helplessness
"Commander Zhang, please stop your stupid behavior on Nanman Road in time, they are blowing up the railway, sabotaging the normal business investment of the Japanese Empire's expatriates in Anshan, killing and wounding thousands of Imperial expatriates, this is an act of completely provoking a war between the two countries!" Fang Ze Qianji roared at Zhang Xueliang in a very angry tone.
Zhang Xueliang's forehead was bruised, once upon a time, the Japanese dared to be so unscrupulous and angry with him? But is there a little bit of him in his eyes, one of the biggest warlords in the Republic of China? But when he thought of the shadow of the Northeast Army's past defeat on the Middle East Road, and the strength of the Japanese, Zhang Xueliang's sudden anger suddenly seemed to be extinguished by a basin of cold water.
"Mr. Consul, I will send someone to find out about this matter, if there is really any sabotage of your country's Northeast Railway and regular enterprises, I will definitely let people deal with it seriously, but the main force of your Kwantung Army is now attacking Fengtian City, and I also ask your country to withdraw the main force of the Kwantung Army to its original place in time, otherwise it will be difficult to investigate this matter in the case of a war." Zhang Xueliang pondered the words and said politely.
"Withdraw the main force of the Kwantung Army, can you sit back and watch your army continue to encroach on the empire's property and rights and interests in the northeast, the army of our country will definitely not retreat, if Commander Zhang is unable to restrain the Northeast Army, the empire in Korea, the army in the homeland will definitely crusade with all its might, and then it will not be as simple as burning jade, and the loss of the empire will be repaid by your country, the northeast, and even Commander Zhang!" Fang Ze Qianji said in a very tough tone, Zhang Xueliang's attitude of non-resistance with Nanjing has been undoubtedly confirmed, and this has been confirmed in Jilin and other places except Fengtian City.
In the face of Zhang Xueliang, who had hundreds of thousands of troops, he did not resist, even if he suffered some losses in Fengtian City, as long as he could take the northeast, this loss was nothing. The previous base camp opposed the Wicker Lake Incident, and it was not sure what the attitude of the main force of the Northeast Army and Nanjing was. At this time, once it is clear that there is a possibility of seizing the Northeast, how can the base camp let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Not to mention one second division of the Kwantung Army, even four or five divisions are worth throwing out. In the Russo-Japanese War that year, the Japanese army did not also suffer heavy casualties, but that battle played Japan's second national fortune. Zhang Xueliang's weakness made it possible for Japan to occupy the Northeast. If we can fully occupy the resources of Tohoku, it will be an unprecedented gain for Japan.
Zhang Xueliang's face was pale, the Japanese were so arrogant and unreasonable. If it makes sense, then it is not an aggressor.
"Commander, Li Chunhua, the staff officer of the battalion, instigated 4 people in the staff headquarters, and Xiong Fei, the commander of the 571st regiment, tricked the men and horses of the two battalions into stealing out of the camp and possibly going north." Seeing Zhang Xueliang's extremely ugly face, he whispered.
"Bang!" Zhang Xueliang kicked over the vase beside him.
Tan Hai was suddenly silent, during this time, Zhang Xueliang was quitting smoking and recuperating again, coupled with the incident in the northeast, he was never in a good mood.
"Let Yu Xuezhong send someone to intercept the fleeing soldiers, punish them as deserters, and send a telegram to Huang Xiansheng and Jiang Li in Fengtian, immediately stop all resistance, withdraw the army to Jinzhou, disobey the military order, and do not listen to the orders of the central government. What did Wang Yizhe eat, he couldn't even hold a few soldiers under him, damn it, I really thought that I would be sick and I would never care about anything, but I wanted to see what kind of fame these soldiers were going to make. Zhang Xueliang was extremely angry, and the evil fire that the Japanese pointed at his nose and questioned just now could no longer be suppressed, and it would all come out.
"Young marshal, no." A very tired voice sounded at the door, and I saw a pair of half-centenarians with pale temples appearing at the door.
"Uncle General, why did you come here, have you taken care of the family affairs, originally Uncle Lao's family had this incident Xueliang should have gone in person, but I didn't expect to encounter such a big mess, and my body is not angry." Zhang Xueliang saw that it was Zhang Zuoxiang, the anger on his face subsided slightly, and he changed his tone and said, Zhang Zuoxiang is Zhang Zuolin's brother, who followed Zhang Zuolin from the time he started, until now, Zhang Zuolin can have the Northeast Patrol Envoy, and even to the scenery of the head of the Republic of China, and then to Zhang Xueliang's smooth ascension, Zhang Zuoxiang has made great contributions, when the 918 Incident broke out, Zhang Zuoxiang happened to be because of the death of his father, and he was doing a funeral in his hometown, which would rush to Beiping, that is, he was afraid that Zhang Xueliang would be confused and do stupid things.
"Now that the situation is so bad, can I not come?" Zhang Zuoxiang sighed, "I heard your words just now, at this juncture, you can't mess around." ”
"Uncle General, you came just in time, you are not here, I don't have anyone here to help with the idea, the central government has issued a strict order, prohibiting provoking a full-scale war between China and Japan, and ordering that there is no resistance to the provocation of the Japanese army, what can I do? But Wang Yizhe can't control the 7th Brigade now, and Huang Xiansheng also wasted my trust, and took the lead in disobeying orders, Japan was furious, and now threatens to transfer troops from China to march into the northeast. Zhang Xueliang said resentfully.
"The Northeast is the old foundation of the Zhang family, Nanjing is not distressed, aren't you distressed?"
Zhang Zuoxiang glanced at Zhang Xueliang tiredly, Zhang Xueliang inherited Zhang Zuolin's shrewdness and cleverness. But he doesn't have the ruthlessness and decisiveness that Zhang Zuolin has worked hard from the grassroots, and he doesn't have the courage to fight to the end. Growing up with a golden key in his mouth, he was pampered, and when he was young, he could still have a bloody nature. At this time, Zhang Xueliang was almost hollowed out by wine, and he was also infected with a big smoking addiction, and that bloodiness no longer existed.
The troops under the descendants of Chairman Chiang in Nanjing were only a few hundred thousand. And the strength of the Northeast Army is almost not below Nanjing, there is also the economic foundation of the old Northeast, and the foundation of the Fengtian Arsenal is in, except that the reputation is not as good as Nanjing, and the strength is not worse than Nanjing. It is that the northeast is far away, and Zhang Xueliang is still a little difficult to command in some local armies, and those brigade commanders with only a few thousand people are 108,000 miles behind Zhang Xueliang. What's more, at this time, the strength of the Northeast and Nanjing is similar, and there are several provinces in between, Shandong, Shanxi, and other local warlords are still in the way between the Northeast and Nanjing.
If it weren't for Zhang Xuecun's intention not to resist, how could Nanjing be able to shake Zhang Xueliang's thoughts?
Although Zhang Zuoxiang has been the second thousand-year-old in the Northeast for so long, Zhang Zuolin started his business, so many old brothers have fallen into the sand, but Zhang Zuoxiang has always been able to stand, but he will not be half a point worse than when he looks at people. How could Zhang Xueliang's cleverness be hidden from him.
"Uncle General, the matter has come to this, what do you say to do now?" Zhang Xueliang asked.
"Don't you already have an idea in your heart, haven't all the descendants of the troops withdrawn to the Jinzhou area one after another?" Zhang Zuo asked on the contrary.
"I mean the problem between Huang Xiansheng and Jiang Li in Fengtian City now, the Japanese have threatened to transfer troops from the mainland and attack the northeast on a large scale, how can this be good?" Zhang Xueliang said anxiously.
"You should know very well what the Japanese are, do you really expect that after the Japanese occupy Mukden, they can rely on the League of Nations to get Mukden back from the Japanese? At the beginning, the Qing government spent 30 million taels of silver to redeem Liaodong, and now your belongings are in the Northeast, how much money are you going to spend to redeem the entire Northeast, or do you expect the Japanese to take out all the money that has reached their pockets and return it to you? Zhang Zuoxiang hated each other and said, "You now order to punish Huang Xiansheng and Jiang Li, have you ever thought that once the telegram is sent, the old Zhang family will bear the infamy of the whole country?" ”
"If you resist, you will lose, and if you don't resist, you will be scolded, what do you say now?" Zhang Xueliang asked angrily.
"Now that the young marshal has made up his mind not to resist, it would be good for the Nanjing side to respond verbally. As for Huang Xiansheng and Jiang Li, if they are willing to make trouble, let them make trouble, and it is good to pinch the Japanese, the young marshal must not stab him in the back at this juncture, otherwise the reputation of the old Zhang family will be completely ruined, and he will poke people in the back and scold him if he dies. Young marshal, you have made up your mind to settle your home in the Guannei, so you simply take advantage of the fact that there is still some time to remove as much of your belongings as possible, hoping that the Japanese will return the things in the future, which is unreliable. Zhang Zuoxiang gave a plan.
"What if the Japanese come to the door again?" Zhang Xueliang asked again.
"Since Nanjing has such a bad idea, let them go to Nanjing." Zhang Zuoxiang's face was tigerish, and he was unprecedentedly disappointed in Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Xueliang respects him, but he can't replace Zhang Xueliang's position in the Northeast Army, this is the foundation laid by the dead brother Zhang Zuolin, for Zhang Zuolin's sake, he can only support Zhang Xueliang all the way.