Tang Yan is a *** person. Chen Zikun already knew that he didn't care about greetings at this time, Song Qingling briefly explained the reason, and finally said: "The incident happened suddenly, and 100,000 people are urgent, we must immediately contact the person in charge of the CCP and establish a communication channel as soon as possible to ensure that the incident is properly resolved." ”

"Okay, I'll do my best, but it's too late now, do you wait until tomorrow to ......" Tang Yan seemed to have some concerns.

"No, right now, immediately contact your party, there is a saying that the night is long and dreams are many, now time is very precious, every minute may change, we can't afford to wait, China can't afford to wait!" Chen Zikun said heavily.

Song Qingling looked at the wall clock on the wall: "Take my car, I guarantee all safety issues." ”

Madame is the widow of the former prime minister, and her political prestige is incomparable, she made a promise, and Tang Yan has nothing to worry about, so she said: "Okay, I'll go now." ”

"I'm with you." Chen Zikun knew that Tang Yan hated the Kuomintang, for fear that she would deliberately delay, so he volunteered.

Tang Yan nodded: "Okay." ”

Song Qingling sent his own special car to gallop through the neon-lit streets of Shanghai, Tang Yan made secret contact in strict accordance with the organizational procedures, and after making a phone call, let the car wait on the river beach near the Waibaidu Bridge.

The lights are brilliant, the sound of the waves is still the same, the silhouette of the foreign warships moored on the Huangpu River is particularly clear in the night, and the winter night in Shanghai is extremely cold.

Tang Yan wrapped her thin coat tightly, took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it, elegantly flicked the cigarette ash, smoked quietly, and suddenly smiled: "I really didn't expect that the person who let us meet again turned out to be Chiang Kai-shek."

Chen Zikun touched his body, and when he fled from Xi'an, he was in a hurry and brought nothing but a gun.

"Give me a cigarette." He said.

"I'm sorry, this is the last one." Tang Yan handed over the cigarette that she had taken two puffs.

Chen Zikun couldn't help but recall the past, when he was a young and handsome man, Tang Yan was a female reporter in her prime, the two lived together for a while, and they actually lay on the same bed and smoked a cigarette together.

Seeing him hesitate, Tang Yan smiled and picked up the cigarette again, looking at the river in a daze, with a touch of melancholy in her eyes.

Chen Zikun stepped forward, gently removed the cigarette and threw it on the ground, took off his military coat and wrapped Tang Yan in it.

The river wind was howling, two snowy lampposts were shooting, a Chevrolet sedan came at a gallop, stopped not far away, and jumped out of an elegant man in a windbreaker and top hat, thirty years old, wearing glasses, and walked over with a smile and stretched out his right hand: "General Chen, look up for a long time." ”

Chen Zikun shook hands with him: "Fortunately, didn't ask for advice?" ”

"Pan Hannian, I can represent China."

"It's cold outside, let's talk in the car." Chen Zikun pointed to the car he was driving, and added, "It's Mr. Soong Ching Ling's car." ”

"Recognized." Pan Hannian smiled casually, "Please." ”

The two started an ultra-miniature meeting between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the car, Chen Zikun told the truth what happened in Xi'an, Pan Hannian was not shocked, and the wind was calm, but it can be seen that he did not know about it, after all, the distance between the security (the central location of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi) and Shanghai is too far, and the communication with the radio station is not smooth.

After listening to Chen Zikun's words, Pan Hannian smiled and said, "So, what do you want me to do?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "We need to establish a channel of communication with you and try to resolve this matter peacefully, and I mean not only the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, but also your superior, the Comintern. ”

Pan Hannian's wind was light: "Write it down, is there anything else?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Please be sure to convey my words to your superiors, if Chiang Kai-shek encounters an accident, China will lose its leader, and thus become a plate of scattered sand, it is only a matter of time before Japan dies, China is dead, and Japan's next target is the Soviet Union." ”

Pan Hannian's expression became solemn at this time: "Okay, I will definitely tell my superiors." ”

Chen Zikun said: "How can I find you? ”

Pan Hannian said: "If you contact Tang Yan directly, you can find me." ”

Pan is only the person in charge of the CCP in Shanghai, and the decision-making power is still in the hands of the leaders of the security guards, and he can only play the role of a microphone, so the two sides did not talk in depth, Chen Zikun drove away first, Tang Yan got into Pan Hannian's car and left, at this time the sky was getting brighter, Tang Yan looked excited: "Great, Chiang Kai-shek has been caught, and this time the revenge of the sacrificed comrades can finally be avenged." ”

Pan Hannian held the steering wheel and said very seriously: "Comrade Tang Yan, with your understanding, do you think Chiang Kai-shek should be killed?" ”

Tang Yan said without thinking: "Of course it should be killed, yes, there is really no one in China at present who can replace Chiang's position, it is precisely because of this that he wants to kill him, once he dies, not only can he take revenge, but also cause the complete collapse of the Kuomintang government, and the Soviet area will have a chance to breathe and develop, this is a golden opportunity." ”

Pan Hannian said: "What if Chiang dies and his successor adopts an attitude of cooperation with Japan? ”

Tang Yan said: "There will always be a way." After a pause, he said: "How is the organization considering my joining the party?" ”

Pan Hannian said: "After careful consideration in the organization, I feel that it is more beneficial for you to maintain your status as a non-partisan left-wing cultural worker. ”

Tang Yan nodded solemnly: "I respect the organization's decision." ”

At the intersection of Erma Road, Tang Yan got out of the car, Pan Hannian continued to move forward, parked the car in a remote alley, walked into a Shikumen house, and after five minutes, a short-cut man quietly went out from the back door of the house next door, took the tram to the French Concession, turned several corners to make sure that no one was following, and then turned into a shop and went up to the second floor.

There were already people waiting here upstairs, and when they saw that Pan Han was coming, they opened the hidden closet, took out the radio transmitter, and said, "Old Pan, it's not time for normal contact, are you sure you want to send a report to northern Shaanxi?" ”

Pan Hannian said: "The situation is urgent, use a special password, and I will draft the draft." ”

The telegram spread through the air, and thousands of miles away, in a cave in Baoan Town, northern Shaanxi, a group of ragged and unshaven Han bullets celebrated and celebrated.

A man with a big back and a Hunan accent said: "Chiang Kai-shek must be tried openly, and let the people decide his life and death. ”

Everyone agreed.

In Nanjing, Kong Xiangxi, vice president of the Nationalist Government and Executive Yuan, urgently summoned the Soviet chargé d'affaires, urged the Soviet Union to pay attention to the Xi'an incident, and warned that if Chiang Kai-shek had an accident, China would inevitably be forced to cooperate with Japan against Russia. At the same time, the ambassador of the Republic of China to the Soviet Union also protested to the Soviet government, Stalin reacted quickly, and the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union Livinov replied to the Chinese ambassador that the Soviet Union had no contact with Zhang Xueliang and could not help the incident, and the only thing that could be done was to let the Chinese communists know the position of the Soviet authorities.

After Soong Meiling arrived in Nanjing overnight, she immediately launched her activities, and Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin mobilized 200,000 men and horses to approach Tongguan, and dozens of sorties flew to reconnoiter Xi'an in one day, convened a series of military meetings to discuss counterinsurgency matters, and refused to see Madame Chiang on the grounds that he was busy with military affairs.

The Nanjing government was leaderless and went its own way, with the faction headed by Dai Jitao and He Yingqin advocating armed suppression, and the brothers Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen, and the Chen family advocating that Chiang Kai-shek's life be preserved first, and the others could be shelved and discussed.

Song Meiling made a long-distance call to Chen Zikun and asked him to bring the CCP representatives to Nanjing for talks, and Chen Zikun immediately contacted Pan Hannian through Tang Yan and flew to Nanjing.

Arriving at Dajiaochang Airport, Song Ziwen personally came to greet them and led them directly to the Kuomintang Central Party Headquarters to meet Chen Lifu.

Chen Lifu and Chen Zikun have had a few quarrels, but they are okay on the whole, and this time the Xi'an incident, the two are standing on the same front, and they are naturally more harmonious.

"Brother Lifu."

"Brother Kungo."

The two hands were clasped tightly together, as if the two had been best friends for many years.

Chen Zikun said: "Let me introduce that this is the representative of the Communist Party of China, Mr. Pan Hannian. ”

Pan Hannian smiled and shook hands with Chen Lifu: "Hello." ”

Chen Lifu smiled: "I and Mr. Pan are also old acquaintances.

Pan Hannian said: "Probably because I often see my face on the wanted notice." ”

Everyone laughed heartily, at least the meeting had a good start.

At the beginning of the talks, Chen Lifu went straight to the point and proposed to let Zhou Enlai mediate and ease the situation.

When Chen Lifu met with Pan Hannian, Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin was also meeting with the Japanese ambassador, and the Japanese side expressed strong concern over the Xi'an incident and proposed that if the Nanjing government compromised with Xi'an, the Japanese Empire would reserve the right to take further action.

He Yingqin immediately stated that he had already deprived Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng of the two rebel generals, and sent troops to surround Shaanxi, and would never compromise with the rebels.

The Japanese side expressed satisfaction and in return, it would stop military operations in Chahar, and both sides were happy.

When Wang Zhaoming, who was inspecting Germany on an inspection tour, heard of the Xi'an Incident, he immediately rushed to the League of Nations in Switzerland, summoned envoys from Britain, the United States, Japan, and other countries, expressed indignation at Zhang Yang's rebellion, and would quickly return to China to preside over the overall situation.

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Xi'an, the Northwest Appeasement Office, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng sat opposite each other, without a smile on their faces, Chiang Kai-shek was arrested, the Military Committee of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces was also established, and the eight proposals were also put forward, but they were not as good as expected.

First of all, there was a voice of opposition and condemnation throughout the country, and even Yan Xishan, who had previously repeatedly professed his support for Zhang Yang, sent a telegram to rebuke and question him violently, but there was little support except for the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.

The crowd in Xi'an was indignant, and the Northeast Army Shaozhuang faction and enthusiastic students strongly demanded that Chiang Kai-shek be tried and executed, and that the Central Army fight to the end.

The central armies of Gansu and Henan were approaching Shaanxi, and every day there were Nanjing's planes buzzing over Xi'an, which also caused great military pressure on Zhang Xueliang.

However, Chiang Kai-shek still refused to cooperate, putting on a rigid leader's stand, if he followed Zhang Xueliang's previous temper, he really wanted to kill Yang Yuting in the first place, and burst this bald head with one shot.

But now, he cannot, doesn't dare, and doesn't want to do it.