Chapter 248: Tragedy
In the cold wind and snow, the land of China is crying and howling angrily.
On 28 November, Tianjin Ta Kung Pao reported on the tragedy in Wujiazi Village, Chaoyangxia.
Twelve days ago, before dawn on November 16, the garrison of the Yue Army, which was entrenched in the Gang Yao Ridge, under the leadership of the captain nicknamed Pimple Hu and the deputy captain Inoue Masamitsu, suddenly surrounded the village of Shimowujiazi.
After that, the interpreter led the officers and soldiers to rush more than 100 young and middle-aged men in the village to Xihetao for a "meeting."
At this time, the army escorted Jiang Zuozhou, Yang Shuzhen, and Zhang Chen, the so-called "bandits" who had been arrested from Xiawujiazi Village a few days ago, back from Gangyaoling, and forced them to hand over the list of villagers who had resisted the army in public, but they just refused to confess.
The army killed the three of them in public. Then they forced the villagers to report each other, but no one spoke.
The officer immediately ordered three machine guns to be fired at the villagers at the same time, and in an instant, more than 100 innocent young men fell in a pool of blood.
After that, the army conducted a second search, and found that there were people who were squirming or moaning, and immediately fired another shot or knife.
To make matters worse, the brutes poured gasoline on the bodies of the deceased and cremated them to ashes.
At the same time as the massacre outside the village, the army also poisoned the village, and these brutes forced the elderly, women, and children who remained in the village or at home to the house with guns, and tied people up one by one with ropes and wires.
After wantonly destroying the silver, he began to set fire to the house from house to house, and even the house was burned with people, and the entire Xiawujiazi Village suddenly became a sea of fire.
In this way, the burning lasted for three hours, and the whole village burned 64 households, burned down more than 400 houses, and killed a total of 387 people.
In the entire village, only eleven people escaped by going out to visit relatives or by narrowly escaping under the butcher's knife at the muzzle of the devil.
In every school in the Black God Special Zone, the teachers weptly told the children about the tragedy, and the village cadres and officers at all levels also told the villagers and soldiers a complete account of the tragedy.
-- Xi'an, Pacification Office.
Zhang Xueliang, director of the Xi'an Pacification Office, had a gloomy face and a gloomy and terrifying look.
Since leading the Northeast Army to suppress the Communists, he has almost been defeated repeatedly and suffered heavy losses, and the anger of the soldiers under his command has become more and more intense.
Yesterday, when the news of the tragedy in Wujiazi Village under Chaoyang came, the soldiers did not make a noise, but everyone's eyes were gloomy, just like he is now.
Zhang Xueliang is no longer afraid, he is not afraid of being killed by his subordinates, he only hates now, hates Chiang Kai-shek, but hates himself even more.
Hell was walked into step by step by himself.
-- Since the disastrous defeat at the hands of the Black God Army, the top level of the country has unified their understanding, actively prepared for war, and launched an all-out war against China as soon as the time permits, so as to completely conquer China.
As for the promotion of autonomy in North China, because of the existence of the Black God Army, no one is interested in this, but who would have thought that the plan has not changed quickly, and the situation has evolved so drastically, that they themselves are dizzying.
The power of Nanjing's political axe in North China was completely eliminated, and the situation suddenly became clear, and the autonomy of North China was put on the agenda again, and Tada Jun succeeded Nakamura Kotaro as the commander of the North China garrison.
After arriving in North China, he really got started, and Tada Jun knew that it was not so easy, and these people were cunning and great.
Eradicate the Black God Army, Pingjin Song Zheyuan, Shanxi Yan Xishan, Shandong Han Fuyu and Shimen Shangzhen, these are the four most powerful giants in North China, as long as these four people are dealt with, North China's autonomy will not be a problem.
At the beginning, Tada Jun blew a strong wind to the four giants, asking them to join forces, form a friendly alliance with Manchukuo, and form a new regime that did not rely on Nanjing, and told them to rest assured that they did not have to worry about Nanjing at all, and said that he would give full support to them.
The four giants all applauded loudly, slapped them warmly and neatly, and promised in unison that they would never be rehearsed, and not only did they not rehearse, but they were also friendly, and even made good friends with Manchukuo.
Without exception, the four giants all patted their chests: As long as the other three of them agree with the establishment of a new regime, I will not say a word, and I will fully cooperate.
When Tada Jun saw it, he was furious, and the work in North China was very good.
However, he was happy a little earlier, and the four of them promised that they were all good, but none of them had actual action, and as a result, after a circle, Tada Jun finally found that he had been busy for a long time, and there was no use for fart.
After summarizing and reflecting, Tada Jun found that it was difficult to get too many people, so he came in two, and he first got Shang Zhen and Song Zheyuan together, hoping that they would work together to build a new regime.
One of you belongs to the old Northwest Army system, and the other belongs to the original Jin Sui Army series, didn't you unite to fight against Lao Jiang during the Central Plains War, why can't you renew the old dream now?
Song Zheyuan and Shang Zhen, you look at me, I look at you, except for laughing or laughing, and then they scrambled to start squeezing each other: This thing can be done, you come first, and then I will go again.
These two were like talking about traditional Chinese cross talk, and they talked nonsense for a long time, and Tada Jun was stunned and couldn't hear what he wanted to hear.
Since the old Northwest Army can't cooperate with the original Jin Sui Army, how about dragging the Lu Army's to try it? You must know that they all belonged to the old Northwest Army before, so there should be less estrangement.
So, Tada Jun pulled Song Zheyuan and Han Fuyu together again, and the content of the conversation was the same, and the result was strikingly similar: No matter what method you use, no one is willing to be the first to drill into the cage.
Tada Jun is working hard here, and Lao Jiang is not idle, and he is also trying hard to win over the four of them.
Although there has been no progress in promoting the autonomy of North China, hope is always shining not far away, which makes Tada Jun want to stop.
Although the four giants are unwilling to exert their strength on the autonomy of North China, they are unequivocal in their resistance to the Nanjing political axe, which is very satisfying to Tada Jun.
For example, the fiat currency reform implemented by the Nanjing political axe.
I thought that Nanjing's political axe would not be able to implement the fiat currency reform, but I didn't expect that it would be an unprecedented success, and this was too unfavorable for the empire.
What is the war fought? It is money, it is the economy, and the success of the fiat currency reform of the Nanjing political axe has stimulated the economy of China, so that the Nanjing political axe has more sufficient financial resources than before.
In order to implement the fiat currency reform, the Nanjing political axe asked various places to transport silver dollars to the central bank of Nanjing, and Tada Jun immediately greeted Song Zheyuan and asked him not to send silver dollars to Nanjing.
Song Zheyuan didn't say a word about this matter, and immediately did so. Song Zheyuan is like this, Yan Xishan, Han Fuyu and Shang Zhen also follow the same example and do it as one.
The reason why this is so is because the reform of fiat currency is essentially economic unification, and the root of life is grasped by the central government, and it is not very realistic for them to continue to contend with the central government.
And in this way, Yue Ben tied the interests of these local factions in North China to himself in the same carriage.
After this incident, it dragged on for a while, and Tada Jun became impatient, and on 11 November he threw out a proposal for "a high degree of autonomy in North China" and asked Song Zheyuan to exercise autonomy.
In addition, Tada Jun threatened Song Zheyuan that he must reply within a time limit, and he must give a reply nine days later, that is, before November 20, otherwise, the five divisions of the Kwantung Army will come over.
Song Zheyuan naturally wanted to inform Nanjing about this.
(To be continued)