Chapter 120: Zhang Zuolin's Death
In May 1928, Zhang Zuolin, a warlord of the Feng family, was deeply afraid of the Southwest People's Army and was forced to abandon Beiping and return to his hometown in the northeast. At this time, the original backstage of Zhang Zuolin, Japan, was increasingly dissatisfied with him, because Japan helped Zhang Zuolin eliminate his opponent and the destruction of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, but Zhang Zuolin was unwilling to meet the rights and interests that Japan obtained in Northeast China. This time Zhang Zuolin returned to the Northeast, Japan put forward an ultimatum to coerce him to agree to Japan's demands, but Zhang Zuolin relied on the fact that he still had hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands and refused to let go.
Because it is afraid that the KPA will regain the three northeastern provinces and threaten the security of North Korea. Japan stepped up its persecution of Zhang Zuolin, and after Zhang Zuolin retreated to Northeast China, he took the opportunity to extort Zhang's rights and interests from "Manchuria." Japan had to make 10 conditions to Zhang Zuolin, asking him to fulfill the so-called "secret agreement", which was unbearable to speak.
The night before Zhang Zuolin was about to return to the Northeast, the Japanese envoy Fang Ze met Zhang Zuolin in Zhang Zuolin's marshal's mansion. As soon as they saw Fang Ze, he said, "Can you fight the Southwest Army without our help?" ”
Zhang Zuolin said: "If we can't beat them, we can retreat outside the border." Will you be able to get through it with your help? ”
Fang Ze didn't dwell on this anymore, and changed the topic: "I'm afraid I may not be able to go back." ”
Zhang Zuolin said confidently: "Guanwai is our home, if you want to go back, you can go back, what's not to do?" Zhang Zuolin now admires Chen Shao more and more, not to mention the total annihilation of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, but also has such a powerful navy.
Seeing that Zhang Zuolin did not fall into his trap, Fang Ze further resorted to threats and took out from his bosom the Japanese government's letter warning both the north and the south on the Manchurian issue. and put forward a request for "Manmeng's rights and interests" to Zhang, forcing Zhang to agree.
Not only that, but he also threatened Zhang: "The Southwest Army slaughtered a large number of emperors in Jinan, and you should be responsible for this."
This series of coercion made Zhang Zuolin furious, stood up from his seat suddenly, threw the jade-mouthed dry tobacco pouch in his hand to the ground violently, squeezed it into two sections, and said to Fang Ze in a fierce voice: "This fact is that you Japan has deceived people too much, and you deserve it, so you can hold me responsible, how can it be reasonable!" When he had finished speaking, he threw down Fang Ze and left the living room in a rage.
After returning to Northeast China, Zhang Zuolin was very dissatisfied with Japan's persecution. Therefore, he not only verbally rejected Yoshizawa's "advice" again, but also issued a written statement on May 25 opposing Japan's "warning" of May 18.
Seeing that Zhang Zuolin did not listen to his mercy, Japan continued to exert pressure on him and warned him: If he did not listen to the advice, Japan would disarm him in the northeast.
At the same time, the Japanese Kwantung Army was also approaching the Korean border, and two wings of Lushun were approaching Shenyang.
In this form, Zhang Zuolin also made great determination and instructed the soldiers to prepare for war with Japan. And issued a statement in the newspaper: The Japanese invaders deceive people too much, and as the leader of the Feng family, I will never give in, and the hundreds of thousands of sons and daughters in the northeast will never give in.
For a time, the situation in the northeast region changed, and the war was about to break out.
Zhang Zuolin's strong response was obviously beyond Japan's expectations. At this time, Japan did not want to open a station with the Feng Department at all, and the current Shanghai was besieged by the Southwest Army, with warships on the sea and a large army on land, and the officers and men of a brigade and tens of thousands of overseas Chinese were in danger. Originally, I wanted to blackmail Zhang Zuolin and earn some interests in the Northeast, but I didn't expect that Zhang Zuolin's reflection was so huge, and it was like two people before.
With the encouragement of the victory of the Southwest Army, Zhang Zuolin's fear of Japan was greatly reduced, and when the time came, it would be better to directly defect to the southwest than to be extorted by Japan, no matter how it is said that they are all Chinese.
Zhang Zuolin served the Japanese army in the Russo-Japanese War in his early years, and later became the leader of the Fengjun army, using Japanese imperialism as a backer, but he also allowed British and American imperialism to enjoy various privileges in Northeast China, and also had dealings with them in peacetime. The Japanese have long been dissatisfied with this.
At this time, although the saber rattling, the two sides were quite restrained. At this time, the Japanese army had been quiet on the surface, but secretly it was surging.
On May 30, Zhang Zuolin personally went to the Shenyang military camp to inspect the soldiers and soldiers on the way back. When Zhang Zuolin's motorvoy entered Shenyang, several carriages stopped in front of the convoy and could not pass for a while. Zhang Zuolin, who was sitting in the car behind, had a very sharp mind. Knowing that there was a change in his feelings, he immediately jumped out of the car, jumped on horseback, exchanged shirts with the guards at a very fast speed, and then under the protection of the horse teams around him, he made a detour back to the Dashuai Mansion through the small west gate back to the alley.
When Zhang Zuolin rode by the Liaoning Library on horseback, a person suddenly ran out of the door of the library and threw a bomb at Zhang Zuolin. Due to Zhang Zuolin's flying horse galloping, the bomb exploded behind Zhang Zuolin, and the air wave only blew up Zhang Zuolin's hat, but the person was safe and sound. The assassin was hit by shrapnel from the bomb and rolled in the street a few times before dying.
Zhang Zuolin rushed back to the Marshal's Mansion, his horse was already covered in sweat, its hind legs were bleeding, and the horse's stomach was also injured. The guards knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly set up machine guns at the door, and the guards were also urgently summoned, and the entire general's office was on alert as if facing a great enemy.
Subsequently, the spies of the Grand Marshal's Mansion had found out that the assassination was carried out by the Japanese. The assassin did not kill Zhang Zuolin, but was killed by the explosion, and when the assassin's body was examined, the spies found that although he was wearing the clothes of ordinary Chinese, his feet were obviously wearing clogs, which could be determined to be Japanese.
This time, Japan denied it, saying that the shape of the foot alone does not explain the problem.
Zhang Zuolin can only give up on this, this time. Zhang Xueliang repeatedly persuaded his father to change his course, so as to save himself from suffering this nest again. For Zhang Zuolin, who is keen on rights, that was the last step, and Zhang Zuolin did not pay attention to his son's words. According to Zhang Zuolin's idea, no matter how you say the matter of changing the course, you must mention it in the southwest first, so as to gain more bargaining chips for yourself.
On June 17, Zhang Zuolin planned to inspect the troops in Heilongjiang, and the Japanese side got the news early, and a well-planned assassination operation began to be carried out.
Daisaku Kawamoto, a senior staff officer of the Japanese Kwantung Army, had already laid out a "mortal array" for him, placing 30 bags of explosives and a squad of stormtroopers under the bridge near Changchun, five kilometers away. Although Zhang Zuolin had received a secret report from his subordinates before his departure, the Japanese side was acting secretly, hoping to take more precautions, and Zhang Zuolin also changed the departure time three times to confuse the outside world, but he did not expect such a fatal disaster.
Zhang Zuolin's special car 22 cars, is the Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager Cixi used the "float", the decoration is very gorgeous, he took the No. 80 chartered car in the middle, after the chartered car is the dining car, in front of two blue steel cars. There is also a row of roller cars in front of the special car as a vanguard.
The Japanese Consul General in Mukden, Hisashi Kujiro, got up early, climbed onto the roof of the house and looked out at the Sandong Bridge with a telescope. When Zhang Zuolin's special car drilled into the Sandong Bridge at the railway crossing, the Japanese Kwantung Army Captain Donggong Tetsuo pressed the button, and with a loud bang, a granite pier in the middle of the Sandong Bridge was blown up, and the steel rails and bridges on the bridge were blown up and thrown into the sky, and Zhang Zuolin's special carriage was blown up to the point that only one chassis remained.
Fengtian Governor Liu Shangqing rushed to the scene to organize an ambulance upon hearing the news. Zhang Zuolin was sent to the Shenyang Marshal's Mansion when he was dying, and the military medical officer failed to rescue him, and before his death, Zhang Zuolin said to Zhang Xueliang: "You are right, Japan's heart will not die, take refuge in the southwest, and keep the three northeastern provinces." Put the country first, and do it well! I'm nothing with this stinky skin. As soon as the words fell, he swallowed.
The pain of losing his father made Zhang Xueliang fall into great grief and indignation, if it weren't for the comfort of his staff, Zhang Xueliang really seemed to fight directly with Japan.
At the suggestion of his staff, in order to protect the great cause of the country, Zhang Xueliang endured his grief and imitated his father's handwriting to issue orders. On the one hand, he began to contact the southwest government and changed his course to accept the leadership of the southwest.
In order to prevent the Japanese army from taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Xueliang decided not to mourn Zhang Zuolin's death, and issued a telegram saying that the main seat was "slightly injured and in good spirits" and "the provincial city is quiet as usual". The marshal's mansion is still brightly lit and smoky. Dr. Du still went to work on time every day to fill out medical records. The kitchen still delivers three meals a day on time. The family members do not cry or wear filial piety. The Japanese side sent people every day to "express condolences and ask for a meeting," but they were all "politely declined." The five ladies who presided over the housekeeping wore heavy makeup and calmly dealt with the Japanese wives who came to spy on the reality. At the same time, the Mukden authorities ordered martial law throughout the city to stabilize the situation. Because the Japanese army did not know whether Zhang Zuolin was killed, they did not dare to act rashly.
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When Chen Shao finished reading this telegram, he sighed: "I didn't expect you to still not hide from it." ”
After putting down the telegram, Chen Shao directly picked up the pen and wrote: Implement the "weeding" plan.
In just six words, a bloody storm was rolled up in the northeast region that no one knew about.
Time: Evening;
Location: Shenyang Aixin Hospital.
In the backyard of the hospital, a squadron of special forces had already assembled here at this time. They have been in Shenyang for three days, and they have used the three days to disguise themselves as various identities to get a clear picture of the whole of Shenyang, and they have also made a detailed investigation of those important targets.
At this time, the three northeastern provinces have gathered all the strength of the entire Tiger special forces, although the scale of the Tigers at this time has not changed, but the combat effectiveness is not the same. However, the current Tiger Commander is not Wang Xiaoshan, but Wang Xiaoshan's assistant, a master who is not inferior to Wang Xiaoshan. If you talk about protecting people and training skills, then he is not as good as Wang Xiaoshan. But when it comes to stealth and murder methods, Wang Xiaoshan is far behind. There are only more than 300 regular members of the entire LTTE, and they are different from the special forces to which the field troops are subordinate. The positioning is also different. The special forces of the field forces are selected from the top soldiers of various branches of the armed forces to provide their own units with battlefield reconnaissance and carry out some special tasks on the battlefield. The definition of the Tiger is strategic, all to carry out strategic-level tasks, they don't necessarily say how good their skills are, some people's skills are not as good as other special forces, but when it comes to killing skills and the ability to destroy behind enemy lines, they are definitely the top, there is no one.
Wang Xiaoshan's current task is to train another group of special forces, and these special forces will form another special forces, but they have not yet become an army.
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