Chapter 347: Despair

Seeing this telegram, Zhang Xue's conscience was cold! He knew that this had touched Junzi's bottom line! At the beginning of the incident, Junzi had warned him about the recent abnormal movements of the Kwantung Army. "" but it was him.

I didn't care at all, and I still believe that the Japanese dare not take any action now.

Unfortunately, he did not expect that Xiqia, whom he relied on, was the biggest traitor! He surrendered directly to the Japanese at the beginning of the war, and Zhang Haipeng, the Taoliao commander who Zhang Xueliang trusted, surrendered to the enemy, and also surrendered to the enemy!

The entire three northeastern provinces were unable to defend themselves and fell into a state of peace! But at this time, the only main force of the Northeast Army that could move was all trapped in various battlefields in North China, and the Japanese North Korean garrison quickly entered the battlefield and formed an extremely advantageous position.

The force of the troops!

Without any defense, the Northeast Army was stunned by this combination of punches by the Japanese! It kept retreating and finally arrived at Zhang Xueliang's new residence, Jinzhou, to gather. To be honest, Zhang Xueliang himself is also very conflicted now.

If you don’t fight, then once there is something wrong in the Northeast, you will have nothing left! Without the support of those heavy industries, your troops will be just stronger than ordinary warlords! And you may be called a "traitor"!

If it is a forced attack, will it cause joint attacks from Japan, the Soviet Union and other countries, and eventually lead to joint attacks and the Northeast Army will lose all the losses? After all, Zhang Xueliang from Nanjing is afraid to count on it now, and the matter on the Middle East Road has already made him feel a little disappointed!

The officials and men in Nanjing didn't know how much they expected his Northeast Army to die quickly, and they justified their acceptance of the territory of the Northeast Army in Manchuria. After all, a powerful warlord was never reliable for the central government. Even this

The warlords seemed very friendly.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Xueliang gritted his teeth and sent a telegram to Nanjing.

After entering the pass this time, Jiang Zhongzheng invited Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi to Nanjing. It can be said that apart from the Central East Road incident, Zhang Xueliang still trusts Jiang Zhongzheng very much!

After entering the pass, out of gratitude to Zhang Xueliang, Jiang Zhongzheng specially invited Zhang Xueliang to Nanjing to report his work. Along the way, Jiang Zhongzheng gave an unusually grand reception for Zhang Xueliang's entry into Beijing.

Passing through Tianjin, Chiang Zhongzheng sent Zhang Qun and He Yaozu, a civil and military official, to greet him. Then Zhang Xueliang's special car was driven by an iron armored car and drove straight to Nanjing.

Stations along Jinpu, colorful flags are waving, gongs and drums are clamoring, and the military and civilians are warmly welcomed, "The example of national unity", "The messenger to calm the gorge", "Welcome General Zhang Xueliang who supports the central government and consolidates the unity", "Welcome to maintain peace and be loyal to the party and the country

Deputy Commander Zhang and other slogans, red, green and green, can be seen everywhere.

In private, Chiang Zhongzheng also cared for and favored Zhang Xueliang himself in all aspects. In addition to specially invited him to Nanjing to attend the Fourth Plenary Session of the Third Central Committee of the Kuomintang, he also elected Zhang as a member of the Central Political Conference; Zhang Xueliang's wife was also invited to Nanjing, and

She was recognized as her goddaughter by Soong Mei-ling's mother.

Jiang Zhongzheng also personally accompanied Zhang Xueliang to visit the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and gave Zhang's guard speeches; Jiang Zhongzheng and his wife invited Zhang Xueliang and his wife to visit Tangshan and others. In order to express his gratitude to Zhang Xueliang, Jiang Zhongzheng once wrote to Zhang Xueliang, saying, "I have friends like my brother, and I will die without regrets."

”.

These measures and "sincerity" of Chiang Zhongzheng were deeply moved by Zhang Xueliang, who was not well-informed in the world, and finally turned to Chiang Zhongzheng. That was why Zhang Xueliang did not know the military officer and went straight to war.

Until this time, Zhang Xueliang still felt that he should ask the elder in Nanjing! He believed that the elder would give him guidance and help.

At this time, Chiang Zhongzheng in Nanjing was actually in a panic. The sudden Manchuria Incident directly made the dying Guangzhou government find a new excuse! Wang Zhaoming directly issued a telegram, calling on "the party and the state colleagues to unite and deal with the Japanese invaders' invasion!

We should stop the conquest first and resist foreign humiliation for the sake of the country and the nation!!”

It has to be said that Wang Zhaoming's political methods are extremely clever! The Nanjing government also had to accept this confluence negotiation under the instructions of a group of veterans within the party.

On September 19, when the incident broke out, Zhang Ji, deputy director of the Nanjing Judicial Court, Li Yuying, a member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang, and Wu Tiecheng, a member of the National Government and member of the Central Political Conference, issued a call to the Guangdong side to accept the reconciliation. On the same day, the Guangdong side responded.

Fen, Xiao Focheng, Deng Zeru and others called Zhang Ji and Li Yuying back to welcome them to Guangzhou for talks.

On the 20th, the Central Executive Committee of the Nanjing Kuomintang called on the Guangzhou Extraordinary Conference to "promote peace together."

The next day, Guangzhou called back, in favor of peaceful negotiations. On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek immediately appointed Chen Mingshu, Central Supervisory Committee members Cai Yuanpei and Zhang Ji as representatives of peace talks, and went to Guangzhou with a handwritten letter to Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke. Then, Chiang Kai-shek released Hu Hanmin,

He also resumed his post and presided over party and government work.

On September 28, Nanjing representatives Chen Mingshu, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Ji, Guangdong representatives Wang Jingwei, Sun Ke, Li Wenfan and Wu Chaoshu began to hold talks in Hong Kong and reached the task of replacing Nanjing guards by the 19th Route Army to ensure that the Guangdong representatives go to Nanjing.

Safety.

At the end of September, Ning Fang representatives arrived in Guangzhou and met with Gu Yingfen, Deng Zeru and others to reach an agreement to wait for the peace meeting to be held in Shanghai and after Chiang Kai-shek determined the date of leaving the world, the members of the extraordinary meeting went north to Nanjing. (Sacred Temple)

Speaking of which, Chiang Zhongzheng was actually not willing to negotiate with the "rebels" in the Guangzhou Government. The biggest reason is that this group of guys has caused trouble for the first time. They were also behind the scenes of the last Central Plains War.

.

This time, this war was even provoked, which led to Chiang Zhongzheng having to let Zhang Xueliang mobilize troops from outside the pass to participate in the war, objectively giving the Kwantung Army a chance!

At the beginning, Chiang Zhongzheng never thought that the Japanese would be so ambitious! He actually thought of swallowing the entire Manchuria in one bite, not just asking for some benefits like Jinan, and retreating for rights and interests.

At this time, most of the entire three eastern provinces had been occupied by the Japanese army! Jilin surrendered to the enemy, and all the main towns in Heilongjiang fell! Chiang Zhongzheng then woke up. This time it seemed that it was not so easy to solve! But at this time, the Japanese army's strength was no longer weak anymore.

!

After the incident broke out, the Japanese Army Central Command finally revealed their hideous nature! On the 20th, the Japanese Army Central Command added a mixed 8th Brigade from Japan, and transferred from North Korea to the 20th Division Headquarters to the 38th Brigade and bombed heavily.

The flight squadron is to reinforce the Kwantung Army!

Later, the Nenjiang Detachment of the Kwantung Army attacked the northern defenders of Nenjiang Bridge! At that time, Ma Zhanshan, acting chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government and deputy commander-in-chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Force stationed in Jiang, commanded three brigades, and five regiments, with a total of more than 13,000 people, carrying out the Jiangqiao War! Helplessly

The Japanese army had received various support, including equipment and troops. After paying heavy losses, Ma Zhanshan had to lead his troops to withdraw from the provincial capital Qiqihar.

At this point, the Japanese army occupied almost most of the entire Northeast! And their troops increased to nearly 100,000!

Jiang Zhongzheng was in a state of great anxiety, so he was helpless about Zhang Xueliang's telegram for advice.

Although Zhang Xueliang respected his words in the telegram: "Don't let the pain of being in trouble now! Today's invasion of us has led to the near-term pressure on Jinzhou, and the situation in Hebei is deteriorating. Everyone is willing to defend the enemy! Han Qing was ashamed but didn't know what to do.

In the good place, I beg the Duke to give you the last pointer!”

After reading Zhang Xueliang's telegram, Jiang Zhongzheng smiled helplessly. What can he do? Now Wang Zhaoming, Sun Ke and others in Guangzhou are pressing step by step, and the domestic anti-Japanese war is rising! Red is making trouble everywhere, Jiang Zhongzheng shouted sadly: I am

What can it be?!

After thinking for a long time, Chiang Zhongzheng had to call Zhang Xueliang back, saying: Japan is really cunning and insidious, but now it is not the time to resist Japan. Except for the other time of calling Minister Wang, Brother Xi instructs his subordinates to not cause the public to take action outside the line! I hope Brother will be sincere!

Immediately, he delivered a public speech at the Nanjing Kuomintang Members' Conference and said: "At this moment, we must agree with the upper and lower levels. First, use justice to sway against power, use peace to savage, endure humiliation and anger, and temporarily take the attitude of obedience to accept it, and wait for the judgment of international axioms."

The next day, the National Government's letter of appeal required that "the entire ** team avoid conflicts against the Japanese army."

At this time, something even more shocking to the international situation happened! The deposed emperor who originally lived in Tianjin suddenly appeared in Fengtian, accompanied by Xiqia, Ishihara Kaner and others to announce the restoration! The new country was established, called: Manchukuo!

The international shock for a moment! Zhang Xueliang and Nanjing were even more stunned! But before they could report it, the Kwantung Army took action again! On the day Puyi announced the restoration, the Kwantung Army used 40,000 troops to attack Jin and carry heavy artillery in three directions. The mountain artillery suddenly

Attack Jinzhou!

Unable to defend, the Northeast Army was suddenly destroyed! Even the Japanese army almost attacked Jinzhou City, while at the same time, the Japanese garrison troops in Tianjin, the Shanhaiguan Garrison, and the naval ships provided by Shanhaiguan were all

Be ready to move!

Zhang Xueliang, who resisted the Japanese attack, kept asking for help from Nanjing while organizing various troops to resist the Japanese attack! He also sent people to monitor the movements of the Japanese army in Tianjin and the Japanese army Shanhaiguan!

In Nanjing, Chiang Zhongzheng urgently convened Sun Ke and others who came to negotiate. After the September 18th Incident, the Special Foreign Affairs Committee established by Nanjing jointly discussed countermeasures! In fact, he was not sure whether to defend Jinzhou!

In the conference room, Sun Ke yelled at Chiang Chiang with red eyes: "What else is there to discuss?! Beat! Why not beat?! People have to endure the bullying after gangs and bullying?! Then it's okay if these soldiers don't want them.

!!”

Zhu Peide, as the chief of staff, couldn't help but sneer when he heard this! Looking at Sun Ke, he said slowly: "Fight?! What are you fighting?! Do you think war can be achieved by you literati just by touching your mouth?!

Wars are about to kill people! They cost money! They may even lose power and humiliate the country!!”

As he said that, Zhu Peide took a deep breath and looked at Chiang Zhongzheng and they said slowly: "In my judgment, the Japanese army will never attack by relying solely on the Kwantung Army! It is very likely that it is the garrison army in Tianjin and the Shanhaiguan Guard Team.

Then, we will directly cut off the Jinzhou troops' retreat, and then directly encircle and annihilate the Northeast Army troops in Jinzhou!"

"If this is the case, Jinzhou can only stay for one week at most! And there is no soldiers in the pass to support, so it is only after sending troops to the end of the war!"

Hearing Zhu Peide's words, Sun Ke glared and roared: "Are we just watching the Japanese invade?! Are we helpless?! What is this government?! What is this shit country?! Government, such a country, such an army is worse than not!!”

Sun Ke's words directly scolded most people, and many people had to shake their heads helplessly. Zhu Peide ignored Sun Ke's words and continued to say in a deep voice: "In my opinion, there are two ways: one way is to ignore everything."

If you go there, the other way is to negotiate peace with Japan. If you fight, the losses will be huge. If you have to rely on the government."

After saying that, Zhu Peide stopped talking. He sat on the chair and closed his eyes to rest, while the rest of the people were silent. Who dared to say anything at this time?! Tell me to beat me?! Zhu Peide said it clearly, there was no fight.

Be sure to take it! You may be annihilated!

Talking about it?! You can't escape the charge of a traitor, and the political risk in the future is too high! This is not the choice of these politicians! So everyone in the conference room suddenly

He became an old monk who practiced silent meditation. He looked at his eyes and his mouth and his heart and no one spoke.

"I still stick to my opinion! I must defend Jinzhou to the end!!" Then Sun Ke yelled at Chiang Zhongzheng: "We must defend! Otherwise, how can we face the people?! How can we face the soldiers?!"

After saying that, Sun Ke ignored these old politicians and left the venue directly. Then, Zhang Xueliang received three consecutive urgent telegrams from Nanjing! All of these telegrams were sent by Sun Ke, so he saw that the above said something.

If you want to pile up to the end, you will have to defend Jinzhou!

Zhang Xueliang didn't say anything, and called back directly to ask for the supply of guns and ammunition. However, there was no further information when the telegram went to Nanjing. At this time, the fierce battle had been fierce for half a day! Zhang Xueliang also found that the Tianjin garrison troops had already begun!

So he again called Nanjing: Ask the air force to support and allocate drug rescue! But after a long time, the telegram he was waiting for was still the telegram that he wanted to hold on to. The telegram was filled with bullets, drugs, air force, etc. without mentioning a single word!

Zhang Xueliang was desperate! After losing Fengtian, the Northeast Army's ammunition was actually extremely limited! Without the ammunition supply from Fengtian Arsenal, he could not even fight a large-scale war! If he continues to fight, he will be out of ammunition and food!

At this time, Rong Zhen, who was ordered to guard Jinzhou, also learned the news! He immediately couldn't help but curse: "I'll go to him! I don't give you food and ammunition! Let's just keep it to the end! I can do it too!

!I'll guard your grandma's legs!!"

Immediately, Zhang Xueliang ordered Rong Zhen to directly withdraw from Jinzhou City before being surrounded by the Tianjin garrison...

At the same time, I called Nanjing: "The central government did not allocate a piece of food and pay, did not fire a single shot or an ammunition, but was only ordering to fight the enemy. Obviously, it was intended to kill the Northeast Army, so the Northeast Army was killed. I was killed without any fear, but the Northeast Army soldiers were the ones.

Because I died tragically! I will not do it!"

At this time, in the Third Legion Command of Kulun, the army once again convened all the generals of the Third Legion to hold the last meeting of the Third Legion within his headquarters...

!
Chapter completed!