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Zhang Xueliang was startled when he heard this, and stared blankly at the indignant Lao Jiang: "What?...Brother Jie, don't be kidding me. Although I am a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, there are many members of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China. My words are not too big. It works. If Brother Jie really wants to avoid the crisis, why not consider agreeing to our party’s terms, as long as that’s the case..."

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly held Zhang Xueliang's hands tightly, his eagle eyes fixed on Zhang Xueliang's eyes, and raised his voice: "My dear brother, as long as you climb up and call out, those in the Chinese Communist Army who are dissatisfied with the Soviet Union's aggressive policy will surely Everyone responded! Now the whole of China and the whole world have seen clearly that the Soviet Union and Japan are jointly invading us. I believe that there are also people with lofty ideals in the CCP who have seen the true face of the Soviet Union. It is only because of the despicable power of the Soviet advisers and a few Soviet lackeys. That’s all! If you can stand up at this time and call on the CCP to break with the Soviet invaders, I believe that the vast majority of Communists will respond to you! Even our Kuomintang will fully support it.”

Zhang Xueliang's face changed drastically when he heard the words, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, he was so shocked that he couldn't even speak a word.But Chiang Kai-shek is still persuading himself: "Our heavy industry and military power are already stronger than Japan, and the gap is not much behind the Soviet Union. We are not afraid of their aggression at all. The reason for the current situation lies in our internal Now is the time when the ambitions of the Soviet Union and Japan are fully exposed. If you can come out and be the leader who exposes the hypocrisy of the Soviet Union, the future CCP will be dominated by you! By then, you will be like us, come to 16 The year-old political training army is also gradually nationalized. When the political training period expires, our China will be a democratic country, and my virtuous brother will be China's Washington, and the historical achievements are not inferior to the former Prime Minister!"

Hearing the words that historical achievements are not inferior to the Prime Minister, Zhang Xueliang raised his eyebrows and wanted to nod subconsciously.But at this time, the corner of his eyes accidentally glanced at Gu Zhutong who was on the sidelines. He saw that this "Confucian general" of the Kuomintang army, who was usually known as a modest gentleman, had a murderous look on his face. When it was opened, Gu Zhutong's right hand rested on the handle of the pistol!In addition, there was also a Kuomintang colonel and officer who seemed to be tall and strong, and he didn't know when he stood beside Gu Zhutong!

Seeing this bad scene, Zhang Xueliang's little heart immediately trembled non-stop, but his mind has already cleared up a bit!It seems that Chiang Kai-shek's previous remarks and the Soviet Union's imminent invasion are very likely to be rumors made by the Kuomintang!It's a KMT conspiracy!Unfortunately, he himself became a victim of this conspiracy.

Probably seeing the drastic change in the expression on Zhang Xueliang's face, Chiang Kai-shek's voice also cooled down: "Brother Han Qing, Brother Yu heard that the anti-revolutionary purges within the Communist Party are very powerful, and those party members who are not pure enough will be difficult to use after they are useless. You have escaped the fate of being purged. It is difficult for a Communist leader like Brother Xian to be a warlord for a long time, so Brother Yu prepared a residence for you in Wuhan...just by the East Lake, and we will be neighbors in the future. Come and go."

Zhang Xueliang's face was livid, and he suddenly shouted: "Enough!" With a sudden struggle, he pulled his hands out of Lao Jiang's hands, raised one hand, pointed at Chiang Kai-shek's nose, and cursed: "You Despicable villain! I did such an unrighteous thing regardless of brotherhood! I, Zhang Xueliang, will cut off my ties with you from today onwards, and I will not make any remarks against the CCP!" He tore off one of his military uniforms. pocket, thrown in front of Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled deeply: "My brother's declaration has been prepared. There are both telegrams and speech recordings... Guo Maochen was asked to draft the telegram, which definitely fits the tone of my brother. The speech recording, during our negotiations during this period It was recorded, and we have many recordings of my brother’s previous speeches. The Military Intelligence Bureau has a way to use these to forge the recordings of my brother’s speech, so I don’t need to worry about it. Let’s rest in peace in the future, rich and prosperous I will never short my virtuous brother."

Chapter 0574 Chiang Kai-shek's Xi'an Incident ([-]) The Truth

Beijing, Zhongnanhai West Flower Hall.

All the big bosses of the CCP in the house were stretching their ears to listen to the recording of Zhang Xueliang's speech on a radio produced by Siemens Shanghai Company!There was an expression of disbelief on every face, and Zhou Enlai sat in the middle of the front seat with a gloomy face, looking at the power-up that had just been received in his hand, and remained motionless.

This call was naturally the "Anti-Soviet Declaration" drafted by Guo Songling, who lived in seclusion in Shanghai, in the name of Zhang Xueliang. The "Declaration" revealed to the proletarians of the world the true face of the Soviet Union's aggression and expansion in the name of the Communist Revolution, and exposed the Communist International as a tool of aggression and expansion for the new Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union.It also broke the news that the Soviet Union and Japan colluded and signed a secret agreement to carve up China!Among them, Japan got Manchuria, the Soviet Union got Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet, and the rest of China was divided into several small countries to be ruled by the puppet regimes supported by the Soviet Union and Japan!At the end of the "Declaration", "Zhang Xueliang" also called on the CCP and the Soviet Union to draw a clear line, stop the establishment of a Soviet state, unite all parties and factions across the country to form an anti-Japanese and anti-Russian national united front, and jointly fight against the Red (Soviet Union) and White (Japan) Imperialism fights to the end!

Last night, the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee received an urgent telegram from Xi'an.It is said that Zhang Xueliang left the dinner with Chiang Kai-shek, and then never returned. The CCP delegation sent people to inquire about the Kuomintang, but there was no answer!Therefore, the CCP delegation suspected that Zhang Xueliang had either rebelled or was detained by the Kuomintang!All the urgent telegrams were sent to Beijing to let them prepare early.

After receiving the urgent telegram, Zhou Enlai hurriedly convened a Politburo meeting overnight to discuss countermeasures, but who knows, Zhang Xueliang's "rebellion electrification" and "speech recording" have already arrived!

Hearing Zhang Xueliang repeatedly saying bad things about the Soviet Union on the radio, Wang Ming, director of the Social Affairs Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, sat there with straight eyes!He was responsible for all the anti-revolutionary purges. During this period of time, many Japanese spies, Kuomintang spies, northern party members, AB regiments, liquidators, and of course the Trotskyites were the most... But There is no suspicion or purge of the newly recruited Northeast Army!Of course, it wasn't Wang Ming's conscience who discovered it, but the Ministry of Social Affairs had too many tasks to cleanse and eliminate counter-revolutionaries, and the work of cleaning up the Northeast Army had to be postponed.After all, compared to the Trotskyites, the Kuomintang spies, and the Northern Party, the harm done by the former officers of the Northeast Army is really insignificant.

But no one thought that Zhang Xueliang, who seemed to be loyal to the party, would actually "betray the revolution" so simply and neatly.And his 10,000+ army has not yet completed the transformation!

Wang Ming slammed the table: "Traitor! Shameful traitor! Why didn't I see it at the beginning!"

He jumped up, bumped the bench and roared loudly: "Comrades! I suggest that the First Red Army, the Second Red Army, and the Third Red Army should be dispatched immediately to disarm all Zhang Xueliang's troops, and then carry out an anti-revolutionary campaign on the spot." Clean up! We must dig out all the disloyal elements lurking inside us! We must not let a single one go."

"Do you want to force them to join the Kuomintang?" Zhou Enlai kept shaking his head. The Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Army Corps reorganized from the Northeast Army were the most sufficient in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment among all the Red Army Corps.And now these three legions are stationed in Tianjin, Jidong, Shanhaiguan and other places. If they want to move them, it will inevitably be a bloody battle, and even these troops have directly defected to the Kuomintang...

Wang Ming sneered and said, "It's better to strike first, and suffer later. You should understand this truth, right? If we don't strike first, why don't we wait for them to attack?"

Zhou Enlai sighed heavily, and threw the telegram on the table: "If Zhang Xueliang wanted to strike first, his 10,000+ army would have already arrived in Beijing by now! How could there be no movement until now? I'm afraid There are also secrets."

Right now, there are seven legions of the direct line of the CCP, one each in northern Shandong, northern Shanxi, and northern Shaanxi, one in Suiyuan, and two more are advancing towards Chengde. There is only one First Army around Beijing.However, there are more than 3 people. If Zhang Xueliang wants to make a move, Tianjin and Jidong have at least 3 troops available, and there is also a well-equipped heavy artillery brigade. With more than [-] people around Beijing, it may be difficult to resist.However, Comrade Teke, who was in charge of observing the three legions, did not send back any news. The news from the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and the Tangshan County Party Committee also said that "everything is normal."

Just as Wang Ming was about to refute, Zhao Siyan hurried in: "Comrade Bogu is calling." He just reported four words briefly, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Wang Ming, and Mifu had different expressions. Calm, a hint of surprise flashed across Zhou Enlai's face, Mao Zedong frowned deeply, and seemed a little puzzled.

Zhou Enlai took the telegram from Zhao Siyan's hand and only glanced at it for a second before his thick eyebrows were tightly knit into a ball: "The people from the Kuomintang took Zhang Xueliang's note and took everyone around him away from their residence, but they didn't move. Others, they also said negotiations could continue."

Wang Ming sneered: "Did you see that? Even the people around Zhang Xueliang left with him, this must be a traitor! We should immediately take decisive measures against the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Legions."

In the current situation, it is not easy to solve the 10,000+ Northeast Army. Zhou Enlai rubbed his hands, as if to indicate that this matter is difficult.Now the regular army of the Red Army has a total of ten legions plus the Red Navy. Among them, the first to seventh legions only have 3 people, while the eighth, ninth, and tenth legions controlled by Zhang Xueliang have an establishment of 5 people. Among the 36 regular troops of the Red Army, there were 15 "Zhangjiajun". In addition to Li Zhilong and other political cadres in the Red Navy, other people also ate Zhangjia food and wore Zhangjia clothes.It is impossible to rely on the orders of the central government to solve them, and most of them still need to use force, but the current political and military situation in the country does not allow such a thing to happen.

"There must be something hidden about this matter. It is estimated that Zhang Xueliang was deceived by Chiang Kai-shek and was arrested, and then he couldn't help being tortured and betrayed the revolution." Zhou Enlai couldn't help complaining: "It was indeed true that he was sent to Xi'an to negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek. It’s a lack of consideration! Now it’s really a dilemma.” But he didn’t make a decision immediately, but turned to Mao Zedong and Gu Shunzhang: “Runzhi, Shunzhang, what’s your opinion?”

"Regardless of whether Zhang Xueliang took the initiative to defect to the enemy or defected after being arrested, his three legions are definitely unreliable. We should prepare for the worst now. It seems that the Pingjin area can only be temporarily abandoned, and the other areas of Zhili and Lubei must also Be prepared to persevere in the struggle after the main force withdraws." Mao Zedong carefully chose his words and spoke carefully.

"Whether Zhang Xueliang has rebelled or not is still hard to draw a final conclusion." Gu Shunzhang has been listening carefully to the speech on the radio, and always feels that there is something wrong with the speech. Although the voice is Zhang Xueliang's, the tone is always a bit unnatural, and the background voice It was also very strange that loud music was played throughout the speech, it was hard to imagine that Zhang Xueliang would give a speech in such an environment, and Gu Shunzhang also knew that there was a technique of splicing someone's speech recordings to forge the person's speech.

"Prime Minister, President, do you find Zhang Xueliang's speech a bit strange? The tone is very unnatural, and there is loud military music... I suspect that this is spliced ​​out by the Kuomintang intelligence department using Zhang Xueliang's past speech recordings."

Only then did Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, and Wang Mingmifu feel that something was wrong with the speech on the radio, and it might have been faked. If that was the case, Zhang Xueliang’s call was probably fake too!

"It seems that he was kidnapped by the Kuomintang reactionaries." Zhou Enlai muttered in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, still frowning slightly.

Mao Zedong's eyebrows were tightened a bit, and he shook his head and said: "Whether Zhang Xueliang was arrested or rebelled, we can always find out. We can ask people from the Northeast Army to go to the Kuomintang to ask to meet Zhang Xueliang. Everything is clear when we meet. But the problem is... If Zhang Xueliang was kidnapped by the Kuomintang, what should we do? What kind of demands will the generals of the Northeast Army make?" He took a deep breath of cigarette, He sighed again:

"The Kuomintang is playing well! No matter whether we see through their tricks or not, we are in a dilemma. In the end, we may have to give in! If we define Zhang Xueliang as a traitor, then his three legions will definitely solve it. The Kuomintang will definitely send troops to intervene, so what chance will we have of winning? On the contrary, we have seen through their plot, so is it necessary to try to rescue Zhang Xueliang? If we do not try to rescue, what will his 10,000+ subordinates think of us? We want Wouldn’t the effort to transform the Northeast Army into the Red Army be in vain? But if you want to rescue... how can you save it? Send troops to fight against the Kuomintang? Or get people back through negotiations?”

"If it is confirmed that Zhang Xueliang was kidnapped and the recording of his speech was forged, can we let the Northeast Army take the lead to exert military pressure on the Kuomintang?" Miff, an adviser to the Communist International, hesitated for a moment before making a suggestion.After speaking, he hurriedly gave Wang Ming a wink.

Seeing the look in Miff's hand, Wang Ming had already made up his mind, and said at this moment: "Comrade Enlai, Comrade Runzhi, the Northeast Army has been greatly favored by Zhang's father and son. Will fight hard and it's great to use them up front."

"Play forward?" Zhou Enlai looked at Wang Mingmifu suspiciously, annoyed and amused in his heart, how could Stalin send such a treasure to the CCP? , Zhang Xueliang is a big warlord, and the people under him are all small warlords. Everyone has their own small calculations, and they will not spend all their capital for Zhang Xueliang. When the time comes, we will give orders here, and they will ask for ammunition , we need equipment and military pay, and we gave them, but they don’t work hard, and they have to go to the Central Red Army.” He then turned to Cuikov: “Comrade Cuikov, what’s your opinion?”

Cuikov sighed in his heart. He really didn't want to express his opinion on this issue. He instinctively realized that this matter was extremely difficult. If he said something wrong, he didn't know what would happen in the future. But now Zhou Enlai asked the question. Well, it seems that he, as a consultant, can't do without talking.

Just as Cui Kefu was about to speak, Zhao Shiyan came in again. He interrupted the meeting several times, but no one meant to blame him. Now is an extraordinary moment, and news from various aspects is much more important than discussions in the conference room.

"Moscow's urgent message, the Communist International instructed us to seize Mongolia and open up international traffic lines is the top priority of all work at present. After capturing Mongolia, we must focus on Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces as the main development direction, and strive to form a backed by the Soviet Union. The strategic layout of China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Sui, Cha, Re and other places. The Zhili Beijing-Tianjin area can be abandoned when necessary. In addition, we must do everything possible to prevent the two major imperialists of China and Japan from forming an alliance against the Soviet Union!"

Zhou Enlai was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought to himself: "Could it be that the Communist International has picked up some top-secret information again? Could it be that the Kuomintang is negotiating with the Japanese and wants to deal with the Soviet Union? But that's good, at least Stalin is not insisting on ordering the CCP to stick to Beijing." the city."

Thinking of this, he nodded and said with a smile: "The Communist International's instructions came very timely, and we firmly support them." As he spoke, he glanced at the people in the room again: "First of all, we should try to find out the truth about the Xi'an Incident. When the Kuomintang kidnapped Comrade Zhang Xueliang, it should strive for a peaceful solution to the incident and try to rescue Comrade Zhang Xueliang. The peace talks between the two parties can continue. In order to show sincerity, we can allow some supplies to pass through. In addition, the focus of the peace talks between the two parties should turn to the Northeast after the war distribution of benefits."

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At this moment, the plane carrying Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang had already returned to Wuhan Airport. When they got off the plane, Luo Yaoguo, chief of the general staff of the National Revolutionary Army, was waiting at the airport with a vote of civil and military officials from the Kuomintang. Party representative Zeng Qi and Zhang Xueliang's teacher Guo Songling were also waiting at the airport.

Amidst the majestic music of the military band, Chiang Kai-shek was all smiles, Luo Yaoguo stepped forward to salute, and then shook hands with the "guest" Zhang Xueliang and said: "General Hanqing can understand the righteousness and stand up to expose the evil deeds of the Soviet Union. Parting ways and uniting with the government to resist Japan is really enough to go down in history."

Zhang Xueliang sneered and said: "I don't dare to think about being famous in history, as long as it doesn't leave a bad reputation for thousands of years."

Luo Yaoguo was taken aback when he heard the words, and turned his head to look at Chiang Kai-shek. Lao Jiang smiled awkwardly: "No, no, the history books will definitely say good things for Brother Han Qing, because history is written by the victors. , so Brother Fuwen and I plan to write history."

As soon as the joke was uttered, everyone laughed along with it.Luo Yaoguo looked at the team of "Brothers" in front of him again, frowned and waved his hands, the military band played again.

The crowd burst into cheers again. Zhang Xueliang was dressed in military uniform with a straight face, looking a bit like an "anti-Soviet hero", while Lao Jiang was full of spring breeze, and after a few simple greetings with the senior KMT officials who came to greet him , and delivered a brief speech to the welcoming crowd and reporters.

"The sea battle in Bohai Bay, our navy officers and men fought hard and achieved unprecedented victories! Sink four Japanese battleships, four heavy cruisers, two armored cruisers, six light cruisers, sixteen destroyers, and dozens of other auxiliary ships After this war, the balance of military strength between the enemy and us has undergone fundamental changes. As long as the Communist Party can unite with the government, the complete victory of the Northeast Anti-Japanese War is just around the corner, and the rise of the Chinese nation will also be realized in our generation! Now The leader of the CCP, General Zhang Xueliang, stood up and raised his arms, and he will definitely win the response of most comrades in the CCP, and the government looks forward to having a truly constructive dialogue with the CCP.”

Then Chiang Kai-shek boarded the same car with Luo Yaoguo amidst the military music. After getting in the car, the seriousness on Chiang Kai-shek's face was wiped away, and he changed into a smiling face that had succeeded in trickery.Looking at it, Luo Yaoguo knew that Zhang Xueliang's "rebellious revolution" was probably Lao Jiang's trick!

The car drove directly to Wuhan East Lake. Along the way, two reactionary foxes, big and small, smiled at each other without saying a word. When they approached East Lake, Luo Yaoguo said, "General Zhang Hanqing seems to be in a mood?"

Chiang Kai-shek sighed, and said in embarrassment: "There is no way, isn't it all for the resistance against Japan? This wicked person has no choice but to come here, and you should be the good one."

Luo Yaoguo nodded, he understood the general situation of the matter, and sighed: "Yes, it's hard for Jiegong, I wonder if it is possible for Zhang Hanqing to join us?"

Chiang Kai-shek smiled wryly in his heart. He persuaded him all the way on the plane, apologizing, and persuading him with kind words, but this Young Marshal Zhang was unmoved, as if he wanted to dedicate his life to communism!It seems that he is really a loyal Communist.

"Zhang Hanqing has been poisoned by the Communist Party. It is absolutely impossible for him to join us. If you see him, don't mention this matter again. Even if you force him to join us, you won't really make any effort." Chiang Kai-shek sighed again: "The demagogic power of communism is really powerful. Even people like Zhang Hanqing have followed the Communist Party wholeheartedly. It seems that it is not easy for us to really consolidate the territory we regained from the Communist Party."

"The Communist Party does have a way of organizing the people and ideological work, but the most important thing is that their organization is huge and has penetrated into all aspects of the entire society." Luo Yaoguo turned his head to look at Chiang Kai-shek, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Mr. Jie, what is this?" How much is our price once? Beijing and Zhili?"

"The inside of the pass is to the south of the Great Wall, and there are at least two provinces of Liaoning and Jilin outside the pass." Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and sighed: "Go here first, and then figure out a solution later. In addition, the ban of the Communist Party cannot be lifted here. They No Soviet republic is allowed either. And we don’t give any aid, let them go to Stalin for it.”

Chapter 0575 Enemy, me, friends fight! (one)

Hearing the price offered by Chiang Kai-shek, Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly. This asking price was actually an exchange of Mongolia and Heilongjiang for the CCP's territory south of the Great Wall.For the Kuomintang, it has taken a steady step forward on the road to unify China; for the CCP, it has also gained Mongolia and Heilongjiang, which are backed by the Soviet Union, plus Rehe, most of Chahar, and all of Suiyuan. There is a lot of room for strategic maneuvering, and it has become more difficult for the Kuomintang to eliminate them.