Chapter 51: The Wind from the Northwest

3.51 Northwest wind

The prestige of the 99th Division began to spread gradually in the small circle of the Teaching Corps, and even the German instructors of the Teaching Corps knew that the 99th Division had an elite special operations unit and two German-style trained engineer battalions, which were not inferior to their teaching corps. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Even the engineer battalion was trained in the German style, so what would the rest of the main forces look like? Huang Haoran and his 99th Division gave people endless reverie......

Time passed quickly in 1936, and on October 31, the highest authorities celebrated his 50th birthday in Luoyang. The venue was in the Guanghan Palace Auditorium of the Luoyang West Official Military Branch, and congratulatory messages were sent from both Germany and Japan.

At the birthday banquet of the supreme authorities, the air force staged an air show, with 50 planes flying in 10 formations over the sky, while at the same time, 68 planes that took off from the Ming Palace airfield in Jinling performed an air show to congratulate the supreme authorities, 200,000 people in Jinling took to the streets to rally, and more than 230 people from administrative organs and units at all levels of the Nanjing Government attended the celebration held in Jinling.

At the forefront of the sky over Luoyang were the 10 P-36 fighters donated by Division Commander Huang to Nanjing, and the shrewd "lady" could not exchange the planes for cash in front of more shrewd American businessmen, and only accepted this batch of P-36 fighters that had already been paid, and these P-36s are also the most advanced aircraft currently equipped by the Chinese Air Force......

After staying in Luoyang for a period of time, the highest authorities took Chen Xiaochang, Wei Lihuang, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Tiaoyuan, Zhu Shaoliang, Wan Yaohuang, Chen Jiji, Jiang Baili, Zhang Chong, Jiang Zuobin, and Shao Yuanchong to Xi'an, and Huang Haoran knew that a vigorous "incident" was coming!

Huang Haoran repeatedly expressed to the "Madame" through Jiang Baili's wife that he was opposed to the highest authorities going to Xi'an, but the "Madame" did not listen to him as Huang expected him, but blamed Huang Haoran for being a little worried......

The first trip to Xi'an obviously did not achieve the goal of the highest authorities, and on December 4, the highest authorities went to Xi'an for the second time, and this time, together with Cheng's Vice Minister Chen, also made a statement to dissuade the highest authorities, but the highest authorities insisted on going, and the highest authorities' judgment of Zhang Shaoshuai was that "although Zhang is shrewd, he is very bold." The highest authorities again stayed in Huaqingchi and privately drew up a plan to annex the strength of the "Northeast Army":

Jiang Dingwen planned to act on behalf of Zhang Shaoshuai and Wei Lihuang to be assigned to the director of appeasement in the Henan-Hubei-Anhui Border Region, Zhu Shaoliang was appointed as the director of Lanzhou, Chen Jiji was the director of the Henan-Anhui Shaanxi Border Region, Vice Chief Chen commanded all departments of the Central Army, Wan Yaohuang's army entered the hinterland of Shaanxi to monitor and divide the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, Jiang Hoou, commander of the ironclad vehicle army, Chen Tiaoyuan, president of the Military Senate, coordinated the miscellaneous armies, Jiang Baili was the old principal of the Baoding Military Academy, and was the think tank of the highest authorities. They were also brought to Xi'an.

It can be said that only three generals of the Huangpu system in the Nanjing government, He Yingqin, Gu Zhutong, and Zhang Zhizhong, did not come to Xi'an. Among the civilian personnel who accompanied him were Minister of the Interior Jiang Zuobin, Japanese expert Wang Pengsheng and Zhang Chong of the Investigation Bureau.

In the next few days, Zhang Shaoshuai and General Yang of the Northwest Army went to Huaqing Pool many times to pay respects, but they were all reprimanded by the highest authorities and returned to no avail.

At the same time, the Central Army, which had entered Shanxi behind the supreme authorities, began to move towards Xi'an, with Jiang Dingwen stationed in Tongguan, Fan Songfu's 46th Army stationed in Huayin, Wan Yaohuang's 25th Army stationed in Xianyang, Hu Zongnan's 1st Division deployed in Gansu to the east, and at the same time the engineers began to expand the military airfields in Xi'an and Lanzhou.

Zhang Shaoshuai finally made up his "mind"!

At six o'clock in the afternoon of December 12, 1936, a telegram shocked the whole of China!

The original text of the power-on is as follows:

"Jun Jian, Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Nanjing Central Committee and the National Government, the honors of all ministries, institutes, and associations, the directors of appeasement, the commanders-in-chief, the chairmen of all provinces, the National Salvation Federation, all organs, all corporations, all newspapers, and all schools:

The Northeast has been in decline for more than five years, the national power has been overpowering the territory, the Songhu Agreement has been humiliated, and the Tanggu and Hemei agreements have followed, and all the people of the country are saddened. Recently, the international situation has changed, and they have colluded with each other to sacrifice our country and nation. The Suidong War was full of enthusiasm and morale. At this juncture, how should our central leaders motivate the army and the people to launch the entire war of resistance in the whole country, that is, the soldiers defending the territory at the front will kill the enemy with blood, and the diplomatic authorities in the rear will still try to compromise.

Since the outbreak of patriotic injustice in Shanghai, the world has been shocked and the whole country has been indignant, and patriotism has been convicted, which is outrageous. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was surrounded by a small crowd, abandoned the people, misled the country and was deeply blamed, and Xueliang and others wept and admonished, and were reprimanded.

Yesterday, students in Xi'an held a national salvation movement and instigated the police to shoot and kill patriotic children.

Xueliang and others couldn't bear to sit idly by for many years, because they gave Jiegong the last admonition, kept him safe, and urged him to reflect. The military and civilians in the Northwest unanimously advocated the following:

1. Reorganize the Nanjing government to accommodate all parties and be jointly responsible for saving the country;

2. Cessation of all civil wars;

3. Immediately release the arrested patriotic leaders in Shanghai;

4. Release all political prisoners throughout the country;

5. Opening up the people's patriotic movement;

6. Guarantee all political freedoms of people's assembly and assembly;

7. Abide by the Prime Minister's will;

8. Immediately convene a National Salvation Conference.

The above eight items are the unanimous proposals of our and the military and people in the northwest to save the country, and I hope that the public will obey public opinion and adopt them openly, so as to open up a front-line vitality for the country in the future and cleanse the sorrow of misleading the country in the past. At present, the righteousness cannot be turned back, and it is only for the salvation of the proposition to be implemented and to help the country; For the sake of merit, the crime is subject to the disposition of the people. The power supply is overwhelming, and it is urgent to be on call.

Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, Zhu Shaoliang, Ma Zhanshan,

Yu Xuezhong, Chen Cheng, Shao Lizi, Jiang Dingwen,

Chen Tiaoyuan, Wei Lihuang, Qian Dajun, He Zhuguo,

Feng Qinya, Sun Weiru, Chen Jiji, Wang Yizhe,

Wan Yaohuang, Dong Yingbin, Miao Yiliu knocked. Text"

The crowd of demonstrators in Xi'an shouted one after another: "Stop the civil war" and "Chinese do not fight Chinese"; "Resolutely support the eight-point proposal to resist Japan and save the country"; "Go back to your hometown and rescue the Northeast fathers"; The voices of "supporting Chairman Chiang's resistance to Japan" and "uniting all parties to jointly save the country" gradually swept up a frenzy of demand for resistance against Japan in major cities across the country along with the propaganda of mainstream newspapers!

People took to the streets to vent their disappointment and dissatisfaction with Nanjing!

That roar was like thunder!

In this black cloud, China exploded!

Deafening!

The surging public opinion is about to stir up a monstrous wave!

And where will this wave push this calamity-ridden China?

What will the Chinese nation look like tomorrow?

Nobody knows......

All that is in people's eyes is excitement or hesitation......

In the bedroom on the second floor of the small building in the backyard of the Changshu City Garrison Headquarters in Jiangsu, Huang Haoran slept very soundly, and there was no trace of doubt and distraction in his heart, because he knew that this was a nirvana for the Chinese nation......

A bright light began to appear in this dark room in China, which had been dull for a long time.

This light will get stronger and stronger......!

Until the light of day is illuminated!

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