On September 18, 1936, the masses of Chengde City held a grand rally in front of the "Anti-Japanese Heroes without Words Monument" to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the "918 Incident" on the National Day of Shame.

Bai Shujie delivered an important speech on behalf of the Anti-Japanese Government of Rehe Province and the Rehe Garrison Command, once again reiterating the three themes of "hard work", "don't forget the national shame", and "return my rivers and mountains".

At the same time, Bai Shujie issued a call to the whole nation: "All political parties and groups should abandon their prejudices and join hands to fight against the aggressors." The southern government is urged to comply, abandon the illusion of peace, and unite the people of the whole country to prepare for aggression. ”

The Chengde Frontline Daily published Bai Shujie's long speech in full with a large headline, and distributed it free of charge in the Rehe and Pingjin areas. The Telecommunications Bureau also used the clear-code telegram and repeatedly sent out the full text.

For Bai Shujie's speech, people with a heart quickly discovered a problem!

It turned out that at the mass rally to commemorate the "September 18 Incident" every year, Bai Shujie's last call was "unite and prepare for war!" "The whole speech in the past was murderous and chilling from beginning to end.

However, in this speech, Bai Shujie did not mention the words "preparing for war" for the first time, but emphasized the first question as "work hard, revitalize the economy, and improve the people's living standards." ”

Then there is the talk of "all forces joining hands to face aggression together." I hope that everyone will sit down and negotiate well, and do not work hard and lose money to fight around, let the people suffer, and let the fishermen benefit.

In addition, Bai Shujie used the "southern government" for the first time to replace the original "southern traitorous government", and did not say that the southern government betrayed the country, but adopted the phrase "giving up Gou'an and seeking peace".

There are all kinds of signs that Bai Shujie seems to have not been prepared for war recently, and is ready to turn around and engage in economic construction on a large scale, and it seems that he is going to be a "peacemaker" and a "peaceful person"!

It's a pity that there is no "Nobel Peace Prize" at this time, otherwise, the little devils may come forward to apply for Bai Shujie to come back. As long as you can transform the "devil of China" into a "peaceful person", in fact, the little devils are really willing to do anything.

"An intriguing speech!"

This is the title of an article by a commentator in the Mukden Observation Daily of the puppet Manchukuo. The commentary said: Chengde issued a speech that strongly released the meaning of peace! It can be seen from this that after several years of bloody lessons, the Rehe rebellion has finally understood the true meaning of "peace" and is developing in a good direction.

The comment concluded: "We are glad to see the sincerity of Rehe, and we are even more pleased that Rehe is participating in the construction of a big family of common prosperity in Japan, Manchuria, and we firmly believe that this day is not far off." Time will show that our good intentions are worth looking forward to, and we are more willing to see them come to fruition. ”

This time, the mouthpiece of public opinion of the southern government did not squeak, and other forces did not express their position. Only the puppet Manchukuo side was left jubilant.

Bai Shujie's speech aroused speculation from all sides, and at the same time, history was pulled back onto the original track.

On the afternoon of September 18, 1936, the little devils began to exert pressure in Fengtai.

When Sun Xiangting's unit of the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 29th Army returned from an exercise, he walked to Zhengyang Street in front of the railway station and met the team of the Japanese Army's Katian Brigade Suiji who had returned from target shooting.

Second Lieutenant Iwai, the squad leader of Hozumi's subordinates, rode into Sun Xiangting's company and wounded the soldiers. The Sun soldiers were so angry that they attacked their horses with the butts of their rifles, and the Japanese troops scattered their formations and surrounded Sun Xiangting. When Company Commander Sun negotiated, he was taken away by the Japanese army.

At this time, after hearing the news, the Japanese barracks immediately rushed to the scene with the infantry led by the captain of the brigade and surrounded the headquarters of the 29th Army barracks.

After receiving the telegram, the commander of the first wing of the Japanese army stationed in Beiping, Mutaguchi Ryoya Osa, led hundreds of infantry to Fengtai in armored vehicles and automobiles. They approached the vicinity of Oi Village and clashed with a company of the 29th Army, which was also surrounded by Japanese troops.

After 7 p.m., the 29th Army stationed in Fengtai was divided into three places and lost contact with each other. The two sides faced off all night, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out.

After Song Zheyuan received the report, he urgently sent people to investigate with the Japanese representative and discuss a solution. The Japanese pressed forward step by step, Song Zheyuan retreated step by step, and finally lost power and humiliated the country, and reached an agreement on the 19th to withdraw the 29th Army from Fengtai.

On the morning of September 19, 1936, Song Zheyuan issued an order: "All troops should withdraw from Fengtai Town and hand over the defense area to the Japanese." ”

At this point, the little devil monopolized Fengtai and cleared the last obstacle for sending troops to Lugou Bridge, which is known as the "Fengtai Incident" in history.

Bai Shujie immediately issued a telegram: "Strongly protest against the ugly behavior of the Japanese army's Tianjin Zhutun Army Mu Tian Kou Lian also caused an incident and shamelessly occupied Fengtai Town. Strongly condemning Song Zheyuan for betraying national interests, he will surely become a sinner referred to by Qianfu. Call on all patriotic soldiers to share the same hatred of the enemy and drive out the invaders. ”

Interested people once again discovered that Bai Shujie's telegram was the first time that he used the weak diplomatic rhetoric of "protest," rather than issuing a "statement," let alone saying that "targeted measures should be taken to retaliate against the actions of the Japanese army." ”

In turn, he "strongly condemned" the party Song Zheyuan, as if Bai Shujie had sprinkled his anger on his own people. This is very much in line with the style of the great Chinese countries that have always been weak and incompetent on the outside world and too tough on the inside.

On October 22, 1936, Jiang flew to Xi'an and began to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. Zhang Xueliang objected to it in person, and put forward a request to stop the civil war and unanimously resist Japan, but Jiang refused. The two ** quarreled for a while, and finally broke up unhappily.

Bai Shujie issued a telegram again: "Strongly condemn the southern government and Jiang for ignoring the national righteousness and the danger of the country, wantonly provoking a civil war, completely violating the national **, and will definitely lift a stone to shoot themselves in the foot." ”

That's how things are in the world, and if you say too much of the same thing, then no one will believe it.

Bai Shujie changed his old style of acting and continued to use weak diplomatic rhetoric such as "strong condemnation", and people quickly got used to his bluff. Now it's completely like a fart, and there are no more "people with a heart" to bother to guess.

On October 29, 1936, Zhang Xueliang flew to Luoyang to celebrate the birthday of Jiang someone, and once again presented his feelings in person, persuading Jiang to join forces to resist Japan, but Jiang sternly refused.

In response to Zhang Xueliang's request to lead his troops north to resist the Japanese, Jiang resolutely and forcibly ordered the Northeast Army to immediately suppress it. Otherwise, evacuate his troops to the east and be dismissed.

On November 27, 1936, Zhang Xueliang wrote to Jiang and asked Jiang to resist the war, but Jiang didn't even look at it and threw it directly into the wastebasket.

On December 2, 1936, Zhang Xueliang flew to Luoyang to meet Jiang and demanded the release of the "Seven Gentlemen" of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Association. At the same time, he reported to Jiang that his subordinates were about to turn the sky upside down, and now they couldn't hold it down at all, so they repeatedly asked Chairman Jiang to give a lecture.

After a little hesitation, Jiang agreed to Zhang Xueliang's request and was scheduled to go to Xi'an a day later.

On December 4, 1936, Jiang arrived in Xi'an from Luoyang and lived in Huaqingchi. At the same time, Chiang issued an order to immediately dispatch 300,000 troops of the Central Army to "attack" the Red Army.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng came to the door again to admonish, but Jiang refused. Jiang said to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng: Either enter the army, or transfer the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army to Fujian and Anhui.

On December 7, 1936, Zhang Xueliang went to Huaqingchi to see someone Jiang, and repeatedly admonished him, demanding that the civil war be stopped and that he should unanimously resist Japan, but Jiang refused and blasted Zhang Xueliang out of the room.

On December 10, 1936, Zhang Xueliang took Bai Fengxiang to meet someone Jiang, who was holding a meeting to officially launch the sixth "encirclement and suppression" plan, and decided to announce the national mobilization order on the 12th.

On the evening of December 11, 1936, Jiang invited Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng, Zhu Shaoliang and others to a dinner to discuss the next matter of suppressing bandits. Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were determined this time, absolutely not fighting the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and never accepted the order to send troops.

Jiang was furious, and announced at the wine table that Jiang Dingwen was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Northwest Suppression Army, and Wei Lihuang was the commander-in-chief of the border areas of the four provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Suining, and ordered the Central Army to take over the suppression of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army. Co-tasking.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are not fools, if Lao Jiang's temporary change of generals succeeds this time, the two of them will come to an end. The so-called forced Liangshan, forced to go to Liangshan, is talking about this time.

Jiang thinks that he has the power to dominate the world, and no one dares to do anything to him. As everyone knows, he Jiang someone's world is crumbling at all, but he doesn't know himself at all.

Late at night on December 11, 1936, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng respectively summoned the senior generals of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, and informed Jiang that he not only did not want to resist Japan, but was ready to take measures against the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and at the same time announced that he would admonish the troops in the early morning of the next day.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of December 12, 1936, Zhang and Yang launched an army, and the Northeast Army went to Huaqingchi in Lintong to arrest Lao Jiang. Lao Jiang jumped out of the bedroom window, broke his back, hid behind a large rock, and was found alive.

The 17th Route Army also detained Chen Cheng, Shao Lizi, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Tiaoyuan, Wei Lihuang, Zhu Shaoliang and other Kuomintang military and political dignitaries in Xi'an, and Shao Yuanchong and others were killed.

On the same day, Zhang and Yang sent a telegram to the whole country on the eight-point proposal for national salvation:

The Nanjing government was reorganized to accommodate all parties and factions and be jointly responsible for saving the country. Stop a qiē civil war. Immediately release the arrested patriotic leaders in Shanghai. Release the whole country a qiē political zhì criminal. Open up the popular patriotic movement. Guarantee the people's freedom of assembly and association. Obey Premier Sun's will. Immediately convene a National Salvation Conference.

This time the military admonition in modern Chinese history was called the "Xi'an Incident" because it happened in Xi'an.

This matter came in time, and Bai Shujie was naturally happy.

On December 3, 1936, he issued a "statement" again: "I was shocked to hear that there was an incident in Xi'an, and I thought that there was a lot of room for a turn in the matter. If all parties to the forces give up their stereotypes, put the general interests of the nation first, and can talk impartially and reach an understanding of resistance against Japan, then the Chinese nation will be very fortunate! ”

"He Yingqin has always been a wolf and has become a traitor. It is purely illegal to steal the name of the Nationalist Government and deprive Zhang Xueliang of his various positions. Sending planes to demonstrate in the sky over Xi'an is purely demagogic and confusing! Although Jiang behas misbehaved, he is still the head of the Republic of China, He Yingqin privately transferred the army, which is like a conspiracy, and his heart should be punished! ”

"I am telling the traitors in the Nanjing court: The change in Xi'an has its own way of negotiation. If you dare to send troops close to the vicinity of Tongguan 50 kilometers, the Rehe Garrison Command will immediately raise a division to crusade against the traitor He Yingqin and exterminate all the shameless people who hook up with the little devils! This cloth is all over the world, and it is salty to know. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.