On February 20, 1936, 25,000 soldiers of the Red Army crossed the Yellow River from Shaanxi and captured the five ferry crossings of Pingshang Village, Hejia'ao, Qikou, Jundu and Sanjiao Town in Zhongyang Shilou.
, the two garrison brigades of the Shanxi-Sui Army Wang Jing's National Division were all disarmed. The main force of the Red Army held high the anti-Japanese flag and continued to advance eastward. The follow-up *** troops quickly followed up and launched a vigorous campaign to allocate land to local tyrants along the Yellow River in Shanxi.
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Yan Xishan, the commander of the Shanxi-Sui Army, denounced to the national media that the Japanese army was brazenly invading during the lean period, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes. He said that he would mobilize heavy troops to intercept and strive to eliminate the main force of the Red Army north of the Yellow River.
At the same time, tens of thousands of students from colleges and universities in the Pingjin area held vigorous anti-Japanese and national salvation demonstrations. Song Zheyuan, who succumbed to the pressure of the Communist Party, decisively carried out massacres against the anti-Japanese demonstrations, increasing the level of violence every time.
With such intensity, hundreds of patriotic students were labeled as "*** elements" and arrested.
In early March, Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northwest Suppression Campaign, presided over a meeting to suppress the Communist Party. The four armies of Zhu Shaoliang, Yang Hucheng, Hu Zongnan, and Ma Hongkui immediately began to rush to Shanxi to aid Shanxi. Shang Zhen's 32nd Army also marched into Shanxi to assist in the battle.
In June last year, Hu Zongnan was almost defeated by the main force of the Central Red Army in Songpan, and then withdrew to Shaanxi to reorganize his army. In September, he took office as the commander of the second column of the First Route Army of the "Northwestern Suppression of Bandits". At the beginning of this year, he became the commander of the First Army. Crossing the Yellow River
Later, the First Army commanded by Hu Zongnan was the first to encounter the main force of the Red Army. Then Guan Linzheng's 25th Division launched a surprise attack and won consecutive battles to recapture Linfen in one fell swoop.
The Japanese army was overjoyed to see the civil war break out in Shanxi. The Fifth Division brazenly crossed Shanhaiguan and directly entered the Peking-Tianjin line. The situation in North China once again became violently turbulent.
Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of it, Soviet Russia blatantly violated the "China-Russia Agreement" signed by the two governments, signed an alliance agreement with the puppet Mongolian regime, and regarded Outer Mongolia as a sovereign sovereign country. According to the so-called "Russian-Mongolian Alliance"
Agreement, blatantly sent troops to trample on Chinese territory, and carried out extremely barbaric subversion and oppression of Chinese territory.
An Yi, who had just returned from an inspection trip to southern Yunnan, received an urgent telegram from Chiang Kai-shek and immediately convened a military meeting. Later, he held a Qingming Festival sacrificial event and issued war preparation orders in front of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country.
On April 6, An Yi flew to Nanjing, the city he had been away from for a long time, reported to Chiang Kai-shek, and immediately participated in the Communist Party's intense strategic discussions.
At this critical juncture, the Wuhan Students National Salvation Federation was forcibly disbanded under the order of the new Hubei Provincial Chairman Yang Yongtai, and the Peking military police beat the patriotic students to death with canes. After the news came out, it triggered student unrest and pro-democracy riots that spread across the country.
In Xufu, which has always been in good order, patriotic students and teachers were filled with indignation and held a two-day mass rally of 50,000 teachers and students to express support for the patriotic students in Wuhan and Peiping. Student leaders raised petitions in front of the Anjia Army Headquarters.
He wrote a letter and asked his glorious army to immediately go to North China and fight bravely against Japan.
The teacher and student representatives were warmly received by Gu Changfeng, deputy commander of the Second Route Army, and Ye Cheng, chief of staff. Ye Cheng made an exception and took out the war preparation order signed by An Yi and patiently explained to the teacher representatives and student leaders that the statement had not been obtained.
Before the official order from the Communist Party of China, all the troops under the command could only stand ready and wait for the order.
The army's frankness and solemn stance gained the understanding of teachers and students, and the Syrian government once again returned to a normal state of order. However, tens of thousands of students and patriotic young people's requests to join the army brought trouble to the Anjia Army generals.
Endless troubles. Warlords in other places were worried about not being able to recruit soldiers, but General Anjiajun was worried about how to get thousands of educated young people to give up the idea of becoming soldiers.
When the news reached Nanjing, the Standing Committee members of the Communist Party of China were extremely envious. They all jokingly asked An Yi to help recruit 10,000 to 20,000 new soldiers from southern Sichuan to supplement the direct troops of the Central Army. An Yi replied seriously that this would not work. Most of the patriotic young people in southern Sichuan were
Every patriotic student in various colleges and universities is a treasure for building the motherland and revitalizing the national economy. The southern Sichuan government invests tens of millions in education every year, but all of them suddenly went to serve as soldiers. Wouldn't it be a huge loss?
On April 10, a secret report came from Guangdong and Guangxi. Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi held a secret meeting in Guangzhou and decided to immediately prepare for war. In the name of going north to resist Japan, they would occupy Hunan and Jiangxi, which were empty of troops, and then compete in the Central Plains.
Chiang Kai-shek was shocked and immediately took An Yi and Chen Cheng to Wuhan to convene an enlarged military and political meeting of Hubei Province. They delivered an important speech on "firmly safeguarding national unity and opposing any warlord separatist regime to create chaos", and spent two days organizing Hubei Province.
Military and political officials studied and discussed, successfully unified their thinking, and stabilized Hubei.
After Hubei settled down, Chiang Kai-shek took An Yi and Chen Cheng and flew non-stop to Chongqing to hold the same meeting as in Hubei. He successfully stabilized Liu Xiang, who was secretly "exchanging views" with Li Zongren, and attended the Chengdu branch of the Central Army Military Academy.
We held the opening ceremony of *** and flew to Kunming by special plane the next morning.
Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek flew to Guiyang, Changsha, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Anqing, and finally returned to Nanjing on May 5th.
An Yi returned to the Military Commission's office, but his buttocks were not warm. The British and American ambassadors simultaneously walked into the office of Chiang Kai-shek, who was also the dean of the Government Affairs Council, and made strong objections to the central government. He denounced the Chinese government and customs for inaction and allowed the Communist government to
It supports its companies to smuggle large quantities of refined oil products into North China and Shandong, causing huge harm to companies in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Chiang Kai-shek was so worried that he called An Yi and Song Ziwen over to have frank discussions with the British and American ambassadors.
When the British and American ambassadors saw An Yi, they immediately had smiles on their faces. Especially Commercial Counselor White, who accompanied the British Ambassador to ***, held An Yi's hand and said happily that the Yunnan-Myanmar border treaty ports have achieved great success.
It is expected that the import and export volume in the second quarter of this year will exceed 100 million yuan, a full 2.5 times increase from the first quarter. If scientific dispatch increases railway transportation capacity, and the Yangon Port Terminal loading project is about to be expanded, it is expected that by the end of this year, trade
It will surpass the French Annan.
An Yi responded enthusiastically, saying that southern Yunnan would continue its efforts and suggested that the British government extend the railway from Lashio to the two customs ports in southern Yunnan and the Wanding port in western Yunnan.
White replied that the Burmese colonial government had submitted an application report to the United Kingdom, and the results were expected soon. Due to the rapid development of Burma's economy, the British cabinet had begun discussions on Burma's separation from the jurisdiction of the Governor-General of India and its direct integration into government management.
Not to be outdone, the U.S. ambassador took the initiative and asked An Yi if Jiangnan Group and Sichuan Enterprise could find a way to supply more bristles, tung oil and finely processed tungsten products to the United States? An Yi politely said that efforts are being made in all aspects, and it is expected that in the future
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The four chatted happily and couldn't help but begin to look forward to the future, which made Song Ziwen, who was ignored by the crowd, very angry. But Chiang Kai-shek was very happy. At least the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly became more relaxed and the pressure was reduced a lot. No matter what happens next,
It's easy to talk.
Sure enough, as Chiang Kai-shek expected, the British and American ambassadors reiterated the opinions of the two governments with a smile and then left politely. Song Ziwen, who was well prepared, could not say a word for more than 40 minutes from the time he came in to the time he left. When he saw Chiang Kai-shek smiling,
Instructing the attendant to serve tea to An Yi, Song Ziwen walked up behind An Yi in anger, gave An Yi a gentle slap on the head, then calmly adjusted his tie and walked away.
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On May 12, Hu Hanmin, who was on his way to Guangzhou to attend the Guangdong-Guangzhou Military and Political Conference, died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage. When the news came, Nanjing's senior officials burst into tears.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was discussing military affairs in North China with An Yi, was shocked by the bad news. He walked to the window and stood in silence for a long time. He said with tears in his eyes: "With the departure of the old chairman, no one can control the heroes of Guangdong and Guangxi anymore. We must prepare again."
There’s a war!”
On May 16, despite the strong opposition of the Chinese government and the people of North China, the Japanese army openly sent troops to Peking City under the pretext of "preventing calamity and protecting overseas Chinese" and established a Japanese brigade headquarters in Peiping City.
The two officers and soldiers under Song Zheyuan were extremely angry and had no choice but to grovel. Someone who was so cowardly and shamefully banned them and ordered all personnel not to leave the military camp. Otherwise, they would be dealt with according to military law, which was exactly the same as the Northeast Army's treatment when it faced the September 18th Incident.
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The extremely sad and angry people from all walks of life in Peiping saw that their army was so weak and incompetent. They could no longer suppress the grief and anger in their hearts. They began to shout angrily and even curse at the garrison. Professors and students from various universities who were shocked by the bad news poured out of the campus and watched thousands of people.
The Japanese invaders lined up neatly and marched arrogantly into the ancient and majestic Beiping City Gate. All of them shed tears of humiliation.
At 9 a.m. on May 17, the tax police of the Hebei Provincial Tax Collection and Inspection Bureau received a report and successfully investigated and dealt with a large number of North Korean smugglers who were smuggling cloth and daily industrial products in the north of Baoding City. They seized and sealed all the goods of 13 large and small trucks.
More than 130 Korean rogues actually pulled out long knives and hacked to death the Chinese tax policemen. They immediately killed three tax policemen and wounded more than ten tax officials. With the support of the Japanese secret service, this group tried to test the tenth by breaking through the barrier.
The North Korean ronin with the attitude of the Seventh Army did not give up after killing, and continued to hunt down the Chinese tax officials and tax policemen who had escaped with long swords. The town government police and patrolling military police on both sides of the road stopped and looked around, not daring to stop them.
A tax collector whose hand was cut off rushed to the gate of the 17th Army Headquarters, grabbed the bloody wound, and cried out for help.
Hu Jialin, who was holding a military meeting at the headquarters, was furious when he heard the news. Huang Yingwu, director of the *** Department, immediately led a guard battalion and drove to the north of the city. The furious officers and soldiers flew down before the military vehicle stopped and fired warning shots.
He waved his gun butt and began to punish, and in just over ten minutes, he arrested more than a hundred Korean ronin.
Huang Yingwu couldn't help but immediately ordered that all the murderers be escorted back to the camp, and all vehicles and supplies be seized.
At this time, foreign affairs officials from the Hebei Provincial Government and officials from the Communist Consulate in Peiping drove quickly and demanded that the officers and soldiers of the 17th Army immediately release the detained Korean ronin. Song Zheyuan's confidential adjutant also drove from the provincial government where he had just moved to Baoding.
He came and asked Huang Yingwu to consider the overall situation and unconditionally release the Korean ronin and all the goods.
With a livid face, Huang Yingwu pointed at the three corpses of tax policemen and pools of blood on the ground, and at the dozens of injured tax officials and innocent people who were being helped into ambulances by emergency personnel from the headquarters field hospital, and angrily questioned the provincial government authorities.
How to deal with it? Are our Chinese lives so worthless?
Under the angrily glares of Huang Yingwu and the officers of the 17th Army, several military and political leaders of the Hebei Provincial Government, and amid the almost out-of-control shouts of the Baoding people who gathered from all directions, not only did they not dare to deal with them impartially, but instead
They all asked the Japanese consul who was watching coldly and arrogantly for instructions.
The *** consular officer waved his hand and said with great arrogance that the people and materials should be released first before the *** consulate can consider taking over the case. Everything must be heard before characterization and processing.
Huang Yingwu finally broke out and loudly ordered Xiao Qian, the head of the guard regiment, to immediately send all the seized materials back to the camp. After that, he strode to the middle of the long street and roared loudly: "Ling Qian——"
"arrive!"
Colonel Ling Qian, the leader of the secret service group who came with a small team, answered loudly. The whole place immediately fell silent due to this roar, and thousands of pairs of eyes quickly focused on Huang Yingwu.
Huang Yingwu gritted his teeth and asked: "How many of our tax policemen and officials were killed? How many were injured?"
"Report to the director, there are three dead and sixteen injured, seven of whom are in critical condition." Huang Yingwu's adjutant rushed to Ling Qian's side in time and answered loudly.
Huang Yingwu was furious: "Let the surviving officials and tax police identify the murderer immediately!"
"yes!"
Ling Qian didn't dare to neglect, so he quickly ran to the side of the motorcade and invited three injured tax policemen who were covered in blood.
With the support of the powerful soldiers of the 17th Army, the three tax policemen immediately vented their grief and anger. They quickly pointed out the two leaders among the more than a hundred Korean ronin who were beaten to the ground by the soldiers of the 17th Army with rifle butts.
and four of the most brutal gangsters.
Huang Yingwu smiled coldly, made a chopping vegetable gesture to Ling Qian, walked towards his car and left without looking back.
Ling Qian shouted orders and escorted the six identified murderers to the middle of the street, where they knelt in a row. The military and political officials of the Hebei Provincial Government next to him were shocked and shouted for mercy. The two Japanese consul officers no longer had the slightest bit of composure.
He was so arrogant that he rushed towards the Hebei provincial officials, roared loudly, and kept threatening him. The provincial government officials were so frightened that they rushed forward to stop the execution.
"Pah, pah, pah—"
There was a burst of gunfire, and the six ronin were shot at close range by powerful military pistols. Their brains were splashed and blood was flying. After thousands of people screamed in surprise, they cheered and clapped in unison. For a time, "blood debts are repaid with blood."
Slogans like "Long live the 17th Army" kept coming and going.
After the execution, all the officers and soldiers of the Anjia Army evacuated. More than a hundred freed Korean ronin were frightened and still knelt on the ground. The scene was boiling, and the people did not disperse for a long time. The extremely angry Japanese consular officials loudly denounced the extremely panicked Hebei Province.
officials.
Suddenly a siren sounded, and a dozen troop carriers filled with fully armed soldiers slowly arrived. The loudspeaker on the first troop carrier continuously played an important command:
"In response to an urgent order from the Central Military Commission, the Seventeenth Army will implement martial law in all defense areas from now on! In response to an urgent order from the Central Military Commission, the Seventeenth Army will implement martial law in all defense areas from now on..."