In fact, Chiang Kai-shek himself did not believe that "capturing the thief and capturing the king" would really lead to success once and for all. However, Japan has recently begun to frantically expand its armaments and prepare for war, and actually sent a full division to Rehe and Jidong each, and under the navy's
Under the protection, an air force base was built in Tanggu, which put greater pressure on the 29th Army than before the North China Anti-Japanese War. Therefore, even Chiang Kai-shek, who had always hoped that Japan would stop, finally determined that a full-scale war between China and Japan was inevitable. Therefore,
Chiang Kai-shek naturally regards this "bandit suppression" as the last chance to eliminate the threat of the Red Army. If he doesn't give it a try now, he will never have this chance again when Japan fully invades. What's more, even if the "bandit suppression" fails, at least
It can further weaken or even exhaust the strength of Zhang and Yang, so why not do it?
So on the one hand, Lao Chiang ordered the northwest warlord Ma Jiajun, who was quite loyal to him, to resolutely counterattack the Red Army's West Route Army. On the other hand, he asked Zhang Yang to immediately launch a full-scale attack on the Red Army. At the same time, he continued to increase the strength of the Central Army in northern Sichuan and northern Hubei, as the governor.
Team and reserve team.
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng almost burst into tears after receiving the order. Historically, the reason why they reached a tacit understanding with the Red Army was mainly because the gains outweighed the losses in fighting, coupled with their anti-Japanese and patriotic enthusiasm, but now they simply cannot fight.
The Northeastern Army is weak in combat effectiveness, and the Seventeenth Route Army is poorly equipped and has nearly 200,000 troops. It is actually not powerful. The Red Army left behind in northern Shaanxi alone is enough to compete with them, not to mention that the West Route Army may kill them at some point.
In addition, the now-famous Third Front Army of the Red Army can also launch a large-scale attack from the Henan-Shaanxi border. Moreover, the two of them thought with their butts and knew that Chiang Kai-shek would only sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. If they really broke up with the Red Army
, isn't it a dead end? But at this time, Lao Jiang underestimated the courage of the two of them to resist him, and actually flew to Xi'an in person to supervise the battle. After the two cried and remonstrated and were rejected, they had to launch a military revolt. As a result, Lao Jiang and Chen Cheng,
Jiang Dingwen, Wei Lihuang and other generals were all captured as in history, and the "Xi'an Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries finally broke out!
Then Zhang Yang immediately sent a telegram to the whole country, calling on all forces in the country to put aside their personal grudges and differences, join hands to fight against Japan, and regain lost ground. At the same time, he urgently requested help from the Red Army. After receiving the telegram, the Northern Shaanxi Red Army immediately dispatched Xu Haidong's 15th Red Army Corps to go south for reinforcements.
Zhang Hao, Secretary of the Central Plains Bureau, was ordered to dispatch Fang Yongle's 45th Red Army and Hu Lian's Armored Brigade (Zhang Xueliang also sent someone to pick them up, otherwise it would be difficult for tanks to pass through some areas) to advance into the Weihe Plain. At the same time, he also sent Gao Jingting to lead the Red 18th Army.
The remaining troops of the legion further expanded their base areas in northern Hubei and threatened the three towns of Wuhan. Su Yu, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Red Army, led the Eighth Red Army eastward to Xuchang and captured 5 counties in less than ten days, which was a great feat.
It has the potential to swallow up the entire Henan province.
Since Hu Weidong streamlined the field troops, the defense of the base area only requires local troops and militia. Although there are only more than 120,000 field troops in the Third Red Front Army, they are all mobile troops and can be deployed to any needed area at will.
This is extremely valuable in today's situation.
In addition, the Jiangnan Soviet Area, whose territory had been greatly reduced due to the continuous encirclement and suppression by the Kuomintang army, also took advantage of the lack of military strength in the south to expand aggressively and regained a lot of lost territory. Although it was not enough to threaten Shanghai, Nanjing and Hangzhou, the core of Chiang Kai-shek's rule, it did
After hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in jail, became even more distraught...
Historically, after the Xi'an Incident, the Northeastern Army, the Seventeenth Route Army and the Red Army quickly formed the "Northwest Iron Triangle" with the Northeastern Army as the center in order to counter the possible large-scale attack by the Central Army. However, because the Northeastern Army is a warlord force and has political power,
Weak, as a result, the alliance quickly collapsed after Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned. At this time and space, the Red Army was not only politically powerful, but also militarily surpassed the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army combined. Therefore, the Red Army naturally replaced the Northeast Army.
Becoming the core force of the "Northwestern Iron Triangle". This also made the tripartite alliance united under the slogan of resisting Japan and saving the national flag more solid and reliable. The three families together had more than half a million regular troops, and they were not afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's millions.
The Central Army, as well as the Central Army aircraft at Xi'an Airport were captured in the incident, and with the assistance of the Red Army Flying Group, the Central Army did not have much advantage even in the air force, which gave the three parties more confidence in subsequent negotiations.
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At this time, the top leaders of the Nanjing government were in chaos. Chiang's wife Soong Meiling and other pro-British and American factions advocated armistice negotiations with the priority of rescuing old Chiang Kai-shek, while He Yingqin and other pro-Japanese factions and some military leaders seeking self-reliance clamored, "It would be better to be broken into pieces than to be destroyed."
"For the sake of peace.", wanting to get rid of Chiang Kai-shek and the "rebels". However, as the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and other great powers expressed their support for the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident, the remaining major warlords in the country also sent messages calling for an armistice and peace talks. Song Meiling
After all, I boarded a plane bound for Xi'an, and thus began this important negotiation that affects China's future destiny...
The news of Chiang Kai-shek's capture also caused a lot of disputes within the Red Party. On the one hand, most of the middle and senior cadres and a considerable number of grassroots commanders and fighters had a blood feud with the Kuomintang, and they hated the culprit, Chiang Kai-shek; on the other hand, they hated the Kuomintang.
Today's Red Army is already quite powerful (its overall strength is roughly equivalent to that of the People's Liberation Army in 1946). If the killing of Chiang Kai-shek triggers civil strife within the Kuomintang, it will most likely take advantage of the situation and sweep across the country. As for the Japanese threat, most Red Army commanders and fighters do not take it to heart.
In the previous chapter, the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in North China made the Red Army full of confidence, believing that its own strength alone was enough to resist the Japanese invasion. At this time, the Communist International, or the Soviet Union, used an imperative tone to demand the Red Party to release Chiang Kai-shek. This
Taizu, who had a strong national pride, was very angry, but at this time, a secret telegram from the Central Plains Bureau made him calm down quickly...
In fact, a large part of the content in Zhang Hao's telegram was told to him by Hu Weidong before he went abroad. He thought it made sense and wrote it in the telegram. Especially the analysis of Japan's military strength and war potential, I am afraid that even Japan
No one’s judgment is so detailed and accurate. Hu Weidong pointed out that if Chiang Kai-shek is killed, the Kuomintang-controlled areas will inevitably be in chaos. This is certainly beneficial to the Red Army, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Japanese. They will definitely take the opportunity to invade China, and unlike in the past
Small knocks are different. Once launched this time, it will be a national war.
Zhang Hao inadvertently flattered him in the telegram, saying, "I believe that under the wise leadership of the Chairman, even if the Red Army fights against the enemy alone, one day it will be able to drive the Japanese out of China." However, the telegram also quoted this.
After understanding Hu Weidong's estimate, he believed that in order to force Japan to withdraw from the mainland, at least 2 million Japanese troops need to be wiped out (killed, captured and disabled), and if you want to take back Taiwan and other islands that have fallen to the enemy, 3 million Japanese troops must be wiped out without foreign aid.
It will take five million or even more troops to trigger a revolution in Japan. It is conceivable that the Chinese people will have to pay huge national sacrifices in this process. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come
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