1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Is it your territory? Commander Zhang, please note that our troops' entry into Peking is a foregone conclusion. We are merely informing you, not making a request."

Wu Kehua looked like a dog, his face changed instantly, and before Zhang Xueliang could lose his temper, he said something even more cruel:

"In order to prevent Peking from being engulfed in war, the people from suffering from the disasters of war, and to avoid internal strife, we are willing to resolve the issue peacefully. If you do not agree with our approach, we can also consider other means to achieve our goals.

This means that it is good enough that we are informing you that we intend to "peacefully settle in". If you are shameless, we can also use force to solve the problem. Don't cry too loudly then.

"you!!!"

Zhang Xueliang was a local hegemon after all, and he could not stand such repeated provocations and insults. He immediately lost his mind and flew into a rage.

But the generals and staff around him quickly pulled Zhang Xueliang aside, and Pan Wenyu even whispered in his ear:

"Commander! Don't forget! They are in front of us! They are in front of us!

This sentence made Zhang Xueliang regain his sanity and calm down instantly.

Yes, they are right in front of me.

What matters most is not even that they are in front of you, but how they got to you!

If a real fight were to break out, Zhang Xueliang had no idea whether his troops would actively respond to his orders.

Once you lose the bet, you really lose everything!

Does Zhang Xueliang dare to gamble?

He dare not.

He was an indecisive person to begin with. In the historical "Xi'an Incident", he only agreed reluctantly after repeated persuasion (coercion) from Yang Hucheng and his subordinates. Not to mention that now his own life was threatened!

Pan Wenyu continued to persuade

"Commander, since we can't refuse, we have no choice but to accept it. How about agreeing to it so that they don't have an excuse to continue causing trouble? We can also appropriately propose our conditions.

Because he worked in the north for a long time and later left the party for a period of time, although Pan Wenyu was a Communist Party member, he had no idea about the current situation of the Red Army, so he didn't know what the Northeast wanted to do.

We can only watch and deal with it.

As for the others, their thoughts were even simpler - there were thousands of people with guns right in front of them. If a fight broke out, regardless of whether the soldiers would die or not, how many of us would survive?

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and a body worth thousands of gold does not enter a dangerous place!

After repeated comfort from those around him, Zhang Xueliang took several deep breaths before finally controlling his temper. He returned to his seat, gritted his teeth, and asked sarcastically:

"Okay, you just want to station troops in Peking? I agree! Where do you want to be stationed? The Imperial Palace? Or my headquarters?

"That's not the case. We don't need a very good place. Just give us the location where Jiang Xiaoxian's military police regiment was stationed before.

There?

It is not only the city center, but also a place that is vaguely "surrounded" by our army.

I'm increasingly confused about what they're trying to do.

Zhang Xueliang thought about it for a while and felt that there seemed to be no harm and even some hidden benefits. He discussed it with Pan Wenyu and other staff members for a while:

“That place is free for you to use, but we have some conditions.

“Please go ahead.

"First, your presence in Peking this time is at the invitation of our Peking Municipal Government and the Peking-Tianjin Weicheng Commander-in-Chief Disharmony Referendum Management Committee, not..."

In short, save face.

Even if this face is as thin as a cicada's wing, it will break with a breath.

But Marshal Zhang was very concerned about his reputation when he was still a young marshal, not to mention that he is now a marshal.

Otherwise, if Wu Kehua and his men really entered Peking in such a way as to shake the morale of the army and the people, where would Marshal Zhang put his face?

They can only desperately try to save their reputation by moving towards "democracy".

Wu Kehua immediately answered:

“No problem, we don’t care about this and we won’t say anything more.

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Wu Kehua's straightforward and decisive answer left Zhang Xueliang and others stunned for a long time, and they became more and more convinced that the other party could not be some crappy "battalion commander", but a "special senior representative" sent by Fujiwara Kanezane.

If a mere "battalion commander" could have such power, courage, and decisiveness, Zhang Xueliang would have to do a handstand and shit!

How can the “old warlords” know the new ways of playing?

Wu Kehua did not have that much power, but he had memorized the "contingency plan" given to him by his superiors, which recorded all possible responses to Zhang Xueliang.

This not only helps in quick response, problem solving and efficiency improvement, but also has a huge impact on the psychological state of participants.

Under the command of his superiors, all of Zhang Xueliang's reactions were predictable. No matter what he did, he could not escape his control. How do you feel?

Cat playing with mouse, that's all.

Even though Wu Kehua was actually a "traitor", he could not help but admire and feel proud of the strength of the "Five-Star Eastern Republic" and the army's top brass.

As a result, although Zhang Xueliang was the "commander-in-chief" commanding tens of thousands of troops, and Wu Kehua was just a "small battalion commander" leading more than 2,000 troops, the momentum of both sides was completely reversed at this moment.

This scene was seen by the people around, who all sighed secretly, feeling confused.

Negotiations continue.

"Secondly, during your stay, you are not allowed to leave the station easily."

“That’s not okay.

Wu Kehua flatly refused:

"We came to Beiping to supervise the referendum. How can we supervise it if we are not allowed to go out? Commander Zhang, you are not against democracy, are you?

I'm a fucking idiot!

Zhang Xueliang was choked to death by this sharp-tongued guy. He paused for a long time before changing his words:

"Then...you are not allowed to carry weapons outside the base.

"Can a soldier still be called a soldier if he doesn't carry weapons? We cannot agree with this either, but we can guarantee that as long as you don't cause trouble, we will never fire the first shot.

Wu Kehua raised two fingers and said solemnly:

"I swear in the name of His Majesty Fujiwara no Yama.

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After hearing this, Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to give in.

Everyone knows that in Northeast China, "swearing in the name of Fujiwara no Kanezane" is roughly equivalent to the Western practice of "swearing in the name of God" and the current practice of "swearing in the name of Saint Field."

However, breaking an oath to God is usually not a big deal, but the price of breaking the orders and oaths of Fujiwara no Kanezane or Haruta is a little bit high.

The heads of Suzuki Mitsuhiro, Tang Yulin and others, as well as the monks who were burned alive in the inexplicable hellfire in Nanchang, China, said that they had personally proved this.

Regardless of how Fujiwara no Kanezane's political credibility was with Chiang Kai-shek and other high-level officials, he was still quite credible in the hearts of the common people in Northeast China and even North China, even Zhang Xueliang himself believed in him.

At least, up to this point, no one has ever heard of Fujiwara no Kanezane breaking his promise. Regardless of how his policies are evaluated, everyone gives a thumbs-up to his credibility—"a man of his word!"

Zhang Xueliang had no choice but to change the conditions:

"Then, while stationed in Peking, you are not allowed to approach our military headquarters and important military facilities without permission..."

"Don't worry, we are not interested in those worthless things.

Zhang Xueliang was almost choked to death by this sentence.

Don't you dare to look down on others even more?

"Thirdly, while you are stationed here, you must not harass the civilians, nor..."

How dare you emphasize this to our army...

Wu Kehua curled his lips in his heart, but said seriously:

"Commander Zhang, please rest assured that anyone under my command who dares to violate military discipline will be punished personally. If I do not follow military discipline, His Highness will personally execute me.

The military discipline requirements of the puppet army under his command, especially the corresponding punishment measures, are not only far superior to those of the National Army, but also much stricter than those of the Red Army.

At least the Red Army won't shoot people at will now.

Next, Zhang Xueliang proposed many conditions to Representative Wu Kehua. Although some conditions could not be agreed upon, most of them were agreed upon.

Especially those things that are about face, the other party really seems to not care at all. As long as it does not damage their reputation, they generally directly approve the "face-saving" conditions proposed by the Northeast Army themselves.

The negotiations went so smoothly that Zhang Xueliang, who had been suffering torture and humiliation, suddenly felt that Captain Wu was quite easy to talk to in the Northeast.

Is it because the other party is too young and doesn't know the seriousness of the matter?

In this case....

Thinking of this, Marshal Zhang's expression brightened considerably. He exchanged a glance with Pan Wenyu and tentatively proposed his final and most important condition:

"While your troops are stationed in Peking, we will be responsible for providing them with all their food, clothing, and other necessities.

This was not because Zhang Xueliang had nothing to do and wanted to spend his own money to support these two thousand troops for Fujiwara Kanezane, but rather a test and manipulation.

If you accept Zhang Dashuai's "pay," you should not only obey Zhang Dashuai's words, but at least you can't easily turn against Zhang Dashuai, right?

Moreover, if the other party really dares to do something excessive, we will cut off your supplies, and even the strongest soldiers will have to kneel down and beg for mercy.

In addition, Zhang Xueliang also wanted to use this opportunity to strengthen his infiltration into Wu Kehua's troops to see if these people could be bribed by him.

Chairman Chiang's "Silver Bullet Tactics" have long been proven to be quite effective in practice time and time again. The Japanese are now doing business very well, so why not learn from them?

Comply with Article 14, Clause 8.

Oh, I see. This guy wants to use the logistics to block us, or to infiltrate us.

Let me think about how to answer..

His mind was racing, but Wu Kehua still acted indifferent.

“We have money, and we will buy what we need with our own money, but if you are willing to pay to ease our burden, we will not refuse.

Does this count as consent?

I feel like I only half agree.

Forget it, just agree to it.

Zhang Xueliang couldn't help showing his joy:

"Okay, in that case, then it's settled. We..." Before he finished speaking, a roar suddenly came from the northern sky.

This sound had been heard many times by the people of Peking over the past year, and it was even more familiar to some members of the Northeast Army:

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airplane!

It even seems that there are those planes that we bought in Northeast China back then!

Everyone looked up in astonishment, and soon they saw a large number of planes flying out from the clouds and heading straight in their direction!

Now, everyone, including the Northeast Army, was suddenly panicked.

Although the army in the north had never bombed Peking and was probably just doing reconnaissance, this time so many planes were dispatched together, and there were so many "big planes" among them, it couldn't be that they were just sitting around burning fuel, right?

Zhang Xueliang glared at Wu Kehua in disbelief, but the latter waved his hand:

"Commander Zhang, don't panic. These are our Air Force comrades delivering supplies to our unit, not here to bomb. Please calm down, everyone.

"Send...supplies?"

"Yes, we came here in a hurry this time and forgot to bring many things with us, so we had to ask the Air Force to deliver them for us. I heard that His Highness even dispatched several large transport planes specifically for us."

In fact, it was modified from an American passenger plane, and this was the first time it was put into actual combat.

Because of East Asia's excellent matching mechanism, the aircraft does not even need to be equipped with a self-defense machine gun, and all its transport capacity can be used to carry things.

Incidentally, almost all the pilots were Americans who responded to Springfield's call and volunteered to join the 129th Division after inspecting the situation in Northeast China.

Abbreviated as the American Volunteer Army.

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Soon, dandelions bloomed in the sky, and the parachute was as white as Wu Kehua's exposed teeth:

"Commander Zhang, don't worry, our troops will never be short of reinforcements.

487 The peaceful evolution of Peiping