On June 3, 1928, a luxury special train was parked at the Beijing Railway Station. There were guard posts around the station, and thousands of luggage of all sizes were transported onto the train one after another. At around 6 o'clock in the evening, a yellow British large steel plate bulletproof car slowly drove into the station.
dark late at night, the train was driving on the Beijing-Feng Railway, from south to north, and ran through Shanhaiguan like lightning to head straight to Fengtian .
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The train was completely blown up, and several carriages were blown away to the point where the chassis was left. The people on the train were bloody and some even had brain breaks and died on the spot.
The most important person on the car was blown out of more than three feet away, causing his throat to break. The man was dying when he was sent back to Fengtian " Grand Marshal's Mansion ". After rescue failed, he died at 9:30 on the same day. Before his death, the man left his last words: "Tell Xiaoliuzi, put the country first and do it well! My stinky skin is nothing. Tell Xiaoliuzi to go back to Shenyang quickly."
This person is " Northeast King " Zhang Zuolin . The little Liuzi he mentioned is "Young Marshal" Zhang Xueliang .
Zhang Xueliang's nickname is Xiaoliuzi. Because of his nickname, many people believe that he is Zhang Zuolin's sixth son. In fact, this is a completely misunderstanding. Zhang Xueliang is Zhang Zuolin's eldest son.
Zhang Xueliang was born in 1901. He went to the army at the age of 16 and studied at the Army Military Academy in the Three East Provinces at the age of 18. Before the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, most generals of the Republic of China either graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School or graduated from a certain martial arts lecture hall. For example: Zhu De graduated from the Yunnan Army Martial Arts Hall, Li Zongren graduated from the Guangxi Army Martial Arts Hall , Li Jishen graduated from the Guangdong Army Martial Arts Hall .
A year later, 19-year-old Zhang Xueliang was appointed as the rank of regiment commander as soon as he graduated from the Army Military Academy of the Three East Provinces. The rank is not high, but his position is very important. He is mainly responsible for Zhang Zuolin's security and maintaining Fengtian's public security. Who is Zhang Zuolin
? The head of the Fengtian clan! Where is Fengtian? The political and economic center of the Fengtian clan!
Zhang Xueliang, who had just been promoted to the military rank, immediately had an opportunity to exercise: the Zhili and Fengtian families started a war.
2 times, and Zhang Xueliang's army's achievements were quite impressive.
The first Zhifeng War Fengtian team was defeated, but Zhang Xueliang's third mixed brigade was the only winning force in the Fengtian army . Without this force, the Fengtian team might have lost their homes; the Fengtian team won the second Zhifeng War, and Zhang Xueliang's third army was the main force of the Fengtian army's attack into Shanhaiguan. He broke through Shanhaiguan and won Peiping . Zhang Xueliang made an indelible contribution. After the Second Zhi-Feng War, the Zhi-Feng War faded out of the historical stage and the Feng-Feng War seized the central government. Wu Peifu became Zhang Zuolin's subordinate. Zhang Zuolin became the new leader of Beiyang warlords, and 23-year-old Zhang Xueliang was promoted to commander-in-chief of the Jingyu Region.
16 served in the military service, entered the martial arts lecture hall at the age of 19, worked on a job at the age of 20, experienced the baptism at the age of 21, and became the commander-in-chief of the Jingyu Regional Garrison at the age of 23. Such a dazzling resume could not be found in China at the time. Obviously, Zhang Xueliang was trained by Zhang Zuolin as his successor, and the troubled times also gave him the opportunity to succeed.
Originally, as the young marshal of the Northeast Army, Zhang Xueliang had a prominent status. The next step was to continue to experience, improve his decision-making ability, increase prestige, and prepare for succession. However, the Huanggutun incident brought an end to this training career. At the age of 27, Zhang Xueliang urgently took office as the commander-in-chief of the security guards of the three northeastern provinces and became the new leader of the Fengtian clan.
Zhang Zuolin was dead, but the think tank he left for Zhang Xueliang was mature and steady enough.
Zhang Zuolin died at 9:30 on June 4, 1928, but the news of his death was announced on June 21. During this period, there was no funeral within the Fengtian clan, and a special telephone was issued to say that Zhang Zuolin was "slightly injured and in good spirits"; the Grand Marshal's Mansion operated as usual: Zhang Zuolin's medical officer went to and from get off work on time every day, and delivered three meals a day on time in the kitchen.Zhang Xueliang, who was in Lanzhou at the time of the incident, secretly sneaked back to Fengtian, endured his grief and imitated Zhang Zuolin's handwriting to issue an order. It was not until everything was arranged that he announced the news of Zhang Zuolin's death.
On June 4, Zhang Zuolin was bombed and killed; on June 19, Zhang Xueliang sent a telegram to take office as the Fengtian Military Supervision; on June 21, the Fengtian Group announced the news of Zhang Zuolin's death to the public; on July 3, Zhang Xueliang became the commander-in-chief of the security guards of the three northeastern provinces. It's orderly!
Zhang Zuolin's death did not alleviate the internal and external troubles of the Fengtian clan. On the contrary, the situation became increasingly complicated.
On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek 's Northern Expedition Army has taken over Beijing and Tianjin; on the other hand, Japan wants to take the opportunity to further control the Fengtian clan and then control the Northeast. Of course, there are opportunities in the dilemma. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to win the Northeast to unify the whole country, but he was worried that military reunification would likely cause Japan to send troops to interfere, which would in turn lead to the Sino-Japanese War. Japan wanted to control the Northeast, which would inevitably affect the interests of Britain and the United States in China, so Japan had to worry about the restraints of Britain and the United States and other countries.
Under such a complex situation, a 27-year-old young man can take advantage of the restraint of Britain and the United States over Japan and decisively announce that Northeast China will change flags and obey the leadership of National Government . What a courage!
Zhang Xueliang did two major things in his life, and changing the flag in the Northeast is the first thing. From then on, the National Government was allowed to unify China in form.
