Chapter 82 Nine, the young marshal has an illness

It is said that during the invasion of China, the Japanese army was good at intelligence, and major spies such as Kenji Doihara and Takashi Minamimoto were active in China very frequently.However, it is still surprising to see the photos of General Zhang Xueliang recuperating in the Union Hospital when the "September 18th" incident appeared in the "Complete Photo Collection of the Manchurian Incident" published in Japan in 1933.We must know that such photos have never appeared even in Chinese newspapers. General Zhang Xueliang admitted in his later years that when the Japanese army launched the "September 18th" Incident, he was the one who gave the order to the Northeast Army not to resist.At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was in Jiangxi, taking the "Yongsui" warship (that is, the Yangtze River ship that Chairman Mao later boarded and inscribed "We must build a powerful navy") to supervise the battle on the front line of "communist suppression". Jiang did not know what had happened in Shenyang until he arrived in Jiujiang on September 19th.It is worth noting that when General Zhang Xueliang explained this period of historical responsibility, he mentioned that he was watching a play in a theater when he learned the news that the Japanese army had attacked the Beidaying Camp, and then immediately returned to the "Concord Hospital" where he was recuperating, and there he and other soldiers from the Northeast Army After discussion, the senior generals issued an order to Shenyang to "avoid conflict and wait for the League of Nations to resolve it", which led to the easy fall of Shenyang.

It can be seen that before the "September 18th" Incident, General Zhang Xueliang was indeed recuperating in the Union Hospital, and the Japanese information is accurate. The irony is that Chinese newspapers and periodicals are publishing "Zhao Si is romantic, Zhu Wu is crazy, and Hu Die is right to go", criticizing Zhang Xueliang with words and pens-maybe the original intention of public opinion is good, but although the article scolds happily, it is far from the truth Far.The real situation is that Hu Die had never met General Zhang Xueliang before September 18th.When a person makes a mistake, he can be blamed for everything he has done or failed to do. The so-called public opinion supervision in China at that time, its mentality is worth thinking about.In terms of grasping intelligence, it can also be seen that the Japanese side has done more accurately.

This photo also reflects the state of General Zhang Xueliang at the time of the "September 18th" Incident - Zhang Xueliang started to be exposed to opium due to too much depression during the Guo Songling incident, and developed into a morphine addiction after taking over as the leader of the Northeast Army. Very bad state, which is probably an important reason why he made a wrong decision in the "September 18th" Incident.The torment of drug addiction made a young and promising general almost useless. Whether dealing with the Northeast issue or the Great Wall War of Resistance later, Zhang Xueliang's mental state of depression greatly affected Zhang Xueliang, which made many people very disappointed.Later, General Zhang Xueliang made up his mind to rehabilitate drugs at the risk of death, and finally came out of the shadows, worked hard to regain his homeland, and even directly contributed to the Xi'an Incident and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. From this point of view, it is also worthy of admiration.

During the Japanese occupation of Shenyang, Zhang's headquarters, residence, and Bianye Bank were all occupied, and the huge wealth left in the Northeast was seized by the Japanese army. However, the shadow of another historical event can also be seen from the photos in the Japanese archives. These two photos are from the "Glory - A Complete Collection of Photos of the Manchurian Incident" issued by the Japanese Ministry of Military Affairs in 1933. In fact, the Kwantung Army really arranged to transport Zhang Xueliang's personal belongings to Peiping and return them, so as to win over Zhang Xueliang and promote them.Guo Guanying, who did oral history for Zhang Xueliang in 1989, asked Zhang Xueliang face to face. Zhang Xueliang replied: "I don't want it, we don't want it. I asked them to take it back." "I told Benzhuang (the commander of the Kwantung Army Shigeru Honjo) is a very good friend, so I told Honjo, if you take it back, I will burn it at the train station, and I don’t look good with you. I said you take it back, how can I put it at home? How to put it, I will take it myself, I don’t need you to give it away, you are humiliating me. If you want to return it, return it to me in the Northeast, and you return it to me in the three provinces of the Northeast! Why do you return my personal things?! I am in the Northeast The three provinces are bigger and richer than your three islands in Japan, and it’s not enough to give us your three islands in Japan.”

This matter was originally only documented, and these two photos can be regarded as giving more direct evidence. Rejecting the Japanese army's solicitation, General Zhang Xueliang, under the sanction of being dismissed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the national navy, army and air force, organized a support club in Peiping, wrote letters to the generals of the Northeast Army who were isolated behind enemy lines, and tried to send people to contact them, deliver supplies, and actively Organized the Volunteer Army and once became the most powerful supporter in the battlefield behind the enemy lines in the Northeast.For this reason, the Japanese army hated General Zhang Xueliang, believing that he and his subordinates were the number one enemy threatening "Manchukuo" and that they must be eliminated quickly.

It can be seen that although General Zhang Xueliang bears considerable responsibility for the loss of the Northeast, he still deserves to be a patriotic general who does not lose his national integrity.