Chapter 6 Chapter VI The Tragedy and Comedy of the Japanese Minister

Seeing that Doihara and others couldn't surround Zhang Zuolin, the Japanese government simply exerted pressure directly, and Lao Zhang also showed his courage to fight, and still refused to give up an inch of ground. Kenji Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister in Beijing, approached Lao Zhang to sign a secret contract.Lao Zhang was beaten to death and refused to do it, and he avoided seeing him afterwards, swearing across the room, which made the envoy feel ashamed. The Japanese Consul General in Fengtian hinted at Lao Zhang: If he really does not accept it, Japan must "find another way."Lao Zhang became angry: What good solution do you have, are you going to send troops again?My surname Zhang is waiting here!

After speaking, he got up to see off the guests. At this time, the history of modern China has turned a new page. The so-called old warlords are gradually being replaced by new ones, and the last dynasty of the Beiyang warlords is crumbling. The Nanjing government led by the Kuomintang issued a declaration of war to Zhang Zuolin, who was sitting in Beijing, calling for the realization of domestic reunification.The four brothers Jiang, Feng, Yan, and Li joined hands to carry out the second "Northern Expedition". The Japanese are in a hurry, even more anxious than Lao Zhang.Not worried about Lao Zhang, but worried about their own interests.

China is about to be unified, and things are not going well. Although Zhang Zuolin is cunning and has always been obedient to the Japanese, he is still just a northern prince after all. Relatively speaking, it is easy to make a fuss about him. Once the Northern Expeditionary Army unified the north and the south, the central government that dealt with Japan became an equal.When this government was in the south, it clamored every day to "down with imperialism." Once it was firmly established in the world, the so-called "Manchurian rights and interests" would not be expanded, but whether it could be preserved was another matter.

Although the Japanese government unilaterally created the "Jinan Tragedy", it still couldn't stop the advance of the Northern Expeditionary Army.Seeing that Feng's army was weak and their defeat was certain, they had the idea of ​​taking advantage of the fire again. Japanese Minister Yoshizawa made another secret visit, and this time he took out a piece of paper without any explanation: just talk and not practice fake tricks, just look at the above conditions, and sign if you are sincere. Sign sign sign, this time I will definitely sign. With a sincere expression on his face, Lao Zhang solemnly accepted the document.

Seeing the softening of the other party's attitude, Fangze finally breathed a sigh of relief. After returning, he sent a telegram back to the country impatiently, asking the other side to check and collect the documents, so as not to miss the documents sent by Zhang Zuolin.As soon as there is news, let him know immediately. On the diplomatic front, dealing with a troublesome character like Zhang Zuolin, it is really not easy to achieve some results. But for several days, no matter which department did not notify him.After chasing and asking, the other party was also surprised, how can there be what you said.

Who are you playing with me again?Fangze usually looks quite honest, but this time he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and came to Lao Zhang to settle the score. As soon as we met, Lao Zhang slapped himself on the head before Ba Geyalu cursed: Look at my memory, I signed the document for you a long time ago, and I forgot to ask you to come and get it, and you didn’t come here yourself, you see Look, how good it is. Stop talking nonsense and bring it here. Old Zhang obediently handed over the document to Fangze respectfully. It might be a few days late, anyway, I signed it, and I can take it back and pay the account.As a result, most of the anger in Fangze's stomach disappeared, and after saying a few words such as "don't be so naughty next time", he turned his anger into joy, and left cheerfully.

Little did he know that his tragicomedy was not over. When I went back to the embassy and opened it, I found that the document was signed with "read" again, not even the legendary "so-and-so black hand". God, you are not my leader, what kind of "read" do you want to "read". Fangze's eyes darkened, and she fell down on the chair.Really defeated! Although Lao Zhang's actions are so chilling, from the Japanese government to the military department (in the Japanese army, the general staff headquarters and the cabinet's army department are collectively referred to as the military department) there is still nothing they can do about Zhang Zuolin, after all, the latter is in the Northeast It has been deeply ingrained, and it is difficult to find a second suitable dialogue candidate if you kick it away.

Only the Kwantung Army stationed in the Northeast remained relentless. A person like Zhang Zuolin would never be willing to submit to our orders with a low eyebrow and a pleasing eye.He is a Dapeng, not a slave, but what we want is a slave. Even if Zhang Zuolin returns to "Manchuria", it will be the same as before, and he will never make any substantive concessions to the Japanese side. Now is the time to think of a surefire solution. There are still ways, and there is only one, and that is to kill Zhang Zuolin. On the one hand, he will kill the chicken to show the monkeys, and on the other hand, he will have the opportunity to re-select the agent.

Just like playing cards, if the cards are not going well, a worthwhile solution is to change the deck to improve your luck. Speaking of it, the madness and misfortune of the Japanese island nation in modern wars are all closely related to the phenomenon of "down and up" that outsiders seem to be confused about.This "Xia Ke Shang" was first named after the Japanese Kwantung Army. In Japanese proverbs, those who do things in their own way and never ask the leaders for instructions are called "Kwantung Army". In state-owned enterprises, we generally refer to such people as thorns, who belong to the category that needs help and education.But in Japan, no one dares to provoke these thorns, because they are all soldiers with guns in their hands, and they are representatives of "patriotism". (Equivalent to Chinese traitors) go to the first category, and the serious ones will be "dead".

So lawless, the government doesn't care? The government doesn't care, it doesn't dare to. During the era of Tokugawa Karamasa in Japan, not many people regarded the emperor as a green onion. At that time, they must be called the shogun.When the West invaded, the shogunate system was abolished immediately, and the emperor became a beloved sweet pastry again. Of course, according to the Japanese Constitution, the government, that is, the cabinet, should still be responsible for major national affairs, but the cabinet cannot be fully responsible. The Japanese cabinet itself is enough to compile a book of jokes.

As a typical government agency made of tofu cubes, the number and frequency of its being accidentally coaxed out of office can be called super record.In other countries, when the government is forced to step down, it is generally the credit of the opposition party or voters.It is different in Japan. The cabinet's resignation is most likely due to the offense of the army. As the command organization of the army, the military department can force the cabinet, and so on, the Kwantung Army can also not listen to the military department. The Kwantung Army recently received news that Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to give up his "Central Plains Dream" in the face of the fierce pursuit of the Northern Expeditionary Army and was about to withdraw from the capital. Take advantage of your illness to kill you, this is the basic principle for all bad people to behave in the world. Lieutenant General Chotaro Muraoka, the commander of the Kwantung Army, proposed: If the above does not do it, we will do it.In order to solve the "Manchurian Problem" once and for all, there is no other better way than to kill "Big Brother Zhang". The officers who were eager to do meritorious service all sharpened their knives immediately, full of murderous intent. Beijing is the "sphere of influence" of Japan's "North China Garrison Army". If the Kwantung Army wants to get rid of "Big Brother Zhang" in Beijing, it must rely on the "Garrison Garrison". A staff officer of the Kwantung Army named Yoshiharu Takeshita prepared to leave to contact the "North China Garrison Army" according to Muraoka's instructions. But before setting off, he was held back by a man. The person who held him was Daisaku Kawamoto, a senior staff officer of the Kwantung Army. He Ben's first sentence shocked the little staff officer: It's best not to do useless things! Do you believe in the "garrison in North China"?Anyway, I don't believe it.If you mess things up and let your superiors know, it will be troublesome. And how can this be done in Beijing? Going to Beijing to assassinate, one thing is heavily guarded, and there is little chance of success.The second is too obvious, and it is easy to cause interference from other powers. Takeshita looked bewildered, so what do you say? He Ben patted Takeshita's shoulder with a smile: "Well, leave the matter to me, and I will do it." Takeshita asked him if it was necessary for him to go to Beijing again. Of course it is necessary!Heben narrowed his eyes: You can be a spy.Keep an eye on me, find out which day Zhang Zuolin will leave the customs by train, and then let me know. The situation is stronger than others. Lao Zhang, who has been busy in the customs for a year, has to wash and go home to sleep is the only choice he has to make, but he still does not know at this time that he has lost the right to go home and sleep. What is about to be faced will be a road of death that will never turn back. However, if you think Lao Zhang is defenseless against the dangers ahead, you are dead wrong. In fact, the class struggle string in Lao Zhang's mind has never been loosened. You have fooled the Japanese so many times, you think they are stupid, especially since entering the customs, in order to "not give up an inch of land", the two sides have patted the table several times, in order not to arouse the hatred and revenge of the Japanese Almost impossible. But he didn't believe that the Japanese really dared to kill him. After all, he is still the "King of the Northeast", and he still has the bait that the Orientals covet. What he didn't expect was that the Japanese soldiers were so crazy that they couldn't wait to switch decks to fight. From Beijing to Fengtian, it is not a mile or two, and it is impossible to walk back by the "11" bus.At that time, Zhang Zuolin had two options for transportation: car or train. Both have pros and cons.If you take a car, the route is to exit from the unobtrusive Gubeikou and return to Fengtian via Rehe.The advantage is that the car is light and simple, the operation is secret, and the safety is guaranteed.The downside is that the roads are bad (you know what roads were like in the 1920s), the car is bumpy (and you might get motion sickness), and it's hard work. And if you change trains, the route is along the Jingfeng Railway.The advantage is that it is more comfortable (especially suitable for old comrades like Lao Zhang).The disadvantage is that the movement is too large, which is easy to cause accidents. For these two methods, cronies, subordinates, staff and staff all have their own opinions.When it was difficult to make a choice, Lao Zhang decided to use his old trick: take a gamble. He took out the paper and scattered the two halves, wrote "车" (representing the car) and "火" (representing the train) respectively, rolled them into paper balls and began to draw lots. Finally, I took it out and saw that it was the word "fire".He made up his mind. The death train has begun. Fate made a joke with Lao Zhang: It starts with gambling and ends with gambling. After choosing the train, Zhang Zuolin was careful.He has seen a lot of bullets and bullets, and he knows the truth that soldiers never tire of deceit. First, he repeatedly changed the return date, saying that he would leave Beijing on June 1, and the special car would arrive. Then he changed his mind temporarily and announced that he would leave the next day. The next day, the special car left, but only his family members were on board, and Lao Zhang still didn't get in the car. On the third day, Lao Zhang finally got into the car. Before getting into the car, he asked his subordinates about the security situation in detail. From Beijing to Fengtian, there are hundreds of thousands of Fengjun guarding the road along the way.His brother Zhang Zuoxiang is in charge of the line from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, and the section from Shanhaiguan to Fengtian is guarded by Wu Junsheng (nicknamed "Wu Big Tongue" because of his slurred speech). His absolute confidantes also patted their chests and assured them that there would be no problem with their safety. Zhang Zuolin was relieved.Even if the itinerary is leaked, he believes that no one can touch him. The moment he got on the train, when he looked at the city of Beijing again from the window, the Northeast Marshal must have been full of sadness in his heart. Here, he once reached the pinnacle of his brilliant career.A vagrant with no fixed place and a notorious beard, after continuous efforts, he finally became famous among the princes and became the Marshal Zhang looked up to by thousands of people in Beijing. Think about it, as the Grand Marshal of the National Navy and Army, personally forming the last cabinet of the Beiyang Government, what a scene it is, what a high-spirited spirit. Close your eyes and only hear that the years are like the wind in your heart. Beijing is the most important stop in the history of Zhang Zuolin's life struggle and the witness of the pinnacle of his career.However, it's only been a year, and the water is flowing and the flowers are falling in front of my eyes, and the spring is gone. In the cold rain and cold wind, I don't even have the interest to wave goodbye. It's so cold outside the window, it hurts when I close my eyes. Don't look or think about it, just calculate how far it is from your home in the northeast. Zhang Zuolin's special train has more than 20 cars, and the tenth car he takes is the tenth.This is a very stylish carriage, which was used by Lafayette Cixi back then. Because the exterior is blue, it is called a blue steel carriage. As the former security captain, Lao Zhang's special train has also put a lot of effort into security.Not only are the front and rear compartments of the blue steel car equipped with fully armed guards, but also a track car is specially set up in front of the special train to prevent people on the track from making unruly actions. Sure enough, the journey was uneventful, and when we arrived at Shanhaiguan Station, Wu Junsheng got into the car.He came from Fengtian, and came to greet the commander-in-chief breathlessly.The truth is true in adversity, which moved Lao Zhang very much. Wu Datong once again assured: from Shanhaiguan to Fengtian, the security and protection have been strictly implemented, and even a fly and mosquito can't even think about flying in casually. Unfortunately, he wasn't quite right. There is one place he missed. It wasn't that he was not serious about his work or deliberately deceived the Marshal, but that there was no way not to miss it. This leak was found out by a Kwantung Army chief. This person is Kawamoto.He Ben came rushing to attack the train. He once weighed: whether it is better to attack directly or to use explosives. The final conclusion is to use explosives. If you attack directly, the traces are too obvious, and it may not be able to destroy the opponent.Although bombing also has the risk of failure, once it fails, you can also activate the "sword drawing team". For Heben, there is only one chance to kill Zhang Zuolin, and to some extent, it is also a gamble. However, Heben soon discovered that he might not be able to gamble yet.Because after reconnaissance, it was found that the entire Beijing-Fengyang Railway was full of Fengjun troops, and the security was very tight. It was really like what Wu Junsheng said, "Even a fly and a mosquito can fly in casually." He Ben was quite depressed for a while, it seemed impossible to carry out the blasting plan without being discovered by these Fengjun. Until he discovered the Sandong Bridge not far from Huanggutun Station (called Juliuhe Iron Bridge in Japanese materials). Sandong bridge is the intersection of "South Manchuria Railway" and Jingfeng Railway. The "South Manchurian Railway" is on the top, and the Jingfeng Railway is on the bottom. The Jingfeng Railway can be guarded by Fengjun, but the "South Manchuria Railway" is controlled and operated by Japan, and it has to be guarded by the Kwantung Army. It's just one point, but it only needs such a point. From the point of view of the chess game, even if you have an advantage on most of the boards, as long as there is a loophole in one place, it can still be fatal. After receiving the secret message from Takeshita Yoshiharu from Beijing that Zhang Zuolin had set off, Hemoto immediately dug a death trap for Zhang Zuolin at Sandong Bridge. I have read a document that if a ten-story building is to be overturned, about 90 kilograms of explosives will be used.In order to completely kill others, this man spent a total of 120 kilograms of explosives on a carriage more than ten meters away! These explosives are piled up in a big pile, and it is impossible to get a heavy truck to transport them directly. They can only be divided into 30 sacks and then secretly placed on the bridge piers. Obviously, to place so many sacks is not only a hard work, but also a technical job.For this reason, Heben specially transferred engineers and soldiers from North Korea to finally get things done. From Lao Zhang's special train leaving Beijing until it arrived at Huanggutun, apart from the Fengjun guarding the road along the way, the spies sent by Dazuo Kawamoto also mixed in.They reported the start and stop of the train to the ambush staff very professionally. In the carriage, Lao Zhang chatted and played mahjong with his cronies and colleagues very easily.After passing Huanggutun, Fengtian is close at hand. At this moment, family members and civil and military officials must have been looking forward to it at the station. He didn't expect that disaster was just around the corner. Entering Sandong Bridge, the train began to slow down.At this time, two Japanese bombers who had been waiting for a long time pressed the wire button one after another. Perhaps due to excessive nervousness, the first button did not ring, and the second button sounded immediately. Only two loud bangs were heard, the train was blown to pieces, and a puff of black smoke as high as more than 200 meters rose into the air.Amid the deafening explosions, the steel plates of the suspension bridge of the "South Manchuria Railway" collapsed, crushing several carriages including Zhang Zuolin's carriage under it. The railway line was full of flames and became a mess. Kawamoto later recalled: Facing the violent black smoke and explosion, even I was surprised and frightened, the force of the explosion was too great. The Fengtian Main Station not far away also felt this earthquake-like tremor. The cotton threads on the machines of the Fengtian Spinning Factory were all broken at once, which was more neat than cutting with a sharp blade. Dazuo Kawamoto, who was watching from a distance with a telescope, let out a long breath. Even if Lao Zhang was a man in iron armor, he would probably have been blown up to the point where the iron sheet was gone. Naturally, the "sword drawing team" as a temporary plan would not be needed. Heben was too optimistic because Zhang Zuolin was still alive. But there was only one breath left.He was fatally wounded to the throat and was on the verge of death.Wu Junsheng, who came to meet the driver, was bombed to death on the spot. People rushed to emergency rescue.The entourage helped Lao Zhang, who was covered in blood, into an open car, and sent him to the handsome mansion in a hurry.Although the medical staff rushed to rescue and even used British doctors, no matter how advanced the medical skills were, they could not recover at this time. At 10 o'clock in the morning on June 4, 1928, Zhang Zuolin reluctantly left the mountains and rivers he had single-handedly laid down, and rode westward on a crane.At this time, it was only four and a half hours before the "Huanggutun Incident" broke out and the special train was bombed. A generation of heroes has since called a curtain call. In his life, Lao Zhang has been raped if he is said to be raped, and he has been slippery if he is said to be slippery, and he has done a lot of bad things.Bandit, old warlord, bastard, you can't call him too much.But one thing is always commendable, that is, at the difficult moment of the foreign invasion, this person never really bowed his head and gave in. It is concluded that he is a tough man from the Northeast.