He was a famous patriotic general who persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan but was exiled, planning to secretly return to China and be betrayed by Stalin
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Speaking of Chiang Kai-shek, we can think of his deeds of refusing to resist Japan and concentrating on suppressing the Communists. In the face of the Japanese invasion, Chiang Kai-shek was still bent on opposing the Communists, which made people very incomprehensible, but there were still a few patriotic generals under the hands of the good old Chiang Kai-shek. These generals were more determined to resist Japan than most of chiang's Kuomintang officers. The most praiseworthy is the "Xi'an Incident" launched by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. However, after this incident passed, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were both retaliated against by Chiang Kai-shek, and Yang Hucheng's arrest had to be blamed on one person, Stalin.
Yang Hucheng, a famous patriotic general, an authentic old Shaanxi, at the same time he is also a daring knifeman. Perhaps it was precisely because of this kind of knifeman's personality that he dared to turn his face with Old Jiang on the matter of resisting Japan. Chiang Kai-shek's attitude toward the Japanese invasion and inaction made this Shaanxi Man very angry, he thought that the hatred of the country and the family had been placed in front of Chiang Kai-shek, but even if you still had to compete with the Communist Party, was your brain kicked by a donkey?
Watching this passive anti-Japanese atmosphere gradually spread to the entire National Army, Yang Hucheng could no longer sit still, he did not want to betray Chiang Kai-shek, but in the face of the safety of the whole country, he decided to use force to coerce old Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan. On December 12, 1936, Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang launched a military coup in Xi'an, since they could not persuade the old Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan with their mouths, then let's use the method of "military advice", although some of the following crimes were committed, but in the face of the entire national security, this grievance Chiang Kai-shek should not mind, right?
Facts have proved that Lao Jiang was very concerned that although the Xi'an incident had become a turning point in the anti-Japanese national war for the sake of the civil war, Lao Jiang would not just let Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, who threatened him, just let go of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, who threatened him. Zhang Xueliang had already been locked up by Old Jiang, leaving Yang Hucheng alone. But now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had just cooperated, they had already arrested Zhang Xueliang, and they could no longer arrest Yang Hucheng, otherwise his old Jiang would be poked in the spine. So he thought of a good idea, let Yang Hu out of the city, and then settle the account later.
In January 1937, Yang Hucheng was dismissed from all positions by the Nationalist government in Nanjing, and in June of the same year, he was forced to go abroad for "investigation", saying that it was an inspection, but in fact it was exile. Yang Hucheng did not feel anything, he traveled to several countries and went everywhere to propagate anti-Japanese doctrine. This kind of life is very painful for a man like him. It was not until after the outbreak of the "July 7 Incident" in China that Yang Hucheng, who was bent on resisting Japan, asked to return to China to participate in the war, but was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek.
Yang Hucheng, who had no choice but to secretly return to China, planned to pass through the Soviet Union and return directly to China, but before this plan was implemented, he was betrayed, and the person who betrayed him was still quite high, that is, Stalin. Stalin instructed the Soviet authorities to inform Chiang Kai-shek of Yang Hucheng's plan to return to China, which could cause Yang Hucheng a big problem. The reason why old Chiang Kai-shek did not arrest Yang Hucheng was because of the relationship between domestic public opinion, and now Yang Hucheng plans to secretly return to China, so when the time comes, he will secretly grab the shop, who knows that Yang Hucheng was arrested by Chiang Kai-shek?
When Yang Hucheng secretly returned to Hong Kong from the Soviet Union, Chiang Kai-shek sent Song Ziwen to quickly escort Yang Hucheng to Nanchang, and he wanted to arrest this person who had threatened him for a long time. In December 1937, Yang Hucheng, his family and secretary were placed under house arrest in Nanjing, where they remained imprisoned for 12 years, during which time Yang Hucheng's young daughter was born, but his wife Xie Baozhen fell ill and died.
Speaking of Old Jiang's side, he always felt that it was not a matter of holding Yang Hucheng, so on September 6, 1949, Old Jiang ordered Mao Renfeng to secretly execute Yang Hucheng and others, and his hands and feet must be clean. Yang Hucheng and his young son and daughter, the secretary Song Qiyun's family and the other two were killed by Yang Jinxing and four other military command agents at the Dai Gong Ancestral Hall in Chongqing, at the age of 56, and a patriotic anti-Japanese general died.