Introduction: The Xi'an Incident is a major event related to the fate of China's history, and the process is as thrilling as a thrilling novel, leaving many wonderful stories. Although those heroes of that year have gradually disappeared into the long river of history, we can still clearly hear the echoes of that period of history today. In the incident, the difference between the various parties and the open struggle and secret struggle and the gains of each side is that the incident has always been the pain of his life for Chiang Kai-shek, and he still cannot forget it until the end of his life.
From the network
Gunshots in the middle of the night
At 5:30 a.m. on December 12, 1936, Chiang Kai-shek exercised in bed as usual (a habit he had developed over the years), then put on his clothes and began to prepare for the day's work. Just then, I suddenly heard the sound of rapid gunshots outside the rim!
Chiang Kai-shek was shocked, so he immediately ordered the guards around him to go out to check what was going on, but the guards went out for a while but did not come back to report. Jiang was not at ease and asked another guard to go out to inquire about the situation, but he still never returned, and the gunfire continued even more!
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly tensed up, and he had a premonition that the situation was not good!
Generals Zhang and Yang (from the Internet)
Escape
The guards did not return, and the gunshots were hurried! Chiang Kai-shek knew exactly what was going on, knew that all this was coming at him, and he understood that he was in a precarious situation of life and death. Jiang did not want to sit still, and he decided to think of escaping.
The process of escape, Jiang himself remembered clearly in his diary:
...... Climb the back mountain, through the Flying Rainbow Bridge to the east side of the back door, the door, hastily not key, but over the wall out. This wall is only a few feet from the ground, and it is not difficult to cross; but outside the wall is a deep ditch, and it is not felt in the darkness, and the pain after landing on the ground cannot be carried. After about three minutes, he reluctantly got up, not counting dozens of steps, to a small temple, guarded by guards, and supported to climb. There is no mountain trail in this eastern corner, and the westward journey is afraid of encountering rebels, so it still travels to the east, the mountain peak is steep, and the climbing edge is groping up...
Chiang Kai-shek actually thought that the high wall of "leaving the ground and making promises" was "not difficult to cross"; after climbing the wall, he did not look closely but jumped into the deep ditch! You know, at this time, Jiang is already over fifty years old, but he can still climb the mountain so quickly over the wall, which is really admirable!
But all this just shows how frightened Jiang was, and he made many funeral moves to escape in a hurry!
Xi'an Incident (from the Internet)
Apathy
Lishan, this poetic name is a sad place for Chiang Kai-shek for a lifetime, and he was caught here in a panic! Chiang Kai-shek, who had seriously injured his waist and leg, came to the crossroads of his life in an unprepared state.
After the incident, in the first few days after being arrested, Shenzhou was the cry of interrogating and killing Jiang. Jiang is facing an unpredictable fate of life and death, experiencing the ups and downs of life, and suffering physically and mentally.
Jiang was well aware of the danger of his situation, so for a period of time all his thoughts were gray, and he once lay in bed looking for death. Moreover, his psychology was almost broken, and he scolded Zhang Xueliang to his face for being instructed by others to "commit murder", but he said in front of Zhou Gongzhi that he missed his son who was far away in the Soviet Union... These words are like the last words of life!
But fortunately, the special history saved Chiang Kai-shek's life, and after a series of struggles and compromises, the Xi'an Incident came to an end, and he was finally able to survive!
Zhou Gong (from the network)
Eternal pain
However, the Xi'an incident became the regret of Chiang Kai-shek's life, and it was also an eternal pain in his heart, and this pain continued until the last moment of his life.
The reason for this pain, in addition to the unforgettable humiliation experienced by his body and mind during the Xi'an Incident, in Jiang's view, is that the incident made his life's hard work become in vain. Chiang Kai-shek left the most heart-wrenching words of his life in his diary:
This incident was a major setback in the course of our national revolution: the eight years of efforts to suppress bandits are expected to be completely accomplished in two weeks (at most within one month).
On April 5, 1975, at the last moment of his life, Jiang was still silently reciting this sentence in his diary. Late that night, at 11:50, Jiang passed away at the Shilin Official Residence in Taipei!
Peaceful Settlement, National Bliss (from the Internet)
Conclusion
From Jiang's point of view, before the Xi'an Incident, he and the enemy of his life had been fighting for a long period of 8 years, and he believed that the great victory he had pursued in his life was almost the last two weeks; but just when victory was in sight, it was the Xi'an Incident launched by Zhang and Yang that made him finally ambitious and undeserved! Perhaps, this is the reason why Jiang could not forgive General Zhang Xueliang in his lifetime! Do you have any comment on that?