In 1934, Chiang Kai-shek asked Dai Li, the head of the military command, to go to the northwest to do intelligence work, and it was obvious that Dai Li came to the northwest to let him pay attention to the dynamics of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and see if they were carrying out Chiang Kai-shek's orders, mainly to "suppress the Communists".
It stands to reason that in 1936, his intelligence work had been done for more than two years.
But why didn't he prevent the Xi'an Incident from happening?
The reason why the Xi'an Incident happened was that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng detained Chiang Kai-shek. Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, loyal or not, this should be an important part of Dai Li's investigation, if he had informed Chiang Kai-shek in advance that these two people had different intentions, would Chiang Kai-shek have escaped this catastrophe?
It is undeniable that Dai Li's intelligence work in the northwest is really bad, not to mention whether Hu Zongnan's secretary is his own person, he has not figured it out, let alone the surveillance of Zhang Xueliang.
Zhang Xueliang is Chiang Kai-shek's brother and the leader of the Northeast Army, Dai Li will definitely not dare to interfere too much with him, so he can only inquire quietly. However, Dai Lian also caught clues. He told Chiang Kai-shek that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng had secret dealings with the Communists.
Of course, it mainly refers to the matter of joint resistance against Japan, after all, the Japan people have invaded the Northeast, and it is obvious that the most important thing is to unite all the forces that can be united.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not take this matter to heart. After all, sometimes, or even most of the time, intelligence may be rumors.
In addition, Dai Li had no conclusive evidence, so Chiang Kai-shek still went to Xi'an to supervise the war. Chiang Kai-shek also had reason to believe that Zhang Xueliang did not dare to do anything to him.
You must know that Zhang Xueliang is now a warlord who has no territory (lost the Northeast), and if he wants to live a more nourishing life, it depends on the color of Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang Xueliang has a request for Chiang Kai-shek, in this case, does Zhang Xueliang still dare to do something to Chiang Kai-shek?
Chiang Kai-shek still had some understanding of Zhang Xueliang, and he was sure that Zhang Xueliang would not attack him. So, he still went to Xi'an.
However, less than ten days after arriving in Xi'an, Zhang Xueliang, who he trusted the most, did something to him and detained him. Of course, it was only the seizure, and Zhang Xueliang had always been there to protect Chiang Kai-shek's safety.
Chiang Kai-shek was detained, and the first person to get the information was not Dai Li, Dai Li knew about it, or learned about it from Song Meiling.
I have to say that he did so badly in this intelligence work that it was a direct slap in the face. If Chiang Kai-shek was to be held responsible, Dai Li would not be able to escape his responsibility.
The high intelligence is to serve Chiang Kai-shek and ensure Chiang Kai-shek's safety. Dai Li got good and sent Chiang Kai-shek directly to the Longtan Tiger's Den.
Chiang Kai-shek was detained, and it can be said that the most nervous and fearful was also Dai Li. If Chiang Kai-shek had three long and two short, he would not be able to eat and walk around.
More importantly, his wealth was given by Chiang Kai-shek, and without Chiang Kai-shek he would be nothing. Therefore, after learning that Chiang Kai-shek was detained, he ran to Soong Meiling twice in three days to discuss the strategy of saving Chiang Kai-shek.
Apparently he wanted to make amends.
Later, Song Ziwen and Song Meiling decided to go to Xi'an in person, wanting to peacefully resolve the Xi'an Incident. When Dai Li found out, he also followed.
Under such circumstances, Chiang Kai-shek was very pleased to see Dai Li's figure. After all, coming here is still fraught with danger.
After that, the incident was resolved peacefully, and after Chiang Kai-shek returned, not only did he not punish Dai Li, who did not do a good job in intelligence work, but he used him even more.
On the contrary, He Yingqin, who wanted to solve the Xi'an Incident by force, was suppressed by Chiang Kai-shek. Although He Yingqin also wanted to save Chiang Kai-shek, he wanted to bomb Xi'an with planes.
In this case, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Xi'an, was of course unhappy. However, the Xi'an Incident was resolved peacefully after all, and for Chiang Kai-shek, it was just a false alarm.
The greatest significance of the Xi'an Incident is that it has promoted the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the whole people can unite and unite with the outside world.