The process of Xi 'an incident.

At that time, in the northwest, the main forces of the Kuomintang army centered on Xi 'an were the Northeast Army led by Zhang Xueliang and the 17th Route Army led by Yang Hucheng. Neither of these two armies is Chiang Kai-shek's clique, and has been repeatedly excluded. They were extremely dissatisfied with this, especially the Northeast Army, which blindly implemented Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance and abandoned the Northeast, and was spurned by the people of China. Later, it was ordered to "suppress * * *" and suffered heavy losses. The whole army was "suppressed"

After the Wayaobao meeting, China's * * * production party vigorously carried out the work of these two armies through various channels, strengthened Zhang's determination to resist Japan, and made the party's anti-Japanese national United front policy win first in the northwest.

Since the implementation of the Anti-Japanese War in Northwest China, Zhang Xueliang has repeatedly advised Chiang Kai-shek to stop the civil war and unite with the outside world, but all of them were rejected. Chiang Kai-shek mobilized about 30 divisions of his own army to prepare to enter Shaanxi and Gansu from Henan to participate in the "suppression of * * *".

Subsequently, Jiang arrived in Ann at the beginning of 1936 and 12, forcing Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng to drive all their troops to the front line of "suppression * * *" in northern Shaanxi. 12 12 in the early morning, the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army acted in concert, detained Chiang Kai-shek, imprisoned Chen Cheng, Wei and other Kuomintang military and political dignitaries, immediately electrified the whole country, and put forward eight anti-Japanese propositions such as reorganizing the Nanjing government and stopping all civil wars.

After the Xi incident, it caused strong repercussions at home and abroad. There are two opposing opinions among the ruling forces in Nanjing on how to deal with this incident. The pro-Japanese faction, represented by the minister of military and political affairs, attempted to instigate a "crusade" and bomb Angola in an attempt to replace Chiang Kai-shek's dominant position. Pro-Anglo-American relatives of Chiang Kai-shek, regardless of opposition, made active efforts to peacefully resolve the xi incident and rescue Chiang Kai-shek.

The Central Committee correctly analyzed the international and domestic political situation, determined the basic policy of peaceful settlement of the Xi incident, advocated peaceful settlement of the problems caused by the Xi incident and opposed the new civil war 2. At the same time, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China also advocated doing everything possible to unite the Nanjing leftists, strive for the centrists and oppose the pro-Japanese factions, so as to push the Nanjing government towards anti-Japanese.

Zhou Enlai, as the plenipotentiary of the Central Committee of China, also participated in the negotiations. In accordance with the relevant instructions of the Central Committee, he has done a lot of fruitful work in negotiating with Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng and negotiating with Nanjing.

After two days of talks, Song Meiling and others made promises such as "stop suppressing * * *" and "launch War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression within three months". On the evening of February 24th, 65438, Zhou Enlai met with Chiang Kai-shek and explained to him China's policy of resisting Japan and saving the nation. Chiang Kai-shek agreed to the six conditions of the negotiation and promised that "as long as I exist, there will never be another civil war against * * *" in China.

On the afternoon of 25th, Zhang Xueliang decided to release Chiang Kai-shek and personally accompanied him to leave Xi 'an for Nanjing by plane. On his arrival in Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek immediately detained Zhang Xueliang. After the news came out, the situation in Xi 'an was turbulent. Wang Yizhe, the commander of the Northeast Army who insisted on the anti-Japanese alliance, was killed by some radicals in the Northeast Army, and the danger of civil war reappeared.

Under extremely difficult circumstances, Zhou Enlai persisted and worked hard, consolidated the unity of the Red Army, the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, and basically maintained the great achievements of peaceful settlement of the Xi Incident.