During the Xi Incident, Zhang Xueliang asked Dai Li: How did the information come from? I didn't even know about such a big event?

19361February 12, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the "Xi Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries in order to force Chiang Kai-shek to give up the wrong idea that "there must be a default in what is busy outside". After the Xi Incident, Song Meiling, Song Ziwen, Lina and others flew to Xi 'an to rescue Chiang Kai-shek, and Dai Li, the big spy chief who was in charge of the intelligence agency for Chiang Kai-shek, also went with them.

At a meeting, Zhang Xueliang ironically told Dai Li the words at the beginning of the article. Dai Li was in charge of the intelligence agency for Chiang Kai-shek for a long time, and he knew the world well. Every time I see Chiang Kai-shek, he respectfully calls himself "the principal" or "the leader". "Believe in the leadership, be loyal to the leadership and obey the leadership" is the principle he has been talking about. Because of his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek, he was deeply trusted and valued by Chiang Kai-shek.

But before the Xi incident, Dai Li didn't know. He failed to give Chiang Kai-shek an early warning in time, which was a serious dereliction of duty. Zhang Xueliang poked him with sarcasm in front of everyone, which embarrassed him. He replied for a long time: "We never spy for the deputy commander."

Zhang Xueliang was very busy during the Xi Incident. In order to achieve the purpose of "remonstrating soldiers", he has too many things to consider, and his nerves are always in a state of tension, but even so, when he meets Dai Li, he still does not forget to be sarcastic, and it seems that it is not so difficult to calm the evil spirit in his heart.

Why did Zhang Xueliang mock Dai Li and embarrass him in front of others? When Zhang and Yang launched the An Incident, why did Dai Li's intelligence "fail" across the board? Why was Dai Li, who was seriously derelict in the incident, more valued by Chiang Kai-shek?

In this article, we will clarify these issues one by one.

Dai Li was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek. The secret service organization led by him not only used various shady means to deal with the non-party members of the * * * production party, but also closely monitored the movements of those non-clique and non-central army troops in Chiang Kai-shek's army by means of infiltration, bribery and eavesdropping, in order to prevent them from disliking Chiang Kai-shek and paying more attention to the powerful Northeast Army and Yang's Northwest Army.

At Chiang Kai-shek's behest, Dai Li took great pains to fully grasp the dynamics of Zhang and Yang. In Zhang and Yang's army, even around Zhang and Yang, he bought many eyes and ears and planted many spies with money and beauty as bait.

When the Northeast Army first entered Shaanxi, the Northwest Army was very cold to the Northeast Army, and there was friction between the two sides, and the two armies broke up in discord. These frictions are constantly reflected in Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. There was a misunderstanding between Zhang and Yang, and the relationship was very tense. Dai Li has mastered all these situations, which is exactly what Dai Li wants to see. He instructed his men to find ways to expand and make use of the contradiction between the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, so that Chiang Kai-shek could better control them.

When Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng discovered Dai Li's surveillance and wanton infiltration, they hated Dai Li. Knowing that Dai Li only dared to do so at Chiang Kai-shek's behest, Zhang Xueliang kept secrets from the secret activities of Dai Li's secret agents and took a patient attitude until something happened.

Before the Xi Incident, Dai Li's secret agents arrested people around Zhang Xueliang without going through Zhang Xueliang, and also arrested several student leaders of Northeastern University. The spies became more and more arrogant, and Zhang Xueliang was very annoyed. In a rage, he ordered a raid on the Kuomintang Party headquarters in Shaanxi Province, beat up Dai Li's spies, and confiscated all the information collected by the spies about the Northeast Army, the 17th Route Army and Zhang Xueliang himself. Zhang Xueliang's move is equivalent to giving Dai Li a slap in the face.

Since then, spies have converged a lot and become more cautious in espionage, but the surveillance of Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army has never stopped.

It is precisely because of Dai Li's ubiquitous surveillance and espionage that Zhang Xueliang is very dissatisfied. When he saw Dai Li, he was sarcastic and deliberately embarrassed him to give him the evil spirit in his heart.

In fact, although Zhang Xueliang is sarcastic, he is also telling the truth. Before the Xi incident, "miraculous" Dai Li didn't find any clues. Incredibly, it was not until the Ann Incident happened at 3: 00 pm on February 12 that Dai Li got a report from the staff office that there was a mutiny in Ann and Chiang Kai-shek's whereabouts were unknown.

I don't know beforehand, and I don't know afterwards. Before and after the Xi Incident, the intelligence agency led by Dai Li became a decoration, and the information was blocked to a surprising extent. Dai Li knew that Zhang and Yang were responsible for rebelling against Chiang Kai-shek in times of crisis.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng gradually realized that if their differences continued or deepened, they just took advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's wishes. On the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek weakened their strength by "suppressing * * *", on the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek was also happy to see their internal friction with each other, which helped him to use contradictions to divide and rule.

In order not to let Chiang Kai-shek's plot succeed, Zhang and Yang gradually approached and their relationship became better and better. They began to find ways to paralyze the spy's surveillance activities. The two sides adopted the practice of "hiding in the dark, disharmony between the upper and lower levels", deliberately creating some contradictory events for spies to see, and some struggles between opponents and servants were also ignored.

There was constant friction between the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army, and Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng often said things that were not satisfactory to each other. These situations were seen by Dai Li's eyes and ears and reported to Dai Li. Dai Li attached great importance to the information about the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army. After collecting relevant information, he personally judged that important information should be reported to Chiang Kai-shek immediately.

Dai Li kept receiving information about Zhang and Yang's discord. After a long time, he believed that "a strong dragon" and "a local strongman" would fight endlessly, even more fiercely. I don't know that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are acting. What is even more unexpected is that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are secretly brewing a shocking move.

Zhang and Yang did a lot of work before the "military remonstrance", such as frequent meetings and consultations between the two sides. A few days before the action, the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army made some transfers and made corresponding arrangements for "lifting Chiang Kai-shek". For these deployments, the spies and eyes and ears planted by Dai Li did not know, nor did they report relevant information to Dai Li.

Dai Li once got some information from other sources. He asked his staff and was told that these were unconfirmed rumors, saying that Zhang and Yang had not changed.

65438+February 12 at 3 pm, Dai Li of Nanjing received a telegram from Xi 'an: "There was a mutiny in Xi 'an, and the news of the chairman was unknown. "

When Dai Li saw this telegram, he was scared silly. After waking up, Dai Li was on pins and needles. He frequently called a secret radio station in Xi, hoping to know about Chiang Kai-shek. But all his appeals are like mud cows in the sea and have not been answered.

Dai Li stayed up all night, anxiously waiting for the news from Xi 'an. Until the next day, he saw the news of Chiang Kai-shek's arrest in the media, and then he got a report from his men: Zhang and Yang defected, the principal was detained, and the situation was unknown.

The information of the secret service organization led by himself lags behind the media, which makes Dai Li feel extremely ashamed and ashamed. This is his biggest failure since he engaged in intelligence work. He didn't understand why the intelligence network he had painstakingly built failed completely.

Since Chiang Kai-shek was imprisoned, Dai Li has been living in fear, because Chiang Kai-shek's safety is related to his future and destiny. He has been following Chiang Kai-shek for a long time, and he knows that if anything happens to Chiang Kai-shek, he will be finished. The situation was so serious that Dai Li found himself powerless, which made him almost mad, and the danger of Chiang Kai-shek made him even more bereaved.

Wen Qiang, the leader of the "Fuxing Society", once described Dai Li at that time in his memory:

To show his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Li began a series of performances. He first published the Declaration for Zhang in the name of all graduates of Whampoa Military Academy. Dai Li said in this declaration:

While Dai Li was worried about Chiang Kai-shek's safety day and night, Song Ziwen suddenly found him and Song Ziwen asked him to go to Xi 'an to rescue Chiang Kai-shek. After accepting this invitation, Dai Li saw hope again, and he was inflated by his own venting.

It has made Dai Li feel very tragic to save the savior in times of crisis. Of course he won't miss this good opportunity to promote himself. Before he left, Dai Li called his men together to lecture. He said with tears, "I'm going to Xi 'an to live and die with the headmaster. ".

In this way, on the tenth day of Chiang Kai-shek's arrest, Dai Li arrived in Ann by plane with Song Ziwen's brother and sister and Duan Na. Just got off the plane, Dai Li met a duel and was disarmed by the Northeast Army.

Before leaving, Dai Li made an assessment of the danger of this trip to Xi. Although he tried to exaggerate the danger of this trip in front of others, he didn't think that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng would do anything to himself. Because this time he went to Xi 'an as a special envoy sent by Nanjing, it is said that the two armies are at war, so we can't do it without cutting. Zhang Xueliang guaranteed the safety of the negotiators sent by Nanjing. According to Dai Li's observation, Zhang Xueliang has always been honest and trustworthy, so he thinks his own safety should be no problem.

However, when he arrived in Xi 'an, he was disarmed, which made Dai Li panic. As soon as Dai Li saw Zhang Xueliang, he cried to Zhang Xueliang to disarm him and asked if Zhang Xueliang's personal safety was guaranteed.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xueliang immediately gave the gun to Dai Li. After Dai Li took the gun, when he was making a "declaration for Zhang", he changed his tone and even called Zhang Weida, the deputy commander in chief.

Although Zhang Xueliang was cynical about Dai Li, on the whole. The envoys sent by Nanjing were treated with courtesy, which neither embarrassed him nor restricted his personal freedom. Dai Li obviously felt Zhang Xueliang's goodwill, but he still tried to play up the sadness to make up for his previous serious dereliction of duty and save his political and loyalty points.

Smart Dai Li wrote a will that night, saying:

This "will" is a typical embodiment of Dai Li's scheming. Dai Li groaned in a very safe situation, trying to whitewash his loyalty and sacrifice. The purpose of doing this is to grab political capital for yourself and build a stepping stone for yourself to ascend to a high position in the future.

At this point, Dai Li's performance is getting better and better, but it has not reached its climax. The climax was after he met Chiang Kai-shek.

When Dai Li saw Chiang Kai-shek in prison, he burst into tears and couldn't help it. He knelt in front of Chiang Kai-shek and wept bitterly, repeatedly cursing that his dereliction of duty caused today's "leader" crisis.

Dai Li's wonderful performance touched Chiang Kai-shek instantly. After the incident, Chiang Kai-shek mentioned in his Half-Moon Talk that Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Li, Duan Na and his wife Song Meiling went to Ann for rescue. It can be seen that after the Xi 'an incident, Dai Li's position in Chiang Kai-shek's mind changed. With the "courage and spirit of sacrifice" shown in the incident, Dai Li successfully won the greater trust and reliance of the "leaders".

Dai Li's trip to Xi only lasted two days. During these two days, because Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were extremely disgusted with him, he was basically unable to talk with Zhang and Yang in the negotiations for Chiang Kai-shek's release.

As a negotiator, Dai Li got nothing on this trip. But personally, Dai Li's trip to Xi was rewarding. On the one hand, the "leader" he revered was finally released, still in power, and his career continued. On the other hand, he took the opportunity to strengthen the relationship with "leaders".

Some people say that the incident was a personal victory for Dai Li. After the incident, Dai Li was regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as the most reliable and loyal guardian.

As we all know, Dai Li was not grateful for the courtesy of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng in Xi 'an. At Chiang Kai-shek's behest, Dai Li took care of Zhang Xueliang and killed the Yang family, as Shen Zui commented: