On July 9, 1926, the National Revolutionary Army, of which Chiang Kai-shek was the commander-in-chief, carried out the Second Northern Expedition, basically eliminating the armies of the warlords Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang, and severely damaging the Fengzhi troops.
After Zhang Zuolin refused Japan's unreasonable demands to open mines, set up factories, immigrate, and build a port on Huludao, the Japanese minister in China, Fangze Qianji, asked him to sign the Unsolved Case Book in Manchuria and Mongolia, and Zhou Dawen, director of the Telegraph Office of the Marshal's Mansion, recalled: On May 17, 1928, Fangze Qianji asked to see Zhang Zuolin, Zhang hung Fangze in the living room, and he shouted loudly in another room: "The Japanese do not talk about friendship, take advantage of the opportunity to threaten, I will not want this stinky skin bag, nor can I betray the rights of the country, let people scold me for betraying the country." Let the children and grandchildren of the future generations also be scolded, that can not be done! ”
This was the last confrontation between Zhang Zuolin and Fang Ze, and the last confrontation between Zhang Zuolin and Japan.
The Japanese decided to get rid of him, when the commander of the Fengtian Gendarmerie, Qi Enming, sent a secret telegram saying that the Japanese garrison near the South Manchuria Railway was forbidden to pass pedestrians day and night, as if they were rushing to build fortifications, and asked the marshal to take strict precautions. In order to confuse the Japanese, Zhang Zuolin originally announced that he would leave Beijing on June 1, but he did not leave, but only gave the special train secret to his favorite Lady Shou and others to ride, and removed all the guards, thinking that he had deceived the eyes of the Japanese.
On the evening of June 2, Zhang Zuolin, dressed in the uniform of a grand marshal, arrived at the Qianmen Railway Station in a special car, and Sun Chuanfang, Zhang Xueliang, Yang Yuting, Gu Weijun and other Beiyang elders, important ministers, and foreign envoys came to see them off. Jin Yunpeng, Prime Minister Pan Fu, Minister of Education Liu Zhe, Minister of Military Affairs He Fenglin, Governor of Fengtian Province Mo Dehui, Member of the Customs Independence Committee Chang Yinhuai, Japanese Advisers Takema Maino, Machi Ma makoto, Makoto Makoto, Makoto Makoto, sixth aunt Taima Yueqing, and third son Zhang Xuezeng returned to Fengtian by the same car.
According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, "The guards' knives and guns glowed coldly, and desolate military music sounded like mourning." Zhang Zuolin clutched the sword in his left hand and bid farewell to the sender with a raised hand. ”
When the special train arrived in Tianjin, Jin Yunpeng, Pan Fu, and Machino got off the bus, especially Jin Yunpeng said that he would accompany Zhang Zuolin to Fengtian, but he was temporarily transferred from the car by an urgent telegram from the Japanese consulate.
At 4:00 p.m., the special train arrived at Shanhaiguan, and the chefs Park Toyota and Zhao Lianbi carefully made six dishes and one soup - roasted eggplant, stewed beans, stir-fried meat with squeezed vegetables, dried fried yellow croaker, spinach cooked shrimp segments, spicy chicken cubes and Chinese cabbage soup.
At dinner, the fifth lady said, "Tomorrow breakfast will have to be eaten at home." ”
Zhang Dashuai said: "Eating on the train is not fragrant, and I can't sleep well." ”
Who knew that this was his last supper, and there would be no dinner ever since. So no one knows which tomorrow or the accident will come first.
At that time, everyone thought that Shanhaiguan was the most accident-prone place, so Wu Junsheng, the heilongjiang overseer who rushed to Shanhaiguan to "pick up the driver", came to Zhang Zuolin's side, saw the second brother, Zhang Zuolin was very happy, and when he learned that there were heavy troops on guard all the way from Shanhaiguan to Fengtian, Zhang Dashuai was even more relieved.
Late at night, Zhang Zuolin, who often takes the train, has insomnia, and there are really not many times when he can't sleep, perhaps thinking about how to protect the main force of the Fengjun Army, how to make chaos in Guan, and how to make a comeback.
Zhang Zuolin got up and smoked a big cigarette, felt good spirits, played mahjong with Wu Junsheng, Chang Yinhuai, Liu Zhe and others, everyone had a very good time, did not feel that the car to Xinmin, he looked out the window, saw that on both sides of the railway, "there is a guard on both sides of the railway, facing the outside, making preparations for the posture", he felt very pleased, and the joy of arriving home immediately came out of nowhere.
Wu Junsheng said: "Grand Marshal, I will be in Fengtian soon, it seems to be a little cold, please put on your coat!" Zhang Zuolin stood up after hearing this, and put his hand into the sleeve of the coat draped over his shoulder.
The special train was about to arrive in Huanggutun, and the Japanese consultant Yi Yicheng left Zhang Zuolin's carriage, but the excited Zhang Zuolin still did not find anything wrong.
When the special train arrived at Huanggutun, zhang Dashuai's carriage was only left with him and Wu Junsheng and Wen Shoushan, the director of the lieutenant's department, and Zhang Zuolin and Wu Junsheng chatted about their plans to return to Fengtianhou.
At 5:23 a.m. on the 4th, the special train arrived at the Sandong Bridge that intersected with the South Manchuria Railway, and suddenly at the intersection came two loud noises of earth-shattering cracks, thick smoke billowed out, and the violent explosion blew Zhang Zuolin's carriage out three or four inches away, and the black smoke raised was two hundred meters high.
Wu Junsheng, 65, died on the spot because a nail was inserted into the skull, the brain plasma burst and died, and Zhang Zuolin, who was in a coma, was carried to a car and sent back to the room of the fifth aunt of the Shuai Mansion as quickly as possible.
Zhang Zuolin woke up from his coma, took a breath and said:
"I was too badly injured, I'm afraid I can't do it, so I told Xiao Liuzi to return to Fengtian quickly." Tell the little sixth son, put the country first, do not forget the father's vendetta, and do a good job! My stinky skin bag is nothing."
After some rescue, but unable to return to the sky, at 9:30 a.m., Zhang Zuolin, the tyrant of the chaotic world, passed away, and the storm suddenly stopped.
The fifth lady, Zhang Shouyi, with superhuman courage and strategy, was virtual and real, and the cloud covered the outside world successfully covered up the news of Zhang Zuolin's death. 15 days later, Zhang Xueliang rushed back to Fengtian from Beijing, arranged everything properly, and officially issued an obituary on the 21st, announcing that Zhang Dashuai had died tragically on the 4th.
Zhang Zuolin left the feng family to the young marshal, who did not know that only 3 years later, the young marshal did not dare to fire a shot and a cannon, and fled in a hurry, resulting in the enslavement and colonization of the people of northeast China for 14 years.
If Zhang Zuolin had a spirit in heaven, would he regret deciding to let Xiao Liuzi take over the fengshi? Will the Fifth Lady regret her hard work to win the time for the "Knights on the Rhine" to return to Fengtian to succeed to the throne?