What did Zhang do? Why did Japan and the Soviet Union regard him as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh?

Zhang was a great warlord who carved up the Northeast during the Republic of China and was known as the "King of the Northeast". As we all know, the complex situation in modern northeast China has always been the focus of the game among the great powers, especially Japan and the Soviet Union, which have great influence in the northeast and have been eyeing the northeast. As an agent of the Soviet Union and Japanese powers in northeast China, Zhang has a very close relationship with all the major powers. Surprisingly, however, both the Soviet Union and Japan regard him as a thorn in his side and always want to kill him. 1928, the Japanese army, increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Yue, finally assassinated Zhang in Huanggutun. Of course, at that time, many people thought that the Soviets had created the Huanggutun incident. But no matter which country did it, it fully shows their dissatisfaction with Zhang. So why did Su Ri regard Zhang as a thorn in his side? Let's talk about it below.

First of all, one thing must be affirmed. Although Zhang was born a bandit and belonged to the Beiyang family, he, like other warlords in Beiyang, was unambiguous in the face of national justice. Of course, on the one hand, this patriotic feeling is that they were born out of the old warlords and have a strong traditional thought of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism; On the other hand, they are warlords, so they attach great importance to their own territory and power. Although Zhang was an agent of the great powers in Northeast China, Zhang was a local tyrant in Northeast China. He regards the northeast as his private property, and his attitude towards the Soviet Union and Japan is actually very tough. Small issues can be discussed, but the principled issues involving territory will not give in at all. Even if Su Ri forced Zhang to agree to their terms, he would use various methods to make the agreement between the two sides impossible to fulfill. The Japanese were angered by Zhang many times, but they could do nothing about his rogue means and sophistication.

Of course, Zhang was sandwiched between Japan and Russia (Soviet Union), and sometimes he had to bow his head. However, although Zhang made concessions, he still kept a certain distance from Japan and the Soviet Union and tried his best to deal with it. On the one hand, he used the contradiction between the Soviet Union and Japan to contain each other, on the other hand, he made some small moves in private to guard against the two robbers. In fact, every move of the Japanese and the Soviets in the northeast of China was under his supervision. Especially for the Japanese, Zhang will take strict precautions against his death. There must be a barracks near the Japanese station, and they are all armed to the teeth. As long as the Japanese army shows signs of trouble, it will soon be able to wipe out the local Japanese garrison in a short time. Another example is immigration. He couldn't stop Japan from migrating to the northeast, so he immigrated five people from Japan and took them from Shanhaiguan to the northeast by train. Anyway, no matter what Japan does, it will not let Japan succeed. Zhang is unequivocal in his treatment of the Soviet Union. Zhang regards every Soviet as a spy. Zhang repeatedly arrested Soviet employees of the Middle East Railway. He also encouraged the local people to expel and crowd out the Soviets. At one time, the two sides were at loggerheads because of the Middle East railway incident, and almost broke out in military conflict.

As the relationship between Zhang and the Soviet Union and Japan became more and more stiff, the Soviet Union and Japan became increasingly dissatisfied with Zhang Yue and tried to replace Zhang. However, Zhang is very powerful in the northeast and difficult to deal with. Although the two countries are angry and can't help him for a while, the contradictions among the three parties have been intensifying. In the Northern Expedition, Zhang Bing lost Shanhaiguan, and the Japanese army took the opportunity to coerce Zhang to fulfill his conditions. Zhang refused to give in, and the Japanese became angry and assassinated Zhang. After Zhang's death, his son Zhang Xueliang took over as the northeast security commander and became the new owner of Northeast China.