They put forward the Anti-Japanese National United Front strategy saying that "the Northeast Army have lost their province and seen their homes destroyed. The Communists are willing to help them fight their way to reclaim their lost home land." Zhang and his Northeast Army could not but be affected.
三、中共的統戰奏效，提出「抗日民族統一戰線」的策略，說「東北軍亡省破家，共產黨願意幫助東北軍打回東北，收復故土」，張學良和他的東北軍不能不受到影響。