Zhou Hexuan saw the Japanese Emperor's "Armistice Edict" in London. After reading it, he sneered on his face. He was so stubborn at the end of his rope.
In the "Armistice Edict" or the "End War Edict", the time description of the war is "four years have been read", and it only counts from the date of declaration of war. It does not mention the September 18th and July 7th Incidents, and does not acknowledge them at all.
The total war between China and Japan lasted for eight years.
Not only that, this so-called "Edict" kept saying "liberating East Asia" and always regarded itself as the savior. It also described the damage caused by the Allied forces to Japan as "frequent killing of innocent people and brutal harm". It was simply like bandits killing people and claiming injustice.
After reading the entire article, the general meaning can be summarized as follows: The purpose of the Japanese Emperor and the Japanese government is to make the Japanese people happy and peaceful, and to make all countries in the world happy and prosperous. The reason why Japan declared war on Britain and the United States (deliberately not mentioning China) is for the sake of East Asia.
It is an accident that it violated the sovereignty of other countries. The Japanese people worked hard for a great cause and were united, but the enemy was too cruel. For the sake of the continuation of the nation, for the sake of human civilization, and for the sake of eternal peace, the Japanese Emperor had no choice but to end the war.
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There was no word of surrender, no confession, and no mention of anything about China.
But this is a surrender decree, because the real focus is only this line: I have ordered the Imperial Government... to accept its joint proclamation.
The content of the "Potsdam Declaration" is to ask Japan to surrender unconditionally. If Japan is willing to accept the declaration, then it means accepting unconditional surrender. Everything else is bullshit and nonsense.
What's ridiculous is that Japanese newspapers are still blocking the "Potsdam Proclamation". The Japanese have no idea of the specific content of the announcement accepted by the emperor. Japan's "Yomiuri Hochi" is even more shameless and even used the title "To bring peace to all generations".
Claimed: "The war we are waging is a just war, a war of self-defense and self-survival. The purpose of the war is the liberation of East Asia and the well-being of one billion people."
Many Japanese soldiers in the occupied areas of China could also receive the radio. Some officers and soldiers chose to commit suicide by caesarean section, while others turned off the radio and claimed that it was an enemy conspiracy. For example, some Japanese soldiers in the Northeast were still resisting. They said that the Emperor's Radio
It was forged and then continued to fight against the Soviet Red Army.
No matter what, Japan lost and China won.
While the Chinese people are cheering and celebrating, they are more concerned about the future situation. The overwhelming public opinion is beyond the control of the National Government. All walks of life are clamoring for the formation of a democratic coalition government, and the Communist Party has clearly proposed the three major issues of peace, democracy, and unity.
The slogan is widely recognized and supported by the people.
Faced with such a situation, Chang Kaishen had to choose to compromise. He could not directly suppress public opinion, but invited Taizu to Chongqing for negotiations, thinking that Taizu did not dare to go to Chongqing.
As a result, negotiations in Chongqing began, and the two sides signed the "Double Ten Agreement."
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End of August.
Zhou Weilie, Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe left Kunming and came to Hong Kong. They were going to take a boat from Hong Kong to study in the UK and the United States respectively.
The train traveled along the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and when it passed the junction of the New Territories and Kowloon, the three young people couldn't help but frown.
The National Army troops have recovered the New Territories, but Kowloon is still occupied by the Japanese army.
According to Chang Kaishen's order, the Chinese army should recover the entire territory of Hong Kong. However, Churchill, who had already stepped down, encouraged the British government to continuously put pressure on the United States. Chang Kaishen was restrained by Truman and had to stop the Chinese army in the New Territories.
The British army was still coming slowly. During this period, Hong Kong was still controlled by the Japanese army. The British actually entrusted the Japanese army with the responsibility for public security in Hong Kong.
The three of them got off the train at Kowloon Station. As soon as they stepped onto the platform, they saw someone holding up a cardboard with their names written on it.
"Uncle Zhu!" Zhou Weilie walked over happily.
Zhu Guozhen said with a smile: "The eldest young master has grown taller again."
Zhou Weilie introduced: "Uncle Zhu, these two are my classmates Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe. Senior Brother Zhong, Senior Brother Min, this is the famous martial artist Mr. Zhu Guozhen."
"Hello Mr. Zhu!"
"Hello, you two classmates, you are both a pillar of talent!"
Zhou Weilie asked curiously: "Why is Uncle Zhu in Hong Kong? Is my dad here too?"
Zhu Guozhen said: "I came to Hong Kong with my husband on a British warship. I'm afraid you will have to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days. The British and Japanese troops are going through the handover procedures. To ensure safety, the port is temporarily closed during the handover."
"Why can't Hong Kong take back the victory China won?" Zhou Weilie asked angrily.
Zhu Guozhen said: "You have to ask sir about this. I am a rough man and I can't answer it."
Zhu Guozhen took the three of them to the Kowloon Pier, took a small ferry to Hong Kong Island, and then took the cable car straight to Victoria Peak.
Arriving in front of a Western-style villa, Zhu Guozhen pointed to the villa and said: "This used to be the Governor's hilltop villa. Now it has been bought by my husband. He will bring the wives here next year."
"I thought I was going to move back to Tianjin Sanletang." Zhou Weilie was full of doubts.
The Governor's Peak Villa was the future Peak Park in Hong Kong, but at that time there were only a few guard rooms left. This dilapidated house was prone to disasters. It was destroyed by a typhoon the second year after it was built. It collapsed the second year after it was rebuilt.
It was blown down by a typhoon and was abandoned for decades before being rebuilt. However, before it was completed, a plague broke out and the construction plan was shelved again.
During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the Governor's Peak Villa was severely damaged and the cost of repairs was extremely high. In addition, there was also a Governor's Villa in Fanling. When the new Governor was chatting with Zhou Hexuan, he sold the Peak Villa to Zhou Hexuan.
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The new Governor of Hong Kong, Johnson, was only the "Acting Governor", not officially. In fact, he was imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp a month ago. The British government was afraid that if the delay was too long, things might change easily, so they quickly promoted Johnson to be the Governor of Hong Kong to preside over the handover.
matters.
Zhou Weilie followed Zhu Guozhen into the villa and found that the place was in tatters and there were several workers taking care of weeds more than one meter high in the garden.
In a garden that has been tidied up, Zhou Hexuan is having afternoon tea with "Hong Kong Governor" Johnson, and drinking tea with the British Admiral Harcourt. In the early post-war Hong Kong, Harcourt was the Supreme Emperor, and he was about to
A military government was established in Hong Kong, and I became the head of the military government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The current situation in Hong Kong is very strange. Johnson served as Acting Governor and established a provisional government. However, the provisional government did not have any real power. All administrative and political security were responsible for the Japanese army. Harcourt was about to form a military government, but the relevant personnel of the military government had not yet arrived.
, so Harcourt let Johnson's provisional government continue to manage Hong Kong.
The two of them were ignoring the handover issue and the Hong Kong government and came to Zhou Hexuan's hilltop villa to drink tea. In fact, they were discussing the issues between the military government and the provisional government.
"Dad!" Zhou Weilie stepped forward and shouted.
"My son," Zhou Hexuan introduced the two British guys, and then said to Zhou Weilie, "this is your Uncle Harcourt (Xia Qiu), and this is your Uncle Jinxun (Johnson)."
Zhou Weilie was obviously hostile to the two British guys and asked on the spot: "Why can't China take back Hong Kong?"
Harcourt could not understand Chinese, but Johnson did. The latter said: "Children, because the British lease on Hong Kong has not yet expired."
"That is an unequal treaty signed by the Qing government and should be invalidated!" Min Sihe immediately retorted.
Johnson smiled and shook his head: "Young man, you still don't understand politics."
Min Sihe's eloquence was not good, and he immediately didn't know how to defend himself. Zhong Kailai and Zhou Weilie also shut up under Zhou Hexuan's eyes.
After chatting for a while, Harcourt and Johnson stood up to leave. Before leaving, Harcourt invited: "Mr. Zhou, please be sure to attend the establishment ceremony of the Hong Kong Military Government tomorrow."
"I'm really sorry, I have other things." Zhou Hexuan refused directly. Although he must have a good relationship with these two British guys, it does not mean that he agrees with the British colonial rule in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong military government and so on.
