Shadow Spy

Chapter 484 The Supreme Authority in the Far East

On August 8, Bradley, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Expeditionary Force in Europe, succeeded Marshall as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Europe, and Marshall returned to China to take up his post.

On the same day, the Kuomintang government's ambassador to the United States submitted an informal protest to the U.S. State Department, demanding the removal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Theater, but was flatly rejected.

On the 19th, the Japanese troops in Shanghai first surrendered to the U.S. Joint Command in the Concession. In the following three days, the Japanese troops in Hong Kong Island, Tianjin, and Qindao successively surrendered to the U.S. Army. Li Junhao each sent a naval squadron and a sea and land special operations brigade. take over. At this point, together with the Wandao, Qiongdao, and Luda that the US military had already captured, the trusteeship was actually completed.

Beginning on the 20th, Li Junhao dispatched dozens of U.S. military generals to various parts of the Chinese theater, and they were responsible for supervising the surrender of each region.

On the 21st, He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army, called Okamura Yingji, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders, requesting him to send personnel to Zhijiang, Hunan Province to discuss surrender matters.

Okamura Neiji immediately responded with a message: He had received an order from the five-star General Panson, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Far East, and the surrender location was set to be Peking on September 9. Before that, there was a general surrender ceremony by the Japanese government to the Allies.

On the same day, the Kuomintang government received a telegram from the Allied Far East General Headquarters: The Japanese government's general surrender ceremony will be held on September 9 on a U.S. warship in Tokyo Bay, please send personnel to participate; on September 2, China will hold a ceremony in Peiping, China. The surrender ceremony in the theater was witnessed by the US military and attended by the Kuomintang government and underground parties.

The furious Chairman Chiang had no choice but to hold his nose and admit it!

In the end, the Kuomintang government decided that the general surrender ceremony would be attended by General Xu Yongchang, the Minister of Military Command, on behalf of China, and that the surrender ceremony of the Chinese theater of war would be attended by General He Yingqin, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on behalf of the Kuomintang government.
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On September 9, in Tokyo Bay, Japan, the US battleship "Missouri" ushered in a solemn moment.

At about 9 o'clock, Japan's new Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi and Chief of Staff Yoshijiro Umezu signed the surrender document on behalf of the Japanese government.

Subsequently, representatives of the Allied Powers who accepted the surrender: Five-star General Panson, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in the Far East, Admiral Nimitz of the United States, Army General Xu Yongchang of China, Admiral Fraser of the United Kingdom, Lieutenant General Derevyako of the Soviet Union, Representatives from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and other countries signed in turn.

At this point, Japanese imperialism's 15-year war of foreign aggression ended in complete failure. The Second World War ended with a great victory for the people of the world.
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On September 9, the China Theater Surrender Ceremony was held in front of the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Peking. Witnessed by General Wainwright, the commander of the US military in the Far East who flew in specially, Okamura Ningji, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invaders, presented a speech to He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the army of the Kuomintang government, and Yu Jie, commander-in-chief of the underground army, submitted a letter of surrender.

At this point, the Japanese army's 14-year aggression against China came to an end, and the war ended with China's victory.
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Li Junhao's operations were all purposeful, to lay the foundation for a series of subsequent actions.

On September 9, according to two orders from Li Junhao and US Secretary of State Hull, Ambassador Hurley issued a formal note to the Kuomintang government and the underground party border area government, saying that the United States hopes that the two parties in China can start forming a coalition government as soon as possible. Negotiations, and the United States will provide all conveniences for this purpose.

On the same day, Northern Shaanxi received a call back: The underground party was willing to start formal negotiations and hoped that the negotiation process could remain fair and just; but the Kuomintang government has yet to reply.
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On the 11th, Li Junhao arrived at Wusong Military Port in Shanghai aboard the amphibious command ship "Libes". More than 5 warships of the US 200th Fleet and hundreds of British and French warships that had arrived earlier were all lined up and hung with flags. Eight battleships from various countries fired an 8-gun salute to welcome his arrival!

What’s even more astonishing is that in addition to naval officers and soldiers and the security forces of the Shanghai-Shanghai U.S. Joint Command, there were also thousands of expatriates from the original concession and tens of thousands of Chinese citizens on the pier--in the three and a half years since the beginning of the Pacific War, , the U.S. military protected the concession from being invaded by the Japanese army. It was all the American general's arrangements in advance. All foreign nationals and Chinese citizens, including German expatriates, were grateful to him!

Li Junhao was also very excited to revisit his old place. After hurriedly dealing with the consuls of various countries and the commanders of the British and French fleets, he quickly walked a few steps and met his old subordinates - Colonel Dijie Cole, commander of the fourth sea and land regiment, and the sea and land 327 Colonel Xie Jinyuan, commander of the regiment, Colonel Rupp, leader of the 15th Infantry Regiment, Weber, chief of the Concession Police Department, and others...
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On the 12th, the U.S. President’s personal representative and national security adviser Ayers flew to Peking, China, to organize and implement bipartisan negotiations. Although Li Junhao had clearly stated his judgment to the White House before: the negotiations between the two parties in China would not succeed, and civil war was inevitable. But the US still has to try hard, just in case it works!

Li Junhao only exchanged telegrams with Ayers but did not meet. He stayed in Shanghai for three days and left China for Japan on the 15th. He was the commander-in-chief of the Allied occupation of Japan and was about to arrive in Tokyo to take charge!

It is said that the Allied forces occupied Japan, but in fact it was the US military itself. The Soviet Union and the United Kingdom also wanted to send troops, but they were all rejected by the Allied Far East Headquarters. The entire Far East, except for the China area, was basically conquered by the US military alone. Now I think If you want to take advantage, no way!

The Soviet Union was extremely angry and sent troops to occupy Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. However, the United States, Britain, and China did not recognize its occupation, and there will be lawsuits in the future.

Starting on August 8th, a large number of U.S. Navy and Army troops have landed in Japan, and troops are still being sent in a steady stream. According to the plan, 25 million U.S. troops will eventually land in Japan. They will be responsible for occupying and controlling all Japanese territories. , disarmed all Japanese troops and implemented comprehensive military control over them.

Although Li Junhao is the commander of the navy and land forces, he is also the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in the Far East and the highest representative and person in charge of the United States in the Far East. He cannot only take care of his own troops. The navy, army, and army air force must also take care of them. The affairs are still very complicated. .

To this end, he specially transferred a large number of civilian personnel from China and established the Military Management and Administrative Department under the Far East General Command, which together with the Staff Department were responsible for the management tasks of the political, economic and military parts after the occupation of Japan.

Li Junhao went to Japan this time mainly to take command, and naturally a large number of subordinates were responsible for specific affairs. However, he had some important issues to think about, and his mind was still a little tired.

For the current Japan, he has an idea that has yet to be implemented, and that is to split it up - he plans to divide its four major islands, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido, to solve the problem once and for all and eliminate the possibility of its subsequent rise!

(End of this chapter)