Chapter 169 3. Chiang Kai-shek made emergency deployment

After the reorganization of the first-line troops of the Shandong Military Region, the Shandong Provincial Government, together with the Shandong Branch and the Shandong Military Region, organized and mobilized personnel with urban work experience to accompany the troops and prepare to take over the city.At the same time, the people in the liberated areas set off a majestic upsurge of support.In just a few days, an army of more than 100,000 people was mobilized to form dozens of "children's corps" to cooperate with the main force. In order to urge the Japanese troops in the area to surrender quickly, on the 17th, the Shandong Military Region issued an ultimatum to the commander of the 43rd Army of the Japanese Army Nakayasu Hosokawa, ordering him to "immediately order the subordinate troops and agencies to stop all resistance, and not to be transferred at the original location, pending processing." And limit it to surrender unconditionally within 5 days.At the same time, an ultimatum was issued to the puppet troops stationed in various parts of Shandong, ordering them to surrender quickly.

However, when the Eighth Route Army was preparing for a major counterattack, the Kuomintang army was not idle. Chiang Kai-shek, who was hiding in Mount Emei, saw that Japan was about to surrender, so he hurried down the mountain to "pick peaches" and snatch the fruits of victory in the eight-year war of resistance. On the night of August 10, a telegram was sent to Kunming that the Japanese government begged for surrender from the four major allies of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.The U.S. military stationed in Kunming formed a parade convoy to wish victory with the citizens.The sound of firecrackers as people spontaneously celebrated the victory resounded all night long.

On the morning of the 11th, the Chinese Army Headquarters (referred to as "General Lu") received Chiang Kai-shek's telegram of "Wei Hai Ling Yi Heng", to the effect: 1. The Japanese government has broadcast an appeal to me to accept the "Potsdam Proclamation" and surrender unconditionally to the four allies of China, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union; 2. A new task assigned to the commander-in-chief: to handle the overall acceptance of the surrender; 3. Warn the enemy forces in each theater and within the jurisdiction not to surrender or disarm anyone other than the military commander designated by me; instigate the puppet troops in each theater to fight back, order them to encircle the concentrated enemy in advance, and control the main points and points of the enemy's withdrawal. The line is waiting for the national army to arrive...

4. The commander-in-chief will prepare a detailed plan for approval on the following day regarding the occupation of key points and lines in the enemy's rear, as well as the method of gathering the enemy's troops in different areas, monitoring and disarming them. "President Lu" was very excited after receiving the call, and immediately transferred the call to Commander-in-Chief He Yingqin, who was commanding the battle on the front line.He Yingqin was at the command post of the "General Lu" in Nanning at that time, commanding Zhang Fakui's troops of the Second Front Army to counterattack the Leizhou Peninsula.When the telegram of Japan's surrender reached Nanning, Nanning also organized military and civilian celebrations.He Yingqin participated in the "Victory Celebration of the Anti-Japanese War" organized by the Second Front Army Command on August 11.

On the 12th, He Yingqin flew back to Kunming. On the same day, he invited Lieutenant General McClure, the U.S. combat commander stationed in Kunming, to initially exchange opinions on accepting Japan's surrender.In the evening, He Yingqin convened a discussion with the military staff of "General Lu", and listened to the staff's instructions on fully accepting the surrender and how to implement Chairman Jiang's "Wei Hai Ling Yi Heng" telegram. During the meeting, Xiao Yisu, chief of staff of the "General Army", proposed at the symposium: "This headquarters is the highest field army command composed of four front armies. Now it has transformed into a national surrendered general headquarters including all theaters. This is an unprecedented and glorious mission. The commissioner ordered our headquarters to draw up a detailed plan for approval, because this is not a simple issue of military surrender and disarmament on the battlefield, but also involves the party, government, and economics. The enemy-occupied area is so vast, especially in places occupied by the communist army, how to surrender, disarm, and take over a series of issues such as enemy-occupied towns, transportation routes, and enemy and puppet regimes. It is not the field command of "General Lu". The agency can solve it. Regarding the issue of drafting detailed plans, it must be formulated jointly with various central departments, and there are many powers related to the supreme commander, which must be consulted or decided by the commissioner himself."

According to Xiao Yisu's suggestion, He Yingqin flew from Kunming to Chongqing on August 13.At 9 o'clock in the morning of the same day, it was catching up with the routine "China-US Supreme Staff Meeting" in Chongqing.At the meeting, the opinions of the "Sino-US Joint Staff Conference" on the surrender plan of the Chinese theater were heard.In the afternoon, He Yingqin reported to Chiang Kai-shek by phone that he had returned to Chongqing from the front line in Nanning, and asked for a face-to-face report and various opportunities.On the same day, Jiang summoned He at the Huangshan official residence on the south bank of Chongqing.

On August 15, the official surrender note from the Japanese government was forwarded by the Swiss Embassy in China to the Chinese government. The original text is as follows: After the Kuomintang Ministry of Foreign Affairs received Japan's "surrender note", Chiang Kai-shek immediately telegraphed General Yasuji Okamura, the supreme commander of the Japanese army stationed in Nanjing, on the same day, instructing him on the principles to be followed in surrender.The original power is as follows: