Chapter 308: Cairo Declaration: Ryukyu and Korean Independence (
On January 1, 1944, the Cairo Declaration, which was supposed to be issued in December 1943, was finally issued.
China, the United States, and the United Kingdom simultaneously issued the Cairo Declaration in Chongqing, Washington, and London.
"President Roosevelt, Chairman Chiang, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and their military and diplomatic advisers have concluded their meeting in North Africa, and hereby make the following general statement:
The military personnel of the three countries have reached a consensus on their plans for future operations against Japan, and our three allies are determined to inflict unrelenting pressure on the brutal enemy on the land, sea, and air with unrelenting pressure, and this pressure is already growing. The purpose of the war waged by our three allies this time is to stop and punish Japan's aggression, and the three countries will never seek profit for themselves, nor will they have any intention of expanding their territory.
The purpose of the Three Kingdoms is to deprive Japan of all the islands in the Pacific that Japan has seized or occupied since the beginning of World War I in 1914; to return to the Republic of China the territories stolen by Japan, such as the four northeastern provinces, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands; and expelling from Japan any other land which Japan has seized by force or greed; Our three allies, Minoru Minoru, were aware of the slavery treatment of the Korean and Ryukyu peoples, and decided to make Korea and the Ryukyus free and independent for a certain period of time. In accordance with the objectives identified above, and consistent with the objectives of the United Nations in the war against Japan, our three allies will persevere in their major and protracted war in order to obtain Japan's unconditional surrender. ”
After the "Cairo Declaration" was issued, the whole country celebrated, and the issuance of this declaration also marked the transformation of the Chinese people from strategic defense to strategic offensive after suffering several years of hardship in resisting Japan.
Kim Il Sung secretly rushed back to Pyongyang after meeting with Lim Jun Woong in Yeonji, and he contacted Hyon Jun Hyuk and Cho Wan Sik and discussed several future North Korean people, but Hyun and Cho were not afraid or stammered by Kim Il Sung, who had been absent from North Korea for a long time, because he had Soviet support behind him, and their attitude was very cold.
After the Cairo Declaration was issued, Kim Il Sung felt that the opportunity had come, and he ordered Hyon Joon-hyuk and Cho Wan-sik to be found, emphasizing that the reason why North Korea was able to achieve independence from several major powers was the result of his active activities in the Soviet Union, and finally singled out the establishment of the Communist Party of Korea, hoping that Hyon Jun-hyuk and Cho Wan-sik would also incorporate the forces they had developed over the years into the Communist Party of Korea.
Hyon Jun-hyuk and Cho Wan-sik were not as grateful to him as Kim Il Sung imagined, but their eyes were full of contempt, Kim Il Sung gritted his teeth for a while, knowing that he had just returned to North Korea, and his foundation was far inferior to Hyun Jun Hyuk and Cho Wan Sik, so he had to endure it for the time being, and then get rid of the two when the time was right.
Kim Il Sung quickly changed his clothes and humbly begged Xuan and Cao to use the Cairo Declaration to wake up the sleeping populace and let them stand up bravely and fight, and he also revealed that more than 50,000 people in the three columns of the New First Army of the Chinese Communist Party would attack from the direction of Putianbao at the end of March as foreign aid to drive out the Japanese invaders.
Although Hyon Jun-hyuk and Cho Wan-sik did not have much affection for Kim Il-sung, they were still excited to learn that the CCP's new army was going to aid North Korea, and they quickly reached an agreement with Kim Il-sung to make the suffering North Korean people stand up bravely and fight in various ways.
When the Cairo Declaration was issued, Wang Yulong and Jiang Weiguo were eating breakfast in an inconspicuous warehouse at Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing.
After reading the newspaper, Wang Yulong smiled with relief on his face, and from then on, the people of the Ryukyus could finally fight for independence in the name of justice. He nodded to Xiao Wang, who immediately walked to the back.
"You've finally got your wish, shouldn't you let me go back?" Jiang Weiguo has been hiding in this warehouse for more than a month, and he has really had enough.
"Second son, bear with me for a while, please rest assured, we won't do anything unfavorable to you." After Wang Yulong finished speaking, he looked at the warehouse behind him, where there was the sound of Didi's telegraph.
When Xiao Wang walked back, Wang Yulong gave him a look with a smile, and Xiao Wang nodded with relief. The two walked towards Jiang Weiguo, pulling out their pistols as they went.
"You two ungrateful things, you are really barbarians, and you don't talk much!" Jiang Weiguo roared angrily as he retreated.
When Wang Yulong and the others were about to get in front of Jiang Weiguo, they suddenly knelt down, and then pointed a gun at their temples at the same time. Wang Yulong said slowly: "Pigs and dogs still know how to repay their kindness, although my Ryukyu is known as a barbarian, but it will not be inferior to pigs and dogs." Second son, there are many offenses these days, please do not blame for our sake, don't blame, now that the second son has done what he promised, we are willing to die to apologize! ”
"Bang Bang"
"Don't" Jiang Weiguo watched Wang Yulong and the others commit suicide in front of him to apologize, he didn't have time to stop it, "I originally resented you for more than a month of house arrest, but now I pity your death, for your own country, you are all righteous and heroes, how can I hold any more grudges, the two brothers go all the way!" ”
On January 3, 1944, the Cairo Declaration jointly issued by China, Britain, and the United States reached the Ryukyus. In the past few years, he led various columns to deal with the Japanese army, and from time to time inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, winning a high reputation among the troops, and the people of the Ryukyus also regarded him as a hope that they could lead the Ryukyus on a bright road.
Shang Tianen became mature and steady under the knock of Lin Junxiong from time to time, and the elders of the Central Committee of the Ryukyu People's Party were also impressed by him, and accepted his leadership with pleasure and sincerity, and in a few years, Shang Tianen has united the hearts of the people within the Ryukyu Party, and everyone knows that Ryukyu is waiting for an opportunity, a chance to make Ryukyu bright again.
"Inform the Ryukyu Islands of this news, and at the same time tell the people of the Ryukyus that our benefactor Lin Junxiong led the Ryukyus to start the road of resistance against Japan, laying the cornerstone for the establishment of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army, and now the 80,000 Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army will make a new Ryukyu appear within two years under my leadership." Shang Tianen said to Tianying beside him.
The wolves and the Shadows have been under the direct command of Shang Tianen since Lin Junxiong's last departure, and the wolves are responsible for Shang Tianen's safety, and the Shadows become the intelligence agency throughout the Ryukyu Islands.
Shang Tianen thought back to the bits and pieces of the past, thought that he could have today's status, and the Ryukyus could have today's situation, and the person who contributed the most was Lin Junxiong, who was less than 18 years old when he set off a wave of resistance against Japan in the Ryukyus, and guided the development and expansion of the Ryukyu Anti-Japanese Army, the predecessor of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army. Shang Tianen looked at the north from afar, and said to himself gratefully: "Big brother, thank you for everything you have done for Ryukyu, thank you for everything you have done for Xiao Wu, now that your reputation as the god of war in the north has spread far and wide, Xiao Wu can only wish you all the best from afar!" ”
The resolution of the great powers in the Cairo Declaration that "for a period of time to make the Ryukyus free and independent" was injected into the hearts of the Ryukyu people, and in less than two days it spread throughout the Ryukyu islands, making the blood of more than 600,000 Ryukyuan people boil, and the seeds of freedom and independence gradually germinated and grew strongly.
Anti-Japanese waves were organized in various islands of the Ryukyus, and a large number of Japanese expatriates were so frightened that they applied to the authorities to return to Japan, and almost all Japanese troops stationed in Okinawa were dispatched to suppress anti-Japanese activities in various localities. The Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army took the opportunity to attack the empty garrisons in various places, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in supplies and ammunition in the rear, so it had to withdraw its large force to look for traces of the Ryukyu People's Army.
The retreat of the Japanese army was expected by Shang Tianen, and the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army in various places relied on the favorable terrain to ambush the Japanese army on the way back, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese army, and the Japanese garrisons everywhere had to choose to shrink their defense.
At the same time, Shang Tianen ordered the Shadow to mobilize the people of the Ryukyus to withdraw into the bushes or mountains, and to clear the Japanese army from the walls, and the garrisons everywhere were soon faced with a situation of running out of ammunition and food in the continuous fighting with the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army, and the supreme commander of the Japanese forces stationed in Okinawa, Nakagawa Kiyohide, had to order the troops everywhere to retreat to Okinawa.
The whole of Ryukyu was in high spirits, and Japan's decades of colonial rule in the Ryukyus were frozen in ice, and all but the main island of Okinawa and a few nearby islands were controlled by the Ryukyu People's Party.
In view of the fact that the Ryukyu Islands are the southern gate of Japan and their geographical location is extremely important, the Japanese Army General Staff immediately sent two divisions to Okinawa Island, and at the same time, in order to avoid the dispersion of troops and the dispersion and annihilation of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army again, Nakagawa Kiyohide was ordered to hold on to Okinawa Island and wait for the Pacific theater to stabilize before attacking with all its might to take back the Ryukyu Islands.
After recovering most of the Ryukyu islands, Shang Tianen immediately reorganized the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army, reorganizing the troops of Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island and the surrounding islands of the three islands into the Southern Military Region of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army, with Xiang Beigen as the commander of the military region, Feilong and Phoenix as the deputy commanders of the military region, and Qin Yuelun as the political commissar of the military region; The troops of Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima and nearby islands were reorganized into the Northern Military Region of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army, with Mankuma as the commander of the military region, Kirin and Togawa Hideyoshi as deputy commanders, and Wang Yue as the political commissar of the military region.
The general headquarters of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army is located at the Yuquandong base, and the commander-in-chief is naturally Shang Tianen, the deputy commander-in-chief is Lin Jiajun and Tang Fangfei, and the political commissar of the general headquarters is Li Yuheng.
The Ryukyu Islands formed three armed forces in the central, southern, and northern regions, and continued to oppress the Japanese troops stationed in Okinawa in preparation for the final decisive battle.
Kim Il Sung was not idle in Pyongyang, he first included several people with some prestige in North Korea into his camp, including the pro-Soviet Hsu Heo Jiayi, the pro-Chinese communists Kim Doo-bong and Wu Ting, and then he moved Hyon Jun-hyuk and Cho Wan-sik's right-hand men Lee Seung-yeol and Park Heon-yong, and established the Workers' Party of Korea.
At the same time, as various forces and parties spared no effort in propaganda, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Korean people was high, and the two Japanese divisions and regiments stationed in Korea became panicked.