The three-year bitter battle in the Pacific contained and consumed the entire strength of the Japanese Navy and Air Force and two-thirds of the army divisions, and the advance of the Pacific War caused the Japanese army to lose its air superiority in the Pacific. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe embattled Japanese Empire struggled into the twenty-fourth year of the beginning of the Prime.

In the Pacific Theater at the beginning of the 24th century, the US military successively landed in the Philippines and Oshima and occupied the gateway to Japan, while in the Japanese mainland, Tokyo and other cities were exhausted by the "soft bombing" of the US B-29 bombers.

The fall of Oshima left the Americans with a sea and air base less than 500 kilometers away from Japan, which was already like an egg that had lost its shell, and only one chopstick would be beaten into egg liquid. On this day, the Japanese cabinet and military department were in chaos. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki had been "meditating" in his office until the emperor came and said that "it was time to 'end the war,'" and then decided to convene the "Supreme War Guidance Council" the next day.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the core officials of the Japanese Empire gathered one after another. When the news of the US bombing of Tokyo, Sendai, Nagoya, and Kokura again reached the "Supreme Council," there was little discussion, because the participants were enthusiastically arguing about what conditions to put forward to China when accepting the conditions for China's accession to the same country, which China had previously mentioned. Unable to find a result, Prime Minister Suzuki had no choice but to ask the emperor to come out to "make a holy decision". Starting at 11:50 p.m., the "Imperial Council" was held in the Miyagi (now Imperial Palace) bomb shelter.

This was the second penultimate time that the Imperial Council was held 15 times during this war. This time, it is necessary to decide whether to put forward one or four conditions to China on joining the same country. The proposal led by Foreign Minister Togo only mentions one condition: "upholding the national system" (not changing the status of the emperor in national law); Led by Anan, three conditions must be added: Japan will withdraw its troops from overseas on its own; Retain sovereignty over the islands occupied by the United States; Chinese troops are limited to the outlying islands. The prime minister just listens, and the emperor does not speak (the emperor is "in" allowed to speak), and the emperor "decides" the government's decision-making matters, and the responsibility lies with the government. At the request of Prime Minister Suzuki, who already knew that the emperor was determined to "end the war," the emperor said: "I agree with the foreign minister's opinion -- "holy judgment." On the same day, the Japanese government sent a telegram to secretly reply to China "on one condition".

Upon learning of the "Holy Break", the hardliners in the Ministry of War were in turmoil, and various mutiny plans were brewing: overthrowing the Suzuki cabinet and supporting Bukawa Shinkuma; demanded Anan's resignation and the implementation of military and political ...... These mutiny plans, before and after Japan's surrender, were either defeated, terminated, or continued into the post-war period. On this day, the Japanese government has been waiting for China's reply to "one condition". The Chinese side later replied that "the political system of each country is chosen by the citizens of each country, and China has always adhered to the principle of independent diplomacy," which actually agreed to Japan's conditions. It is not that Japan has not considered surrendering to the United States, but the conditions of the United States are even harsher.

In the early hours of the morning, Japan overheard US Secretary of State Burns' reply to Japan's offer to the United States for the end of the war: "After Japan's surrender, the authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government over the country will be placed under the Supreme Allied Commander...... The final form of the Japanese government should be determined by the freely expressed will of the Japanese people. It seems that there is not much difference from China's answer, but once there is a Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan, no one can guarantee how the interests of Japan's chaebols and military and political officials will be divided, and Japan will not wag its tail and beg for mercy from the United States.

And the United States, which had been waiting for a day, got impatient, and at 1 a.m., Nimitz ordered the Third Fleet to reopen the attack. At 9 o'clock, the "Supreme Council" was convened; At 3 p.m., the cabinet meeting was convened. Nothing came of it. At this time, Prime Minister Suzuki was called out of the conference room, and a large sa from the military police headquarters told him that if Japan surrendered, rebellion would come, and warned that "the life of the prime minister cannot be guaranteed" at that time. Suzuki said "I have a different opinion" and went back to the conference room, asked the cabinet ministers one by one about their attitudes, adjourned the meeting, and once again "respectfully admired the holy judgment".

Early in the morning of August 14, when all the ministers went to the Prime Minister's official residence to attend a cabinet meeting, a message suddenly came from the palace: Please enter the palace, and you don't have to dress formally. The emperor wore a generalissimo uniform, listened to the opinions of all parties, and it is said that he wiped his tears with a white glove, and finally said that he should accept China's conditions. The so-called "Edict of Accession" was drafted by the Cabinet Clerk. At the end of the meeting, two more sinologists were invited to consider the words. However, when copying, he lost nine characters in a line, and because of the urgency of time, he had to add between the lines, send it to the emperor, stamp it with a jade seal, and then sign it by all the cabinet officials. At 11 o'clock in the evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Embassy in Jinan and the Consulate in Shanghai, informed China that Japan had decided to accept the conditions of the Democratic Empire of China and 19 vassal states to join the Chinese Community, and to become the 20th vassal state of the Chinese Community. The edict was recorded by the emperor himself that night, the so-called "jade sound plate", and was to be broadcast at noon the next day.

On 15 August, the last group of special attack planes took off, demonstrating to the Americans their indomitable will to fight. At 10 o'clock, the last group of "kamikaze" planes set out from Chiba and Ibaraki to attack the US warships. The attackers did not know that Japan had surrendered. They never came back. When the morning light came, Anan was cutting himself in the office. Troops, including part of the Emperor's Guards, took action in an attempt to seize the "Tamaon Plate" and prevent the Tamaon from broadcasting.

"The target force is 200, lightly armed, no heavy weapons are seen, all of them have entered the Jade Gate, and they will reach the Xuandian in 30 seconds." An observation post in a Japanese army combat uniform was reporting in unfamiliar Japanese, with a remote control in his hand, the red dot had been pressed, and if the safety had not been turned off, a strong pulse signal would have been sent out the moment he let go.

"Approve the fire, repeat, approve the fire, strive for maximum damage."

"Approval order received, approval order received, done."

The throat microphone clearly transmitted his answer, through the team intercom system, other teammates must also know the meaning of this, so the four six-barreled Gatling guns have begun to buzz under the drive of the motor, as long as the trigger is pressed, the five thousand rounds in the cartridge boxes on both sides will cover the entire area of the Imperial Plaza in one minute, and the six ultra-light 60mm mortars are already in a state of readiness, and the air burst ammunition is enough for the two hundred guys with menstrual belts on their heads to spread 50 steel balls each.

In just fifteen seconds, a squadron of the Guards Division, which had not had time to launch an offensive formation in the square, turned into a pile of minced meat in the smoke of gunpowder, and at this time, the low-flying Zero Battle in the sky had already begun to drop pieces of paper with the "Edict of Entering the Tong" signed by the eyed man and calling on the Japanese armed forces to unite against the United States and protect the Pure Land of the Imperial Road from the Miying ghost animals.

Thousands of soldiers of the Guards Division, who had gathered at the foot of the squad leader and squadron leader, looked blankly at the edict that fell from the sky, no matter how many officers howled, no one mustered up the courage to push open the gate of the palace with bayonets, and a squadron that was supposed to come out of the jade gate to answer disappeared without a trace, as if there was no other movement after the chaos just now.

At 12 o'clock, the "Yuyin" broadcast began, which lasted 4 minutes and 37 seconds. This is the first time that the Japanese have heard the true voice of the emperor. However, because it is written in Japanese, many people do not understand it, so there are various conjectures and explanations: the emperor wants the people to die with him; The royal family wants to give everyone reserve rice; Japanese Navy Attacks U.S. Mainland...... It wasn't until after the broadcast that the announcer gave another commentary that people understood that Japan had been defeated and had once again returned to the position of a barbarian state that worshiped the Heavenly Empire.

Although the "jade sound" was broadcast to convince the army that the surrender was real. However, there are still some troops who believe that this is a conspiracy of "traitors on the side of the king". On the 16th, the Chinese Government Council sent a telegram to the Japanese government, asking it to send an envoy to Qingdao to negotiate with Marshal Zhang Jianyuan about the surrender procedures. However, on the way to Qingdao as an envoy, the deputy chief of staff, Kawabe, was almost shot down by fighter jets of the rebels of the naval air force at a base in Kansai. Later, it was the emperor's younger brother, Takamatsunomiya, who went to the Kansai Regional Air Defense Command to explain that he wanted to bring the rebels to the emperor to find out the truth and falsehood, which quelled the rebellion.

However, there was no problem with the Chinese text brought back from Qingdao by the river, but there was another dispute within the Japanese government over the Japanese translation of the English text: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs translated "surrender" as "surrender." Some people say that "volt" means that the dog lies in front of the person, and it is too humiliating to "bow". The Army started anew and drafted the "Concession Document" on its own. The Cabinet, on the other hand, advocated the use of "surrender" -- service and obedience were sufficient. For some reason, in the end, it was still the Chinese version of the "entry document".

The name was confirmed, but no one wanted to be a plenipotentiary to sign the "agreement of accession". On September 1, the emperor summoned Umetsu to the palace and personally persuaded him. On 2 September, 11 members of the Japanese delegation went to the Laoshan Taiqing Palace in Qingdao to sign an agreement on accession that included the waiver of the right of independence and self-defense and other conditions for the accession of a dependent country.

The government of the Democratic Empire of China and representatives of 19 other vassal states also witnessed this historic moment, which marked the existence of no sovereign state other than a vassal state within 800 kilometers of China's borders, and a huge vassal state system had begun to take shape.

When the news reached the United States, most of the American people's mentality was very contradictory, although they hoped that the war would end as soon as possible so that the American soldiers could return home safely, but it was difficult to accept this kind of ending for the Chinese. The U.S. government and military also found it very troublesome, and although Japan joined the United States, it made a request to the United States for the end of the war: "In order to quell the armed conflict between the two countries and to save the lives and property of soldiers and civilians in the two countries from being slaughtered by the war, the Empire of Japan has made a request to the United States of America to end the state of conflict." However, all the conditions were not discussed, but in a very stylized diplomatic phrase: "Japan will become a member of the Chinese Community from now on, and its foreign policy will act according to the will of the Community, and it is impossible to unilaterally make peace with the United States of America." In addition, Hurley had to make his assessment in a very succinct word:

“sh*it”