Zhou Hexuan saw the Japanese Emperor's "Armistice Edict" in London, and after reading it, he sneered.

In the "Edict of the Armistice" or the "Edict of the End of the War", the description of the time of the war is "four years old", and it only counts from the date of the declaration of war, and does not mention anything about the September 18 and July 7 incidents, nor does it admit at all that the Sino-Japanese all-out war has been fought for eight years.

Not only that, but this so-called "edict" keeps saying "liberate East Asia" and has always regarded itself as a savior. He also described the damage caused by the Allies to Japan as "killing innocents frequently and causing tragic damage," which was simply a robbery killing people and crying out for injustice.

After reading the whole 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 tranquil, and let all countries in the world be happy and prosperous. The reason why Japan declared war on Britain and the United States (deliberately omitting to mention China) was for the sake of stability in East Asia, so it was a surprise that Japan violated the sovereignty of other countries. The Japanese people have worked hard for the great cause, but the enemy is too ferocious, and 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 has no choice but to end the war.

There is no word of surrender, no confession, and no mention of China.

But this is a surrender edict, because the real point is only this line: I have ordered the imperial government...... Willing to accept its joint announcement.

The content of the "Potsdam Proclamation" is to make Japan surrender unconditionally, and if Japan is willing to accept the proclamation, then it is to accept unconditional surrender, and everything else is nonsense and nonsense.

Ironically, the Potsdam Proclamation was still being blocked by Japanese newspapers, and the Japanese had no idea what the emperor had accepted about the proclamation. Japan's Yomiuri Newspaper was even more brazen, going so far as to claim under the headline "Peace for All Generations": "The war we are waging is a just war, a war of self-defense and self-survival, and the purpose of the war is to liberate East Asia and the well-being of one billion people." ”

Many Japanese soldiers in the occupied areas of China were also able to receive the broadcast, and some officers and soldiers chose to commit suicide by disembowelment, while others turned off the radio and claimed that it was an enemy conspiracy. For example, some Japanese troops in the northeastern region were still resisting, saying that the emperor's radio was faked, and then continued to fight the Soviet Red Army.

One way or another, Japan lost, China won.

In addition to cheering and celebrating, the Chinese people are more concerned about the future situation. The overwhelming public opinion is not at all controllable by the Nationalist Government, and all walks of life are clamoring for the formation of a democratic coalition government, while the Communist Party has clearly put forward the three slogans of peace, democracy, and unity, which have been widely recognized and supported by the people.

Faced with such a situation, Chang Kaishen also had to choose to compromise. He could not directly suppress public opinion, but invited Taizu to Chongqing for negotiations, believing that Taizu would not dare to go to Chongqing.

As a result, negotiations began in Chongqing, and the two sides signed the Double Tenth Agreement.

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End of August.

Zhou Weilie, Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe left Kunming and came to Hong Kong. They had to take a boat from Hong Kong to study in the United Kingdom and the United States.

The train traveled along the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and as it passed through the junction of the New Territories and Kowloon, the three young men couldn't help but frown.

The Nationalist forces have recaptured the New Territories, while Kowloon is still occupied by the Japanese.

According to Chang Kaishen's order, the national army should recover the entire territory of Hong Kong. However, Churchill, who had stepped down, pushed the British government and continued to put pressure on the United States, and Chang Kaishen was constrained by Truman and had to stop the Chinese army in the New Territories.

The British army was still slowly coming, and during this period, Hong Kong was still controlled by the Japanese army, and the British actually entrusted the Japanese army with the security of Hong Kong.

The trio got off the train at Kowloon Station, and as soon as they walked 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 two classmates, they are both pillars of talent!"

Zhou Weilie was curious: "Why is Uncle Zhu in Hong Kong?" Is my dad too? ”

Zhu Guozhen said: "I came to Hong Kong on a British warship with my husband, and I am afraid that you will have to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days." The British and Japanese troops are going through the handover process, and the port is temporarily closed for security purposes. ”

"Why can't Hong Kong take back what China won?" Zhou Weilie was not angry.

Zhu Guozhen said: "You have to ask Mr. this, I can't answer as a rough person." ”

Chu Kwok-ching took the three of them to the Kowloon Ferry Pier, took a small ferry to Hong Kong Island, and then took the cable car straight to the Victoria Peak.

Coming to a Western-style villa, Zhu Guozhen pointed to the villa and said: "This used to be the Governor's Hilltop Villa, but now it has been bought by Mr., and I will bring the wives next year." ”

"I thought I was going to move back to Tianjin Sanle Hall." Zhou Weilie was full of doubts.

The Governor's Peak Villa was the future Peak Park of Hong Kong, but by then only a few guardhouses remained. This dilapidated house was blown down by a typhoon the next year after it was built, and it was blown down by a typhoon the next year after it was rebuilt, and it was abandoned for decades and rebuilt, but before it was built, it encountered a plague outbreak and shelved the construction plan again.

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the Governor's Peak Villa was severely damaged and the repair cost was extremely high. In addition, there is a Governor's villa in Fanling, and the new Governor sold the hilltop villa to Zhou Hexuan when he was chatting with Zhou Hexuan.

The new Governor Johnson is only the "acting Governor of Hong Kong", not unofficially. In fact, he had been locked up in a prisoner of war camp a month earlier, and the British government, fearing that it would be easy for things to change if it was delayed for too long, hastened to promote Jenson to be the governor of Hong Kong to host the handover.

Zhou Weilie followed Zhu Guozhen into the villa and found that it was in tatters, and several workers were tending to the weeds in the garden that were more than one meter high.

In a garden that has been tidied up, Zhou Hexuan is having afternoon tea with "Hong Kong Governor" Johnson, and the British Admiral Xia Yu is also drinking tea with him. In the early post-war period of Hong Kong, Xia Wei was the emperor, and he was about to establish a military government in Hong Kong, and he himself became the head of the military government and the commander-in-chief of the three armed services.

Now the situation in Hong Kong is very strange, Johnson is acting governor and the provisional government is formed, but the provisional government has no real power, and all administrative law and order are taken care of by the Japanese army. Soon Xia Wei was about to form a military government, but the relevant personnel of the military government had not yet arrived, so Xia Wei let Jensen's provisional government continue to govern Hong Kong.

Now that the two are putting aside the handover of major affairs and ignoring the Hong Kong government, they came to Zhou Hexuan's hilltop villa to drink tea, in fact, they were discussing the issue of the military government and the provisional government.

"Daddy!" Zhou Weilie stepped forward and shouted.

"My son," Zhou Hexuan introduced the two Brits, and then said to Zhou Weilie, "this is your Uncle Harcourt (Xia Wei), and this is your Uncle Jinson (Jensen)." ”

Chow was clearly hostile to the two Brits, and asked on the spot: "Why can't China take back Hong Kong?" ”

Xia Wei could not understand Chinese, but Jenson did, and the latter said: "Little friend, because the British lease to Hong Kong has not yet arrived." ”

"It was an unequal treaty signed by the Qing government, and it should be annulled!" Min Sihe immediately retorted.

Jenson smiled and shook his head: "Young man, you don't understand politics yet. ”

Min Sihe's eloquence was not good, and he suddenly didn't know how to justify, Zhong Kailai and Zhou Weilie also shut up under Zhou Hexuan's eyes.

After chatting for a while, Xia Yu and Jensen got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Xia Wei invited: "Mr. Zhou, please be sure to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Hong Kong military government tomorrow." ”

"I'm sorry, I have something else." Zhou Hexuan directly refused. Although he must have a good relationship with these two British Yankees, it does not mean that he agrees with the British colonial rule in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong military government is even more nonsense.