At eight o'clock in the morning on August 8, 1947, Huo Weiguo's special plane arrived at Nagano Airport.

"Stand upright, salute!"

The officers and men of the airborne division standing on both sides of the airport passage, holding steel guns in their hands, guns in one hand, and saluting in the other, Huo Weiguo walked off the plane wearing a rather imposing military overcoat, first saluting the officers and men of the airborne division who had arrived in advance, and then walking down the gangway with many high-ranking generals.

Emperor Takamatsu Komoto and Nobu Kanaya, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward and bowed in unison.

"Click~Click~"

The Chinese reporters on the side hurriedly pressed the shutter to take pictures, leaving this historical moment, in which a majestic general walked with a number of officers, while a group of people dressed in a mix of suits and military uniforms were bent over and bowed, bowing and bowing there.

"Contemptible Gao Song, welcome General Huo Weiguo, the general of the Imperial Army, to Yuben."

Takamatsu stepped forward and saluted again.

"Hmm."

Huo Weiguo nodded noncommittally, glanced at the many military and political dignitaries in front of him, and didn't say much. Chen Cheng stepped forward to salute him, Huo Weiguo returned the salute and said, "Deputy Commander Chen, how are the preparations?" ”

"Commander Huo, everything is ready for Freedom Square, and the surrender ceremony can begin."

Chen Cheng said seriously.

"Then let's go, the surrender ceremony must be carried out on time."

Immediately, Huo Weiguo ignored the military and political officials at all, and only negotiated with his subordinate officers, and then set off together to ride to Freedom Square near the Emperor's Palace in Nagano Prefecture.

Twenty minutes later, under the tight guard of the officers and men of the Airborne Division, the convoy arrived at Liberty Square. In fact, there was no danger, the vicinity of Nagano Prefecture was guarded by divisions loyal to the emperor and the headquarters of the army, and the main force of the [***] squadron, in addition to the two airborne divisions that arrived in advance, had already landed on the seashore very close to Nagano, and the vanguard could reach Nagano in two hours at most.

At this time, it was useless to say that even if they wanted to regret it, not to mention that they didn't dare at all.

Freedom Square was built at the request of the Chinese side, just in front of the Emperor's temporary palace, symbolizing the beginning of freedom and a new situation.

The side did not prepare a ceremonial team, nor did it play the national anthem, and the guards of the square were handed over to the officers and soldiers of the airborne division.

The square is not big, but the ceremonies are very complete.

First of all, the guard of honor, followed by the raising of the national flag and the performance of the national anthem, after the ceremony is completed, the surrender ceremony officially begins.

"Surrender ceremony, begin!"

Chen Cheng, who was the conductor at the scene, stood in front of the microphone and announced loudly, and then the national anthem was played again.

"Your Majesty, there has been."

Kanaya Fan San saw that Emperor Takamatsu next to him did not react, thinking that he was overly sad, and hurriedly reminded him, Takamatsu came back to his senses, with tears in the corners of his eyes, and then he held the divine sword, the national flag, and the unconditional surrender document that symbolized the imperial power of Emperor Yumoto. Together with Kanaya Bunzo, who was holding the military flag and the saber, and the new Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru, who was holding the credentials of surrender, they walked to the Chinese delegation standing there.

The members of the Chinese delegation, in addition to Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Commander of the Theater of Operations Huo Weiguo, and Deputy Commander Chen Cheng of the Surrender Ceremony, also included Vice Premier Liu Shaoqi, but in order to deliberately downplay politics and strengthen military deterrence, Liu Shaoqi only attended regularly.

The three emperors, representing Emperor Motomoto, the military and political circles, walked in front of the Chinese delegation.

"Your Excellency Zhang Shusheng, Chairman of the Great China Empire, and the Surrendered Delegation of the Great China Empire, the contemptible Takamatsunomiya Xuanren, the 125th Emperor, hereby formally surrender unconditionally to the Imperial Central Government.

We will fulfill our promise to disband the political axe and the army and end the emperor's rule after the handover is completed......"

A short paragraph, when Takamatsu said it, it seemed like a thousand words, quite difficult, and finally he cried silently, yes, the 125th generation of Emperor Moto's rule, but in the end it ended in his own hands, the last emperor tasted uncomfortable, even if he knew that he did this to avoid the extinction of the Yamato clan, but he still felt very sad.

After saying that, with him at the head, the three men stepped forward, bowed and bent over, and handed over various items representing unconditionality, including unconditional surrender, sabers, flags, etc.

"On behalf of the Supreme Power Council of the Empire, on behalf of Chairman Zhang Shusheng, I accept your unconditional surrender."

Huo Weiguo didn't say much, and together with Chen Cheng and Liu Shaoqi, he took the surrender items handed over by Yue himself.

The flashing lights at the scene suddenly flashed, and countless reporters continued to wipe their tears excitedly, while working nervously and orderly, for fear of missing the details of their unconditional surrender.

At the moment when Huo Weiguo and the three of them received the surrendered items, the officer in charge of etiquette suddenly shouted, "Shoot!" ”

The officers and men of the Airborne Division, who were in charge of guarding on both sides of the square, raised their Huaxia automatic rifles in their hands and fired them into the sky in a single-shot manner, a full 30 rounds, and they were all finished.

The simple but important surrender ceremony ended, and although Takamatsu and the others had to temporarily cooperate with the empire to clean up the mess, it was equivalent to withdrawing from the stage of the book.

At the same time, the main forces also began to land on a large scale, and outside Nagano Castle, the 135th Division, which was in the lead, was ready to enter the city.

The division commander, Major General Zhang Yayun, sat in the armored command car, looked at his watch and walked to the position, and then ordered, "Enter the city!" ”

135 was a semi-mechanized division, with armored vehicles and tanks at the front, and the army stuck behind, which began to enter the city.

Nagano's roads are so poor that the tank tracks are a deep imprint when pressed on, and the stone-paved roads are not pressure-resistant at all. Nagano has no walls or gates, and after passing through a low-slung shanty town, the convoy enters the city.

"Welcome, welcome......"

A shocking scene appeared, and a large number of people on both sides of the road were waving flowers and shouting unfamiliar Chinese, welcoming the empire-army into the city.

This was a great surprise to Major General Zhang Yayun.

"You said that this little devil is so happy that he has died in the country? It's a little weird. ”

Zhang Yayun said to Yu Xiangqian, the head of the 1st regiment next to him.

Yu Xiangqian smiled bitterly, "Since ancient times, civilians are the easiest to become the grass on the wall, although I shout about broken jade every day, shouting that I want to gamble on the fortune of the country with a small Bo, in fact, civilians are also very hard. Coupled with the fact that our comrades are working in secret, there should have been many poor and middle-class peasants who are also inclined to change the dynasty. ”

"The devil really has no position." Zhang Yayun said with emotion.

"It's not entirely to blame them, when the devils invaded China, some of our counties also welcomed the devils. But now it is much better, the development of culture, the spread of information faster, the education level of the common people has improved, and they have become more knowledgeable, which cannot be compared with the ordinary people of the book. Yu Xiangqian explained.

"That's right." It's not that Zhang Yayun doesn't understand, but she's used to rushing and killing, and she is not as good as the young officer under her in terms of knowledge. I didn't say much at the moment, but curiously looked at my situation on the side of the road through the observation equipment. Watching them shout of welcome one by one, or with tears streaming down his face, he felt a kind of conqueror's pleasure in it.

Although the 135th Division was only semi-mechanized, the number of tanks and armored vehicles had already reached two to one, so in the eyes of Nagano's own person, it was naturally shocked.

"The Chinese army is too strong."

A teacher originally looked at the excited compatriots around him indifferently and disdainfully, but when he saw the Chinese army, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Huge armored vehicles and tanks, almost occupying three-quarters of the remaining passage, he felt a little frightened as he watched the armoured vehicles and tanks with their guns held high coming from a distance, and the strong tremors on the ground.

Nagano also often has military convoys in and out, but they are all small guys, small in number, and they don't look so scary, while the Chinese tanks are mighty, like steel behemoths.

At the same time, groups of Chinese planes flew high in the sky, flying very low, even about 20 meters higher than the buildings in the city, and the violent sound of aircraft engines and the sound of vehicle engines on the ground were almost intertwined.

The Chinese soldiers on the military cards are well-groomed, all wearing 45-year-old standard field military uniforms, wearing camouflage steel helmets, and their faces are murderous, which is much stronger than those sick soldiers who stand on both sides of the road to maintain order.

Of course, in front of the emperor [***] team entering the city, the car leading the way is even more chilling. Those who have a little insight can find that there is a huge gap between the two countries in the fields of industrial manufacturing and science and technology from the powerful weapons and equipment of the Chinese team.

Of course, there are some other voices.

“…… Defeat the Chinese, and all the jade will be shattered......"

At the entrance of the street not far away, a group of people suddenly rushed out in a frenzy, not knowing how they escaped the previous search, but at this moment, they were brandishing long knives, guns, and even grenades, trying to impact the [***] team's entry into the city.

Seeing all this, Zhang Yayun sneered and said, "The time has come for the devil to be loyal." ”

Sure enough, not long after these dozens of people rushed out, the heavy machine gun squads of the Yue army on the street fortifications and roof fortifications had already received the order, turned their guns, and began to strafe.

"Da Da Da ......"

The heavy machine guns spit out tongues of fire, and just the strafing of the three heavy machine gun firing points turned the dozens of people into a sieve, as if it did not affect the entrance ceremony of the [***] team at all, and the [***] team did not care at all, and the army opened fire to solve these discordant sounds.

What is strange is that the Yue army who opened fire did not talk about the feelings of compatriots at all, and even the onlookers themselves only shook their heads indifferently, and some were even trembling with fright, or hid in the depths of the crowd. The army that maintained order even pushed the bayonets and was ready to suppress it by force at any time.

The whole ceremony went smoothly in general, just like the actions of the squadron in Nagano Prefecture, and on that day alone, the squadron completed its control of Nagano Prefecture, and the divisions of the Japanese army were driven to the periphery to surround and attack those reactionary divisions of the Japanese army that were still confronting and resisting.

At a time when the United States, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union were in an uproar because of the lease and anti-lease of the atomic bomb, and were about to have a major result, China sent Huo Weiguo to start a thorough rectification of the country by thunderous means, with the army in front and the local political axe in the back.

(To be continued)