Chapter 104: Impressions of Osaka
At noon on August 15, 1945, Benziguo Tianhuang, who had a good life, officially announced its unconditional surrender.
Fang Lang waited early in front of the radio and witnessed this historic moment. After listening to the speech of the devil Tianhuang on the radio, Fang Lang looked at his homeland in the west of Okinawa Island and was speechless for a long time.
Although the United States had agreed to the participation of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the occupation of Japan, Fang Lang knew very well at that time that what the Americans wanted was to control Japan alone.
And not by the Allies occupying part of it separately, as in the case of Germany.
Therefore, the United States has long made it clear that the United States has the primary responsibility for providing the occupying forces, and that the commander-in-chief of the occupying forces and the principal commanders of his subordinates should be Americans.
After Japan's surrender was announced, the U.S. government directly appointed MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan, an order that annoyed the Soviet Union and demanded that Vasilevsky and MacArthur should jointly fill the post.
It was directly rejected by the United States, and it was clearly stipulated that it would not engage in Germany's multinational partition occupation policy in Japan. In fact, the policy of Japan's sole occupation by the United States was clarified.
However, in order to make its appearance less ugly, the US government also agreed that the allies could send troops to Japan, but they must obey the unified command of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan, which MacArthur was the chief commander.
Such a request is, of course, indifferent to a little brother like the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
And for the Soviet Union, as the main force of the Central Powers, this was absolutely unacceptable. They knew that the Americans just wanted to bring people in to share the military expenses of the garrison, but they could not manage the occupied areas.
This thankless task was directly rejected by the Soviet government.
Of course, the British government has long handed over the command of the Pacific Fleet to the United States, so it doesn't matter.
As the main force that also fought against Japan, although the national government was also invited by the United States to go to Japan to garrison troops, at this time, the national government was busy grabbing territory in the country, so it had no time to pay attention to it at all.
Later, in order to alleviate the economic pressure on the troops stationed in Japan, the United States also repeatedly asked the national government to send troops to Japan. It is a pity that the national government simply does not have the ability to transport troops to Japan.
Nor can it afford the military expenses of the troops stationed in Japan. The U.S. government wanted to burden the U.S. government, but the U.S. government didn't want to, and then it became an infinite rip-off.
It was not until the United States finally agreed to provide equipment and supplies for the garrison that Chiang agreed to send the Honorable 2nd Division, which had participated in the Yunnan-Burma War, to Japan in August 1946.
However, because of the civil war provoked by Lao Chiang, this army failed to make the trip, and was finally wiped out on the Huaihai battlefield.
From beginning to end, Fang Lang never thought that he would really garrison the army in Japan for a long time, he came to make a fortune, not to strengthen the territory. So the interests that a great power needs to consider have nothing to do with him.
He also didn't want to be like Australia and New Zealand, where he really worked for the Americans in the Japanese army.
On August 28, the first U.S. Marines landed in Yokosuka, and then 150,000 U.S. troops occupied all of Japan and began to occupy Japan as an Allied occupation force.
At 9 a.m. on September 2, Japan formally signed the surrender agreement, and the end of World War II was officially announced.
On 5 September, Fang Lang received an order from the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces stationed in Japan and went to Osaka to station. More than 20 days had passed since Japan announced its surrender.
It has been a week since the actual landing of US troops in Japan. It can be seen from this that the so-called joint occupation of Japan by the United States by its allies is a joke at all.
In a week's time, the good things have not been carved up by you Americans long ago.
After two days of sailing, Fang Lang led the House and the Hope, as well as two supply ships, to Osaka.
When Fang Lang got off the boat and stepped on the land of Osaka, Fang Lang's heart was full of mixed feelings, which was indescribable.
Later, Fang Lang has set foot in Osaka countless times, and even knows many customs and scenic spots in Osaka.
But it was a completely different mood than when I landed in Japan with my troops.
Standing in place and looking at the dilapidated and almost scorched Osaka, Fang Lang suddenly burst out laughing.
I laughed for more than three minutes, and after laughing with tears in my eyes, I finally screamed:
"Little Japan of Dog Day, are you ready? Lao Tzu is here. ”
After speaking, in front of a group of inexplicable subordinates, he strode forward directly into the city of Osaka.
At this time, Osaka was in ruins, and it was almost impossible to see the entire building. There are Japanese people in rags everywhere.
It's a pity that these people can't afford to have even the slightest mercy in Fang Lang's eyes, if it weren't for this war they started themselves, how could there be today's consequences!
At this time, many places in the country were even more difficult than them, and people were even more pitiful than them. Fang Lang was in no mood to care about their lives or deaths.
As we get deeper and deeper into the city of Osaka, we finally begin to see the occasional reinforced concrete structure.
Japan is a country on the volcanic belt, so earthquakes are very frequent. Most of the buildings in Japan are low-rise wooden buildings, and wooden buildings are prone to fire, so they will not survive the bombing.
As long as this kind of reinforced concrete building is not directly hit, there is basically no need to worry about damage, so it can be strong.
Originally, the U.S. military asked the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to be stationed with the U.S. military, but Fang Lang refused, he came to make a fortune, how can he get rich under the noses of you Americans all day long!
Soon, the advance party in front of him came to report and found a suitable place to be a station.
It's a fairly well-preserved school. When Fang Lang and his people arrived here, a group of students were blocking the door, preventing the advance team from entering.
Fang Lang took a turn outside the school, and it was really a very ideal station, the school has a complete wall, only need to set up a guard box at the school gate, and there is a closed space inside, there is a playground that can be used for training, and the classrooms and dormitories are basically intact.
Then what else is there to say, it's simply tailor-made, no more tents.
If you come early, you may have to surrender, and you may be able to live in a Japanese barracks.
However, the U.S. troops had already entered Osaka a week ago and surrendered, and the barracks were the location of the U.S. soldiers, so Fang Lang didn't want to be stationed with them, so of course he needed to find another place to station.
Since he felt that the place was good, Fang Lang walked directly to the gate blocked by the students.
A group of unarmed students confronted soldiers from the advance team of the Brazilian Marine Corps. Obviously, everyone is not allowed to requisition schools.
Fang Lang smiled, these students are a little ignorant of current affairs! But it's understandable to think about it, after all, the current Japanese people have been educated by the Japanese **** for many years, and it is normal for them not to accept the fact that they surrendered.
Thinking about what the Japanese soldiers did in China, Fang Lang's face sank. Zhuang Xintian, the second lieutenant platoon commander of the advance team, asked:
"What's going on?"
Zhuang Xintian is another brother who participated in the expedition with him, because he likes the front-line troops, so when he and Qi Qingshan were assigned to the First Fleet, he chose to join the Marine Corps.
Now a second lieutenant platoon commander in the Marine Corps.
"Report sir, these students are blocking our way and not letting us into the school."
Fang Lang asked casually:
"What did they say, did they identify themselves?"
Zhuang Xintian was stunned for a moment, and said with some embarrassment:
"Sir, we don't understand what they're saying."
His eyes glared at Fang Lang and he scolded angrily:
"Don't understand? How do you know they're students if you don't understand? Fuck, don't you see that they're wearing uniform uniforms? This is the rebels, arrest them all. ”
The Japanese school uniforms of this period were uniforms such as shirts, trousers, and coats, which were actually somewhat similar to the formal uniforms of the Japanese army. Of course, Fang Lang knew that they were students, but he wouldn't get used to their problems.
Hearing Fang Lang's words, all the soldiers of the expeditionary force rushed forward without hesitation to arrest these students, and of course the students would not be captured.
A fierce conflict ensued, and the soldiers would not be relentless to the Japanese who dared to resist. Directly greeted by bayonets and butts.
The students were all junior high school students, although they were no match for the Brazilian soldiers. But everyone knows that young people are very impulsive, and they don't take a fight lightly.
Soon, some students rushed into the classroom and took out the firearms that were usually used in school **** education.
Seeing that these students actually had guns, Fang Lang was also stunned, he didn't expect the school to have guns.
But when both sides of the conflict have guns in their hands, they think that the conflict will escalate.
Sure enough, before Fang Lang could speak, the soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force opened fire, and the students who held the guns at the first time were killed one after another.
The students, who were still fighting at the door, all stopped when they heard the gunshots.
The soldiers of the expeditionary force, who had only been greeted with rifle butts and bayonets, loaded all their bullets and opened the safe, and the slightest movement would be a massacre.
Although Fang Lang hated the Japanese, he didn't think about killing these students, but he was just going to teach them a hard lesson.
Unexpectedly, there were guns in the school.
Faced with the muzzle of the black hole, the students finally calmed down.
Fang Lang noticed a middle-aged man about forty years old, limping out of the school.
Looking at his legs, Fang Lang immediately judged that this was a retired wounded soldier.
This dog's day, I have been hiding behind and watching a group of junior high school students clash with the army in front, and I don't come out to stop it.
Now that the student has been injured or injured, he is limping with an angry face and barking all the time!
Seeing this situation, the anger in Fang Lang's heart came up directly, and he didn't even want to raise his hand to shoot.
The lame middle-aged man, who was still croaking just now, covered his chest with one hand, looked at Fang Lang with an expression of disbelief, and slowly knelt to the ground.
Then, with a bang, he fell face down, and after a few convulsions, he stopped moving.
The students gathered at the door were another commotion.
However, this time it was not a rebellion, but a step back in unison.