On August 18, Bradley, commander-in-chief of the U.S. European Expeditionary Force, succeeded Marshall as commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Europe, and Marshall returned to China to take up his post.

On the same day, the ambassador of the Kuomintang government to the United States submitted an informal protest to the US State Department, demanding the removal of the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Theater, but was categorically refused.

On the 19th, the Japanese forces in the Shanghai Strait first surrendered to the US Joint Command in the concession, and in the following three days, the Japanese troops on Hong Kong Island, Jinmen, and Qindao surrendered to the US forces one after another, and Li Junhao each sent a naval detachment and a special operations brigade on land and sea to receive them. So far, with the addition of Bay Island, Qiongdao, and Luda, which have been captured by the US military before, the trusteeship behavior has actually been completed.

Beginning on the 20th, Li Junhao dispatched dozens of US generals to various parts of the Chinese theater, and they were responsible for supervising the surrender of various regions.

On the 21st, He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Army, sent a telegram to Okamura Ninji, the commander of the Japanese invasion of China, asking him to send personnel to Zhijiang in Hunan Province to discuss surrender.

Okamura Ninji immediately replied: He had received an order from the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the Far East, General Pan Sen, and the place of surrender was set for Beiping, which was September 9. Prior to this, there was a general surrender ceremony of the Japanese government to the Allies.

On the same day, the Kuomintang government received a telegram from the Allied Far East Headquarters: The Japanese government's general surrender ceremony was held on 2 September on the US warship in Tonkin Bay. On 9 September, a ceremony was held in Beiping, China, where the surrender of the Chinese Theater was held, witnessed by the US military and attended by the Kuomintang government and the underground party.

Chairman Jiang, who was angry, had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it!

In the end, the Kuomintang government decided that the general surrender ceremony would be attended by General Xu Yongchang, head of the Military Command Department, on behalf of China, and that the surrender ceremony in the Chinese theater should be attended by General Ho Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the army, on behalf of the Kuomintang government.

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On September 2, in Tokyo Bay, Japan, the American battleship "Missouri" ushered in a solemn moment.

At about 9 o'clock, Japan's new foreign minister, Shigemitsu Aoi, and chief of staff Umezu Mijiro signed the instrument of surrender on behalf of the Japanese Government.

Subsequently, the representatives of the Allied powers who accepted the surrender: Admiral Pansen, commander-in-chief of the Allied Far East, Admiral Nimitz of the United States, Admiral Xu Yongchang of China, Admiral Fleiser of Britain, Lieutenant General Derevyako of the Soviet Union, and representatives of Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and other countries signed in turn.

At this point, the 15-year war of aggression of Japanese imperialism ended in complete defeat.

The Second World War ended with a great victory for the peoples of the whole world.

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On 9 September, the surrender ceremony of the Chinese theater was held in front of the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beiping, and under the witness of General Wainwright, commander of the US forces in the Far East, Okamura Ninji, commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces invading China, presented a letter of surrender to He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Government, and Yujie, commander-in-chief of the underground Party Army.

At this point, the Japanese army's 14-year aggression against China came to an end, and the war ended with China's victory.

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Li Junhao's operation is purposeful, in order to lay a good foundation for a series of subsequent behaviors.

On 10 September, in accordance with the two orders of Li Junhao and US Secretary of State Hull, Ambassador Hurley to China sent an official note to the Kuomintang government and the government of the underground party border areas, saying that the United States hopes that the two parties in China can start negotiations on the formation of a coalition government as soon as possible, and that the United States will provide all conveniences for this.

On the same day, Northern Shaanxi replied: the underground party is willing to start formal negotiations, hoping that the negotiation process can remain fair and just; However, the Kuomintang government has been slow to reply.

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On the 11th, Li Junhao arrived at Wusong Military Port in the Shanghai Sea on the amphibious command ship "Libes", and more than 200 warships of the US 5th Fleet and hundreds of British and French warships that had arrived in advance were all lined up and hung full of flags, and 8 battleships of various countries fired 18 salutes to welcome his arrival!

What is even more astonishing is that in addition to the officers and men of the Navy and the guard units of the Joint Command of the US Army in Shanghai and Haihai, there are also thousands of overseas Chinese and tens of thousands of Chinese citizens in the original concession -- in the three and a half years after the start of the Pacific War, the US military kept the concession from being invaded by the Japanese army, and it was all arranged in advance by the American general, and the overseas Chinese and Chinese citizens of various countries, including the German nationals, were all grateful to him!

After hurriedly dealing with the consuls of various countries and the commanders of the British and French fleets, he walked a few steps briskly and met his old subordinates - Colonel Dijay Cole, commander of the 4th Regiment of the Navy and Army, Colonel Xie Jinyuan, commander of the 327th Regiment of the Navy and Army, Colonel Rupu, commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment, Weber, chief of the Concession Police and others......

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On the 12th, Ayers, the personal representative of the President of the United States and national security adviser, flew to Beiping, China, to organize the implementation of the two-party talks.

Li Junhao only exchanged telegrams with Ayers, did not meet, he stayed in Shanghai for three days, left China for Japan on the 15th, he was the commander-in-chief of the Allied occupation of Japan, and was about to rush to Tokyo to take control!

It was said that the Allied forces occupied Japan, but in fact it was the US military itself, and the Soviet Union and Britain also wanted to send troops, but they were all rejected by the Allied Far East Command - the entire Far East, except for the Chinese region, was basically fought by the US military alone, and now if you want to take advantage, there is no way!

The angry Soviet Union sent troops to occupy Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands, but the United States, Britain, and China did not recognize their occupation, and there were still lawsuits in the future.

Beginning on 25 August, a large number of US naval and army forces had landed in Japan, and they were still sending troops in a steady stream, and according to the plan, 2 million US troops would eventually land in Japan, and they would be responsible for occupying and controlling all Japanese territory, disarming all Japanese troops, and exercising comprehensive military control over them.

Although Li Junhao is the commander of the naval and land forces, he is also the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the Far East and the highest representative and responsible person of the United States in the Far East.

To this end, he deliberately transferred a large number of civilian personnel from China to set up the Military Administration Department under the Far East Commander-in-Chief, which together with the General Staff Department was responsible for the management of the political, economic, and military parts after the occupation of Japan.

Li Junhao went to Japan this time mainly to take charge of the command, and naturally a large number of subordinates were responsible for specific affairs, but he had some important issues to think about, and his brain was still a little tired.

For the current Japan, he has an idea that has yet to be implemented, that is, to divide it - he is ready to divide its four large islands, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido, to solve the problem once and for all, and eliminate the possibility of its later rise!

(End of chapter)