The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1054

   On August 6, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima; on August 9, the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

   On August 10, the Emperor of Japan decided to surrender unconditionally, with the only requirement being to retain the imperial system. On the same day, the Japanese government, through the governments of Switzerland and Sweden, issued a begging note to the warring countries.

   8pm.

  Chongqing.

   There were bursts of cheers from the headquarters of the US military stationed in China. The surrounding people did not know what was going on, and thought that the US soldiers were convulsing again.

   An American officer who can speak Chinese walked to the street and shouted with a smile: “Japan surrendered, Japan surrendered, China’s war of resistance against Japan has been won!”

  People were skeptical and gathered outside the gate of the US military headquarters to inquire about the situation.

   Next door is Qiujing Middle School. Several boarders who went out to buy things couldn’t hold back their excitement. They rushed into the campus and shouted: “Japan surrendered, and the war of resistance against Japan has been won! Japan has surrendered, and the war of resistance has been won…”

  The teachers and students’ dormitories were lit up one after another. One teacher didn’t even bother to put on his shoes. He grabbed the students with his bare feet holding an oil lamp and asked, “Who said Japan surrendered?”

   “The US military next door said it.” The student said happily.

  The teachers and students ran frantically to the US military headquarters. The teacher in front asked in English, “Sir, did Japan really surrender?”

“Yes,” the American officer laughed. “Japan issued a surrender note through the Swedish and Swiss governments. On the Chinese side, our US military headquarters in China was the first to receive the news. Now the US embassy and the British embassy should also accept it. It’s time for the telegraph.”

   The Chinese people present were stunned for half a second, and suddenly burst into cheers.

   “Long live China! Long live the Chinese nation!”

   “We won, we beat the little Japan away!”

   “Go and buy firecrackers!”

   “Where are my gongs and drums? Go back and get gongs and drums.”

  “…”

   At this moment, Chang Kaishen was praying when he suddenly heard the sound of crackling firecrackers. Seeing Jiang Xiaozhen guarding the door with a happy face, he immediately asked, “What happened?”

  Jiang Xiaozhen smiled and said, “Boss, Japan has surrendered, and the people are setting off firecrackers to celebrate.”

  Chang Kaishen was overjoyed, but he couldn’t believe it. He smiled and said, “Go to the US military headquarters to confirm.”

   “Yes!” Jiang Xiaozhen turned and ran.

  Jiang Xiaozhen is Chang Kaishen’s hometown, and he can be related to relatives, so he can be regarded as Lao Jiang’s grandnephew. At the time of the Xi’an Incident, Jiang Xiaozhen was already Lao Jiang’s aide-de-camp. When Lao Jiang ran for his life, he ran off his shoes, and Jiang Xiaozhen took off his shoes for Lao Jiang to wear, and ran over the fence with his bare feet on his back.

   Now, Jiang Xiaozhen has become Chang Kaishen’s chief of internal affairs.

   After a while, Jiang Xiaozhen came back and reported: “Master, the news has been confirmed, the embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States and the headquarters of the US military in China have said that Japan has issued a surrender note.”

   “What about my country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs?” Chang Kaishen asked.

“Report!”

   Before Jiang Xiaozhen could answer, another adjutant was waiting outside the door.

  Chang Kaishen said: “Come in!”

The adjutant said happily: “Reporting to the chief, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called, they have received a note from Japan! It was conveyed by the Swiss government. Except for the request to retain the emperor system, Japan begged and surrendered in accordance with the conditions of the Potsdam Proclamation. “

   “Good, good, good!”

Chang Kaishen said yes again and again, he couldn’t help himself, and immediately ordered: “Send the military and political department to convene a meeting of military cadres immediately. Also, let Chen Brai and Wu Tiecheng do the work of the party department, and prepare a draft order to be sent to each theater. telegraph!”

  The meeting was held until 12 o’clock that night. The next morning, Lao Jiang met with American Ambassador Hurley again and answered the consultation opinion on Japan’s surrender. After Hurley and Truman had an urgent exchange of opinions through transoceanic telegrams, Lao Jiang met with Hurley again, and also called Wedemeyer, the commander-in-chief of the US military in China, to discuss the military disposal of the occupied areas.

  Lao Jiang was not idle all day and night, telegrams for various meetings, and he also sent an emergency telegram to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng. It probably means that I have already made arrangements for the disposal of the Japanese and puppet troops and the occupied areas. Your Communist army is on standby, and you must not act without authorization.

   The Emperor of Japan had not officially announced his surrender at this time, but only sent a note begging for surrender. If the allies do not agree to retain the imperial system, he probably does not intend to surrender, and to put it bluntly, he is still haggling. However, firecrackers sound from time to time in the urban area of ​​Chongqing. This kind of news always spreads very quickly, not to mention that some newspapers already have relevant news – on the night of the 10th, several major newspapers issued their numbers at the same time, and it was after 11 o’clock in the evening. Newsboys are still hawking along the street.

   On August 14, Japan sent a note to the governments of China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom, announcing its acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation. On the 15th, the Emperor of Japan officially announced the unconditional surrender of Japan in the form of a broadcast.

   Chunghwa Radio.

   Zhou Xuan came to the studio happily. She just turned 25 years old and graduated from the Music Department of Central University two months ago. However, she has long been a famous singer in the rear of the university. In the past few years, she has released four patriotic albums. Since her sophomore year, she has also served as an announcer for China Radio.

   “Xuanzi, this is the broadcast draft of the Japanese emperor’s announcement of surrender.” Broadcasting director Liang Guangdu handed over a piece of paper.

   Zhou Xuan sat down with the broadcast script, auditioned a few times and said, “It’s time to start!”

   After China Radio moved to Chongqing from Tianjin, its listening rate has been very high, and it even overwhelmed the Central Radio, which was later moved to Chongqing. After all, China Central Radio focuses on politics, and its content is more serious, while Chunghwa Radio, which is not supported by government funding, needs to be responsible for its own profits and losses, and entertainment content accounts for more than half.

  At noon, shortly after lunch, the citizens of Chongqing suddenly heard the patriotic songs on the open-air radio stop, and turned into Zhou Xuan’s voice:

   “Now there is an urgent news. Just 40 minutes ago, Emperor Hirohito of Japan officially announced his unconditional surrender through the radio. The content of his “Letter of Armistice” is as follows: I am deeply in view of the general situation of the world and the status quo of the empire…”

  The sound of the broadcast was still wafting over Chongqing, and the whole city was plunged into a sea of ​​joy. People spontaneously went to the streets to cheer and celebrate, and countless people burst into tears and cried and laughed.

   The Japanese Emperor’s announcement of surrender can also be heard in the occupied areas of China. However, the rear areas and the liberated areas were unable to receive them. Chunghwa Radio was the first to fully relay the contents of the “Edict of Armistice”. At this time, the major newspapers were still outside the emergency print number.

   In the middle of the afternoon, the bureaucratic and unresponsive Central Radio broadcasted the full text of the “Edict of Armistice”, and major newspapers had to wait until tomorrow morning to reprint the full text.

   It is naturally impossible for the CBC to translate the “Edict of Armistice” into Chinese within 40 minutes. They got it from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had received the Chinese version of the “Edict of Armistice” the day before.

   The Chinese version of the “Edict of Armistice” is mostly in classical Chinese, which is really like an imperial edict. That thing was written by the Japanese sinologist Yasuaoka Masaru, who studies imperial studies, Yangming psychology and Chinese history every day.

   On August 16, major newspapers across the country reported the news of Japan’s surrender on a full-page basis, and the full text of the “Edict of Armistice” was published countless times. Although the Emperor of Japan did not admit defeat and did not use the word surrender, in the eyes of the Chinese he was surrendering!

   Southwest Associated University.

   Although it was summer vacation at this time, there were still three students in Hua Luogeng’s dormitory. They were Zhou Weilie, Zhong Kailai, and Min Sihe.

   When Hua Luogeng first started teaching the course “Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers” at Southwest Associated University, he was not only sought after by students from the Department of Mathematics, but also by students from the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Mechanics. At that time, the classrooms were overcrowded, and the aisles were full of people. As a result, after a few classes, there were only three students left, and the classroom became empty – I don’t understand!

   Zhou Weilie studied with Hua Luogeng for a year and a half, and then gradually stopped listening to the book on the theory of stacking prime numbers, but it is still difficult to understand it thoroughly, and he is still eagerly studying.

  The three students who can understand the theory of stacked prime numbers have all graduated. Zhou Weilie is about to go to Cambridge University to study for a master’s degree, Zhong Kailai is about to go to Princeton University to study for a Ph.D., and Min Sihe is about to go to Oxford University to study for a Ph.D.

   Said to be studying at Hua Luogeng’s house, but in fact, Zhou Weilie was the only one who really studied. Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe were next to him to make up lessons for him, chewing the peanuts bought by the younger brother, and they almost put a small pot of wine beside him.

   “Victory! We are victorious!”

   There was a thunderous cheer from outside, Hua Luogeng stood up abruptly, and limped out of the dormitory door to look around. I only heard that Japan sent a note of begging and surrender, but there was no news for the next few days, and many people were ready to continue fighting.

   A bunch of students rushed towards the teachers’ dormitory, Hua Luogeng quickly asked: “Japan really surrendered?”

   “surrendered,” a student waved a newspaper in his hand, “Professor Hua, the Japanese government surrendered the day before yesterday. Yesterday the Japanese emperor officially announced his surrender on the radio. This is today’s newspaper!”

   “Great, great,” Hua Luogeng returned to his room and excitedly said to his three disciples, “Japan has surrendered!”

   Zhou Weilie threw away the pen in his hand and cheered: “I won’t study today, Teacher, Brother Zhong, and Brother Min, I invite everyone to eat out!”

   “Let’s go, I’m going to drink today!” Zhong Kailai laughed.