At noon on August 15, 1945, Tianhuang, a country that was living a good life, formally announced its unconditional surrender.
Fang Lang waited in front of the radio early to witness this historic moment. After listening to Guizi Tianhuang's speech on the radio, Fang Lang looked at his homeland west of Okinawa Island for a long time without saying a word.
Although the United States had agreed to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's participation in the occupation of Japan, Fang Lang was very clear at the time that what the Americans wanted was to control Japan alone.
Instead of having the Allies occupy parts of the country separately as in Germany.
Therefore, the United States has long made clear provisions: the United States bears the primary responsibility for providing occupation forces, and the commander-in-chief of the occupation forces and the main commanders of his subordinates should be Americans.
After Japan announced its surrender, the US government directly appointed MacArthur as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan. This order made the Soviet Union very angry, and it demanded that the position should be jointly held by Vasilevsky and MacArthur.
The United States directly rejected this and clearly stipulated that Japan would not be subject to Germany's policy of multi-national occupation. In fact, it clarified the policy of Japan being occupied by the United States alone.
However, in order to avoid looking too shameful, the US government also agreed that the Allies could send troops to Japan, but they had to obey the unified command of MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Japan.
Such a request is of course of no importance to a younger brother like the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.
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As the main force of the Allies, the Soviet Union could not accept this. They knew that the Americans just wanted to bring in people to share the military expenses of the garrison, but they could not implement the management of the occupied areas.
This thankless task was directly rejected by the Soviet government.
Of course, the British government had already handed over the command of the Pacific Fleet to the United States, so it didn't matter.
As the main force against Japan, although the Nationalist government was also invited by the United States to station troops in Japan, it was busy seizing territory in the country at that time, so it had no time to pay attention.
Later, in order to relieve the economic pressure of stationing troops in Japan, the United States also repeatedly asked the National Government to station troops in Japan. Unfortunately, the National Government had no ability to transport troops to Japan.
They also could not afford the military expenses of the troops stationed in Japan. They wanted the US government to bear the expenses, but the US government was unwilling to do so, and it became an endless wrangling.
It was not until the United States agreed to provide equipment and supplies for the garrison that Chiang Kai-shek agreed to send the Honorable 2nd Division, which had participated in the Yunnan-Burma War, to Japan in August 1946.
However, due to the civil war instigated by Chiang Kai-shek, this army was unable to set out and was eventually wiped out in the Huaihai battlefield.
From the beginning to the end, Fang Lang never thought about stationing troops in Japan for a long time. He came here to make money, not to seize territory. Therefore, the interests that the big countries need to consider have nothing to do with him.
He also didn't want to station troops in Japan and work for the Americans like Australia and New Zealand did.
On August 28, the first batch of US Marines landed in Yokosuka, and then 150,000 US troops occupied the entire territory of Japan and began to occupy Japan in the name of the Allied occupation forces.
At 9 a.m. on September 2, Japan officially signed the surrender agreement, and World War II was officially declared over.
On September 5, Fang Lang received an order from the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces in Japan to station in Osaka. It had been more than 20 days since Japan announced its surrender.
It has been a week since the U.S. troops actually landed in Japan. From this, it can be seen that the U.S.'s so-called joint occupation of Japan by the allies is simply a joke.
In just one week, all the good stuff has been divided up by you Americans.
After two days of sailing, Fang Lang led the House, Hope, and all the crews of two supply ships to Osaka.
When Fang Lang got off the boat and stepped onto the land of Osaka, he felt mixed emotions that were simply indescribable.
In later generations, Fang Lang visited Osaka countless times and was even familiar with many of Osaka's custom areas, or rather, scenic areas.
But the mood was completely different from this time when I led the troops to land in Japan.
Standing there and looking at the dilapidated Osaka that was almost like a scorched earth, Fang Lang suddenly burst into laughter.
I laughed for more than three minutes, until tears came out of my eyes, and then I finally shouted:
"You little damn Japanese, are you ready? I'm coming."
After saying this, in front of a group of puzzled subordinates, he strode directly into the city of Osaka.
At this time, Osaka was a real ruin, with few intact buildings to be seen, and ragged Japanese people everywhere.
Unfortunately, Fang Lang could not feel even a trace of sympathy when seeing all this. If they had not started this war, how could there be the consequences today!
At this time, many places in the country were in a more difficult situation than theirs, and the people were more pitiful than theirs. Fang Lang was in no mood to care about their lives.
As they went deeper into Osaka city, they finally began to see some reinforced concrete buildings occasionally.
Japan is a country on a volcanic belt, so earthquakes are very frequent. Most Japanese buildings are low-rise wooden buildings, which are prone to fire, so they basically cannot survive after bombing.
This type of reinforced concrete building does not need to worry about being damaged as long as it is not hit directly, so it can exist so strongly.
Originally, the US military requested that the Brazilian Expeditionary Force be stationed together with the US military, but Fang Lang refused. He came here to make a fortune, how could he make a fortune under the eyes of you Americans all day long!
Soon, the advance team in front of him came to report that they had found a suitable place to station.
This is a relatively well-preserved school. When Fang Lang and his men arrived here, a group of students were blocking the door and preventing the advance team from entering.
Fang Lang took a walk outside the school and found that it was indeed an ideal place to stay. The school had a complete wall and only needed to set up a sentry box at the school gate. Inside was an enclosed space with a playground that could be used for training. The classrooms and dormitories remained basically intact.
What else is there to say? It's tailor-made for me. I don't have to live in a tent anymore.
If we had arrived earlier, we might have been able to go to the Japanese surrender and perhaps live in the Japanese military camp.
However, the U.S. military had already entered Osaka to accept the surrender a week ago. The military camp was where the American soldiers were stationed. Fang Lang didn't want to be stationed with them, so of course he had to find another place to be stationed.
Since he thought this place was good, Fang Lang walked directly towards the gate that was blocked by students.
A group of unarmed students are confronting soldiers from the Brazilian Marines' advance team. It is clear that they are not allowed to requisition the school.
Fang Lang smiled. These students are a little ignorant of the current situation! But it is understandable if you think about it. After all, the Japanese people have been educated by Japanese militarism for many years, so it is normal that they cannot accept the fact of surrender.
Thinking about what the Japanese soldiers had done in China, Fang Lang's face darkened. He asked Zhuang Xintian, the second lieutenant platoon leader of the advance team:
"What's going on?"
Zhuang Xintian was another brother who participated in the expedition with him. Because he liked the front-line troops, when he and Qi Qingshan were assigned to the First Fleet, he chose to join the Marine Corps.
He is now a second lieutenant platoon leader in the Marine Corps.
"Report to the commander, these students are blocking our way and not letting us enter the school."
Fang Lang asked nonchalantly:
"What did they say? Did they identify themselves?"
Zhuang Xintian was stunned and said awkwardly:
"Sir, we don't understand what they are saying."
He glared at Fang Lang and cursed:
"You don't understand? How do you know they are students? Damn it, didn't you see they were wearing the same uniform? They are the resistance army, arrest them all."
The Japanese school uniforms of this period were all uniform shirts, trousers and jackets, which were actually somewhat similar to the Japanese military uniforms. Fang Lang knew that they were students, but he would not indulge their bad habits.
After hearing Fang Lang's words, all the expeditionary soldiers rushed forward without hesitation to capture these students. Of course, the students would not surrender.
Then a fierce conflict broke out. The soldiers showed no mercy to the Japanese who dared to resist. They used bayonets and rifle butts to attack them.
These students were all middle school students, and although they were no match for the Brazilian soldiers, everyone knew that young people were easily impulsive and would not hesitate to fight.
Soon, students rushed into the classroom and took out the guns used in the school's militarism education.
Fang Lang was also stunned when he saw that these students actually had guns. He didn't expect that there were guns in the school.
But when both sides of the conflict have guns in their hands, it is believed that the conflict will escalate.
Sure enough, before Fang Lang could say anything, the soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force opened fire, and the students who picked up guns first were shot dead one after another.
The students who were still fighting at the door all stopped when they heard the gunshots.
The expeditionary soldiers, who were originally only fighting with rifle butts and bayonets, all loaded their guns and opened the safety. Any slight movement would result in a massacre.
Although Fang Lang hated the Japanese, he had no intention of killing these students. He just planned to teach them a severe lesson.
Unexpectedly, there was a gun in the school.
Faced with the black muzzle of the gun, 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 determined that this was a retired wounded soldier.
This bastard, he just hid behind and watched a group of junior high school students clashing with the army in the front, and he didn't come out to stop it.
Now that students have been injured or killed, he is limping around with an angry look on his face, barking and gibberish!
Seeing this situation, Fang Lang became furious and fired a shot without even thinking.
The lame middle-aged man who was screaming just now covered his chest with one hand, looked at Fang Lang with an expression of disbelief, and slowly knelt on the ground.
Then, with a bang, he fell face down, twitched a few times, and became motionless.
The students gathered at the door were another group of **.
However, this time they did not resist, but took a step back together.
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