On May 1, 1942, Showa Tenko sent a clear telegram to the Tank Division, announcing its unconditional surrender to China.
The news of the surrender prompted Li Yunlong to halt the bombing, and after deliberation, the Army Headquarters decided to maintain the existing plan for a surprise attack within China.
The leaders knew very well that only by inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese troops within China could the surrender process proceed more smoothly.
Peace is never something that can be achieved through negotiation, but rather through fighting.
On May 9, 1942, the raid officially ended. This battle is known as the largest-scale war in the history of the War of Resistance against Japan.
The Eighth Army mobilized all its armed forces, including major main regiments and local armed forces, along with 1,500 Type 59 modified main battle tanks, to launch a devastating attack on the Japanese within China.
In this battle, the soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army and the Eighth Army achieved a great victory, annihilating 1.5 million Japanese soldiers with a casualty ratio of one to ten.
After this battle, all the Japanese soldiers were driven back to the county town and dared not come out to show off their power. All their communication and transportation channels were cut off by the Eighth Army and then surrounded.
Most of the area fell back into the hands of the Eighth Army.
If it weren't for the people in the county town, this battle would have wiped out all the Japanese devils in China long ago.
The day after the end of this great war, on May 10, 1942, news of Showa Ame-no-Kage's surrender appeared in the People's Daily, published by the Eighth Army.
In an instant, the streets were deserted as everyone took to the streets with a People's Daily in hand, and a carnival began.
No one expected the victory to come so quickly and so suddenly.
They had been longing for this victory for far too long.
It went on for so long that many people lost hope and felt that the chances of victory were too slim.
The Battle of Taiyuan gave the people a renewed glimmer of hope for victory.
However, they still believed that it would take the Eighth Army several years to truly drive out the Japanese and gradually recover all of China.
A few days ago, a group of traitors were jumping around, saying that China was going to perish and that Taiyuan was just a result of the Imperial Army's momentary carelessness, allowing the Tuba Lu to launch a sneak attack.
In a few days, the Imperial Army will recapture Taiyuan and drive the Tuba Lu back into the mountains. Everyone must follow the Imperial Army and not be stubborn, or you will lose your head.
In just a few months, these Japanese devils surrendered, which brought unexpected joy to the Chinese people. However, along with their happiness, there was also a lingering worry: was this fake news?
After all, there are still many places in China that are under Japanese occupation.
While the people remained skeptical, the transport captain had already boarded a plane and left China.
While others were unaware of what was going on, he had already learned the truth from Western countries.
He truly hadn't expected the Eighth Army to be so ruthless and fierce.
The entire island nation was razed to the ground, all its equipment and factories were destroyed, and its painstakingly built navy was also wiped out by a single shell.
The island nation is now a scorched wasteland, completely incapable of continuing its fight.
If we persist, the outcome will be the destruction of our nation and the extinction of our race.
That's why the Showa Emperor surrendered so readily.
Upon learning this news, the transport captain immediately sought protection from the West, and together with some of his confidants, absconded with the money.
He was very self-aware; he couldn't even defeat the Japanese, so how could he possibly defeat these Eighth Army troops? Besides, most of the generals in the Kuomintang army were now siding with the Eighth Army.
Most of them followed the Eighth Army to fight the Japanese.
The rest were not cooperating with the Eighth Army; they were just a bunch of scoundrels and warlords.
Relying on these people to fight against the Eighth Army is less effective than hoping that the Four Great Families will refrain from corruption.
So the transport captain just took some of his confidants and fled by plane.
They left a mess for others to clean up.
The Japanese troops, who had been beaten, also saw the news in the newspapers that Emperor Tianhuang had surrendered.
At first, they didn't believe it, thinking that the Eighth Army was exaggerating. Even with such powerful tanks, it was impossible to force His Majesty the Emperor to surrender.
As contact with the island nation was restored, they realized that the island nation had truly surrendered, because if it hadn't surrendered, it would have been bombed to the ground.
As Tianhuang's order was relayed, Japanese soldiers across China, armed and with their hands raised, marched out from behind the city walls.
Without domestic logistical support, they simply had no ability to fight against the Eighth Army within Chinese territory.
Having just been beaten, they were now obediently following His Majesty the Heavenly Locust's orders.
On July 7, 1942, the five-year War of Resistance against Japan finally came to an end.
The eight army units took over the mess left by the transport battalion commander and took control of all the cities.
The warlords and Japanese soldiers who resisted to the bitter end were also swiftly and decisively wiped out by the Eighth Army.
As the Eighth Army liberated all of China, Tianhuang and some war criminals were also sent back to the country by Li Yunlong's tanks to prepare for trial.
Nanjing, an ancient city with a history of over a thousand years, is known as one of the four ancient capitals of China.
This place was once the capital of six dynasties and the capital of ten dynasties, and is known as the cultural hub of the world.
Now, only over 300,000 wronged souls remain, endlessly circling in the sky.
The place where the locusts were tried was placed here by the leaders.
Only in this way can these more than 300,000 wronged souls find peace.
As the news spread, countless patriots flocked to the city of Nanjing like madmen.
The local people also flocked to Jinling City.
For a time, Nanjing was packed with people, all eagerly awaiting the return of their hero, Li Yunlong, commander of the 8th Army Tank Division.
As tanks appeared in the sky, everyone cheered.
They raised the flowers and red flags in their hands high and began to cheer towards the sky.
The Chinese people never hesitate to praise heroes.
One commander even wrote a poem for the tank division on the spot.
The tanks are really powerful, and the soldiers are amazing.
One shot blew up the island nation, and the Japanese devils screamed.
If his mouth hadn't been covered, he probably would have written even more poems.
As the tank landed, Li Yunlong escorted Showa Tenko, Tojo, and others out.
Countless patriots, looking at these Japanese prisoners, wished they could tear them apart alive.
If it weren't for the soldiers of the Eighth Army stopping them, they could have beaten these Japanese devils to death.
The brigade commander glared at the leader of the Showa locusts, his teeth clenched in hatred.
"You think you're some kind of 'Heavenly Locust'?!"
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