In the 320th issue of "History Photo" published in May 1938 by the Japanese invaders in China in the collection of "Love History", the Japanese army released a group of photos under the title "Recovering Nanjing" in an attempt to pass a few photos The photo proves that with the Japanese occupation, the order in Nanjing was fully restored.
After the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese imperial family, Lieutenant General Higashihisa Miya Minohiko, the uncle of Emperor Showa, ran to Nanjing to inspect. Under the leadership of the Japanese officers who occupied Nanjing, they went to the Guanghua Gate of Nanjing where there had been fierce fighting to hear how brave the Japanese army was fighting here.
The Japanese army stated in the pictorial that after the occupation of Nanjing, in order to restore the spirit of Nanjing’s urban order, large-scale theatrical performances were held. At the performance site, adults and children crowded the scene. In an attempt to prove that Nanjing went down under the Japanese occupation, everything has been restored.
also published photos of Chinese children holding a five-color flag next to a public air-raid trench in Nanjing, hoping to prove through the innocent Chinese children that the traitor and pseudo-regime supported by Japan won the fall of Nanjing The support of the people.
The Japanese Army Pictorial used the above photos to pave the way to the focus of their promotion. On March 28, 1938, the leader of the puppet "restoration government" established with the support of the Japanese army, the traitor Liang Hongzhi who served as the president of the puppet Executive Yuan. This is the traitor Liang Hongzhi's pledge of allegiance to Japan at the establishment meeting of the puppet regime.
Traitors who formed the pseudo-reform government. Standing at the forefront were Wen Zongyao, the president of the pseudo-legal government, and Liang Hongzhi, the president of the pseudo-executive yuan.
After the establishment of the Puppet Restoration Government, the commander of the Chinese Traitor Organization, Shunroku Hata, shook hands with Liang Hongzhi to congratulate him. A group of traitors thought that by relying on the Japanese, they would be able to become prosperous by betraying their country and seeking prosperity.
Liang Hongzhi also went to meet the Japanese Fleet Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi in Shanghai. Obviously, in this photo published by the Japanese army, Hasegawa Kiyoshi treated Liang Hongzhi, a traitor, not as enthusiastic as Hata Shunroku. Although Liang Hongzhi tried his best to laugh in order to cooperate with the Japanese reporter's shooting, Hasegawa Kiyoshi clearly wanted to deal with it hastily.
Why did the Japanese army spend so much space at this time to promote Liang Hongzhi, a traitor who was originally unknown?
After the Japanese occupation of Nanjing in December 1937, the Japanese troops in Central China have been seeking to establish a traitorous and pseudo-political regime to replace the original National Government. Their original candidates were Tang Shaoyi and Wu Peifu, former officials of the Beiyang government, and they were to serve as the vice-presidents of the traitorous and puppet regime. However, the two Beiyang veterans were unwilling to become traitors in the hands of the Japanese, and refused to "go out." For a while, the Japanese army in Central China's plan to establish a traitorous and puppet regime was stuck.
Just when the Japanese army in Central China couldn't find suitable heavyweights to come out to support the puppet regime, Liang Hongzhi volunteered to find the Japanese and expressed his willingness to do his best. But Liang Hongzhi used to be just the secretary-general of Duan Qirui's government. Although we know that the secretary does not have a long term and does not make any noise, even if the secretary carries a long weight, it is not enough.
So even if the Japanese army in Central China could not find a suitable candidate, it was reluctant to allow Liang Hongzhi to temporarily lead the pseudo-reform government controlled by the Japanese, but Liang Hongzhi was no more than the pseudo-administrator. The Japanese did not want to leave him the position of chairman or even president. Just because of time, let him rush to the front desk to sing, and continue to look for the heavyweights they like.
When Wang Jingwei publicly announced that he had cast a ball to the enemy on December 29, 1938, the Japanese finally found their long-awaited heavyweight traitor. As Wang Jingwei stepped onto the front desk, Liang Hongzhi, a puppet who was not enough in the eyes of the Japanese, gradually began to step aside.
After Wang Jingwei established the Puppet National Government in Nanjing in March 1940, Liang Hongzhi's position as the Puppet Executive President was also taken by Wang Jingwei, but he was given an almost idle prisoner.Dean.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, on June 21, 1946, Liang Hongzhi was sentenced to death for treason. On November 9th, with a gunshot in Shanghai Tilanqiao Prison, Liang Hongzhi, who was dedicated to betraying his country and seeking glory, finished his shameful life.
