On October 25, Taipei Guild Hall was filled with representatives from all walks of life in Taiwan. At about ten o'clock, Japan's last governor of Taiwan, General Ando Rikihito, led Staff Isaiyama Haruki and others, wearing military uniforms, walked into the venue and saluted the surrendered officials. Chen Yi After receiving the ceremony, the letter of surrender was read out impromptu. Ando Rikihime signed the surrender letter, completed the ceremony, and immediately withdrew from the seat. From this moment on, Japanese colonial rule also followed Ando Rikihi withdrew from Taiwan.
Chen Yi officially announced on the stage: "From today, Taiwan and Penghu Islands have officially re-entered China's territory."
Celebrate the revival of Taiwan - the ceremony of Taiwan's surrender in the Chinese theater
The moment when Taiwan was liberation
The year of the sixth grade of elementary school, Lin Wenyue was studying in Japanese Primary School in Shanghai. At noon on August 15, 1945, the school called teachers and students to listen to the "Emperor Yuyin Broadcasting" together. "Yuyin Broadcasting" is a major event, and the school convened teachers and students to listen quietly in the auditorium. The "unconditional surrender" sound that the emperor said word by word is like a big drum hitting the hearts of teachers and students. At first, everyone looked at each other with a blank and sad look, and then the entire auditorium was filled with crying sounds, which could not be calmed for a long time.
Lin Wenyue returned home and found that her family was glad that the war was finally over and Taiwan ended its colonial rule. Her family told her that we are now part of the victorious country and are no longer second-class citizens ruled by colonialism. A new era is coming. However, after a few days, the streets of Shanghai changed, and the Japanese were sent back to their homeland, but no one cared about the Taiwanese as the people who defeated the country. "Traitors" began to be arrested on the streets. Anyone who wears Japanese kimonos or has contacts with Japan is considered a traitor and will be caught and beaten on the road. After fifty years of colonial rule, the lives of Taiwanese people have basically become Japanese, and it is difficult to change them all at once. What's more, they live in the rental area, which is very dangerous. Lin Wenyue's mother is the eldest daughter of Lian Yatang. Lian Yatang is a cultural person who wrote "General History of Taiwan". They have no political support. As a last resort, the whole family moved back to Taiwan quickly. That autumn, she returned to Taipei to start elementary school and learn Chinese.
Lin Wenyue is a typical example.
For Taiwanese people, fifty years of colonial rule is not like Hong Kong, which has a lease time limit, but is ceded indefinitely. No one knows whether it is fifty or a hundred years. Fifty years later, the "return to the embrace of the motherland" that came in accordance with the Cairo Declaration was like a dream. People couldn't believe it at first.
On August 15th, Chen Yisong habitually turned on the radio in the law firm. The day before, he had heard that there would be a "major broadcast" the next day, so he took the time to listen. But his radio performance was a bit problematic, and the noise was very heavy, and he couldn't hear clearly. He could only vaguely hear words such as "one-mindedness" and "fighting". He thought to himself that he was just advocating "holy war", so he walked to the Shanshui Pavilion next door to go to the musician Wang Jingquan for dinner and chat.
While the two were chatting, the Taipei Super High School Police Department, who had forced Chen Yisong to "sincere without guilt" to make him promoted, run upstairs in a panic and asked with a look of panic: "Mr. Chen, what do you think of this?" Chen Yisong suffered from his pain, and was afraid that he was talking, so he replied without any pain: "You can only continue to fight as declared by His Majesty the Emperor."
"Oh! I heard that Japan was defeated and announced its surrender. How could he continue to fight? Did I hear it wrong? Please wait for you two, I will go back first. The State Administration asked carefully and would come back soon. "
Sasaki Fei rushed downstairs like alike, leaving two old friends looking at each other. Wang Jingquan's cheeks trembled slightly, looking at Chen Yisong and said, "Sasaki doesn't seem to be joking. Did you hear it wrong? Did Japan really surrender? "
" What Sasaki said is probably true, I can't hear it clearly at all." Chen Yisong remembered that it took about ten minutes, and the two of them were silent. How many years of thoughts, many years of struggle, and many years of dreams, there was a day. Wang Jingquan whispered: "If Japan loses, the more ideal society we hope for will be realized.Everyone should work hard! "
Not long after, Sasaki came back. He said excitedly: "Mr. Chen, Mr. Wang, Japan lost. Japan lost. Thank you so much for being greeted by everyone! "After saying that, he burst into tears and went downstairs to leave while crying.
Wang Jingquan went to the kitchen to make a pot of good tea. The two of them quietly met, smiling and slowly tasted it. Chen Yisong will always remember the fragrance of tea, because he has never been so relaxed in his life. For the first time in his life, he can smell the fragrance of tea with peace of mind.
Chen Yisong's writer friend, Tainan doctor Wu Xinrong turned on the radio at noon that day to listen to the Emperor's radio, but he stopped. At night, his good friend came to him and was in a panic He told him what the Emperor played. He was shocked. But he didn't dare to really believe it. The long-term suppression made him vigilant. He was in jail when he was young, which made him learn not to trust the colonial rulers. The next morning, after Wu Xinrong went to the clinic as usual, he asked a few friends to come to the suburbs, took off all their clothes, and jumped into the stream. They wanted to "wash the battle dust for ten years and the bitter sweat for fifty years." After getting ashore, in the empty world, on the beach without outsiders, Wu Xinrong shouted to the sea with confidence: "From today, we will start our new life! ”
Early in the morning of the third day, he went to an air defense trench to take out a ancestral throne, moved away the "sacred shed" that Japan forced to place. After fasting and bathing, he burned incense to worship the ancestors in the heavenly spirit and said: Japan has surrendered, the motherland has won the final victory, and Taiwan will be liberated! But Wu Xinrong was not at ease at this time. Although the Taiwanese people were also decorating lights on the streets, they still had hidden worries in their hearts. Because there are nearly 170,000 soldiers in Japan, plus the Japanese residents, a total of more than 500,000. They want to stay, but it has not been decided yet. If they stay, will there be a variable? Will they start a massacre? How will China accept it in the future? How will the international situation evolve? No one dares to say this!
In order to find out the news, Wu Xinrong went to his home to visit him at the invitation of a Japanese friend. The Japanese friend's surname is Pingliu, who is in charge of spies, and has intersections because of long-term surveillance of Wu Xinrong. He invited Wu Xinrong to his air defense trench. In the late period of the war, when the US military often bombed, many Taiwanese people hid in the countryside to evacuate, and it was not surprising that Japanese spies could not evacuate, so it was not surprising that they were built into a large air defense trench. But Wu Xinrong didn't expect that the air defense trench was lit with lights, not only bright lights, but also prepared fine wine and delicacies.
"Japan was defeated in the end, from today on, we became defeated citizens. "Ping Liu said dejectedly.
"But Taiwanese people didn't win either. How can they be said to be victorious citizens? Because we have always been obedient, and we have never resisted you in the middle of losing streaks and losses. "
In fact, in the late stage of the war, militarism was rampant, and all resistance had been suppressed. Even listening to mainland radio on the radio could be sentenced to prison. The Zhuang Chuisheng of Taichung Central Bookstore was for a year of jail. It was so harsh that who dared to resist?
"Yes, yes, we also know this, so we have not let the final treatment go. "Ping Liu said.
"What is the final solution? "
" This is also a problem in the past, so I am willing to tell you. The final solution was the policy of the Japanese military headquarters. The temple was converted into a temporary shelter in various streets and villages (towns and towns), and at the end of the stage, all the guiding elements were imprisoned. "
" What is a guiding molecule? "
" Like street patrol leaders, big landlords, and local powerhouses, the most important thing is the blacklist of the 'government'. "
" Who is the blacklist character in this place? "
" The first place is Wu Sanlian, the second place is Zhuang Zhen (Zhuang Chuisheng), and the third place is you. But this blacklist was burned yesterday. "
" But why does this burn? Isn’t this a list of heroes of the Kuomintang government? "Although he said so easily, Wu Xinrong was scared and sweated.
He once heard from friends in Taipei that Japanese spies had a blacklist. If the US military attacked Taiwan, they would arrest and kill them all to avoid cooperating with the US military.Fortunately, it didn't happen in the end, otherwise I wouldn't know where I died. What's even more terrifying is that this was a massacre of Taiwanese elites.
He calmed down and asked, "Where do you think Japan will go in the future?"
"The Japanese listen to the emperor's words the most, so this surrender will definitely not cause any problems with the emperor's orders. But Japan is already a proletarian country. Even if there is a saying of 'Emperor communism', I think this may be the most suitable for Japan's current situation. I will also go this way after I return to China." said Ping Liu.
Wu Xinrong already has the answer he wants to get. What he actually wants to know most is whether the Japanese in Taiwan will be unwilling to be defeated and finally resist stubbornly. Obviously, the Japanese "who listened to the emperor's words the most" should be to give up their colonial rule over Taiwan and prepare to return to Japan. As for how Japan will go in the future, it is no longer a matter of concern. What he is more concerned about is: how Taiwan will start over in the future.
Wu Xinrong's worries are not unreasonable. The one who was most unwilling to leave Taiwan was the Japanese government bureaucrats who carried out colonial rule in Taiwan, especially the Japanese who had been accustomed to living in Taiwan for a long time.
They have privileges, houses, property in Taiwan, various favorable living conditions, superior social status, and various connections. Once they leave, all their property will be zero. When they return to Japan, they will have nothing and become a complete " proletarian ".
There are also vested interests of the colonial ruling system among the Taiwanese people, such as the Gu Xianrong family (Gu Xianrong has passed away and Gu Zhenfu is in charge of the family business), as well as some imperial gentlemen such as Xu Bing and Banqiao Lin family's Lin Xiongxiang , etc. They are unwilling to lose their vested interests, so they combined with the young soldiers of the Japanese military headquarters and planned to call on more gentry to form the "Taiwan government". The young Japanese soldiers believed that Taiwan had 170,000 soldiers and more than 500,000 Japanese. Combined with the local gentry and landlords in Taiwan, there may not be no chance to try it. This conference was later called the "Caoshan Conference". In the plan, they plan to ask Wufeng Lin family to serve as the chairman of the "independent government", Lin Xiongxiang from the Banqiao Lin family to serve as the vice chairman, Gu Zhenfu serves as the general affairs chief, and Xu Bing serves as the consultant.
The surging undercurrent is not just a "independence movement".
Around August 22, a Japanese officer named Captain Qiushui came to Chen Yisong's office, directly indicating that Taiwan is the place where Japan implements colonial rule. Many Japanese came to Taiwan. Now there are nearly 500,000 residents. They all love Taiwan very much and regard Taiwan as their hometown. Now that Japan has been defeated, can it rent Taiwan from the Chinese government for a lease period of 50 years and a rent of 3 million yuan per year. Chen Yisong refused on the spot. The Japanese officer did not give up and continued, "But we Japanese really like Taiwan. If the Taiwanese agree, we will negotiate internationally." Chen Yisong refused, "I will disagree with this first, how can I say it?"
Whether it is the "independence movement" or "lease lending", it can reflect how unstable Taiwan is under the huge change in the change of regimes.
However, among the people, Japanese middle and lower-level civil servants, teachers, etc. have begun to pack their luggage, and things they cannot take, such as furniture, pianos, books, etc., are sold at a cheap price. The area around Xiamen Street is where Japanese civil servants live. They put things on the street for sale, and slowly formed a market. Later, this place became a market for used books and goods. To this day, Xiamen Street is still a store of old furniture. Guling Street next to it was once the largest old book market in Taiwan. Although it moved to Guanghua Shopping Mall, there are still several old stores that are not leaving. The book market is now in a downturn, but second-hand books have not declined, and there are still many used bookstores on Guling Street. This is all the style left over from the great changes in 1945.
In 1948, among the first academicians of the China Research Institute, 25% came to Taiwan, and 75% remained in the mainland.
The face of the world in the moment of a huge change
1945 Japan's surrender , a news article on the Taiwan New News appeared on August 8 on the important page:
"The enemy used tyrannical and unjust means to bomb small and medium-sized cities, causing a large number of deaths of civilians, women and even children... This is a non-human murder." The death statistics released by the newspapers showed that there were 964 deaths, including 440 men and 524 women, and 234 children under the age of twelve.
This is a report on Hiroshima atomic bombing.
Taiwanese people have already seen the outcome from the limited information they can read, especially in the late stage of the war, when the military forced to recruit civilian copper and iron materials, and even middle school students were forced to enlist in the army, they had already lost all the signs.
In February 1945, Tainan native Lin Shuyang (a political prisoner who was detained in Taiwan for the longest time in the 1950s, was recruited into the army before he reached his age. Most of the troops were rural youths in the Jianan area. After the lights were turned off at night, they secretly came to Lin Shuyang and asked him to teach English. With just one sentence: "I am not a Japanese, I am a Chinese." These young people believe that after the US military captured , the Philippines , they would attack Taiwan. If the US military was arrested when landing, it might be useful to say this sentence.
Under the bombing of the US military, many people were evacuated to the countryside to avoid the war. After being imprisoned for twelve years, Xie Xuehong returned to Taichung City and evacuated to Toutiankeng, Taichung Mountain District. She relied on some land to live on some land. She had no food and could only grow sweet potatoes to live on. The fish and meat were completely cut off. If you want to buy white rice, you have to go to the black market, and they can't afford it. After being released from prison, Su Xin, a former member of the Communist Party of Taiwan, returned to Tainan and survived by raising rabbits. At this time, food is fully controlled, and pigs and chickens cannot be slaughtered privately. Domestic animals must be handed over to the authorities to obtain some compensatory meat. In order to help farmers cope with difficulties, Su Xin also wrote a book teaching farmers how to raise rabbits, at least the rabbits do not have to be handed over. Jianji returned to Fengshan because his activity energy was too strong and his influence among farmers was too great, so he was simply taken care of.
When Japan announced its surrender, Lin Shuyang still remembered that "the boiling moment in his heart, the joy of liberation and the joy of the future are hard to describe."
On the streets of Chiayi , intellectuals who began to sing various Chinese songs such as " March ". The older generation of Chinese teachers were found again to teach everyone to learn Chinese. After the "royalization" policy, Chinese teaching was completely banned and could only be taught quietly. Now it can finally be made public. Taiwanese people who have received 50 years of Japanese education returned to their father's and ancestors' culture overnight. Many people, like Wu Xinrong, placed their ancestors' tablets to replace the Japanese Shinto that were forced to be placed on, and burned incense to worship their ancestors in ancient rituals: Taiwan has been restored.
Xie Xuehong returned to Taichung City. She contacted friends, hoping that the social movement groups that were stopped during the Japanese occupation period could be rebuilt and began to find someone to form a "People's Association". Chen Yisong from Taipei found a record that he had secretly brought back from the mainland before and played it at the Shanshui Pavilion of the cultural man Wang Jingquan's house. Also listening to Lu Quansheng on site. Lu Quansheng is the first local musician in Taiwan to collect folk songs . In 1943, when the "Haosheng Opera" was performing "Catholic" in Yongle, he moved the audience and caused a sensation with two choruses "June Tianshui" and "Dudiu Tongzi" of the Taiwanese folk songs. Unexpectedly, the Japanese police could not stand it, so they banned singing the next day.
When Lu Quansheng heard these songs at the Shanshui Pavilion, he recorded the music score with five-line scores on the spot, wrote down the lyrics, and borrowed steel plates, stencils and wax paper, and printed them out and distributed them to the people. He also happily went to the streets to teach singing.
But how to go down? There is no news about China and the US military, and no one has any clues. After finally half a month, news finally came out. The first batch of officials who arrived in Taiwan came with US military planes.It was September 2, and there were three Kuomintang government officials: the first was Huang Chengyuan, an advisor to Fujian Provincial Government, the second was Huang Zhaoming from the Sino-US Cooperation Institute; the third was Zhang Shide, the deputy captain of " Taiwan Volunteer Team ". They stayed in Taipei's most luxurious hotel, Umeyashiki.
On September 3, a meeting with the "Governor" was held at the Taipei Hotel. Zhang Shide put the first national flag he brought back in the Taipei Hotel, officially announcing the end of the Japanese occupation period and the Chinese government is here.
Then, Zhang Shide began to visit important local leaders in Taipei. He contacted Chen Yisong in the name of the deputy captain of the "Taiwan Volunteer Team". As soon as they met, Zhang Shide said bluntly in Minnan dialect: "The National Army will come soon, but before the National Army comes, in order to prevent the possible vandalism of the Japanese, I hope you can come forward to organize young people in Taiwan, monitor the Japanese's actions, and protect the safety of national property."
Chen Yisong agreed without hesitation. Zhang Shide took out a piece of red paper on the spot and wrote "Daily Order", which said: "Appoint Chen Yisong as the director of the Taiwan Youth League Department directly under the Central Committee of the People's Youth League."
Chen Yisong is a law-based graduate and has never seen the term "Daily Order" in law. I don't know what it means in mainland China. Zhang Shide explained: "This is like a marching. Orders can be issued on the spot, which is equivalent to military orders."
Chen Yisong accompanied Zhang Shide to several places: Taipei, Tamsui, Sanzhi, Yilan, Luodong, Hsinchu , Taichung . He was warmly welcomed wherever he went. Dragon and lion dance , gongs, drums, firecrackers, and cheers in the middle of the road are more lively than welcoming Mazu . In some places, they even slaughtered pigs to celebrate the resurrection in the most traditional way, and expressed a warm welcome to the first representative of the motherland (especially he is a Taiwanese again). Zhang Shide became a symbol of "Taiwan's true liberation".
Under the name of "Director of the Youth League Department of the Central Committee directly under the Taiwan region", Chen Yisong was eager to organize elites from all walks of life in Taiwan. He found intellectuals, peasant groups, members of the Cultural Association, and cadres of the "Taiwan People's Party" who used to fight against Japan. Although everyone has no idea about the political situation, government system, factional distribution, personal connections, etc. in the mainland, and even the positioning of the "Three People's Youth League" within the Kuomintang, under the grand name of "the Central Government's Taiwan League Headquarters", with the hope of dedicating to the construction of Taiwan and the construction of the motherland after the war, they participated in the work of the "Three Youth League" under the grand name of "the Central Government directly under the Taiwan League Headquarters".
The "monarchy gentleman" of the Japanese must not be used. They acted as a mighty person under the colonial rule of the Japanese and enjoyed wealth and glory, but these speculators who were changing their minds now spend money everywhere without hesitation to raise relationships, and instead invested in the name of the "Three Youth League" to squeeze in and get a position. In order to quickly establish organizations in various places, Chen Yisong could not verify them one by one. He could only hand over the organizational work to the main responsible persons in various places. I believe they know best who is the real anti-Japanese patriot and who is the "monarchy gentleman". He served as the leader of the Taipei Branch of the Youth League; Hsinchu is Chen Wangcheng, and Taichung is Zhang Xinyi and Yang Gui (that is, writers Yang Kui ), Chiayi is Liu Chuanlai, Wu Xinrong and Zhuang Menghou in Tainan, and Kaohsiung is Yang Jinhu, Jian Ji, etc. The organizational regulations are formulated by Taipei, and the operation is subject to the responsibility of each local area.
However, complex situations quickly occurred everywhere. Wu Xinrong clearly felt the power of the "monarchy gentleman" in Tainan. They tried to join the "Three Youth League" but failed, so they organized various "Welcome Government Preparatory Meetings" and "Public Security Maintenance Meetings", and asked him to serve as vice chairman. Although he refused, he knew that he could not stop the other party from forming a group and could only go their own way. It is precisely because of this that these "monetary gentlemen" were planted in the disaster that later rumored and framed Wu Xinrong in the "February 28 Incident".
On September 19, Taiwan New News released that after Chen Yi would serve as the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province , the sovereignty handover was implemented, so those who had been bullied and insulted by colonial rulers in the past began to retaliate. First, they beat the "laid dogs" who chased and beat the Japanese police, then they beat the Japanese police, and later, those who had always had grudges also retaliated against each other.
Society has also quietly begun to change. There is joy and vitality, and the people are full of vitality, but there are also faint crimes and anxiety.
Just look at the newspapers at that time and you will know:
When it comes to night, it seems to be covered with color and vigor, and the shops continue to wind. From Wanhua Station to Longshan Temple , these shops represent the symbol of the new Taiwan.
The meat of beef, pig, chicken, duck, etc. is sold in the store. The piles of meat arouse the curiosity of citizens. It can be imagined that people have receded from the color of harsh wars. The reaction of the fierce war is a reversal of history. The loud shouts of selling and the coaxing of guests fully reflect the freedom everyone liberated from the shadow of war. Citizens' purchasing power also drives away their worries. Is it okay to have a pound of 16 yuan for salmon? Is it okay to have 28 yuan for four bottles of sesame oil? Is it okay to have 16 yuan per pound of beef? Citizens can finally buy the goods they want.
Towards a corner of Longshan Temple, there is an open-air gambling field. When the man with sharp eyes was rolling dice, he watched the ten-yuan bills go back and forth at the gambling table. In addition, in elementary school, five men also took out money from their shirt pockets and mixed up. Citizens are determined to win and win, and this unique national fluke mentality is even more strongly reflected after the war ends.
Next to the casino, there is an old-fashioned clothing store, three items, four hundred yuan. This kind of life is like , moving lantern, and will never be repeated. In addition, there are soldiers' shoes and military clothing, which are all legacies after the war. The new Taiwan has strong vitality, which starts to burn from Longshan Temple Square. The peaceful war will continue at the same pace as the whole of Taiwan. (Taiwan News September 22)
It was also on this day that the "Welcome the Preparatory Conference Office for the National Government" in Taiwan called on the island to hold various activities on the receiving day to celebrate the historic moment of Taiwan's liberation. So various campaign advertisements came out, some were selling blue sky and white sun flags, some people gathered to speak Beijing dialects, and another advertisement was like this:
celebrates the restoration of Taiwan, welcomes His Excellency Chief Chen Minzheng
General Manager of the First Dancing Field Zhang Kaimai
recruits dozens of dance girls, several clerks (men and women are not restricted, and they do not care about their experience)
hopes are urgent, and I will carry my resume. I will talk about
In order to celebrate the restoration, all walks of life are very busy. But some people are busy preparing to clean up the overall situation, while others are stealing and doing bad things in groups.
During the Japanese occupation period, there were only Japanese policemen and Taiwanese policemen under the Japanese. They had long collapsed, but the public security situation was serious at this time. Who should maintain public security? There is no restraint on the street gambling, and the more serious thing is that no one is responsible for stealing or robbery. Although the newspaper issued a warning, without the police executing public power, it was only possible to rely on the temporary "Three Youth Leagues" to maintain it. A group of criminal groups broke out in Taoyuan. They went to the countryside in the middle of the night to steal the farmers' cattle. The farmers found out that they chased them out. The thief actually killed the farmers with a knife. Later, the people from the "Three Youth League" in Taoyuan went to investigate and found the location of the criminal group, and then found a group of people to transfer them to justice. Wu Xinrong from Tainan was quite smart. He was afraid that local hooligans would do bad things, so he simply found them from the beginning and asked them to establish a "Zodiac Society", which on the one hand stimulated their patriotism and sense of justice, and on the other hand asked them to maintain public order. Sure enough, the underworld understands the crime and Tainan's public security has been maintained.
In addition to the "Three Youth Leagues", various sectors of society have also established various spontaneous mass organizations: "Preparatory Committee for Celebration of Surrender Ceremony", "People's Mediation Committee", "Volunteer Police Team", etc. These groups are naturally mixed with speculators, but they have to be elected by the public in the mass conference. Therefore, there are two characteristics of selecting people: First, officials in the Japanese occupation era, unless there are particularly good ethics, most of them will stand aside; second, many of the people who were introduced to assume certain responsibilities have experience in the anti-Japanese movement of the Japanese occupation era. They have the ability to lead and have reputation, so they naturally become leaders.
In the past, the anti-Japanese movement groups, such as the cultural association and the peasant group, were almost all imprisoned after 1931 and the organization was scattered. As soon as the war ended, the active people were released from prison. They were about forty years old, which was the golden stage of life. During the two-month period of power vacuum, they used their organizational talents and quickly devoted themselves to mass work. The People's Association, Farmers' Association, Student Union, Federation of Trade Unions, etc. have been established one after another. Taiwan is slowly restoring order. Although various forces are mixed with each other, society is gradually returning to stability. Welcome to National Government’s work to is carried out one after another.
On October 5, Chen Yi ordered Lieutenant General Ge Jingen to lead 81 Taiwanese people in the mainland, including Huang Chaoqin, Lieutenant General, Lie Wanju, Su Shaowen, etc., to fly from Chongqing to Taipei from Chongqing to set up a "Forward Command Post", which was also director of Ge Jingen. Ge Jingen and Chen Yi are fellow villagers and juniors of Japanese Army University. They also have friendships with Chiang Kai-shek . He knows Japanese and sends him to preside over the board, which is a reasonable arrangement. Who knew that on the day when the plane arrived at Songshan Airport , Ge Jingen's performance made Taiwanese people stunned. Central News Agency reporter Ye Mingxun has the following description:
When five planes landed at Songshan Airport, senior officials such as Chief of Staff of the Governor's Office, Taiwan gentry, and Japanese soldiers with shining sabers, were all lined up there to welcome them. Director Ge actually hid on the plane and pushed Wang Minning out first to show up. What kind of majesty is this Han official? In the 34th year, the National Day commemoration meeting was held at the Taipei Guild Hall for the first time. The flag of the Republic of China was flying in the sky in Taipei. What a meaningful moment. He also said that he couldn't get out of illness and hid in the Southern Archives on the Keelung River to rest... His style is really incredible.
On October 17, the 70th Army of the National Army, under the cover of Allied aircraft, sailed to Keelung Port on a US warship. Those who had already heard the news rushed to greet them. From Keelung Port to Taipei Station , it was crowded with welcome people.
More than a dozen Taipei cultural people, including Chen Yisong and Wang Jingquan, did not go to Keelung Port but waited on the third floor of Shanshui Pavilion. They were stunned when they saw the national army passing by. The Kuomintang troops lined up, wearing shabby cotton jackets, straw sandals, loose leggings tied on their legs, carried a big pot on their backs, and some people wore straw hats and carried rice baskets, and walked across the street listlessly.
They were stunned: the defeated Japanese army went to the port with shining swords and military appearances, and the defeated Kuomintang army should be more majestic and powerful. Why is this like this?
"Why is this so? Even the leggings are loose?" "You don't know that the national army fights guerrilla warfare , which is convenient. These are all warriors in guerrilla warfare. Otherwise, how could Japan lose?" Someone on the streets of
explained kindly: "The leggings may be tied with lead, which is used for practice. When the war is fought, they can walk as fast as they fly, and they practice light skills." As for the big blame on their backs, someone explained: "You can block bullets."
With deep affection for the motherland, the people continue to have various kind understandings. Although all kinds of doubts are still in my heart, it is always a victorious country. How can it be worse than a defeated country? What the people don’t understand is that Japan is dragged onto the Chinese battlefield, and the longer it drags it, the deeper it falls. This victory, in the words of scholar Dai Guohui, was a "miserable victory".
In 1945, Japan surrendered to the allies of " World War II " at the Taipei City Association (that is today's Zhongshan Memorial Hall)
On October 23, Chen Yi's plane arrived in Taipei. Chen Yi, who had a short moustache, published his famous "three no" policy of "not lying, not being lazy, not taking advantage of the situation" in the crowded welcome at the airport, and also stated that "I went to Taiwan to do things, not being an official."
Taiwanese people who heard this were very moved.
He went from Songshan Airport to the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office to his temporary residence. There were still crowds of people along the way, and the joy was like thunder. The person accompanying him told him: "This is more enthusiastic than the situation when Commander-in-Chief He (Yingqin) returns to Nanjing.”
On October 25, the Taipei Guild Hall was filled with representatives from all walks of life in Taiwan. At 10 o'clock, Japan's last governor, General Hiroki Ando, led Staff Haruki Isayama and others, wearing military uniforms, walked into the venue to salute the surrendered officials. He did not wear a military cap or a sword, stood under the stage, bowing his head down. Many people remembered his former domineering and violent killing appearance, and couldn't help but feel emotion.
Chen Yi finished receiving the ceremony and read the surrendered letter in impromptu. Ando Riki signed the surrender letter, completed the ceremony, and immediately withdrew from the seat. Japanese colonial rule also started from this moment, with Ando Riki withdrew from Taiwan.
Chen Yi officially announced on the stage: "From today, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands have officially reentered China's territory. "
Taiwan has since embarked on a new path.
is also moving towards the future of storms.
* article is excerpted from "Absent Island Story: Talking about Taiwan from Scratch" (Written by Yang Du Sanlian Bookstore 2022-1).
