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Red Alert: The Republic of China Text Chapter 664 The Hanking Declaration

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    Ambassador Sato sent a telegram to Tokyo reporting the complete cessation of diplomatic relations with Germany. Although Andri promised him to send it, it was never sent.  .The Germans themselves broadcast the news hours later.

    In the early morning of that day, when the fleet of the second wave of nuclear strikes was hundreds of miles away from Nagasaki, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs telegraph office monitored this message.

    In this way, the last glimmer of hope for peace talks through Germany, which Togo had strongly advocated - even though he knew it was hopeless - was evaporated. Japan was not warned in advance and was plotted - he was involved in the Pearl Harbor incident.  Like Hull, he was furious.

    He personally reported the news to Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso, blaming him for not convening an emergency meeting of the "Big Six" the day before.  In fact, it is unnecessary for Dongxiang to get angry.  This time, Koiso Kuniaki neither defended nor beat around the bush. His response was simple and straightforward.

    ¡°Let¡¯s end the war,¡± he said.  However, he first needed to determine whether the emperor would agree to an immediate surrender.  He went to the Gobunko to meet the emperor, and Hirohito agreed to accept any terms that would lead to peace.

    After Koiso Kuniaki received this guarantee, he convened an emergency meeting of the "Big Six".  It was eleven o'clock in the morning, one minute before the second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.  "Under the current situation," Koiso Kuniaki said, "I have concluded that the only way is to accept the Hanking Declaration and end the war. On this point, I would like to hear your opinions."

    No one spoke.

    "Why don't you speak up?" asked Minai Haixiang. "Unless everyone speaks frankly, we will achieve nothing."

    The other three leaders of the military were very dissatisfied with Minai's willingness to discuss surrender. However, the United States was huddled in the Americas, aid to Japan had become a luxury, and Germany had completely severed diplomatic relations with Japan.  Although Japan used to impress Germany on the basis that there are no permanent friends in the world, only permanent interests.  But this has been shattered by the facts.  Germany simply refused and was extremely unkind to the Japanese.  The last straw in Japan's eyes seems so far out of reach.

    An officer walked into the conference room holding a telegram.  The second wave of atomic bombs has been dropped.  This disturbing news, coupled with reports from Berlin, that long-suppressed dissatisfaction with Anan, Umezu, and Toyoda had burst into the open. The three of them knew that surrender was inevitable, but they knew that surrender was inevitable.  Bite the bullet and refuse to accept the Hanking Declaration, even if the emperor is allowed to continue to rule.  In addition, they also insisted that the Japanese should try war criminals themselves, that the army should be disbanded by Japanese officers, and that the number of occupying troops should be limited.

    Dongxiang was very impatient and tried to make them admit the reality of the situation.  Japan had reached a point of near collapse, and the Allies would undoubtedly reject these conditions, which would jeopardize all efforts for peace.  Can the military come up with any hope of victory? Prime Minister Anan cannot, but he still demands that Japan fight another decisive battle - on Japanese soil.  Can you prevent the enemy from landing? Dongxiang continued to ask.

    "With any luck, we can repel the invaders before they come ashore," Umezu replied. "In any case, I dare say we can annihilate most of the invading force. In other words, we can inflict extremely heavy damage on the enemy.  A serious loss."

    Dongxiang pursued closely: So what? The enemy will attack a second or third time if necessary.  There is no other way than to raise a minimal counter-demand for sum.

    The meeting lasted for three hours, but the problem was still not resolved.  Koiso Kuniaki adjourned the meeting and personally reported the inconclusive results to Kido.  "There is only one solution," he told Kido, "we ask the Emperor to decide."

    This is a bold suggestion. Although the emperor's power is great, it does not include proposing policies.  But Kido also realized that only the emperor could save Japan by taking exceptional action.  Kido explained the situation to the emperor without hesitation.  Hirohito also believed that tradition must be broken.

    The cabinet meeting held that afternoon, like the "Big Six" meeting held in the morning, did not resolve the problem.  The military - with the exception of Mi - was once again unanimous in its opposition to civilian officials.  Minet believed that nothing could be gained by continuing the war.  "So, we must put aside our 'face', surrender as soon as possible, and immediately start thinking about how to best preserve the country."

    His words made his fellow officers furious.  Anan simply couldn't control his hatred.  "When the enemy invades Japan, we will definitely cause him to suffer serious losses," he said. "It is not impossible to turn defeat into victory and reverse the situation of the war." Also, the frontline army units will not obey orders to disband.  "The Imperial soldiers will refuse to lay down their arms. They know they are forbidden to surrender. There is really no other way for us but to continue the war."

    The four civil servants - the Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry, Commerce and Industry, Transport and Munitions - disagreed.  The nation is on the verge of exhaustion, the rice harvest is the smallest in years, and the country is unable to fight any longer.

    ?Anan interrupted others impatiently.  "Everyone knows all this, but no matter how bad it is for us, we must fight to the end!"

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    At the mouth of the Urakami River, a circular gas storage tank near the train station was thrown into the sky. Like a ball of fire, it fell to the ground and bounced into the air.  The oil drum flew higher.  To the north, survivors scramble to escape the heart of the blast.  There was a naked man with an expressionless face, carrying a child whose intestines had leaked out.  A cat, its fur burned into knots, was licking the intestines hanging from the belly of a horse.

    Nishida is a mail and receipt clerk at Mitsubishi Steel Works.  The flash burned her hair.  She hurriedly crossed the railway bridge above the stadium to escape, but she did not know that she was heading towards the center of destruction.  Since the sleepers had been burned, she had no choice but to move forward step by step along the crooked rails, balancing her body precariously.  The river was littered with corpses.  On the shore, there was a woman whose butt was blown up like a balloon.  Nearby, there is a black-and-white spotted cow with purple and red spots all over its body, drinking water quietly.

    Xitian almost fell down at one point and hurriedly asked a girl coming towards him for help.  That person was her classmate, but Nishida's burned face shocked her classmates.  The classmate burst into tears and refused to touch Xi Tian.  Nishida slowly came to the east bank in frustration.  She passed the charred body of a man, who stood like a statue, limbs outstretched¡ªdead.

    In the distance, she saw packages of charcoal.  She almost stepped on it, but suddenly realized that it was a person.  Their faces were round and swollen, as if they were inflated.  There were no buildings around, just flat, still smoking rubble.  Near the scene of the explosion, she met a male classmate.  He didn't recognize her until she spoke.  "Are you really Nishida?" he asked.

    There were painful cries for help all around them.  Nishida walked towards them involuntarily, but turned around in horror and ran to the river.  The two of them walked slowly south along the river bank, and crossed the river when they reached a shallow place.  They passed a mother and daughter sitting on a charred futon.  The daughter's body leaned forward, dead, her head in the water.  Her mother looked at her blankly.  Why didn't she pull her daughter out of the water? Nishida wondered.  She continued walking south, passing by the steel factory, and didn't even notice that the soles of her shoes were burned through.

    As night falls, the horrific scenes of Nagasaki gradually disappear.  Thousands of survivors were injured or unable to leave the core zone.  Tokai Kazuko, the little boy whose life was saved by a thin air-raid shelter just 275 meters away from the center of the explosion, huddled with his parents in a public air-raid shelter near their home.  When the stars were about to come out in the sky, Kazuko's father died.  The mother's voice also became thicker and louder, becoming increasingly inaudible.  "Don't die!" Hezi begged in the darkness.  There was no answer, and Kazuko told her not to wake up.  She died too.  The girl waited.  In the vast world of nothingness, everything is silent.  I'm the only one alive, she thought.

    In the sky, a Global Overlord flew one thousand meters in the air.  The Grand Lama specially installed on the plane read the Hanking Declaration in Japanese over and over again.

    This declaration is a declaration issued by the Empire of China and the European Union together with the leaders of the small countries who stand on the side of China.  There are three declarations, one for Britain, one for Japan, and one for the United States.

    At this time, the Global Overlord hovering over Nagasaki read out over and over again the declaration against Japan.

    (1) Others: The Chinese Emperor, the Provisional Government of Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and other billions of people have discussed and agreed that Japan should be given a chance to end this war.  Japan surrenders

    (2) China's huge continental, naval and military forces have been strengthened many times. Its army and air force transferred from the West are about to deliver the final blow to Japan. Their force is supported and encouraged by the determination of all the United Nations.  , fighting against Japan will not stop resisting until it stops.

    (3) The attitude toward Japan is immeasurable.  Our military strength, backed by our resolute will, if fully implemented, will inevitably lead to the complete destruction of Japan's army, and there will be no escape, and Japan's homeland will also be completely destroyed.

    (4) The time has come when Japan must decide whether it will remain under the control of military men whose willful miscalculations have brought the Japanese Empire to complete destruction, or whether it will take the path of reason.

    (5) The following are our conditions, and we will never change them, nor will there be any other way.  Hesitation and procrastination are even more unacceptable to us.

    (6) The authority and power of those who deceive and wrongly lead the Japanese people and make them want to conquer the world must be permanently eliminated.  As we insist, unless responsible militarism is driven out of the world, a new order of peace, security and justice will be impossible.

    (7) Until such a new order is established, and until Japan's war-making power has been destroyed, it is certain that? proves that this territory has been designated by China and must be occupied so that the basic purpose we state here can be accomplished.

    (8) The conditions of the Hanking Declaration will be implemented, and Japan¡¯s sovereignty will be permanently limited to Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and other small islands determined by us.

    (9) After the Japanese troops are completely disarmed, they will be allowed to return to their hometowns and have the opportunity to live peacefully and productively.

    (10) We have no intention to enslave the Japanese nation or destroy their country, but war criminals, including the abuse of our prisoners, will be punished by law. The Japanese government will definitely prevent the revival and strengthening of the Japanese people's revolutionary trend.  All obstacles to freedom of speech, religion and thought must be removed, and respect for basic human rights must be established.

    (11) Japan will be allowed to maintain industries that are necessary for its economy and can pay compensation for goods, but it will be able to obtain raw materials, which is different from controlling raw materials. Japan will eventually be allowed to participate in international trade relations.

    (12) Japan will abolish all military and reserve structures except for necessary police forces. The number of armed ships at sea shall not exceed 100 tons, and the number of aircraft shall not exceed 100.  The research and development of strategic and weapons of mass destruction is strictly prohibited.

    (13) In order to ensure the security of Japan¡¯s territory limited to the four islands, China will permanently station troops on the four islands.  Protect the lives and property of Japanese people and maintain the territorial integrity of Japan limited to the four islands.  The cost of garrisoning troops will be borne by Japan.

    (13) We inform the Japanese government to immediately declare the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to act in good faith and provide appropriate guarantees. Otherwise, Japan will be quickly and completely destroyed.  (To be continued.
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