Introduction: Japan is a very strange country, one second it is still with you and Yan Yuexi, and the next second it is inserted into China with a butcher knife. The evil relationship with China has begun to play out a long time ago, and at the same time, Japan is a very open-minded country, for the sake of its own country's strength, it can bow to those powers that have ravaged its own country, and Japan was also a very shameless country.
Japan launched a large-scale war of aggression against China, extending the flames of war to the corners of China, and they ruthlessly inflicted pain on the sons and daughters of China.
We hate it in the face of the Japanese Kou, and today we want to talk to you about Okamura Ningji, who has an army of 1.05 million.
1. How did Okamura feel when he heard about Japan's surrender?
Okamura Ningji was the chief leader of the Japanese army invading China in 1937, when Japan's pre-war superiority had long since disappeared, and under the hard work of the sons and daughters of China, the Japanese were surviving.
At that time, after Okamura heard the news of Japan's surrender, how did he feel? To find out how Okamura was feeling at the time, we can explore a thing or two from more than 10 secret telegrams before Okamura's surrender.
At that time, Japan could be said to be in a dilemma, Japan's minions ran rampant in China, hurting the innocent people of China, and at the same time, it was constantly playing games with the US military, and the Japanese government was recruiting troops at home and preparing to fight to the death with the "invading" US troops.
After the negotiations were fruitless, the United States launched an atomic bomb attack, which fell over Japan, and the direct result was the death of hundreds of thousands of Japanese.
At that time, the Japanese government ordered Okamura Ninji to support the Kwantung Army in its war against the Soviet Union, and in the face of this telegram, Okamura Ninji was puzzled, and later Okamura Ningji's staff heard "rumors" about Japan's surrender. This rumor made Okamura even more confused, he really did not understand the real war situation in Japan.
2. Okamura learned that Japan accepted the Potsdam Announcement and could not accept it for a long time
Okamura Ningji did not dare to act hastily, and the day after Okamura Ningji sent his staff officers to understand the situation, a secret telegram receiving the Potsdam announcement had already been sent, which meant that Japan was going to surrender unconditionally.
On August 12, 1945, Okamura received a secret telegram from his old friend, Umezu Mijiro, chief of staff of the Army, who said that he would fight Okamura to the end.
Thus Okamura Ninji understood that the surrender had not been settled, and that the battle was still to be fought.
On August 13, 1945, the Tokyo staff called, and the base camp had decided to have a protracted war with the United States, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and the news of the operation was more accurate.
The next day in China, the base camp sent the "Mainland Destiny No. 1380 Telegram", once again emphasizing the protracted war with the United States, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. For Okamura Ninji, since there were already clear requirements above, he had to hurry up and take a stand, and in the afternoon of the same day, Okamura Ninji played the emperor and asked to continue fighting. After that, he telegraphed all the divisions of the armies and regiments non-stop to prepare for a protracted war.
3. Just after everything was ready, the situation in Japan changed dramatically
Less than two hours after Okamura's telegram of instructions was issued, his staff received an urgent telegram from Tokyo saying that "surrender is a foregone conclusion," and within a few hours, the situation in Japan had undergone a dramatic change.
Okamura was completely blindsided, and he didn't know whether he should continue fighting or surrender, but could only wait for instructions from the base camp.
Because there was no definite news, Okamura Ninji made preparations with both hands, and on this night, he received an urgent telegram that the emperor was going to broadcast personally on the 15th, and he knew that something big must have happened. On August 15, Okamura received the 138th secret telegram from the mainland, and the surrender was already a foregone conclusion.
From fighting a protracted war to surrendering, Okamura Ningji was completely confused over and over again, and he, the supreme commander with 1.05 million troops, became overwhelmed.
Summary: Japan's little resources to feed millions of troops, and to compete with The United States, britain, and the Soviet Union, would have been impossible, and continuing the war would only destroy Japan more completely. No amount of army Okamura has at his disposal can resolve this fundamental structural contradiction.
Reference "Ninji Okamura"