August 15, 1945, is a very celebratory day for our people. Because on this day, the Japanese invading army officially made a move of unconditional surrender. Logically, since Japan chose to surrender, they should all be repatriated after the war. However, in fact, the Japanese who were actually sent back to China at that time could only be regarded as a large part of the Japanese who participated in the war of aggression against China, and a small number of Japanese people tried to hide because they were unwilling to accept the fact of defeat after receiving the surrender order.
Statements about the events marking the end of the War of Resistance
The day of Japan's surrender should have marked the end of our country's War of Resistance Against Japan. However, in fact, after Japan's surrender, there are still some Japanese troops who still try to hide in our country and resist in an attempt to one day resurrect. So there have been many different versions of the events that marked the end of the War of Resistance.
First, the Battle of Tiger Head Fortress. After Japan transmitted the decision to surrender in the form of radio messages to the Japanese Kwantung Army, which was still occupying the Tiger Head Fortress at that time, it did not make the other side obediently obey the order. In order to get the superior leaders back their lives, the Kwantung Army here fought fiercely with the Soviet Red Army. However, it ended in the defeat of the Kwantung Army. Therefore, the Battle of Hutou Fortress was once known as an event that marked the end of the War of Resistance.
Second, the Battle of Gaoyou. The battle took place after Japan's unconditional surrender, and the main battlefield was Gaoyou Castle. Because the Japanese troops who were entrenched in Gaoyou City at that time had great advantages in terrain and military equipment, even if their country had made the decision to surrender, they still refused to surrender their weapons.
Originally, they thought that they could always control Gaoyoucheng by virtue of their advantages in related aspects, but after the Central China Field Army led by General Su Yu really attacked, they had to choose to obediently surrender. Therefore, some people believe that the Battle of Gaoyoucheng can be regarded as an event that can mark the end of the War of Resistance.
Yan Xishan gathered and organized the remnants of the Japanese invasion of China
If one of the above two events can really be regarded as a sign of the end of the War of Resistance, then after these events, the Japanese army should not continue to appear on the territory of our country. But in fact, until the eve of the founding of New China, there were still some remnants of the Japanese invading army in China. The reason why they were able to continue to exist for so long was mainly because they had received help and use from Yan Xishan.
It turned out that after Japan surrendered, Yan Xishan, a great warlord, secretly gathered the Japanese soldiers who insisted on not accepting the request to be repatriated to China. They were then given very good treatment, under the guise of helping them hide their strength, in an attempt to use them to help him attack the communist army.
There are two main reasons why Yan Xishan was able to do this: one reason is that he once studied in Japan, so he knows Japan and the Japanese very well. In this way, he was able to make full use of the stubborn mentality of the Japanese soldiers, who were unwilling to accept the fact of defeat, in order to achieve the goal of taking them for his own use.
Another reason is that the remnants of these Japanese invading forces are really unwilling and are eager to continue hiding within China's borders so that the Japanese army can make a comeback and restart the war of aggression against China. Therefore, after the two sides reached an agreement, these remnants of Japan were organized into the Jin army under yan Xishan to serve him and the Kuomintang. Moreover, at that time, these remnants also had a very vivid name, that is, "Ant Force".
Of course, the reason why they are called the Ant Army is not only because their existence is inherently pathetic, but also because they have been in the situation of killing for and being killed by him during their service for Yan Xishan. When they have use value, Yan Xishan will fully let them play a role. Once their identities were exposed, Yan Xishan would immediately turn the spearhead and aim at them for his own benefit. Because only in this way would he not cause trouble for Chiang Kai-shek.
The remnants of the Japanese army that Yan Xishan had incorporated also had relatively large selfish intentions. They did not really stay for the sake of loyalty to Yan Xishan, but only used Yan Xishan's power to find a talisman for themselves that could continue to hide in China.
However, even if the remnants of these Japanese forces played a very good job, they were ultimately unable to fulfill their wishes. Because they do not have the strong vitality of ants, nor the spirit of unity of ants.
After the fact that Yan Xishan had organized the remnants of the Japanese army into the Jin army was exposed, the fate of these remnants of the Japanese army could only be eliminated or sent back to China, and in April 1949, when the People's Liberation Army liberated Taiyuan, Shanxi, it conveniently cleaned up this group of "ants" stranded on Our Chinese soil. The "efforts" of these Japanese soldiers were not rewarded by their country. Even after they were sent back to China, they also started a lawsuit with their own national government, and the appearance of fighting in the nest was really ridiculous.