On December 8, 1942, the Japanese army formed a landing force of more than 30,000 people to invade Hong Kong, hong Kong was in the period of British jurisdiction at that time, there were about 14,000 British troops stationed in Hong Kong, but the British army only held out in Hong Kong for 18 days before announcing the unconditional surrender of all, and the governor of Hong Kong at the time, Yang Muqi, handed over the surrender letter.
From December 26, 1942, Hong Kong entered the era of Japanese occupation and was ravaged by the Japanese invaders for three years. The Japanese also did nothing wrong in Hong Kong, and after the British surrendered, the Japanese army began to "take a big holiday". The so-called "big holiday" in the Japanese army specifically refers to the possibility of burning and looting without restriction, so that Hong Kong has not had a moment of peace, and even the popular movie stars have not been spared.
There were a lot of Indians in the British army
After the start of the Hong Kong campaign, many celebrities and aristocrats evacuated from Hong Kong, but many people could not leave. Among them was the famous actress of the time, Mei Qi. Mei Qi became popular in Asia in the 1940s, and she was preparing for her wedding at the beginning of the Hong Kong campaign, and her husband was Zhang Ying, who was also a film actress.
On the day of their wedding, the British announced their surrender, and the whole of Hong Kong lost its defense line. The Japanese began to rush into the homes of ordinary people, and the newly married MeiQi family was also plundered by the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers saw that Mei Qi was absolutely beautiful and insulted her in her home, and Zhang Ying watched her wife being bullied by the Japanese in front of the bayonet.
Movie star Mei Qi
It was also this incident that laid the cause and effect for the two to divorce in the future, and the marriage between the two broke down after the surrender of Japan. In addition to Mei Qi, there is another movie star Lin Sister who also fell into the hands of the Japanese. Sister Lin's usual personality is witty and bold, and after the Japanese came, she led the girls of the theater to hide in the cellar.
Unfortunately, because of the lack of hiding and being discovered by the Japanese army, Sister Lin herself came out of the cellar to lure away the Japanese, and the remaining girls were preserved, but Sister Lin was captured by the Japanese army and lost her body.
Headquarters of Japan in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the Japanese even blatantly killed prisoners and medical personnel in defiance of the Geneva Conventions. There was a British field hospital in Stanley, Hong Kong, which was slaughtered by Japanese soldiers for not surrendering in time, hundreds of British wounded were tortured and killed, and all female nurses were brutalized.
At the post-war Military Tribunal for the Far East, a victim presented evidence in court. The Japanese soldiers slaughtered the wounded in a brutal manner, some of them cut off their ears, some of them had their eyes gouged out, and some of them had their limbs chopped off, and the wounded became their toys for fun. The nurses who were in the hospital at the time were also forcibly violated by them.
The people of Hong Kong at that time
Civilians in Hong Kong also suffered double damage, and after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, they declared all martial law, and the Japanese set up machine guns at the entrances of various streets and opened fire on civilians at will, as if human life was no different from the life of a cat and a dog in their eyes.
The Japanese also robbed house-to-house in the name of searching for anti-Japanese elements, and each household had to hand over money and money that satisfied the Japanese soldiers, and if they did not comply, they were directly shot. Seeing that the good-looking woman was also dragged away by the Japanese army to commit violence, the streets of Hong Kong at that time were full of blood and corpses, as well as the cries of women.
Japan invaded Hong Kong for 3 years and 8 months, causing a series of tragedies such as the "Kowloon Massacre", "St. Stephen's Massacre", and "Refugee Shipwreck", killing tens of thousands of Chinese. How can such an aggressor be forgiven? I am Xiao Cong, pay attention to me to learn more about history. Today's topic: If the atomic bomb is a dollar, how many of your wages can be thrown into Japan?