Chapter 260 War Symphony IX
On April 15, 1945, the Chinese government issued a declaration on the final battle of the Japanese army. In the declaration, the Chinese government urged Japanese militarists to surrender unconditionally and not to have any fluke mentality. In order to avoid bringing greater humanitarian disasters to the Japanese people, the Chinese government decided to give Japanese militarism the last month to consider.
By the ultimatum period on May 15, if Japanese militarism refuses to surrender, the Chinese government will use devastating weapons of mass destruction to bomb the Japanese mainland, giving the Japanese militarist invaders the final blow.
At the same time, the Chinese government issued the final attack order, deciding that if Japanese militarists refuse to surrender unconditionally before May 15, the Chinese government will first choose Japan's three cities Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Kobe as the first target of attack. All people, money and materials within a radius of 100 kilometers of the three cities will become the attack range of the Chinese government's weapons of mass destruction.
The Chinese government warned the civilians of the three cities to immediately choose to evacuate the three cities from now on, and at the same time warned the Japanese government that if they do not have the courage to surrender, they will immediately evacuate the people within the three cities from now on to avoid huge losses from the Japanese people.
With the Chinese government's statement, a joint statement from allied countries such as Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. The statement emphasized that the peace agreement signed by the allied countries had not been approved by the parliament of all countries, so the peace agreement signed with Japan was invalid. The allied countries continued to maintain a declaration of war against Japan. The allied troops would attack Japanese militarist invaders around the world and give Japanese militarism a last blow. The allied countries agreed and supported the Chinese government's claim that Japanese militarists must surrender unconditionally, expressed appreciation for the Chinese government's grace time for the Japanese militarists to give Japanese militarists a thirty-day grace time, and supported the decision of the Japanese militarists to refuse to surrender after the ultimatum on May 15th, and the Chinese government still refused to surrender, and the Chinese government used weapons of mass destruction on Japan's mainland to prompt the Japanese imperialists to eventually surrender or be eventually annihilated.
On the same day, major countries in the world today, including the Federal Republic of Africa, the Federal Republic of Arab Republic, and the Federal Republic of Australia, also made public statements, expressing their support for the Chinese government's proposal to urge the Japanese government to surrender unconditionally, and at the same time, they all expressed their understanding of the Chinese government's possible military actions against Japanese militarists. They also expressed concern and regret for the humanitarian disaster brought about by this world war.
While the Chinese government issued a solemn declaration, the Soviet Red Army suddenly launched an attack and besieged the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army, which had been divided and dispatched by them. After several rounds of attacks, more than 200,000 remaining troops of the Japanese Far East Expeditionary Army finally chose to surrender unconditionally, completely ending their eight-year Far East Expeditionary Operations from 1937 and becoming the most tragic force among the Japanese sentry troops.
Since then, only more than 400,000 troops remained in the Southeast Asian archipelago. Moreover, since the Japanese navy was almost completely destroyed, the more than 400,000 troops were divided into several major islands in the Southeast Asian archipelago and completely lost their offensive capabilities and became lambs to be slaughtered.
The Chinese army did not give much sympathy for this part of the navy. Starting from April 15, the Third Field Army and the Chinese Navy, which had just ended the Okinawa Naval Battle and the Okinawa to the Guardian War, began the largest landing operation in history of the Chinese army. Under the joint command of Su Yu and Xiao Jinguang, the Third Field Army, the Third Third Army, the Third Fourth Army and the Marine Corps, and under the joint escort of the Chinese Navy Taiwan Fleet and the Fiji Fleet, began the landing attack operation against the Southeast Asian Philippine Islands.
The 260,000 army set out on April 15. On April 18, the first wave of 100,000 troops under the unified command of Hu Lian, the commander of the 33rd Army Group, had arrived in the Philippines. Under the powerful bombing of the People's Liberation Army Air Force and the fierce attack of naval artillery fire, the beachhead positions of the Japanese remnants were almost vulnerable. On the first day, the People's Liberation Army successfully landed more than 60,000 people with little casualties.
The next day, because the vanguard had established a stable landing ground, the troops landed very smoothly. At this time, the Japanese army had lost the courage and determination to fight. With the more than 400,000 Japanese troops in Okinawa being annihilated and the entire Japanese army and navy were wiped out, the morale of the Japanese army had completely fallen to the bottom.
Therefore, the Chinese army's attack on the Southeast Asian and Philippine Islands was very smooth. The Japanese army had begun to surrender in large-scale institutions. Moreover, as the Chinese army's attack deepened, the Japanese army's surrendered more and more. On April 29, the Japanese army in the Southeast Asian and Philippine Islands would either be annihilated, surrendered to the Chinese army, or surrender to the local Southeast Asian Independence Organization armed forces.
The more than 200,000 Japanese troops in the Philippine Islands immediately collapsed within more than ten days.
While the Third Field Army was attacking the Philippines, the airborne troops and mountain troops of the Taihang Corps also began to sweep the Indonesian archipelago. At the same time, with the cooperation of the Ceylon Navy, the First Field Army, the 11th Field Army, also began to cross the Strait of Malacca, land on Sumatra, and began to attack the Japanese army. Similarly, by the end of April, more than 200,000 Japanese troops in the Indonesian archipelago were all annihilated. These major islands were occupied by Chinese troops, and most other islands were controlled by the Independent Organization of Southeast Asia.
Several Southeast Asian islands close to Australia were occupied by the troops of the Federal Republic of Australia. Since then, the Southeast Asian archipelago has been completely liberated, and the last Japanese dispatched troops have completely ended their tragic historical mission.
Chongqing was already hot in early May, and Xunbo finally returned to Botao Villa in early May and made the final preparations to move out of Chongqing. Zhou Tao actually returned to Chongqing from the United States in early March. Grandpa Zhou Haorong was not in good health, but his condition was relatively stable. Zhou Tao was reluctant to let Xunbo go alone in China, and Zhou Tao also wanted to cherish every little and every drop of time in this life, so he returned to Chongqing in early March.
It was just because Xunbo focused his main energy on the last symphony of the war against Japan that broke out in mid-February, so even if Zhou Tao returned home, Xunbo and Zhou Tao had little time to meet. However, even if the two were together for a little while now, they could feel the warmth brought by each other, and their every move could convey a strong family affection.
When Zhou Tao was in the United States, he had already dealt with all the assets in his hands. All the open assets of Botao Company outside the United States and China were also handed over by Zhou Tao to Zhou Xuan and Zhou Suo, who are now mainly engaged in business activities in Madagascar.
Zhou Tao also publicly auctioned the assets and brands of the Botao Hotel Management Group, including Chongqing Botao Villa, in the United States, which has been independently operated in recent years.
Because the world is still in a state of war, these huge assets do not show their due value in the current situation. At the auction at the end of February, there were only a few companies present.
Finally, the auction was competed between the American Botao Company and the Aguo Happy Company, and was finally auctioned successfully by the Aguo Happy Company at a high price of US$110 million.
The auction scope includes tangible and intangible assets owned by Botao Hotel Group. Among them, due to the global war, many of the assets of Botao Hotel Management Group cannot be delivered at all, and their value is very limited. However, Botao Hotel brand, as recognized by the world today, has been sold at a good price. Zhou Bo, the owner of Botao Hotel Group in the United States, was very angry and believed that his sister ignored the brotherhood and insisted on auctioning this asset that should belong to the Zhou family for tens of millions.
Because when Zhou Tao proposed to auction, Zhou Bo expressed his willingness to invest 50 million to acquire all the assets of Botao Hotel Group from Zhou Tao, but Zhou Tao claimed that he needed to raise more funds for a charitable foundation.
This made Zhou Bo privately scold his sister like an idiot, who had contributed so much to China. In the end, he had to take out the assets he lived in for auction. The extra money was just to build another fund. However, Zhou Bo complained, but he could not help. After all, the assets of Botao Hotel Group had nothing to do with him.
After successfully auctioning the assets of Botao Villa, Zhou Tao donated all the auction proceeds to the Chinese government and designated a relief fund for out-of-school children to help children who are out of school due to poverty resume their studies.
At this point, Zhou Tao has established ten rescue funds in China, covering almost the main aspects of the charity field, including medicine, environmental protection, education, culture, etc., and has become the world's veritable number one philanthropist.
Of course, for Zhou Tao, doing this has no intention of seeking fame, but because she has come to future generations and knows how lacking the government will do things in these fields in the future. The funds she has established now will always help the motherland in the future. As long as she thinks of this, Zhou Tao feels at ease.
Of course, Xunbo also supports him in doing this. In fact, Xunbo is not clear about how much money Zhou Tao has earned over the years, but only knows that Zhou Tao will not use this money in places where he shouldn't be used.
Therefore, Xunbo firmly agreed with Zhou Tao's behavior of establishing a charitable fund. Xunbo also agreed with Zhou Tao's auction of the assets of Botao Villa this time. After all, he knew why Zhou Tao dealt with these assets so hasty. Whenever he thought of the reasons behind it, Xunbo felt a vague pain in his heart.
However, Xunbo is an open-minded person. Even if the sky falls, he will not be too arrogant. Of course, he will not be too sad and sad about some things that must have happened.
Therefore, Xunbo only cherishes the time he spent with Zhou Tao more. Of course, he also needs to spend time to make some preparations for China in the future, but these things are not enough to be told to outsiders.
Because the Beijing Military Commission and the General Staff Xishan Secret Military Center will be put into use in mid-May, and the Chongqing Secret Military Center will be completely closed by then. Therefore, Xunbo and Zhou Tao are also preparing for the moving matter. Chongqing Botao Villa will be completely handed over to Aguo Happy Company after they evacuate. A spacious three-entry courtyard house in Beijing is enough for two people to use. After all, since their son left them in 1944, they have lived more and more simple.
Especially Zhou Tao, Zhou Tao, who was born in a typical lady, has always been a typical extravagant and luxurious person. Now he has removed the jewelry. Even the jade phoenix earrings worn on the earlobe and the platinum diamond snow lotus necklace worn on the neck were opened and removed by her using the small key she found in the room of the United States, and like the bell and anklets, she handed them to a special person.
Chapter completed!