On August 17, two brand new newspapers appeared in Nanjing, "Jianguo Daily". These were the original Wang and puppet "Central Daily News" and "Fuxing Daily" (the "Zhongbao" where Zhou Fohai was the chairman of the board). Victory number. They separately reported the establishment of the Nanjing Command of the Beijing-Shanghai Operation Corps of the Military Commission and Zhou Hao’s important broadcast on Nanjing Radio at 12 noon today. The No. 1 Announcement of the Nanjing Command drafted by Zhou Hao was also published. The full text is as follows:
Announcement from the Nanjing Headquarters of the Beijing-Shanghai Operation Corps (Shengzi No. 1):
The governments of China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union have accepted the request of the Japanese government to grant an unconditional truce. The great cause of the War of Resistance was completed, and world peace was established from Sri Lanka. It is due to the arduous leadership of Chairman Chiang for eight years, the life of the soldiers in the front, and the concerted efforts of the people in the rear. When the present value is delivered, all my compatriots should keep order. Bandits take the opportunity to disrupt and must be strictly guarded against. Especially in the occupied areas, we should wait for the government to sort them out. The commander was ordered to appease the place and maintain the status quo. In addition to the local troops, Chairman Chiang has issued orders and should abide by and await the orders. The provisional provisions are as follows:
1. Japanese soldiers and civilians should wait for the government's disposal. No matter who you are, you must not insult or hurt them arbitrarily. Even if there is illegal activity, it should be reported to the headquarter in a timely manner, subject to verification, and not disposing of it without authorization.
2. The original gendarmerie organs and responsible officials of various localities shall be in their respective locations to protect the localities and maintain order.
3. The original organs and public servants at all levels shall work as usual, shall not leave their duties without authorization, and shall keep the archives and publicly-owned assets and products, and wait for acceptance.
4. All those who serve public utilities, regardless of whether they are Chinese or foreign, must do their best to maintain the status quo. If they leave without permission, they shall be deemed to have disrupted local order.
5. The possession of weapons by militia groups and private individuals shall be limited to five days, and the person in charge shall bring the original certification documents and register at the headquarters (the former Central Reserve Bank of Xinjiekou).
6. The trade union of the Chamber of Commerce should lead the businessmen and others to maintain a normal state, and must not borrow words to stop trading, especially not to raise market prices.
7. The two businesses of bank and money shall operate as usual and adjust the market finance, but the deposits of the pseudo-organs and civil servants shall not be paid, and shall be subject to investigation and processing.
8. The China Reserve Certificates are still allowed to circulate for the time being, subject to government adjustments.
9. The hoarding of food and major items is absolutely prohibited.
10. If there are rumors and incidents that are intended to disrupt the local market, or have illegal behaviors that disrupt the order, the public shall report to the Ministry for investigation and verification, severe punishments will not be granted, but no false accusations shall be allowed.
If the above-mentioned items are deliberately violated, the headquarters shall be punished in accordance with military law in order to maintain law and order. Announcement is well-known, and everyone must abide by it and cut this cloth.
August 17, Republic of China 34
Command/Zhou Hao
Early in the morning, Zhou Hao hurriedly ate breakfast and was busy meeting with a large number of people from all walks of life who came to visit and asked for interviews, including the press, business, political and social celebrities. They all listened to the relevant radio broadcasts and watched by Nanjing Radio. Those who came after the news in the newspapers expressed their heartfelt support to the representative of the Chongqing National Government and at the same time probed the truth. Zhou Hao took this opportunity to reiterate the ten orders of the command headquarters, and strive for support and cooperation from all walks of life for the command headquarters to take over the Japanese and puppet regime in Nanjing.
The Eleventh Young Master revealed to newspaper reporters: "When Commander Zhou met with Ge Liangchou, the president of the Nanjing Chamber of Commerce, he warned businessmen not to raise prices, not to speculate or make ill-gotten wealth..."
At 12 noon, Zhou Hao went to the Puppet Central Radio Station in West Ancestral Alley, Zhongshan East Road, to make a broadcast address, announcing the news of Japan’s surrender to the public. At the same time, he announced that the Nanjing Japanese and puppet regime had been taken over by the Nanjing Command, which was responsible for maintaining public order. Exercising government authority. All sectors of society and the general public must abide by order and wait for the National Government to return Nanjing. Then, Zhou Hao took the armed personnel from the Operations Department to the Wang Puppet Central Army Military Academy and gathered all the officers and trainees to give lectures, saying that he was ordered by Chairman Chiang to take over all military and political institutions in Nanjing on behalf of the Nanjing Command. The trainees must stay in the school. On standby. Zhou Hao hoped to stabilize this important armed force in Nanjing at that time through the above actions.
The Eleventh Young Master suddenly felt extra fulfilled these few days, and the shadow of Yingzi's death gradually faded in his mind. The Japanese finally got out, and his eleventh youngest was worthy of the more than one hundred clan relatives who died in Peking.
But soon, the Eleventh Young Master fell into endless hesitation again.
While the takeover work presided over by Zhou Hao went on smoothly, the situation in Nanjing suddenly changed: the guards of Chen Gongbo, chairman of the National Government of Wang Puppet Government, built temporary fortifications, roadblocks, and headquarters around the "Chairman's Residence" at No. 34 Yihe Road. Armed personnel in the Operation Department clashed and local street fighting broke out.
On the morning of the 18th, more than 300 heavily armed officers and students from the Central Military Academy of Wang Puppetry gathered in Xinjiekou Square to protest the casual arrest of the headquarters. They also set up machine guns and aimed them at the Central Reserve Bank building where the headquarters was located. The atmosphere was very tense.
Zhou Hao calmly said to his subordinates: "The Japanese have surrendered unconditionally. These people dare not act rashly!" He instructed Captain Xu to strengthen his guards and the other personnel to continue their work.