After Japan surrendered in World War II, on the morning of September 2, 1945, the signing ceremony of Japan's surrender was held on the American battleship Missouri. At that time, the Chinese representative was General Xu Yongchang.

As the first China general to set foot on Japanese soil, General Xu Yongchang was deeply touched. He said: "If we can win the Sino-Japanese War, what will our navy do today?"

At first, the signing went smoothly. Two Japanese surrender representatives, Shigemitsu Mamoru and Umezu Yoshijiro, reluctantly signed the surrender book, and the allied forces also signed it in turn.

You may have a question here, why Japan has two representatives, and both of them have to sign. Here, let me briefly explain to you that Shigemitsu Mamoru is the foreign minister of Japan, representing Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese government, and Umezu Yoshijiro is the chief of staff of Japan, representing the base camp of the Japanese Empire.

The signing ceremony ended soon, but at this time two Japanese representatives shouted: "Surrender is invalid."

At this time, the representatives of all countries who heard the shouts stopped and thought, is it necessary to go back on our word and continue the war?

When MacArthur asked what was going on, Shigemitsu Mamoru said that his position was wrong.

It turns out that the signature position of the surrender book is very small. When the ninth Canadian representative signed it, he accidentally signed the wrong position in France, and the rest of the signatures were wrong in turn. Even if it is signed in the wrong place, it cannot be said to be invalid.

At this time, it is not difficult to see that this is a trick played by the Japanese to re-sign, so that the majesty of this surrender ceremony will be greatly reduced.

MacArthur didn't care about the Japanese, but directly said to Shigemitsu Mamoru, what do you mean, playing this kind of pediatrics.

He told Sutherland, the nearby chief of staff, that the Allies did not need to change their names. All you have to do is draw a row and write down a note below.

Macarthur said so, Shigemitsu Mamoru also closed his mouth, he brought shame on himself.

It is for this reason that Sutherland, who was not qualified to sign the surrender, became 13 person who signed the surrender.