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At 0800 10, General Nimitz and his entourage sailed from South Dakota to Missouri in a special boat. "Admiral's March" sounded on the loudspeaker, and the whistle of the whole ship sounded long. Nimitz's five-star general flag was raised in Ran Ran, and halsey came forward to warmly welcome it.

At 8: 30, the music was loud and the allied delegation arrived in Missouri on the destroyer Nicholas. Dark grayish yellow military uniforms represent China, white short sleeves, shorts and stockings represent Britain, dark brown green and dark blue represent the Soviet Union, and light yellow military uniforms represent France. Colorful military uniforms and dazzling ribbons are dazzling. China people, British people, Americans, Dutch people, French people and Russians are all very busy. The deck has suddenly become a colorful diplomatic place, and journalists are very busy. Strangely, all the American officers and men on the Missouri, from the five-star general to the ordinary sailors, although their military uniforms are brand-new, they are all military casual clothes with standard shirts, without ties and medals, and they are not formal uniforms or dresses at all. It turned out that the US military decided to express its contempt for the Japanese army in this form.

Acceptance ceremony

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At nine o'clock sharp, the band played the star-spangled banner "Home of the Brave", MacArthur and Nimitz stood side by side in the front, halsey stepped out of the general lounge, and watched the allied delegation and Lu Haijun generals line up in the specified position. On deck, Nimitz stood on the right side of China on behalf of General Xu Yongchang, and was the first member of the Allied delegation. Hal West Station is the first among the naval generals, and the sailors on board seize the favorable position to see the venue. Today, we can still see all the heights from the photos. Shigemitsu Mamoru and Umezu Yoshijiro saluted MacArthur, but he didn't reciprocate.

After the warship priest prayed, MacArthur went to the microphone, holding the manuscript in his hand, and read the surrender order with awe. In the surrender, he reiterated the basic contents of the Potsdam Proclamation urging Japan to surrender, and said: "Today, representatives of our warring countries gathered here to sign a solemn document to restore peace. Disputes involving diametrically opposed ideals and ideologies have been seen on the battlefield and need not be discussed here. As the representatives of most people on earth, we are not gathered together with distrust, malice or hatred. Achieving higher dignity is the responsibility of both sides. Only this dignity can be conducive to the sacred goal we are about to fight for, and can all our people faithfully implement this understanding with the understanding we are about to gain here without reservation. " Finally, he said: "After this solemn ceremony, we will bid farewell to the old world full of bloody massacres and usher in a very beautiful world, a world that safeguards human dignity and is committed to pursuing freedom, tolerance and justice. This is my most ardent hope and the hope of all mankind! " Then, pointing to the chair in front of the table, he solemnly announced: "Now I order the representative of the Japanese imperial government and the commander-in-chief of the Japanese imperial army to sign at the designated place in the surrender book!" On the long table, there are already two surrender books, one of which is reserved by the Allies and has a dark green leather cover, which is elegant and elegant; Another text cover given to Japan is a cheap black canvas. On the one hand, it shows contempt and contempt for Japan. On the other hand, Japan won't cherish it, and will definitely throw it in the corner, so there is no need to give them a good binding to avoid waste.

A Japanese representative first stepped forward, carefully examined the two surrender books on the table, and then returned to his position. Then Shigemitsu Mamoru stepped forward, took off his hat and gloves and bent down to sit down. Unexpectedly, his crutch slipped from his arms to the ground, so he had to pick it up awkwardly. When he tried to put on his hat and gloves, he took out his pen from his pocket and left in a hurry. A attache of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stepped forward, handed a pen and held a cane for him. But he didn't know where to sign the surrender. MacArthur turned to greet his chief of staff, General Sutherland: "Tell him where to sign!" Under the guidance of Sutherland, Shigemitsu Mamoru signed two surrender papers. Then, Mizu came up to him. He didn't sit down. He seems to want to preserve the dignity of soldiers. Without gloves, he bent down and hastily signed the surrender without looking.

MacArthur then announced: "The Supreme Allied Commander now signs on behalf of the belligerents!" He invited Major General Jonathan Wainewright and Lieutenant General Arthur percival to sign with him. Wainewright was the last American general to stick to the Philippines, and percival was a British general when Singapore fell. The two of them have just arrived here from a prison camp in Shenyang. After three years of torture and destruction, they are skinny and skinny, wearing the smallest military uniform, and they still look fat! MacArthur asked the two men to sign with him, which was compensation for their suffering. Two men stood behind him and saluted MacArthur. MacArthur sat down calmly and began to sign. A * * * used six pens. The first and second pens were given to Wainewright and Percival who accompanied the signature at the scene, and the other four pens were given to the National Archives, West Point Military Academy, Naval Academy (also said to be a gift for China on behalf of Xu Yongchang) and his wife. After signing, he returned to the loudspeaker and said, "The representative of the United States of America will sign now." At this time, Nimitz walked out of the team and asked General Haier Sai and General Simon to accompany him to sign. MacArthur then announced: "The representative of the Republic of China now signs." . Subsequently, General Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Command of China, accompanied by General Shang Zhen, signed the surrender on behalf of China. Then, the Englishman Bruce Fraser

General Xu Yongchang signed on behalf of China

Soviet Admiral Lieutenant General purkayev, Australian Admiral Thomas Bremen, Canadian Navy Colonel Moore Cosgrave, French Admiral Jacob Luckler, Dutch Admiral Conrad Herfridge and New Zealand Admiral Major General Leonard Iside signed on behalf of their respective countries. MacArthur finally delivered a speech: "We wish the world peace will be restored from now on, and may God bless peace forever! Now the ceremony is over. " At this time, it is already 9 o'clock 18. Fourteen years ago, on September 18th, the Japanese army occupied Shenyang. 1933, under the threat of the Japanese army, the train from Manchuria to Peiping arrived at 9: 0018! It's just providence. What a beautiful day to wash away the shame before!

At 8: 50, the music started again, and MacArthur came from Yokohama on the destroyer Buchanan. Nimitz stepped forward to meet them, and they climbed the stairs from the main deck and entered the general lounge. As MacArthur wished, his five stars raised the national flag on the mast. On a warship, two five-star general flags are raised at the same time, which is unprecedented in the history of the US Navy!

The exciting scene is coming. Even MacArthur, who has experienced many big events, can't restrain himself, so that he vomited violently in the consulting room of the captain's room and vomited all the undigested breakfast he had just eaten!

At this time, the "Missouri" sent a signal to the destroyer DD-486 "Lansdowne" that transported the Japanese delegation in the distance, and the "Lansdowne" immediately leaned down and put down the boat to send the Japanese delegation. The Japanese delegation consists of 1 1, including Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru in a black dress and hat. As a representative of the Japanese government, General Umezu Yoshijiro, Chief of Staff of the Army, is wearing a military uniform. As representatives of the Japanese base camp, the other nine people are composed of three representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, three representatives from the army and three representatives from the navy. The representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs all wore formal tuxedos, striped trousers and top hats, but only one of them somehow wore a wrinkled white linen suit, which was extremely incongruous. And seven officers, including Mizuho, all wore wrinkled uniforms and dim dirty boots. Obviously, as soldiers, especially Japanese soldiers who are deeply influenced by the spirit of Bushido and take surrender as their greatest shame, they are extremely reluctant to attend this ceremony, which is completely forced by the emperor's orders, so they express their strong dissatisfaction in this way! -Shigemitsu and Mizuho are old acquaintances of the people of China. One of Shigemitsu's legs was blown up by a bomb thrown by South Korea's Yi Shiyin in May 1932, and Hongkou Park still has its former site. Mejin is the garrison commander of Tianjin and a famous signatory to the Japan-US agreement. Things have changed, how cocky we used to be, but today we bow our heads here!