After Hisao Tani led the Sixth Division to invade China, he began to fight in North China, and later fought in the battlefields of Northern Hebei and Baoding, and then returned to North China to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Qin Siyu's troops. They created many uninhabited villages in Northern Hebei. Guangdong and Huiyang areas
Witnesses did not have time to come to Jinan, but witnesses from the battlefields in Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong abounded. As soon as the judge said that the witnesses were to be summoned, a large crowd of people cheered and started to accuse with blood and tears.
The testimonies of these witnesses were filled with blood and tears. They were so tragic that the listeners at the radio could not bear to listen and covered their ears with tears. Jiang Qiang listened to the bloody and tearful accusations of the witnesses and was thinking about whether the hanging sentence for Hisao Tani was too light.
At that time, Chang Yuan came over and handed him a note, telling him that people from the Nanjing Government Communications and Liaison Group would have to see him whether they were alive or dead.
Jiang Qiang unfolded the note and looked at it under the electric light. He saw that it read: "In response to the chairman's telegram, the criminal Hisao Tani must be sentenced to death in Lingchi." Jiang Qiang laughed when he saw it. I was about to behead Gu.
As for Shoufu, the Chairman's order has come, and it has come well, and it has come cleverly, and it has come wonderfully!
Jiang Qiang told Chang Yuan that he was busy and the people from the communication team disappeared for the time being. He would take some time to meet with them later. He could tell them that the chairman's order was received and will be followed.
Perhaps the chairman's subsequent telegram was too harsh. Shortly after Chang Yuan left, he still led people from the Nanjing government's communications liaison team to Jiang Qiang's back, saying that he must see Ling Chi Gu Hisao with his own eyes, otherwise, they would
Bear severe penalties.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qiang knew that these people were under strict orders from the Chairman to supervise the judgment of Hisao Tani, so he waved his hand and told these people to stand behind. After a while, the radio station director He Xinghua also rushed over.
A telegram was sent from Yan'an, which clearly stated: Hisao Tani will be severely and severely sentenced to death!
Jiang Qiang took a look and found out that he was still afraid that others would accuse him of being too cruel if he cut Hisao Tani alive. Now, he was no longer afraid that others would say he was too cruel. Jiang Qiang immediately wrote a note: Hisao Tani Lingchi
Execution, Guan Guizhi and hanging. After writing, ask someone to send it to Yang Dalin.
The witness testimony had to be interrupted in the end because it took too long. Justice Yang Dalin announced that the evidence was sufficient and there was no need for further cross-examination. Yang Dalin finally said: "The defendants Hisao Tani and Kameji Seki have no objection to the evidence and evidence provided by the prosecutor.
You have one last chance to argue with the testimony of the witnesses. This judge reminds you that this argument shall not exceed five minutes."
At this time, both Hisao Tani and Seki Kameji knew that the evidence was irrefutable, and any further quibbling had lost any meaning and would only make their family more embarrassed in front of the world. Therefore, Tani Hisao and Seki Kameji unanimously proposed
, gave up the argument, and asked the judge to allow them to leave a letter to their wives, find a small bag for them, cut off some hair, put it in the bag and leave it to their wives. This is a Japanese custom.
The chief judge agreed to the request of Hisao Tani and Seki Kameji, and replied that he would entrust the International Red Cross to transfer it. Then several Shandong military districts came forward to untie the two, helped them sit in front of the table and chairs, and put down paper and pens.
Hand it to them.
Hisao Tani may have had some remorse at this time. After moving his hands and feet, he picked up a pen and wrote on the paper: "When the cold wind starts, I will go to the underworld. I would like to send a message to my wife and children not to set foot in the Central Plains again." After writing, Tani Hisao
Hisao asked the soldiers to get scissors, cut off a few strands of hair, stuff it into a small pocket, and write on it the words No. 53, Fujimi-cho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo.
Seki Kameji's performance was similar to Hisao Tani's. He also wrote a few crooked poems, cut a few strands of hair, and wrote down his home address clearly.
Justice Yang Dalin began to pronounce the verdict. The verdict was very long, including the criminal facts and applicable legal provisions of Hisao Tani and Seki Kameji. The audience in front of the radio listened to the end and firmly remembered the verdict: Hisao Tani participated in the decision-making to launch the invasion.
During the war with China, he acted as the vanguard of the invasion of China. During the war, he massacred prisoners and non-combatants, raped, robbed, and destroyed property. This violated the Geneva Convention and constituted crimes against peace, crimes against the people, and war crimes.
The crime of murder, rape, and robbery. In view of the extremely serious crime, each of the crimes constituted the death penalty. It was decided to punish several crimes concurrently. Hisao Tani was sentenced to death and executed late.
During the war, Guan Guiji set his troops to massacre civilians, annihilated, robbed, and destroyed property, which violated the Geneva Convention and constituted crimes against peace, crimes against the people, war crimes, homicide, rape, and robbery.
In view of the extremely serious crime, each of his crimes constituted the death penalty, and it was decided to punish several crimes simultaneously, and sentenced Guan Guizhi to death and execution by hanging.
After hearing the verdict, Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji were completely confused. They originally thought they might be shot, but they didn't expect one to be Lingchi and the other to be hanged. The two old devils even tried their best to suck the milk and shouted loudly.
Unsatisfied with the verdict, he requested an appeal.
The justice banged the gavel and told them coldly that this was the final judgment of the Chinese people and no appeals were allowed. Hisao Tani and Kameji Seki collapsed on the ground, muttering to themselves, I regret it, I regret it.
Participate in aggressive wars.
Jiang Qiang's voice rang out: "Listeners: Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji's verdict has come into effect with the knocking down of the chief justice's gavel. The next step is execution. Look, Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji have been executed by Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Dragging to the execution ground, Hisao Tani was tied to the wooden pillar of the gallows. His clothes had been stripped off, leaving only a crotch cloth on his body. Seki Kameji's head had been put into the noose, and he could be executed immediately."
Zhou Xuan's voice rang out: "Dear listeners: The cruel Hisao Tani and Seki Kameji are about to be brought to justice. Once upon a time, they regarded the lives of Chinese people as nothing more than worthless and killed them at will. Now, justice has finally fallen to them.
On their heads, Hisao Tani and Guan Guoji have also collapsed into a ball of mud. I am thinking that those Japanese generals who are still arranging their troops to show off their ferocity must think carefully about their ending. General Jiang Qiang has already
I have said that a special military court will be established to try these invaders. What awaits the lieutenant generals and generals of the Japanese army must be the gallows and the guillotine."
Guan Guizhi's hanging was carried out very quickly. After all, this was the war era. Everything was simplified and everything that could be saved was saved. The law enforcement soldiers, under the command of the commander, directly hung Guan Guizhi to the gallows. Guan Guizhi was hanged.
He only struggled in the air for a few times and it was over. Hisao Tani was stabbed one after another and was delayed.
Lingchi, a punishment that originated during the Five Dynasties period, was abolished in 1905 at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The reason why Hisao Tani is still sentenced to death at Lingchi is, needless to say, because his evil deeds have reached the point where hanging him would be too easy.
.It is said that Liu Jin, the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, was sentenced to Lingchi and suffered 3,357 knives and was mutilated for three days.
Considering that the execution of Lingchi was too difficult and too bloody, Jiang Qiang told Zhuang Tao and the others that they could not let soldiers execute the execution, but should look for an executioner from among the old executioners of Jinan Prison. In the end, they found one. According to him, one was the Ming Dynasty executioner.
Shi Lingchi's sword skills were exquisite, usually more than a thousand swords. After the Qing Dynasty, Lingchi roughly had twenty-four swords, thirty-six swords, seventy-two swords and one hundred and twenty swords. He is an ancestral craftsman.
, you can use a thin blade to slowly cook Hisao Tani, and at least you can cut more than a thousand cuts. In the end, Liu Yimin made the final decision and chose the cutting method of one hundred and twenty cuts.
This day is a grand festival for the Chinese people who were invaded by the Japanese invaders. When the verdict was announced, from Shaanxi to the rear area and all the counties controlled by the Chinese army, as long as there was a radio, it became a sea of joy.
The firecrackers were set off, the gongs and drums were beaten, and the Yangko dance was performed. The suffering Chinese people had smiles on their faces, sang songs, and expressed their excitement in various ways.
Hisao Tani's wails struck the hearts of all the Japanese officers and soldiers in front of the radio. No one of the Japanese generals could have imagined that the Jiaodong Group Army did not implement the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners for the captured Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji, but instead
Prosecute them as war criminals, try them in public, and the sentences imposed are so heavy, so severe, so cruel, and so cruel.
Naturally, those who reacted most strongly were the officers of the various units of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army.
After the commander of the Sixth Division, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, issued an order prohibiting ordinary officers and soldiers from listening to the radio, only officers above the captain could listen to the live broadcast. In this way, a situation arose where officers above the captain were in the room.
Listen, officers and soldiers below the group leader were listening secretly outside the unit's group department and outside the window sill. Later, those squadron leaders and squad leaders couldn't stand the crowding, so they simply violated the order and listened in their own squadron headquarters.
The people who are most likely to have a mentality of worship are those young people who are not deeply involved in the world.
The same is true for the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army. Speaking of Hisao Tani, those brigade commanders and regimental commanders may not admire him very much. Maybe some people still have opinions about him and wish him bad luck! On the contrary, those junior officers and soldiers,
When I mention Hisao Tani's name, I have great reverence. I always follow him as an example and dream of being like him, killing crazily and making great contributions on the Chinese battlefield.
When the wailing of Hisao Tani's being tortured came from the radio, these junior officers and ordinary soldiers collapsed completely, and the wailing sounded everywhere, as if it was not Hisao Tani who was being tortured, but their own parents.
After the wailing, some young officers first acted irrationally and began to accuse and curse each other, which later developed into fights. Later, some young officers and soldiers began to commit suicide. These are nothing, their lives are theirs.
If you die, you will die, no one can care about it. But killing others is wrong, and those irrational young officers did exactly the wrong thing. One of the squad leaders actually picked up a light machine gun with a crutch and pointed it at his own
The team opened fire, and as soon as the shuttle went down, more than a dozen little Japs fell down. There was still a Japs who didn't want to die and shot him decisively. Otherwise, when he changed the magazine again, I'm afraid the whole team would be dead.
of.
According to subsequent statistics, that night, the Sixth Division, the most elite of the Japanese army, had 120 suicides and manslaughter accidents, with a loss of 1,200 men, equivalent to an elite infantry brigade. This also coincided with the death of Hisao Tani 120 times.
Knife numbers.
Afterwards, Inaba Shiro urgently reported to the base camp and requested that the country immediately produce a batch of exquisite amulets so that each soldier of the Sixth Division could wear one to give them a sense of security and confidence. At the same time, he requested the base camp to immediately select eminent monks.
Go to the Sixth Division to preach the essence of Shinto and Buddhism and help restore the morale of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division.
The North China Front Army headquarters was filled with lifeless atmosphere.
When the North China Front Army Chief of Staff Yamashita Tomofumi and the deputy chief of staff heard the news on the radio that the Jiaodong Army was going to put Hisao Tani on trial, they all became furious and cursed loudly. When the Jiaodong Army actually put Hisao Tani on trial and read out the indictment word for word
, these two guys fell silent, and then Siuchi Shou Lao sat there and listened.
The reason why Yamashita Tomofumi became the chief of staff of the North China Front was because his father-in-law and Terauchi Juichi were good friends. Originally, he had been stationed in Peiping since he served as the commander of the reading brigade of the North China Garrison Army, responsible for protecting the North China Front.
The tasks of the headquarters. After the reading brigade of the North China Garrison Army was reorganized into the 27th Division, Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma became the division commander. Since he was a major general at the time, he could not serve as the division commander, so he remained in the North China Front Army.
Headquarters, assist Lieutenant General Naosaburo at the post.
The North China Resident Army Reading Brigade did many bad things, the most famous of which was provoking the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Hisao Tani and the Sixth Division did all the bad things that Yamashita Tomofumi and his original North China Resident Army Reading Brigade did.
I have done it, but it's just not as famous as Hisao Tani and the Sixth Division.
After listening to the indictment read out by the prosecutor, Yamashita Fengwen said angrily: "Jiang Qiang, a little policeman, made a fuss out of a molehill. Is there any need to prosecute this kind of thing? Which occupation army in the world doesn't do this? Mr. Hisao Tani is just...
Did Jiang Qiang do what many people in history have done? If Jiang Qiang had the ability, he would arrest all the famous generals in history for interrogation. Why would he only try Mr. Gu Shoufu? This is absolutely unfair!"
Akira Muto was one of the representatives of the faction that expanded into the war of aggression against China in the Japanese army. Historically, he was among the seven Class-A war criminals hanged at the Tokyo Trial, and he had the lowest military rank, only a lieutenant general.
Like most generals of the Japanese army, Muto Akira was promoted along the route of Army Infant School, Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and Army University. Different from other Japanese generals, Muto Akira liked to write and pretend in his youth.
Like a young man, this also laid the foundation for his long-term career as an advisor.
After graduating from the 32nd class of the Army University with second place, Muto Akira was selected to study military affairs in Germany. The craze for military reorganization throughout Germany deeply stimulated him. After returning to China, he began to vigorously advocate the launch of a war of aggression against China.
.This Muto Akira may not be a big official, but the things he does are earth-shattering.
When he was the squad leader of the fourth squad of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters, Muto Akira was ordered to go deep into the central and southern regions of China to collect intelligence and survey the geography. He came to the conclusion that China is vast and rich in resources, while Japan is small and barren. He believed that the way out for Japan was to occupy the country.
China. When he served as the chief of the operations section of the Kwantung Army Staff Headquarters, Muto Akira specifically led the intelligence collection and analysis of the Northeast region, laying the foundation for the Japanese army to invade and occupy the Northeast. King Toku occupied Suiyuan and formed an army. Muto Akira was like
The fly smelled the stink and immediately stuck to it, instigating the Kwantung Army to fully support King De in an attempt to establish the "Mongol Empire." As a result, Fu Zuoyi led his troops to launch a counterattack and won a great victory in the Bailing Temple battle. He was almost captured alive while working with King De's army.
Muto Zhang.
When the Marco Polo Bridge Incident occurred, Akira Muto was already the chief of the operations section of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, there were two opinions in the Japanese Army's General Staff Headquarters. Muto Akira's immediate boss, Japan's number one military scientist and head of the First Department of the General Staff Headquarters, Ishihara Kanji, believed that the imaginary enemy of the Japanese Army was Wang Yizhe, who was now invading China in an all-out way.
The time is not ripe. If it falls into the Chinese battlefield, it will affect the Japanese military's management of the entire Asia. But Muto Akira didn't think so. After receiving the report of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, he was ecstatic, thinking that the opportunity for a full-scale invasion of China had come, and he must
Seize the opportunity before China has completed its war preparations and deliver a fatal blow to China. The two men faced each other tit for tat, and the lawsuit went before the Prime Minister and even the Emperor. Naturally, Muto Akira won, and the Japanese army began to fully invade China.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Muto Akira flew to Guangdong to meet Matsui Iwane and then to Peiping to meet Terauchi Hisashi. He single-handedly planned the Daya Bay landing, which caused the Chinese army to retreat from Daya Bay.
After listening to Yamashita Fengfumi's words, Muto Akira immediately spoke nonsense: "The Chinese people are all illiterate and are the garbage of the civilized world. It is a great contribution to world peace that the Japanese Imperial Army sweeps away the garbage that affects the progress of the world. Lieutenant General Hisao Tani
Is he guilty? Jiang Qiang dared to put General Hisao Tani on trial, which shows that he is also a frog in the well who does not understand current affairs and the direction of the changing trend of the world, and cannot achieve anything big."
Yamashita Fengwen immediately continued: "That is, crimes against peace, crimes against the people, and war crimes are unheard of. I have never heard of a general committing such crimes in the world. It is simply inexplicable. Jiang Qiang, a small policeman, actually tampered with
An international convention that has never been implemented, and using the provisions that are still on the paper to convict the Japanese army generals is pure nonsense."
This is not the idea of Yamashita Fengfumi alone. At this time, the prosecution and trial of war criminals on these three charges had never happened in the world. In the minds of Japanese generals, killing was a military exploit, and robbery was a military exploit, including the rape of women.
, that was just a matter of violating military discipline. At this time, the Japanese generals did not have the concept of war crimes, and it was precisely for this reason that they published photos and news of soldiers massacring civilians in newspapers.
Jiang Qiang prosecuted Hisao Tani and Kameharu Seki for three crimes: crimes against peace and war crimes. This can be regarded as creating a new era in the history of war in the trial of war criminals. It stands at the height of the entire human civilization and makes judgments on all behaviors that endanger human civilization.
.It is also a warning to those war madmen, if you dare to launch a war of aggression, I will judge you in the name and qualifications of all mankind. How can these things be understood by little devils?
Yamashita Tomofumi has this view, and Muto Akira has this view even more: "Jiang Qiang is sensationalizing and wants to use the blood of the Imperial Japanese Army generals to attract the attention of the international community. I have to say, this guy has a way.
If it succeeds, newspapers all over the world will publish the news of their public trial of General Hisao Tani on their front pages tomorrow. Maybe there will be a heated debate among the legal circles. However, this is just sensationalism. What determines the outcome of a war is strength, and the big
The strength of the Imperial Japanese Army is by no means something that a small group of policemen can compete with. What are crimes against peace, crimes against the people, and war crimes? The Imperial Japanese Army is carrying out a holy war in Greater East Asia and liberating the backward and ignorant Chinese people.
Jiang Qiang is simply confusing right and wrong and confusing right and wrong. I can guarantee that although the press will make a fuss, military strategists and politicians from all over the world will sneer at Jiang Qiang's arrogant and ignorant actions."
Yamashita Fengwen nodded: "Muto-kun, it seems that we must immediately formulate a combat plan similar to the Daya Bay landing to completely shatter Jiang Qiang's unrealistic illusions and dispel his confidence in confronting the imperial army."
A blush immediately appeared on Muto Akira's face as he tweeted: "Chief of Staff, there is an opportunity now. The Fifth Division has already taken a boat to the north and will arrive in Tianjin soon. I think we are fully capable.
Launch a large-scale offensive operation against the Shandong Jiaodong Army and eliminate Jiang Qiang's main force in the Shandong Military Region in one fell swoop. Maybe we can also rescue General Hisao Tani and General Guan Guiji."
Listening to the rhetoric of his chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, Terauchi knew that these two people did not understand Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Army at all, and their thoughts were still at the level of fighting the Nanjing political ax army. They were far away from the original chief of staff.
Sanlang still had a long way to go. If they followed their idea and allowed the Fifth Division to land at any port in eastern Shandong, they would indeed be able to catch Jiang Qiang off guard at the beginning and sweep the Jiaodong Army's base area ruthlessly.
But what happens next? If Jiang Qiang's main force surrounds him next, wouldn't that mean that the elite Fifth Division will be put into the wolf's mouth?
Terauchi was upset and told Yamashita Fengfumi and Muto Akira to shut up and listen to the Jiaodong Army's verdict.
Upon hearing that the Jiaodong Army actually pronounced Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji guilty of six major crimes, including breach of peace, crimes against the people, war crimes, homicide, rape, and robbery, and sentenced Hisao Tani and Guan Guiji to death at an untimely manner.
The hanging did not need to be stopped by Touichi Templeuchi, but Yamashita Tofumi and Muto Akira shut up.
It wasn't until Seki Kameji was hanged and Hisao Tani's wailings during his execution were heard from the radio that Yamashita Hobumi and Muto Akira began to sweat on their heads.
Yamashita Fengwen touched his neck and couldn't help but think that Guan Guizhi had only been in China for a few days. His 34th Division had been harassed by the Jiaodong Army since arriving in Tai'an and had never been able to let go.
How can he fight so vigorously like his former Zhutun Army Duli Brigade in the Pingjin area? Guan Guizhi sentenced him to hanging. If one day he fell into Jiang Qiang's hands, wouldn't he have to do it?
Will he be sentenced to death like the unlucky guy Hisao Tani? It seems that he can't just follow the troops in the future. It's safer to stay in the headquarters. It's best to leave North China as soon as possible.
Muto Akira was even more outrageous than Yamashita Tomofumi. He knew in his heart that Hisao Tani could be convicted of war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against the people. One of the evidences was that he had participated in the decision-making discussion of the Imperial Council. The reason why Seki Kameji was not sentenced to death was
In addition to the fact that he killed fewer people than Hisao Tani and raped fewer women than Hisao Tani, an important factor is that he was purely an officer who only carried out the orders of the military and did not participate in the decision-making of the war against China.
Hisao Tani only participated in one imperial meeting. Although Muto Akira's position was low and his official position was small, because he was in the decision-making center of the central government, he not only participated in many imperial meetings, but also directly led to Japan's full-scale invasion of China. In terms of the real
For war crimes, the little Muto Sho's crime was much more serious than Hisao Tani's. Hisao Tani was sentenced to Lingchi and was slashed one hundred and twenty times. So when it was Muto Sho's turn, how many cuts should be made?
Muto Akira didn't dare to think about it, he just felt that every pore in his body was pulling out cold air.
At the beginning, Terauchi thought that the public trial of Hisao Tani would only embarrass the Emperor of Japan, the government and the army, and thought that the Shandong Military Region would probably actually shoot Hisao Tani and Seki Kameji. He never expected that Jiang Qiang would actually
Hisao Tani was sentenced to death, and he was actually beheaded alive with a knife. His wailing screams before his death made Seki Kameji's hanging seem a bit lucky.
Jiang Qiang dared to execute the Japanese Empire Army Lieutenant General, the dignified Sixth Division Commander, and the Twelfth Army Commander at an early date. This was an extreme contempt and humiliation for the Japanese Empire, which is unbearable!
Terauchi was furious and wanted to immediately order a crazy revenge against Jiang Qiang's Shandong Military Region. However, looking at the dejected Yamashita Fengfumi and Muto Akira, Terauchi had to restrain his anger and sat down to slowly chew the bitterness in his heart.
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Jiang Qiang knew clearly that the Japanese army would retaliate wildly, knew that the Japanese army had large-scale aircraft and warships, and knew that Japan was far superior to China in terms of national strength, yet he still dared to use Ling Chi, which had been abolished long ago, on the captured Hisao Tani.
What does capital punishment mean? Temple Shouichi didn't dare to think about it in detail.
Hisashi Terauchi knew that no matter how arrogant Jiang Qiang was, no matter how powerful and capable his Shandong Army was, they would not be able to change the basic situation that the Japanese army was stronger than the Chinese army in a short period of time. Once the main force of the Japanese army was assembled, it would attack Shandong again.
, Jiang Qiang's Shandong Army is still no match for the Japanese army. Unless a miracle happens. In this case, Jiang Qiang dared to ignore the large-scale revenge of the Japanese army, resolutely killed Hisao Chitani and hanged Guan Guiji. At least it shows one point,
That is, they are determined to die rather than live in ruins, and are determined to fight the imperial army to the end.
The public trial of Hisao Tani is likely to make all Chinese troops more determined to fight the Japanese army to the end.
Temple Touhou, Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, and Sugimoto Yuan are all supporters of the theory of quick victory. In their opinion, the Chinese army has backward weapons, poor training, and inconsistent ideas. As long as the Japanese army invades China on a large scale, it will be impossible in a short period of time.
They can completely eliminate the main force of the Chinese army, destroy the Nanjing government or force it to surrender. It is precisely because of this that they desperately launched a full-scale war of aggression against China.