In this ground battle that lasted less than an hour and only dozens of people were captured, the man who tried to maintain the dignity of a colonel of the Imperial Army at the last moment raised his own saber and led the last few remaining officers.
Colonel Motoshigehisa, who rushed toward the oncoming Anti-Alliance tactical team, was hit by a rifle butt and suffered a concussion, and became one of the more than 20 people captured.
If it weren't for the rank of Colonel on his collar badge, which was too conspicuous in the rising morning sun, I am afraid that the local residents who were stabbed to death with bayonets by them and left as coolies by him were found outside the village, as well as a dozen more
The Anti-Union troops, who had captured the corpses of anti-Union personnel in the previous tug-of-war, had already beaten him and his men into a nest of ants.
However, the reason why Colonel Motoshimagi is alive today is because he was commanded by Tao Jingfei in the battle east of the Dezhou battlefield. Tao Jingfei, who was a political cadre, although he was slightly inferior to Du Kaishan in commanding operations, he was good at enforcing troop discipline.
He is much more restrained and strict than Du Kaishan.
If Du Kaishan were here and saw the massacred residents and the corpses of his captured personnel, he would have ordered not to leave a single person alive. For Du Kaishan, capturing a colonel alive is really nothing worthy of applause and bragging.
For him, there was not much difference between capturing someone alive and killing someone. It was Tao Jingfei who enforced strict discipline that could ensure this guy's life and not be killed on the spot.
However, although they saved their lives, the cadres and soldiers below saw the corpses of the villagers and prisoners of war massacred by the Japanese army outside the village, which made Colonel Motoshigehisa and his men suffer a lot. They were punched and kicked along the way, etc.
When they arrived at the prison camp, everyone's faces were bruised and swollen.
Colonel Motoshimagi, who has the highest military rank and is also the highest commander of the entire 259th Regiment, naturally suffered the most. Not only was his whole body the same as his subordinates, but only a crotch cloth was stripped off. North China Spring
I was shivering in the slightly chilly weather in the early morning. Moreover, one arm was fractured for some unknown reason.
Discipline must be enforced, but no matter how strict the discipline is, it cannot control everyone's anger when facing the scene of massacre. Although the anti-alliance combat troops on the front line of Dingli Gan strictly implemented the orders, but in the face of anger,
Next, the movements on hand may not be so controllable.
Although these two dozen guys were not killed directly, there were many small actions in private. The political cadres who usually emphasize discipline, but when faced with the slaughtered corpses, felt no less angry than the troops, also
As for these small actions in private, just pretend you don’t see them.
There is no way they have tried their best to restrain the anger in their hearts and suppress the emotions of the troops. As political cadres, they have been quite restrained without reaching out. As long as the troops below do not go too far, they will just turn a blind eye.
I closed my eyes. In fact, despite the suspicion of violating discipline, this kind of thing is still relatively controlled in the Chinese army.
After the U.S. military landed in Western Europe, on its way to Germany, it was rescuing the so-called prisoners imprisoned in the concentration camps. Faced with mountains of corpses and skeleton-shaped prisoners, junior U.S. military officers and soldiers executed them privately out of anger.
There were many concentration camp guards. However, none of these officers and soldiers were punished by law.
But for Americans, this is called illegal justice. But for other countries, this is called torture of prisoners of war and bloody revenge. What the Soviets did in Germany during the entire late World War II, although Americans also
No less. German prisoners of war who died at the hands of the Americans were no less common than the Soviets.
However, relatively wealthy Americans are not very interested in German watches and cars. They are more interested in high-end things, such as exquisite tableware, oil paintings and other high-value things. German property and
The Americans have no mercy in picking up the scientific elites they have painstakingly cultivated. Of course, the difference with the Soviets is that they only take what they like.
But for Americans, that’s called justice. For the Soviets or other countries, it’s called cruel revenge. People talk twice and whatever they do is justified. The same goes for the trial of Japanese war criminals.
Hideki Jo poked the Americans in the ass. When the Americans were trying war criminals, they used their relationship with this guy as a watershed.
Those who have a good relationship and obey Prime Minister Tojo are war criminals, and those who have a bad relationship with this guy are allies of the Americans. As for those senior Japanese military officers who committed war crimes against the Chinese people, except for Matsui Iwane, the rest
There was no accountability.
Including the real culprit of the Nanjing Massacre, the Emperor of Japan's uncle Asaka Palace Hatohiko. As well as the biggest person responsible for the war, the Emperor of Japan was also protected by the Americans and was not held accountable. Of course, the massacre of American and British prisoners of war was
The Americans will not be polite and send them to the gallows with violence.
As for the war criminals who launched the all-out war of aggression against China, how many of them have been held accountable? From the September 18th Incident to the full victory of the Anti-Japanese War for 14 years, how many of those executioners who massacred countless Chinese people were sent to prison?
On the gallows? In terms of investigating war responsibilities, almost all the real Japanese war criminals, especially the war criminals who invaded China, escaped punishment.
In fact, at the launch stage of this battle, both Okamura Neiji and Uchiyama Eitaro knew very well that the war has reached the current level and has exceeded the limit of Japan's national strength. If it continues like this, I am afraid that
Japan will be brought down in a few years.
Once Japan's economy and national strength are completely dragged down, this war will mean a complete failure. In order to prevent the enemy from retaliating against the defeated Japanese after the war, and to reduce the Chinese people's hatred of the Japanese army, both men
Issued orders to frontline combat troops multiple times.
After capturing the Anti-Union fighters, especially when capturing the Anti-Union wounded, no massacre or killing is allowed. All captured Anti-Union personnel must be transferred to the prisoner-of-war camp in Jinan for unified management. Recruited personnel
Coolies and civilians in the combat area are not allowed to commit any acts of killing or rape. When each unit is fighting, it must strictly restrain the combat units below and execute the orders of the front army and army.
But an order is an order, and execution is execution. An order is one thing, but execution is another matter. For an army like the Japanese army, which has a habit of killing, robbing, raping, and massacring to improve morale, this order
It is difficult to implement it thoroughly. Is it so easy to transform a group of ferocious beasts into gentlemen at once?
Despite many orders from Okamura Neiji and Uchiyama Eitaro, the killing of prisoners of war and civilians by the Japanese frontline combat troops during this battle was still quite serious. The orders from above are orders from above, and the troops below are
Except for those officers who are more prudent or have a slightly longer vision, most of the junior officers basically did not carry out this order.
There are even a considerable number of Japanese combat troops who use the so-called excuse of keeping secrets or boosting morale. They basically dispose of the coolies sent by the army themselves after they are used. This Colonel Motoshigehisa is one of these officers who has violated the law.
one.
First, all the old, weak, women and children in Dingligan Village were slaughtered except for the young and middle-aged men who were left as coolies. The young women were left as trophies to boost morale. Before the retreat, in order to keep the so-called
To keep the secret secret, the remaining young and middle-aged people who were kept as coolies, including some of the captured people who were used as coolies, were all stabbed to death with bayonets to silence them.
The corpses of the residents and prisoners of war massacred by the Japanese army were dumped in a shallow ditch to the east of the village. The wounds on the corpses from the bayonets clearly told the Anti-Japanese War troops on the front line of Dingli Gan that these beasts
What exactly did you do in this small natural village?
Although Tao Jingfei gritted his teeth with hatred when he received the report from the troops below, and wished he could retaliate with blood, tooth for tooth. But in the end, as a political commissar, discipline still prevailed in his mind. If it had been Du Kaishan, he would have publicly
Of course he would not give the order. He was not that stupid to let people take advantage of him publicly.
But there will never be a shortage of verbal indicative orders in private. Even if someone holds the blame afterwards, everyone will be red-eyed by then. Who would have known that they were going to surrender and just prevaricate it with one sentence. But for Tao Jingfei.
He said that as a political cadre, he is still very principled.
However, for an officer like Colonel Motoshigehisa, being able to save a life now does not mean letting these beasts go. He can save a life now, but he has to wait until the real trial comes. For those who massacred civilians,
As a Japanese military officer, Yang Zhen is not the kind of person who repays kindness with kindness. It's not that he won't retaliate now, it's just that the time has not yet come.
In fact, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, under the deployment and arrangements of Yang Zhen, the Northeast Anti-Japanese War Military Tribunal sentenced more than 400 Japanese officers to death in one go. The first of them was that
General Hisao Tani, who was captured by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the Northeastern battlefield, was the commander of the Japanese Sixth Division after the July 7th Incident, and one of the main executioners of the Nanjing Massacre.
At the same time, those who were sentenced to death were King Asaka Palace Hatohiko who was captured by the anti-Japanese troops who landed in Japan, King Higashino Palace Minoruhiko, Matsui Iwane, and a series of other people who were still alive when the Japanese army was defeated and did not commit suicide when they were defeated.
, or died on the battlefield.
As long as the Anti-Japanese League can arrest them, Japanese officers who participated in the Nanjing Massacre are on this death penalty list. But it is a pity that the commander of the 16th Japanese Division who committed the most murders in Nanjing was also the craziest.
Nakajima Kongo, perhaps because he was afraid of being held accountable, or perhaps for other reasons, died of illness immediately after the Japanese army was defeated, allowing this guy to escape.
In addition to Kanji Ishihara, the planner and initiator of the September 18th Incident who was also arrested, his whereabouts are unknown after being brought back to China. Among the Japanese soldiers that Yang Zhen was able to capture, there were Japanese military officers who participated in the Nanjing Massacre.
, all were sent to the execution ground, including two royal families, plus a group of retired officers.
For political reasons, the Americans gave up the pursuit of war crimes against the Japanese royal family, but Yang Zhen didn't care about that. In his words, even if these guys went to the ends of the earth, they would be caught and paid with blood. Landing in the Anti-Alliance Forces
After Japan, on the list of the first arrest order he issued, the two royal families ranked first were Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko and Prince Higashikaru Palace Minuhiko.
If it weren't for the early days of the war of aggression against China, Prince Kanin Miyazaishi, who served as Japan's chief of staff, died of illness before the end of the war. Prince Fushimi Miyahiro Kyo, the commander of the Navy Command, was already ill and unconscious. Yang Zhen would not mind putting these two together.
During the war of aggression against China, in addition to the Emperor of Japan, the chief war criminals of the royal family were also sent to the execution ground. As for the charges in the trial, they were uniformly ****.