From September 18, 1931 to September 2, 1945, this arduous 14-year War of Resistance was a war that changed the historical destiny of the Chinese nation, a history of the suffering of my Chinese sons and daughters who resisted to the death, and a moment when the lions of the East woke up from their slumber.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1945, Our country began to hunt down those culprits whose hands were stained with the blood of Chinese; some of them were thrown into prison, and some were executed to comfort their compatriots who were killed, but in the process of pursuing these war criminals who were stained with the blood of our Chinese people, the Nationalist government headed by Chiang Kai-shek had a ghost in its heart, completely disregarded the shame and indignation of the country, and even insisted on excusing the Class A war criminals headed by Ningji Okamura, the supreme commander of the invasion of China.
Under the circumstance that Chiang Kai-shek deliberately protected Okamura Ningji several times, this Class-A war criminal who was stained with the blood of the Chinese people and was eventually acquitted by Chiang Kai-shek and others, so why did Chiang Kai-shek protect Okamura Ningji several times? Why did he release him in spite of the shame and indignation of the people? Why?
The acquittal was largely based on the role of the military's key officials headed by He Yingqin, especially General Tang Enbo' strong advocates.
"In addition to never forgetting the kindness of President Chiang Kai-shek of the Chinese Government and the generals of the Ministry of National Defense, I am willing to dedicate my life to Japan-China friendship in order to reward my long-cherished wish."
The three lines and two words recorded in the memoirs of Okamura Ningji, the supreme commander of the Japanese army who invaded China, are the most sincere and sincere thanks to the reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek after they released themselves when he spent his later years in peace.
Okamura Ningji, a Class-A war criminal who single-handedly plotted the 918 Incident, provoked the 128 Incident, and created the Factory kiln massacre second only to the Nanjing Massacre, regarded the lives of the Chinese people as grass and mustard, and had blood on his hands, was finally acquitted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East on January 26, 1949, on the grounds that he had not violated the laws of war and public international law, and a larger part of the reason why the Chinese court was able to do so was because of the black hand behind its behind-the-scenes control.
On August 15, 1945, after 14 years of concerted efforts by our Chinese compatriots and after arduous efforts to resist foreign invasions, the Emperor of Japan finally read the edict of unconditional surrender to people around the world through the broadcast of the "Edict of the End of the War".
After the Japanese Government announced its unconditional surrender, the reactionary government headed by Chiang Kai-shek vainly tried to monopolize Japan's right to surrender with the assistance of the United States; after our Party refused Chiang Kai-shek's order to stand guard in situ, Chiang Kai-shek attempted to use the millions of Japanese troops under supreme commander Okamura Ningji to keep our army personnel out of the enemy-occupied areas, so that all the weapons and equipment of the Japanese army could be privately pocketed.
In addition to expanding the armaments and materials, Chiang Kai-shek's deeper intention in doing so is to use this million troops to suppress our Party when starting a civil war.
After receiving the news that Chiang Kai-shek was only allowed to surrender to the Nationalist Government, Okamura Ningji, who was already a war criminal at that time, expressed his scruples to obey the order and immediately replied: Closely integrate with the Nationalist Government and resolutely deal with the Chinese Communists.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, after learning of Okamura Ningji's reply, explained to his subordinates that if there was any anti-Japanese and insulting behavior in Yan'an, he would definitely be punished.
Judging from Chiang Kai-shek's above behavior, they are all abhorrent, and in addition to ordering our army not to accept the surrendered Japanese army, it is also stipulated that our army must also treat these surrendered Japanese troops with good courtesy, and if they do not comply, they will be severely punished.
What is even more abhorrent is that he wanted to revive the idea of "encircling and suppressing" our army by the invaders who burned and plundered in our land of China, and this army later became the so-called "shadow army" of Chiang Kai-shek, and the supreme leader of this army was Okamura Ningji appointed by Chiang Kai-shek, which was the main reason why Chiang Kai-shek wanted to help Okamura Ningji several times.
As the supreme commander of the Japanese army that once invaded China, whether it was his talent or his prestige in the Japanese army, chiang kai-shek believed that being able to save this person was to give himself an extra chance of winning in the war against our party.
On August 27, 1945, Leng Xin, deputy chief of staff of the Chinese Army General Command, flew to Nanjing on the orders of Chiang Kai-shek and the pro-Japanese dispatch He Yingqin to prepare for the surrender, and when Leng Xin contacted the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army, Okamura Ningji, this Class-A war criminal, who was stained with the blood of my Chinese sons and daughters, made several explicit suggestions: I would like to help "President Chiang Kai-shek" attack our Party troops with 1.2 million Japanese troops in China.
However, after that, because of the Americans and other factors, Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to risk the great discord of the world and use these millions of Japanese troops to "suppress" our party; perhaps in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, these invaders who deceived our people and insulted our people were the people he should be closest to, and those parties and Chinese sons and daughters who hated him to the bone were just a multitude of enemies in his eyes, and Okamura Ningji's previous explicit remarks were worthy of praise in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes.
In order to encourage Okamura Ningji to serve himself, Chiang Kai-shek also specially entrusted his close subordinate Shao Yulin to meet in person on the 31st of the same month to convey his promise to Okamura Ningji: he was allowed to atone for his crimes with his achievements and be spared punishment as war criminals.
In addition, it promised that after Okamura Ninji handed over all the equipment and the towns he occupied, the Japanese army could "defend itself by force" against those who "disturbed the law and order", in exchange, and would not be treated as war criminals.
In this regard, Class-A war criminal Ninji Okamura said happily: I will certainly do my best to abide by the instructions of "Chairman Chiang Kai-shek" and will certainly not fail to live up to the expectations of "Chairman Chiang Kai-shek."
On September 9, 1945, the ceremony of Japan's surrender was held in the auditorium of the Central Military Academy in Nanjing, and He Yingqin, as the commander of the army of the Nationalist government, accepted the surrender of Japanese militarism on behalf of China, but this ceremony of accepting surrender was a disgrace at any time.
According to international regulations, as a victorious country, there is no need to return the salute to the defeated country, but He Yingqin, who was in a teacher-student relationship with Okamura Ningji at that time, when accepting the surrender letter signed by Okamura Ningji, not only stood up and leaned forward and took Okamura Ningji's surrender letter with both hands, but also behaved particularly affectionately throughout the process of surrender, as if it was not a defeated country but a friendly country that was surrendered.
Only 11 days after Okamura Ningji signed the surrender, on September 20, 1945, when it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Kuomintang government even sent people to the Japanese war criminals camp to deliver mooncakes.
In November 1945, our party opened a list of 20,000 war criminals, of which Okamura Ningji, the number one war criminal, was listed prominently, but Chiang Kai-shek strictly prohibited the publication of this list.
On December 18, Chiang Kai-shek flew to Nanjing, formally received Okamura Ningji, who he saw as a "close person", and asked him warmly whether he was in good health, if there were deficiencies in life, although he did not have to be polite, and Chiang Kai-shek's remarks made Okamura Ningji feel warm, praising Chiang Kai-shek for always smiling and being kind.
At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek, who had some scruples earlier, resolutely decided to exonerate Okamura Ningji at the risk of the world's great disobedience; the people's righteous indignation filled him with disregard; he ignored our party's call for justice; he ignored the millions of heroic souls who were killed; and he disregarded the dignity of the country where the land fell and was trampled on by humiliation.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have forgotten the heinous oath he had written in his diary in his early years, "The shame of Nanjing today will be disgraced every day.", in his eyes there was only "suppressing the red bandits", only consolidating the rights of his own great dictator, and in order to tighten the supreme power in his hands, he did not hesitate to make enemies of the people, against justice, and against conscience.
From September 12, 1945 to the end of March 1948, Okamura Ningji was placed under house arrest by the Chiang Kai-shek government in the name of the general liaison officer and the head of the liaison squad of the Japanese officers and soldiers in the Chinese theater, and in addition to daily assistance in the repatriation of Japanese troops and the return of Japanese overseas Chinese, he also served as a secret military adviser to the Kuomintang military authorities.
At the end of March 1948, he was taken to Shanghai for trial, and in mid-August he was officially sent to the Shanghai War Criminals Prison, but soon after he was placed under surveillance by Chiang Kai-shek in another secret place under the pretext of "medical parole."
And when Okamura Ningji was living in a secret place, his then-student He Yingqin went to his residence and told him: The chairman of the committee has told him that your life can be safe and you don't need to worry.
In November 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East requested that Okamura return to his country to testify, but the Nationalist government prevented him from attending the court on the grounds that his work had not been completed.
Later, Okamura ningji was listed as a war criminal by the court, and Chiang Kai-shek and others decided to postpone his return to Japan and wait for the opportunity to ease up in order not to let him return to Japan to be tried.
However, the easing of this opportunity that Chiang Kai-shek had hoped for in his heart still broke out in the mood of national dissatisfaction day after day, and our Party also successively exposed the crimes of Okamura Ninji, the number one war criminal, in major newspapers, and demanded that Chiang Kai-shek solve the problem in a serious and expeditious manner.
However, the Nationalist government simply went through the motions, and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, which had earlier asked Chiang Kai-shek to hand over Okamura Ningji several times, was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek in the strongest tone, and Okamura Ningji at this time was recuperating in a secret place.
In April 1947, the trial of war criminals at the International Tribunal for the Far East had not yet been completed, but the trial of war criminals on the Chinese side was nearing completion, and in order to calm domestic public opinion, the Nationalist government still let Okamura Ningji go to the court again, and this time it was the same as before, all of which delayed the time on the grounds of Okamura Ningji's body.
On January 26, 1949, with the end of the trial of Japanese war criminals by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the Chinese side also "acquitted Okamura Ninji according to law", and the verdict that shocked the world appeared, and this result was also unthinkable by Okamura Ningji at that time.
Although he always remembered he Yingqin's previous words to himself that "can be safe and sound", in his eyes he never took it seriously, he thought that the worst plan was to be sentenced to seven years in prison, and he was still very acceptable for the results of such a prison disaster, but the various "acquittals" done by the National Government really made this aggressor with blood on his hands grateful.
When our Party learned of this news, it immediately demanded that the Nationalist Government in Nanjing re-arrest Okamura Ningji and hand him over to our Party personnel for sanctions.
Li Zongren, who took over Chiang Kai-shek's mess in the subsequent peace talks, also ordered his men to arrest him, but Tang Enbo, who was "loyal" to Chiang Kai-shek, still refused to carry it out after learning of Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, but secretly sent him to Japan.
At this point, this Okamura Ningji, who had committed numerous crimes in the land of China, completely escaped the judgment of the people and justice.
From the September 18 Incident to the Nanjing Massacre, from the destruction of the mountains and rivers in the country to the deep grass and trees in the spring of the city, from the 14 years of arduous Resistance to the comprehensive victory of the war, Chiang Kai-shek's various acts against the Japanese war criminals were all disgraced by the blood paid by the former servants and successors of our sons and daughters of China.
How ridiculous, lamentable and pathetic it is that Chiang Kai-shek and his government personnel have done to excuse a man who has harmed his own country and nation, to excuse several times the mediation of a war peddler who has committed a bloody debt.