Nowadays, the so-called "anti-Japanese drama" is more and more strange and more bizarre, and the screenwriter's brain hole is outrageous, which also makes netizens issue the feeling that "the little devil can hold out in China for 14 years and really try his best". The author really can't understand whether filming this kind of thing can earn money or even recover the cost, but there is no doubt that the current scandalization of the Japanese army that invaded China is actually ugly to a certain extent.
During World War II, when the world's major powers all showed their national strength on this big stage, China, which was in the trough of history, appeared lonely and tragic. In contrast to the long-term poverty that many Chinese officers and soldiers could not even eat, the Japanese army, which had carefully planned for the war of aggression, was strong and well-trained in the initial period. There are many theories about how strong the combat effectiveness of the Japanese soldiers was at that time, but there were anti-Japanese veterans who appeared and said that to eliminate a Japanese soldier, we had to pay at least 5 people; if we wanted to capture one alive, it would be even more so. If they encountered a taller one, three or five Chinese warriors with machetes and bayonets against each other, they would probably not even be able to get close for a while and a half.
Bullying the weak does not show their strength, which was the case at that time, and the martyrs faced such a group of wolves and tigers, who braved difficulties and sacrifices in the difficult situation and defended a great victory with their lives. In addition to hating the intruders, I am afraid that everyone has their own opinions, so let's think about it in reverse, how did the Japanese evaluate the Chinese soldiers at that time?
Speaking of this, I am afraid that many people will think that Japan at that time just looked down on China, and the slogan of "occupying China in three months" is proof of this. In fact, it is not difficult to understand: the figure on the 10,000 yen bill is named Fukuzawa Yukichi, who is regarded as the greatest Enlightenment thinker in modern Japan, and the Japanese say that he recreated the country. To sum up his proposition, it is simply "total Westernization." Fukuzawa has a deep prejudice against China, and he mentions in his writings that only by following Europe closely can it become strong, and if it continues to cling to the same set that it once learned from China, Japan will never achieve anything.
Fukuzawa's thinking became more and more extreme, and he even demanded that the Westernization of Japan should start with dolls, so that young people would think of themselves as Westerners from the bottom of their hearts, and they would like to move the entire island country to Europe. His ideas also influenced most of the Japanese, so much so that Japan at the time saw China as synonymous with "poverty and weakness," a prejudice that continued into World War II. However, there was another voice in the top brass of the Japanese army at that time, and in the eyes of this part of the people, Chinese was still one of the best peoples in the world. Speaking of which, we have to mention Masanobu Tsuji.
Friends familiar with history will certainly not be unfamiliar with this name, this person is known as the "Jackal Staff Officer", it is said that he once swallowed human flesh, and his personality was fierce and sinister. It is said that during the Battle of Nomonhan, he took a plane alone to spy on soviet territory to spy on intelligence, and the plane malfunctioned and was forced to land. The pilot was scared to death, and Masanobu Tsuji calmly asked the other party not to be afraid:
"I know Russian, and if I come across a Soviet soldier, I'll say we're here to surrender, and I'll be able to take a prisoner and go back."
Long before the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Tsuji had been deep into China many times to spy on intelligence; during the war, he participated in the formulation of almost all major combat plans. In Tsuji's own words, "I fought with Russians, Indochina, Americans, British, French, Indians, Australians, Javanese, Filipinos, burmese, seven times wounded, with more than 30 scars on my body and more than 20 bullets on my body." In his eyes, wantonly trampling on the sovereignty of other countries and basing their own interests on the suffering of the people of other countries seems to have become a merit worth showing off.
From the life of Tsuji Masanobu, it is not difficult to see that this person is full of pride in everything, but he is considered to be "well-informed", and his views on the war should also be more valuable. After world war II, Masanobu Tsuji wrote a book called "The Empathy of Asia", in which he made an evaluation of the soldiers of various countries.
First of all, Tsuji Masanobu seems to have put the United States and Britain at the bottom of the chain of contempt, saying that if the level of weapons and equipment of all countries is the same, then the British army can only rank seventh and eighth, and the battle is not good, "its arrogance is not diminished at all." The United States is better, but at best it can only rank fifth, the strength of the US military completely depends on advanced equipment and strong logistics, if the Japanese army can do the same, then the US army is also vulnerable. Interestingly, Masanobu Tsuji ranked the Gurka mercenaries around India and Nepal ahead of the U.S. military, and for nearly two centuries the Gurkhas had been involved in almost all wars related to Britain or India, ruthless and fierce, which was very angry with the Japanese.
Next, Masanobu Tsuji claimed that Nomonhan's Russian soldiers were strong enough to be placed in the third place in the world. Although in this battle, the Soviet army's losses were greater than those of the Japanese army, but the Battle of Nomonhan brought great shock to the Japanese, forcing the Japanese top brass to completely abandon the strategy of going north, it is not difficult to see that the role of arrogance such as Tsuji Masanobu was also deeply affected by it, which can be described as "once bitten by a snake". Not only that, at the end of World War II, the Soviet army was even more reluctant to attack the Japanese, and in northeast China, tens of thousands of Japanese expatriates were stranded, and they dared to stop Soviet tanks in a hurry. After the deportation was ineffective, the Soviet commander immediately ordered it to be crushed, and it is said that the blood and flesh of the Japanese overseas Chinese dragged for several kilometers, and the scene was terrifying.
In Tsuji's eyes, the "Emperor's Samurai" was undoubtedly the best warrior, and if it were not limited to national strength, the Japanese army would sweep away all enemies. What is surprising is that even the United States and the Soviet Union look down on him a little, but he has almost put the Chinese army above the same level. Tsuji Masanobu clearly pointed out in the book: During World War II, the Japanese army faced the Us army and the British army, even if the former had obvious disadvantages in weapons and equipment, the Japanese army could fight back and forth with the opponent, and even once swept the British army, beating the US army very badly. However, a crumbling China could plunge the "indestructible" Japanese army into the quagmire of war.
Tsuji often visited the battlefield in person, saying he often saw The Chinese army being quickly dispersed and struggling in desperate situations. However, to his amazement and admiration, these Chinese soldiers preferred to fight until the entire army was destroyed and rarely surrendered, and even if all the comrades around him fell and only one person remained, the survivor would not hesitate to charge the Japanese army. In contrast, the American, British, and Soviet armies surrendered in formation, which is simply ridiculous, given their international status and strength. Therefore, Tsuji Masanobu did not hesitate to put the Chinese army in World War II in the second position in the world, and his view as the "god of war" of the Japanese army seems to be very convincing, and a considerable number of Japanese military leaders are deeply convinced of this.
In fact, the slogan of "three months to occupy China" put forward by the Japanese military leaders during World War II was not entirely out of arrogance, it was more like a gimmick. At that time, there were many factions in Japan, and internal friction was serious, and putting forward such an unrealistic slogan was somewhat to divert the meaning of domestic contradictions, and its effect was like beating chicken blood for yourself and deceiving yourself. According to the plan at that time, after the Japanese army had fought almost the war against China, they would send troops north to help their ally Germany take the Soviet Union, occupy the entire Eurasian continent, and then turn their heads against the United States, but what they did not expect was that this plan died in China as soon as the first step was taken.
Nowadays, there are a small number of people who always underestimate China's contribution to the world anti-fascist war, and it is not difficult for us to find from the above that if it were not for the sacrifice of the Chinese military and people, history would have been rewritten.