If I tell you that there was once a japanese soldier who was so vicious that he described his views on the nature of the Sino-Japanese war, it would certainly make you angry and slap the table--"This is like a family, when you are an older brother, you really can't stand the violence of your brother, and beat him, because you love him too much, and prompt him to reflect on the means." He said with a straight face.
In 1937, this shameless man was sent to the gallows at the Sugamo Execution House in Tokyo, and after struggling for 12 minutes and 30 seconds, he was pronounced dead, and he was one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre, Matsui Ishigen.
Matsui Ishigen was born in 1878 in Aichi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His ancestor was Matsui Munebu, a famous general of japan during the Sengoku period and the lord of Nimata Castle in Shizuoka Prefecture, and his father was the old Nagoya clan and sinologist Takekuni Matsui, but he was not born at the right time.
When he was young, Japan entered a period of great social transformation, that is, the famous "Meiji Restoration" in history, before that, their family could receive samurai Ryū every month and eat and drink without worrying about food and drink, but at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, Tsutomu was abolished, and his family did not work, so the economy was in difficulty.
In 1885, some old Japanese scholars opened a Nariki School in Tokyo for military training, which was free of charge, so it was not long before Matsui Ishigen entered this school. In fact, Matsui Ishigen is a very short stature, and he was still weak and sickly since he was a child, but due to the influence of the family's "spirit", he has become a stubborn person, and he must become a "military talent" in the future.
After entering the school, Matsui Ishigen worked hard, so that his graduation result was the second place in the school, and the Emperor of Japan gave him a silver pocket watch and the rank of second lieutenant, and he immediately entered the Japanese Army University.
When the Russo-Japanese War broke out in 1904, Matsui Ishigen, who was eager to make a meritorious contribution, interrupted his studies, joined the Japanese army, and fought with the Russian army in northeast China, and his own thigh was shot through by a bullet in the battle, so he returned to China and continued to complete his studies. After graduating with the first place in 1906, the Emperor liked him even more, promoting him to the rank of Infantry Lieutenant.
In 1915, Matsui was transferred to the military attaché stationed in Shanghai, in 1918 he was promoted to infantry Daisa, and the following year he was appointed commander of the 39th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army. Soon, he seized an "opportunity" to become the head of the Second Department (Intelligence) of the General Staff Headquarters, and his goal was to "concentrate on the China issues that are of greatest concern in his life."
It can be said that Matsui Ishigen was the "China Pass" of that year, he watched the contradictions between China and Britain, he secretly organized workers' strikes, student demonstrations and other activities to attack the Western forces in China, and later established the "puppet Manchukuo" there was Matsui Ishigen's "a force", as a "China Pass", he had a lot of intelligence.
When the "Lugou Bridge Incident" broke out, Matsui Ishigen proposed to the Japanese government: "I have long investigated the terrain around Shanghai and Nanjing, and I have already thought of attacking Nanjing once I occupy Shanghai." So at the age of 59, he became the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, with a clear purpose, Matsui Ishigen just wanted to fight, "make a great contribution, Guangzong Yaozu." Later he also wrote poems to express his own exclamations, which are not expressed here.
Under matsui Ishigen's leadership, the Japanese army arrived in Shanghai on August 22, preparing for a quick decision, so Matsui Ishigen again asked the Japanese to send more troops to join him on September 6, reaching the size of 5 divisions, Matsui Ishigen confidently said: "Take this place in 2 months." ”
Because of our strong resistance, matsui Ishigen asked the Japanese to send reinforcements 2 weeks later, so the Japanese 6th, 16th, 18th, and 114th Divisions joined him, and the Chinese defenders in Shanghai collapsed under such strong artillery fire, and on the night of November 10, Shanghai fell.
In 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, Matsui Ishigen was immediately arrested and imprisoned, designated as a "Class A war criminal", the International Military Tribunal for the Far East conducted a 2-year interrogation of Matsui Ishigen, but he relied on his "extremely strong" psychological quality, refused to admit his atrocities, he said: "I was sick at the time, it was a subordinate. "Leave yourself alone.
At that time, the court refuted him and listed a lot of evidence, so Matsui Ishigen said the opening paragraph of this article - he compared Japan to "brother", China to "brother", and hit China because of "love", which is really mad and disgusting!
On November 12, 1948, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East read out an indictment of 55 counts in three categories against Matsui Ishigen, and Matsui Ishigen was sentenced to hanging. At 0:00 on December 23, Matsui Ishigen was sent to the gallows and struggled for 12 minutes and 30 seconds before losing his breath.
Reference: "Matsui Ishigen, the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre"