Mutaguchi was also a Japanese man, and during the "July 7 Incident", he served as the commander of the first wing of the Infantry Brigade of the Chinese Garrison Army of the Japanese Army invading China, with the rank of Daisa.
On July 7, 1937, due to the absence of Mutaguchi's leadership, he happened to be the supreme commander of the scene, and he did give the order to fire on the Chinese army, so he became the culprit in provoking the "July 7 Incident" conflict. For this reason, Emperor Hirohito personally awarded him the Order of the Golden Eagle of the Third Class and promoted him to major general. And he brags to people all day about how much credit he has.
It was such an arrogant man, but he was deeply loved by the Japanese base camp, and he rose step by step, and there was one more battle that had to be mentioned, that is, the war that still seems comical today - the Battle of Imphal.
The Battle of Imphal was an offensive campaign waged by the Japanese against the British and Indian armies. This is already after Japan launched the Pacific War and occupied many countries in Southeast Asia. Originally, Japan did not hesitate to offend the United States in order to obtain strategic resources in Southeast Asia, but now after occupying Burma, it has once again launched a war against British India in South Asia. Germany has lost the initiative on the battlefield and asked Japan to go to war with Britain, and Japan actually has this idea, not necessarily to annex India, but Imphal is the Allied counter-offensive base, and the smooth flow of the Sino-Indian road has doubled the pressure on Burma.
So the Japanese base camp formulated an Imphal battle plan code-named "Wu". At this time, Mutaguchi Washi was already promoted to commander of the 15th Army in Burma, with 3 divisions of the Japanese army under his command. This difficult task fell to this man, and he began the last and most bizarre war of his life. On March 8, 1944, Mutaguchi also led a force of about 100,000 people across the Chintun River in the Indo-Burma border area, kicking off the Battle of Imphal.
As it crossed the river, the cargo arrogantly declared: "The army has now reached the point of invincibility under the heavens, and the day when the sun flag will proclaim our victory in India is not far away." However, due to the inability to adapt to the terrain and climate and the length of the logistics supply line, the Japanese army began to be in trouble before long.
After receiving the telegram of reinforcements, Mutaguchi replied, "The subjects of the Great Japanese Empire have always been grass-eating, and they can survive by eating grass, how can you report that there is no food in such a dense jungle?" ”
Even frantically told all the soldiers that only 3 shots were needed in the sky and the enemy would voluntarily surrender. This is no longer a matter of pride, but a manifestation of idiots.
The Japanese army died of illness and starvation, and the base camp had no choice but to issue an order to stop the operation of the "Wu". This one is just a little nicer, it's actually a rout. After the war, Mutaguchi still confidently declared that he was personally completely correct and that the reason for his failure was the "incompetence of his subordinates."
After the war, the Allies gave him a way to survive and was spared prosecution, and when he returned to Japan, he opened a Genghis Khan restaurant in Tokyo, because he admired Genghis Khan all his life.
Even at home, he also printed many pamphlets for his own defense, and whenever he attended the funerals of his old subordinates, he would always distribute them in a big way, and there was no one in the world.