introduction
In the 1930s, the Axis powers, with Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries as the core, launched a war that affected the whole world, known as "World War II".
World War II can be roughly divided into Two battlefields in Europe and Asia, in the Asian battlefield, Japan as an aggressor, launched a war of aggression against many countries, at the beginning of the war, the Japanese army had a total of 17 standing divisions, that is, people often called "A division regiment"; each division was composed of two brigades and eight companies, plus the division headquarters, two brigade headquarters non-combatants, etc., with a total of 28,200 full personnel.
Most of the soldiers of these divisions have experienced the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War, and their combat experience, soldier quality, and will to fight are ahead of the B, C, and D divisions formed by Japan after the outbreak of World War II, which can be said to be the elite of the Japanese Army' elites; when it comes to the Japanese army, in our previous traditional impression, most of them are extremely cruel, inhumane, adulterous, and plundering, and do no evil, but among the 17 divisions of the Japanese army, there is such a division that subverts our previous impression of the Japanese army. This was the Osaka 4th Division.
The soldiers of this division are all from Osaka City, basically composed of some small traders, which also causes the people of this division to be very calculating, even when fighting, as long as they feel that this battle has no cheap to occupy, no value, often perfunctory to the orders of the superiors, can drag on, if they really can't drag, they will grind foreign workers, and even in the Japanese Army, there is such a joke, "If there is a vicious battle, you must send four divisions and regiments to press the fourth division to the battlefield." You can imagine how strange it would be for a unit to be escorted to the battlefield by four units of the same level on the battlefield; but this is not to say that the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Fourth Division is weak, and if this division thinks that this battle is profitable and cost-effective, it is also a headache for their opponents, because there are not a few soldiers in the Fourth Division who have experienced the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War, and their combat quality and quality are still in line.
However, when it comes to the Osaka Fourth Division, the number of funny things that happened in this division cannot be counted, its reputation is not only famous in the Japanese army, but also in the Chinese army, as long as the Fourth Division participates in every battle, the Chinese army rushes to fight with it, but compared with the strange moves made by this division, this phenomenon is perfectly normal.
Battle of Xuzhou
During the Battle of Xuzhou, in the face of the encirclement of the Japanese army, the 400,000 troops commanded by General Li Zongren skillfully jumped out of the encirclement circle of the Japanese army, which was already sleepy and lacking, and the combat effectiveness was sharply reduced, and when it happened to encounter a well-equipped Japanese army on the Lusu border, the Chinese army panicked and scattered to retreat to the nearby mountains, but this Japanese army had obviously discovered the Chinese army, but instead of following the pursuit, it stopped advancing and buried the stove to cook, and this unit was the strange Osaka Fourth Division.
Battle of Surinomenkan
In 1939, the Soviet Union and Japan broke out in Nomonkan on the Sino-Mongolian border, the Kwantung Army Command ordered the Second Division and the Fourth Division to quickly reinforce the front, the Second Division marched, it took only four days to reach the front, and immediately entered the battle, but was soon beaten by the Soviets.
However, the corresponding Fourth Division regiment not only marched slowly, but also the "sick patients" in the process of marching suddenly increased by dozens of times, so that the military medical office with the army was overcrowded, and the wing commander even stayed in the infirmary to participate in the diagnosis to see which people said that they were sick and stagnant, and even so, the Fourth Division took eight days to arrive at the battlefield, and a large number of combatants were left behind, twice as late as the Second Division. However, on the day that the Fourth Division arrived at the front line, the Soviet union and Japan announced a truce, and the Fourth Division was like a chicken blood, the crowd was excited, complaining to the commander that they had not been caught in the battle, and the people who had fallen behind were also resurrected with blood, and rushed to the front line.
On the way back, the Fourth Division was full of spirit and neatly staffed, which could be said to have earned enough face, while the Second Division, which rushed to the battlefield first, was full of wounded soldiers, and the Officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army in charge of propaganda could only pinch their noses and write "The Return of the Fourth Division of the Imperial Army Without Injury.", which is really ironic.
Japan Surrendering Country
After Japan's defeat in the war, most of the Japanese troops who returned to Japan were dejected and looked despondent, on the contrary, the officers and men of the Osaka Fourth Division were very happy one by one, and on the second day of their return to Japan, these officers and men did a very strange thing, these people came to the entrance of the US military barracks stationed in Japan, took out things and set up stalls at the entrance of the US military camp, selling some war souvenirs, not to mention, after the US military saw these things, they were also willing to spend money to buy these souvenirs, which was like the US military doing business, and the income was not low It disgusted the Japanese people and the military at that time.
epilogue
The Osaka Fourth Division is not to be seen as the famous "Nest Bag Waste Division", but its combat effectiveness is not weak, just because the soldiers of this division are from the commercial capital of Osaka, everyone has a number in mind, unlike other Japanese troops who hold the determination of the emperor to fight, in their hearts, the emperor is not the most important, before each battle will consider whether there is profit, if it is a hard battle, then this unit will try to avoid participating in the war, even after participating in the war, it will not contribute. This also gave rise to the most famous nickname of this unit, the Nest Waste Division.
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