Stubborn
Tang Taizong: "YiDi, the beast, fears the mighty and not the wild." --Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian of the Northern Song Dynasty
The meaning of this sentence is: "Some ethnic minority regimes around ancient China were backward and barbaric, only believing in violence and coercion, and did not know how to appreciate kindness and favor." Later, the world extended this old Chinese saying as follows: "Know small gifts without great righteousness, fear of might but not huaide." And to use this sentence to describe the Japanese army invading China, I think it is very appropriate. Today, I will tell you a small story about the Japanese army that invaded China, so that you can feel how the Japanese people have vividly interpreted "fear of power and not huaide".
On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan officially announced Japan's unconditional surrender in the form of a radio "Armistice Edict" and ordered the Japanese troops in various regions to lay down their arms and surrender to the Allies. Although the Japanese emperor "spoke", there were always some Japanese troops who were unwilling to accept the fact of defeat and tried to resist in vain. In the same year, on August 16, most of the invading Japanese troops stationed in the Jiujiang area surrendered, and Japanese lieutenant Muto Tamao led 29 Japanese soldiers who were equally reluctant to surrender to leave the army overnight with weapons and prepared to return to Japan and continue to participate in the "battle to defend the mainland".
These 30 Japanese soldiers were all fanatical militarists who were seriously brainwashed by Japanese militarism. Japan's militarism has its own unique characteristics, in short, Japanese militarism is the modern emperor system plus the war of aggression.
Militarism refers to militarism in the era of capitalism and imperialism. The basic characteristics of militarism can be summarized as follows: military supremacy at home and hegemony abroad. Japan's militarism takes the modern emperor system, which retains a strong feudal factor, as its political support, its "theory of the state system" and "modern rationality" as its ideological and theoretical guidance, its loyalty to the emperor and its advocating the "military morality" of killing as its spiritual pillar, and its internal repression and external expansion as its basic national policy, completely depriving the Japanese people of their right to subsistence and democratic rights, and pursuing a double imperialist policy toward other nationalities, thus becoming more wild and barbaric and more harmful than ordinary imperialism.
The spiritual pillar of Japanese militarism is "military morality", "military morality" and "Bushido" have similarities - barbaric and cruel, Japan's feudal samurai can wantonly kill the ordinary people who "look unpleasant", after the modern Japanese army was brainwashed by militarism, with "military morality" as the spiritual pillar, with all kinds of absurd "reasons" to indiscriminately kill innocents, in order to endlessly show their loyalty and desire to conquer.
To this day, the ghost of Japanese militarist ideology is immortal, negating the war of aggression, beautifying the history of aggression against China, and considering itself a "savior" rather than an aggressor. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori still calls Japan a "divine kingdom" and Abe calls Japan "asia's leader," and in 2006 Fujiwara Masahiko made the following point in his best-selling book "The Character of Japan": "The world is dying at dusk, and although it takes time, only the Japanese can really save the world." Such an absurd and ridiculous view has won the admiration and support of most Japanese people. This inexplicable "shameless sense of superiority" in the bones of the Japanese people has always existed, and 30 Japanese troops, including Muto Tamao, believe that "the Imperial Japanese Army is the best soldier and must not surrender its weapons and surrender", so they would rather risk "fleeing" than surrender, waiting for a just trial.
Preferential treatment for those who were captured
After a few big-headed soldiers briefly planned a "escape route" (from the Jiujiang River along the river east to Shanghai, and then returned by boat), they were ready to go. As everyone knows, the road is long and arduous, the situation is not what it used to be, and a few shrimp soldiers and crabs will want to return to Japan unimpeded? Do you still think it was the time of the Japanese invasion of Tohoku in 1931? At that time, he encountered Zhang Xueliang, who was not resistant, and although Japan had surrendered, the Chinese military and civilians who hated Japan to the bone were everywhere on the land of China.
On the first day, Muto Tamao and others relied on the guns in their hands and robbed the common people to successfully escape from the Jiujiang area. The madness of the small Japanese army also attracted the attention of our guerrillas, and on the third day, Muto Tamao and others were marching on a mountain road, coldly shooting bullets from the woods on the side of the mountain road, and a Japanese soldier walking in the front was headshot. Other Japanese troops hurriedly listed battle formations and counterattacked by relying on rocks and other shelters. After several rounds of firing, the guerrillas attacking on the mountain withdrew, and Muto Tamao ordered people to count the numbers, and found that another soldier had been killed, and they did not even see the shadow of the "sneak attack" person. Muto Tamao and the others panicked, and after burying the body of the deceased in trembling, they found a place to hide and waited until the evening to leave.
After the evening, Muto Yuo was still not at ease, and ordered people to quietly enter a village, rob some things, and rob some clothes, they threw away all the military uniforms and logos, dressed up as ordinary Chinese people, and then went on the road with peace of mind.
However, the guerrillas have been keeping an eye on this Japanese army, but because the weapons and equipment are too poor and the number is small, they cannot eat them in one bite, and can only track all the way and seek opportunities to annihilate. The Japanese army walked for one night, extremely tired during the day, and was attacked by the guerrillas, and the Japanese army, which had been on guard, responded quickly, which avoided the disaster.
The terrified Japanese army could not survive, and they went into a dense forest, took turns to guard, and lay down to rest. The soldiers on the sentry were also too tired, and soon stood and fell asleep. The trailing guerrillas quickly subdued the sentry and then surrounded the sleeping Japanese troops, and Muto Tamao and the others were awakened from their dreams by a broken drink, and faced with a knife hanging in their necks, they had to surrender their weapons. Muto Tamao strongly resisted, demanding a fair duel, the guerrillas did not talk nonsense with him, a fist and foot service, muto Tamao, with a blue nose and swollen face, no longer "shouted" and obediently surrendered!
In accordance with the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners by the New Fourth Army, the leader of this guerrilla group first explained to them the international situation: Japan has surrendered, and there is no way out of stubborn resistance, only a dead end! Then, explain to them the preferential prisoner policy of the New Fourth Army. Finally, give each of them a meal of braised pork, give them a few flatbreads and a few oceans, and (according to their wishes) let them go.
Of course, all the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army were confiscated.
Dead nature does not change
Without weapons, Muto Yuo and others did not dare to be too arrogant anymore, and they were cautious all the way. The pie he carried was quickly eaten, and the ocean was spent. As the saying goes: "People are iron rice is steel, a meal is not eaten hungry panic!" "After a while, Muto Tamao and others were so hungry that they couldn't stand it, they were evil and fearful, Muto Yuo and others thought that suffering and suffering were all caused by Chinese, and they should be asked to settle accounts and compensate, the soldiers he guerrillas could not afford to provoke, the unarmed people, Muto Yunan felt that they had still been able to fight.
Therefore, Muto Yu'nan suggested finding a small village to "slaughter the village to vent his anger and replenish supplies", and the other Japanese troops agreed unanimously. When all was said and done, 30 people made a batch of improvised weapons and targeted a small village with only a few dozen households. In accordance with the previous "sweeping" strategy, Muto Tamao divided 30 people into 5 groups, and each group went to smash the doors of the common people, smashing open the "three lights" sweep after that.
Who knows, as soon as they started slamming the door, the villagers who patrolled them found them and sounded the gong and drum to alarm: "The bandits have entered the village!" The rapid alarm frightened the Japanese, and then the villagers carrying knives, axes, sticks, spears, earthen guns and other weapons came to them.
In a panic, some timid Japanese soldiers actually used Japanese to justify, and when the villagers heard that they were Japanese devils, they were even more angry, and they picked up the guys in their hands and "greeted" the Japanese troops, and Muto Tamao quickly ordered "escape", and the villagers chased and beat them, and drove them to the outside of the village before stopping the pursuit.
After Muto Yuo counted the number of people, he found that 7 people were missing, 2 people were injured, and the Japanese army that came back alive described the thrilling scene just now, saying that the people who were killed were too miserable, they were beaten to death, and the wailing made them unforgettable. The 2 wounded soldiers could not bear the physical and mental pain and decided to commit suicide. Muto Tamao stopped them and promised to send them back to their hometown.
They continued to move forward according to the original plan, no longer daring to provoke Chinese, eating wild fruits when hungry, drinking stream water when thirsty, avoiding villages and towns as much as possible, swallowing their anger and not clashing with others, and completely devoid of the "self-confidence" and arrogance of the past. The 2 wounded Japanese soldiers could not be treated in time, the wounds were inflamed and pus, and they were in pain every day, so they chose to commit suicide by slitting their throats.
When they arrived in the Fanchang area of Wuhu, Anhui Province, they could not go out for several days, and Muto Tamao found that he was lost. In desperation, they cried with their heads in their hands. A passing Chinese medicine farmer came forward to inquire about the reason, and Muto Yuo, like grasping the life-saving straw, hurriedly explained the situation to the old farmer in a stiff Chinese dialect, and begged the old farmer to take them down the mountain to help find a job where they could eat, as long as they could survive, let them do whatever they wanted.
When the old farmer found out that they were Japanese, he did not want to help them, but seeing their ragged, skinny and pleading appearances, he was moved by compassion and promised to help them ask. Muto Yuo originally thought that the old farmers were only perfunctory to them, and they were determined to "commit suicide and martyrdom". Half a day later, the old farmer returned and brought back a good news: there was a village at the bottom of the mountain that was willing to use them, and did not give money but only food.
These Japanese soldiers shouted excitedly, they helped the villagers to plow the plough, harvest crops, chop firewood and carry water, dirty work and tired work to rush to do, just to be able to live, no "dignity of the Imperial Japanese Army" is not as important as "eating enough and sleeping well". After the farmers were busy, the villagers no longer needed them to work as coolies, and the Japanese army was unwilling to leave.
After some persuasion from the villagers, they reluctantly embarked on the road back to China again, and the kind villagers prepared clean clothes for them, plenty of food, and pointed out the direction and route home to them. Muto Tamao and the others had to set out on the road back to China, and after eating the food, they pretended to be deaf and sold stupid begging all the way, and finally completely turned into a dirty and smelly beggar.
When they arrived in the town of Jiangning in Nanjing, they were interrogated by a nationalist army, and their identities were exposed and they were arrested and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. After entering the prisoner-of-war camp, Muto Tamao and others finally lived a "human" life, although they did not have freedom, but "food and clothing, safe and secure." ”
In 1946, Tamao Muto and others were repatriated to Japan. Muto Tamao inherited his father's medical center and spent his old age in peace!
Today's Japanese people are still arrogant and do not admit guilt, which deserves our vigilance! "Knowing small courtesies without great righteousness, fearing might but not wavering." The Japanese are truly deserved!
Reference: "Anti-Japanese War Historical Materials Series"