How ruthless and affectionate history is, it does not forget every contribution to history, nor does it tolerate every obstacle to history. ——Fan Wenlan
Let's turn the clock back to the end of 1939, when the Japanese army was defeated in Changsha and turned around to make a plan to attack Nanning. After Chiang Kai-shek received the news, he immediately asked Bai Chongxi and Du Yuming to join hands to launch the Battle of Kunlun Pass. Seeing this, I believe that all readers also understand that the Japanese general I want to talk about today was killed in this battle. But why did he get Du Yuming's generous burial and praised as a respectable Japanese army? And listen to the editor slowly.
At that time, Du Yuming commanded the Fifth Army of the Nationalist Army to encircle Kunlun Pass from both flanks, and the Japanese Guanzhong was insufficient in strength, forming a battle of trapped beasts, not enough to resist the attack of the Nationalist army. So he ordered the commander of the 21st Brigade, Masao Nakamura, to lead reinforcements, and Du Yuming and Nakamura Masao fought head-on. It was in this way that Masao Nakamura embarked on the road to death.
I believe that all readers can see that Masao Nakamura is the person who was buried by Du Yuming. But why did Du Yuming praise Masao Nakamura? How did the latter die in battle? Then you have to keep looking down.
Masao Nakamura has a very high status in the Japanese army, wearing a silver-plated saber made by the Emperor of Japan, which symbolizes his status. According to the history of the Japanese army after the war, the death process of Masao Nakamura was much more complicated than folk rumors. He was first wounded about 2 km northwest of Qitang, with a bullet piercing his left cheek. Speaking of this, it is inevitable that the editor shivered, how painful it was.
While inspecting the enemy situation in Jiutang, Nakamura Masao was again seriously injured by the Nationalist army through the abdomen, and was seriously wounded the next day. At that time, when Masao Nakamura had just been shot through the abdomen, the Japanese military doctor quickly rushed to Jiutang to rescue him in a private house. Just after opening their abdomen, the Nationalist army found their traces. The gunner was ordered to set up a cannon and a mortar shell landed impartially on the Japanese house where the Japanese were operating. Although the surgeons' bodies blocked most of the shock for Masao Nakamura, Masao Nakamura's open stomach was filled with a pile of tiles and sand, and he was killed the next day.
After the end of the war, Du Yuming personally wrote a monument to Masao Nakamura, ordered him to be buried, and praised him as the only Japanese general worthy of respect. According to the editor's understanding, this Kimura Masao is different from the average brutal Japanese officer, and the army he leads is disciplined and brave and good at war. After occupying the Chinese region, he ordered his subordinates not to burn and loot, not to harass the people, and not to rob women. He can be called a real soldier and a model for the Japanese army.
Xiaobian felt that there were many doubts about the outcome of the Battle of Kunlun Pass. Our side has fought more and less, and suffered heavy losses. Chiang Kai-shek, enraged, dismissed a number of generals, and as a whole, our side was defeated in the Battle of Kunlun. The Japanese army did not hurt his bones, and the only bright spot was the killing of Masao Nakamura, the commander of the 21st Brigade.