There have been many wars in the history of our country, but the most distressing wars are the kinds that took place during the War of Resistance Against Japan. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which lasted for more than a decade, ended with the surrender of the Japanese. Whenever I think of a series of inhuman things that the Japanese have done on our soil, I feel extremely sad.
The largest killing of the Japanese in our country occurred in Nanjing, countless civilians were killed by the Japanese, many girls suffered unbearable harm, and even they did not let go of a little girl who was a few years old.
In the face of Japan's aggression, our patriotic people are fighting bravely, but some of them have betrayed the country and the nation for their own interests. He was a traitor for 50 years, donated 40 planes to Japan, and became a figure in Japanese textbooks.
He is Zhang Benzheng, born in 1865, his childhood is also relatively tragic. Before their father died, their lives were still passable. Because his father was a fisherman, although he could not make a few dollars at that time, but the family had a pillar, life would not be too difficult.
After his father accidentally fell into the water, his family's living standards gradually declined, and his family still had 4 children, basically living a life without food and clothing.
In order to live, he grew up doing business with his mother, but he did not make money. He also did a lot of work, but didn't make a lot of money. Only he gave up working outside the home and chose to return home as a farmer. I thought he would be a farmer for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect things to turn around.
During the Sino-Japanese War of 1849, he became acquainted with a Japanese agent, Fujibei Takahashi. There must be a lot of people wondering why China would let spies in. As we all know, spies are inquiring about enemy information and intelligence.
Our country will certainly not let him in, but he comes in disguised as a businessman, and there is no way to do it, because it is impossible to prevent others from doing business. So Takahashi opened a hotel in Dalian and disguised his identity.
He originally only wanted to enter the hotel as a waiter, but he was favored by Takahashi and bribed for his hard work. For a 19-year-old, the temptation of money is completely irresistible, and he is also poor, so he will do anything whenever he gives money.
He began to use various contacts to spy on the news, providing Takahashi with a lot of favorable information. He later followed Takahashi to Weihai and Yantai, and in 1896 ran the maritime transport industry with the Japanese.
It was certainly not possible for a Chinese to charter a Japanese steamship, but he managed to charter two ships with the help of Takahashi. He was engaged in maritime transport, which was also inspired by the Japanese. Although he was self-reliant in his career, he was determined to serve the Japanese. One of the reasons he did this was Takahashi's "credit."
During the Russo-Japanese War, he used his ships to provide food and ammunition to the Japanese, as well as to spy on Russia for the Japanese. Of course, the Japanese did not treat him badly after the war, although they only gave him some small steamships that were confiscated, but they greatly increased the strength of his steamship company. It was precisely because of this that he became rich.
After the September 18 Incident in 1931, he took the initiative to undertake the military movement of the Japanese. He dispatched all the ships to Dalian and Hong Kong, only to better assist the Japanese.
When the Japanese decided to invade China in all its aspects in 1937, he also donated 740,000 yen to it. At that time, the highest monthly salary of Japanese people was only 20 yen, so you can imagine how rich he really was. It is precisely because of this money that the morale of the Japanese army has been greatly increased.
A few years later, the Japanese and Americans lost a lot of aircraft during the war. He began to sell his property, providing only aircraft for the Japanese army.
This behavior made him a figure in Japanese textbooks, but it is not known how many of these planes flew into China. Although he used a series of connections to wash himself after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was arrested after the founding of New China.
Although his actions did not cause substantial harm to our people, the vast majority of the intelligence, money, and military weapons he provided to the Japanese army were used for aggression against our country. Although he hid for a long time, he was caught and sentenced to death, and he finally got the end he deserved.