After Japan's surrender, Japanese soldiers were sent back to China, how tragic was their fate?
Introduction: On August 15, 1945, the Emperor of Japan officially announced his surrender. For the million kwantung army, the blow they received was undoubtedly fatal. As early as early August, the Kwantung Army was surrounded by Soviet Red Army regiments, and they could not match the Soviets. Most of these Japanese were taken prisoner. The Soviets did not treat the Japanese well, and they were sent thousands of miles away to Siberia, where they were to reclaim wasteland for the Soviets.
In fact, those Japanese troops stationed in North China and East China, their lives were even more difficult. After the Japanese government announced its surrender, these Japanese were controlled by the Nationalist forces, and most of them were repatriated to Japan. The Japanese soldiers were overjoyed, believing they would be greeted with the warmth of their fathers and elders in their hometowns. However, when they returned home, they were treated with cold eyes. It turned out that the Japanese government had already taken care of itself, and it was even more indifferent to the soldiers who had been repatriated.
In the hearts of the Japanese people, the Japanese soldiers they are proud of are actually executioners who kill people without blinking, and many Japanese people themselves cannot accept it. On the other hand, the Japanese mainland suffered massive bombing by the United States, and most of the capital, Tokyo, was reduced to scorched earth, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered numerous casualties. When the Japanese soldiers were repatriated, they were regarded as plague gods by the Japanese people, and every Japanese hated these Japanese soldiers. In fact, they believe that these Japanese soldiers brought great disaster. They did not dare to be angry with the emperor, but they were not at all rude to these defeated soldiers.
These Japanese soldiers were short of food and clothing, and they had no place to stay. There was no way, they had to live on the street, find a straw mat, and sleep on the main road. There were also disabled soldiers who wanted to beg for food, but were thrown out of their homes by the Japanese. People walk down the street, and for these people, they never look at them much. The Japanese soldiers kept crying and complaining that their most familiar hometown was no longer welcome. For the repatriated Japanese soldiers, they have become strangers. At this time, Japan's political reform was underway, the monarchy was completely transformed by the Americans, and the Japanese military became the bottom of society. These soldiers had to endure these difficult dark times.
Conclusion: In fact, these Japanese soldiers do not deserve sympathy at all. They have been oppressing the Chinese people in China, and their retribution is completely deserved. As the Chinese proverb says, good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil. From this incident, we also draw some inspiration that the human heart is fickle. These Japanese soldiers were still heroes when they went out on the expedition, and when they returned from defeat, they were waste. Bullying the soft and fearing the hard is the national habit of Japan.