In many domestic anti-Japanese dramas today, we often see that the Japanese army is portrayed beyond recognition. Not only were they completely crushed by our army in terms of intelligence and marksmanship, but their method of death was also quite stupid. The 14-year arduous War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which was so lightly beautified by today's anti-Japanese dramas, is really not a thing worthy of boasting.
You know, the general situation on the anti-Japanese battlefield that year was that the lives of an average of 5 to 6 Chinese soldiers could be exchanged for the lives of a Japanese soldier. The huge equipment gap determines the unequal strength of the two sides, even if the tactics and tactics are clever, it is difficult to appear in the anti-Japanese drama, a Chinese fight a company of the Japanese army. Moreover, the Japanese army is not as stupid as in the TV series, whether it is military quality or individual combat ability, it is higher than our army.
However, there are also some special cases, and there are really Japanese officers who are as stupid as in the anti-Japanese drama. The method of death is also as stupid as in the TV series, today, the author will introduce one to you.
This officer's name was Iizuka Kunigoro, and he became an officer because he was born into a family of officers. In 1910, after graduating from the Infantry Section of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, he successfully became a reserve for the Japanese army invading China. Later, when the War of Resistance broke out, he served as the squadron leader of the 101st Wing of the 101st Division.
However, after coming to the Battlefield of China, Iizuka Kunigoro did not have many impressive achievements. Because his appearance conformed to the image of a perfect officer in Japan's eyes, he became a spokesman for Japan to publicize the war of aggression against China at home.
Many war correspondents filmed his battle images on the front line and then sent them to China for repeated broadcast, becoming the favorite "movie stars" of the Japanese people. Kunigoro Iizuka was even once known by the Japanese as the "God of War of the Generation", which is similar to Norihide Abe's "Flower of famous generals".
It was also because of filming battlefield images that Iizuka Kunigoro lost his life. The incident took place at the Battle of Wanjialing in September 1938, when the 101st Wing led by Iizuka Kunigoro was blocked by nationalist troops led by Major General Hua Zhenzhong in the area of Niumaojian and Bowl Mountain in Jiangxi.
Kunigoro Iizuka, who had suffered several days of defeat, was sullen, and it was also this time that several war correspondents from Japan approached him and wanted to take a war video of him to bring back to the country for publicity. Worried that there was no place to vent, Iizuka Kunigoro agreed to their request. In order to make the battlefield images look more effective, Iizuka Kunigoro took these reporters to the front line position. He changed into a military uniform, wore a steel helmet, and immediately posed with these reporters.
Interestingly, this front-line position was only less than 1 kilometer away from the outpost of the 160th Division in Hua Zhenzhong at that time, and the officers and men of our army were stalking. Suddenly saw a shining bright spot in the trench in front of me jumping up and down, so I became suspicious, and after careful reconnaissance with the telescope, I found that it was a Japanese army wearing a steel helmet flaunting its might in the trench, and under the reflection of the sunlight, the steel helmet emitted a bright luster.
In order to better highlight the shooting effect, Iizuka Kunigoro offered to wear a steel helmet, the action was extremely exaggerated, and the war reporters present all clapped their hands and applauded.
It was also at this time that the soldiers in our military post decisively fired two shots at the bright spot, and Iizuka Kunigoro fell down in response. In this way, the "generation of military gods" in the hearts of the Japanese people died in their own performances. And this battlefield image turned out to be the last "posthumous work" of Iizuka Kunigoro's life.
After the death of Kunigoro Iizuka, the whole country of Japan was in mourning. Although Iizuka Kunigoro did not have any achievements in his lifetime, he was only a tool for propaganda. However, after his death, the Japanese army began to improve the steel helmet and paint it with reflective paint, which is also a major contribution of Iizuka Kunigoro.
And Iizuka Kunigoro also became the stupidest Japanese officer to die in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and he was even too late to compare with the anti-Japanese drama. Interestingly, japanese history books still worship it as the "God of War of a Generation", which can be said to be quite ridiculous.