In 1974, Hiroro Onoda, a Japanese veteran who had fought guerrilla warfare alone in the Philippines for decades, finally chose to surrender after receiving the order personally read by his commander. This Japanese veteran, after the end of World War II, because he did not believe in the fact that Japan had surrendered, led his squad to fight a guerrilla war in the jungles of the Philippines for more than thirty years, the death of his teammates, the surrender of surrender, but he persisted until 1974, he said that unless it was the commander of the year who personally issued an order to surrender to himself, he would not listen to anyone's persuasion.
In December 1944, when Japan was at the end of the crossbow, the balance of the war was tilted in favor of the American army, and the Japanese mainland was also being bombed by the American army, in the Philippines at that time, an officer who was preparing to evacuate the mainland, Onoda, said: "No casual sacrifice is allowed, whether it is 3 years or 5 years, we must persist, we will definitely come back to pick you up." Until we launch a counter-offensive, even if there is only one person left, even if we nibble on the coconut, we must persist. Remember? ”
However, the promised counterattack did not come, and soon MacArthur's American troops took over the Philippines, and soon, their troops were defeated, and the dead fell, and finally only Lieutenant Onoda and Captain Shimada were left, and later two more soldiers joined them, although they were weak, but they had more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, so they lived like beasts in the jungle.
During this time, they had picked up leaflets from the U.S. army, which said that Japan had surrendered, but they thought that this was just a small trick of the U.S. army, and soon after, a soldier named Akazu Yuichi began to suspect, and finally surrendered, the four-man team became three people, Akatsu Yuichi surrendered, began to persuade the three of them to surrender, and the three of them actually thought that Akatsu Yongichi was a shameful traitor, and then launched an attack on the local Filipino soldiers and civilians, during the attack, Shimada Captain Washu was killed, leaving only two people in the team, and then they started a guerrilla attack More than a hundred soldiers and civilians were killed.
Until 1965, they thought that the Japanese army would soon come to pick them up, because the activity of american aircraft in the air was very frequent, they thought that there was another fight, in fact, at that time, the American aircraft was to participate in the Vietnam War, and the two of them frequently attacked the locals, thinking that the Japanese troops would come back to pick them up, in October 1972, the Philippine police could not bear it, and launched a siege against them, and finally only One Onoda was still alive, during which many people persuaded him to surrender, and even Japan sent his brothers. However, he thought that his brother had become a traitor and refused to surrender, and in the end, the Japanese found his superior, personally issued an order, and then he chose to surrender, and it was nearly 30 years since the end of World War II, which shows the soldier's foolish loyalty and the madness of Japanese militarism at that time.