What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Kawamoto was an out-and-out militarist, and it was he who created the "Huanggutun Incident" and killed Zhang Zuolin, the king of the Northeast, thus allowing Japan to annex the three eastern provinces. So, what kind of person is this Kawamoto masterpiece? And what happened to him?
(Daisaku Kawamoto' s old light)
First, the nature of the jackal is innate.
Born in 1883 in Saeya-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Kawamoto's ancestors owned a large area of mountain forest and land, and came to a wealthy family.
But Kawamoto daisaku grew a bloodthirsty heart. At the age of 14, Daisaku Kawamoto rebelled against his father's wishes and entered the Infant Army School. He entered the 15th class of the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School at the age of 19 and became a soldier after graduating at the age of 20.
Later, Daisaku Kawamoto participated in the Russo-Japanese War as a japanese squad leader. By 1926, he had traveled back and forth between China and Japan several times, serving as an assistant to the General Staff of the Kwantung Army, and as a commander of the Infantry Regiment.
In 1924, Kawamoto Briefly went to Germany to study, gradually away from the front line of the battlefield, and like his "hero" Akashi Motojiro, he became a spy in the Japanese invasion of China, mainly engaged in collecting political, military, economic and other intelligence from all over northeast China and various organizations. Zhang Zuolin's various intelligence was clearly touched by Kawamoto Daisaku at this time.
(Zhang Zuolin's old photo)
Second, it has been planned for a long time to create a big case.
In 1927, Japan's Yoshiichi Tanaka came to power and formed a cabinet, vigorously advocating "Manchuria and Mongolia and non-China", intending to split the northeast from China and realize his attempt to occupy all of the northeast for a long time. In 1928, the Nationalist government began the Second Northern Expedition, and Zhang Zuolin was defeated and retired to Pingjin.
The Japanese seemed to see hope and forced Zhang Zuolin to recognize Japan's various privileges in the northeast, including road construction, mining, land leasing, and immigration. However, Zhang Zuolin categorically rejected these unreasonable demands of Japan, and the people of northeast China also set off a huge anti-Japanese wave and held anti-Japanese demonstrations attended by tens of thousands of people to denounce Japan's aggressive behavior.
In May 1928, Japan issued an ultimatum to Zhang Zuolin, once again forcing him to agree to all the demands, and Zhang Zuolin once again gave a righteous refusal.
Later, after weighing various interests and the current complex situation, Zhang Zuolin decided to return to the northeast.
Although before Zhang Zuolin returned to the northeast, there were indications that the Japanese would be unfavorable to him. Moreover, Zhang Zuolin's subordinates also proposed to him that he should be careful of the Japanese. Although Zhang Zuolin repeatedly changed the time of departure to confuse the Japanese and sent additional guards along the way, the "Huanggutun Incident" still occurred.
Kawamoto Daisaku placed 200 kilograms of explosives at the Huanggutun Sandong Bridge, where the Mantetsu Line and the Gyeongbong Line intersected. At 5:00 a.m. on June 4, 1928, when Zhang Zuolin's special train arrived here, the Kwantung Army Lieutenant Donggong Iron Man detonated the bomb, Zhang Zuolin was thrown out by the air waves for more than 3 inches, and the carriage he was riding in was also blown up to the base.
When Zhang Zuolin was sent back to the "Grand Marshal's Mansion", he was already angry. Zhang Zuolin, who was dying, left only one sentence: "Hurry up and call Xiao Liuzi back, putting the country first." "He died of his injuries.
(Old photo of Yan Xishan)
Third, provide military supplies and invade China.
After Zhang Zuolin was killed, Daisaku Kawamoto was dismissed by the Japanese and incorporated into the Japanese reserve. In October 1928, Daisaku Kawamoto served as an advisor to the Sino-Japanese Industrial Company and continued to do bad things to invade China.
In November 1931, Daisaku Kawamoto transformed himself into a liaison officer for the Kwantung Army. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese forcibly occupying the Xi'an coal mine, he deliberately created spears and used inferior means, causing Yu Zhishan to defect to the enemy and become a traitor.
In March 1935, Daisaku Kawamoto was transferred to the board of directors of Mantetsu. Beginning in 1941, Kawamoto Daisaku established the "Shanxi Industrial Association" in Shanxi, wantonly scraping the people's fat and people's paste from the people of Shanxi to achieve the purpose of "feeding the war with war", and in a very short period of time, Kawamoto Daisaku provided 7 aircraft to the Japanese army.
In 1945, after Japan's unconditional surrender, Kawamoto Daisaku remained in Shanxi and became a pawn of Yan Xishan. In 1949, during the liberation of Taiyuan, Kawamoto Wasaku was captured by our army.
Fourth, refuse to confess guilt, and die without repentance.
After his arrest, Kawamoto not only refused to admit his crime of aggression against China, but also defended and whitewashed his own acts of aggression in every way. Describe yourself as a businessman, hoping to escape the righteous punishment of the Chinese government and people.
Daisaku Kawamoto believed that the reason why he provided the Japanese army with aggressive materials and funds was forced by the Japanese officers. After Japan's defeat in the war, he became an accomplice of Yan Xishan, and was also repeatedly retained and coerced by Yan Xishan, and his shameless and ugly face was exposed.
In 1953, Kawamoto died of illness at the Taiyuan War Criminals Management Center.