In early September 1938, on the eve of the famous Victory of Wanjialing in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Defense of Lushan was in a stalemate. Nearly 4,000 troops of the 101st Regiment of the 101st Division of the Japanese Invasion of China were blocked by the 3rd regiment and the 11th regiment of the Jiangxi Security Regiment of the Nationalist Army.
The notorious war criminal Gangcun Ningji was the commander of the Eleventh Army of the Japanese Army invading China at the time, and in this battle he sent out a very strong elite, originally thinking that he could climb Lushan Mountain in a few days to enjoy the scenery, but he did not expect that this wait was 9 months. In the end, the nationalist army chose to retreat strategically, otherwise the devils would still not be able to enter Lushan.
Since July, the operation has been two months, and the Japanese 101st Wing has never been able to resist the Nationalist troops in the opposite position. The commander, Iizuka Kunigoro Daisa, was very frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.
Iizuka Kunigoro is a big star in the Japanese military circles, known for his fierceness and cunning, and has made many contributions to the Japanese army invading China, known as the "Flower of the Empire". The Emperor of Japan personally awarded him the Medal. He also has a title called "God of War", and movie theaters in Places like Tokyo, Japan, often show his war videos. Fanatical Japanese youth adored him so much that the movie "Captain Iiizuka" was almost full.
In fact, Iizuka Kunigoro is not as powerful as the legend says. He is so famous in Japan that it is only a deliberate propaganda. Because he was full of stubble, fierce in appearance, and liked the camera, he was selected by the Japanese military as an "image spokesperson" to encourage the fanaticism of the Japanese people.
On September 3, 1938, a Japanese war correspondent named Kosuke Yukio came to the front line of Lushan to make the sullen Kunigoro Iizuka happy. Iizuka Kunigoro's battlefield videos have always been taken by Koyasuke Yukio, Iizuka's performance desire is very strong, like to pose, Kozuka Yukio is very good at flattering each other, the two are happy to do it.
It was the battle gap. At the suggestion of Kosuke Yukio, Iizuka began the performance naked with a saber in his hand. Iizuka was arrogant, completely ignoring the presence of the nationalist troops on the other side, and performed in the open space in front of the position.
However, this is the last time Iizuka is on camera. Xiao Yuxingnan seemed to be his hypnotic ghost, and after shooting for a few minutes, he felt that it was not enough and asked for an additional shot. Iizuka's life was "shot" like this. However, the reason for Iizuka's death was that Koshiro Yukio buckled a steel helmet on his head for the sake of shooting effects.
Here it is necessary to talk about the steel helmets used by the Japanese army.
The first time the Japanese army used steel helmets was in the "918 Incident" in 1931, and because the Northeast Army did not resist, the Japanese army did not know how effective the steel helmets were. The climate in the northeast was cold, and then the Japanese Kwantung Army wearing steel helmets suffered a lot, as long as it sweated, its head froze with the steel helmet, and it could not be removed at all. When it is poured with hot water, the scalp is also peeled off. After this bloody lesson, the Japanese army had to find its own way and stuffed the liner in the steel helmet.
In 1939, the Japanese army tentatively attacked the Soviet Union in the Battle of Nomonkan, because the large red star logo in front of the Japanese helmet was too conspicuous, attracting Soviet firepower, the result was that the death rate of people wearing steel helmets was much higher than that of those who did not wear steel helmets, and most of the causes of death were that the steel helmets were penetrated by Soviet bullets, and there was a hole in the head.
Because the original intention of the helmet was not to prevent being penetrated by bullets. As designed, the impact of the bullet breaks the neck of the person wearing the helmet. The main function of the steel helmet is to use the smooth arc surface of the outer layer to let the bullet slip and fly after hitting.
Back to September 3, 1938. The Japanese "god of war" Iizuka Kunigoro also died of a steel helmet, because the steel helmet he wore was exposed to the sun and rain, and the paint on the surface had long since peeled off, and it was clearly dangling under the sun, which was very conspicuous. In order to take the video, Iizuka waved his saber in both hands and shouted, jumping up and down, and was discovered by the Nationalist soldiers in the opposite position.
The Nationalist Jiangxi Security Regiment set up a post on a high ground with a wide view. The soldiers of the sentry squad noticed a bright and shining thing moving back and forth in the distance, and when they took a telescope, it turned out to be a Japanese officer holding a command knife "jumping god" in front of the position. This can make the sentry warrior angry, the devil is too rampant, do not hit him to fight anyone!
However, the sentry warriors were holding "Hanyang-made" rifles, with an effective range of only five or six hundred meters, and they were experienced, so they knew at a glance that they could not hit the devil.
At this time, just a few veterans came to the post with guns. The sentry squad leader's eyes lit up, pointed to the flash in the distance, and said to a veteran soldier, hit him quickly, and run away in a moment. It turned out that the veteran's gun was a Japanese-made 38-type rifle, commonly known as the 38-8 big cover. It is named because there is a dust cover on the gun.
The scale range of the three-eight large covers can reach 2400 meters, the effective range is 800 meters, the ballistic trajectory is stable, the accuracy is high, and the power is large. Hitting targets 800 meters away is precise.
Some people say, how can the Nationalist army have the guns of the Japanese army? It's not unusual. As early as before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a japanese arms dealer who sold a lot of light weapons to the Nationalist army. In addition, when the Guangdong warlord Chen Jitang rebelled against Chiang Kai-shek in 1936, the Japanese army also took the initiative to give him a batch of arms. Coupled with the capture on the battlefield, the number of three or eight large covers used by the nationalist army is also quite large.
Speaking of the veteran with the three-eight-big cover, the marksmanship is very good, and the trigger is pulled as soon as he raises the gun and aims slightly. With the crisp sound of gunfire, Iizuka Kunigoro Daisa, who was performing hard in front of the Japanese position, fell down.
Due to the great power of the Type 38 rifle, the person who is shot is often wounded through, and the fatality rate is not high. However, Iizuka Kunigoro was really unlucky, the bullet pierced his heart, and he returned to the west on the spot. The war correspondent was dumbfounded, and Japan's "military god" was so dead. Afterwards, Japan mourned the nation's mourning for Iizuka and posthumously awarded him the rank of major general.
Whoever let Iizuka do this, yama did not accept him.
Reference: "Defense of Lushan"