We know that it is difficult to capture a Japanese soldier in World War II, because most of the Japanese soldiers are deeply poisoned by the spirit of Bushido, and after being wounded, they generally choose to kill themselves by cutting their stomachs, and it is even more difficult to catch a living Japanese soldier on the battlefield than to ascend to the sky. Therefore, it is naturally very expensive to capture a Japanese army. So, if you capture a Japanese army in the War of Resistance, how much can you reward? Let's see what the veterans of the time said. As shown in the following figure:
As shown in the picture, this is a Japanese soldier captured alive in the Battle of Changde, although he looks unconvinced, but he was finally captured alive by us. So, how much reward can such a Japanese soldier get? You must know that even if you win a battle like the Pingshi Guan Dajie, the Eighth Route Army is stunned that a living Japanese army has not been caught, which shows how expensive it is to capture a Japanese prisoner of war alive! So, how much is he worth?
As shown in the picture above, this is also a japanese soldier captured alive after the Battle of Changde. So, how much is a living soldier like this worth? Let's look at an example, in the Great Wall War of Resistance, in order to encourage the officers and soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, Commander Song Zheyuan once issued an order: Anyone who captures the enemy in battle will be rewarded with 100 yuan to the ocean! It can be seen that capturing a Japanese soldier alive will reward 100 yuan to the ocean! This number was arguably very high at the time! So, how much is the ocean equivalent of 100 yuan now?
Those of us who have seen the movie know that the currency used in the Republic of China was the ocean, and the denomination at that time was 1 yuan. However, the "1 yuan" at that time was not the 1 yuan it is today. It is said that at that time, a piece of the current ocean could buy 500 to 600 buns, and it was enough for ordinary people to spend 2 modern oceans a month. Therefore, we can estimate that the purchasing power of 1 ocean is equivalent to about 1,000 yuan today. Therefore, 100 yuan ocean for a devil is equivalent to 100,000 yuan! But veterans don't want it, so why?
As shown in the figure above, capturing 6 Japanese soldiers can be equivalent to a reward of 600,000 yuan! However, the veterans did not want it, and they said with great indignation: "It is better to get 100 pieces of ocean than to cut 10 knives!" "During the battle, many Japanese soldiers were cut and killed, but very few were captured, and almost no one spared for 100 pieces of ocean. Why? The veterans replied, "100 yuan, 1,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan or even 100,000 yuan, can we offset the hatred in our hearts?" ”
If you captured a Japanese soldier in battle, would you choose like a veteran, or would you choose 100 oceans?