After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to strengthen the management of the areas controlled by Israel, the Japanese army began to support the so-called puppet regime on the one hand, and on the other hand, it recruited all kinds of bandits and bandits, and formed various puppet army groups, which numbered as many as a million at its peak. Who joined the puppet army? Why did they join the puppet army? Next, let's go back to the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan and explore the secrets behind this matter.
In December 1937, the Nationalist army sent a second-hand Wang Jingwei to Hanoi suddenly issuing a document, hoping that Chiang Kai-shek would abandon resistance and conduct peace talks, which caused a sensation in the country. In March 1940, Wang Jingwei finally established the Wang puppet regime in Nanjing with the support of the Japanese army. In 1943, a young man named Ma Jun in the northeast heard the news that the naval unit under Wang Fu was recruiting, which immediately aroused his interest. At that time, a young man who wanted to become a navy, thinking that this was a rare and good opportunity, at that time, he held the idea of continuing to work if he was good, and if he did not do well, he would go directly to Chongqing to join the nationalist army, and he directly ran to the recruitment office to register.
In order to select the talents they need, these young people who sign up for the army have to take an exam. Not only to examine the most basic naval common sense, but also to ask each person to write an essay to explain why they joined the army. Ma Jun's article is written in a foreign way, showing his desire to make a contribution. In the end, he also officially joined the army with the excellent result of third place and became a member of the Wang pseudo-navy. People who want to make meritorious contributions and serve the country finally choose to join the puppet army, which makes people wonder who are in the puppet army.
When the puppet state of Manchukuo was established in 1932, Japan did not allow new troops to be formed there. However, due to the gradual development and growth of forces such as the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, in the end they had no way to set up a Xing'an Army in Puppet Manchuria. Later, in order to maintain law and order in the areas under its control, the Japanese army found that there was no need for puppet troops that could fight, so most of the troops were reorganized into security teams and other existences. Before the official outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army changed its previous policy towards the puppet army and began to co-opt some miscellaneous armies. We will do everything possible to weaken the combat effectiveness of the anti-war soldiers and civilians, and set up so-called vigilante forces in various places. Some of them were spontaneous resistance that was not well organized at that time, and later some commanders of the nationalist army did not look up to them, so they did not integrate these civilian ranks, resulting in them later joining the puppet army. Another part is that in the battle or during the sweep, the unfortunate people who were captured by the Japanese army finally embarked on the road of puppet army under various threats and inducements. At that time, although Wang Fei had his own conscription regulations, most of his troops were composed of surrendered Nationalist troops, some local hooligans, and local stragglers.
Even if they knew that the puppet army was the butcher's knife under the enemy, why did so many people choose to join them? At that time, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army named Ren Xudong also asked the captured puppet army exactly the same question, but the answer he got made people cry and laugh. The captives said that the family was too poor to eat, and they had to find a place to find some money to make a living. Because the Eighth Route Army had no military salary at all, and it did not have enough to eat, clothing, and warmth, no one wanted to become the Eighth Route Army at all. Therefore, some people who join the puppet army just think that it is enough to have enough to eat and have money, and the rest of them have no time to take care of it. After successfully blending into the future of the puppet army, after a period of communication, they discovered another reason why they joined the puppet army. Yun Qiancheng found that these people thought that they were not puppet soldiers, which was basically a so-called thing, as long as they could live in their hometown, this hat would be worn. And joining the puppet army can finally get some more money, why not enjoy such a good thing?
Not only did the people and some non-governmental organizations join the puppet army, but some Nationalist troops also chose to surrender to the Japanese army under the acquiescence of Chiang Kai-shek and the second-class principle of the War of Resistance. The main purpose of this practice is to unite the forces of the three parties against our Party's troops. In 1941, Major General Lin Jianwu of the Nationalist Army openly stated that if the troops could not hold out in battle behind enemy lines, they could consider surrendering to the Japanese army and joining the puppet army. There were also some so-called troops who were enemies of Chiang Kai-shek, and in order to consolidate and preserve their strength, they also raised their hands and surrendered to become puppet troops.
Qingxiang is one of the few major actions of the puppet army, and its fundamental purpose is to clear and suppress the military and the people of the war. At that time, when I was a child, I experienced a terrible home clearance operation. That night he heard some strange noises, and he looked at the back door and was directly stunned, only to see that half of the village was on fire, and sporadic gunshots were heard from time to time. Since the village where the furnace was located was basically full of thatched houses at that time, as long as there was a fire, basically the whole village would be burned to the ground. So after that clearance operation, the people in that village were basically destroyed. According to relevant statistics, in the northwest of Shandong alone, more than 300,000 people died because of various actions of the puppet army. What they did made the people hate it to the bone.
Although the puppet army can be said to have made a full contribution, they are like ants in the eyes of the Japanese. In the battle again, Yi Qingming had witnessed how the Japanese army treated their "loyal subjects". As long as these puppet troops were wounded in battle, they would immediately become outcasts of the Japanese army. In order to completely dispose of these wounded soldiers, some officers directly poured gasoline on them, and no matter how much they cried and pleaded, they still could not impress the demons in front of them. The last burst of fire soared into the sky, and the wounded puppet soldiers were burned alive.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Japan had no choice but to send a large number of troops to fight westward. Since then, many areas have relied on a number of puppet armies to survive. Seeing the declining situation of the Japanese army, since 1944, many puppet army units have fled or revolted. Veteran Ren Xudong explained that most of those people joined the puppet army because they did not have enough to eat, in order to earn some money, and they did not want to rebel and become traitors. Therefore, at that time, the Eighth Route Army did not blindly annihilate the puppet army, as long as they were willing to surrender their guns, the troops at that time would welcome it. After that, if you want to join the Eighth Route Army, you will continue to fight, and if you refuse, you will be directly sent home.
On November 5, 1944, Ma Jun's naval unit directly launched an uprising. After the battle, Ma Jun also worked hard to find the Eighth Route Army, and after studying and reforming, he officially became a soldier of the Eighth Route Army. In the time that followed, Ma Jun fought with the troops all the way, and finally he grew from a squad leader to the captain of the new Chinese Fushun ship. After the victory of the War of Resistance in 1945, because the fighting conditions of the Eighth Route Army were too harsh, the Nationalist army was the first choice for the puppet army to surrender. There were even some puppet troops who pretended to join the Eighth Route Army and directly defected to join the Nationalist army when the time was ripe.
After the formal surrender of the Japanese army, the reckoning of the puppet army and traitors finally came. In the nearly three years that followed, our Party and the Nanjing side did not stop the trial for a moment. Those who have committed deep sins have basically not escaped justice. The vast majority of puppet armies and traitors made meritorious contributions in the revolt and eventually escaped the disaster. In the arduous War of Resistance Against Japan, countless loyal martyrs were forever remembered, and countless people who followed the tide were forever trampled under their feet, and their deeds were spurned by the world and became an indelible stain in the long river of history.