Why did the Japanese create the Nanjing Massacre, what happened during the Nanjing Massacre, so that more than 300,000 compatriots were killed, no one resisted, and thirty years later a veteran soldier told the truth?
For Chinese, the Nanjing Massacre is an unforgettable hatred of the country and the family, and whenever we look back on this past, it will inspire us to keep forging ahead. In this brutal war, Chinese a total of 300,000 people were killed, which can be said to be a very surprising number, these compatriots who were killed, not only the soldiers who participated in the war, but also the innocent people. In fact, according to international conventions, the massacre of the people is a very inhumane act and is despised by people. So what is the reason why the Japanese risk being spurned by the whole world and smashing and burning in China to create this inhumane massacre? Are the Japanese really cruel and inferior in their bones? And in the face of the evil deeds of the Japanese, why did the Chinese people not flee and did not resist? Everyone's questions, a veteran can give us the answer, so today let's walk into the story of the veteran and let him reveal this mystery for us.
Speaking of the Nanjing Massacre, we have to mention the Battle of Songhu. In fact, at the beginning, the Japanese had a very good wishful thinking, and they wanted to plan to destroy China within three months. Therefore, they landed directly from the sea and attacked Shanghai, intending to use Shanghai as a springboard to hit Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist government at that time. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek obviously also saw the intentions of the Japanese, at this time Chiang Kai-shek had canceled his policy of non-resistance, in the face of the menacing Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek sent an army, and began a head-on confrontation with the Japanese, this time Chiang Kai-shek also laid down blood, sent a full 800,000 soldiers, the Battle of Songhu was fought very tragically, although this battle ended in failure, but Japan's invasion plan was also delayed and disrupted. However, Shanghai did not escape the end of the fall, and Nanjing was even more precarious.
It was also at this time that Chiang Kai-shek made a decision, he planned to give up the territory of Nanjing and save his troops, so that he would not be seriously injured, and when he adjusted his state, he could make a comeback. Many of Chiang Kai-shek's confidants had the same idea as Chiang Kai-shek, but at this time, Tang Shengzhi suddenly had objections, and Tang Shengzhi believed that Nanjing was home to Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum, and no matter what, he should leave a person to fight with the Japanese in blood, so as to be worthy of Sun Yat-sen's undead. So he asked for his own life, and Chiang Kai-shek also agreed to Tang Shengzhi's proposal, and also allocated 13 divisions of his manpower to let him confront the Japanese, the story says here, everyone may think that Tang Shengzhi is really a man with flesh and blood and iron bones, but the next story will definitely make everyone stunned.
After Tang Shengzhi was ordered to take over this glorious and arduous task, he began to arrange strategic arrangements, and he confiscated all the ships in Nanjing City and let some higher-level officers manage them. And his purpose in doing so is to block everyone's retreat and give the soldiers a determination to fight to the death. However, Tang Shengzhi's approach was not very effective, because he ignored a very considerable problem, that is, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers.
Although chiang kai-shek nominally left Tang Shengzhi with 13 divisions, the composition of these thirteen divisions was very complicated. Three of these divisions had just experienced a Battle of Songhu, and not only were their morale demoralized, but some of them were also injured; although these three divisions had certain combat experience, they no longer had any advantage in terms of momentum or combat energy. The remaining ten divisions are temporarily formed, they are all newly recruited eggs, they have no combat experience, let alone the so-called combat tacit understanding, such an army, combat ability is very poor. This team, like an embroidered pillow, can only be seen and can not be used, and soon, they are under the attack of the Japanese army, revealing their true faces.
Soon the Japanese invaded Nanjing, and Tang Shengzhi and his soldiers began to engage the Japanese army, but they were gradually defeated by the Japanese artillery fire. And just when Tang Shengzhi was suffering, Chiang Kai-shek sent Tang Shengzhi instructions to retreat, and at this time, the ships that Tang Shengzhi confiscated at that time came in handy, and many higher-ranking officers of the Nationalist army took the opportunity to escape by boat, and Tang Shengzhi was also one of them. Tang Shengzhi and a large number of people escaped from the battlefield, not only made the soldiers in Nanjing city leaderless, they also drove away most of the ships in Nanjing City, without the command of the generals, all the soldiers also had no intention of fighting, they could only scatter and flee, each looking for a way out, some people because of the good water, decided to swim and escape, but it was winter, even if the water is good, there may be accidents, drowning. Therefore, more people chose to stay on the shore and flee in the direction of Shimonoseki, but at this time, the Japanese army had blocked a lot of land routes, leaving only a way to live in Rujiangmen, seeing that the soldiers had begun to flee for their lives, and the people in the city had also become a pot of porridge, but Rujiangmen was so big, in the absence of command, the scene was chaotic, and there were very few people who could really escape from here, and soon this road was also blocked, and the city of Nanjing was completely under the control of the Japanese. The Japanese arranged for people to guard every important road, and people would be strafed by machine guns when they left the city at will, and in order to survive, the people could only stay in the city, but what awaited them was death.
Speaking of which, many people probably know why people don't run away, because in the environment at that time, people had nowhere to escape. Then, at this time, I believe that many people will ask, since people can't escape, why not die with the Japanese and fight a fish to break the net? Next, let's analyze the reasons why the Japanese smashed and burned, and why Chinese died without resisting.
Just now we also mentioned that after the Battle of Songhu, japan won the victory, so they hit the iron while it was hot, from Shanghai to Nanjing, it can be said that the whole process was very rapid. At that time, the acceleration of the war also brought a serious problem, that is, the shortage of logistics and material supplies, when the Japanese army faced this problem, they began to abandon the so-called humanitarian principles, they began to take advantage of Nanjing, in this violent way, to supply the army, and this is the prelude to the Japanese Nanjing Massacre.
In the disorderly war, people will slowly lose their sanity and humanity, and after opening this opening, the bottom line of the Japanese army will begin to decline little by little. Although the Japanese troops are elite, but because it involves the two major cities of Shanghai and Nanjing, so the Japanese troops are relatively scattered, a part of the troops did not enter the city of Nanjing, in fact, at that time, the Japanese army that entered the city was only 50,000 people, which means that the Japanese army of 50,000 people had to manage 13 divisions of prisoners of war and rule this city of up to 300,000 people.
So in order to achieve their rule, the Japanese made a cruel decision to kill all the prisoners of war in exchange for their stable rule in Nanjing. However, the Japanese army also took into account the strength of the prisoners of war in Nanjing, and they knew that once these prisoners of war were forcibly killed, it was bound to cause panic among the people, and even lead to people's resistance, so many people, once there was a high sense of resistance, even if their troops were sophisticated, they would inevitably suffer unnecessary losses, so in order to be able to secretly execute these prisoners of war without spending a single soldier, the Japanese thought of a vicious plan.
After completely controlling the city of Nanjing, the Japanese claimed to the outside world that they would abide by the Geneva Convention, as long as the people and soldiers of Nanjing City were willing to surrender their guns and surrender, they would treat the Chinese kindly, not only would not harm them, but also provide them with sufficient food and materials, and would also send them out of the city. Many people, who let their guard down, surrendered their weapons, and officially became prisoners of the Japanese, and Tang Spectrum was one of the surrendered veterans. And he also witnessed the treachery and inhumanity of the Japanese.
The Chinese who surrendered were taken to the prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese and imprisoned, but the crowd soon found that the Japanese had not fulfilled their previous promises, and during the period of detention, the Japanese did not provide them with any food and materials, and these prisoners could only endure hunger, in this case, the prisoners who were already unarmed lost their combat effectiveness and even the strength to escape. In addition, the Japanese army would take some prisoners from the prisoner of war camp every day, claiming to send them away, but soon Tang Spectrum and others realized that something was wrong, and these people who were taken away were, in fact, secretly executed by the Japanese army. Tang Spectra and the others thought about escaping, but the long-term abuse made them have no strength at all, and coupled with the solid defense of the Japanese army, they could not escape the Japanese prisoner of war camp at all.
Soon, bad luck also befell Tang Spectrum, and on this day they were also taken to the dock by the Japanese army, and then the Japanese set up machine guns and began to shoot furiously at these poor prisoners. People struggled and roared in pain, but the Japanese army was not at all moved, there was no slightest weakness, and in this way, countless prisoners fell in a pool of blood, and Tang Spectrum was lucky to escape because he was blocked by the body of a comrade-in-arms at that time.
Before the real death, people will erupt a strong will to survive, but once people see any hope, they will hope to seize the last straw of life, and the Japanese army is taking advantage of this human weakness, they give these Chinese strong hope, but with this hope, this trap, to paralyze their consciousness, and then take this opportunity to kill the killer. The cunning and cruelty of the Japanese is really overwhelming.
During that period, the Japanese army's actions against the Chinese's burning, killing, and looting were simply appalling, and the evil deeds of the Japanese army not only brought serious economic losses to the Chinese,Chinese but also brought in incurable wounds to the Chinese nation. I hope that this history can become the force for us to forge ahead.