If we talk about the history of World War II, perhaps many people will have such an impression, that is, Japanese soldiers would rather die, but unfortunately the reality is not so, who said that the Japanese army would rather die than surrender? In World War II, the Japanese Navy once had a rather humiliating thing, the protagonist is Fukuro Fan, then the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, born in a peasant family, step by step promoted to vice admiral, but also a poor boy's history. When he graduated from high school, he was given a free entry to a military school due to his family's poverty, and began his military career. If you study his experience, then there are really not too many glorious deeds, no battles, no important achievements, it belongs to step by step, according to the rules of promotion.
Wartime blessings remain complex
In 1943, after Yamamoto Wasoroku was killed, the combined fleet command was koga Fengichi, the chief of staff was this Fukuro, after taking office, there was no conspicuous record, the japanese army was not in a good situation at that time, the U.S. army began to counterattack, the days were difficult, and in 1944, the headquarters of the combined fleet was located in the Palau Islands of the southern island chain of the Philippines, and was included in the combat radius by the U.S. army, because of the fear of air raids, Koga decided to evacuate to Davao, Mindanao, Philippines.
The second generation flew on the plane
The Combined Fleet Command changed places instead of warships, but got seaplanes and intended to transport them by air. On the evening of March 31, the moving operation began, commander Koga and eight other people boarded the first plane, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Fukuro Shigeru, and 11 other people boarded the No. 2 plane and took off in a hurry in the night.
Unexpectedly, after 2 seaplanes took off, they actually encountered a typhoon, so tragic, the No. 1 plane disappeared, and later proved to be a crash, the commander of the Japanese combined fleet was thrown to death, and the No. 2 plane successfully forced a landing, but the result was even worse, when the surviving people came ashore, they were captured by the Philippine guerrillas, so the chief of staff was captured alive, which is an unprecedented thing!
Koga Peak One
If the captured officers were given to the Americans, perhaps the face would have been even more lost, when the Japanese army troops arrived in time, and finally after negotiations, the two sides reached an agreement between the guerrillas to let the Japanese troops withdraw, and on April 10, Fukuro Washutsu was handed over to the Japanese army together with other captured Japanese officers, but the confidential documents they carried with them were withheld, which were very important documents, and were later handed over to the US army, which was also a serious leak!
Many Japanese soldiers surrendered
Although the Navy lieutenant general was captured alive by the guerrillas and lost confidential documents, although he was successfully rescued, according to the tradition of the Japanese army, he was not humiliated by being captured, and even if the officers of the captured Japanese soldiers in the Japanese-Soviet conflict were released, they had to commit suicide by cutting themselves off. No one expected that after the return of this vice admiral, he would not be ashamed, refused to commit suicide by cutting his abdomen, and did not receive any punishment, and this one was not mistakenly promoted to a higher rank.
After the war, FuKuro was prosperous
This is a loss of face for the Navy, and it is no wonder that the Army looks down on the Navy. Unfortunately, the Navy did not accept the criticism of the Army, and also found a bunch of reasons, such as: being captured and committing suicide is the rule of the Army, it has nothing to do with the Navy, the guerrillas are not regular troops, and being captured alive by the guerrillas is not considered to be captured.