#Headline Creation Challenge#In January 2013, near Xiufeng Temple in Lushan, a tombstone was found, this tombstone is like a huge four-square seal, obviously not the shape of a Chinese tombstone, as the handwriting of the tombstone is revealed, a beacon past that has been sealed for 75 years is also presented to the world!
Xiufeng Temple
In early September 1938, during the Battle of Wuhan in the Anti-Japanese War, the 101st Wing of the Japanese 101st Division was engaged in a fierce tug-of-war between the Niumaoshan and Polushan fronts in Lushan and the Chinese army. The 101st Wing launched 15 attacks on the opposite side of the Chinese 160th Division Liang Zuoxun. However, the 160th Division is one of the few elite soldiers in the Guangdong Army wearing steel helmets, facing the 101st Wing's repeated attacks, taking advantage of the iceberg terrain occupied, has been stubbornly resisting, slowly leaving the 101st Wing in a difficult situation, isolated, and in danger of being surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese army!
Kunigoro Iizuka, the captain of the 101st Wing, was very depressed during that time. Because since he led his troops to fight in China, it has been extremely unsmooth. At first, after the 101st Wing landed at Poyang Lake, it was partially annihilated by the 53rd Division of the Chinese 25th Army, and then the 53rd Division pretended to retreat, and Iizuka thought that the 53rd Division was defeated, and led his troops to pursue, but was blocked by the Chinese 66th Army, and suffered even heavier losses, and finally met the 160th Division at Lushan and fell into the current situation.
Kunigoro Iizuka
However, one thing that made Iizuka happy was that he was worshipped as a military god, strictly speaking, a military god. His bearded, shirtless, sabre-wielding saber and rushing to kill war field documentaries were shown in movie theaters in Tokyo, Japan, and the Japanese military department did not care about Iizuka's achievements, first set an example and then talked about him, and hyped him up. Iizuka has become a "military god" with the same name as Abe Yoshihide!
After doing the military god, thinking about the highlights of the Tokyo cinema all day, it is really impossible to say, and the way out for these thousands of Japanese troops under his hands should also be thought of! But thinking about it, it seems that there is only one way left to break through! Just as the 101st Wing was about to break through, the arrival of a reporter changed the fate of thousands of people, including Iizuka!
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On September 3, 1938, the famous Japanese war correspondent Ko Yukio went to the Lushan front to interview Iizuka. After Iizuka saw Xiao Ti, he began to pour bitter water, and Xiao Ti hummed to deal with it. At this time, the image of Iizuka aroused his interest. Because of the hard fighting, Iizuka was tanned, his eyes were bloodshot, and his cheeks were full of beard, making him look brave and fierce. If this is naked and a hack-and-shoot pose is more vivid than the Tokyo cinema, it is an excellent military news theme!
Kunigoro Iizuka in the network
So, Kozuka began to tout Iizuka and suggested that Iizuka give them another hack and slash to show the fellow citizens in Tokyo. Iizuka was once again blinded, but he couldn't push back, came to a high ground with a battlefield atmosphere, pulled out his saber, roared, jumped, hacked and killed, just as the shooting was about to end, a reporter was still unfinished, wanted to come up with a few cooler poses, so he buttoned a steel helmet for Iizuka, but unexpectedly, the steel helmet that originally saved his life made Iizuka a living target!
It turned out that on the high ground of the Iizuka performance, there was a post of the 160th Division opposite. A few sentries saw a Japanese jumping up and down all morning, so showy and arrogant, wanting to give them some color. But after a while, the performance stopped, how could they find the jumping target, just when they were frustrated, they looked up again, a person wearing a steel helmet, still shining, naked, isn't it the devil who jumped up and down!
Sniper
The goal is determined, but the Hanyang in his hand can't reach it at all, and there is no cannon at the outpost, so there is no way now! Just as they were worried, a few veterans came over slowly, but they were carrying three or eight big covers. Three or eight big gaier in the windless weather, the aiming on 800 meters is still quite accurate, so a veteran with accurate marksmanship began to lie down, raise the gun, and aim!
At this time, Iizuka's performance had come to an end, and Xiao Ti and the other reporters said goodbye and went down the mountain. Iizuka was also about to walk back, and when he turned around, he just gave a big light arm to the Chinese veteran.
At this time, the veteran pulled the trigger, "bang", and Iizuka fell to the ground in response. Nearby Japanese soldiers arrived and found that the shot hit Iizuka's heart socket and then passed through the heart. In this regard, the Japanese military god "Kunigoro Iizuka" was actually killed by Chinese soldiers because he wore a steel helmet!
There is also a steel helmet among the Iizuka relics
It turned out that there was a problem with the painting of Nissan steel helmets at that time, and it coincided with the hot season in central China, long-term exposure to the sun, if you add a heavy rain, over time, the paint of the helmet peeled off, revealing the steel bottom, shining in the sun, it exposed the Iizuka and became a living target. The quality of Japanese helmets is said to have improved until the Pacific War, when coal tar was applied to helmets.
History is sometimes unthinkable. On September 28, after Kunigoro Iizuka was killed by a Chinese soldier, his superior, Lieutenant General Masaki Ito, commander of the 101st Division, was also seriously injured by a Chinese mortar shell from nowhere!
After that, the entire Japanese 101st Division was severely damaged, and thousands of ordinary soldiers died. The Chinese army has achieved an inspiring victory in Wanjialing.
Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported Iizuka's death
The death of Kunigoro Iizuka and the defeat of the Japanese army at Wanjialing did not affect the Japanese military department's praise of this so-called military god, and even set off a propaganda offensive, and Iizuka was posthumously promoted to major general. It is said that once the photos of the warriors taken by Xiao Xiao were released, they aroused the respect of the whole of Japan!
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