After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, and in order to defeat the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Chinese military and civilians, the Japanese army adopted many horrific means to kill the army and civilians of the Continental Army.
Among them, the "wolf dog unit" formed by Kato, a Japanese military dog expert, is a notorious unit.
At that time, Kato established a military dog breeding center in Beiping, and introduced the ferocious German dog breed "wolf green dog", which is large, fierce, and easy to domesticate, and has always been the preferred dog breed for police dogs and military dogs in Western countries.
In order to improve the aggressiveness of the wolf-green dogs, Kato even put the captured Chinese civilians into kennels for them to train and bite, and finally these people died tragically under the mouth of the dogs, which also made Kato's wolfdog unit fierce and abnormal.
In a battle with the Northeast Anti-United Nations fighters in Hebei, Kato dispatched nearly a thousand wolf dogs, these fierce beasts besieged the anti-United Nations fighters on the battlefield, and finally bit them all to death, which made the local people jealous of Kato's wolf dog troops.
Later, Kato's related rumors spread to the southern region, which attracted the attention of Dong Hanliang, the mainland's first police dog expert.
Dong Hanliang has been very fond of raising dogs since he was a child, and when he was a child, he even slept with dogs, and every time he went out, he would be followed by a few puppies, which gave him the nickname "Dog Champion".
After growing up, Dong Hanliang went to Japan to study, at that time he most wanted to learn the police dog training course, but there was no special teacher in Japan at that time, so he went to Germany to study for a period of time and completed the study of related majors, which made him very familiar with the mainstream military dogs in the world at that time.
Dong Hanliang, who has been engaged in the breeding of police dogs after returning to China, knows the power of wolf green dogs, and China's economic situation at that time is difficult, and obviously does not have the conditions to breed a large number of foreign dog breeds in a short period of time.
He must find an existence in the native dog breed that can compete with the wolf green dog.
At this time, Dong Hanliang thought of the Changhua hound in his hometown of Zhejiang, although this hunting dog is smaller than the wolf green dog, but it is more flexible in action and has extremely high combat intelligence.
Changhua hounds will not blindly bite when facing their prey, but will attack the opponent's vital parts at the right time, which is extremely lethal.
Moreover, farmers in Zhejiang have a lot of Changhua hunting dogs, and they will also take their dogs to the mountains to hunt during the slack time.
This allowed Dong Hanliang to gather a considerable number of domesticated hounds in a short period of time, providing a foundation for the formation of his own hound troops.
As a result, Dong Hanliang trained a large number of Changhua hounds in the rear and sent them to the anti-Japanese front one after another.
When fighting the wolf, they will dodge the wolf's attack and then bite the Japanese dog's throat from below, causing Kato's wolfhound troops to suffer heavy losses.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, Kato ordered someone to put an iron collar on all his wolf and green dogs, which he thought would limit the lethality of Changhua hounds.
However, in the ensuing battle, the clever Changhua Hound gave up attacking the neck and instead tore the belly and crotch of the wolf-green dog, dealing a fatal blow to the remaining wolf-dog troops.
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The wolf green dogs who have participated in the battle since then will clamp their tails to show weakness after seeing the Changhua hounds, and they have completely lost their former majesty.
This also disgraced Kato's wolfdog troops and gradually faded out of the battlefield.
The Changhua Hound Unit formed by Dong Hanliang continued to shine on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, which also let the world see the heroic appearance of Chinese military dogs.
Although the smoke of the war has gradually dissipated, the spiritual wealth left by the Changhua Hound troops will never be erased.
Their stories have been passed down to future generations, inspiring every Chinese to strive for the prosperity of the country.
Dong Hanliang is also regarded as the originator of China's police dog science, and has become a monument in the history of China's military dog development.
Resources:
Zhu Yuqiang, "The Legendary Life of Dong Hanliang, a Police Canine Expert", China Working Dog Industry, No. 11, 2007.