On September 18, 1931, the Japanese army brazenly launched the "918" incident, due to the non-resistance policy of the Kuomintang authorities, the Japanese army quickly occupied the northeast region, established the "puppet Manchukuo", and burned and plundered all the way in the northeast region, bringing deep disasters to the people of our country. After the Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing, our army finally won the final victory against fascism after the death-defying war between our army and the Japanese Kou, and in the process of liquidating war criminals, 28 Class A war criminals were properly tried, but one of them, a war criminal who committed the most heinous crime and whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people, actually did not get any punishment, lived to the age of 82, and died in Tokyo. It is Chinese a great regret that such sinners have not been judged. So how did he escape the trial so many times and return to Tokyo safely?
Okamura Ninji
Okamura Ninji, a native of Tokyo, Japan, came to China in 1913 to conduct espionage activities. His people have always been deliberate and conspiratorial to invade our territory, barbarism and cruelty. He conspired to invade and occupy Shenyang, participated in the invasion of Shanghai as the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, attacked Wuhan and invaded Hunan, and was also the executioner of the "Jinan Massacre". In 1933, on behalf of the Japanese and Kuomintang authorities, the Tanggu Agreement was signed. During the anti-Japanese period, Okamura ningji pursued the cruel "Three Lights Policy" and was a real important war criminal of Japan's invasion of China.
Such war criminals did not receive any punishment in the post-war liquidation due to the connivance and shielding of the Kuomintang authorities. Compared with former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and Kenji Toihara, who were ordered by allied commander MacArthur, Okamura Ninji was able to escape trial five times and even received courtesy like a guest of honor. If you can still live in the "Wang Mansion" during the period of imprisonment, then you can enjoy such generous treatment, you have to mention two people, namely Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin. It is precisely because of the many operations of these two people that Okamura Ninji has been able to have the above treatment, so why would the two treat Okamura Ninji so kindly?
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Both Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin had studied in Japan, and He Yingqin was one level higher than Chiang Kai-shek and was He Yingqin's "senior"; both of them were indoctrinated by the spirit of Japanese militarism and Bushido, of which Chiang Kai-shek was particularly impressed by this tao. Among the many Japanese soldiers, the one he admired the most was Ninji Okamura at that time. After He Yingqin returned to China, he went to Japan again in the autumn of 1916 to study, graduating from the Non-Commissioned Officer School. With this cause, the two became Okamura Ninji's best "Chinese friends." ”
Chiang Kai-shek
Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, first of all, due to the non-resistance order of the Kuomintang authorities, our country has lost a large area of territory in the northeast. Chiang Kai-shek even put forward the slogan that "if you want to be outside, you must first be at home, and you must passively resist the war." On August 15, 1945, after Japan announced its unconditional surrender, on the same day Chiang Kai-shek immediately published the "Letter to the Compatriots of the Whole Country and People of the World on the Victory of the War of Resistance" and expressed that he would "not remember the old evils and repay the grievances with virtue" to the Japanese army.
Why did Chiang Kai-shek act like this at that time? It turned out that he had his own little abacus. When Okamura Ninji later met He Yingqin, he said: "China and Japan lost both sides in the war, and as a result, the Communist Forces became stronger. Chiang Kai-shek saw this and tried to use Okamura Ninji and a million Japanese troops to turn his face against the CCP's armed forces.
When the Japanese government surrendered to the localities, the supreme commander of Chongqing gave Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighteenth Army (Eighth Route Army), "demanded that our army not carry out any action against the enemy.", and naturally our army immediately refused such an order. However, Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin and the like were not dead-hearted, and repeatedly sent people to secretly contact Okamura Ningji.
During this period, Okamura agreed to hand over all weights, facilities, weapons and ammunition to the National Government. Later, he even suggested that the Japanese troops who were willing to surrender should be driven by Chiang Kai-shek, and the purpose was self-evident. Such a poisonous plan of wolf ambitions hit Chiang Kai-shek's heart, and Chiang Kai-shek was naturally willing to help Okamura Ningji to avoid punishment as a war criminal. As a result, in the process of the subsequent surrender, when our New Fourth Army accepted the surrender of the Japanese army, the troops in north China and northern Jiangsu actually experienced many fierce battles before they eliminated the Japanese army.
He Yingqin
At 9 o'clock on September 9, 1945, at the signing ceremony of the Surrender of the Japanese Army held in the auditorium of the Central Military Academy in Nanjing, Okamura Ninji met his "nobleman" and his "Chinese friend" He Yingqin. He Yingqin was the chief official who accepted Japan's surrender; the two were both graduates of the Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer School, and the two were already very friendly; moreover, He Yingqin had always pursued Chiang Kai-shek's policy of flattering Japan, and had also signed the infamous "He Mei Agreement" on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese army, so this time He Yingqin decided to let him go.
According to the surrendered Allied agreement, at the time of surrender, the Japanese soldiers were required to hand over the command knife symbolizing aggression, and Okamura Ningji obviously did not want to become the general of the defeated army who presented the sword, He Yingqin made another "high move" at this time, instructing Okamura Ningji to hand over the saber to himself privately when entering the auditorium, but Okamura Ningji preferred not to carry the saber, rather than present the saber, so he did not carry his own command knife that day. This incident also became the biggest regret of the Chinese at the ceremony of surrender. On the day of the surrender ceremony, He Yingqin disregarded the feelings of the Chinese people and stood up to salute the Japanese war criminals, causing an uproar, and his flattering face was vividly reflected.
Descent ceremony
All of the above is Chiang Kai-shek's efforts to win over his allies for his own selfish interests, with the intention of using Okamura's power for himself. On December 13, 1945, Chiang Kai-shek personally arrived in Nanjing to meet Okamura Ningji, during which he greeted him warmly and clearly expressed his request to strengthen cooperation with him, while Okamura Ningji agreed with his mouth, and later specially wrote a military thesis for Chiang Kai-shek entitled "Looking at the Chinese Army from a Hostile Stand", suggesting that the Kuomintang army take advantage of the weaknesses of our army and adopt corresponding tactics. Things have reached this point, and it is really a waste of effort. Correspondingly, Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to exonerate Okamura Ningji, who was about to face trial.
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In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, established in Tokyo, identified Okamura Ninji as a war criminal, and Okamura knew that his hands were bloody, unforgivable, and he was terrified. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek gathered the crowd to discuss countermeasures, believing that if he sent Okamura Ningji back to Japan, he would definitely die. Therefore, He Yingqin and others made many plans, and finally Chiang Kai-shek declared that the repatriation work was not yet ready and still needed to be arraigned by Okamura Ningji, and shamelessly said that this was beneficial to Sino-Japanese relations. Therefore, this class A war criminal who committed the most heinous crimes escaped military trial for the first time.
Subsequently, the Kuomintang Central Daily published an explanation:
Okamura Ninji was originally a Japanese war criminal, but since Japan's surrender, he has made remarkable achievements in maintaining law and order in Nanjing, assisting the Chinese government in receiving and surrendering, and is still serving as a liaison squad leader, and his work has not yet been completed. When to try his detention, the Commission is studying.
For this kind of reason, which is only for the selfish interests of the group and perfunctory to the people, it naturally causes the people's resentment to boil over the whole country. In order to calm public opinion and appease the people, Chiang Kai-shek handed over Okamura Ningji to a military tribunal for war criminals for trial. In order to appease Okamura Ningji, Chiang Kai-shek also sent someone to inform: "The trial is just a formality, and there is no need to be too nervous." During the period of imprisonment, Chiang Kai-shek personally sent people to arrange his living and living, and even found a reason to let him live in the "Wang Mansion" in Shanghai, and secretly sent people to carry out strict protection.
On August 23, 1948, the trial of war criminals that the people of the whole country were concerned about finally began, but in the courtroom, this vicious war criminal refused to admit any crime and did everything he could to argue, and his lawyer Jiang Yiping even shamelessly demanded that he be exonerated, which shows how the authorities at that time treated war criminals with such an attitude!
After the preliminary trial, Okamura Ninji again pretended to be ill and applied for medical parole, and he soon moved into the Wang Mansion again. After the first trial, the second and final trials that should be carried out as soon as possible have never been heard, and the trial time has become far away. Once again, Okamura escaped the court trial.
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Fast forward to January 1949, and since the Situation of the Kuomintang was quite unfavorable both internally and externally, Chiang Kai-shek announced that he had officially retreated behind the scenes. On December 23, 1948, the Tokyo Trial was concluded, and Hideki Tojo and seven other leading Japanese war criminals were hanged and duly punished.
With the military tribunal for the trial of war criminals in China just around the corner, Ninji Okamura, who was awaiting trial, became nervous again.
Chiang Kai-shek had already made arrangements for this, and at this time, due to the unfavorable war situation of the Kuomintang, he had to make plans to retreat to Jiangnan. Chiang Kai-shek once sent someone to ask Okamura Ninji, who, based on his many years of experience in the war of aggression against China, said: "The key to defending the communist army lies in how to firmly defend the natural dangers of the Yangtze River." Chiang Kai-shek and the like were deeply impressed.
Therefore, on the eve of the second public trial of Okamura Ningci, Chiang Kai-shek successively arranged for He Yingqin and Tang Enbo, as well as Shi Meiyu, the presiding judge of the Supreme Military Tribunal at that time, to demand that Okamura Ningci be acquitted. Chiang Kai-shek even went so far as to send people to coerce and induce Shi Meiyu, the chief judge, and his party, agreeing that a huge sum of money would be obtained for the verdict of innocence, otherwise they would be arrested immediately. Jiang's ugly intentions were evident at this time.
Due to Chiang Kai-shek's meticulous arrangements, more than 20 reporters were temporarily invited during the public trial without any prior notice. At 16:00 on the 26th, the court held a trial, and after the trial of the military court of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense at that time to try war criminals, President Shi Meiyu pronounced a verdict on the spot: Okamura Ningji was not guilty. For this kind of ugly farce of ignoring the facts and covering up the ears and stealing bells, the audience members questioned each other and the crowd was indignant. Shi Meiyu immediately announced her retirement when she saw that the situation was not good, and immediately sent judicial police to suppress it, and sent someone to lead Okamura Ningji through the back door to escape.
Okamura never dreamed that he would be acquitted. In Okamura's later memoirs, it was clearly stated: "It is precisely because of his good relations with Chiang Kai-shek and others that he can be acquitted in court." This is precisely the ironclad evidence that the Chiang Kai-shek clique left behind the scourge of warlords, which is really harmful to the development of democracy!
Okamura returned to Japan
On January 22, 1949, the then Nanjing government, because the war situation was even more unfavorable, the authorities agreed to the eight conditions put forward by the Chinese Communists to conduct peace negotiations on the basis of the eight conditions proposed by our side, and our side's condition was that the war criminals must be punished. On the evening of January 28, He Yingqin was secretly instructed by Chiang Kai-shek to urgently arrive at the Wang Mansion to make preparations. Under Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement, Okamura and his party arrived in Yokohama, Japan, on February 4 on an American ship. During this period, Okamura heard the steamship radio, in which the CCP demanded that the Nanjing government extradite Okamura Ninji as one of the conditions for peace. At this time, the ship had sailed out of China's territorial waters, and Okamura Ninji only smiled dismissively when he heard it.
In this way, this Japanese executioner, who was full of evil and had no remorse, returned to Japan safely, and the Chinese people lost the opportunity to judge him forever. In September 1966, war criminal Ninji Okamura died of illness in Tokyo, ending his life of sin.
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The author believes that Okamura Ningji, as an important war criminal in the war of aggression against China, was able to live safely to the age of 82, which is unacceptable to Chinese people in facts and feelings. The Kuomintang clique headed by Chiang Kai-shek disregarded the truth of the facts, connived at the formation of warring criminals, and chose the latter between the interests of the entire country and the nationality and the selfish interests of the clique, thus bringing regret and harm to the Chinese people that can never be repaired. In particular, Okamura Ningji, without the slightest remorse, after luckily escaping with his life, actually continued to break off contact with Chiang Kai-shek and the like, and was also hired by Chiang Kai-shek as a member of the advisory group. Continuing to confront the CHINESE government is truly unforgivable!
The author believes that japan's own country, the ambitions of the wolf, the Kuomintang government at that time actually conspired with the tiger to skin, in order to achieve its ends by any means, is really shameful and sad. I hope that everyone will not forget the national shame and remember history!