Chapter 42 Section VIII

Then, in the incident of obstructing the train mentioned above, isn't there something similar to the "Matsukawa Incident"?No, there are indeed very similar incidents, such as the "Niwasaka Incident" and "Yosan Line Incident" mentioned in the above-mentioned Tamagawa Police Station's testimony. Let’s talk about the “Tingsaka incident” first.At 0:40 am on April 27, Showa 23, when the No. 402 train from Aomori to Ueno was passing between Chiyan Station and Niwasaka Station on the Ou Line, the locomotive and the postal car behind it derailed. , rolled down from the 10-meter-high railway road tomb, and the luggage car and the passenger car next to each other also derailed and overturned. The driver and his assistant died immediately.The mechanic died from his injuries.According to the on-site investigation, the incident occurred on a downhill road, forming a curve with a radius of 300 meters, and the spikes and fishtail levers near the derailment site were removed.

As the Yuchuan police said, this incident will not be resolved until the real culprit is found.However, it is exactly the same as the method used in the "Matsukawa Incident". The "Yozan Line Incident" occurred at around 4:23 am on May 9, about three months before the "Songchuan Incident".The downbound bus bound for Uwajima departed from the Takamatsu Wharf Station on the Yosan Line in Shikoku. It overturned while driving through a mountain road curve dug in Oura Village, Namba Village, Ehime Prefecture. Three assistants died on the spot, the driver and passengers. Three people were injured.

According to the on-site investigation, three fishplates were removed, and eight bolts and seven road spikes were also pulled out. The crowbar and wrench used as evidence for acceptance were engraved with Roman characters, and were identified as not tools used by the state-owned railway. The incident also did not identify the culprit.But readers will be surprised by the resemblance between these two events and the "Matsukawa Incident".Also, each incident occurred where the rails formed a bend.Take the scene of the "Matsukawa Incident" as an example, the rails formed a bend with a radius of 500 meters.In another case of a different nature, the location where President Xia Shan was pushed was also a corner.The bend of the railway track was also chosen for the blasting site of the Hokkaido "Ashibetsu Incident" that occurred later.In sum, drawing attention to the curves of the rails seems to be a necessary condition for such sabotage.

The prisoners in the "Tianzaka Incident" and "Yosan Line Incident" were not caught, but it can be seen as a preview of the "Matsukawa Incident".