Chapter 30 5. Reports on the murder match that did not come out of the cage

A week after the capture of Nanjing, the Sixth Division received an order to leave Nanjing and go to the front.When counting the results of the "Battle of Nanjing", Hisao Tani was immediately excited when he received the news that the squadron leader Tanaka Gunkichi had killed 300 Chinese with the "Zhuguang" saber.He felt a little uncomfortable about the "killing contest" held by the officers under Commander Nakajima to make a big splash, so he quickly ordered Tanaka Gunkichi's military exploits and related photos to be reported.Later, Tanaka Gunkichi's "great military exploits" and related photos of the brutal massacre of Chinese people were not only published in Tokyo newspapers, but also included in the book "The Emperor's Soldiers" edited by Japanese military officer Minetaro Yamanaka.

Of course, Gu Hisao did not expect that when he was making a fuss about the Bushido of the Imperial Japanese Army, he also brutally massacred the people of Nanjing for himself and his subordinates, leaving irrefutable evidence and an indelible shame . As for the initiators of the "Killing Contest", Toshiaki Mukai and Iwa Noda, after the capture of Nanjing, there will naturally be some crazy creations.After the two entered Nanjing from the Zhongshan Gate, they kept wielding their knives and beheaded them all the way until they met in front of the Nanjing Nationalist Government a week later.After the two wild beasts met, they naturally boasted of their respective military exploits first.

Mukai: "Noda-kun, the number of Chinese people I killed has exceeded 150! What about you?" Noda: "Mukai-kun, I already have more than 150 people! I captured hundreds of prisoners from the refugee area that day, and I killed 30 of them by myself!" Mukai: "We held a 'killing contest' this time. It was originally a joke. In my opinion, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose. Both of us won the championship!" Noda: "Yes! We are all victors! The Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire are all victors!" Mukai: "Haha..." Noda: "Haha..."

Mukai: "Noda-kun, to celebrate winning the 'Killing Contest', let's have a few drinks!" Noda: "Okay! Mukai-san, thank you very much!" So, the two beasts came to the shop opened by the Japanese bartender together, and they drank three glasses of white wine, and the wildness became even crazier. Mukai: "I didn't expect that there would be so many prisoners for us to kill in the capture of Nanjing this time!" Noda: "I can't finish killing them. Thousands of people on the riverside have been machine gunned down! If it wasn't for the 'killing competition', I wouldn't be bothered!"

Mukai: "This time, there are so many Chinese killed!" Noda: "It's not a big deal. Our Kagoshima General Dashanyan led troops to capture Lushun Port that year and killed the entire city! Except for the corpse-carrying team, there are no Chinese people!" Mukai: "Haha..." Noda: "Haha..." After a burst of animalistic grinning, the two beasts returned to the topic in front of them. Mukai: "Noda-kun, although our killing tournament is over, don't let those stupid Chinese people go easily!" Noda: "I won't let the saber sit idle, it's so boring!"

Mukai: "There are also those beautiful Chinese women, we have to enjoy them too." Noda: "Of course, otherwise, our victory this time would not be in vain!" Another burst of beastly grin. Later, Japanese military reporters Asami and Suzuki followed up and interviewed them again, and wrote a report on the final result of the "killing contest" between the two imperial warriors.It was only at that time that the "Nanjing Massacre" incident had been disclosed in the newspapers, and the international public opinion was full of condemnation.In order to conceal the crime, the Japanese base camp strictly blocked the news, and the hymn sung by Asami and Suzuki for the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army had to be shelved aggrievedly.

After the war, the prosecutors sent by China to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East tried their best to find reports on the final result of the "killing contest".However, before and after Japan's defeat and surrender, the Japanese military and relevant departments tried their best to destroy the evidence of fascist militarism's aggression. This report on the final result of the "killing contest" can no longer be found. However, the "Tokyo Daily News" newspaper cannot be destroyed, so the two executioners who engaged in a "killing contest" in the Battle of Nanjing were still severely punished by the sword of justice in the end.