Chapter 62 5. The murderous demon escorted back to Nanjing

The Japanese junior officers Toshiaki Mukai and Noda Iwa who held the "killing contest" in the "Nanjing Massacre" and the squadron leader Gunkichi Tanaka who beheaded 300 Chinese with the "Sukuhiro" saber were arrested and brought to justice. Credit goes to the prosecutors sent by China to the International Tribunal for the Far East.When they found evidence of these demons in the archives of the Japanese wartime cabinet, they immediately took photocopies and sent them back to the motherland.Therefore, these heavy materials came to the desk of Shi Meiyu, the head of the military tribunal for the trial of Japanese war criminals in Nanjing.

Shi Meiyu looked carefully at each of them, and felt a shock in her heart. On one of the photocopies of the "Tokyo Daily News" newspaper, several lines of headlines stood out: After the headline, the creepy "killing contest" reports caught the eyes of the military judge.Beside the news, Shi Meiyu saw the photos of these two demons again: they were two strong young Japanese military officers standing side by side, with their feet spread apart, their bloodstained hands holding sabers proudly, their arrogant and fierce eyes exposed With a murderous look. "Beast! It's a beast with two heads covered in human skin!" Shi Meiyu cursed fiercely in her heart.

Then, there was another bloody photo: a saber used by the executioner, with a cold light and a menacing look on the knife rest, and below it was a line of text introducing the military exploits of the saber and showing off the might of the imperial army by its owner: "Zeng The captain who killed 300 people (note: referring to Junkichi Tanaka) loves the sword "Zhuguang"" and other words. The military judge was furious. As the chief judge of the military tribunal for the trial of Japanese war criminals in Nanjing, he could not allow these demons who slaughtered the people of Nanjing to go unpunished no matter what.Shi Meiyu picked up a pen, solemnly wrote "this document is sent by the China Prosecutor's Office of the International Tribunal for the Far East" next to it, and then ordered the clerk to quickly draft a statement on the request for the "Nanjing Massacre" murderer Toshiaki Mukai to be deported. , Noda Iwa, and Tanaka Jun Gillette were war criminals, and the report that they were immediately arrested and brought to justice was submitted to the Nanjing Nationalist Government.Subsequently, the Chinese government sent a special letter to the headquarters of the Allied Forces in Japan requesting that the war criminals Toshiaki Mukai, Iwa Noda, and Gunkichi Tanaka be arrested and extradited to China.

Mukai Toshiaki is a native of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. After the war, he returned to his hometown together with many Japanese prisoners of war.Hearing the news of the arrest of war criminals by the Allied forces, Toshiaki Mukai was terrified all day long. He found the photos of the murder in Nanjing and the newspaper "Tokyo Daily News" and burned them all. Lose. Sometimes he would tell his wife and daughter about the scene of the Chinese capital, the ancient buildings, the bustling market, the charming scenery of Zijin Mountain and Qinhuai River.After drinking once, he actually proudly talked about the scene of killing people in Nanjing, and made a fierce attack on his daughter, which scared her to cry. The one sitting was not a child from Nanjing China, but his precious daughter Mukai Chieko.

On September 2, 1947, when the tall American military police appeared in front of him, Toshiaki Mukai's delusion was shattered. He looked at his daughter with nostalgia, put on handcuffs and left his home.What remains behind are the sighs of the wife and the crying of the daughter. Noda Iwa, who was born in Kagoshima, and Toshiaki Mukai seem a little different. Kagoshima has a charming landscape, but the charming landscape has nurtured many peaceful and kind-hearted butchers.As early as during the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1899-1895, soldiers from Kagoshima were famous for brutally massacring Chinese.After returning to Japan, Noda Iwa always harbored gnashing resentment and unjust resentment towards Japan's defeat and surrender. He firmly believed that Japan's defeat was only temporary, and that the Great Japanese Empire would surely rise again.Therefore, he often got together with soldiers returning from China, recalling the magnificence of the imperial army and the majesty of the warriors when he was in China.They also invited to set up an organization for returned soldiers to carry forward the spirit of Japanese fascist soldiers forever.

On August 20, 1947, while the beast was dreaming sweet dreams, Allied shackles locked him in prison.In Sugamo Prison, he met Toshiaki Mukai, another beast who held the "killing contest" in Nanjing that year. After being shocked, the two shook their heads in self-deprecating manner. According to their identities and military ranks, they were far from qualified to board this palace. Obviously, there was another reason for this.Toshiaki Mukai knew it in his heart, and he said to Noda Yan: "Do you know why the Allied forces troubled us?" "Does it need to be said? The bald man has lice on his head, it's obvious!" Noda Yan replied.

Toshiaki Mukai said worryingly: "The Chinese are going to settle accounts with us about the matter in Nanjing." "If I had known it would be today, we should have killed 1,000 Chinese people in that fucking competition, but the result was the same!" Noda Yan said viciously. Toshiaki Mukai said: "We still have to think of ways to deal with Nanjing." "The newspaper was published and the photos were taken. What else can I do?" Noda Yan replied. Toshiaki Mukai thought for a while and said, "Noda-kun, no matter what, we really can't admit that happened, what do you think?"

"Of course, don't worry, I won't do things that embarrass the Japanese like those cowards!" Noda Yan replied with a nod. Therefore, the two beasts agreed to use the attitude of "a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water" to resist the justice trial. In November 1947, 21 Japanese war criminals, including Toshiaki Mukai and Iwa Noda, came to Shanghai by ship under the custody of international military police. On December 1, Toshiaki Mukai and his party were escorted to the Xiaoying War Criminals Detention Center in Nanjing. When they boarded the land of Nanjing, the two beasts couldn't help but look around, filled with emotion.Ten years ago, it was they who wielded the bloody butcher knives on this land, carried forward the might of the imperial army, slaughtered frantically, and made "great military exploits".What they never expected was that ten years later, it was the butcher knives they wielded back then that dug the doomsday grave for themselves!

Sitting in the dark cell of the prison, Toshiaki Mukai often bowed his head in thought, and even sighed melancholy. "Are you homesick? Mukai-kun!" Noda Yan asked. "I miss my daughter!" Toshiaki Mukai replied, "You know how cute Chieko is! She's very smart and beautiful. When she saw me, she stretched out her two little hands and called out to Daddy! Daddy!..." Daughter, Toshiaki Mukai has endless things to say.But I don't know if this beast has thought about it, how many parents of Chinese daughters he has killed, and how many families of Chinese people have been mutilated!

In the same prison as Toshiaki Mukai and Iwa Noda, General Hisao Tani, the commander of the 45th Regiment Squadron, who beheaded 300 Chinese in the "Nanjing Massacre", was also held in the same prison.Junkichi Tanaka was arrested by the Allied forces in Tokyo in May of this year, escorted to Shanghai on May 15, and then transferred to Nanjing.Due to the same nature and facts of the crime, the Nanjing Military Court decided to try the three of them together.These three beasts do have much in common: they all have a strong, solid body, a savage, stupid head, and a ferocious, cruel character.They all established "great military exploits" in the battle of capturing Nanjing, and they all became famous throughout Japan for their "illustrious military exploits".It is true that after being imprisoned in the small battalion war criminals detention center, there is one thing in common: that was indeed ten years ago, when they slashed and killed the people of Nanjing with butcher knives high, none of them expected that, Only ten years later, what awaited them was the ruthless trial of history and the just verdict of the people!