Chapter 47 top ten crashes

When I was in the War Criminals Management Office, a former brigade commander of the Manchukuo Army told me a story.In the winter of the year when the Pacific War broke out, under the command of the Kwantung Army, he led the Puppet Manchukuo Army to attack the Anti-Japanese Army.His team ran empty in the forest, only to find a sick Anti-Union fighter hiding in an underground hut.This man's clothes were ragged, his hair and beard were long, like a prisoner who had been locked up for a long time.Seeing the prisoner's appearance, he couldn't help saying mockingly: "Seeing how hard you are, what are you doing! Do you know that the Imperial Japanese Army has occupied Singapore and Hong Kong..."

The "captive" suddenly laughed.The "Manchukuo" major general slapped the table to stop him and said, "What are you laughing at? Do you know that you are being judged?" The soldier's answer to him surprised him—— "Who will judge whom? Your end is not far away, and it won't be long before you all will be judged by the people!" The civil and military officials of the Puppet Manchukuo generally knew that the people of Northeast China hated the Japanese invaders and traitors, but they did not understand why they had such courage, why they believed so much in their own strength, and at the same time, they were convinced that the powerful ruler would be defeated.I have always regarded the power of Japanese imperialism as extremely powerful and unshakable.In my heart, the Qing Empire, the Beiyang government and the Republic of China of the Kuomintang cannot be compared with Japan. As for the "common people", I have never even thought about it.

Who is incomparably strong and who is weak?In fact, countless facts have been told to me long ago, but I am extremely insensitive, and I was still vague until it was revealed from Yoshioka's mouth. Once, the Kwantung Army arranged for me to go out on a "fortune tour" (once a year), and the place I went was the Korean area in Yanji.When my special car arrived there, I found a large number of Japanese military police and six regiments of puppet troops, and surrounded the place layer by layer.I asked Yoshioka what that meant, and he said "anti-bandit". "Why do you need so many troops to defend against bandits?" "This bandit is not the same bandit as before, it is the Communist Army!" "Why is there a Communist Army in Manchuria? Isn't the Communist Army in the Republic of China?" "Yes, there are , a small one,..." Yoshioka answered vaguely and changed the subject.

Once again, the staff officer of the Kwantung Army specially reported a "victory" to me in addition to the routine military situation report.In this battle, General Yang Jingyu, the leader of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, died.He said cheerfully that the death of General Yang had eliminated "a serious problem in Manchuria."As soon as I heard the word "big trouble", I quickly asked him: "How many bandits are there?" He also said the same: "Small, small." In 1942, the Japanese army in North and Central China launched a "big mopping up" and implemented the "three alls" policy everywhere, creating no-man's land.Once, Yoshioka and I talked about the various tactics of the Japanese army against the "Communist Army" in North China, such as "encirclement with iron walls", "sweeping with combs", etc., saying that this added countless materials to "the history of the Imperial Japanese Army's war." ".Hearing the hype he said, I jokingly said, "The Communist Army is so small, why does it use so many novel tactics?" Unexpectedly, this remark aroused his ridicule:

"If His Majesty the Emperor had actual combat experience, he would not have said such a thing." I greeted him and said, "I would like to hear the details." "Communist army, this is different from the Kuomintang army. There is no distinction between soldiers and civilians, um, military and civilians, for example, um, it's like red beans mixed in red sand..." He saw my ignorance, and cited The Chinese idiom of "fishing for the real" is used as a metaphor, saying that when the Japanese army fought against the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, they often fell into the dilemma of being surrounded by enemies.Later, he was not afraid of trouble, and scribbled explanations on the paper while talking: "No matter where the "Communist Army" goes, the people are not afraid of him; after serving as a soldier for a year, they don't want to flee. This is an army that has never been seen on the mainland; such a team The more you fight more, the future will be terrible. "Terrible! It's terrible!" He shook his head involuntarily and sighed.Seeing this general of the "Great Japanese Imperial Army" comment on the "little" enemy in this way, I was so confused that I didn't know what to say. I searched desperately and remembered these two sentences:

"Murder and arson, communism and wives, it's terrible!" "Only a ghost would believe this!" he interrupted me roughly.After a while, he looked at me again with mocking eyes and said: "I am not making a formal comment. Your Majesty should listen to the report of the Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army." As he spoke, he put away all the scraps of paper he had just smeared and put them in his pocket. I gradually realized that Yoshioka's "informal comments" were closer to the truth than the "official comments" of the Kwantung Army commander and chief of staff.When Kenkichi Ueda launched the Nomenkan Battle, in order to confirm his "official comment", Zhang Jinghui and I were invited to watch the speed performance of Japanese aircraft surpassing Soviet aircraft.In fact, the Japanese army was beaten to the ground that time, losing more than 50,000 people, and Ueda was dismissed because of this.Yoshioka said in an informal comment: "The cannons of the Soviet army have a much longer range than that of the imperial army!"

The hidden worry hidden in Yoshioka's heart, I gradually understood it more and more from the radio.There were more and more news about the defeat of the Japanese army in various battlefields, and the newspaper headlines in Concorde such as "Great Battle Results" and "Entering the City in a dignified manner" were gradually replaced by the words "Jade Broken".The lack of supplies is serious, and I can detect it even in the blockade.Not only was it the search for door knockers, sputum buckets and other waste copper and rotten iron, which penetrated into the "imperial palace", but also the family members of "Neiyan" officials came to me for help because of lack of food. The "incomparably powerful" Japanese rulers began to reveal their secrets, and the "fearless imperial army" became fearful in every way.Because he was afraid that I would know that the quality of the army’s supplies was poor, the commander of the Kwantung Army specially invited me to visit an exhibition of military rations; because he was afraid that I would believe the overseas broadcasts I heard on the radio, and sent me a film promoting the Japanese army’s achievements...Needless to say I don't believe this, not even my youngest nephew.

What impressed me the most was the fear shown by the Japanese soldiers. After occupying Singapore, Yamashita Fufumi, who came to the Northeast to serve as the commander-in-chief of a certain front of the Kwantung Army, was still in my memory of his arrogance and madness at that time, but in 1945, when he was transferred to Nanyang again, When he said goodbye to me before leaving, he held his nose and cried to me, saying: "This is the last farewell, and I can't come back after I leave!" When I held a farewell ceremony for "Meatball", I saw more tears.Meatballs are soldiers selected from the Japanese army. They have been educated in the toxins of "Bushido" and "loyalty to the emperor", and they are selected to use their bodies to fight aircraft and tanks. In Japanese, they are called "body barriers".Every time Yoshioka mentioned this kind of physical barrier in the past, he expressed infinite reverence.I was really surprised to hear those stories.This time it was the Kwantung Army who asked me to encourage the selected meatballs and bless them.It happened to be cloudy that day, and there was a lot of wind and sand.The place for the farewell party was in the courtyard of Tongde Hall. There were piles of anti-aircraft sandbags everywhere in the courtyard, which made the atmosphere even more depressing.There were more than a dozen people in Roudan, standing in front of me in a row. I read to them the congratulations written by Yoshioka, and then raised my glass to them.Only then did I see that the faces of these meatballs were all gloomy, with tears streaming down their cheeks, and some of them swallowed hard.

The ceremony ended hastily in the wind and sand, I was flustered, and I was anxious to go back to the house to wash my face, but Yoshioka did not leave, and followed me closely.I knew he must have something to say, so I had to wait for him.He cleared his throat, hummed a few times, and then said: "His Majesty's congratulatory speech was very good, um, so they were very moved, um, that's why the Japanese man shed tears..." After hearing these superfluous words, I said to myself: "You are also afraid! You are afraid that I will see the flesh's feet! You are afraid, and I am even more afraid!"

In May 1945, after Germany was defeated, Japan was surrounded by enemies. The Soviet Union's dispatch of troops was only a matter of time.No matter how powerful Japan was in the past, I also understand its isolation and disadvantages. The day of the final collapse has finally come. On the morning of August 9, 1945, the last commander of the Kwantung Army, Otozo Yamada, and his chief of staff, Qin Yansaburo, came to Tongde Hall.Report to me that the Soviet Union has declared war on Japan. Yamada Otozo is a short, thin old man with a calm demeanor and slow speech.His situation changed that day, and he hurriedly told me how well prepared the Japanese army was and how confident they were of winning.His faster and faster voice fully proved that even he himself was not fully prepared and confident.Before he could finish his sentence, the air raid siren sounded suddenly.We hid together in the air-raid shelter outside the Tongde Hall. Not long after entering, we heard the sound of an explosion not far away.I secretly recited the Buddha's name, but he remained silent.He didn't mention anything about his confidence until after the all-clear was lifted and we parted ways.

Since that night, I have never undressed to go to bed.I always keep a pistol in my pocket, and I personally set the martial law in the inner court. The next day, Otozo Yamada and Yanzaburo Qin came again, announcing that the Japanese army would retreat to South Manchuria. The "national capital" was going to be moved to Tonghua, and told me that I had to leave that day.I thought that my belongings and people were too large to move that day anyway.After repeated requests, I was finally given a three-day grace period. From this day on, I began to suffer from a new kind of mental torture.This is partly due to further changes in Yoshioka's attitude, and partly due to my own serious paranoia and self-inflicted consequences.I felt the change in Yoshioka because he said this sentence to me after Yamada Otozo left: "If your majesty does not leave, he will be killed by the Soviet army first!" When he said this, his expression was vicious.But what frightened me even more was that I guessed from his words that the Japanese were suspecting that I didn't want to leave and that I had feelings for them. "They are afraid that my identity card will fall into the hands of the allies, will they kill me to silence me?" As soon as this question came up, my hairs stood on end. I remembered the old tricks of more than ten years, and I had to try to show "loyalty" in front of Qing Gang.With an idea, I asked someone to call for Zhang Jinghui, the Premier of the State Council, and Liu Zang, the Chief of the Department of General Affairs.I commanded them: "We must do our best to support the pro-country in the jihad, and we must resist the Soviet army to the end, to the end..." After speaking, I turned to look at Yoshioka's face.But this inseparable "Queen Hanger" did not know when it went out. Inexplicably, I had an ominous premonition, and turned around in the room.After doing this for a while, I suddenly saw a few Japanese soldiers walking towards Tongde Hall with guns in hand.My soul literally flew out of my body, thinking that it was a murderous hand.I felt that there was nowhere to hide anyway, so I simply walked to the stairs and met them.These Japanese soldiers saw me, but turned around and left. I think this is to check on me, if I ran away.The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, so I picked up the phone and called Yoshioka, but the call couldn't be reached.I thought the Japanese had left me and gone, and that filled me with the same fear. Later I called Yoshioka, and the call got through, and Yoshioka's voice was very weak, saying that he was ill.I quickly expressed my concern for him, said a lot of good things, and heard him say "Thank you, Your Majesty", I put down the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.At this time, I felt very hungry. It turned out that I hadn't eaten anything all day.I asked Da Li, the remaining attendant, to "pass the meal" to me, and Da Li said that all the chefs had left.I had to eat some cakes indiscriminately. At around nine o'clock in the evening on the 11th, Yoshioka came.At this time, my younger brother, younger sister, brother-in-law and nephews had all gone to the train station first, and only my two wives and I were left at home.Gia said to me and some accompanying attendants in a commanding tone: "Whether it is walking, or getting on and off the vehicle, Hashimoto Toranosuke respectfully holds the 'sacred artifact' and walks in front. No matter who passes the 'sacred artifact', they must bow at ninety degrees." I knew it was time to go.I stood respectfully and watched as the chief priest Hashimoto Toranosuke got into the first car with the bundle containing the 'sacred artifact', and then got into the second car by myself.The car drove out of the "Emperor Palace", I looked back, and a flame rose above the "Jianguo Temple". On the way to Dalizigou in Tonghua, the train traveled for three nights and two days.It was supposed to go from Shenyang, but in order to avoid air raids, the route from Jilin to Meihekou was changed.Just 2 meals and some biscuits in 2 days.There are Japanese military vehicles everywhere along the way. The team is not like a team, and the refugees are not like refugees.At Meihekou, the car stopped, and Yamada, the commander of the Kwantung Army, came to the car.He reported to me that the Japanese had won battles and how many Soviet planes and tanks had been destroyed.But at Jilin Station, I saw an opposite scene: a group of Japanese women and children yelled and rushed towards the train, begging and crying to the military police who stopped them... At the end of the platform, Japanese soldiers and Military police fight... Dalizigou is a coal mine in a bend of a mountain, separated from North Korea by a river. In the early morning, the mountains are filled with white mist. After the sun rises, the green hills and green valleys, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers are beautiful. At that time, all these My eyes are all dark.The place where I live is the residence of the Japanese mine manager. There are seven or eight rooms. This Japanese-style room is not soundproof, so it is noisy all day long. I arrived here on August 13th, and after two days of panic, Japan announced its surrender on August 15th. When Yoshioka told me that "His Majesty has announced his surrender, and the U.S. government has guaranteed the status and safety of His Majesty", I immediately knelt down on my knees, kowtowed to the sky, and recited: "I thank you God bless His Majesty the Emperor safe!" Yoshioka also knelt down with me and kowtowed for a while. After kowtowing, Yoshioka said with a sad face that the Japanese Kwantung Army had contacted Tokyo and decided to send me to Japan. "However," he continued, "His Majesty the Emperor cannot absolutely guarantee His Majesty's safety. This section depends on the Allies." I thought death was beckoning to me. Zhang Jinghui, Wubu Liuzang and the group of "ministers" and "counselors" came to me.It turned out that there was still a play to be performed, and they brought the sinologist's novice pen-my "Abdication Edict".I stood in front of the ministers and councilors who were like a group of bereaved dogs, and read it again.I don’t remember the words and sentences of this sixth edict, but I only remember this incident: the original manuscript of this edict originally had the indispensable words “Relying on the God of Amaterasu and the protection of His Majesty the Emperor”, but Hashimoto Toranosuke smiled wryly. It was crossed out.Hashimoto served as the head of the guard division who guarded the emperor, and later became the chief priest who protected Amaterasu. He can be regarded as the person who knows the emperor and Amaterasu best. If I knew that my value at this time has already fallen below Zhang Jinghui's group, I would feel even worse.When the Japanese decided that I would go to Tokyo, they arranged for Zhang Jinghui and Takebe Liuzang to return to Changchun to arrange the funeral.When they arrived in Changchun, Zhang Jinghui came forward and got in touch with Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing through the radio station. At the same time, they announced the establishment of a "Public Security Committee" to prepare for Chiang Kai-shek's army to take over.They intend to become representatives of the "Republic of China" as soon as possible before the arrival of the Soviet army.But I didn't expect the Soviet army to come so quickly, and the anti-union army led by the Communist Party also ruled out the resistance of the Japanese army and approached the city.When the Soviet army arrived in Changchun, the Soviet commander said to them: "wait for orders." Zhang Jinghui and the others thought that the maintenance would be recognized, so they couldn't help but have illusions about the Soviet Union. Fishing again!" The next day, the pseudo-ministers were invited to arrive at the Soviet Army Command, waiting for the appointment of the Soviet Army Commander, but the Soviet Army Officer announced: "Everyone is here, good, I will take you to the Soviet Union by plane! " On August 16, when the Japanese heard that the Imperial Guards in Changchun had clashed with the Japanese army, they disarmed a company of Imperial Guards that accompanied me.At this time, Yoshioka informed me that he was leaving for Japan tomorrow. Of course, I quickly nodded and said yes, pretending to be happy. Yoshioka asked me to pick a few people to accompany me.Because the plane is small, I can't bring more, so I chose Pu Jie, two brothers-in-law, three nephews, a doctor and the attendant Da Li. "Fugui man" asked me crying: "What can I do?" I said: "The plane is too small, you can go by train." "Can the train reach Japan?" I said without thinking: "The train can. In three days at most, you and the queen will see me." "What if the train doesn't come to pick me up? I don't have any relatives here!" "I'll see you in two days, it's okay!" I was in a state of confusion, thinking over and over how to escape death, why would I care about whether the train was a train or not? The first destination of the plane flight is Shenyang, where we have to transfer to a large plane.Departing from Tonghua, those with me were Yoshioka, Hashimoto, Pujie and a Japanese priest (who accompanied Hashimoto to hold the "magic weapon"), and the others were on another plane with a Japanese military police.At eleven o'clock this morning, I arrived at Shenyang Airport first, and was waiting for the other plane in the airport lounge. After waiting for a short time, there was a deafening sound of aircraft motors.It turned out that a Soviet plane had come to land.Teams of Soviet soldiers armed with submachine guns got off the plane and immediately disarmed the Japanese troops on the airport.In a short time, the airport was full of Soviet soldiers.This is the arrival of the envoys of the Soviet army who were surrendered. Due to this change, I was not able to go to Japan.The next day, he was taken to the Soviet Union by a Soviet plane.