Chapter 47 20. Why did Xiaohama not become a general

For a while, there was some controversy about how many Japanese invaders generals were killed by our military and civilians during the War of Resistance Against Japan.Among them was a Japanese military officer named Ujiyoshi Obama, who was a focus of controversy. Ushizen Kohama, Colonel of the Japanese Army, in 1936 in Suiyuan instigated the Puppet Monde King's Independence Action, the command post fought against Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army.Fu Bu was brave and good at fighting. After a fierce battle on December 2, he regained the Bailing Temple, an important place in Suidong, and then marched into the Damiao (Xilamulun), the last stronghold of the puppet Mongolian army in Suiyuan. On December 9th, during the battle with the Japanese and puppet troops commanded by Xiao Bang, two brigade commanders, Jin Xianzhang and Shi Yushan, led an uprising with more than 4,000 troops, and killed Xiao Bang and his 26 Japanese troops.The uprising troops eliminated all the more than 2,000 remnants of the Pseudo-Mongolian Seventh Division stationed in Damiao, and the division commander Mu Ke Dengbao escaped alone, which is known as the Xilamulun Incident in history.Fu Zuoyi took advantage of the victory to regain the temple.According to the customary practice of the Japanese Army, an officer who died as a general will be promoted to a major general.When China counts the Japanese officers who were killed, it is usually based on their advanced ranks (for example, General Tsukada, who was killed in the Dabie Mountains, was originally a lieutenant general when he died, and the general was a post-advancement rank).Therefore, when calculating the Japanese generals who were killed, Xiaohama was also "naturally" listed as one of them by some materials.

However, searching all over the Japanese historical materials, I couldn't find the archives of Xiao Bang chasing Jin.After Kohama's death, his cemetery was buried in the Tama Cemetery where Kihide Abe and Jiro Tomon were buried, and his tombstone only records him as "Grand Army General".It seems that this person was an exception and was not promoted posthumously. This matter, until the Japanese writer Shigeru Funada's book "Dust: The Story of Ohama Daisao", the answer to this mystery was not revealed.It turned out that Ohama Shizen was not promoted because he was transferred to the reserve by the Japanese Army in August 1936. According to the Japanese military regulations, non-active officers who died in battle could not be promoted.The reason why Xiao Bang was transferred to the reserve service was that he had been seriously injured in a battle with the Volunteer Army, and one leg could not be healed repeatedly. In the end, the Japanese army decided to promote him to the rank of Colonel and retire.This approach is similar to the "evaluation and withdrawal" policy of some university evaluation professors in China. Originally, Xiao Bang should not return to the battlefield.

However, the "Manchurian and Mongolian Independence Movement" instigated by Doihara and Katsushima Kakuyoshi was resolutely resisted by Fu Zuoyi and other patriotic generals. Sent to Suiyuan as the actual commander of the front line.Perhaps because he believed that his status as a reserve soldier was more confusing and would be beneficial to the Japanese side’s manipulation of Dewang and others behind the scenes, the Japanese army did not resume his active duty status before Xiaohama arrived in Suiyuan. Xiao Bang's death had nothing to do with the Northeast Anti-Japanese War, but his previous experience is worth exploring—he was seriously injured in the battle with the Volunteer Army?When, where, and which volunteer army did Xiao Bang get injured?

Coincidentally, in an old Japanese army photo album collected by Sa in Japan, Suzuki, a Japanese officer stationed in Yang Rongweizi, Baoqing, once took a photo, which was marked as "Qixinghe, the wounded place of Xiaohama Zhongzuo in the seventh year of the Showa era." . Qixing River, or "Seven Star Paozi" as the locals call it, is located in Baoqing County, Heilongjiang Province. It consists of seven consecutive lakes.Therefore, the Japanese army built a military airport here for the suppression of resistance forces. However, according to the photos, Lieutenant Kohama was wounded here in Showa 7, that is, in 1932. At that time, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces had not yet appeared on the stage of history.It seems more believable that he was wounded by the Volunteer Army.

More importantly, could these two little bangs be the same person? Or continue to look at the "Dust: The Legend of Ohama Osamu" written by Shigeru Funada to find the answer. The book records that Ohama Ushizen was promoted to lieutenant in August 1931, and served as the 63rd of the Tenth Division of the Japanese Army since November 1931. Wing adjutant (as the Japanese Army Wing does not have a deputy leader, the adjutant overlaps with the deputy leader in a certain nature). In April 1932, the Ministry opened Heilongjiang to suppress the Volunteer Army. In November, Xiaobang was seriously injured by the Volunteers during the battle to capture Baoqing.

It is also recorded in the article that Ujiyoshi Obama was one of the earliest members of the "Sakurakai", an important fascist organization in the Japanese army. His fellow members of the "Sakurakai" included Renya Mutaguchi, Torashiro Kawabe, Kingoro Hashimoto, and Kazuchi Takaji, Kagesa Haraaki, Muto Akira, etc. Many of these young officers later became generals who held the power of the Japanese army. The Japanese Army Information Wartime News Release No. 920 (Ministry of the Army on December 6, 1932) recorded in a battle, "one was killed and one was wounded in battle. On November 30, Qixinghe (about 20 kilometers southwest of Baoqing) In the nearby battles, Infantry Soldier Cao Nishimura Sueio of the Matsue Force (i.e., the 63rd Regiment) was killed in battle, and Infantry Lieutenant Saobama Shiyoshi was seriously injured."

It seems that the one who was wounded in Baoqing was really the Colonel Xiaohama who later died in Xilamulun. In the Chinese records, there is no record of injuring Xiaohama, but the troops who injured him can be deduced. In March 1932, after General Li Du withdrew from Harbin and returned to Yilan, he sent troops to recover Baoqing, an important town in the Sanjiang Plain. power of the county.For nearly ten months thereafter, Baoqing served as the base camp (headquarters) of General Li Du's activities. Under the strong resistance of the anti-Japanese military and civilians, it has not been able to do so.

At the end of 1932, the Japanese army attacked the Sanjiang Plain again. At this time, the troops of Li Du and Ding Chao still had a certain force here, controlling Mishan, Baoqing, Boli, Fujin and other places.Li Du set up a headquarters in Lishu to try to recover.However, due to the successive defeats of Ma Zhanshan, Su Bingwen and other volunteers, when the Japanese army concentrated three divisions to attack Sanjiang, although Ding Chao and Li Du tried their best to resist, they were unable to fight alone, and they lost the battle and retreated steadily. During this process, Baoqing County fell on December 9, and Xiaobang was wounded in Qixing River. This should be the result of the volunteer army's battle to defend Baoqing.Since Ding Chao defected to the enemy shortly thereafter, Li Du retreated to the Soviet Union.This may be called the last record of the Volunteer Army in the Heilongjiang area before the main force was destroyed.

In the uprising and puppet Mongolian army that killed Xiaobang, there is a general who directly participated in it that is worth mentioning, that is, Jin Xianzhang, who Fu Zuoyi called "brave and calm", "calm when things happen", and "well-trained troops".Jin Xianzhang, a native of Baofeng, Henan, joined the bandits at the age of 26. He was a member of the famous Henan bandit "Changjiang". Later, he actively participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Because of his bravery in combat, he successively served as the division commander of the new second division of the Kuomintang Second Theater and the staff officer of the Lieutenant General of the Luoyang First Theater Command. He died of illness in 1949.In the Xilamulun incident, Jin Xianzhang presided over the uprising as the brigade commander of the puppet Mongolian army, but he actually had a second identity.

Jin Xianzhang was arranged by Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army of the Kuomintang and the chairman of Chahar Province, to feign surrender to the Japanese army, with the purpose of plotting to assassinate Puyi, the emperor of Manchukuo.Jin was living in Tianjin at the time, and after Song had a secret talk with Jin Xianzhang through his senior official Sun Dianying, Jin Xianzhang agreed generously, saying: "To eradicate traitors for the country, why should you be so small!" The rest of them went to Mongolia to be incorporated into Wang Ying's "Dahan Yijun" department, and later served as brigade commander.

Because of the Xilamulun incident, Jin Xianzhang's assassination could only come to an end. Otherwise, it is unknown whether there will be another legendary incident in the history of the Northeast's 14-year war of resistance.