After the defeat, Hideki Tojo did not think about committing suicide and martyrdom. After all, a person in a high position like him, once he becomes a prisoner and is interrogated and teased, it is simply worse than death. Moreover, because Hideki Tojo offended the Americans so badly, he was inevitably killed in the end. It's better to give yourself a treat.

Therefore, when Hideki Tojo learned that he was as famous as Hitler and Mussolini, he became Japan's number one war criminal, and became the head of Japan's Class A war criminals, he shot himself. The position of the gun is a circle drawn by the personal doctor in the heart beforehand.

However, Hideki Tojo did not get what he wanted. According to later records, the heart of this product was deformed, commonly known as the heart was crooked. Moreover, Hideki Tojo is still a left-handed man who has not touched a gun for many years. The shot didn't hit the heart. It's just a hole in the lobes of the lungs.

On December 26, 1947, the trial of Hideki Tojo at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began. Hideki Tojo entered the venue and received the highest attendance rate in the audience and press gallery of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. The rest of his life was in the press gallery with a huge camera and filming. Hideki Tojo's hairless head shines brightly under the illumination of many magnesium lights.

The lawyers of the Japanese lawyers' group spoke first. After the last flour explosion, most of the Japanese lawyers' group were killed and wounded. Ichiro Kiyose and many American lawyers, including Kiyose Ichiro, who worked for the Japanese money, were very unfortunate to die in the line of duty. The lawyer who took the stage did not have a name in the original history. I don't bother to remember it for the rest of my life.

But listen to this lawyer: "First of all, on behalf of my client, Mr. Hideki Tojo, I hereby declare that my client, Mr. Hideki Tojo, will not invite any other witnesses to testify in court except for himself, and he will not present any evidentiary statement. Complete! ”

"Next, my client will read his confession."

Hideki Tojo made this move. It's also a helpless move. He knew that he had offended the Chinese and Americans miserably, and if he made up some specious evidence, he would probably be used by the well-prepared Chinese and American prosecutors.

As the saying goes, if you say too much, you will lose. Seishiro Itagaki, who has no brains in compiling evidence, is still in the pit. The reputation of the pig teammates has spread around the world with media reports. Even Kenji Dohihara was miserable by him.

Moreover, as the prime minister who is above 10,000 people under one person, there are many things that only Hideki Tojo knows. As long as the prosecutor doesn't mention it, Hideki Tojo can pretend not to know. Even if the prosecution raises it. Hideki Tojo can also be pushed clean.

After the lawyer finished speaking, Hideki Tojo began to read out the confession he had written, and Hideki Tojo's confession was no different from the confessions of other Class-A war criminals, but they were all vague and vague, with the exception of prevarication. And there is no confession of sin.

At the end of the confession, Hideki Tojo said, "Finally, I'm afraid this is the last chance allowed by the rules of this court. I would like to repeat here the policy of the Empire of Japan, and the policy pursued by the officials who performed their respective duties in those days, even the legal occupation of territories outside of the Japanese mainland. Neither aggression nor exploitation. ”

"We just followed the procedures laid down by the constitution and the law, but even then we encountered a harsh reality. We are betting on the fate of our country. But it lost. I have always maintained that this war is a war of self-defence, not a war that violates international law, which is recognized by the world today. ”

"Regarding the responsibility for the defeat, it was the responsibility of the Prime Minister at the time, that is, me. Responsibility in this sense. I intend to take it automatically. Confessor, Hideki Tojo. December 19, Showa 22, Japan in Tokyo. ”

Like many Japanese war criminals, Hideki Tojo did not see Japan's expansion abroad as a mistake at all. It's just that their speculation on the fate of the country has not succeeded. Even after Joseph Jinan's repeated questioning, Hideki Tojo still did not change. And there is always reason to say that this is Japan's war of self-defense.

Hideki Tojo understood that even if he changed his words and confessed, the Americans and Chinese would not let him go. will also be considered a coward, but it is better to be stubborn to the end, and the face will look good.

In response to Hideki Tojo's confession, Joseph Jinan asked: "Then, according to your logic, isn't it contradictory that you are engaged in so-called peace negotiations between China and Japan on the one hand, and on the other hand, you occupy Chinese territory with a strong military force?" ”

Hideki Tojo replied very calmly: "There is no contradiction! ”

Joseph Jinan asked: "Then have you ever considered that the invasion of Manchuria will cause anti-Japanese sentiment in China?" ”

Hideki Tojo smiled: "China's antipathy to Japan has long existed. When the Japanese in the audience heard this, they were in an uproar and exclaimed. After all, the vast majority of Japanese people have been educated in this way since childhood.

And Joseph Jinan, when facing other Class A war criminals, can still occupy the upper hand in momentum with an aggressive posture. However, when he encountered Hideki Tojo, who once controlled the authority of a country, Joseph Jinan's aggressive momentum was not so smart.

Moreover, Joseph Jinan's historical research on China and Japan is obviously not as in-depth as Hideki Tojo. Therefore, when I heard Hideki Tojo's words, I was slightly stunned in momentum.

Hideki Tojo continued: "However, Japan absolutely did not invade Manchuria. As soon as these words came out, the Japanese were in an uproar again, and only Yu Sheng scolded: "!" These two words were spat out angrily, and the sound shook the courtroom. Everyone looked sideways.

Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, President Wilber struck the hammer and said, "Quiet! Be quiet! ”

Joseph Kinan came back to his senses and was no longer entangled with Hideki Tojo on this issue. Directly sacrificed the killer feature of data, and asked Hideki Tojo rhetorically: "So, how many Chinese were killed by the Japanese army?" ”

"I don't know!"

Joseph Ji Nan took out the evidence that had been prepared for a long time: "This is published by the Japanese Ministry of Army, according to the annual certificate, from July 1937 to June 1941, the Japanese military killed 2.015 million Chinese!" Killed more than two million Chinese, did you ever think that this would cause the anger of the Chinese? Please answer! ”

The Japanese obviously killed more than two million people in China. According to later statistics, this number is about 35 million, which is more credible. Japanese front-line troops sometimes do not report killings. If you kill it, you will kill it. During the war, the Japanese did not go into detail at all. What the Japanese care about is how much they occupy in China. And not how many Chinese died.

Hideki Tojo said, "I'm deeply unfortunate about this. ”

Joseph Jinan added: "Moreover, many of the Chinese killed were innocent people. Why did the Japanese inflict such cruelty on innocent people? ”

Hideki Tojo will only fight with the wind. But apparently much thicker than Joseph Jinan and other Class A war criminals, he replied: "The so-called ordinary people have nothing to do with war, China and Japan are the same. As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese regime, he actually commanded the people to resist Japan and insult Japan, so that it provoked massacre, which is the fault of the Chinese commander-in-chief, and it has nothing to do with us. ”

Hideki Tojo's bandit logic, which only allows me to beat you and not allow you to beat me, caused an uproar in the audience, including the Japanese.

Joseph Jinan then asked, "So, you insist on not withdrawing troops from China. And the scale of the war will continue to grow, yes, or no? ”

Hideki Tojo was very unhappy, he was above 10,000 people in Japan, and even the emperor did not dare to ask such a question: "I don't like to answer yes or no!" ”

But at this time, he couldn't help it, Joseph Ji Nan said: "This is in court, I don't want you to like it or not!" You have to answer, yes, or no! ”

The Japanese lawyer team finally found an opportunity to make a move. "I protest! Prosecutors can't ask questions like that! ”

Wilber said indifferently: "The protest is invalid!" Witness Hideki Tojo, must answer the prosecutor's question, yes, or no! ”

Joseph Jinan, with Wilber's help, also urged: "Answer me." Yes, or no? ”

Hideki Tojo was stubborn to the end: "No! ”

Joseph Jinan finally seized the opportunity to win back a game, and cross-examined: "Isn't it? Well, from October 1941. After you were ordered to form a cabinet, did Japan withdraw its troops from China? ”

Hideki Tojo replied, "No, but that's ......"

Joseph Jinan interrupted, "You've already finished answering your question. I don't need your explanation! ”

Hideki Tojo's face turned dark, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Before the defeat, no one dared to be so rude to him! Yu Sheng looked at Hideki Tojo's mouth shape, and knew that this thing wanted to scold: "Yaga! ”

So he quietly made a gesture to the people around him. The crowd still applauded Joseph Jinan's question.

Although the International Military Tribunal for the Far East also has strict control over press and observer seats, there are still a large number of scalpers on the black market in Tokyo, Japan. At the time of Hideki Tojo's appearance, the price of a scalper ticket had been speculated to a thousand dollars. Enough for an average Japanese family to live on for several months.

And for the rest of his life, he had a lot of money, and he didn't have a single left, so he bought them all. At the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, there was an extra bunch of idlers. And the task for the rest of his life for these subordinates is to make a coax at the right time!

Although this is a bit childish, but when he performed a drama with his friends in the rest of his life, he knew how powerful the applause and cheering were. Regardless of whether this method is childish or not, I saw Hideki Tojo's old face that was getting darker and darker by the applause of the house. For the rest of my life, I felt refreshed and worth the fare.

However, Hideki Tojo's unrepentant death is no longer a question of whether he is thick-skinned or not. But from the bottom of my heart, I don't believe in morality.

The so-called morality and peace are just an excuse for Hideki Tojo. What he believes in is the set of the strong beast and the jungle. But I don't know that the reason why man is better than the beast is that he has partially got rid of the beastly nature of the weak and the strong with the moral constraints of his heart. Therefore, the old and the young, women and children can be preserved.

In this way, no matter what kind of competition there is within human beings, it will not really hurt the fundamentals.

Just as many companies in later generations that emphasized what kind of wolf nature is, most of them did not last long. These so-called wolf companies, in many cases, what they lack most is actually human nature. It is strange to deliberately ignore the difference between man and beast, and not to be rejected by people, or even his own people.

However, Tojo Hideki's rigidity is not only aimed at the Chinese, when the cross-examination involves Britain, France, the United States and other countries, Tojo Hideki is still a diehard.

After answering a question about China, Joseph Jinan asked, "Do you plead guilty to the crime of unleashing a war?" ”

Hideki Tojo still said: "This war is really Japan's war of self-defense!" ”

"Since it is self-defense, why does Japan wantonly sabotage Washington's Nine-Power Pact on the Limitation of Naval Armaments?"

"Let's take an analogy: give a ten-year-old a set of clothes that fit, but when he turns eighteen, the clothes bloom."

"But it's possible to sew and mend that garment to fit it—don't you think?"

"But the height grows too fast, and the child's parents don't have time to sew up."

"The 'Bataan Death March' of 1942 forced prisoners of war to travel long distances in scorching heat, and a large number of exhausted prisoners were beaten, assassinated and shot during the 'march'. What is your responsibility for this? ”

"As is customary in Japan, commanders who carry out specific tasks are not bound by specific orders from Tokyo and enjoy considerable independence."

"As far as we know, with the approval of the highest Japanese authorities, prisoners of war were forced to build the Thai-Burma Railway with their hands under harsh conditions, and the bones of thousands of prisoners of war were left on both sides of the roadbed, is this true?"

"We didn't expect such a thing to happen. According to the character of the Japanese, they believe that such crimes cannot be tolerated, either in heaven or on earth. ”

Bataan's death march was just a detail used to pry Hideki Tojo into confessing to his war crimes. However, Joseph Jinan did not expect Hideki Tojo's skin to be thicker, far more than expected. The sentence "I didn't expect it" pushed the responsibility away.

So, we can only turn to the next detail: "You said in your confession that Japan started war against the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands because they issued an asset freezing order on July 26, 1941, right?" ”

When Japan's northward advance into the Soviet Union failed, the Battle of Nomenkan, and the heavy losses of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Japan prepared to go south and occupy all parts of Southeast Asia. However, Southeast Asia has been the territory of Europeans and Americans since the beginning of the Great Voyage, and now even the Philippines in later generations is the younger brother of the Americans.

When the Japanese plundered southward, they naturally violated the interests of Europe and the United States. In order to curb the Japanese, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and other countries, led by the United States, issued an asset freeze order against Japan to freeze the assets of the Japanese in these countries. In addition, an embargo on certain strategic goods was imposed. As soon as this order was issued, the Japanese suffered heavy losses. (To be continued.) )