Chapter 267: Seishiro Itagaki
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From beginning to end, Kenji Dohihara only replied when Wiber, the presiding judge of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, asked him if he had admitted his guilt: "I advocate innocence." Then he said nothing, and was represented by a lawyer.
In court, Ichiro Kiyose told everyone: "For all the accusations, my client, Mr. Kenji Dohihara, denies all of them. And he also believes that in the face of all these trumped-up accusations, he completely disdains to argue with the prosecution! Therefore, for the sake of the dignity of a Japanese soldier, he gave up defending himself! ”
This strategy of not saying a word seems to be negative, but it exploits the loopholes of the common law system. Because Kenji Dohihara was the head of the Japanese secret service, many of Kenji Dohihara's whereabouts records were top secret during the war. Even if Japan was defeated, these were the first to be destroyed.
When the prosecution team investigated the evidence, it was found that the evidence about Kenji Dohihara's crime was seriously insufficient, and as long as Kenji Dohihara refused to speak and gave testimony, then according to the principles of the common law system, he could not be convicted of any serious crime. Kenji Dohihara may be able to escape punishment.
However, Kenji Dohihara's rogue tactics were not without a way for the Chinese inspection team to deal with them.
In 1947, Ni Zhengyi, as a reinforcement, went to Tokyo, Japan to reinforce the Chinese procuratorial team.
Ni Zhengyi is a rare legal professional in China in this era, and he is also a Taishan Beidou-level figure in the legal circles of later generations. He was born in July 1906 in Jiangsu. In 1923, he studied liberal arts at Hujiang University. In 1929, he received his J.D. from Stanford University, and was subsequently an honorary fellow at the Hopkins University Graduate School of Law.
1930. Ni Zhengyi returned to China and successively taught part-time at Soochow University Law School, Zhizhi University, Daxia University, and China Public School, and served as a lawyer in a law firm. Become a well-known barrister in Shanghai, due to his extensive network and professional skills. Soon the clouds soared. I had seen this person in Shanghai for the rest of my life, but I didn't have much contact.
Beginning in 1933, Ni Zhengyi served as a magistrate of the District Court of the First Special Administrative Region of Shanghai, Jiangsu. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and occupied all of Shanghai, they went to Chongqing. Subsequently, it was reused by Lao Jiang. 1943. Ni Zhengyi became the president of the Chongqing District Court. It's a high authority.
Although Lao Chiang did not take the trial of war criminals at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East seriously at first, he thought that it was just a formality. So, save your energy to make the payment. Unexpectedly, however, the trial of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East became more and more noisy and dragged on for a longer and longer time.
There has been a lot of criticism in China for Lao Jiang's lack of attention. And the generosity of the rest of his life overseas and at home put Lao Jiang on the fire. If Lao Jiang didn't send a few powerful people, then his face would be disgraced. Leaders that subordinates like. They are all leaders who can take responsibility. If you have a benefit, you can take it back, and if you have a vengeance, you can take it back.
The Japanese invaded China, and tens of millions of Chinese died. If Lao Jiang has no reaction, then. The rest of the people won't listen to him anymore. Therefore, seeing that the situation was not good, Lao Jiang quickly recalled Ni Zhengyi, who was studying in Europe, and sent him to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
Ni Zhengyi went to Tokyo. Not only did he bring evidence collected from Japan about Kenji Dohihara and Seishiro Itagaki as well, but he also brought ways to deal with them.
One of the methods. It is to refute the witnesses. Because of the ironclad evidence of the crimes committed by the Japanese in China, most of the evidence and witnesses that the Japanese are looking for are not so solid. Although Kenji Dohihara did not say a word, as long as the witnesses and evidence he found were refuted one by one, then Kenji Dohihara could not prove his innocence.
The first witness that Kenji Dohihara found was Ai Zesei, the head of the News Division when Kenji Dohihara was the head of the Kwantung Army's secret service. Ai Zecheng's testimony is actually useless, it just says that Kenji Dohihara is loyal and honest, treats people diligently, and does his duty, and back then, except for collecting intelligence, there was no secret operation at all. The character is very strong.
Anyway, it's full of empty words, and there are no substantive details to prove Kenji Dohihara's innocence. And Ni Zhengyi has already been prepared. In order to refute Ai Zecheng's testimony, Ni Zhengyi asked: "Do you know that Kenji Dohihara conspired to launch a political and military offensive in 1935 to organize the autonomy of the five provinces of North China in Pingjin?" Foreign newspapers have reported on this incident, but is the witness the head of the Information Division of the Kwantung Army's secret service, so he doesn't know anything? ”
Aisawa was dumbfounded. The answer knew that the testimony just now was false, and he slapped himself in the face. I don't know if the answer is obviously a lie, or will I slap myself in the face. Because, Ni Zhengyi presented a report from Ai Zecheng, which was a written report written by Ai Zecheng to his superiors when he found out that foreign newspapers were competing to report that Kenji Dohihara was planning the autonomy of the five provinces in North China.
This time, he directly drew Ai Zecheng's dough.
When Ai Zecheng was speechless, Ni Zhengyi took advantage of the victory to pursue and showed a copy of the "Fengtian Special Service Newspaper" issued by the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1935.
The original intention of publishing this newspaper was that the agents of the Japanese Kwantung Army wanted to prove their work to others. It is the same thing as the performance statement of later generations. And Kenji Dohihara, as the spy leader of the Japanese Kwantung Army, is bound to show his strength in this report boasting about the attack.
Therefore, not only did the newspaper record in exaggerated language how Kenji Dohihara planned conspiracy activities in various parts of China, but it also had Kenji Tohihara's seal on the front page of the newspaper. It's real, and you can't deny it. Kenji Dohihara didn't expect that a performance statement would make him shoot himself in the foot.
And in this newspaper, the Japanese also "mistakenly" used an idiom. In this "Fengtian Spy Organ Newspaper", there is a page with a sentence that reads: "When people in South China hear the name of Tufeiyuan and Banyuan, they talk about the tiger's color change."
Talking about the tiger's color change, this idiom originated in China. It's not a compliment, it's not a derogatory term, but the Japanese themselves compare themselves to tigers, which is clearly boasting. And at this time, it became a knife that stabbed itself. If you claim to be friendly to the Chinese, why do you call yourself a tiger?
Ni Zhengyi said to a group of European and American judges who did not understand Chinese culture: "'Talking about tiger color change' means that Tu Feiyuan and Itagaki are as fierce as tigers, and when people hear their names, it is like mentioning tigers. I was so scared that my face changed. ”
And this explanation easily poked the judges' laughter. Everyone understands that the Japanese are dying on their own. So the hall burst into laughter, and Ai Zecheng had no power to return to heaven.
Kenji Dohihara's second witness was Kuwajima, the former Japanese consul general in Tianjin. In 1931, Tu Fei Yuan Kenji went to Tianjin to persuade Pu Yi to go to Tanggu. Then, through Tanggu, to Dalian, and finally to Changchun. The matter was learned by Kuwajima and reported to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan at this time. Worried that Japan would find itself in a diplomatic stalemate, he instructed Kuwajima to dissuade Kenji Dohihara.
However, Kuwajima's planner couldn't persuade Kenji Tohihara at all. After failing to dissuade him, Kuwajima reported the matter to Japanese Foreign Minister Genic. Used to clear responsibility.
Although, Kuwajima Master and Kenji Dohihara are not the same faction. But externally, it is consistent. The Chinese procuratorial team found the telegram between the accountant Kuwajima and Kenji Dohihara from the secret files of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the telegram submitted by the accountant Kuwajima to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and used them as evidence.
And Kuwashima said in court. When he reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he listened to rumors and didn't count at all.
Ni Zhengyi was furious: "You reported to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because you listened to rumors, then." Is it also a rumor that you and Kenji Dohihara are discussing this matter? ”
The master of Kuwajima was speechless and could only retreat.
However, I want to put Kenji in the soil and Hihara to death. It is not possible to refute witnesses alone. It is necessary for the Japanese to prove for themselves that Kenji Dohihara has an unpardonable sin. This is ironclad evidence. Otherwise, this thing will not be killed, and there will be no testimony at all. There is no conviction for a felony.
So, Ni Zhengyi came up with a plan to attack the west. Temporarily let go of Kenji Dohihara and began to interrogate Seishiro Itagaki.
Seishiro Itagaki was born in the Sendai Army Local Infant School in Japan, which was based on the spirit of "martial arts and belligerence". Life is not good at intelligence.
There is a saying that the same sex repels each other, and the opposite sex attracts. Itagaki Seishiro can have a tacit understanding with Ishihara Waner, a person who can be called a soldier, but he can only be a reckless man. When two people who are too smart put together, there will be chaos. Throughout his life, one of the most successful things Itagaki Seishiro did was to partner with Ishihara Waner to take the Northeast together and establish the puppet Manchuria.
However, this person, like Ishihara Waner, was gradually squeezed out of the upper core of Japan after the glory. In 1933, Seishiro Itagaki began to plan for the autonomy of North China with Kenji Dohihara. And to establish a puppet regime, there must first be big traitors. Kenji Dohihara's favorite candidate is Yin Rugeng, while Itagaki Seishiro's favorite candidate is Zhang Jingyao.
As for the rest of the people, most of them don't buy Seishiro Itagaki's account. However, on May 7, 1933, Zhang Jingyao was assassinated by the military commander at the Liuguo Hotel. Seishiro Itagaki's plan became an empty talk. Only Kenji Dohihara's plan has achieved a little success.
Although Seishiro Itagaki later succeeded in rebelling against Wang Jingwei, Wang Jingwei did not share the same heart with Seishiro Itagaki. While obeying the Japanese, he is also making his own little calculations.
In 1937, the Japanese invaded China on a large scale, and Seishiro Itagaki led the Japanese Fifth Division, which was invincible with the advanced weapons of the Japanese in the encirclement of Chiang's army. beat Yan Xishan to the ground of defeat and retreat.
However, China was far from something that the Japanese could plot, after the failure of the plan to annihilate China in three months. In 1938, the Konoe Fumiro Cabinet dismissed War Minister Motomo Sugiyama and Vice Minister Umezu Yoshijiro, who had called for a three-month settlement of the Chinese Incident. Recalled Itagaki on the North China battlefield as the land minister. And the deputy officer of Seishiro Itagaki is the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army at this time, Hideki Tojo!
However, although Seishiro Itagaki is in a high position, the problem of having no brains has not changed at all. He first vigorously advocated the German-Japanese-Italian Triple Alliance, and moreover, he also approved a division of the Japanese Kwantung Army to carry out armed provocations against the Soviet Union in the Nomenkan area. As a result, the conflict between Japan and the Soviet Union resulted in the annihilation of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army.
From then on, Seishiro Itagaki was driven out of the decision-making level by the Japanese. However, there is always a way to continue your own style. In 1939, Seishiro Itagaki was appointed as the first chief of staff of the Chinese Dispatch Army, assisting Senior General Nishio Toshizo.
However, at this time, Seishiro Itagaki didn't want to fight. He wants to make peace! In 1939, Seishiro Itagaki asked to fly to Changsha, which was controlled by the Chinese army, to meet Lao Chiang in person, and only wanted to protect the commercial interests of the puppet Manchukuo and Japan within the Great Wall, and Japan withdrew its troops.
However, the battle has come to this point. Even if Lao Jiang was willing, Lao Jiang's subordinates would not be willing. Seishiro Itagaki is not pleasing on both sides, and he is becoming more and more isolated. And the Japanese are helpless against this pig teammate. In 1941, Seishiro Itagaki was sent to North Korea. It was not until February 1945, when the Japanese were losing ground in the Pacific theater, that they were sent to Southeast Asia.
Itagaki Seishiro did not change his style until he went to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. On October 6, 1947, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began the phase of Seishiro Itagaki's personal defense. Seishiro Itagaki himself wrote a 48-page defense statement, claiming that he would fight the Chinese prosecutor team for 300 rounds.
However, Ni Zhengyi obviously doesn't need three hundred rounds to deal with someone with this kind of intelligence.
In court, Seishiro Itagaki said, "I deny all the accusations. Can the Japanese Government bear to watch the people of Northeast China live in misery and chaos? Is it also a sin for us to help them out of compassion and friendship? ”
"Since I became Minister of Land, I have always advocated the withdrawal of troops, peace, and an armistice, and no matter what charges the inspection team has given me, I have always been a peace-loving Japanese! I'm not guilty! ”
Although Itagaki Seishiro did have a brain convulsion and went to negotiate peace with Lao Chiang, but, to borrow a lyric from later generations - "The Japanese said that he loved world peace, and the Asian people laughed." ”
Because Seishiro Itagaki's greatest "merit" was to create the 918 Incident and plunder Northeast China. Therefore, in court, Seishiro Itagaki was the first to clear up this matter.
The first witness that Seishiro Itagaki found was Shimamoto, the wing commander who commanded the Japanese army after the Wicker Ditch Incident on the night of 918. However, this Shimamoto is obviously also a pig teammate. He actually said in court that he was drunk that night.
But anyone with a little common sense knows that a drunken person, in a delirious situation, simply does not have the ability to remember clearly. Therefore, Ni Zhengyi didn't let this Shimamoto talk at all, and said to the president: "Since Shimamoto claimed that he was drunk that night, what can a drunkard from Hutu prove?" How can he be a witness in court? ”
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