Chapter 535 Kamakura Incident

On November 12, 1944, Kamakura was occupied, and the largest suspense case in the history of the Sino-Japanese War occurred, known as the Kamakura Incident.

According to the records of Chinese war history, the 33rd Heavy Division was met with stubborn resistance from two Japanese garrison wings in Kamakura, and after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, the 33rd Heavy Division annihilated the Japanese army after paying a heavy price of more than 100 casualties, and more than 3,000 people of the two infantry wings garrisoning Kamakura were all killed!

At a post-war press conference, Major General Zhou Mantian, chief of staff of the 33rd Heavy Division, even expressed a certain amount of "respect" for the tenacious fighting spirit of the Japanese garrison in Kamakura, and even claimed that it was by no means a bloodthirsty barbarian division that could not easily spare any murderer who had been to China and committed murder, nor would he indiscriminately kill any innocent civilians.

The post-war Japanese war history of the Kamakura incident seems to be a little vague, but after the landing battle of Youjuwan is described at great length, it is mentioned in Liao Liao that "on the 12th, the 33rd Heavy Division went north, and more than 3,000 officers and soldiers guarding Kamakura collectively broke jade", and there is no other factual record.

However, there is a very different third kind of record in the American Historical Archives.

According to the historical records of the American Historical Museum, the Japanese garrison in Kamakura at that time was not two infantry wings, but four infantry divisions of more than 60,000 people, when the Japanese garrison in Kamakura sent a clear telegram announcing the surrender, there were still nearly 60,000 officers and soldiers in the city survived, but after the Japanese surrendered, they carried out a brutal massacre of the surrendered Japanese army!

American historical sources quote the transcript of an interview with a military correspondent at the time, who once interviewed a Japanese veteran who had escaped death from the ruins of Kamakura in the twenty-sixth year after the end of the war, and the Japanese veteran said that the squadron first accepted their surrender, and then drove them into an abandoned factory, and then around the factory, a large number of napalm bombs were fired into the factory area, and the fire continued to burn until the next morning, and nearly 60,000 Japanese officers and soldiers were almost all reduced to ashes. If the veteran hadn't been lucky enough to hide in an abandoned sewer, he would have been reduced to ashes.

However, Chinese historians scoffed at this, believing that this was nothing more than a "pseudo-historical material" fabricated by the US government in order to distort and attack the stationing in Japan. It was precisely after the dissolution of the German Confederation and the hostility between China and the United States that the truth of the so-called "Kamakura Incident" appeared in the National History Museum of the United States overnight.

The Japanese Government adopted a cautious attitude toward this, and at the beginning of the 21 st century, with the consent of the Japanese Headquarters, a monument to the Battle of Kamakura was built in the northern suburbs of Kamakura, with the names of more than 60 officers and men killed in the battle engraved on the front of the stele, and the names of more than 3,600 Japanese officers and men who died on the wall of the list of the dead behind the stele.

As the most important party in the "Kamakura Incident", Lieutenant General Chi Chengfeng, commander of the 33rd Heavy Division, has never expressed any opinion on this matter.

The year after the war, that is, in 1946, he was promoted to the commander of the 3rd Group Army, and ten years later, that is, in 1956, he was promoted to the commander of the four fields, and eighteen years later, Mr. Chi, who had just ushered in his sixtieth birthday, ascended to the high position of chief of the army general staff!

Until his death in 2004 at the age of 100, General Chi Chengfeng never made a single comment on the "Kamakura Incident", not only General Chi Chengfeng, but also the most direct person at that time, General Zhang Hao, who was the colonel of the 98th Regiment of the 33rd Heavy Division, and all the officers and soldiers of the regiment, did not mention a word for the long half century after that.

This gave the "Kamakura Incident" a cloak of simplicity and confusion, so some people speculated that the record of the National Archives of the United States is likely to be true, and the 33rd Heavy Division did massacre nearly 60,000 Japanese prisoners of war in Kamakura! However, this is only speculation on the Internet in later generations, when almost all the direct parties have passed away, and the real truth has long been annihilated in the time and space of history.

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Back in 1944, the so-called Kamakura Incident was not a mystery at all!

The large-scale killing of prisoners is naturally true, the order was given by Chi Chengfeng, and the specific execution was carried out by Zhang Hao, the commander of the 98th Regiment.

In fact, the record of the National History Museum of the United States is the truth, but just after the end of World War II, the United States considered the need to unite China to jointly resist Germany, and classified this historical material as top secret, and did not make it public.

It was not until the end of the 70s that the German Confederation was dragged down and disintegrated by the United States in the space race, and the relationship between China and the United States took a sharp turn from a seemingly inseparable ally to an incompatible adversary.

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On the road from Kamakura to Tokyo, the steel torrent of the 33rd Heavy Equipment Division is rolling forward.

Although the Japanese garrison carried out large-scale destruction of roads and bridges along the way, this could not stop the squadron's advance, at this time, not only each regiment was equipped with engineering troops, but also the engineering equipment has also been replaced, it can be said that the Chinese engineering at that time was second only to the American engineering force of a powerful army!

With the help of large construction machinery, Chinese sappers can repair damaged roads in a very short time, and in a maximum of four hours they can build a field pontoon bridge on the river that is enough to carry 50 tons!

Therefore, the speed of the march of the 33rd Heavy Division was not delayed too much, and after the capture of Kamakura, it was like a sharp knife stabbed in the heart of the enemy, and it went straight to Tokyo at a speed of at least ten kilometers per hour!

In the armored command vehicle, Chi Chengfeng was leaning back in a chair and closing his eyes to recuperate, and several combat staff officers were working on the map.

Suddenly, Chi Chengfeng opened his eyes and raised his wrist to look at his watch, and said to Zhang Hao, the colonel of the 98th Regiment beside him, without looking back: "Calculate the time, the chief of staff should be fighting with those reporters, right?" ”

"It should be." Zhang Hao nodded and said, "The senator is eloquent, isn't it a piece of cake to deal with those reporters?" ”

"His grandmother's, those reporters are all human spirits, with thieves and spirits, and they are really not easy to fool." Chi Chengfeng shook his head and said, "There are no mistakes in your work, right?" ”

"There will be absolutely no mistakes, nearly 60,000 little devils, all burned to ashes, after throwing gasoline bombs, I specially asked the brothers to sprinkle several tons of gasoline into it and burn it, leaving a pile of ashes, not even half of the bones left!" Zhang Hao slapped his chest loudly, and said loudly, "Do things with humble duties, what else are you worried about?" ”

"That's good." Chi Chengfeng said, "As long as you don't leave a handle, you can't admit it to death, I'm afraid of a bird." ”

After saying this, Chi Chengfeng specially advised: "However, the officers and soldiers involved in this matter must issue a gag order, and no one is allowed to divulge half a word on this matter, otherwise, military law will be engaged!" ”

"Master, you can rest assured." Zhang Hao said, "I've already given a gag order!" ”

As he was talking, a communications staff officer had already opened the door and hurriedly got into the command car, and immediately immediately reported again: "Division, the 97th Regiment has sent a telegram back, they have arrived in the southern suburbs of Kawasaki five minutes ago, and Regiment Commander Liu has asked for instructions, should you immediately launch an attack on Kawasaki City?" Or wait for the main force of the division to go up and then attack? ”

"Oh? The 97th regiment went outside Kawasaki City? Chi Chengfeng's heart suddenly moved.

This Kawasaki is the last barrier in the south of Tokyo, as long as Kawasaki City is occupied, then Tokyo is like a Japanese geisha who has been stripped of the last fig leaf, already naked in front of them, with only a dozen or so poorly equipped old and weak divisions in Tokyo, basically they can only let the 33rd Heavy Division do whatever they want.

At that moment, Chi Chengfeng ordered: "Call back to Regiment Commander Liu immediately, and ask him to attack Kawasaki immediately, if the Japanese army in Kawasaki resists stubbornly, they will be annihilated on the spot, and if they surrender, they will surrender......" Speaking of this, Chi Chengfeng suddenly paused, and then continued with a hideous face, "Do it according to Kamakura's established strategy!" ”

The interrogator stood up to the ground and took the order.

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Tokyo, Inner Palace Cho Palace.

Empress Ryoko has summoned Prince Akihito and his four sisters, the 12-year-old Prince Akihito is still in his ignorant years, although he knows that the squadron has entered Tokyo Bay, but he still has no concept of the country, but his four sisters have already made a decision, and their faces are full of panic.

Just when the prince and empress and their five children were in a state of panic, Emperor Hirohito finally walked in with an anxious expression.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Emperor Hirohito asked Empress Yoshiko, "Are the children ready?" If we're ready, let's set off quickly, we just got the news that the West Road China Army has already reached Kawasaki, and I wonder if it will appear outside Tokyo tomorrow morning, and it will be too late to leave by then. ”

"Your Majesty, do you really have to go?" Empress Liangzi still had a trace of luck in her heart, and immediately persuaded, "After all, we are members of the royal family, and no matter how cruel the squadron is, I am afraid that we will not dare to do anything to us, right?" Are they really ready to provoke the whole Yamato nation, and are they really ready to occupy the whole of Japan city by city? ”

"You, let me tell you what's good?" Emperor Hirohito pointed at Empress Ryoko and said with trepidation, "Do you know who the commander of the West Road China Army is?" It's Ji Chengfeng, an executioner who kills people without blinking! In the Second Battle of Songhu, dozens of high-ranking officials of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, which was friendly with Japan, were all tortured by him! There are also more than 60,000 imperial soldiers in Kamakura Castle, all of whom were killed by him! This is a murderer! ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Hirohito suddenly shivered violently, and then said to Empress Ryoko: "You don't have to say anything, the guards have already assembled outside, let's take the children and leave quietly at night!" We must leave before the squadron soldiers come to the city, otherwise, this murderous demon king will never let our whole family go!" ”RO！ ~！