In his previous life, when many people said that the Japanese nation was always full of aggressiveness, Downing did not approve of it, because in his opinion, in an era like 2015, it is difficult to have too large-scale wars, and with the comparison of national strength between China and Japan, as long as the Japanese government is not crazy, it will not make such a move, but after living in Japan for so long in this life, he has a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the Japanese nation and country, and the thoughts of his previous life have long been broken by himself. In particular, a recent "hero" that caused a sensation in Japan made him even more determined in this regard.

Born in 1922, he was drafted into the army in 1942 and sent to a small island in the Philippines called Lubang in November 1944 to engage in guerrilla warfare. The main mission is very simple: to resist the attack of the American army, to destroy the airfield and seaport. And the strategy of action is very simple: live on your own, without backup. On February 28 of the following year, the U.S. troops landed, and most of the Japanese soldiers either surrendered or were killed in battle, except for Onoda and the other three Japanese soldiers who were also on the island: Ogina, Private Otsuka, and Private First Class Akatsu. They took refuge in the dense jungle and continued to resist.

World War II soon ended. But they did not know, or they did not think that Japan would be defeated. Their strategy was clear: they could not occupy the entire island, but they could make their presence known to the Filipinos on the island, and thus create an all-pervasive fear, in the sense that they would become the rulers of the entire island - the supreme goal of guerrilla warfare. As a result, they would suddenly appear in the village, shoot the local peasants, and then hide in the forest. Dozens of farmers were brutally and unprovoked while they were harvesting bananas.

They maintain a strategy of constant movement, and even the locals cannot capture them. They steal food from local residents. Steal chickens, kill buffaloes, catch hares, eat lizards, and even save dried bananas in order to maintain a certain amount of calories. But they can't hunt much food. Because the sound of gunfire will reveal the combat position.

When the rainy season comes, they are vigilant with each other and try to stay awake as much as possible so as not to die if their body temperature drops too much while they are asleep. Their hideout in the forest was clean, with slogans on the walls that read "Carry the war to the end" and a portrait of the emperor carved into banana leaves.

In October 1945, they saw a leaflet handed out by the Americans, which read: "Japan has surrendered on August 14. Hurry down the mountain and surrender!" Onoda was skeptical. Suddenly, I heard gunshots not far away, and I decided that the war was not over. The flyer is deceiving. In 1949, Akatsu could not stand the desperate environment and finally surrendered. The remaining three still resisted.

After that, letters from their relatives and newspapers from Japan at the time continued to appear in the mountains and forests, hoping that the three of them would remember their families and end the war. However, they estimated that this was again a tactic by the enemy to break their will.

When Onoda's own brother came to this island. When he shouted at him with the microphone, he still stubbornly thought. It's nothing more than the U.S. military ensnaring him with a voice like his brother's.

In May 1954, Shimada was killed in a conflict. After 10 days, a new flyer appeared. The search team took a microphone and shouted loudly everywhere in the mountains: "Onoda, Kozuka, the war is over." But they ignored it.

Guerrilla warfare has made them develop an attitude of skepticism about everything, and more importantly. They were convinced that the Japanese would not admit defeat, and they firmly believed that the Japanese would return. Because that's what Onoda's boss said.

Year after year passed, and Japan built skyscrapers, while Onoda and Kozuka remained alive in 1944, continuing to fight for the emperor on Lubang Island. They attack military vehicles once a month. Shoot the driver.

In 1965, they stole a radio and heard reports on the news about international relations that China and Japan were no longer hostile countries. However, they have always refused to admit that the world has changed. They still shoot farmers and burn rice. In October 1972, Onoda planted the last mine in a nearby village, but it did not explode because it was rusting. So he had to attack the patrol with Kozuka. During this operation, Kozuka was shot and killed.

Twenty-seven years after Japan's surrender, the death of Japanese soldiers attracted great attention from Tokyo. Japan immediately sent men to Burma, Malaysia, and the Philippines to find Japanese soldiers hiding in the forests. There are more leaflets in the mountains, in addition to newspapers, magazines, and news of Kozuka's funeral in Japan. But Onoda has always stubbornly rejected the truth.

On February 20, 1974, he met the Japanese explorer Norio Suzuki in the mountains (one of the goals of his expedition was to find Onoda). They started a conversation. Onoda said that if I were to retreat, I had to have an order from my captain, otherwise I would not talk. Suzuki promised that he would return with orders from his captain.

Suzuki struggled to find Onoda's old boss, Yoshimi Tanida. It turns out that Yoshimi Tanida has changed her name to business. Suzuki and Yoshimi Tanida arrived at the agreed place in the jungle of Lubang Island. On March 9, 1974, Onoda found a note from Suzuki stating that his commander, Yoshimi Tanida, had arrived there, along with a copy of the complete evacuation order. Two days later, Onoda crossed the entire mountain and came to the designated location. At the sound of Shaosa's order, the thin second lieutenant Onoda Kanro bowed deeply to the people and solemnly put a rifle on the ground. He said, "I'm Second Lieutenant Onoda. I surrender to you on the orders of my superiors. ”

Although Tang Ning hated the Japanese very much, he still admired the Japanese soldier's will to fight, and it was unimaginable that he could persist in fighting in the jungle for thirty years without giving in for just one order. The Japanese people warmly welcomed his return and regarded him as a symbol of Japan's "heroic" spirit.

After his return, Onoda participated in many activities, especially those of Japanese right-wing veterans. Whenever the ceremony began and the old military song was sung, he would be so excited that he burst into tears. He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, and when asked what he thinks of the hundreds of innocent Filipino civilians who were wounded and at least 30 who died at his hands, he insisted that he had done nothing wrong because he was in the middle of the war and was not responsible for their casualties.

He insisted that he was a partisan leader, not bound by the general combat situation and not subject to moral condemnation. He had no shame on his face, he was high-spirited, he always considered himself a proud Japanese soldier, and even his autobiography became a bestseller, entitled "Never Surrender, My Thirty Years' War!" (To be continued.) )