Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

There is a rumor on the Internet in the 21st century that when Japan surrendered, Australian troops massacred 170,000 surrendered Japanese prisoners of war in New Guinea.

This thing doesn't make sense at first sight. How big is New Guinea? How did it manage to collect 170,000 Japanese prisoners of war?

In real history, the New Guinea campaign lasted for more than three years. The Japanese army invested a total of 350,000 people and suffered nearly 130,000 casualties. These numbers seem quite high. Adding "accumulation" will show how big the water is.

The battle lasted for more than three years, and even the iron-clad troops had to be rotated. At the peak of the front line, the Japanese army only had 140,000 people. By the time the Japanese army surrendered, there were less than 20,000 people left. The so-called 170,000 people were just

Just conjecture.

Not all the Japanese troops who surrendered were killed. For example, the Japanese Eighth Front Army in Rabaul and most of the more than 70,000 Japanese prisoners of war returned home smoothly.

The story of the Eighth Front is quite dramatic.

In 1941, the Eighth Front Army, under the leadership of its commander, General Imamura Jun, participated in the military operation code-named S against East India. Due to the weak military capabilities of East India, Operation S was a great success after only three months. After that, Imamura Jun

He was officially appointed commander of the Eighth Front Army and became a veritable governor-general of East India.

In December 1942, the Eighth Front Army was sent to Rabaul to carry out orders to contain the US military.

At that time, the Japanese army was retreating steadily under the attack of the US military's "leaping frog tactics". Rabaul also happened to be jumped over by the US military and was not directly attacked by the US military. As a result, Imamura Jun and the 70,000 Japanese troops of the Eighth Front Army were captured.

forget.

The Americans did not know that there were 70,000 Japanese troops in Rabaul.

The Japanese believed that the Eighth Front Army would be wiped out by the US military sooner or later if foreign aid was cut off. At that time, the Japanese army had lost the initiative in the Pacific War and was unable to bring the Eighth Front Army back from Rabaul, so Imamura Jun and his Eighth Army

The front army was strategically abandoned as an outcast.

Imamura, who became an abandoned son, did not accept his fate. He decided to lead the Eighth Front Army to survive and survive in Rabaul.

If he were just one person, Imamura could easily survive.

It was not easy to provide a livelihood for 70,000 people, so Imamura led 70,000 Japanese troops to reclaim wasteland in Rabaul, farm and fish, raise chickens, ducks and geese, and even set up factories specializing in the production of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar.

, to meet the daily consumption of the troops.

After solving the problem of survival, Imamura founded a weapons research institute in Rabaul to collect shell fragments and process them into bullets. A telephone was installed in the room where Imamura lived. They even used the wreckage and parts of destroyed aircraft to assemble a

Three planes.

After the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, the US military learned that there was still a forgotten Japanese army in Rabaul.

At this time, the US military had not realized the seriousness of the problem. After all, more than two years had passed since Rabaul was blocked. The US military believed that the number of Japanese troops in Rabaul did not exceed 1,000 at most.

This group of people was not even worthy of the American surrender, so the Australians were ordered to go to Rabaul to accept the Japanese surrender.

The Australians did not pay much attention to it and only sent a small force to Rabaul to accept the surrender.

This small force was greatly frightened in Rabaul, because there were 90,000 Japanese troops in Rabaul.

Isolated from the world for more than two years, theoretically these Japanese soldiers should be weak, sickly, with withered faces, and anything would happen if they ran out of food.

When nearly 70,000 fat, well-armed, and even equipped Japanese troops appeared in front of the Australians, the Australians immediately requested reinforcements from the Americans.

The legend doesn't end here yet.

It is said that when the Eighth Army returned to Japan, many Japanese prisoners of war carried the food they had worked so hard to grow and the techniques they learned in Rabaul. After returning to Japan, they successfully passed the most difficult stage.

Everyone lives a good life.

Within the Japanese army, only the Osaka Army was on par with the Eighth Army to a strange degree.

If the Australians wanted to massacre 170,000 Japanese prisoners of war, they would have to kill the Eighth Army twice. In addition to the 20,000 Japanese troops who surrendered in New Guinea, there was still more than 10,000 to go.

Large-scale massacre is indeed impossible, small-scale massacre is inevitable, it is part of war.

However, these small-scale "conflicts", deliberately covered up by the East Asian Allied Forces, will not have much impact, and are not even known to the outside world.

Returning to the issue of the Bataan Death March, if Grote had the opportunity, would he avenge the American soldiers killed in the Bataan Death March?

There is no doubt about this.

Therefore, the joint investigation by the East Asian Allied Forces was only a formality and perfunctory. MacArthur, included, was not willing to trigger a strong confrontation between the occupying forces and the Japanese people because of this incident.

"Confrontation? You are overthinking it. The Japanese will definitely surprise you when they grovel." Qin Chi does not believe that the Japanese people have the courage to resist the rule of the occupying forces.

The Japanese people are not lacking in blood. After all, Japan has been strong for decades and two generations since the Sino-Japanese War.

However, all the bloody Japanese have died in the previous world wars. From this perspective, the Japanese who did not commit suicide and die for their country after the promulgation of the "End War Edict" will not easily die.

"Haha, a country that first offered its wives and daughters to the occupying forces after a defeat is indeed very Japanese -" Constantine, who had just joined the joint investigation team, was full of disdain.

Compared with Japan, Russians are indeed qualified to be proud.

Even in the most difficult times on the Russian battlefield, the Russians did not give up. They fought tenaciously against the Germans to the end and would rather die than surrender.

Even if the Russians have many weaknesses in their character, and no matter how many flaws the country has, the fearless spirit displayed by the Russians in life and death situations is indeed commendable.

This is the real reason why the United States and European countries will pursue and intercept Russia in the future, but will not dare to declare war on Russia.

Russia can fight tooth and nail, but Americans and Europeans do not have the determination to die together.

"I have investigated the truth. The Australian troops did not shoot at the Japanese. All casualties were caused by the Japanese killing each other -" Dennis's conclusion was surprising. It was as simple and crude as Constantine, and everyone was convinced by this conclusion.

Jaw-dropping.

If you want to confuse right and wrong, you have to look at you Australians.

That's right, in a country composed of thieves, robbers, and vagrants, don't expect them to have a high moral bottom line.

Grote: Speak well and don’t criticize others.

"I don't have the courage to sign such an investigation report!" Major Harry, the most insignificant person, muttered in a low voice. He was a representative of the British army.

Japan was the last piece of the cake to be cut. Although Russia and the United Kingdom did not participate in the attack on the Japanese mainland, they both tried to become part of the occupying force after Japan surrendered as victorious countries.

Countries around the world are still very curious about Japan.

As an imperialist country, Japan actively participated in international affairs later than Germany, which was unified in 1871.

Although Japan has only been rising for a short period of time, its ability to seize opportunities is absolutely top-notch. The success of its two military adventures, the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, laid the foundation for Japan to become an imperialist country.

Choosing the correct team in World War I allowed Japan to reach a higher level. Until the Washington Naval Conference, Japan obtained the tonnage of battleships second only to the United States and Britain, and Japan's international status reached its peak.

Although the Japanese have a tradition of counterfeiting, the Europeans don't know it. The British are still very interested in the performance of the Zero fighter and the Yamato's 460mm main gun.

The Nelson-class battleship with the largest main gun caliber in the UK has a main gun caliber of only 406 mm.

We usually use steel production to measure a country's industrial capabilities. Before the outbreak of World War II, Japan's steel production was only 6 million tons. During the same period, Britain's steel production was fully twice that of Japan.

Therefore, even if the British cannot catch meat to eat, it is still good if they can make soup to drink.

"No one asked you to sign the investigation report!" Dennis's attitude caught Harry off guard.

Although Britain did not give Australia enough protection during the World War, Australia is still a Commonwealth country and jointly respects the British King as its monarch. In theory, Australia is still a British overseas colony.

Although as time goes by, the vast majority of British people have accepted the fact that Australia will one day separate from the British Empire, no one thought that this day would come so soon.

Although Dennis's attitude does not represent Australia's attitude towards Britain, it also fully demonstrates a normal Australian's dissatisfaction with the British Empire.

Qin Chi did not speak, but expressed his support for the Australians with actions, and was the first to sign the investigation report.

Dennis looked at Qin Chi with gratitude in his eyes.

Look, this is the tolerance that an elder brother should have for his younger brother. He keeps shouting about motherhood and sonship all day long, but when the critical moment comes, he abandons his car to protect his handsome brother. The British Empire still has the courage!

"When our army was attacking, many Kwantung troops did not resist our attack. Instead, they aimed their guns at the Japanese who wanted to surrender. So I believe that the contents in this investigation report are true!" Constantine

Ding was the second to sign. Russians are really not as rough as they seem.

The Russians just look like they have a lot of nerves. Anyone who thinks that the Russians are fools is really stupid. Ruggedness is just the character of the Russians. They are really a bunch of fools. It is impossible to build the country with the largest territory in the world.

"Hurry up and end this damn thing - oh oh oh, the Australian troops are to stop the Japanese from killing each other, so you are really just -" Grote also signed the investigation report. Anyway, the investigation report

It's not for the Japanese to see, it's just to deal with the problem.

To put it bluntly, even if the investigation results show that Japanese people died collectively in their sleep, the results are correct.

Will the East Asia Allied Forces Command punish Australian soldiers with a strong sense of justice for Japanese prisoners of war?

impossible.

The situation was as Dennis expected. The investigation report was submitted to the authorities without causing any waves, and no allied media reported the follow-up of this incident, as if this incident had never happened at all.

Allied media have more breaking news.

After the exposure of the Auschwitz concentration camp, it attracted the attention of the whole world. The atrocities committed by the German army were strongly condemned by the whole world. Everyone was lamenting the fate of the victims. The influence has not subsided until now. On the contrary, under the promotion of certain people,

, the influence is growing.

The latest news about the Auschwitz concentration camp is that an American director is preparing to put the story of the Auschwitz concentration camp on the big screen. This is not a single act. It is expected that from now on to the next few decades, there will be more stories about the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The story will become a regular feature on the screen, refreshing people's memories every once in a while and reminding people not to forget this period of history.

Is this for reflection?

Really not, but to recreate the tragic fate of a certain group, and then emphasize the legitimacy and rationality of a certain group achieving its current international status through struggle, and carrying out brutal revenge on its enemies.

Since the victims in the Auschwitz concentration camp were brutally treated by the Germans, it is reasonable and legal for the descendants of the victims to brutally retaliate against their enemies.

This is how some people reflect on war.

With the pearls of the Auschwitz concentration camp in front of them, the Japanese army committed more serious crimes, more cruel methods, more violent behaviors, and more inhumane actions. As the war ended, more and more crimes were exposed.

The Germans only made soap in Auschwitz, while the Japanese conducted experiments on living people in Kanto. In addition, the fact that 52 Australian female nurses were tortured to death as comfort women was exposed, and the world's condemnation of Japan reached an unprecedented peak.

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In this case, if you say that the Emperor of Japan is a lover of peace, someone must believe you.

With the continuous exposure of the crimes committed by the Japanese government and the Japanese army during the war, the calls for the Japanese Emperor to be tried are getting louder and the calls for Japanese war criminals to be dealt with seriously are getting louder and louder.

The reason is very simple. No one wants to be used as experimental consumables for human experiments. If such crimes are not severely punished, this world war will last for six years, cause 90 million casualties, and cost $5 trillion in property.

Is there any justice left?

No matter how eloquent Aoi Shigemitsu is, she cannot wash away the crimes he committed during the World War.

As one of the most well-known Japanese people in Western countries, if the International Court of Justice finds Aoi Shigemitsu not guilty and releases Aoi Shigemitsu in court, then the International Court of Justice will become the biggest joke in the world.

Not to mention Shigemitsu Aoi, when news about the Bataan Death March, the Jinling Massacre, the Kwantung Army's human experiments and other news repeatedly appeared in the newspapers, whether to severely punish Japan no longer caused controversy. The issue people discussed has risen to Japan.

Does the country still have the necessary height to exist?

When it reaches this level, An Qi has to find a way to cool down the situation and cannot allow public opinion to continue to ferment.

Fortunately, the East Asian Allies still had a way to divert people's attention. This time it was not Angel's initiative, but one of the results of MacArthur's trip to Japan.

Although the "End of War Edict" was issued, the Japanese government and Japanese army had not yet formally surrendered.

For such a big event, there must be a ceremony or something.