Japanese Army Engineer Equipment of World War II, Three Warriors of Meat Bombs: Common People’s Military Gods, Typical of the Japanese Army’s Domestic God-Making

The bronze statue of the Three Warriors of Meat Bomb. The bronze statue of the Three Warriors of Meat Bomb. It is said that there are remains of corpses recovered from the battlefield in the base. It can also be regarded as a tomb. By the way, let’s talk about ""Three Warriors of Meat Bomb/Three Meat Bomb Warriors" ", these three unlucky children can be regarded as the first civilian military gods established by Japan during the war of aggression against China. The author mentioned in the previous article that they probably died under the carelessness of their own people, and the author also used them as inferior A typical example of engineering equipment harming people. So how did these three people die? At that time, the 24th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Mixed Brigade to which they belonged attacked Miaohang Town and was stunned when they reached the front of our 19th Route position. It turned out that the 19th Route Army had deployed complex barbed wire barriers near the position. The Japanese believed that the Chinese German consultants helped the national army improve the structure of the barbed wire fence. Photography from the front line of the offensive and defensive battle in Demiaohang Town on March 16. Photography from the front line of the offensive and defensive battle in Miaohang Town, from "The Manchurian Incident, the Shanghai Incident, the New Manchukuo *** Grand View" To make matters worse, when the Japanese engineers approached the barbed wire and tried to cut it short with the No. 2 barbed wire pliers developed during the Taisho period, they found that approximately The quality of the local wire in Shanghai was so good that the barbed wire pliers could not be cut for a long time. The Japanese engineer wire pliers used to destroy the rooftop barbed wire were ineffective? The 18th Independent Engineer Brigade had no choice but to use dangerous blasting tools. However, at this time, the barbed wire fence of the 19th Route Army was no longer a simple single layer, but a roof-type barbed wire fence several meters deep. Where could one find such a long blasting tube? At this time, the Japanese army were all well-trained veterans. It is also very capable. It can be filled with explosives directly from nearby bamboo tubes and connected with bamboo leaves and other packages to create a 4-meter-long emergency blasting tube. It requires at least three people to lift and transport such a long thing. At that time, the posture could not be lowered, and the back could only be straightened to serve as a target for the Chinese defenders' machine gun and rifle firepower behind the barbed wire fence. However, in actual combat, the Japanese army found that the Chinese troops were also very clever, watching the three Japanese fools carrying them like this. A big guy rushed over, but he was not in a hurry to open fire in greeting. He had to wait until the Japanese engineers were about to light the fuse at the tail, and then fired both frontally and sideways. As you can imagine, under this sudden hail of bullets, he had no time to wait. , the three groups of engineers who came up had no chance to light the blasting tubes before they knelt down. Now everyone in the 18th Independent Engineer Brigade was anxious. When the kid was anxious, his brain was blocked, and he immediately acted recklessly. Next, ask the engineers not to send the blasting tube to the barbed wire and ignite it. They should light the blasting tube before going up, but leave the fuse longer in advance to save the engineers about half a minute to retreat. This is what Chi Guoguo did. Damn it, running back and forth under the rain of machine gun bullets from Chinese soldiers for half a minute? So from the moment the brigade commanders ordered the engineers to carry the lit blasting canisters, these young Japanese youths were left with a dead end. From left to right, Kitagawa Prime Minister, Tsukuru Einosuke, and Eshita Takeji are from left to right. In their prime years, they went to invade Chinese soil. As cannon fodder for militarism, they are miserable. , but as enemies of the Chinese nation, they are here to die, and the Chinese should help them. According to Japanese accounts, in fact, the three bomb warriors Kitagawa Cheng, Sakue Inosuke, and Eshita Takeji were named by the Chinese defenders' light machine guns when they were halfway through the charge. The Chinese defenders also realized that they could not wait for the Japanese troops to rush in front of them. Hit again. However, the reason why the Three Warriors of Explosive Bombs or Meat Bombs became famous was firstly that they successfully opened the gap, and secondly that little Sakue yelled "Your Majesty the Emperor" before being blown to pieces by the explosive barrel in his hand. "Long live" proved that they hadn't died yet, and the other two simply didn't say a word, and they might have been beaten speechless. In other words, even if the teammates who cut the fuse didn't make any mistakes, these three If there is no chance to come back, it is certain that these three unlucky children will be away from China. In order to boost morale and deceive the people, Japan's propaganda machine started crazy, writing commemorative articles and composing songs. The Hochi News Agency offered a reward for someone to write a song for the Three Warriors, "The Song of the Three Warriors." Later, the Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Daily News also offered a reward for someone to write another song for "The Song of the Three Warriors." Left. On the left is the record of "The Three Warriors", and on the right is the concert scene of "The Song of the Three Warriors". Tokufusu was the mouthpiece of the military at the time, but he was also considered a great figure in Japanese journalism. Feng also personally wrote an acid article about "The Three Warriors of Meat Bomb", which was selected into the "New Secondary Chinese Reader, New Edition Volume 4" in Showa 12 along with the beautiful articles by Natsume Soseki and others. We don't know about these three. What will the descendants of the poor boy who was shot by flesh bombs think when they see the description, and there is no way of knowing how effective this series of brainwashing efforts will be. But for the Japanese engineers, the three warriors who were shot by flesh bombs are obviously a lesson, so the engineers. On the one hand, the troops publicized these three unlucky children who spread their wealth for the emperor. On the other hand, the Japanese engineering troops quietly but quickly made improvements in their equipment. The Type 99 blasting canister and the Type 98 5cm artillery launcher can throw the blasting canister. To the enemy's fire net, it replaced manual transportation to a certain extent, and the Type 93 barbed wire clamps quickly entered active service in the second year, which also shows that the Japanese army did not want to suffer from the dumb losses of Chinese barbed wire.