Why did Japanese soldiers participate in the volunteer army during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea? It was dangerous at the time!

in p>1945, Japan was defeated and a large number of Japanese soldiers returned to Japan. However, the Japanese began to invade China from the September 18th Incident, which lasted for 14 years.

In the past 14 years, not only Japanese soldiers who invaded China, but also a large number of Japanese came. According to a survey by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, when Japan was defeated, there were 3.58 million Japanese soldiers, workers and other personnel who stayed in China.

Of course, a large part of these 3.58 million people returned home with the defeat of Japan. Nevertheless, there are still tens of thousands of Japanese stranded in China, especially in the northeast of China.

In 1946, the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces came to Qiqihar. In order to make a living, a Japanese named Hiroyuki Otsuka chose to join the army and was later assigned to the 169 th Division.

why can a Japanese join the army? What's more, it was the second year after Japan's defeat. What happened at that time? This has to start from the Russo-Japanese War.

during the Russo-Japanese War, Japan began to invade the northeast of China. At its peak, nearly 32, Japanese agricultural immigrants came to the Northeast.

in 1937, with Japan's full-scale invasion of China, a large number of Japanese farmers were drafted into the army. Japan's rural labor force is getting less and less, and immigrant aggression is becoming more and more difficult to achieve.

Against this background, Japan has started the idea of "developing youth volunteer teams in Manchuria and Mongolia". Unlike the adult Japanese who invaded by immigrants before, the latter were minors.

Born in 1927, Dajin Boxun was also a member of the so-called "Manchu-Mongolian Pioneering Youth Volunteer Team". However, he came late. Not long after he came to China, he was told that the Japanese had been defeated before he went to the battlefield.

With the defeat of Japan, a large number of Japanese refugees were stranded in China, including Hiroyuki Otsuka. In order to make a living, Dajin Bo Xing chose to join the army.

At that time, there were still many Japanese people like Hiroyuki. (Refer to previous articles, which have explanations)

And the 169th Division where Dajin Boxin was located was mainly responsible for the transportation of logistics troops.

not only should they transport weapons, ammunition, food and medical supplies, but after the war, they should also clean up the battlefield and recover weapons and ammunition from both sides.

As the People's Liberation Army sounded the horn of counterattack in Northeast China, the 169th Division swept the battlefields in Changchun, Shenyang and Jinzhou, while marching into the customs.

Then, the division crossed the Yellow River, went to Guilin via Wuhan, and then went north from Guilin and stationed in Fengtai near Beijing.

during the stationing, the army made a major reorganization. Bo Xing's team was incorporated into the 12th Corps of the Fourth Field Army. In this way, until the founding of New China, Datowel Bo Xing followed the troops around.

It didn't take long for the army of Bo Xing, the big towel, to arrive in Anton (now Dandong), and then it was stationed here. (1949-early 195)

Because Anton was close to North Korea, he heard many times that the situation in North Korea was very tense during his stay. Among the 169 th Division, there are still many Korean soldiers. If there is a war in Korea, these people are likely to return to Korea to fight.

in June 195, the Korean war broke out. The North Korean army, which had the advantage at first, was forced to retreat to the northern part of the Korean peninsula under the aggression of the US military.

will China send troops? At that time, internal voices were not unified. Opponents believed that China had just established a war and had not been completely unified internally. The first task was to restore domestic economic construction and should not send troops.

But the United States has already reached its doorstep. In order to defend the motherland, it must support North Korea. (Of course, the reason I'm talking about here is relatively simple, and the spread is too long, so I won't explain it too much here. )

In a word, on October 25th, 195, Chinese people's Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River and was ready to go to the Korean battlefield.

Before leaving for the Korean battlefield, many troops had Japanese soldiers like Hiroyuki Otsuka. At first, they thought they were going to the battlefield, and they were all ready for the war.

But just the day before departure, the political commissar of each army talked with the Japanese soldiers in the army. For example, Teru Shimada, a Japanese soldier in the 38th Army, had the following conversation with their political commissar:

"Comrade Teru Shimada, I was negligent. I forgot that you are a Japanese, and the Japanese can't go to the DPRK to participate in the war. Now you have to leave the army."

Teru Shimada didn't understand the political commissar's remarks, and even repeatedly stressed that he wanted to participate in the war. In the face of Teru Shimada's enthusiasm, the political commissar explained:

"I understand your feelings, and I deeply respect your spirit of internationalism. However, the Japanese participation in the Korean War is a very serious international issue. Letting you leave the army is a well-thought-out decision by your superiors! "

At that time, we paid attention to these issues with an international background. After Japan's defeat, some people in Japan advocated restoring Japan's position in Asia.

However, as a defeated country, Japan's idea was laughed off by the United States and many other countries. However, with the outbreak of the Korean War, some people in the US Congress and the military advocated that old Japanese soldiers should be used in the "United Nations Army".

Faced with the US's concession, Japan's parliament seems to have seized the straw and expressed that it would send "Japanese Volunteers" to the DPRK to participate in the war.

At this time, Japanese appeared among the volunteers to resist US aggression and aid Korea in China. If they were discovered by the other side, it would probably be an excuse for Japan to send so-called "volunteers".

Therefore, it was very dangerous to "mix" Japanese soldiers among the volunteers at that time. If it goes international, there may be big trouble.

(Although Japan didn't send so-called "volunteers" later, in the context of the Korean War, Japan established the police reserve, which is also the embryonic form of the Japanese Self-Defense Force. )

Under such an international background, Teru Shimada and others also had to choose to leave the troops in the DPRK. Although our army conducted a strict inspection of the combat troops going to the DPRK at that time, there were still a few Japanese soldiers "mixed in" among the volunteers.

There are several reasons for the root of the problem:

First, there is no difference in appearance between Japanese and China people, and many Japanese have adopted the name of China after joining the army. You can't tell from the list alone.

Secondly, some Japanese soldiers even became small cadres. Of course, this number is not much. However, as long as they don't talk, it's hard for superiors to tell.

Therefore, under this background, some Japanese "mixed" across the Yalu River and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. As for the number, there are always different opinions, some say 3, and some say 1.

It's not very meaningful for us to discuss the number of Japanese soldiers now. Let's look at what these Japanese soldiers did in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea from the perspective of Hiroyuki.

In March, 1951, Bo Xing, a big towel, crossed the Yalu River as a deputy platoon leader under the pseudonym of Lin Boxing. In order to cross the Yalu River, our army set up a pontoon bridge on the river.

These pontoons are all made of wood washed down from Changbai Mountain. At that time, in order to avoid enemy air strikes, rafts were sunk to the bottom of the water during the day and fished out at night to cross the bridge.

Later, this pontoon bridge was discovered by the US military. Although it was bombed many times, it can be repaired again and again by us. During the whole War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, these pontoons made great contributions.

Fighting in Korea is different from the past. In the war of liberation, no matter where troops hit, they never had to worry about food. But fighting in foreign countries is different, and the most difficult thing is food.

although Korea was an important rice producing area at that time, agricultural production was at a standstill because of the outbreak of war. Therefore, the food that soldiers eat can only be transported from China. (mainly canned)

The task of the army where Bo Xing works is the same as before, and it still bears the heavy responsibility of transportation. As a transport team, although it is not fighting in the first line, it is often attacked by enemy air, which is as dangerous as the first line.

in order to avoid the air raid by the U.S. military, the transportation principle is: transport at night to avoid a large amount of materials gathering. This transportation principle of less than 15 words is exchanged for the lessons of blood again and again.

In July 1953, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea finally came to an end. As God's perspective, we know the exact time. But for soldiers participating in the war, the intensity of the war can only be judged according to the density of artillery fire.

In the second half of 1953, Bo Xing, a big towel, followed the transport troops back to Anton. At the end of that year, it moved from Anton to a new platform near Tieling.

This is a temporary gathering place for Japanese who have participated in or supported the People's Liberation Army. Here, they will decide their future. Because at this time, the second repatriation of Japanese in China began immediately.

at that time, Japan followed the footsteps of the United States and was very hostile to us. In this context, if these Japanese return to Japan, will they be treated unfairly? Will it be questioned by the court?

in addition, we also have to consider how to deal with the confidentiality of those who have worked in important positions!

In view of these problems, according to their specialties, we have assigned some Japanese who are not suitable to return to China immediately and who wish to stay in China for the time being to make a living.

The above-mentioned big towel Bo Xing was assigned to work in a state-owned farm in Xi 'an in March 1954. Two years later, Hiroyuki returned to Japan.