But it is precisely this army that has left a different legend in history.
Even the American soldiers treat this army differently.
Everyone in the army is a vendor,
is full of bargaining voices everywhere,
will do business wherever you go. What kind of troops is
? Can you have such a unique style? It is the magical Osaka troops of Japan.
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As early as Advancement and Anti-Japanese War , the Japanese dispatched over 500,000 troops to occupy our country.
These Japanese soldiers destroyed human nature, committed all kinds of evil, and committed heinous crimes. Even today, more than 70 years later, whenever people mention anti-Japanese war , they always hate the Japanese army to the core.
However, not all the Japanese army are cruel and vicious. There is a team with a clear style in these armies, and the members are composed of Osaka merchants covered in bones.
In fact, these businessmen did not take the initiative to go to the battlefield, and they were also substitutes who caught them halfway.
To be honest, although the military equipment of the Osaka Division is very good, the personnel inside are all vegetable vendors, meat vendors and foot vendors, so they instinctively reject and reject the war.
In their eyes, nothing can compare to the interests. As long as the money is in place, they will even sell the ancestral tablets.
is such a group of unruly and unruly genius, but it helped our country a lot during the war.
1938 When the battle of Xuzhou in , Li Zongren led 400,000 troops to break through the border between Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui. At this time, they encountered a very magical Japanese army.
This army was well-equipped and shining with all kinds of weapons. Li Zongren was so scared that he took a deep breath. It seemed that he would inevitably fight the Japanese army to death.
But at that time, the national army was already exhausted and exhausted. If they fought forcibly, they would have to fall into the trap. In order to avoid alarming the enemy, Li Zongren immediately ordered the Japanese army to retreat in a hurry.
According to normal thinking, the Japanese army should have pounced on it long ago.
But unexpectedly, this group of Japanese troops seemed to be tacitly convinced of the national army. They pretended not to see the national army, but instead set up a stove on the side of the road to cook.
This time, Li Zongren saw the "Light of Humanity" of the Osaka Division for the first time.
Afterwards, Japanese military headquarters was furious and asked the soldiers why they could not stop Li Zongren. The answer given by these people was "Strictly abide by the regulations and did not receive the order to pursue the national army."
How in the era when everyone snatched military merits and pursued the Chinese army, having such a Buddhist army is definitely a "pig teammate" in the Japanese team.
So, this Osaka Division, which pursues "no pursuit of the enemy", became famous within the national army overnight. The soldiers all hoped to have close contact with the Osaka Division and see the style of the Osaka Division by the way.
But on the other hand, the Osaka Division is in a worrying situation. They are notorious in the army, and the poor commander is scolded by his superiors almost every day.
However, in the face of all this, the Osaka Division showed unity and calmness from top to bottom. Sometimes they would give some new recruits a brainwashing education : "What do you do when you go to the battlefield desperately? It's important to save your life."
Later, the Japanese military headquarters had no choice but to divert some Osaka soldiers to other troops, but as long as there were Osaka troops, they were all defeated.
These Osaka people turned into pyramid scheme leaders and brainwashed the soldiers around them. Under the words and deeds of Osaka people, more and more soldiers began to lie down. When the military headquarters saw that this was not good, if the entire army was lying flat, what would it be like to fight? So they could only transfer the Osaka people to the original troops again.
However, it was such a Japanese army that passively invaded China that played an unexpected role in the later battlefield.
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1942, the Japanese military headquarters really couldn't stand this group of unemployed troops and always wanted to get along with the poor, so they sent them to the Southeast Asian battlefield to fight against the US-Philippine coalition forces.
can be replaced once the combat scene is changed, the Osaka Division seems to have suddenly had chicken blood, and all the members are immediately energetic and take the Badan area in just a few days.
Many people say that this is the Osaka Division's luck. When they attacked Danba, it was the time when the US-Philippine coalition forces were cut off and they were so hungry that they couldn't take the next meal.
But is this really true?
is not actually, after all, history is not a story.
On the Bataan battlefield, the Osaka people actively prepared in advance. After they secretly observed the terrain and fully understood the contact points of the Century coalition, they concentrated their firepower to break through one by one. It can be seen that the Osaka people have been very smart and wise in this battle with . They will never rush around like ordinary soldiers to the end.
What is shocking is that just the day after the Battle of Bataan was put out, the Osaka merchant regiment returned to their former merchant nature. They took out all kinds of spoils from their bodies in groups and came to the US-Philippine coalition camp to make a deal with the soldiers.
In order to expand operations and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, the Osaka Division also actively launched an arms trade with local gangs. They resell all kinds of arms and weapons in exchange for grain, oil, tobacco and big meat, make full use of the nature of merchants, and make great progress in the local area, as if this time they sent troops not to fight, but to engage in cooperative trade.
When they saw Osaka soldiers calling each other brothers and local residents, the soldiers' eyes were so hot that they couldn't help but sigh that this was really a peaceful army.
In 1945, after Japan's defeat, a dramatic scene happened again in the Osaka Division.
When other Japanese troops pursue the Bushido spirit and resolutely do not surrender. However, the Osaka Division suddenly changed its style to the first place to put down its weapons and surrender. The Japanese at that time called them backboneless, but did the Osaka Division care?
Of course they don’t care. Compared with war, they tend to be more inclined to peace. Only peace can make them do business with peace of mind.
After returning to China, the Japanese were surprised to find out, but the other Japanese soldiers who came out of the Southeast Asian battlefield and the Wild Man Mountain were all hungry until they were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs. When their faces were pale and thin, only the soldiers of the Osaka Division were all fat and magnificent and red. It seemed that this battle in Southeast Asia was their time to travel.
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So, is this weird division too highlighted?
has.
In addition to winning the Battle of Badan, their technology in building bridges is comparable to modern machinery.
In order to bring the Osaka Division into use, the Japanese military, who had a headache, ordered this army to act as engineers to build a bridge.
When the British and American Allied Forces blew up the bridge, an incredible scene came. The next day, a brand new bridge appeared in front of us. This repeatedly happened. The Osaka community built the bridge as many times as the US and British Allied Forces blew up the bridge.
This almost madman-like craftsmanship spirit of all members made the Japanese military department amazed. For this reason, the military department invited a high-ranking official to visit the Osaka Division overnight and expressed his gratitude to it.
But as Japanese historian Masato Ito said, the Osaka Division does not seem to have any practical advantages other than building bridges. Why would a strange army like
, which is hard to guess, rather be called a coward than fight on the frontal battlefield?
This is also related to the urban personality of the Osaka Division.
In history, Osaka was the capital of merchants. The people there were open customs and people were good at doing business. This has naturally formed a unique business character in the long-term trade with local princes, that is, despising imperial power and despising the spirit of Bushido.
To be clear, not only the Osaka Division, but also the people in the entire Osaka are incompatible with the thinking of the people around them.
itself, this army was forced to be pulled onto the battlefield, which was tantamount to forcibly pulling mule to grind. So how could the Osaka merchant, who was holding his anger in his heart, easily obey the command of the army?
However, it was such a strange army, but they laughed to the end. Do you agree or not?
A Japanese novelist wrote with emotion in "The First Crazy Waste Division of the Japanese Army", if all the Japanese troops were like the Osaka Division, there might not be war between Japan and China, but this is only limited to imagination, and that's all.
