The 35-year-old Japanese sharpshooter made the Japanese army very angry. Why was he chased as a martyr by China after his death?

The cruelty of the Japanese invaders is well known. Historical images and eyewitness accounts are irrefutable evidence, and history cannot be tampered with. Some Japanese soldiers with conscience also actively exposed it. As early as during the war of aggression against China, a Japanese sharpshooter named Yin Ji Sakamoto did something that greatly annoyed the Japanese army.

Yin Ji Sakamoto, 19 14, was born in a worker's family in Shinohara county, saitama. Sakamoto Yin Ji's family is very special. My brother is a member of Japan. I studied in Shanghai with my father and can speak Chinese. 1937, Japan flagrantly launched a war of aggression against China, and Sakamoto Yin Ji, who had a favorable impression on China, immediately joined the Japanese anti-war alliance and resolutely fought against the Japanese aggressors.

However, due to the Japanese forced conscription in China, Sakamoto Yin Ji was also recruited to join the Japanese artillery. Sakamoto Yin Ji's heart is very painful. On the one hand, the Japanese invaders burned and looted everywhere, on the other hand, they were disgusted with the war. Yin Ji Sakamoto is just an ordinary soldier. He can't do anything about the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. He can only try his best to reduce the aggression of Japanese soldiers on the people of China.

When Yin Ji Sakamoto went shopping with Japanese soldiers, some Japanese soldiers often punched and kicked unarmed people in China, and it was even more common to eat in China shops without paying. Whenever this happens, Yin Ji Sakamoto is always the first to jump out, because he knows how serious he is. In order to save the lives of ordinary people as much as possible, he will pretend to beat and scold, but most of the time he just pretends not to hurt anyone, and then takes advantage of the chaos to get rid of people.

Therefore, it often happens that Yin Ji Sakamoto and three or five groups of Japanese soldiers pester him. During the day, Yin Ji Sakamoto often behaves very grumpy, always rushing out to beat and scold China people and throw his weight around. However, when no one was there at night, he secretly came to apologize and got drunk in the middle of the night, struggling between atrocities and kindness. Yin Ji Sakamoto's behavior finally aroused the suspicion of his boss. 1943, Yin Ji Sakamoto was transferred from the first line and transferred to Yiwu, Zhejiang Province as the captain of the Japanese hawthorn cutting team to engage in logistics work.

With his retirement from the front, Yin Ji Sakamoto is no longer as mysterious to China people as he used to be, and he has left a good reputation among local China people. 1943, Sakamoto also married Jiang, a girl from Yiwu, which caused quite a stir. Yin Ji Sakamoto also gave himself a Chinese name: Jiang.

At that time, the anti-Japanese armed Jian Yong Brigade was active in Yiwu. Late one night, Yin Ji Sakamoto finally made up his mind to get in touch with the Jian Yong Brigade. From then on, Yin Ji Sakamoto passed the intelligence secret of Japanese mopping-up to Jian Yong Brigade, and tried his best to raise food and medicine for the anti-Japanese armed forces to cover the camouflage of the troops.

Soon, Yin Ji Sakamoto's actions were discovered by Japanese agents. Yin Ji Sakamoto was arrested on 1945, and was taken from Yiwu to Hangzhou to be sent back to Japan and sentenced to death. On the way, Yin Ji Sakamoto jumped off the train when the Japanese guards were lax, and formally joined the Jian Yong Brigade to join the Anti-Japanese War in China.

In the next few months, Yin Ji Sakamoto followed the Jian Yong Brigade to fight against the Japanese Puppet. As a Japanese, Yin Ji Sakamoto did not show mercy to the Japanese invaders, but resolutely completed the task entrusted by the army and devoted himself to China's war of resistance. Later, he went north to resist Japan. On the Shandong battlefield, Yin Ji Sakamoto and another defected Japanese officer persuaded a Japanese brigade to surrender, which made great contributions.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Yin Ji Sakamoto did not return to China, but continued to participate in China's war of liberation. Because of his precise artillery, Yin Ji Sakamoto quickly spread among the troops and gained the reputation of "sharpshooter" in Japan. In the Battle of Tai 'an 1946, he blew up the enemy's fortress with two shells and helped the troops to open the door.

1947, Yin Ji Sakamoto joined our party and became a glorious Japanese PLA soldier. From 1948, Yin Ji Sakamoto served as the artillery instructor of the first division of the first column of the East China Field Army. After the Huaihai Campaign started, he was appointed as the company commander of any artillery of the 3rd and 3rd Brigade. 1949 1 night, Yin Ji Sakamoto was unfortunately hit by a shell in Xiaoxian County, Anhui Province, and died heroically at the age of 35.

Photo: Japanese People's Liberation Army martyr Sakamoto Yin Ji.

Yin Ji Sakamoto was regarded as a martyr by China after his death, and he was one of the many Japanese soldiers who died. After the national liberation, Yiwu built Sakamoto Yin Ji Martyrs Memorial Hall. Although this 35-year-old Japanese "God Gunner" is not from China, he is more awe-inspiring than some puppet troops who have killed their compatriots.