During the Japanese invasion of China in 1939, the poison gas forces of the Japanese army used & lsquo; which made human skin and mucous membranes fester in northern China; Erosive agents & rsquo Strong stimulation of respiratory organs & lsquo; Sneeze & rsquo; Gas bomb. " Recently, a Japanese history researcher found a detailed record of the above situation. This is the first time that the Japanese poison gas force's own report recording the details of the poison gas war has been found, and it is also the first time that Japanese military documents have confirmed that the Japanese army has used chemical weapons in China.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on the 7th, Japanese history researcher Masayoshi Matsuno recently found an official report of the Japanese army 'detailed report on combat'. The above records in detail the use of poison gas bombs by the Japanese poison gas forces in northern China in 1939. Matsuno said that this is the first time that the poison gas warfare force has recorded the relevant documents.
When the Japanese army was defeated in the war of aggression against China, in order to avoid leaving criminal evidence, they systematically abandoned the record documents, and the whole situation of the use of toxic gas was unknown. The 'detailed report of the battle' found this time may have been kept privately by relevant persons of the Japanese poison gas force and survived.
Japanese media said that the "detailed report on the battle" is a document of the "mortar 5th brigade" of the Japanese poison gas force invading northern China, which records in detail the battle of the Japanese army in the mountainous areas of Shanxi Province in July 1939, two years after the outbreak of the war of aggression against China. About 100 pages of documents record the battle records of the Japanese army, the use of shells, copies of poison gas bomb use orders, etc. The document also records the use of early 'erosive agents' that have not been clearly studied.
Matsuno said: "for the actual situation of the battlefield during the Japan China War (the Japanese War of aggression against China), what has been clarified is only the tip of the iceberg. It is necessary to clarify the facts, draw lessons from them, and not repeat the tragic history. "
Anti biological and chemical weapons force of Japan Self Defense Force (Associated Press)
Matsuno is a scholar of modern history in Japan. He received his doctorate (History) from Meiji University in 2010. He has published many books and information collections on the biological and chemical weapons of the Japanese army. He will summarize the detailed contents and analysis of the 'detailed report on combat' found this time into a paper, which will be published in the August issue of the Japanese monthly magazine world.
On July 7, 1937, taking the Lugouqiao Incident as the starting point, the Japanese imperialists launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China and committed heinous crimes in China. Some of the historical data that have been found have exposed the large-scale development, production and use of biological and chemical weapons by the Japanese invaders and the atrocities of human living experiments. Many Chinese victims suffered from chemical weapons left by the Japanese army, resulting in skin ulceration and physical disability. It is reported that the Far East International Military Court Trial (Tokyo Trial) did not strictly investigate the toxic gas and failed to become a stage to clarify the actual situation.