The War Crimes of Masazo Riverside

In March 1943, in order to command the troops invading Myanmar and Thailand in a unified way, Japan established the Myanmar Army, with 3, people in 1 divisions of 3 armies, and Masazo Riverside became the first commander of the Army. At this time, the riverside has become the supreme commander in an important direction in the Pacific battlefield, which can be described as a spring breeze. However, with the Japanese army losing ground in the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese base camp, unwilling to fail, is determined to launch a large-scale offensive to India to save the strategic decline. On January 7th, 1944, the Japanese base camp issued the plan for the Battle of Impal, code-named "Wu", with the order of "Mainland refers to No.1776", in an attempt to occupy Impal, Koshima and other important places, and then control the whole East India. It was the 15th Army of the Myanmar Army that was attacked by the Japanese army, and it happened to be under the command of Lieutenant General むたぐち れんや, who was directly under the riverside in the July 7th Incident.

On June 5th, 1944, after inspecting the front line, Masazo Riverside met with the commander of Mudaguchi Army in Dongzhi. It is believed that this campaign is in a stalemate and there is no hope of winning. If it continues to drag on, it will only bring disadvantages to the Japanese army. Mudaguchi, on the other hand, said firmly: "The Battle of Impal is of great importance, and we must never give up halfway! Please ask your Excellency the commander of the army to support our army to continue. " Sophisticated riverside, considering that Lieutenant General Mudaguchi is a figure appreciated and cultivated by Prime Minister tojo hideki, is not easy to offend, so we have to agree with Mudaguchi to continue this campaign. At the end of June, Mudaguchi couldn't fight any more, and it was not easy to take back what he said. He shyly put forward to Masazo by the river: "In case of stopping the attack and turning to the defense, according to the current situation of our army, it is more appropriate to retreat to the highland on the west bank of Qindun River on the India-Myanmar border via the northwest highland of Morai to the Tieding Line." Masazo Riverside was waiting for a joke. He replied sarcastically: "When there is no order from the Southern Army General Command at present, it is really surprising that your army put forward such negative opinions, and you should still move forward wholeheartedly to complete our army's duties." Forced Mudaguchi directly wrote to the Japanese Southern Army Command, and it was not until midnight on July 2 that he got the evacuation order. Finally, three divisions under the 15th Army abandoned tens of thousands of bodies and all heavy equipment and came back from India. Finally, both of them were dismissed from their posts by the Japanese base camp. むたぐち れんや was transferred to the reserve for lack of backers, while Masazo Riverside entered the Chiefs of Staff because his younger brother Hujiro Riverside was the deputy chief of staff.