1 In April 1942, its subordinate1United Front killed 35 peaceful residents such as Guo Zhenlai, Bai, Ren and Zheng in Liubeizhai Village, Zunhua County, Hebei Province, burned down more than 330 houses and plundered more than 20 livestock/kloc-0. This is the "Liu Beizhai Massacre".
1942 10, under his orders, 1 United front went to Dongxinzhuang Village, Zunhua County, Hebei Province for "mopping up". Japanese soldiers killed more than 40 people, including Xu Zhi, Gui Xingfu, Cao Wangui, Wang Zhaoxiang and Zhang Shuyuan, burned down more than 65,438,000 houses and snatched more than 70 tons of grain. This is the "Dongxinzhuang Village Massacre".
1 October 28th, 1942, 10. At his order,1United and cavalry went to Panjiadaizhuang, Luanxian County, Hebei Province for "mopping up". The Japanese army carried out a bloody massacre there. They killed more than 280 peaceful residents, including 63 pregnant women and 9 children, including Zhou Shuen's wife, by stabbing, beating, burning and burying alive. They also raped 100 women and burned 1000 houses. This is the appalling "Panjiazhuang tragedy".
1September 1942 to1February 1942, in order to carry out the "public security strengthening movement", Suzuki Keiku commanded his troops to create "no man's land" along the Great Wall in Zunhua and Gan 'an counties of Hebei Province, expelling a large number of peaceful residents, causing them to be displaced and their homes destroyed. Only among the peaceful residents who were found to have been expelled, 65,438+072 people, including Guo Liansheng, Fu Luoquan, Fang Zhansheng and Liu, died of freezing and starvation. They also killed more than 230 peaceful residents, including Wang, Yuan Ruishan, Liu Kaishan and Zheng Yongyu, and burned down more than 5700 houses/kloc-0. The Japanese army built more than 290 kilometers of blockaded ditches and many turrets between Gan 'an County and Luanxian County, Zunhua County and Feng Run County in Hebei Province, and in the south of Tangshan, which destroyed a lot of cultivated land. They forced my peaceful residents to engage in more than 6 million man-days of military labor. Among those who worked hard, according to Suzuki Keiku's confession alone, more than 300 people died of abuse.
/KOOC-0/944/KOOC-0/0 June/KOOC-0/7, Suzuki Keiku, as the acting division commander of the 1st/KOOC-0/KOOC-0/7 Japanese Army, ordered the 204th Brigade of the 87th Brigade Independent Infantry to carry out a "crusade" in Changyuan County, Henan Province. The Japanese army surrounded Xiaoqu Village and killed more than 660 peaceful residents such as Liu Junying, Tang Jinsheng, Zhang Yongshan, Zhang and Huang Pixun by cutting, burning and throwing wells. This is the "Xiaoqu Village Tragedy".
1On August 2nd, 945, Suzuki Keiku, as the head of the Japanese 1 17 division, ordered his 87th brigade to burn and destroy civil buildings and equipment such as railway stations, water supply stations, telephone stations, railway hospitals, grain depots and bridges in Baicheng County, Jilin Province. At that time, only 8,400 tons of grain and 280,000 Jin of oil were burned, and five peaceful residents who went to put out the fire were shot.
In a word, during the Japanese imperialist war of aggression against China, Suzuki Keiku did commit serious crimes such as waging a war of aggression against China, violating the norms of international law and the principles of humanity, commanding its subordinate troops to create no man's land, destroying our towns and villages, expelling our peaceful residents, brutally killing and abusing our patriots and peaceful residents, robbing and destroying people's property, gassing and raping women. He himself confessed to all the above crimes and pleaded guilty with a good attitude.
Suzuki Keiku said in his final statement when he was tried by a special military court: As a senior commander of the Japanese army, I violated the sacred territory of China. For seven years or so, I ordered my men to kill a large number of peaceful residents for no reason, burn down the houses of countless residents, plunder a lot of materials, and implement the "three light policies." This is very cruel and inhuman. I am ashamed and don't know how to apologize. I ask the court to punish me severely and let me take responsibility for the past. I have committed such a serious crime that I should be severely punished, but I have been treated leniently and humanely by the people of China. Although I neglected the personality of China people in the past, my personality was respected and my life and health were guaranteed in every possible way. I used to be sickly, but after two hospitalizations and hundreds of injections of precious drugs, I became such a healthy body today. I can only thank you sincerely. Who is the one who protects my life and health? It was the people of China who killed their relatives for no reason and destroyed their peaceful life. My heart seems to be broken at the thought of this. After studying in the War Crimes Management Office, I gradually learned how to be a person and how to be a real person. I should also thank you for that. According to my crime, there is no room for defense in court, but the court helped me find a defense lawyer and told me my rights in court. I thank the people of China and sincerely apologize. I will remember the generous treatment of the people of China. I firmly promise to completely correct past mistakes and turn over a new leaf. The world is in the contradiction between peace and war, and I will always follow the peace policy of the people of China. If I can live the rest of my life, I will spend the rest of my life opposing war and defending peace.