After the 1930s, the Japanese army began to consciously strengthen the soldiers' sense of national honor, instilled the ideas of "imperialism", "harmony with the soul" and "devotion to the emperor" into Japanese soldiers, and educated the army in slavery. 1In the autumn of 938, Emperor Hirohito came to the Yasukuni Shrine to pay homage to the soldiers who entered the shrine like gods to enjoy sacrifices, which greatly inspired the Japanese military and civilians. Because in the hearts of Japanese soldiers and civilians, (the officers and men who died in battle) have become the patron saint of the empire. They are no longer mortal, but become the pillars of the empire. It is precisely because they have become the pillars of the country that they can enjoy the memorial service of the emperor and all the people.
Inspired by this ability to become the "god of the country" in the future, countless Japanese soldiers achieved the purpose of "military instructions" in the war of aggression: "It is more important to obtain such (self-sacrifice) honor than Mount Tai, and it is lighter to die than a feather." For example, tojo hideki, a Class-A war criminal, worships Nogi Maresuke, the Japanese commander who invented the "flesh bomb" attack in the Russo-Japanese War, and "praises" the soldiers who filled the "road to victory" of imperial militarism with blood and bones. A housewife named otaku recalled that a group of teenagers who were only seventeen or eighteen years old came to the Yasukuni Shrine with great excitement after learning that they were "lucky" to be a member of the Kamikaze special attack team and crashed an American warship. They waved their hands wildly and shouted, "They will die tomorrow! Die tomorrow! " According to the statistics of the Japanese army after the war, 2 198 Japanese soldiers were killed and 1 192 suicide planes were lost. On the battlefield of aggression against China, Japanese soldiers became more brutal, cruel, crazy and even lost their humanity.