It means that the mountains and rivers are desolate, and there is blood and rain within ten miles. This is a newly opened battlefield. The carriages have stopped moving forward, and the people are silent, but in Jinzhou Outside the city stands the setting sun.
This is a mourning poem written by Japanese general Nogi Nogi Nogi (December 25, 1849 - September 13, 1912) to his son, expressing his sadness at his son's death.
Nogi Nogi Nogi was born in Tokyo, Japan. He was the third son of Nogi Nogi, a feudal lord of the Choshu Domain. His basic education since childhood was the spirit of Bushido and Confucian loyalty to the emperor. He was good at writing Chinese poetry and became a senior officer in the Choshu Domain Army. The general Nogi Nogi's command and operations can only be described as classical or old-fashioned.
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The Russo-Japanese War broke out in 1904, and Nogi Nogi's sinister intention of invading China returned. He had to return to his old business for the fourth time and replace the Konoe. Division commander. In May of the same year, he was appointed commander of the Third Army of the Japanese invaders with the rank of Lieutenant General of the Japanese Army, thus becoming the main commander of the Japanese army on the land battlefield in the Russo-Japanese War. During this invasion of China, he actually brought three coffins of his own to show that he and his two sons would die together in the war of aggression and serve the Japanese Empire.
On June 6 of the same year, he led the Third Army to land in the Yandayao (today's Houershi) area of ??Dalian, and set up a headquarters in Beipao Yazi, Zhoushuizi. Then he commanded the Japanese army to advance southwestward through Nanguan Ridge to compress the Russian defense line.
During this period, because his eldest son Nogi Katsunori was killed when the Japanese army attacked the Russian position in Jinzhou Nanshan, he heard the news and seemed to be holding back tears for a moment, but his wife Jingzi had to After learning about this, he actually sent him a telegram saying, "I am very pleased that Shengdian died heroically in battle." He immediately went to Nanshan in person to commemorate his fallen son.
Writing a poem: "The mountains, rivers, and trees have turned desolate, and the old battlefield has been filled with wind and wind for ten miles. The marching horses are silent, and the people in front are silent. The setting sun stands outside Jinzhou City." At that time, the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters based on the experience of capturing Lushun in two hours during the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1895. , relaxed the time 10 times, and ordered Nomu to occupy Lushun in a week.
Japan also believes that with Nogi taking charge of the battle, victory will be certain, and the capture of Port Arthur is just around the corner. Unexpectedly, Lushun was not conquered and his eldest son died first, which made him even more heartbroken.
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