The Japanese army, fighting with honor, decisively defeated the “Sleeping Lion” of China

In the battle that began at Asan, the Chinese troops simply fled, and when they occasionally captured Japanese soldiers, they gouged out their eyes and cut off their noses, killing them.
2018/8/9
The following is the continuation from this week’s Shukan Shincho column "Henken Jizai":

Around the same time, Hong Kong was struck by a plague outbreak.
Since the Black Death in the 14th century, the true nature of this recurring scourge that had threatened white societies multiple times had eluded explanation—even with Western medical knowledge.
However, the Hong Kong colonial government announced: “Shibasaburo Kitasato arrived and immediately identified the plague bacillus and determined that rats were the vector.”
“When the rats were exterminated, the plague subsided.”
A mystery unsolved for 500 years by white men had been cracked by the intellect of a single yellow-skinned man at first glance.
It was a shock.
The third blow came with the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War that same year.
The Japanese army fought valiantly.
In contrast, the Chinese forces behaved disgracefully.
In the battle that began in Asan, the Chinese army did nothing but flee—and when they occasionally captured Japanese soldiers, they gouged out their eyes, cut off their noses, and murdered them.
Yet the Japanese army refrained from retaliation.
What most astonished the European military observers was that the Japanese army did not loot or rape on the battlefield.
In the Book of Numbers in the Old Testament, Moses commanded: “Plunder them. Kill the men, even the infants. Kill the married women. Virgins are God’s gift—spare them and enjoy.”
Christian nations, as well as the Chinese who knew nothing of this, had always committed looting, rape, and slaughter as a matter of course.
In fact, during the Boxer Rebellion several years later, German Commander von Waldersee, upon entering Beijing, ordered six days of looting and rape for his troops.
The Japanese army, fighting with honor, decisively defeated the “Sleeping Lion” of China both on land and sea.
White observers were stunned by the Japanese, who exhibited a profound sense of aesthetics, intelligence, valor, and tolerance surpassing even Christian nations.