In May 1942, in order to prevent US bombers from taking off in China and bombing the Japanese mainland, the invading Japanese army gathered 140,000 heavy troops to invade parts of Zhejiang and Jiangxi in an attempt to destroy the airport group used by the US army, which was known as the "Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi" in history. In Lanxi, the Japanese army encountered a stubborn resistance from the first and could not advance for several days. Lieutenant General Naoji Sakai, the commander of the Japanese battlefield and commander of the 15th Division, was greatly annoyed and personally went to the front line to supervise the battle. This time, the end of Sakai has also arrived. The division commanders were all at the rank of generals, and the first division commander to die on the battlefield in the history of the Japanese army was Sakai. 
Born in 1891, the criminal Sakai Sakai Naoji was a descendant of the Tokugawa Ieyasu shogunate of Japan, graduated from the Army University, studied in the Soviet Union, and was already the captain of the infantry wing when he came to China in 1937. This man is a typical militant and very brutal. When the 16th Division of the Japanese Army invaded Xuzhou, Weishi and other places, Sakai committed heinous crimes and was promoted. After being promoted to commander of the Major General Brigade in 1938, Sakai implemented the notorious "Three Lights" policy in the anti-Japanese base areas in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, and other places. In 1941, Sakai became a lieutenant general and served as the division commander of the 15th Division. He carried out "clean-up" in the area around Nanjing, encircling and suppressing the anti-Japanese armed forces in the occupied areas. During this period, the shameless Sakai actually encouraged his subordinates to ** women, and also set up first, second and third prizes to reward this crime. The first prize is called "Tiger", the second prize is called "Leopard", and the third prize is "Wolf". However, Sakai, which was full of evil, was soon punished. 
* After the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi began, Sakai originally commanded tens of thousands of troops to invade Jinhua, Zhejiang. Another Japanese army forcibly crossed the Lanxi River, but hit a hard nail in Lanxi City, which was defended by the 21st Army of the **Third War Zone. Chen Wancheng, the commander of the 21st Army, was once the favorite general of Liu Xiang of the Sichuan Army, who had been in battle for a long time and participated in the defense of Nanjing. After many battles with the Japanese army, Chen Wanqian summed up his experience and put forward a more rational tactic. He advocated that we should not covet a big victory and not engage in a big battle, which is an unrealistic and reckless move, "We should eat the enemy one bite at a time like a silkworm eating mulberry leaves, and accumulate small victories into big victories." That is, we can exchange the enemy's losses several times or even dozens of times at a very small price, and the real victory is achieved. ”
According to the "Sichuan Army's Personal Experiences of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression," during the Yangtze River defense operation, Chen Wanqian once commanded the coastal defense artillery to damage and sink more than 500 Japanese ships, and used artillery shells of several dozen or several hundred yuan each to blow up and sink the enemy's warships worth hundreds of thousands or several millions. Sakai arrived at Lanxi and immediately intensified the offensive. The 21st Army, in accordance with the usual practice of defensive warfare, laid a large number of mines at the front of the position. When Sakai first arrived in Lanxi, several of his cavalry guards were blown down by mines. Sakai had no choice but to bring in sappers and advance while clearing mines. 
On 28 May, the Japanese army dispatched twice as many planes and bombed the forward positions of the 21st Army indiscriminately, but the officers and men did not retreat. Sakai was furious and took a few of his staff to supervise the battle at the foot of Shikuo Mountain, which was very close to the ** position. Sakai's Cavalry Guards came first, the infantry followed, and further back was the division headquarters. Sakai and his staff rode horses and walked in the middle of the procession. According to this formation, the mines could not blow up Sakai himself, and there was cannon fodder in front of the team. However, when this team approached Lanxi City, it was seen by a squad ambushed by the 2nd Battalion of the 188th Regiment of the 63rd Division of the 21st Army. They thought it was the forward unit of the Japanese army that came to search, and the squad leader said to everyone: "Instead of being passively beaten after being discovered by the devils, it is better for us to strike first!" ”
So, their light machine guns and rifles together went to the Japanese ranks**. The Japanese were caught off guard, and the cavalry and infantry in front were knocked down a few, and the rest of the men took refuge in all directions, making a mess. Immediately afterwards, the ** sound of "boom, boom" sounded, and for a while, flesh and blood flew everywhere, dust flew, and the Japanese army stepped on the mine again. The outpost squad of the 2nd Battalion was afraid that it would not be able to stop the enemy, so it called for reinforcements from another company and set up machine guns to call the enemy. According to past experience, the Japanese army was very combative, and a fierce battle followed. Who knows, this time the Japanese army did not fight back much, so they retreated in a hurry. **Still wondering here. Afterwards, Lanxi's ** got information that a senior commander of the Japanese army was killed. **Based on documents obtained on the battlefield and information obtained, it is determined that the person killed by the bombing was Naoji Sakai. The Japanese army was secretive and did not announce the news, and it was not until the 80s of the last century that the Japanese declassified archives revealed the matter. Conclusion: Some people say that on the day of the incident, Sakai hugged each other, how did he step on a landmine? As mentioned earlier, when the ** outpost launched a surprise attack, Sakai's team happened to pass by a three-way intersection. In a hurry, Sakai and several lieutenants rode towards a fork in the road, but there were mines there. It just blew up Sakai and his adjutant. This kind of luck is no less than hitting the jackpot. According to the archives of the Japanese army, the command of the Japanese division suffered heavy losses that day, and among the five adjutants who accompanied Sakai, only the chief of staff, Major General Kawakubo, saved his life. Sakai was blown off one leg on the spot, and he died that afternoon. The mines planted by the 21st Army have made a great contribution, and it seems that they are waiting for Sakai to step on them.