Page 25 - Marutas of Unit 731

Catching a guard drunk, a prisoner named Li took the opportunity to smash

a bottle on the guard’s head and snatch the keys. Of the 16 Chines e people

who escaped, four died due to the cold, hunger, or conditions contracted at

the Togo Unit. Twelve ed to the ird Route Army of the Northeast Anti-

Japanese United Army. Aer learning about the situation, the ird Route

Army attacked the Tōgō Unit in Beiyinhe. Within a year, the Zhong Ma
complex exploded. Although short lived, the complex ser ved the purpose of

con rming Ishii’s beliefs as well as showing his militar y super ior the types of

research he was capable of conducting.