InMarch1942,aJapanesesoldierinShantungsawfivecapturedChinesesoldiersusedastargetsforbayonettrainingbytwenty-somerawrecruits.
"Theprisonerswereblindfoldedandtiedtoapost.Acirclewasdrawninredchalkaroundtheareaoftheheartontheirclothes.Asthetrainingbegan,theinstructorbellowedout,'Ready?Theredcircleiswheretheheartis.That'stheonlyplaceyou'reprohibitedtostab.Understood?'Ihadthoughtthattheinstructorhadmarkedtheareatomakeiteasierforthenewrecruitstostabtheheart.Butthatwasmymisunderstanding.Itwastomaketheprisonerslastaslongaspossible.
"Severalminuteslater,shrillwarcriesechoedcontinuously.Theprisoners,theirbodieshoneycombedwithbayonetstabs,crumpledinapoolofblood."
一九四二年三月，山東一日本軍人看見五個中國戰俘給二十多名新兵作刺刀練習：
「戰俘被蒙上眼睛，綁在柱上，襟前用紅色粉筆繞着心臟畫了個圈。練習開始時，教官高聲說：『準備好了嗎？紅圈是心臟所在，是你們唯一不得刺的地方，明白嗎？』我原以為他畫出心臟位置，以便新兵辨認刀刺目標。但我誤會了。不刺心臟，是要教戰俘盡可能多捱一會。
「幾分鐘之後，刺耳的喊殺聲不斷響起。那幾個戰俘全身都是刺刀孔，在血泊之中，癱軟下來。」