Thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed by the Japanese.

On May 25th, the Japanese authorities in Taiwan Province trapped and killed the surrendered rebels, resulting in an appalling and bloody tragedy. In 1898, Japan appointed Gentaro Kodama as the governor of Taiwan Province, and Kodama appointed Goto Shinpei as the chief civil affairs officer. Goto changed the past method of military suppression, and adopted the strategy of softening, deceiving, dividing and defeating the anti-Japanese rebels in Taiwan Province, resulting in the submission of large groups of rebels and the disintegration of the anti-Japanese forces in Taiwan Province. By 1902, the rebels who were still persisting in the war of resistance had fallen into a situation of running out of ammunition and food, so they were ready to surrender to the Japanese authorities. On May 25th, the Japanese authorities set up surrender fields in six places, including Linyupu, Tuku, Xiluo, Taliwu, Neilin and Douliu, to hold surrender ceremonies. In secret, a large number of troops were ambushed in every submission field. On this day, 265 nominal soldiers who went to six surrender fields to receive the Japanese surrender ceremony were all massacred by the Japanese army. In this way, the Japanese authorities trapped and killed more than 4,000 rebels who surrendered. Goto Shinpei said in his book "A Spot on Japanese Colonial Policy": "When the bandits were attacked, there was a bandit surrender law, which said that the surrendered bandits would be handed over to the surrender certificates, and they would be gathered in the police station. In the branch office, instructions were issued in advance, so that the army would kill them all on the same day and at the same time."