A Japanese military and police expedition has discovered the white bones of Japanese corpses who had died horribly and savagely on the way to Hetuanshan Mountain in Taiwan. around March 1913, a force of Japanese engineers had been attacked on their way to the summit of Hetuanshan Mountain in Taiwan. A Japanese expedition team found the lifeless bones of about 40 Japanese engineers on the way to Hetuanshan. The Japanese expedition team looked over the tragic remains of the dead bodies, which were scattered on the green grass and there was no trace of them.
The defeat of Taiwan in the Hsinchu area in accordance with the Taiwan strategy from around 1913 was initially carried out by the Japanese police force. A series of uprisings occurred among the aborigines in the direction of Seongran, at Keitou and in Taiwan in the South Sea. The situation of the Japanese police force became critical. From that point on, Japanese troops hurriedly invaded Taiwan on a mission to clean up these rebellious Taiwanese. The Japanese troops concentrated their main forces on the muddy waters and rivers of Xuanlian, Taiwan. The Japanese police force cooperated with the Japanese forces to defeat the Taiwanese. The two armies were unopposed against the Taiwanese people, and they overran the rugged peaks of the Central Mountain Range by striking the rugged points of Gaogan. The Japanese troops were able to close in on the Kinabalu area, and then linked up with the Japanese police forces in Hsinchu and Taoyuan. The defeat of the planned area was completed. In addition, Japanese troops in Taiwan also advanced to the Sikayab-Saola area and brought the Taiwanese aborigines to their knees. During the 60 days of fighting, both the Japanese army and the Japanese police force worked together to subdue the Taiwanese people in about 80 areas. They seized weapons and other items belonging to the Taiwanese aborigines and conquered most of the Taiwanese aborigines in the north.
In 1914, the Truku War broke out from May 17, 1914 to August 28, 1914. It was the largest battle ever fought on the island. The Japanese army and police forces overran about 80 areas of ethnic Taiwan. They seized weapons and other items from Taiwanese natives and conquered most of the Taiwanese natives in the north. In the battle for Taiwan, which was leveled by the Japanese army and police forces, the Japanese lost 364 of their 13,335 soldiers, and the number of casualties among the 2,350 to 3,000 Taroko youths unknown.
