Many soldiers fell unconscious and froze to death there due to nearly -50 degrees Celsius temperatures because sleepless and food-deprived since the previous day also contributed to their deaths.
吹雪で体感温度が-50℃近く、また前日よりほとんど不眠不休で絶食状態であるため、ここで多くの将兵が昏倒し、凍死していった。