Chapter 47 1. Guo Qi's "Record of Blood and Tears in the Capital"

Although the Japanese invaders repeatedly carried out frantic raids and brutal killings, many Chinese soldiers changed to civilian clothes and hid among the refugees.After they escaped the bloody massacre by chance, they fled Nanjing one after another after going through hardships and hardships.These Chinese soldiers experienced the catastrophe in the hell life, heard and witnessed all kinds of atrocities committed by the Japanese army, and became another batch of reliable witnesses and powerful witnesses of the "Nanjing Massacre" by the Japanese invaders. Guo Qi, the head of the teaching corps, is a brave soldier who stands out among them.

On the night of December 12, during a hasty retreat, Guo Qi brought his troops to a square not far from Yijiang Gate. As a result, he sent people to inquire. Allowing the retreating army and civilians to pass through Yijiangmen, the conflict between the two sides has turned into a tragedy, and it is impossible for the troops to be brought out of Yijiangmen in an organized area.Guo Qi made a decisive decision and ordered his subordinates to change into civilian clothes and enter the safe area to disperse and hide, while he entered the Italian embassy in China with several military officers.

At that time, the Italian embassy in China was renting the house of Manager Zhang of the Continental Bank. When Nanjing was in crisis, all embassy staff had been evacuated.However, at the request of Manager Zhang, the Italian flag was not taken down, and Manager Zhang's nephew Zhang Jiaao stayed at the house.Guo Qi's colleague Luo Jianxiong was a friend of Zhang Jiaao's. Through this relationship, several officers from the supply battalion successfully entered the Italian embassy in China. After arriving upstairs at the embassy, ​​everyone put on makeup one after another.Some put on long gowns and mandarin jackets, some wore suits and leather shoes, and some wore melon caps and cardigans.After dressing up with many props, he taught a few handsome young officers in the supply battalion of the corps, and instantly became shopkeepers, Liyuan children, and car drivers in Nanjing City... Military uniforms, military supplies, and documents were all burned with fire, and the pistols were hidden. After entering the well, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they could no longer find traces of soldiers.

On the morning of the 14th, a platoon of Japanese troops entered the embassy area from the south entrance of Beiping Road.An officer was standing in the middle of the road with a map in his hand, watching and making gestures. The soldiers lined up on both sides in a street fighting formation, firing guns and marching forward. They surrounded the British embassy as if they were facing a big enemy, and then charged Go in, and after a long while of tumbling, come out brazenly. A few days later, Japanese soldiers came to the Italian embassy again. Italy is a friendly country to Japan, and the attitude of the Japanese soldiers seems to be relaxed, but those fierce eyes are still staring at the refugees in the embassy with malicious intent.One fellow sufferer was wearing a watch, and the Japanese soldier saw it and stroked it, and the watch immediately changed its owner; another fellow sufferer was wearing a sweater, which aroused the Japanese soldier's interest in sweaters, so he must take it off to have a look. The result is, of course, nothing to pay back.Before leaving, the Japanese military officers took a fancy to the bus of the Italian embassy, ​​but it couldn’t start in the cold weather, so they yelled young and middle-aged refugees to come out and push the bus together, and pushed it to Shanghai Road. The engine rang, and everyone was lucky to come back safely.

After the Japanese soldiers left, the refugees could not help complaining. One said that the Japanese soldiers did not abide by international conventions, and even came in to loot foreign embassies; what.A few days later, the news came that the situation in other embassies was even worse. Germany is also a friendly country to Japan. On the ground, the embassy was ransacked and messed up; the American embassy in China was even more miserable. Four Chinese compatriots who guarded the gate were beaten to death, their property was looted, and the Stars and Stripes flags were torn to pieces... Then everyone understood Well, the Japanese fascist aggressors have absolutely no international credibility to speak of, and the so-called international conventions are nothing but wipes for their feet.

The refugees became even more nervous, and they closed the door of the embassy tightly ever since.No one was allowed to speak loudly during the day, and no one was allowed to light a lamp at night. Everyone lived a life that was worse than sleeping with mice day and night.When the vegetables were finished, they could barely make do, when the rice was finished, and the firewood was gone, it was impossible to make ends meet, so the brave refugees volunteered to go out to buy rice and firewood.When one person goes out, everyone is worried, and they take turns guarding the gate. When the person who went out returns safely, everyone is happier than usual during the New Year and festivals.Just imagine how lucky it is to be able to go out to buy firewood and rice and come back safely in the living hell where people are murdered like hemp!

Once, a friend in trouble heard a light knock on the door not long after he went out to buy rice. The friends in trouble hurriedly opened the door and saw two young men who were unfamiliar. The soldiers of the corps had difficulties to find their Guan Zhang.After this kind of thing happened several times, some refugees worried and said: "There are a few soldiers living upstairs, and the subordinates often come to look for them. There are more than a dozen pistols hidden in the well. If the Japanese find out, we are more than 50 years old. Don’t the lives of individuals all die at the same time?”

When this word reached Guo Qi's ears, he came to the refugees and explained: "Please rest assured, if the beast soldiers find out, I am willing to take care of everything and never hurt everyone. But please respect my subordinates and go to Jingzhong Don't blame the pistol, it's a difficult time now, I can't leave my subordinates alone, what does it mean to live and die together, this is indeed the time!" Many refugees were deeply moved by Guo Qi’s sincere and brave attitude. A fellow refugee surnamed Zhang immediately expressed his opinion: “Mr. Absolutely, I will die for Mr. Guo!"

Another friend in distress also said impassionedly: "We are all Chinese compatriots. How can we distinguish between soldiers and ordinary people? No matter who is in danger, we must desperately rescue them. If we want to live together, we must die together!" From then on, everyone embraced tightly, as if they had sworn an oath and made a covenant.Everyone is anxious when one person has something to do, and everyone is happy when one person is blessed. More than 50 fellow sufferers are united as one person and one family. The days are spent day by day in fear and fear, and it is the Gregorian calendar year in a blink of an eye.

On December 30, two carriages suddenly came in front of the Italian embassy. A Japanese officer, a traitor, and several Japanese soldiers jumped out of the carriage.Seeing the Japanese soldiers coming, the refugees all huddled together in silence.Seeing the posture of the beast soldiers coming in, everyone had a premonition that disaster was coming. Sure enough, the Japanese officer waved his command knife and yelled for a while, then the traitor came forward with a smile on his face, and shouted in a strange voice: "My compatriots, the Japanese Taijun said, The new year is coming soon, this is the new year when the imperial army won a great victory in the Holy War, the imperial army will borrow three wives and young ladies to accompany the chief to spend the joyful New Year's Eve!"

"Damn it! What a great victory?! What joy?! Aren't they all soaked in the blood of the Nanjing people and stepping on the bones of the Nanjing people?" The refugees cursed secretly in their hearts. No one spoke, and the air was suffocatingly silent. The traitor continued to lie in hypocrisy: "My compatriots, don't worry, the lady and the lady borrowed it for the chief's use, and they won't use it in such a mess. They will definitely send it back after a few days!" The hall was still dead silent.Seeing that the refugees did not respond, the traitor became anxious, and immediately tore off his mask, revealing a ferocious face: "The Taijun said that this is an order from the chief, and you have to borrow it if you don't want to borrow it! Anyone who resists is not a good citizen, and everyone is dead." That!" As he spoke, the traitor imitated the language and gestures of the Japanese Taijun, and fiercely made a beheading motion. The angry Japanese officer was already impatient, brandished his saber and yelled loudly, and several Japanese soldiers rushed into the refugee crowd. The first to be dragged out was Mr. Tang's second young lady. She was seventeen or eighteen years old, with bright eyes and white teeth, and fair skin. Although she had short hair and changed into men's clothes, she was spotted by the ghost soldiers at a glance.The second lady was dragged out, terrified, screaming miserably while struggling.Seeing Mr. Tang, he hurried forward to rescue his daughter.In desperation, he hastily took out a special pass, and handed it over respectfully: "Taijun! I have a special pass, which is for the imperial army. Please let my daughter go!" Mr. Tang said in a humble way. The voice reported. It turned out that an acquaintance of the bogus "Han Xian Autonomous Committee" once contacted Mr. Tang and asked him to assist in opening a brothel, so he got a special pass for him.However, this time it turned out that Mr. Tang was completely wrong, and what he did was to humiliate himself.When the traitor handed the special pass to the Japanese officer, the officer tore it into pieces without even looking at it.Mr. Tang's hopeful heart was torn to pieces, and then came the traitor's sarcasm full of sarcasm: "Surnamed Tang, don't you want to open a brothel? That's just right, let your daughter do the first ticket business!" The embarrassing Mr. Tang was very sad at this time, sitting on the ground and crying bitterly, grief, guilt, remorse, all kinds of painful emotions came to his heart at the same time. Then another girl was dragged out. This girl was younger than Mr. Tang's second girl, and she was dressed more like a boy.But after the Japanese soldiers became suspicious of her, they reached out to touch her crotch. The girl's shyness made her immediately protect her lower part, which gave her away, and the Japanese soldiers immediately pulled her out.Struggling desperately, the poor girl cried out for her father in horror.The girl's father is a middle-aged man in his 40s. He was originally a weak scholar, but his father's love and self-esteem made him fearless. He immediately rushed out of the crowd bravely and demanded from the Japanese soldiers Take back your daughter.While pulling nervously, the Japanese officer raised his samurai saber and slapped the girl's father on the back of the neck. The painful father had no choice but to let go of his hands. The man's tears came out of his eyes, dripping with blood. Together, dripping all over the place. At this moment, another girl's cries came from upstairs. It turned out that the beast soldiers found another girl who was hiding upstairs.When the girl was pulled down, her mother, disguised as an old woman, followed. The mother went straight to the Japanese officer and begged bitterly: "My daughter is young and not sensible, please let her go." Well, I am willing to accompany the chief of the imperial army instead of my daughter!" The refugees in the hall were all stunned, all eyes focused on the mother.Many people showed sympathy and admiration.What a great motherly love this is. She stood up in times of crisis and was willing to bear all the humiliation and suffering instead of her daughter, and was not even afraid of sacrificing her own life. The traitor stared at the mother with ill intentions and carefully sized it up, and finally realized that the old woman in front of him was just a woman in her 40s with a good face, so she smiled maliciously. Seeing this, a vigilant fellow sufferer hurried forward to give the mother a hand, and pretended to advise: "Madam, let the daughter go. Since the prince is interested, he will always go sooner or later, and escape today. I can’t escape tomorrow!” Then whispered: “Madam, don’t be unable to change your daughter, but also accompany a victim!” The mother, who was eager to save her daughter, came to her senses and returned to the refugee group in pain. Seeing that the prey was already in hand, the Japanese officer waved his saber, and the soldiers carried the girl into the car and left.At this time, the miserable sounds of the three girls crying for their parents, and the wailing sounds of the three pairs of parents crying and calling for their daughters intertwined. Guo Qi hid on the roof of the building and saw the tragic scene of the country's subjugation with his own eyes, and his blood surged in his chest.As a soldier, he couldn't protect his compatriots well, and he felt endless anger, pain and sorrow.For a while, he clenched his hands tightly into fists, and for a while he clung to the floor with both hands, forcing himself not to make a sound. After the Japanese left, Guo Qi returned to the hall in pain. The parents of the three girls were still crying softly, but some fellow sufferers were complaining to each other.Some blamed the door for opening, others blamed the women for speaking too loudly.Guo Qi waved his hand and said angrily, "My compatriots, don't blame anyone! The Japanese have already aimed at this place, and they can't hide! None of us is at fault. We only blame our country for being too weak. Blame us for being subjugated slaves!" Guo Qi couldn't control it anymore, two lines of tears welled up in his eyes, and there was a murmur in the hall. After more than a month, the lunar year is closed.One of the refugees was Mr. Zhou. He missed his mother who lived in the country very much, and was afraid that she would miss him. So he invited several fellow refugees and wanted to venture out of the city to visit. He also brought his 12-year-old daughter with him. At that time, some fellow sufferers reminded: "You can't go! The devil soldiers on guard at Zhonghuamen are the worst! Haven't you heard about the monk's genital mutilation? Once a girl of eighteen or nineteen went out of the city disguised as a boy, devil When the soldiers questioned her, something went wrong as soon as they opened their mouths. The ghost soldiers immediately dragged her to the guard room and raped her. After the rape, they forced four Chinese people passing by to rape her. The Chinese were so frightened that they said no! No! Ah! When I was asking for forgiveness, a monk swaggered over. The monk thought that the Japanese believed in Buddhism, so he would always be more polite to the monk. But when the Japanese saw the monk, they clapped their hands and laughed, and hurriedly pulled him over and forced him to make peace with him. The girl was happy and happy. The monk panicked, clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and kept chanting: "Amitabha! Sin! Sin!" Annoyed, the ghost soldier said, "Since the things you grow have no effect, Why don't you cut it off!' Saying that, grabbing the monk's thing was indeed a knife, and the monk rolled over in pain on the ground, dying of pain. Look, is this a human thing? Devil soldiers are all You beast, it's better for your daughter not to go!" Mr. Zhou took it lightly and said, "She's just a yellow-haired girl. At best, she can be dressed as a boy. I hope the devil soldiers won't do anything to her!" Another fellow sufferer reminded: "Mr. Zhou, don't be careless. An 80-year-old old woman in Xiaguan was raped by devil soldiers. At that time, the old woman said: 'I am so old, can you still do this kind of thing? ?' Guess how Guizibing replied, he said: 'I don't want you to have a son!' Look, is this what people say? Animals are not as good as!" Mr. Zhou hesitated and said: "This little girl, my mother likes her the most, take her to see, and make the old man feel better." So, the yellow-haired girl disguised herself as a man, and finally followed her father on the road. A group of eight people ventured into the Zhonghua Gate.The clothes were all changed into ragged and shabby ones, and they were dressed up as coolies.The banknotes were wrapped in the pancake, and they were biting slowly all the way, and the fellow sufferers sent them out of the gate with trepidation. In less than two hours, a fellow sufferer surnamed Dong hurried back. When Guo Qi saw it, he hurriedly asked what happened. Mr. Dong carefully avoided Mrs. Zhou, and then told him softly: "He Damn it! The Japanese devils are simply beasts! When we came to Zhonghua Gate, the Japanese soldiers asked us to line up for inspection, untie our clothes one by one, and search our pockets. Fortunately, we deliberately put some change in our pockets When the Japanese soldiers found the money, they all smiled and waved us out of the city. We were secretly glad that we had passed the gate of hell, but we didn’t know how far we had gone, when suddenly a ghost soldier with a gun came up from behind, shouting to let us go out. Let's stop! Everyone was shocked, I don't know what happened, what do you think to do after the devil soldier caught up? He didn't do anything, he dragged the yellow-haired girl and ran to the empty house on the side of the road, the little girl cried and cried He refused to go, and Mr. Zhou tried his best to protect him, so the ghost soldier fired two shots into the sky fiercely. There was no choice but to let him take the little girl away. The little girl was crying and screaming in the room, what a miserable situation Mr. Zhou also burst into tears outside, regretting endlessly. This hairy girl is only 12 years old, not an adult, and that beast can do it! I couldn't stand it anymore, so I turned my head and turned back." After listening to Mr. Dong's narration, Guo Qi was filled with grief and indignation.As a soldier, he felt that it was difficult for him to continue hiding in this living hell. He wanted to leave as soon as possible, return to the army, take up arms, and avenge the Chinese nation and the countless dead and living compatriots in Nanjing! Misfortunes never come singly. At this time, Guo Qi received two threatening letters from a hooligan in a row, extorting money.Considering that he lived in the Italian embassy for a long time, his subordinates came and went frequently, and the target had been exposed. For the sake of safety, he moved to No. 34 Beiping Road and lived with Sui Youlan, the head of the teaching team who was hiding here.Later, I felt that it was too close to the Italian embassy and still not safe enough, so I moved again to No. 11 Shanghai Road, the residence of the former German consultant Lieutenant General Steiner.After hiding here for a period of time, with the help of Mr. Sun, the translator of the German embassy and others, he finally escaped from the hell Nanjing. After escaping from Nanjing, Guo Qi wrote a book "Record of Blood and Tears in the Capital", which was published serially in Xi'an "Xijing Pingbao" in 1938, which aroused strong repercussions in society.