Chapter 54 3. Rabe's anger

On the night of the 15th, a large number of Japanese soldiers broke into the campus of Jinling University and raped 30 women on the spot. Several women were even gang-raped by six people. The same thing happened in other places in the safety zone that night. Another Japanese force came to an internment camp, declaring that 6,000 disarmed Chinese soldiers had entered the safe zone and that they must be searched out.As a result, all young and middle-aged people passed the customs, and those who wore military uniforms and served as soldiers were doomed.Even ordinary people, as long as they have calluses on their hands and warts on their shoulders, they will not escape bad luck.The Japanese soldiers grabbed them out of the crowd, tied them with ropes, and circled every 100 people.

The members of the International Committee were holding a meeting under the kerosene lamp. After hearing the report, Rabe hurried over with the members.Panting, he negotiated and argued with the Japanese officer, but to no avail.Fei District hurriedly walked through the ranks. He wanted to find the four small Guangdong soldiers who handed over their guns to him yesterday. They came to the Anti-Japanese Front with the ambition of serving the country. He laid down his weapon, and spoke with fire in his eyes.There is also a big northern military officer who once confided to Fitch the pain and regret after the defeat with full of melancholy. His pair of deeply sunken and disappointed eyes made him unforgettable all his life.He wanted to find them, just to catch a second glance, even to express a little bit of pain and regret that he couldn't do anything about.But he couldn't find them, maybe they had already been trapped among the bound crowd, and what awaited them would be the roar and ferociousness of death.

[Rabe, the manager of the Nanjing branch of the Chinese head office of Siemens AG, was publicly elected as the chairman of the International Committee of the Nanjing Safety Zone because of his integrity, German nationality and special status as a member of the Nazi Party. 】 More than 1,300 people were all tied up, and the Japanese ordered them to line up and walk to the road.The cold light of bayonets shone under the stars and moon. There was no sighing or crying. More than 1,300 people moved slowly on the road. Only pain and sorrow were deeply pressed in people's hearts. Fei Qi suddenly ran forward, ignoring the yelling and obstruction of the Japanese army, and squeezed forward desperately.His hazy eyes suddenly lit up, and he finally saw those familiar figures, yes, it was them, it was them!Those little Cantonese soldiers!Fitch leaned over and yelled loudly, gesticulating desperately at the Japanese soldiers in an attempt to free them.Not only did the Japanese soldiers ignore him, but they pushed him away.

A few small Cantonese soldiers were startled by Fei Qi's voice. They turned their heads. Fei Qi clearly felt the despair and pain in their eyes, and he felt a deep pain in his heart. Standing there in a daze, the grief was unspeakable. After a while, there was suddenly the sound of rapid machine gun fire not far away, mixed with people's groans, screams and curses.Rabe trembled with anger, feeling that he had been cheated and fooled, and that he had deceived others.The promise in the afternoon is still ringing in my ears, but the safe zone at night is full of blood, massacres and ferocity.He was so angry that he clenched his right fist in the air and yelled loudly, "Liar! Shameful butcher and liar!"

On December 16, the situation worsened. A large number of Japanese troops poured into the safe zone, hunting down and massacring disarmed Chinese soldiers and civilians. In the refugee area at No. 4, Wutiao Lane, Gulou, hundreds of Chinese soldiers and civilians, including Shi Yan, Chen Zhaowei, Hu Ruiqing, and Wang Kelin, were captured by the Japanese army and gathered in Dafang Lane Square, where they were shot and killed with machine guns; At No. 12 Fuzuo Road, more than 200 civilians, including Xie Laifu and Li Xiaoer, were taken to the pond of Dafang Lane and shot dead by the Japanese army;

At the former site of the former judge training center on Zhongshan North Road, more than 100 civilians, including Lu Falin, Lu Qiyun, Zhang Dezhi, Zhang Deliang, and Zhang Dehai, were tied up and dragged to the side of Sitiao Lane by the Japanese army, where they were shot with machine guns. ... In the safety zone, machine guns roared wildly, butcher knives were bloody; women and children cried out in misery, and old people wailed in pain.The executioner grinned grinningly, wantonly slaughtering international norms, human justice, morality and conscience. Fatty Rabe led the members of the International Committee and negotiated everywhere, but the Japanese military authorities responded that there were 20,000 disarmed Chinese soldiers hidden in the refugee area, and the imperial army must hunt them all out.

The increase from 6,000 to 20,000 means that even greater raids and massacres will follow! In the evening, Rabe dragged his heavy and exhausted body back to his residence at No. 10 Xiaotaoyuan, Guangzhou Road.Hundreds of refugees were accommodated here. On the roof of the house, the flag of the Nazi Party fluttered high;However, all of this was of no avail. When he stepped into the courtyard gate, the ugly appearance of two Japanese soldiers immediately caught his eyes: one was looting property; the other was pressing down on a girl with his trousers unbuttoned.Rabe felt hot blood rushing to his head, his face was flushed, and he shouted loudly: "Get out! Get out!" while waving his thick arms.

The Japanese soldier hurriedly turned his head and saw the majestic National Socialist armband on his arm. He quickly got up, lifted his pants and fled out the door with his bare buttocks up.Rabe blocked the gate and pointed angrily: "Where did you come in, and where did you go out!" The Japanese soldier turned around obediently and climbed out of the yard from the fence. Back in the room, Rabe was about to sit down and rest, when the attendant came in and reported that several Japanese soldiers had come during the day, robbed a car, and left a note saying: "Thank you for your kind gift, Japanese soldier Sato. "

Rabe, who was still angry, stared blankly at the note. Behind the gold-rimmed glasses, the blue eyes contained endless doubts, worries, anger and regret. After a long time, he let out a long sigh.In just a few days, he was completely disappointed with the Japanese army, an ally of his motherland. It doesn't look like an army, it's just a group of robbers and bandits! In the safe zone, the Japanese army continued to commit atrocities, and the International Committee recorded them day by day. Rabe took the official letters and atrocities records of the International Committee to the Japanese embassy and the Japanese military headquarters every day to negotiate and protest, but with little success.

One day, someone came to report that Gu Pinggang found two military warehouses, which were left behind by the Central Army when they retreated.Rabe became anxious when he heard this, and waved to a big temporary worker.The worker came over immediately. "What's your name?" Rabe asked. "My name is Yuan Cunrong." "Yuan Cunrong, you are Chinese, and there is something very important to you Chinese. If you are asked to do it, do you dare to do it?" "What is it, tell me!" Yuan Cunrong nodded. Rabe said with a serious expression: "Two military warehouses were found in Gupinggang. They were left behind by the Central Army when they retreated. They were full of nitrates and bullets. If they were taken away by the Japanese, how many of you Chinese would be killed?" Ah! dare you destroy it?"

Yuan Cunrong said repeatedly: "Go, go, I'll go!" Rabe asked again: "Do you know how to destroy it?" Yuan Cunrong shook his head. Rabe patted the coat on Yuan Cunrong's body, and told him: "You need to put a bag of nitric acid on the coat, and then spread a long line on the ground with your hands. Remember, the line should be spread long, and then light a match. .” In the evening, Yuan Cunrong took advantage of the darkness, made seven turns and eight turns, bypassed the Japanese army sentry post, and came to Gupinggang Park.Touching into the warehouse, through the hazy moonlight outside the window, he saw that the two warehouses were full of nitrate and bullets.According to Professor Rabe's method, Yuan Cunrong put a lot of nitrate in the pocket of his coat, sprinkled a long thread, and then carefully lit a match.Before anyone could move, there was a bang, the roof rose, bricks, tiles, and planks were blown away, and the flames shot straight up. Yuan Cunrong got up and ran away, and there was the sound of bullets crackling behind him. A brief but rare smile appeared on Rabe's heavy and anxious face.