Chapter 56 V. International friends who share weal and woe

Dr. Liggs, a professor at Jinling University, is in charge of logistics in the Safe Zone International Committee. The supply of rice, flour and fuel for the 250,000 refugees is the top priority of the Safe Zone. He not only had to protect several warehouses and warehouses of the International Committee, but also worked day and night to transport food and fuel.Although there were several Chinese staff under Riggs, the Chinese drove alone to transport food and fuel. Although they carried the armbands of the International Committee and the passports of the Japanese army, they were still made things difficult and blocked by checkpoints.Liggs had to drive the vehicle himself, risking endless troubles and dangers, and was busy every day for the survival of 250,000 refugees on the streets of Nanjing full of blood and terror.

In the most difficult days, the three cauldrons of the International Committee were still steaming, and the rice porridge cooked here had saved the lives of many of the poorest refugees.How much hardship and love Riggs has put in so that the pots and pans of countless families in the refugee area will not be turned off.In addition, Riggs, like other members of the Safe Zone International Committee, was on duty to guard the refugee shelters, to drive away the harassing Japanese soldiers, and to protect innocent refugees. December 25th is the most sacred festival for Westerners who believe in Christianity, the day of the birth of the Holy Lord Jesus.Jesus is the embodiment of the sublime, holy and good. In order to save mankind, he would rather let himself be crucified.Riggs is a devout Christian, and he fulfills his beliefs with practical actions.

The most unholy things happen on holy days.At 10 o'clock this morning, Liggs found some Japanese soldiers at No. 29 Hankou Road, and at the same time heard the cry of a young woman who was being grabbed by a Japanese soldier and dragged into the house.Riggs rushed over when he heard the sound, and the Japanese soldiers ran away in fright. The woman asked Riggs to escort her back to the army university refugee shelter.They walked east together, and when they were approaching the Jinling University campus, they ran into a Japanese inspector head-on, accompanied by two soldiers and an interpreter.

This is a typical Japanese fascist soldier, with a savage head supported by a thick body, and ferocious eyes flashing with fierce light. He is proudly patrolling the road in the safe zone with the extraordinary pride of a conqueror.Seeing Riggs, he suddenly wanted to show the majesty of the imperial army in front of Westerners, so he yelled loudly: "What are you doing! Why are you putting your hands in your pockets?!" Riggs couldn't understand what he was shouting, so he stopped. The inspector stepped forward, roughly grabbed the Western man's hand, pulled it out of his pocket, and then took off the armband from his hand.

Riggs doesn't understand that walking with his hands in his pockets is because the weather is too cold, and it's purely personal freedom. Can you Japanese control it?So, very unconvinced, he put his hand back into his pocket.The inspector was annoyed, and he punched Riggs heavily, and then asked, "Who are you? Why dare you fight against the imperial army?" Riggs looked at the other party with contempt. Over the past few days, the actions of the Japanese army had made his impression of the Japanese army drop below freezing point, colder than Nanjing in winter.He asked disapprovingly, "What do you mean? What's wrong with me escorting this woman home?"

The inspector punched the Westerner in the chest again, and then cursed rudely: "Bage Yalu! Take out your passport!" In his haste, Riggs forgot to bring his pass, so he was slapped again.The Japanese officer ordered the soldiers to point their guns at him, then took off his hat and made Riggs bow. Riggs flatly refused, protesting: "I am an American working on the International Committee, and you have no right to ask Americans to take off their hats and bow to you!" Fortunately, this barbaric Japanese officer was not so stupid as to lose his mind. After a long stalemate between the two sides, he finally waved his hand helplessly and told Riggs to go home by himself.

At noon, Riggs rushed to the home of Smith, Secretary of the International Committee, and angrily told him about this extremely unpleasant incident.Smith immediately drew up a letter of protest and quickly sent it to the Japanese embassy in Nanjing. A few days later, Counselor Tanaka of the Japanese Embassy came to the International Committee and asked for help in finding skilled workers to restore Nanjing’s power supply as soon as possible. Riggs replied angrily, “Where can I find workers for power generation? The 54 employees of Nanjing Power Plant , 43 of them were killed by your Japanese army, your Japanese imperial army probably doesn’t need a power plant?!”

After speaking, Riggs seemed to feel a little better. The busiest and hardest ones are probably still the three German friends Rabe, Spoeling and Pan Ting.The badges of the National Socialist Party on their chests and the "Swastika" pattern on their arms have a special power to curb the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. The German businessman Spoeling was an employee of the Shanghai Insurance Company. A chance to come to Nanjing to do business by chance made him involved in this international humanitarian rescue work. On December 11, the artillery of the Japanese army blasted into the safety zone, and a large body of corpses lay at the entrance of the Fuchang Hotel, and Shi Bolin, who lived there, was also slightly injured.The old man who had been a prisoner of the Japanese army for four years in the First World War rekindled the fire of hatred against his old enemy. He gave up his last chance to board a ship and return to Shanghai, and resolutely joined the black circle of international friends Red Cross.

This venerable old man in his 60s, wearing a special armband with the pattern of the National Socialist Party, faithfully patrols foreign lands, and works hard day and night to safeguard human justice, justice and conscience.One day at noon, when he was patrolling Ninghai Road with the American Fei District, a woman's miserable cry for help came from the courtyard of No. 15. The two rushed in, and a scene of blasphemy against human civilization immediately unfolded before their eyes: Of the four Japanese beast soldiers, two were looting property, and two were pressing on the woman with their bare buttocks.Spoeling rushed up angrily, waving his arms and roaring loudly.The Japanese soldiers suddenly turned their heads, saw the terrible black "Swastika" armbands, and repeatedly exclaimed: "Germany! German!" Some dropped their belongings, some lifted their pants, and fled out in a hurry.

After being overworked and running around, the elderly Shi Bolin fell ill. Jin Songpan, the director of the field rescue department hidden in the safe area, got the news and rushed to the residence of Dafang Lane with medical officer Jiang Gonggu to visit him.After seeing the doctor and giving him medicine, Shi Bolin recovered quickly.When the Germans learned that the people who saw him were Chinese soldiers who stayed behind, he praised and admired the Chinese people for their virtue of conscientiousness, and expressed his willingness to help them out of danger.The old man also pointed to the map, and encouraged him affectionately: "The Japanese occupy only a few percent of China now. Your only way out is to resist, otherwise you will be slaves, slaves, understand?"

Jin Chanpan nodded excitedly, the hearts of Easterners and Westerners are tightly connected, and the hands of Easterners and Westerners are tightly held together. The chairman of the Nanjing Red Cross Society and the Anglican pastor John Mech is another kind, kind and caring old man among the members of the Nanjing Safety Zone International Committee. When Nanjing fell, he heard that there were more than 1,000 wounded soldiers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who could not be evacuated in time. Mech rushed there holding the flag of the Red Cross and bravely received the wounded. The flag has protected the lives of a large number of Chinese people. The brutal massacres committed by the Japanese army greatly shocked Mei Qi's mind. While running around day and night to try his best to stop these atrocities, he was determined to take great risks to quietly film and record these atrocities.Drum Tower Refugee Hospital is a place he often goes to, where he took many scenes of citizens who were killed by the Japanese army and sent to the hospital for treatment: necks pierced by bayonets, women who were raped and raped in pain The man whose gasoline was burnt black as coal, the mother whose daughter was murdered and was in agony, the corpse floating on the water... Due to the extremely restricted movement, he was unable to capture many brutal scenes of the Japanese massacre. All he could capture were limited scenes of atrocities in the safe zone, but this is already an extremely rare and precious first scene. hand information. Mech shot a total of thirteen 16mm film reels, with a total of 37 minutes of printing.These extremely valuable materials were smuggled to Shanghai by Fei after the situation in Nanjing stabilized a bit, and handed over to Tian Bolie, the British "Monchester Herald" in China.Tian Bolie is an upright and courageous international friend. With strong hatred and hatred for fascist atrocities, and lofty belief in defending human justice and justice, Tian Bolie is editing the book "Japanese Atrocities Under the Witness of Outsiders" in Shanghai, in order to bring the Japanese soldiers The "Nanjing Massacre" atrocities made public.After getting these films, Tian Bolie quickly handed them over to Shanghai Kodak Company to make three copies, which were sent to Germany and the United States respectively. These processes were carried out under extremely confidential circumstances, but the Japanese military still got the news.They searched and sent spies to do everything possible to get a copy, and even when the copy was sent to the United States, the Japanese military sent planes to follow and pursue it.However, because the United States was still a neutral country at that time, Japanese aircraft never dared to fire bombardment. Many international people have come forward voluntarily, willing to take hardships and risks, make selfless dedication and selfless work for a common goal.Human beings do not divide boundaries based on nationality, race, religious belief, skin color, etc. When the banner of justice is raised high, and axioms make a solemn call, all peace-loving people will stand together bravely to curb the devil and save the world. Human beings fought bravely for this lofty belief.