Chapter 8 massacre

The gunshots rang like fried broad beans on the hills outside Maowan Village all day and all night. Apart from paying attention to the intense gunshots, the people hiding in the village were so nervous that they seemed to have forgotten everything. .The sky was gradually getting brighter, and there was a trace of white light in the east, and suddenly the gunfire stopped.As the gunshot disappeared, it was replaced by a deathly silence.Psychologically, shooting a gun is far less of a threat to the common people than being silent in the fields.As soon as the battle was over, the Japanese soldiers had to eat, drink, sleep, and vent themselves, so they had to enter the village.Once invaders enter the village, they will do all sorts of evil.

The wind engulfed the remnant clouds, whimpering and whimpering in the low air, and the zero birds that had lost their nests flew among the shaking branches and reeds.The brief silence foreshadowed that the God of Death was approaching step by step.The isolated and helpless villagers hiding in some places such as haystacks, behind houses, and barns, stared at every direction that could enter the village with terrified eyes. They knew by feeling that the Japanese with foreign blood flowed in their veins, nearby. A girl surnamed Yuan put on her brother's blue shirt and hid in the sorghum pile in the backyard of her house.The body wrapped in the blue cloth shirt has just developed, exuding the alluring aura of youth.She has just left the childish age, and hide-and-seek and pretending to be ghosts and gods are not far away for her. The horror of the moment cannot be followed by the waking of a nightmare.The real ghost is about to break into her sight, pierce her soul, and make her unable to get rid of it forever. This unbelievable thought tightly oppresses the girl's immature heart, making her short of breath and trembling all over.

"Bagou—" A clear gunshot pierced through the dull and suffocating air in Maowan. poured into the village.Holding long guns with bayonets in their hands, shouting, cursing, and laughing grinningly, they charged at the door of every house. Due to the long-term excessive nervousness, and the sudden stimulation of witnessing the brutal scene of the Japanese army entering the village and the hungry wolves rushing to eat, the girl finally couldn't control herself, and ran out of the straw pile like a frightened horse, running like crazy crying.Driven by the girl, some villagers who had a mental breakdown also involuntarily rushed out from their hiding places, ran to the open field at the entrance of the village, and wandered around like headless chickens.On the spot, several were shot to death by Japanese soldiers.

A group of Japanese soldiers found their prey like wild beasts, ran over to form a group, hugged the girl, and quickly knocked her to the ground.A few pairs of rough, pitch-black sharp claws rushed towards the girl's simple clothes, and in an instant, the girl was stripped naked, exposing her naked body in broad daylight. The girl was whimpering, her terrified eyes were staring at a pale sky, the fat face lying on top of her shattered the sky, and then there was a thin face, a face with glasses, a square face...all one after another. One by one, they occupied this innocent sky, and the dirty liquid defiled this pure sky.

After brutally gang-raping the Chinese girl, the Japanese soldiers stabbed her genitals with a bayonet. The blood stained the ground beneath her until she died. The sky freezes above her eyes. The girl's eyes gazed at God like Eve's descendant Abel. Regarding such irrational and humane killings in wars, many experts and scholars in the world have discussed and discussed this issue after World War II. American Henry More said: "At that time, people almost fell into a state of madness about killing people, and often used the cruelest possible way to kill the enemy. In fact, this perverted psychology was in the war It is very common, and its latent factors are the fear of being killed by the enemy and the extreme irritability to vent emotions. At this time, people's sinful nature is exposed, and then it is like a flood breaking through a bank, which cannot be restrained.

"On the surface, those murderers are full of evil pleasures to torture and mutilate the captured prey, and even execute them in various ways against human ethics; if you analyze it carefully, it is not difficult to find that those crazy murderers They are ordinary people who abide by ethics. It is the laws of society that restrict the killing desire of human nature. Once the things that restrict them disappear, then anyone may become a murderer or be killed by others. War is to vent this desire. The best place for a murderous desire. "Soldiers in every war hope to kill more people. If civilians stand on the enemy's side during the war, they will undoubtedly be killed by them. In this way, it is possible to physically destroy the hostile forces forever."

Moore's analysis is not unreasonable. From the perspective of human nature, there is indeed an evil psychological motivation to drive abnormal behavior in war. But the author believes that the cruelty of the Japanese to the Chinese cannot be ruled out except for the root of human nature, and a kind of hatred between ethnic groups.At least during the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Yamato nation was full of hostility towards the Chinese nation. "The arrow has left the string and is aimed at the cruel and innocent demon China. "The preservation of China's territory depends entirely on the efforts of Japan for more than 20 years. How to repay this kindness? The answer is: Japan get out of Manchuria! Kill the Japanese! Destroy the Japanese railway! Finally, they dared to kill Captain Nakamura with violence. Blow up the railway. This is the true face of China.

"Being trampled, beaten, insulted, and finally rose up for self-defense, this is the action of the Japanese army this time. If this action is abandoned halfway, what will follow will only be worse insults than before. What is the use of such a means of self-defense? Violation of international law?" This is September 27, Showa 6, after Japan launched the "September 18th" Incident to invade Northeast China, the "Our Proposition" issued by the Imperial Military Association Tokyo Prefecture and City Federation is full of contempt for China And condescending and abusive attitude.

Even elementary school students in Japan are strongly hostile to China: "China did not abide by the agreement signed with Japan, and bullied the Japanese living in the Fengtian area. Horse thieves disturbed the Japanese. When I heard that the Manchurian Incident broke out, I thought it was time to dispatch all Japanese troops to defeat the Chinese army that bullied the Japanese. It's time. The Manchurian Incident happened. I already know it very well from my mother and teacher. Why did they kill Captain Nakamura who did nothing wrong? Why did they destroy the railway? Thinking of this makes me feel really uncomfortable and extremely resentful .Sometimes I wake up from such a dream at night and can’t sleep anymore. Everyone prepares condolence bags and sends them to the front line to condolence to the soldiers. The sincerity of the Japanese is clearly expressed.” (October 16, 1931, "Manchuria Daily" ").

On August 5, 1937, "Tokyo Asahi Shimbun" published an article by Masako Yasuda, a cotton planting technician in eastern Jidong, accusing the Chinese army of resisting the Japanese invaders—"Unprecedented cruelty, ah, unfortunate Tongzhou, the women who died cried blood to explain the escape process": "Unforgettable July 29 at 3 o'clock in the morning, I heard someone knocking on the door amid sporadic gunfire, I felt a little strange! But I thought maybe someone came to ask again... Outside the door, I heard the servant talking to others in the dark, When I was feeling unhappy, there was suddenly the sound of partitions and sash windows being kicked down, and a dozen rebels broke in. I hugged Mr. Hamaguchi's right and left Moko and hid under the bed, when my husband ran away. Come in. When I was in danger and I was secretly rejoicing, a bullet flew in the middle of his head, and he fell down bleeding in front of my eyes. The blood stained the whole body of Maozi and me. The two of us were scared in a pool of blood. We were on the verge of passing out. It would be terrible if they found out. We kept lying down and pretending to be dead. Moko’s sister bravely resisted, beat them with a handbag, and was brutally killed by them with a big knife.... Soon, the landlord came to tell Our Japanese army came. At this time, we felt as if we had ascended to heaven, and only then did we know that we were still alive."

At that time, this article was like fuel in the fire, which further stimulated the feelings of the Japanese people. The simple Japanese rural girl firmly believes in the "Chinese military war of punishment and brutality". In her eyes, the Chinese are all devils who deserve to be killed. The general mobilization of the national spirit continues to deepen. As a member of the people, I am full of passion to serve the country and support the front.As men joined the army, in order to utilize women's labor 100 percent in labor-deficit rural areas, makeshift nurseries were generally established to keep babies away from their mothers. On the home page of the "Shinano Daily News", there is a special column "Female Soldiers in the Rear", which publishes the "voluntary activities" of the Women's Youth League: The Omachi Women's Youth League, to raise funds for the support, held an exhibition of famous paintings a few days ago, and the proceeds of 100 yen will be used as funds for future activities. On the 20th, he visited the Matsumoto Garrison Hospital and presented apples to wounded and sick soldiers as a token of condolence. The National Defense Women's Association of Bei'anping Village made more than 80 condolence bags on the last day of the National Spiritual Mobilization Publicity Week and sent them to soldiers in the village who joined the army. Bei'an Shencheng Village National Defense Women's Association, the Women's Youth League, and the Military Aid Association began taking photos of the village's military members on the 18th, and sent them to the front line immediately after they were washed out. In such a belligerent atmosphere against China in Japan, if it is said that killing one person in ordinary times is a murderer, then killing dozens of Chinese in the war of "punishment and punishment" will be hailed as a heroic figure; If by the time he has the ability to kill 1000 Chinese, then he will become a majestic general commanding a large army. Therefore, in the Battle of Changde in the winter of 1943, every Japanese soldier tried his best to carry forward their "national spirit" and slashed at every Chinese they met, whether they were soldiers or civilians. On November 16, the Japanese army occupied Caijiawan behind Sujiadu Street and ransacked it extensively without leaving any dogs behind.An elderly woman was raped to death when she could not escape; two young women were gang-raped and became ill; dock worker Cai Yun and his father and son were hacked to death; farmer Cai Huiquan's grandfather, over 80 years old, was whipped to death by the Japanese army and Cai Changbao's father, who was also killed.There was a young man named Yin Hefeng, who was dragged to bear the burden, and escaped home at night, mentally disturbed. Every night, the nightmare exclaimed: "The Japanese are here, hurry up..." Mao Liliu, an old man in Mao's big house, is 70 or 80 years old. The Japanese army forced him to carry a heavy load of 80 kilograms. The poor old man feels difficulty walking, how can he bear this heavy burden?The Japanese army beat him with a leather whip first, and then stabbed him randomly, killing him on the embankment. An old man named Mei Shulin in Meijiawan, 65 years old, was captured by the Japanese army. He carried a heavy load of 60 to 70 catties. After walking for five or six miles, he was so dizzy that he fell to the ground and was beaten and kicked by the Japanese army. , locked in the Sujiadu ferry, escaped through a hole in the middle of the night, crawled home, covered in bruises, and soon vomited blood and died. Zhu Minhui, a farmer in Fengshugang, was killed by the Japanese army. He cut off his head and hung it on a maple tree, causing crows to circle and cry in the air.There is also a couple with a two-year-old child.The Japanese army broke into his house, and the couple hurriedly escaped through the back door. The child was sleeping on the bed, but before they could take it away, the Japanese soldiers pressed a mill on the child.A girl next door ran away after hearing the news, but was caught by the Japanese army, gang-raped, stripped of her clothes, thrown into the pool in front of the house and drowned.Another pregnant woman bled to death after being gang-raped by Japanese soldiers. The Japanese army invaded a village near Huangshi Port, tied five ordinary people together, hung a grenade on one of them, and then forced the man who hung the bomb to pull the insurance cover by himself. There was a bang, and the five poor people died tragically on the ground. pile. A clerk from Changde Dahe Street fled to Qianxiang and was captured by the Japanese army.After a while, the Japanese soldiers captured a young woman on the way to detain him. They were stripping off their clothes and preparing to rape them. They suddenly found that the woman had scabies. At this time, they happened to catch another refugee, so the Japanese soldiers forced the refugee to lie down. In the ground, the young women were forced to lie on their backs on top of the refugees, and finally the clerk was asked to lie down and commit adultery first.And a few Japanese soldiers bent over and bowed their heads to admire and have fun.When he was tired of playing, a Japanese soldier stabbed him with a bayonet, and all three men and women died on the spot. In Qianxiang, a group of Japanese soldiers captured the father and daughter surnamed Yang. They didn't know their relationship at first, but after they knew about it, they forced the father to rape their daughter, which stimulated the abnormal psychology of their soldiers.After the rape, the Japanese army shot the father to death, and then gang-raped the daughter until she was tortured to death alive.There was also a pair of girls who were hiding in a latrine, and were discovered by several Japanese soldiers, who abducted and raped them. During the rape, one of them raped them while the rest looked around for fun. They repeated this endlessly, and finally shot them to death one by one. In a school in Yongzhushan, two young female teachers were captured by the Japanese army while fleeing in a hurry. After being raped, they tied their backs to a tree trunk at the school gate. The Japanese soldiers stabbed their vaginas with bayonets, bleeding profusely, and struggled for half an hour. After that, he died of exhaustion. ... Decades later, when I copied these materials in the historical archives in the ancient city of Nanjing, I still seemed to smell the bloody smell.My hand copying was weak, and I didn't want to copy any more. I went to the outdoor courtyard to breathe the fresh air. In a small village on the east lake embankment of Changde, I met the old man Xiong Qinshou who survived the escape.I introduced myself as a writer, and he knew I was a writer, but he didn't know what a writer did. I asked politely: "Old Xiong, is your birthday this year?" "I'm old, but I'm not old. I'm only old this year." He replied. "Tell me about the time when you were captured by the Japanese soldiers?" "Speaking of the 'scripture' that I was captured by the Japanese, although it took less than 10 days, I couldn't think of being so thoughtful if I had to memorize it clearly every day. But there is one thing I still remember. The old man opened the chatterbox. "In the 32nd year of the Republic of China, I celebrated my 27th birthday at the farmer's house in the 'Twelve Yangs' of Shanjuan Village. Of course, the Japanese didn't know it was my birthday. The nine devils who were holding us Among the soldiers, there were three who looked like officials. They sawed off the legs of the square table, spread a layer of quilts, and poured out the mahjong tiles. One of them glanced at the three of us prisoners and pointed his finger at me. I nodded and motioned for me to 'get together', they were three to one. "I'm half-cold! I thought, today is not my birthday, I'm afraid it's the time of my death. Go, it's a life of suffering, it's asking for death! I had to sit down on the poker table with all my heart The devil who called my name put a pack of Xuguang brand cigarettes in front of me. When I started playing, I dare not touch "Zhong, Fa, Bai". Devils can stretch their waists and smoke a cigarette when they are tired, but I am like a Bodhisattva, bowing my head and bending over, staring at the scene with trepidation. If any devil wins, I will give him a cigarette. Okay? It's easy to see the devil stand up, wave his hand, and stop playing cards, so I walk away. "Our three captives worked as coolies for the Japanese soldiers. The devils eat what they rob. They don't like side dishes very much. They want to eat chicken, and they want to eat skinned chicken. They take the robbed chicken and hold it by the legs. , put the head down, put it by the feet, kick it hard, the chicken was trampled to death, twisted, the neck of the chicken was broken, and then peeled. Don’t want the belly, wash it and cut it into pieces, skewer it on a bamboo stick and roast it over the fire , then put it in a seasoning bowl made with sugar, soy sauce, lard, and monosodium glutamate, stir it, and eat it with your hands. When the devil finds a pig, no matter how big or small, he shoots the pig to death with a gun and cuts off the pig. Two legs, skinned. We won't eat leftovers until the devils are full. "One day, after dinner, the sky was dark, and the devil gestured to me, asking me to put a few wicks made of cotton wool in the lard lamp, light it, and put it in the room where our coolies lived. I saw a A ghost like a Mongolian came in and gestured to the fat man in a leather robe to take off his shirt; he called a ghost soldier with a short knife, he pointed to the door, and the fat man walked out of the room In less than a bag of cigarettes, the devil with the knife came back and muttered something to the devil. At this time, my heart was beating very hard, and I was afraid that someone would call my name. The next morning, I saw Lying in a pool of blood in the field in front of the house was the corpse of that poor fat man. The corpses were covered with incisions, and the number was countless. "This afternoon, we were escorted to live in a farmer's house in Huangshigang, Maowan. The devil on horseback gestured to me, asking me to lead the horse to the weir to drink water. Next to Boss He. At this time, a devil soldier waved to me. I stood up immediately, and he waved his hand. He pointed to Boss He who was sitting next to me. Then a devil soldier with a bayonet took Boss He Out of the gate. I saw the devil lead him to a tree not far away, and stabbed him with a knife. Boss He was strong and desperately grabbed the devil's bayonet. As a result, all the fingers of both hands were cut off. The angry devil soldiers immediately killed Boss He, stripped his shirt off, and cut out his heart with a sharp knife. I saw that heart dripping red blood, steaming, and still moving..." While talking, the old man Xiong Qinshou fell silent, and suddenly, he burst into tears in sorrow. I was so crying that I was at a loss, and I didn't know how to persuade him.It was I who wanted him to look back on the past, but the past was unbearable, and it hurt the deeply stimulated wound in his heart.I am so regretful and sad, but I think it is better to let the old man cry. It may be beneficial to the body and mind to vent the accumulated grief in the heart.The distressed cries of the old man lingered in my ears. At this time, a change of mood occurred, a delicate young girl came out of the tile house inadvertently, she raised her chin and squinted her eyes towards the dazzling sunlight, with the corners of her mouth slightly opened to reveal an innocent smile.Perhaps because I was immersed in the past and fell too deep in my emotions during this period, I completely lost the concept of time and space. I found that this girl was not just like the girl surnamed Yuan who died after the destruction of Maowan Village?The girl was covered in blood, and her dead fish-like eyes stared blankly at the sky.But this girl must know nothing, she may not even believe that such a cruel thing happened to human beings, she went home to collect the clothes under the warm sunshine, it was a big row of batik cloth clothes hanging on the clothesline , she moves carelessly among a swaying field of flowers.I fell into a hallucination, I couldn't extricate myself, I couldn't separate the images of these two girls, I was almost worried that I would lose my composure, I rushed forward to hold the girl's face, stared at her eyelids that were as clear as autumn water and asked, you Whether the sky has recovered that pure blank.I tried my best to restrain myself from this sudden surge of emotions, and it took me a long time to calm down. In the comparison between the cries of the old man Xiong Qinshou and her granddaughter's ignorance, I couldn't help but ask myself, what exactly are you pursuing in the interview?Is it to seek to reproduce the cruel past of war, or to warn everyone that the war is still going on in many people's hearts?