Chapter 20 18. Inhuman torture

Caojialu Village in Miyun County, Hebei Province (now northeast of Beijing) is a village with about 150 households and a population of more than 800.The vast majority of the villagers are farmers, and there are only two or three grocery stores and a horseshoe shop.The village is surrounded by a ring of collapsed earthen walls. The road in the middle of the village is T-shaped.The area to the south of the village is a vast and fertile farmland with green wheat seedlings growing. Although they have been trampled by Japanese military boots and horseshoes, the roots of the wheat seedlings are still deeply rooted in the soil.

The village is surrounded by Xiaogaofang Mountain.There is a tall watchtower at the right corner of the earth wall outside the village.Upstairs was a Japanese flag.There are two sentinels upstairs.Wearing steel helmets and carrying sabers around their waists, they searched for their prey like hungry wolves.There is also a light machine gun on the upper floor, with the muzzle facing the mountain pass to the south. This village was occupied by the 3rd Company of the 7th Battalion of the 2nd Independent Garrison Regiment sent by the Kwantung Army in order to implement the action plan of "crushing against the Eighth Route Army" formulated in early 1941.The company commander is Lieutenant Zhongshan Teruji, and there are 130 people in the company.I'm the Sentinel assigned to this company.

One night in late January 1942, about 100 Japanese devils gathered in the square on the south side of the village.I was also in plain clothes, carrying a stick, and standing in the front with Dr. Yuan, an alternate military policeman.Captain Teruji Nakayama had a belly as big as a wine barrel, and the smell of wine was coming out of his mouth.Standing in front of the team, he pointed the killing knife to the ground, and said in a lecture: "This crusade will take about two weeks, and the area of ​​action is the Wulongshan area." , and gathered in the Wulongshan area, our company will encircle and attack the Eighth Route Army and completely annihilate them." He continued: "This operation is about to start, and your goal is that everyone must kill one person!"

After hearing the lecture, the devils' eyes lit up, and they immediately became excited. "Okay! We need to work harder and get promoted to another level!" "If I have this chance, I can show my skills." All the soldiers swore secretly. I listened to the speech of Captain Lieutenant Zhongshan.The blood in the whole body is boiling. "Okay, I'll take this opportunity to catch a few of them, kill a few more people, and show the majesty of the military police. Let them also admire me." After thinking about it, I was really a little bit in the air. After tens of minutes, I, Bo and Corporal Takahashi of the team headquarters and two soldiers, a total of 5 people, first marched towards Caojialu Village as the vanguard of the military police.

I am silent.Walk lightly on your feet.Ears and eyes are closely watching the surrounding movement.Several of them were also silent. While climbing a small mountain, there was a sudden rustling sound ahead.I stopped immediately, and immediately drew my pistol.His whole body trembled, and he broke out in a cold sweat.The others stopped immediately, pulled out their guns, and held their breath.At this time, a black bird flew out from a bush, made a sound of pura pura, and flew into the sky.At this time, the stone in my heart fell to the ground, and I cursed "Beast!".Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief.

We moved forward quietly again.After passing Shuyu Village, I walked forward for two kilometers, and found a figure moving about 150 meters away.I thought to myself, this time I must suppress Corporal Takahashi and show my hand in front of him.So he leaned down on a depression by the roadside, his eyes fixed on the front.At this time, I saw a figure walking towards us.He raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was exactly 12 o'clock. "Captain Takahashi, please stay alert here!" I said to Takahashi.Then, Bo and I gradually approached the shadow.At the last 15 meters, "Who! Stop!" Just as Bo issued a loud password, the black shadow turned around and ran.Beau and I were in hot pursuit.After running about 200 meters, I saw the figure get into the farmland.I said, "Stop! If he runs away again, shoot him!" Then I saw the dark figure of the man, and hurriedly put something in my coat pocket.

It seemed that he no longer wanted to escape.I quietly ran to him, suddenly hit him with a wooden stick, and kicked him with my right foot, tripping him to the ground. "You bastard!" I kicked him in the waist several times.He yelled "Ouch, Ouch".Then, lower your head to the ground. "Stand up!" I hit him hard on the shoulder again, and he couldn't escape anymore.At this time, a soldier rushed to the front from behind. "Hey! You have nowhere to escape! Get up quickly!" The man still couldn't get up. "You bastard! Let me show you!" I asked Beau to pull him up.Beau reached out, grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up.But that person fell to the ground again as if being sucked by a stone, motionless.

"Bastard!" I scolded him, hitting him on the back and shoulders.Later, Beau and I arrested him.After he stood up, he put his feet firmly on the ground and stared at me with wide eyes. He is about 30 years old, wearing a black cotton coat, he is a simple farmer with a round face and parted hair. "Hey! What are you running for?" I asked, pressing my stick to his chest.He regained his composure, supported his whole body with his right foot, and answered me calmly: "I'm scared!" "What? Are you going to contact the Eighth Route Army?" I continued to ask while beating his waist and shoulders.

"Are you a messenger?" Bo also said angrily.The man trembled slightly, clenched his hands tightly, gritted his teeth, stared at us and replied: "I am not, I am a farmer." He replied calmly and calmly. During the Anti-Japanese War, I arrested many Chinese farmers, but I often heard such answers, so I was very angry. "There are no good people in China, they are all bastards!" I beat him randomly with a stick.He let out a scream, and fell half prone to the ground again.At this time, Corporal Takahashi hurried over. "Soldier Harada, what's going on?"

"This bastard is running away desperately. I thought he was some kind of big shot? Hahaha!" Our laughter broke the silence of the night.The sound bounced back from around the mountain. "Captain Harada, the troops are coming soon, no matter what, we must lead them into the village!" I nodded in agreement, and tied the Chinese's hands behind my back with a rope. "Go!" I used the stick to force him to move forward again. Late at night.The cold wind blows on us, blowing through the whole body.I think this person may be a staff member of the Eighth Route Army, and if I can get him to speak, it will be a victory.I thought again, how can I pry his mouth open and let him confess?As I walked, I thought about it.The march lasted more than two hours.Later, we came to a village.There was no sound at all in this village, it was very quiet.The villagers have already fallen asleep after a tiring day.Suddenly, a dog barked, causing all the dogs in the village to bark.As if I was strongly stimulated, I held my pistol tightly and looked around. The Chinese man who was striding ahead seemed to have a smile on his face.At this time, a red torch suddenly appeared on the mountain. "Ah! It's the contact code! You bastard!"

I cursed loudly.The soldiers also picked up stones and beat the dogs.The dog barked more wildly.We hurried across the village as if afraid of being pursued.Then, I came to a family on the side of the village and stopped. "Captain Takahashi, be careful here!" I knocked on the door of that family's room after I finished speaking. Boom!Boom!Boom! "Open the door!" "Open the door!" I yelled, but no one answered.I bang again!Boom!Boom!There was a knock on the door.After a while, an old man's voice came from inside, "Who is it?" "Open the door!" I kicked the door vigorously with my foot. "Who is it?" The trembling voice of the old lady came again.After a while, an old lady came out and opened the door.I didn't wait for her to come, so I kicked the door open and walked in.Seeing that I was holding a gun in my hand, the old woman said "Oops", turned around and ran away in fright.The east is already pale, and we have been tossing all night.I walked into the house and saw that in the room on the right there was a kang that could sleep five or six people, and it was still warm to the touch.I followed the old lady into the back room.When I found a pair of eyes staring at me in the room, I subconsciously put my finger on the trigger.Looking carefully, there was a white-haired old lady in her 70s on the kang, who was trembling with fright when she saw me come in with a gun. I stood in the middle of the room and looked at the furnishings in the room.There is a kang that can sleep 3 people, two tattered quilts are spread on the mouth of the kang, and a sack is placed on the ground. "Okay! Let's do it here!" As if I had made up my mind, I invited Bo to join me.My head suddenly became excited.I thought of the man who looked like a liaison officer; the torch on the mountain; and the attitude of this old lady; "I'm not leaving!" The old lady said nothing. "You stubborn old man!" I raised my foot and kicked the old lady's waist.The old lady fell to the ground with a scream.Bo grabbed the old lady's hand and pulled it out, and the old lady grabbed the edge of the kang and refused to let go. "This old woman!" I hit the old lady on the shoulder with a stick, and she fell to the ground convulsively, calling for help.I tore a piece of cotton from the broken quilt and gagged the old lady's mouth.Then they tied her hands and feet.I yelled, "Pull her out!" When we pulled the man over, the old lady suddenly exchanged a look with the man.I immediately realized: "Maybe this old woman is also a liaison officer?" So I asked Beau to quickly pull the old woman out. Then, we tortured the man. "Hey! Do you know that old woman?" "I don't know." "Don't lie!" I hit him with two sticks again.The man immediately raised his head and stared at me. "Fuck!" I hit him on the head again with the stick.A cut was made in the man's head, and blood gushed out immediately, flowing down his cheeks to the ground. I saw him gritting his teeth and shaking with pain all over his body.His hands were tied behind his back and he clenched his fists tightly.His eyes blazed with hateful rage. Looking at this unyielding man, I thought: "You bastard! Are you still not convinced?" After a while, the man was in so much pain that he couldn't hold on anymore, staggered, and finally fell to the ground slowly.At this time, large troops also entered the village.The roaring and cursing of the soldiers, the wailing of the peasants, the miserable cries of women for help, the cries of children, the barking and barking of pigs and dogs, and the sound of human footsteps all blended together. "The troops have moved into the village, this annoying man and old woman are so troublesome" When I was talking to myself, Bo walked in through the snow. "Bo, you take down that door, and take down two big nails!" Soon, Bo removed the door panel, holding a few 5-inch long nails in his hand. I took the nail from Bo's hand and fiddled with it in front of the man on purpose.His eyes were fixed on my hand, his teeth were biting his lip tightly. "Hello! Are you an employee of the Eighth Route Army?" I smiled sinisterly again.Began to change ways to torture him.He ignores me. "You bastard!" I immediately drove a big nail into the man's thigh with a wooden stick, only to hear a "poof!", and the nail penetrated into the flesh.He let out a scream of "oops".Then, I nailed his thigh a few more times, and blood continued to flow out from the nail hole in his leg.His face turned pale with pain. "Hey! Does it hurt? If you're afraid of pain, tell me quickly! Beast!" I scolded and knocked on nails.He had fits of convulsions all over his body, and he was sweating coldly. "Damn it, Beau, you nail him another!" I hammered another nail into his other leg. Five-inch nails were nailed all over his legs. Just like that, Bo and I scolded, beat, and nailed this Chinese man. I don't know how long it took, but this man has turned into a bloody man. It was broad daylight.Captain Zhongshan came to us, reeking of alcohol.He held a murder knife in his right hand, and was accompanied by Corporal Takahashi.At this time, I had just tied the man's hands and hung him on the beam.Seeing that Captain Zhongshan was coming, I flattered him with a report on my achievements. A smile appeared on Zhongshan's cold face, and he turned his gaze to the man. "Well, this guy is a big man. If you subdue him, you can get good information. It doesn't matter if you kill a few of such Chinese people. Hit me again! Hahaha" He hugged his big belly with his hands, bluffing smile. "Okay, I'll show my hand in front of the company commander!" I thought to myself.So I jumped at the prey like a hungry eagle, and jumped in front of the man. I pulled the rope that hung him with my hands, and with all my strength, I hung him to the beam again. He was dangled in mid-air, and his face became more and more ugly. 1 second, 2 seconds... Seeing that his face turned pale, he completely lost all color, and bursts of cold sweat broke out all over his body. The blood and sweat were indistinct and mixed together.The rope on the wrist has been deeply embedded in his flesh. "Is it bitter? Bitter, just confess!" I hit him on the waist again with a wooden stick.He swung wildly in the air.But with his eyes wide open, he cursed loudly: "Japanese devil, hit me again. Even if you beat me to death, I won't say anything!" We were out of breath.I can't subdue him in any way.I pulled out the two nails that had been driven into the thigh, and then nailed them into the wound again, causing his whole body to constrict in pain, his body hanging in the air, struggling in pain. Captain Zhongshan smiled with satisfaction when he saw his painful appearance. "It's really stubborn!" Captain Zhongshan approached the man and stabbed his chin from bottom to top with his saber sheath.The man turned his face immediately, spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and spat it on the captain's face and epaulets. "This bastard!" The captain screamed like a pig.He swung his murderous sword and slashed at the Chinese, who was dripping with blood. "Soldier Harada, hit me again! It doesn't matter if you beat him to death!" He scolded and walked away with the murder knife.More than three hours later, that one lay dead on the kitchen floor.He was covered in blood from head to toe and was tortured to the brink of death.I was feeling very impatient at this time.I just felt that I didn't get any information, and I lost face to the military police.So I asked Bo to call a basin of cold water and pour it on the man.The man moved his head and body again, and opened his bloodshot eyes. "Hey! Bastard!" My stick hit him again.He clenched his teeth and lips, and cursed at me: "Japanese devils, your days won't be too long. You won't be afraid to kill me!" I was startled by his yelling and took a few steps back.Then, he hit him with a stick hard and thoughtlessly. I was also exhausted.At this time, the army ordered to kill that person quickly, and at 10 o'clock in the evening, the army was about to set off again. An hour later, Bo Lian and I kicked and dragged the man to a mountain basin not far from the village.The wind was howling, and the snow was falling more and more.The man was half naked, standing firmly in the cold wind.He seemed to be saying goodbye to his relatives, to his motherland, and to his friends.His eyes shone with pride and dedication. I pulled the trigger, and the bullet passed through his shoulder, and blood flowed out.I hooked the trigger again and fired three shots in a row. He shouted "Long live the Eighth Route Army!" and fell into the white snow. Author bio: From 1941 to 1942, he served as Sergeant of the Military Police of the 1st Company of the 5th Battalion of the 1st Special Guard of the Kwantung Army.