Chapter 23 22. Save the Woman

Rabe's hands are shaking violently at this moment, which is rare for him. He is a veteran of World War I, and the suffering days in Africa have given him a strong psychological endurance for the cruel reality. But now he is pinching the letters written to him and the International Committee by the refugees living in No. 83 and No. 85 Guangzhou Road, and he can't calm down anymore. To be honest, the contents of this letter written by the refugees themselves to the International Committee are not shocking to Rabe. Even inhuman suffering, even death, is generally not appealed to, as if everything must be tolerated.Too much blood, tears and suffering have made the citizens numb.And in this kind of numbness, with nowhere to go, someone actually turned to Rabe and his "foreign devils" for help, and begged for help with a completely hoarse cry. Could it be more miserable than this?

Rabe, who was always cold, read the letter with tears streaming down his face.He blamed himself for not being able to protect his "subjects", especially women and children - because he is now the "mayor of Nanjing", and the Chinese have already recognized this, so Rabe felt that he could not forgive himself. "A delinquent has no right to defend himself," Rabe insisted. Rabe was rarely seen crying alone.On this day, Han Xianglin found that Mr. Rabe's eyes were red, and he was crying on his desk for a long time, and sometimes his shoulders were shaking from crying.

"Japanese! One day I will let the whole world know about your crimes!" Rabe cursed the devil again and again. A few days ago, Rabe was in a hurry to protect tens of thousands of Chinese men—because in the eyes of Japanese soldiers, almost all adult men living in Nanjing were Chinese soldiers, and this number was enough to make the city of Nanjing again. There was blood at one time, so Rabe had to do everything in his power to protect them.Now he realizes that in the past few days, he did one thing right, but made another mistake—saving many men, but countless women were raped, gang-raped and even killed by Japanese soldiers...

This account must be settled.The report compiled by the members of the international committee from the safe zone shocked Rabe: On the morning of the 13th, 47-year-old Ms. Zhu, her husband died 9 years ago, and Ms. Zhu lived with her mother and 10-year-old daughter on a very remote street not far from the South Gate.On this day, Japanese soldiers broke into her home and took away all the money left by her husband. On the 14th and 15th, Japanese soldiers went to her house 10 to 20 times a day, and Ms. Zhu was raped more than 20 times.Daughters and mothers suffer the same fate. After 15 days, a big fire started to ignite in the south of the city. Ms. Zhu fled to the north of the city with her old mother and daughter. Not far from home, the old mother disappeared.Ms. Zhu and her daughter were repeatedly raped by Japanese soldiers while walking all the way. The mother and daughter were deeply saddened and jumped into a well beside the road. Fortunately, the well was shallow and they stayed in the well safely. After a day, a passing trader finally found and rescued them. On the 16th, the mother and daughter entered the safe zone, and they survived.However, the safe zone was not safe. Three Japanese soldiers raped Ms. Zhu that night, and one of them forced her to open her mouth to swallow the filth from his genitals...

"Disgusting! The most disgusting thing in human history! Mr. Rabe, you don't need to look at each specific case, I have all the detailed records here." Smythe carried a thick stack of materials, and he said that he had already Record the incidents of Japanese military atrocities collected by various committee members from the safe area. "Since the 14th, at least 1,000 women have been raped or gang-raped by Japanese soldiers every day. This number does not include a large number of things that we have not found and counted..." "Last night in a house next to me, the same thing happened. There was an air-raid shelter in the house where more than 20 women were hidden. Several Japanese soldiers broke in and pulled out some of the women who were being raped. At that time, someone ran to our side to report, and our Hartz rushed over immediately, and then drove out a few animals. Smythe, what do you think we should do?" Rabe took off his glasses and wiped them with paper. Cleaned his spectacles, and then looked at the "wise man" - Smythe. "Any new suggestions? We must immediately stop this brutal behavior of the Japanese soldiers!"

"What new advice can there be? The Japanese will not take any advice from us Americans at all. They despise everyone except you - the honorable German Mr. Rabe." Smythe shrugged his shoulders for a moment. Nothing can be done. "In any case, Mr. Fukuda is still a Japanese friend who can say something for us. We must deliver the new letter of protest to him, and hope that he will hand it over to the Japanese commander as soon as possible. The most important thing at present is to be safe. The eight areas in the region where women are more concentrated have Japanese commanders sending their military police to protect. This is a top priority," Rabe said.

Smile thought for a while and said, "This is the only way! But as far as I know, the Japanese army has only dispatched 18 gendarmes in the entire city of Nanjing, but they have to watch over tens of thousands of comrades in arms..." Rabe shook his head: "It's clear that their chiefs are indulging their subordinates in raping, raping, burning, killing and looting! Tomorrow I will go with you to their embassy." But the next day, the morning of the 19th, Rabe did not go, because something dangerous almost happened in his yard that night: six Japanese soldiers climbed over the fence like thieves, jumped into the yard, and tried to open it from the inside. The gate of the courtyard, so that more Japanese soldiers outside the courtyard can enter the courtyard...

"The Japanese are coming in!" "Help—!" Suddenly, there was a commotion in the yard crying and shouting. "Bageya Road!" The Japanese soldiers angrily punched and kicked those who shouted.When the situation was extremely critical, Rabe appeared in front of the Japanese soldiers. He scanned with a flashlight, and then shone directly on the face of one of the Japanese soldiers. "Bage!" The Japanese soldier angrily pulled out his pistol from his waist and pointed it at Rabe, "What are you doing? The imperial army wants a girl! Get out of here!"

Rabe scolded in English: "Bastard! I'm German! You—look at this sign!" He waved the Nazi armband in front of the Japanese soldier, and then waved it again in front of all the Japanese soldiers. He scolded again: "This is my yard! Our head of state gave me the right to protect it! If you don't want to make trouble, please get out of the yard immediately!" The Japanese soldier was stunned when he saw Rabe's Nazi armband, then put away his pistol, waved at the other five partners who jumped into the yard together, and walked towards the gate. "No, please go out from where you came from!" Rabe stepped forward to stop the Japanese soldiers, pointed to the wall with his finger, and signaled the Japanese soldiers to climb the wall and go out.

The subsequent scene really made all the Chinese refugees in the yard, including the members of the International Committee, rejoice—six Japanese soldiers jumped out from the high fence in a panic under the light of Rabe’s flashlight . "Hahaha... Mr. Rabe, you are the only one who can make the Japanese soldiers crawl out! You are so great! Long live the Germans!" Han Xianglin and all the Chinese who took refuge in the yard kowtowed to Rabe cheer. The American and British members of the International Committee all gave Rabe a thumbs up.Rabe, who had a rare smile, was proud of himself standing under the sycamore tree this time.He pointed to the wall that was as high as one person, and said, "If it were one meter higher, even if they could get in, it would be difficult for them to climb out!"

Rabe's words once again caused the audience to burst into laughter.The story that happened at Xiaofenqiao No. 1 on this day, like a classic ditty, is recorded in Rabe’s diary of the day and in the precious historical materials left by many members of the International Committee. However, the city of Nanjing at that time was already dominated by the Japanese after all. Would the Japanese soldiers who committed all kinds of crimes easily spare the "foreign mayor" who humiliated them? "Anyway, Mr. Rabe, you can't leave this yard today. Little Japan is not easy to bully. They must hold grudges and find opportunities to retaliate. There are already more than 200 women in this yard, and their lives depend entirely on you I'm getting old!" Han Xianglin begged Rabe after hearing the worries of the refugees. "But... I am the chairman of the International Committee, and I am responsible for the 200,000 people in the entire safety zone. Today I have an appointment to meet the staff of the Japanese embassy. What should I do?" Rabe rubbed his hands, very anxious . "Mr. Rabe, you can't leave. Once you leave, the Japanese jump in again, and they will kill us all!" Rabe was hesitating, and suddenly several women and children surrounded his heels, crying and kneeling on the ground. The ground begged him. "God!" Rabe secretly cried out.He looked up to the sky and sighed, threw his hands down from the air, and said, "Okay, today I will be your guard at home!" "Good man! Great man!" "Mr. Rabe is a good man!" Since then, "Rabe the Good Man" has been widely known among the citizens of Nanjing, and it continues to spread. At the moment in the Japanese embassy, ​​Smythe, Beders, and doctor Wilson are submitting two pre-prepared "comment letters" to Counselor Fukuda and other Japanese diplomats—they dare not say "protest" in front of the Japanese. "Letter" is, in fact, a letter of protest that is outright and worthy of the name. One was a "letter of protest" from Wilson as a doctor.He "protested" what happened at his hospital on the night of the 18th: Allow me here to point you to the events that took place at the University Hospital on the night of December 18th.In addition to medical staff and employees, there are more than 150 patients in this hospital.The hospital used to be privileged to provide medical care to Japanese embassy staff. At nearly 8 o'clock in the evening, three Japanese soldiers broke in through a back door of the hospital and ran around in the corridors of the hospital wantonly.Ms. Heinz, a 65-year-old nurse at the hospital, received and accompanied the intruders, who took her watch despite Ms. Heinz's repeated statements that her watch was private property.Also stolen were six pocket watches and three pens. Two of the three left the hospital, while the other went somewhere. At 9:15 p.m., the hospital learned that the remaining Japanese soldier forcibly broke into the nurse's dormitory.I checked the room and found this Japanese soldier and 6 nurses in the room.When I arrived, 3 of the nurses had been raped.The entire nursing staff was greatly shocked by this. We had always thought that the hospital would be protected from such incidents, and were therefore in no hurry to ask you for special protection.Now we have to make this demand and request that sentries be placed at the entrance of the hospital, or other measures be taken to prevent such atrocities from happening again! Wilson, a doctor who graduated from Harvard Medical School, was allowed to work in Nanjing Jinling University Hospital in 1936. When Nanjing fell, he was the only surgeon left in Nanjing and experienced the scene of the massacre.As a doctor, Mr. Wilson has actually been engaged in the intense medical work of treating the wounded in China since August and September 1937.In the days after the Japanese army entered the city, Wilson saw countless cases of killing and injuring civilians and soldiers who had laid down their arms by the brutal and brutal shooting of the Japanese army.The "protest letter" he submitted to the Japanese embassy on this day was just a simple material completed because Mr. Rabe notified him temporarily to "prepare an updated on-site material".In fact, on the evening of the 18th, Wilson wrote a letter to his family that relatively completely recorded the atrocities committed by the Japanese army during the week from the 13th to the 18th.Wilson told the family this way— Today is the sixth day of contemporary Dante's purgatory, written in bloody and obscene letters.People were massacred and thousands of women were raped.It seems that no power can stop the brutality, lust and brutality of these beasts.At first I greeted the Japanese soldiers with a smile, so as not to arouse their anger, but the smile gradually lost its effect, and my gaze became as indifferent and suspicious as theirs. When I returned to the lodgings after supper, I found that three soldiers had searched the place carefully.Miss Hinds accompanied them to the back door.Two guys got there and the other one was gone.He must be hiding somewhere nearby.I gestured to the others outside to make it clear that this was an American hospital.How can you do this?The two guys allowed to lead them out.They took Miss Heinz's and others' watches, and some pens. Let me relate some of the events that happened in the last two days.Last night, the residence of a Chinese faculty member of the university (referring to Jinling University) was demolished and two of his relatives were raped.Two girls, about 16 years old, were raped to death in a refugee camp.There are 8,000 refugees in Jinda High School, last night Japanese soldiers climbed over the wall and entered 10 times, looting food, clothes and raping women until they were satisfied.They stabbed a little boy to death with bayonets.In the morning, I spent an hour and a half doing stitches on another 8-year-old boy who was stabbed 5 times, one of which pierced his stomach and part of the peritoneum leaked out.I think he will survive. I walked out quickly because I found a third Japanese soldier.He was on the fourth floor of the nurses' dormitory, where 15 nurses lived.This moment in their lives scarred them forever.I don't know how many girls he insulted before I left, but after I came, he didn't do anything.He took a watch or two and tried to take the girls' cameras.I asked him to return the camera to the girl, and to my surprise he did.I then accompanied him to the front door and bid him an "affectionate" goodbye.Unfortunately, he didn't appreciate my gaze.A soldier who had come earlier was juggling his dreaded pistol, and I was grateful he didn't fire. Today I treated a man with 3 bullet holes who was the only survivor out of 80 including an 11 year old boy.They were taken from the second house in the so-called "safe zone" to the hillside west of Tibet Road, where they were massacred.After the Japanese soldiers left, he woke up and found that all 79 people around him were dead.His 3 bullet wounds were not too serious.To be fair, only a few of those 80 were ex-military. Here's a girl who I think is a birth-damaged mentally handicapped person.She didn't have any reason except to grab the Japanese soldier who grabbed her only quilt with her hands, but the result was that half of the muscles on one side of the neck were chopped off by the saber. Another 17-year-old girl with a horrific deep and long gash on her neck was the only survivor in her family, the others were all killed.She is an employee of Nanjing Hutchison Co., Ltd. After checking on the 150 patients I had taken care of, I left the hospital and went back to have dinner. A full moon rose slowly over the Zijin Mountain, and the night was so beautiful that I couldn't describe it.But at this time, the city of Nanjing under the moonlight was the most desolate period since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.Nine-tenths of the city was abandoned by the Chinese, looted by Japanese soldiers roaming the streets.The remaining one-tenth area has nearly 200,000 terrified citizens. …refugees will face starvation in the near future and no fuel for winter.It was not the pleasant winter we expected. In December 1937, Nanjing ushered in an exceptionally cold winter.Especially in the first week after the Japanese occupation, the sufferings suffered by the citizens of Nanjing were compared by Wilson to a week of purgatory for "contemporary Dante", which is not too much at all. In front of Japanese diplomats, another American, Smythe, handed over a letter of protest that was even more explosive, because what he handed to the Japanese side was a list of 54 cases of adultery committed by the Japanese army in the safe zone. The report -- he and Rabe had previously turned over 16 cases.Speak with facts and let details testify. This is one of the weapons that Westerners have always used to defeat their opponents during World War II and even in the distant history. Faced with dirty and bloody rapes, gang rapes, and brutal and ingenious rape and murder, the Japanese officials, who have always been very arrogant and forceful, shook their heads helplessly in front of Smythe and Wilson. "We must tell the military, hoping that they will strictly enforce military discipline." Fukuda said. "In order to protect the more than 300 women and children in his yard, Mr. Rabe could not leave them at a time of distress, so he was not able to attend our meeting today. I would like to express my apologies to you on his behalf. Mr. Rabe and Mr. Like us, we hope that you will meet Mr. Wilson's request just now, and set up guards at the entrance of the hospital where he is located and at the entrances of the 18 shelters listed on the list we provided yesterday, so that during the looting and looting In the vast ocean, at least we can open up 19 safety islands to provide protection for one-third or one-quarter of the residents." Smythe urged the Japanese side. The Japanese side expressed consideration verbally.However, Rabe and the others later discovered that the Japanese did not fulfill their promises at all. In the huge city of Nanjing, including the safety zone and the vicinity of the hospital, there were only a dozen Japanese gendarmes, and these gendarmes themselves did not perform their duties decently, so they indulged The Japanese army intensified their efforts to "look for flower girls" everywhere, behaving like animals and killing innocent people. On the way Smythe and others came out of the Japanese embassy, ​​they were preparing to go to the High School Attached to Jinling University to verify the three female students who had been dragged away by the Japanese army the night before (one of the female students had been dragged away by three Japanese soldiers before being dragged away). In the case of gang rape by soldiers at the door), it was discovered that Miss Blomley from the United States was being escorted by three Japanese soldiers. "They even dare to bully American girls!" Smythe, Fitch and others saw the injustice and drew their swords to help. "What do you want to do?" Smythe jumped out of the car, rushed towards the Japanese soldiers, and asked in front of them. "Bageya Road!" The Japanese soldier was obviously angry, and aimed two spears at Smythe and Fitch. "We asked Miss Blomley to get in our car," said Smythe. "She's us Americans!" "No!" The Japanese soldiers resolutely objected. "Well, if you insist, we will go to your embassy to solve it together." Smythe's words worked. Fitch took the opportunity to pull Miss Blomley, who was too scared to speak, into their car.But the Japanese soldiers still didn't give up, trying to block Smythe's car with their war horses, but those horses didn't live up to their expectations, and they panicked when they saw Ma Da's rumbling car. As a result, Smythe and the others successfully rescued Miss Blomley. "It's unreasonable! They should be responsible for such an incident!" Smythe believed that the lawlessness of the Japanese army must be known to their embassy, ​​so they drove to the Japanese embassy again and strongly protested to Ambassador Tanaka. Ambassador Tanaka frowned and murmured, "We guarantee the safety of your citizens." "Mr. Ambassador, do you think there is any place in Nanking where Miss Bromley can settle down safely?" Smythe asked. "This..." Ambassador Tanaka was extremely embarrassed, and finally said, "It's better for you to arrange this lady yourself." Is there anything more shameless than such a country?After Smythe and his party left the Japanese embassy, ​​they talked angrily all the way, because of the burning, killing, looting and prostitution in the streets before them, they told these foreign witnesses vividly: the Japanese invading army and the Japanese government that indulged them no longer regarded the people of Nanjing as people. Treat them like human beings, and in the process of burning, killing, looting and prostitution without restraint, the Japanese soldiers really turned themselves into devils and villains. After sending Miss Blomley to the University Hospital for resettlement, Smythe drove to Rabe's residence to report to the "Mayor of Nanjing".Along the way, their car was constantly stopped by Chinese people calling for help. They either complained to them about the atrocities committed by the Japanese army, or they cried and begged them to save people... It took more than ten minutes of the journey, but they finally met Rabe in the evening. At this moment, another incident came from Wilson Hospital that made the members of the international committee even more indignant: a 19-year-old girl who was 6 and a half months pregnant was cut 18 times in the face and her legs were cut for resisting the rape of Japanese soldiers. There were multiple wounds, including a deep gash in his abdomen with a saber.The girl's life was dying, and the baby in her womb was aborted... Outrageous!Fingers crossed!After Rabe heard this, he rushed to the hospital with Smythe and others to visit the girl. Wilson was trying his best to save her... "It's better not to look at it, it's too miserable!" Wilson, who was a surgeon, advised Rabe and others. Said that since August, he has seen thousands of wounded, but this girl suffered the most. "God would tremble," murmured the doctor. The 19-year-old girl at the time was Li Xiuying. She survived miraculously under the rescue of Wilson, Rabe and others. Later, she became an important witness of the Nanjing Massacre. She once visited the museum with curator Zhu Chengshan. Japan used her personal experience to accuse the Japanese people of the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. On September 8, 1999, Li Xiuying, who was 80 years old at the time, accepted an interview with Dr. Harutt, a German scholar, at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre. The situation of the soldier's rape and the personal experience of thanks to Rabe—— I was born on February 24, 1919. My mother died when I was 13 and I stayed home with my younger brother. I got married in 1937, and my lover was working as a typist in Shanghai.After the Shanghai-Songhu War started, I planned to return to Nanjing.At that time I was going to cross the river, but there was no Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing at that time, and the only way to cross the river was to paddle across the river in small boats, which was very dangerous.At that time, I was more than 6 months pregnant, so the boatman was unwilling to take me away, because I couldn't move because of my big belly, and I was afraid of causing trouble to them.After begging again and again, they agreed to send me across the river. After the Japanese entered the city, some foreigners in Nanjing formed a safe zone, which was very large. We ordinary people believed that the safe zone was safe, and the Japanese did not dare to bully us.How did they know that after the Japanese entered the city, they put machine guns at the crossroads in the safe zone. No matter who saw them, they would shoot or shoot them with guns, and the common people were so frightened that they immediately panicked.The Japanese are very bad. They use machine guns to shoot people who are far away, and stab people who come close with knives.That's how it is in the safe zone.They took women captive when they saw them, and they were so crazy! At that time, the place where we lived in the safe zone was the area around the current gymnasium, which used to be a school run by foreigners.We lived under the school building, which used to be a storage room with a table. After we went in, we moved the table out and lived in it. The Japanese entered Nanjing on the 13th, and the Japanese came to our basement on the 18th. On the afternoon of the 18th, some young men were caught out.There are a few old people above who have prepared some tents and cook every day. We eat at dawn in the morning, and we go up to eat at night when the Japanese can’t see them.Eat only two meals a day.As soon as they heard that the Japanese were coming, everyone would push the old people and children to the front, and we women would hide behind. At dawn on the morning of the 19th, those old people finished the meal and brought it down to us, then closed the door and blocked it with chairs and tables.Just after breakfast, we heard the footsteps of the Japanese, and everyone was very nervous.The Japanese came to catch young women. I knew it was bad because I had a big belly and I didn't have the strength to run away, so I hit my head against the wall and passed out.The Japanese arrested several other young women.After they were gone, an old man woke me up, and I was still in bed sleeping.That bed is very low.At that time we had no watch or clock, and there was nothing in the room, no lights, and it was very dark.The days are so short in winter and it gets dark early that our basement gets a little light from a small window.The Japanese came again that night, and some old people woke me up when they saw the Japanese coming. They said that this place is not suitable for sleeping, so get up quickly.But at that point I had just hit my head against the wall with a big gash on my head, so I didn't want to get up.Because I knew that going out would mean death, and I was preparing to die anyway, so I didn't move at all.At this time, two Japanese soldiers came in, and each grabbed a young woman and dragged them out.I was lying on the bed at that time, and other refugees told the Japanese that I was sick. The Japanese soldier looked at the wound on my head, believed it, and left.But there were other Japanese soldiers who didn’t leave. He rushed over and wanted to take off my clothes. I knew I couldn’t escape, so I pulled out the knife from his waist when he wasn’t paying attention. Stand against the wall.The Japanese soldier never thought that a woman like me would dare to do this. He was terrified, and rushed over and grabbed my knife-holding hand, refusing to let go.But the little devil is not as tall as me, so I pulled his collar, and then I bit his arm, and he screamed in pain.At this time, the other two Japanese soldiers who came together heard it, dropped the two women in their hands, and then rushed over with their guns in their hands, and stabbed me in the leg, but I would rather die than let me go. The devil who grabbed the collar.Those two devils desperately stabbed my legs with their knives. Seeing that I still didn't let go, they stabbed my face with a knife. Immediately, blood flowed from my face. At first I couldn't see it, and then I felt it There was a sharp pain in my stomach, and I no longer knew what happened behind... It has been more than 60 years now.Look at my face, the outside of my face has been stitched up, but the inside is not. It is estimated that the Japanese soldiers thought I was dead at that time, and it was also very dark at that time, and they could not see anything, so they ran away in despair.After they left, my father came back. At that time, our home was not too far from Wutai Mountain. He just came back to eat something and get a change of clothes in the dark.As soon as I entered the house, my father was terrified. Others told my father that your daughter fought with the Japanese and was stabbed to death by them.I was covered in blood all over my face and everyone thought I was dead.My father touched me and saw that I was not breathing, so he also thought that I must be dead.Afterwards, two old men began to prepare to bury me, and they carried me out of the house with a door panel.At that time, because of winter, it was very cold outside, and as a result, my mouth was still vomiting blood.The two old people saw that I was not dead, but still angry, so they sent me to the Gulou Hospital... At that time, the Gulou Hospital was run by Americans. After I was sent to the hospital, a foreign doctor came to see me and treated me My face was sewn up.I later learned that this doctor was Lord Wilson, and he was my savior. The baby in my womb died as soon as it came out.At that time, a missionary named John Magee heard that a woman who had been stabbed 37 times and had a miscarriage was still alive, so he brought a camera and took some photos of me. At that time, there were so many injured people who came to the hospital every day that there was no room for them.They asked me to be released from the hospital after my injuries stabilized.But I don't have a home, what should I do?Later, Mr. Magee and Rabe helped me find a better place in the safe area and settled down. The safe zone is Rabe as chairman, everyone knows he is a good German guy.There are many Chinese people living in and around the place where Rabe lives. Whenever they have something to do, they call Rabe to get out of the way. The Japanese are very afraid of him.At that time, we didn't know what kind of Nazi party Rabe was.In our minds, it didn't matter whether he was a Nazi or not, he was a good guy anyway.We Nanjing people remember him, thank him.The Chinese are like this: if you do a little good, we will repay you ten times.At that time, there were not many people who could deal with the Japanese. Without Rabe, I don’t know how many Chinese people would have died. "Good man Rabe" is a saying that has been widely circulated by Nanjing people for decades after the massacre.In fact, "a good man Rabe" is not only a compliment to Rabe himself, but also a compliment to all the friendly foreigners who stayed in Nanjing and participated in the rescue of Chinese refugees led by Rabe. "Good Man Rabe" is like a classic song, which has been sung among the people of Nanjing for decades, which indeed proves once again the outstanding contributions made by the members of the International Committee represented by Rabe during the Japanese occupation of Nanjing. However, everything Rabe and the others had to do in the face of the crazy and barbaric butcher knives of the Japanese army was actually far more difficult than we imagined. It is not enough to say "risking your life", Rabe They knew that in the safe zone of Nanjing, more than 20 of them were responsible for taking care of more than 200,000 refugees, but how many citizens were scattered outside the safe zone?Christian doctrine and people's conscience tell them: All sufferers, all those who are unable to survive by themselves, and all those who are attacked by wild beasts, they have a natural responsibility called by God to protect. Rabe and the others knew that in dealing with the Japanese, in addition to being brave, one must also have wisdom, as well as extraordinary efforts and struggles. In order to prevent women from being raped by Japanese soldiers as much as possible, Rabe and others decided to transfer as many women as possible to Jinling University in various places in the safety zone, and protect these tens of thousands of women under their own noses. , so that the Japanese soldiers would not dare to act recklessly, at least restrain themselves! It is not easy to act like this. First of all, the Japanese officers and soldiers must not feel that Rabe and the others are doing this deliberately—if they act blatantly, the Japanese soldiers who are already full of animal nature will think that Rabe and the others are deliberately cutting off their "flower girls" desire, then there will be big trouble.Even so, when Mr. Riggs, one of the members of the International Committee, was transferring women at No. 28 Hankou Road, he met Japanese soldiers eager to "find a flower girl". During the dispute, one person was killed by the Japanese army, and four Injuried.When Smythe and others were transferring women at No. 19 Hankou Road, they discovered that four Japanese soldiers were raping a group of women.Smythe and other foreigners scolded or deliberately made some scary noises, but the Japanese soldiers ran away in anger.Smythe and others quickly moved the group of women to a safe place. During the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, how many women were raped and killed, in fact, even Rabe, who carefully recorded the cases, could not find out.Smythe's "adultery report" has more than 400 cases, and this is only the tip of the iceberg of women raped by the Japanese army.How many are missing and unreported?Smythe himself estimated that it was at least several times higher, because these more than 400 cases were just what the members of their international committee had seen and heard.The "at least 20,000" women who were raped by the British "Monchester Herald" reporter Tim Bolie said were only rough figures.And in terms of time, after Rabe left in February 1938, there were still a large number of Japanese soldiers raping and mutilating Chinese women everywhere.However, it must be admitted with absolute certainty that if Rabe and the others hadn’t tried their best to stop them, running around every day, and protesting in front of the Japanese embassy and even the highest official Matsui Iwane, the Chinese women who were raped, gang-raped and killed would have died. At least several times higher than the "over 20,000" estimated by Tian Bolie... The life-saving grace of Rabe and other foreigners to Nanjing women can be compared with the endless water of the Yangtze River. The next chapter will be dedicated to the special contribution of another outstanding figure in this respect.This is something. Let us now look at another great contribution made by Rabe and other foreigners——