The entire street was in ruins. The broken houses were very eye-catching. Half of the street was covered with rubble and debris. Some houses were severely burned, and some of them were filled with choking smoke.
Xia Yuan took Cheng Wanting wandering on the street.
They did not return to the church immediately, and it was very likely that the Japanese troops would be waiting around the church.
As long as the cellar is not discovered, everything is safe.
"Hide."
Just after crossing the street and turning into the alley on one side of the street, Xia Yuan heard some noise and dragged Cheng Wanting to hide among the ruins.
Three Japanese jeeps drove over the street with their headlights on, their headlights dazzling and illuminating the ruins of houses around them.
There were several Japanese officers in the car, but the military ranks could not be clearly seen. Behind the jeep, there were three groups of Japanese soldiers, running in the same posture and taking the same steps, to reinforce in the direction where the gunshots were heard.
Cheng Wanting covered her mouth and did not dare to breathe.
"The Japanese reinforcements are the size of a squadron. It seems that the nerves of the Japanese have been tense during this period." Xia Yuan observed the movements of the Japanese. There were about two hundred Japanese soldiers, and gunshots were heard from
Up to now, at most ten minutes have passed.
Reinforcements arrived within ten minutes, which was quite fast.
If they evacuated later, they might really be surrounded.
The Japanese reinforcements left, and Cheng Wanting asked: "Are we going back now?"
Xia Yuan shook his head and said calmly: "You can't go back. The Japanese will search the place where you were found."
Cheng Wanting became nervous: "Will the Japanese army discover the cellar?"
Xia Yuan shook his head: "The cellar is very hidden. The church priest has long considered that the entrance to the cellar is under the kitchen table, and the floor is tightly connected to the surrounding floors. Unless the Japanese dismantle all the floors on the first floor of the church,
Besides, Japanese people don’t think in this direction.”
The concealment of the cellar entrance was achieved by him and Zhou Xiaoli living in the cellar for nearly a month.
There were many Japanese soldiers making fires in the kitchen and cooking. There were even many Japanese soldiers eating around the dining table. Most of them did not notice the existence of the cellar.
It can be seen that the concealment of the cellar can withstand the test.
It's just that they can't go back to the vicinity of the church for the time being. Once discovered by the Japanese army, the Japanese army will basically be able to conclude that they are operating in the area near the church.
"Then where are we going now? It's almost dawn." Cheng Wanting was a little distressed: "I was too imprudent. I should have thought of it a long time ago. Apart from the Japanese, there is no one else who can cause trouble in Jinling City."
Xia Yuan pursed his lips and comforted her: "It's not your fault."
"I also discovered a strange phenomenon. The corpses on the street were all gone."
"The Japanese began to eliminate evidence." Xia Yuan said in a calm voice.
The bloodiest period of the massacre has passed. Basically, those who could be killed have died under the guns of the Japanese. Those who survived are still people who don’t know which cellar they are hiding in, or how they live.
People in safe zones.
The safe zone is located in an area west of downtown Jinling, where there are Jinling University, Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences, the U.S. Embassy and many Chinese government agencies. It is currently the safest place.
"They want to destroy the evidence. Is the evidence stored in the cellar enough?" Cheng Wanting asked nervously.
"It's enough. There are not only photos and video materials in the cellar, but also confidential documents of the Japanese army. This is crucial. If these things are preserved, they will be enough to judge the Japanese devils."
Xia Yuan's idea was simple. The situation facing Jinling was a foregone conclusion and could not be changed, so he had to change the outcome.
During the final trial of the Japanese army, many Japanese war criminals escaped from the final trial due to insufficient evidence and with the help of the United States and returned to Japan alive.
But this time, the evidence Xia Yuan retained, as well as the division names marked on the secret messages, were enough to judge the commanders of these divisions.
They are ultimately responsible for the Jinling Massacre.
Even the Japanese soldiers who committed heinous crimes.
They will eventually suffer the wrath of all Chinese people.
The bloodiest time of the Jinling Massacre was six weeks after the Japanese army invaded Jinling. The Japanese army took control of a large number of prisoners. After the Japanese army massacred a large number of Chinese prisoners in the early days, documents for the removal of all prisoners began to be issued, and the massacre began.
Now, everything is over.
The Japanese army began to deal with the aftermath.
The whole process is complicated.
Xia Yuan took Cheng Wanting to hide in Tibet and returned to the cellar before dawn.
It seems like nothing happened.
Everyone silently guarded the secrets in the cellar.
When Japanese troops came to the church, they never discovered the cellar in the church kitchen.
Time also stood in the cellar, as if frozen.
I only know day and night, day and night.
It's like a tidal wave flowing endlessly.
As usual, Xia Yuan took Ali out at night and returned during the day.
The area near Zhongshan Road has become a hunting ground for Xia Yuan and Ali. Every time they come back, they always bring back a large number of cans, water bottles, and ammunition.
Zhongshan Road also became a nightmare for the Japanese army to patrol at night. Later, when they went to Zhongshan Road again, they found that there were very few Japanese soldiers near Zhongshan Road, leaving only large ruins.
A few more days passed like this.
Xia Yuan led Ali through the dilapidated ruins, and could vaguely see a well-preserved house among the ruins in the distance. There were actually lights in the house.
"Brother Yuan, the Japanese have begun to live in our house." Ali lay on the ground, squinting at the sporadic bright lights in the distance.
"How long has it been?" Xia Yuan said without thinking, his concept of time was already somewhat vague.
The cellar was dark, with only a glimmer of light coming through the gap in the floor at the cellar entrance. Staying in the cellar, except for him, Zhou Xiaoli had no concept of time.
Xia Yuan only knew that the days passed day by day, but he didn't know how many days had passed or what day it was today.
For a long time, he and Zhou Xiaoli did not go out in the cellar.
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While Xia Yuan was traveling, he also saw Japanese graffiti on the walls at some intersections. The content of the graffiti symbolized Sino-Japanese friendship.
It seems that the Japanese have begun to try their best to cover up their criminal evidence.
"Go over and have a look."
Xia Yuan led Ali through the streets, into the ruins, and carefully walked along the ruins, and soon arrived at the houses with lights on.
"You keep watching here, I'll go in and take a look."
Xia Yuan said nothing, climbed up the wall and slipped into the courtyard quietly.
The floor in the courtyard had been carefully swept, fallen leaves had been swept away, and a man's voice could be faintly heard in the room.
Xia Yuan was slightly surprised when he spoke in Chinese.
How long has it been since the Jinling Massacre that the Japanese allowed Chinese people to enter and live in Jinling City?
After listening to their conversation, Xia Yuan had an idea in his mind.
These people live in the safe zone and were deceived by the Japanese's false propaganda.
"If the Japanese killed these people, they would be even more insane, and their graffiti on the street walls would be in vain."
Xia Yuan left quietly.
Ali was squatting in the corner. When he heard the noise, he quickly asked: "Brother Yuan, what's going on inside?"
"Chinese people." Xia Yuan squatted down, looked around first, and made sure that no enemies were found in his sight, and then said: "They live in the safe zone. The bloodiest period has passed, and the Japanese have begun to guide
Our people have entered the city to live."
"Have they already disposed of all the corpses?" Ali was shocked.
Although he does not have much education, he has already made a judgment on the current situation under the influence of his ears and eyes these days. The fact that the Japanese can allow Chinese people to live in Jinling City can only explain one problem.
External public opinion led the Japanese who committed heinous crimes to do this.
He doesn't know whether this is good or bad.
What is clear is that they are getting closer to leaving the cellar.
"Basically, it's like this. When we came out a few nights ago, it was hard to see corpses on the street anymore." Xia Yuan said in a deep voice, "Let's go back."
"Ah? No action tonight?" Ali asked.
"The Japanese army has begun to gradually restore order in Jinling City, and we will be able to leave the cellar by then." Xia Yuan said to him: "If the action continues tonight, the Japanese army may take retaliatory actions. These people who are finally looking forward to peace
, may have been brutally murdered by the Japanese."
"Then they killed so many people, and we just let them go?" Ali asked anxiously.
"Keep your hatred in your heart. It's never too late to retaliate." Xia Yuan patted him on the shoulder.
Not a few days later.
The deserted Jinling City began to become lively.
As expected, the Japanese began to restore order in Jinling City.
The first to bear the brunt was their own people moving into Jinling City.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army sent representatives to negotiate with people in the safety zone.
The Chinese who were hiding in the dark began to return home one after another, and people in the safety zone also began to gradually leave the safety zone.
At this time, more than three months had passed since the Jinling Massacre.
When everything has been settled.
The few people who walked out of the church felt as if they were in another world.
It seems like the corpses all over the ground are still there from yesterday.
The sunshine outside is warm and the spring breeze is gentle.
Jinling City is still cold, but looking around, you can already see people walking among the ruins of Jinling City.
A long-lost reminder came to Xia Yuan's mind.
"The mission is over."
When I walked out of the church, I saw the Jinling City full of ruins. The golden sunshine shined through the clouds on the ruins, reflecting the golden light.
After staying in the cellar for a long time, the eyes of Zhou Xiaoli, Chen Juan, Han Yang, Chen Wenhua and Cheng Wanting could not adapt to the bright sunshine. They covered their hands with their hands and opened a gap to stare outside. They walked tremblingly.
Among the ruins.
The roar of trucks was heard in the distance, but a Japanese truck was seen driving through the street with a huge roar.
They were so shocked that they subconsciously turned around and fled, but when they saw other citizens standing motionless on the street, they put their foot down.
Only then did I realize that all the disasters were over.
The bright sunshine makes people unable to open their eyes.
Cheng Wanting suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly.
Several other people were silent.
Xia Yuan lit a Japanese cigarette and looked at the few people standing in the sun, lazily leaning against the broken wall and stretching.
"Ali, do you have any plans next?"
"Go find my father and my mother." Ali scratched his head.
"Good luck."
"Brother Yuan, where are you going?" Ali asked.
During this period, he was the person who had the most contact with Xia Yuan and the person who went out the most.
There is only one word to describe the feeling Xia Yuan gave him.
powerful!
Dealing with five or six Japanese soldiers by one person is as easy as drinking a sip of water.
He understood that such a person was definitely from the government.
It is also the most dangerous for him to stay in Jinling City.
"I, I'm ready to leave."
Sure enough, Xia Yuan's words confirmed Ali's inner speculation. Ali wanted Xia Yuan to follow them so that he would feel safe.
But when he thought about the other party's identity, if the Japanese were to discover him, Xia Yuan would never be able to escape, and he would also indirectly implicate them.
Xia Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "You can tell Uncle Chen later not to touch the things in the cellar during this period. You can touch them again after the war is over."
Ali nodded, "I will tell him."
"Gone."
Xia Yuan left the cigarette butt on the ground, stamped it out with his feet, put his hands in his pockets, "Damn, I really need to take a shower. I haven't taken a shower in months."
After a while, Xia Yuan disappeared around the corner of the alley. After Chen Wenhua and others returned, Ali told Chen Wenhua the news of Xia Yuan's departure.
"Xia Yuan is right to leave. Although it is over, his identity as a soldier cannot be concealed. If he is discovered by the Japanese, he will be in greater trouble. The most important point is that if we follow him, we will also be implicated by him.
." Chen Wenhua was thoughtful.
"Dad, he saved us. Without him, we might have died long ago. How can you say that?" Chen Juan said unhappily.
"Xia Yuan is very smart, smarter than me. He can think of everything I can think of." Chen Wenhua was not angry. Instead, he was full of admiration for Xia Yuan. "He just left so as not to cause trouble for us."
Zhou Xiaoli secretly glanced at the corner of her eyes.
No one else spoke, but there was silence.
"He may have left to find his own troops and continue to kill the Japanese. But we also have more important things to do." Chen Wenhua took a look around and made sure that there were no Japanese, and then said: "From now on, in the cellar,
Everything inside must be buried in your heart and never tell anyone. The Japanese spent so much effort to clean up all the corpses, bury all the evidence, and began to restore order in Jinling City. The importance of these things
It is conceivable that once it is made public, the Japanese will inevitably suffer crazy revenge."
He glanced at everyone and said slowly: "So, the things in the cellar will have to wait until the war is won."
Cheng Wanting asked: "But will the war be victorious? If there is no victory, wouldn't the things in the cellar be useless?"
"No, the war will be won! It will be won!"
Ali suddenly interrupted and said.
More than once, when the two were operating at night, he wanted to give up. Xia Yuan told him that the war would be won in the future, the Japanese would be judged, and a happy life would come.