Before the Japanese army broke through the gates of Nanjing, residents of Nanjing who had some financial resources, strength or foresight had already heard the news and fled without knowing where they were going.
Before the war broke out, Nanjing's local population was about one million, but by December, this number had dropped to about half a million. But at the same time, there was an influx of tens of thousands of rural immigrants who had left their hometowns.
They left the city because they believed they were safe under the thick walls of Nanjing City. Most of these people and those who stayed in Nanjing City were defenseless old people, children, as well as those who were extremely poor or physically weak.
to those who cannot escape safely.
These people have lost the protection of the government, have no personal voluntary resources, and cannot see a way out for the future. They can only hope that the Japanese will treat them well.
Many people tell themselves that once the war is over, the Japanese will treat them with courtesy. Some people even believe that the Japanese will be better rulers, after all, the Chinese government has abandoned them.
Tired of the war, tired of being bombed and besieged, when the Japanese army rumbled into Nanjing in tanks, dragging artillery and trucks, some sporadic Chinese people ran out to welcome the invaders. On average that day
When they rushed into Nanjing from China Gate and Guanghua Gate, some people even waved Japanese flags on their windows and doors, and some even cheered loudly.
These lambs pinned their hopes on the kindness of the Japanese, but they were soon disappointed. Wolves will always eat meat, and they will never become vegetarians in any case.
Zheng Xin is twenty-five years old this year and is a shoemaker's apprentice. When Japan broke through the city, he was hiding in the home of two senior brothers. His place was located in an alley called Xiaomenkou in the north of Nanjing.
Zheng Xin's two senior brothers removed the door panel from their home and blocked the door opening with bricks, so that from the outside, the wall in front of the house became a complete wall. Zheng Xin and her two junior brothers were inside the house.
I worked there on the dirt floor for several hours, listening to the screams of the takeaway shop and the sound of gunfire.
Zheng Xin was very scared at first, but after five or six hours, Zheng Xin felt an impulse. He wanted to see with his own eyes what Japanese soldiers looked like. In the past, he had always heard that Japanese and Chinese people looked very similar.
, but he has never been to Japan, so there is no way to verify the correctness of this statement. Now is a great time to see the Japanese with your own eyes.
Zheng Xin tried hard to control her curiosity, but in the end she couldn't resist the temptation. He begged the two brothers to remove the red bricks at the door and let him out.
At first, his two junior brothers naturally refused to agree and warned him that if the Japanese saw him wandering around in the takeout, they would kill him. But Zheng Xin was obviously not easily convinced. In the end,
He still persuaded his brothers to remove the red brick blocking the door and get out.
Zheng Xin finally walked out of the hiding hut, but as soon as he walked out of the alley, he began to regret it. He was stunned by an almost surreal sight. At this time, the streets were full of corpses of men and women, and even some
There were corpses of old people and children, all of them lying twisted on the ground. Most of them had been stabbed to death with bayonets. Zheng Xin felt that blood was splattered everywhere on the ground here, as if there was a rain of blood from the sky.
Then he saw a Chinese man wearing ordinary clothes running on the street, followed by eight or nine Japanese soldiers chasing him from a distance.
I saw a Japanese soldier raising his gun, and with a "pop" sound, the Chinese man fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Seeing such a scene, Zheng Xin's first reaction was to jump into a trash can next to the street and hide, and grabbed some straw and film to cover himself. He was cold and scared and couldn't help but tremble all over.
As a result, even the garbage lid started shaking.
Suddenly, the straw was thrown away, and a Japanese soldier suddenly appeared in front of Zheng Xin, glaring at him. Just like that, Zheng Xin was arrested by the Japanese soldiers. When Zheng Xin climbed out of the trash can, she saw
There was a ditch on the side of the road. He couldn't help but wonder if he could jump in and try to escape. However, he found that he was too frightened and couldn't even move his legs. Then, he saw a group of Japanese soldiers driving away several people.
Hundreds of Chinese people were walking along the street, and the Japanese soldier ordered Zheng Xin to follow them.
When Zheng Xin walked forward with the other prisoners, she saw corpses scattered everywhere on both sides of the street. This made Zhenxin feel extremely sad and wished she could die immediately.
Soon after, Zheng Xin found herself in a candy bar, with a newly dug rectangular pit next to it. There were about fifty or sixty Chinese corpses piled in the pit.
As soon as he saw the big pit, Zheng Xin immediately thought that they would bury him alive or kill him on the spot. He was so frightened that he could only stand motionless on the spot.
The Japanese soldiers ordered Zheng Xin and other women to line up around the pit. Zheng Xin stood in the innermost row. There were nine Japanese soldiers waiting aside. They left a deep impression on Zheng Xin. They were wearing
Yellow military uniforms, wearing military caps with stars on their heads, holding gleaming bayonets and rifles in their hands. At such a close distance, Zheng Xin could see that they indeed looked like Chinese people, but at this time he would rather
I have never seen these Japanese people.
Then, something happened that frightened Zheng Xin even more. The Japanese soldiers started a killing competition to see who could kill the fastest.
One soldier is on guard with a machine gun, ready to kill anyone who tries to escape. The other eight soldiers work in pairs and are divided into four groups. One soldier in each group is responsible for seeing through with a bayonet, and the other is responsible for picking up the head and throwing it away.
Pile them aside.
Watching the announcement, one by one fell down, the prisoners were frozen and frightened, and there was no movement at all. The Japanese soldiers killed one by one and counted one by one! Killed one by one and counted one by one! They laughed heartily, and some even took out their cameras.
Photograph.
Zheng Xin on the side wished she could die, but a commotion brought him back to reality. Among the prisoners in the two rows in front of him, a pregnant woman began to fight for her life. She grabbed her desperately and tried to drag her out and rape her.
The traitorous soldier resisted desperately. But there was no one around to help her. In the end, the soldier killed her and cut open her stomach with a bayonet. He not only pulled out her intestines, but also cut out her intestines that were still squirming.
The fetus was also picked out.
At this moment, Zheng Xin felt that all Japanese should go to hell, even if they paid the price with their lives. But these prisoners did not resist, even though these prisoners greatly exceeded the number of Japanese executioners who tortured them, and
It was possible to defeat them, but no one took action. Everyone was so obedient. Yes, they were obedient. This was really incredible. Only the pregnant woman in the whole crowd showed any courage.
This killing game lasted for about half an hour, and finally it was Zheng Xin's turn. A Japanese soldier walked up to Zheng Xin with a grim smile, holding a bloody samurai sword high in his hand.
Zheng Xin shivered and gritted her teeth. He was unwilling to give in, very unwilling. But now he had no way to do anything, and it was too late to resist. Just when Zheng Xin was about to close her eyes and wait for death,
Suddenly there was a burst of fierce gunfire all around.
"Da da da da..."
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the grinning Japanese soldiers jumped up like frightened rabbits. They hurriedly picked up their rifles and ran towards the direction of the gunfire, leaving Zheng Xin on the spot.
The gunfire became more intense, and there were even several violent explosions.
After seeing all the Japanese soldiers around him running away, Zheng Xin moved his stiff body and was about to run away. Suddenly he found another group of soldiers running in front of him. The helmets on their heads shone a little under the winter sun.
.
"It's over, the Japanese are here again!"
At this time, Zheng Xin only felt that her hands and feet were weak. He was about to close his eyes and wait for death, but he felt unwilling to do so. He no longer wanted to wait for the Japanese to kill him like before, he wanted to resist!
But when he picked up a stone from the ground and prepared to fight with the visitor, the figure that appeared in front of him made him stunned. Although Zheng Xin didn't know a few big words, he still recognized some things. Those gray clothes worn by the visitor made him stunned.
Although he had never seen green clothes, he still recognized the pattern on the helmets on the heads of those soldiers. It was the blue sky and white sun emblem on the heads of the national army.
When Zheng Xin saw the badges on the hats of these soldiers, all the strength in her body seemed to be drained away. She sat softly on the ground and her eyes began to blur.
Zheng Xin vaguely saw a man who looked like an army officer walking up to him and asking him a few words, and then Zheng Xin fell into a coma...
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