Su Mei retrieved surveillance videos from all intersections in the city that day and created a map of the old man's walking route.
The old man first appeared near the Martyrs Cemetery and walked along the street to Jiefang Road. He dug through several trash cans along the way and picked something to eat from them, and then joined the anti-Japanese march.
He was a bit hunched in his old age, but he held his chest and head high as he walked in the procession, looking very energetic.
The Hengdian police used the clumsiest and most effective method, investing a large amount of police force. They took the old man's photo and visited every house near the Martyrs Cemetery, and finally determined his identity.
The old man's name is He Weiguo, and he was an anti-Japanese soldier in the expeditionary force.
The song he sang in the parade is rarely sung today. The song was originally called "The Military Song of Intellectual Youth" and later became the military song of the New First Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
In 1942, He Weiguo was only 14 years old. He left his hometown because his home was destroyed by the war. At that time, he joined the 38th Division of the New Army of General Sun Liren and went to the battlefield of Yunnan and Burma to fight against Japan. He experienced the Battle of Mandalay, the Battle of Hukang Valley, and the Battle of Mengong Valley.
He fought in dozens of battles, big and small, and then moved to India, where he won military exploits four times and received many awards and commendations.
After the Japanese surrendered, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party went to war, the Kuomintang army was defeated, and He Weiguo went to Taiwan.
During the war, He Weiguo suffered serious injuries to his head and abdomen, with two pieces of shrapnel in his skull. The severe brain injury caused him to suffer from a mental disorder, and he spent most of his life in a mental hospital in Taiwan. With the medical treatment
With the development of technology, it was not until his later years that the shrapnel in He Weiguo's head was removed. After a period of treatment, he recovered and was discharged.
The medical staff asked him: "Do you have any other wishes?"
The old man replied: "Go home!"
He Weiguo suffered from mental illness all his life. This old man was unmarried and had no children. He only had a younger brother in the mainland. However, his only relative passed away in the 1990s. After the approval of Taiwan's "Retirement Association" and the approval of the Veterans
After some complicated procedures, the old man finally returned to the mainland to settle down.
There is an old locust tree at the entrance of the village. The earthen house behind the locust tree was his home, but it is long gone now.
The nephew who works out of town found a job for the old man, guarding the martyrs' cemetery.
After this lonely old man returned to the mainland, he has been taking the job of guarding the cemetery. There is a cemetery behind the Martyrs Cemetery, with no name, no surnames, no monuments and no tombs. This cemetery without any markings buries the ashes of Taiwanese veterans. This cemetery
It is privately managed, not established by the state, and belongs to a local charity.
He hunched over, cleaning fallen leaves, and said nothing all day long.
In the unknown cemetery, his comrades lie buried.
One year during the Qingming Festival, students came to visit the graves one after another. Two naughty students accidentally broke into the cemetery behind the cemetery. The old man was relieved that someone finally came to pay homage. However, after a conversation, the students asked in surprise:
"What, the Kuomintang also resists Japan?"
The old man was silent.
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He remained silent for a long time, continuing to sweep the fallen leaves without saying anything in reply.
The special case team learned from relevant departments in Taiwan that He Weiguo suffered from war-induced post-traumatic stress disorder. This mental illness is a sequelae of war. Although it has been cured, there is still a possibility of recurrence. Once it relapses, he will lose himself.
, trapped in a certain memory from the past for a long time, such as the Anti-Japanese War.
Perhaps, an explosion from the Hengdian filming scene made him think that he was still living in the Anti-Japanese War. Smelling the smoke and gasoline, and seeing the actors wearing Japanese military uniforms, this prompted his schizophrenia and reached the breaking point. Then
He remained in this chaotic mental state. He hid in the bamboo forest in panic and tried his best to calm down. He did not forget that he was a soldier or his skills on the battlefield. He made rope traps to kill
A Japanese soldier died. Unfortunately, this soldier was actually an actor.
Su Mei said: "I have a question. He Weiguo is an 80-year-old man. Is he still capable of killing people and committing crimes?"
Director Chen said: "I used to work as a prison guard, and there was an old man there who was over 80 years old. His son was the principal of a primary school, so he asked the old man to guard the gate of the school. The old man raped more than a dozen little girls in a few years. His verdict
It was once the 'best-selling' pornographic book in the prison. By the way, when he was arrested, the old man even injured a policeman. After entering prison, he masturbated in bed every night..."
Hua Long interrupted Director Chen and said, "It's inappropriate for you to compare an old gangster with an anti-Japanese veteran."
Professor Liang said: "The murderer has received extraordinary military training and hates the Japanese extremely. To him, this is not murder, this is war."
Bao Zhan said: "It's not easy to catch him. He knows how to survive on the battlefield and hide himself."
He Weiguo had gone insane and left his residence at the Martyrs Cemetery. The special case team asked the Hengdian police to pay attention to searching abandoned unfinished buildings, cement pipes on construction sites, and remote places such as bridge holes and mountains and forests. These are likely to be his temporary foothold.
At the same time, for safety reasons, the special case team recommended that all major film crews in Hengdian suspend filming of anti-war dramas.
However, the major film crews did not follow the advice. They were considering cost issues. After all, suspending filming would cause economic losses.
Two days later, in full view of the public, the filming site where the bearded director was located was attacked. At that time, the pyrotechnics technicians had set up several explosive points and had just detonated a prop bomb using a wire control. Most of the casings of such prop bombs were made of foam.
, filled with some dirt and dust to create a realistic effect of dust flying into the sky after the explosion. What they filmed was a highlight - the heroic underground military team in disguise blew up the Japanese artillery tower.
During the explosion, an arrow was shot from nowhere and hit a Japanese actor in the eye.
The sound of the explosion was accompanied by the actor's scream, and everyone was stunned. Then they rushed the actor to the hospital. The bearded director led people to search, and an old man ran towards the mountain path in panic.
The Hengdian police and special case team arrived later and through description, confirmed that the old man who attacked the Japanese actor was He Weiguo.
He Weiguo fled to the nearby
On a nearby hill, this veteran who had experienced dozens of large and small battles had superb killing skills, which made the police dare not underestimate the enemy.
The first siege ended in failure. Hundreds of policemen surrounded He Weiguo on the top of the mountain, and they were approaching step by step.
The old man escaped, injured an armed policeman, and took away a pistol.
This time, what he grabbed was a real gun.
At that time, the situation was very unfavorable to the old man. The armed police surrounded him and approached the mountain. The old man set a fire. It was summer, the weather was dry, and the fire was raging. It burned quickly and then spread to the entire mountain. The armed police
The officers and soldiers retreated urgently. He Weiguo attacked a lone armed policeman with a bow and arrow and snatched his gun. He did not run down the mountain, where there was a dead end, but hid in a cave.
The mountain fire was extinguished by firefighters. Because He Weiguo held firearms and was extremely dangerous, the Hengdian police urgently reported to their superiors and asked for assistance. The second roundup began. In addition to hundreds of armed police, hundreds of armed police were dispatched in this roundup.
The chemical defense company and reconnaissance company of the field troops fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and even used rocket launchers and mortars.
A soldier asked: "Who are we arresting with all these people?"
The company commander said: "Catch someone, an old man."
The soldier said: "So many heavily armed policemen can't handle it. Why do we still have to send our company up just to arrest an old man?"
The company commander said: "This old man is a veteran and has participated in several wars. You must be careful."
The soldier said: "He is alone, I am not afraid."
The company commander said: "If he aimed for your head, he would never hit your legs."
At the filming site at the foot of the mountain, the bearded director put on an armed police uniform and carried the camera.
The pyrotechnics master said: "Director, what are you doing? You even changed into these clothes."
The bearded director said: "As a director, don't think that I have no ideals or ambitions and always make trash TV series. I also want to make some positive films. If this scene can be filmed, I will not be doing this for nothing."
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The pyrotechnics master's eyes widened and he said, "You are trying to sneak in and become a war reporter. It's very dangerous."
The bearded director said: "War correspondent, that's a really good word."
The pyrotechnics master said: "I also change clothes and I will be your assistant, but we can only post the photos on Weibo."
Armed police officers and soldiers blocked He Weiguo in a cave. Director Chen invited a local villager and inquired and learned that there was no other exit to the cave, but the terrain inside the cave was complex and easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was not suitable to attack rashly. An officer
Using a loudspeaker, he shouted into the cave, asking the old man to put down his weapons and surrender immediately.
There was silence in the cave. The officer shouted again, and in response was a gunshot. The officer immediately fell down and his hat was knocked off.
Professor Liang looked at the cave and said to Hua Long: "Put on your body armor and lead a team of armed police to kill him."
Hua Long unloaded the magazine and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle Liang, if you ask me to kill an anti-Japanese veteran, I can't do it."