Lost and Spy

Chapter 510 John Rabe
Nanjing, No. 1 Xiaofen Bridge, Guangzhou Road, International Safety Zone.

As one of the 25 international safety zones in Nanjing, John Rabe took in more than 650 refugees in his villa.

On the land of less than four square kilometers in the international safety zone, a total of 25 Chinese lives were saved.

As the general representative of the Nanjing branch of Siemens AG and the deputy director of the Nanjing branch of the German Communist Party, John Rabe is now more concerned about his other identity:
Chairman of Nanjing International Safety Zone!
"Today, the host country that has treated me well for 30 years is facing serious difficulties. The rich have fled, the poor have had to stay, they don't know where to go, they have no money to flee, are they not facing being Is there a danger of massacre? Shouldn't we try to help them? At least some people?"

This is why John Rabe stayed to help these Chinese people.

He once asked the German government for help, and the Japanese government to set up an international safety zone, but they didn't get good results.

Hitler, the German head of state, did not want to lose the Far East, nor did he want to destroy the alliance with Japan, so he adopted a neutral attitude.

The Japanese authorities flatly refused, saying this in their reply to John Rabe:
"The Japanese government has been informed of your application for the establishment of a safe zone, but regrettably has to deny it.

If the Chinese military mishandles civilians or their property, the Japanese government cannot bear any responsibility for it.However, the Japanese government will strive to respect this area as long as it does not conflict with Japan's necessary military measures. "

The smart Rabe found a breakthrough in the last sentence, caught the loophole, and the International Safety Zone was established.

The Japanese authorities found that their polite answer was actually taken advantage of by a German, and they could only do nothing.

Those nasty Japanese soldiers often climbed over the courtyard wall of Rabe's villa, trying to rape the women who took refuge here. In this case, Rabe, who was wearing an armband, would give a salute, Then shout "Germany" and "Hitler", those Japanese soldiers will immediately become very polite, and then leave in despair.

Mr. John Rabe is using his wisdom and efforts to protect every Chinese refugee here.

However, there was a rumor that under the pressure of the Japanese government, the German side was ready to let him return to China.

He doesn't want to leave here, he feels that he still has the obligation and ability to help these poor Chinese.

"hey-hey!"

When Rabe came to the yard, he suddenly saw a Japanese soldier fall over the wall again.

He hurriedly saluted: "Germany, Hitler!"

Normally, these Japanese soldiers would immediately change their attitude.

But this time it was different, this damn Japanese soldier climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard like no one else was there.

……

"Rukawa-kun."

Lieutenant Nomoto returned the pass to Meng Shaoyuan: "Nanjing is very chaotic, and the air makes me very unhappy. Those Chinese people are trying to pass through our defense zone and run to the so-called safe zone. I really don't understand, these Europeans and Americans Why bother with China's affairs?"

"Show their so-called mercy."

Meng Shaoyuan curled his lips in disdain: "In this way, when they return to China, they can publicize their so-called benevolent deeds in China and add some fame to them."

"Yes, your analysis is very good." Lieutenant Nomoto felt the same: "Yesterday, there were a few Chinese who wanted to sneak past our defense line and run to the safe area, but I ordered machine guns to be set up. They were all killed."

Meng Shaoyuan smiled, very happily.

But if a micro-expression expert saw this kind of smile now, he would definitely tell Lieutenant Nomoto that it was an extremely angry smile.

"There may be Chinese spies among them, and my task is to find them." Meng Shaoyuan said nonchalantly, "Hey, who lives in that villa in front?"

"John Rabe, a German, our ally." Lieutenant Nomoto said disdainfully: "Can you believe that the idea of ​​the so-called international safety zone was first proposed and established by our ally."

There were two Japanese soldiers wandering around the wall, looking up at the villa from time to time.

Lieutenant Nomoto showed a weird smile on his face: "There are many Chinese women in there, some of them are young and beautiful. Our soldiers tried several times to get in, but one or two women were brought out, but unfortunately they all failed. That damn Rabe is haunting, 24 hours a day, it seems like he's always there waiting."

"What's so difficult about it?" Meng Shaoyuan looked disdainful: "I think I can easily turn inside, rape a Chinese woman, and even bring out one."

"Hey, stop bragging, Rukawa-kun."

"You think I'm bragging? Hey, are there weapons in there?"

"No, if there are weapons, it will give us an excuse to enter."

"If I don't have a weapon, why can't I try it? I can bet you $20."

"Really?"

"Of course it is true." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly, "What a boring day, we can have some fun by ourselves."

"20 yuan, I bet you."

Lieutenant Nomoto happily agreed.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled happily.

The Japanese soldiers around were all smiling and waiting for "Rukawa Kaede" to make a fool of himself...

……

"Germany, Hitler!"

John Rabe made a standard wedding salute.

Every time, those Japanese soldiers would turn back in embarrassment.

However, this time the Japanese soldier turned over into the yard.

God, crazy, are these Japanese desperate?
John Rabe suddenly discovered that this was not a real Japanese soldier, but just wearing a Japanese military uniform with the military rank mark removed.

Then, the Japanese whispered a name:
"John Magee!"

……

"I witnessed the crimes of the Japanese with my own eyes. They killed people and raped them in Nanjing. They tied up the wounded Chinese soldiers and executed them and threw them into the pond... The Chinese in Nanjing, regardless of gender, age or age, live in the In hell..."

Two days ago, John Magee, a missionary of Daosheng Church in Nanjing, saw Rabe. He said with great pain: "I can't do anything, I can't help those Chinese, but I quietly use my camera to shoot The Japanese are committing crimes. It is very dangerous to carry these films, I must take them out of Nanjing and find a way to make them known to the world!"

It's Magee's request!
……

Maggie really had no choice, he saw the brutality of the Japanese, but underestimated the shamelessness of the Japanese!
On December 12 last year, Maggie was attending church with her children in the garden of Panting's residence when two Japanese journalists who could speak English came.

Maggie thought it was an opportunity to let the world know the truth, so he agreed with them to take pictures, and spent a morning telling two reporters the horrific facts about what happened in Nanjing, including the arrest of 14 people from the church, and the The monk asked Maji to take in the nun, and the Japanese army massacred innocent civilians and so on.

Magee hadn't seen the paper, and he probably never knew, and his account ended up being presented as a completely upside-down report.

In addition to newspapers, Japan also filmed films that glorified aggression.

On December 1937, 12, Shigeru Shirai, a photographer from the Cultural Film Department of Toho Yinghua Co., Ltd., and his team arrived in Nanjing to start filming the documentary "Nanjing".

"Nanjing" is full of pictures of Chinese people waving and Japanese giving candy to Chinese children.

However, Shirai Shigeru, the photographer, wrote more historical facts in his later memoirs:
"On the Zhongshan Road leading to the Yangtze River, the Chinese stood in a long line along the high fence on the left...It turned out that these were people who were about to be shot...We saw that including the shooting There are many scenes in the film...I can't film everything I see, and even if I film it, I have to edit it."

He also mentioned the Chinese people who waved at the city entry ceremony, "They had no choice but to wave their hands casually."

Therefore, Maggie decided to record the tragedy that happened in Nanjing by himself, and let people all over the world know what kind of truth happened in Nanjing!
……

"John Magee!"

The "Japanese soldier" said the name exactly.

"Who are you?" Rabe was taken aback, completely unable to understand why the "Japanese" would bring up this name in front of him.

"Listen, there is no time." Meng Shaoyuan said in a low voice: "I know that Maggie has shot a lot of film, recording the atrocities committed by the Japanese. I have a way to take it out, but now is not the time to talk about it."

Mr. Rabe is a very smart person, but since the other party can accurately mention Magee and the film, he should not have too much hesitation: "At noon tomorrow, I will meet with George Fitch, the deputy director general of the Nanjing International Committee! "

……

Meng Shaoyuan knew that in his time, what most people were familiar with was the four-volume 105-minute film made by John Magee risking his life, which provided ironclad evidence for the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese army!
However, there are more than four rolls of film!
There are at least ten rolls of film in total!

Miss Lester, a British missionary, bravely brought the videos to Japan, naively thinking that if some Christian and political leaders in Japan could see them, it might help to stop the atrocities.

She did show the film to a small group of Christian leaders in Tokyo, but her act was quickly banned and the film has since disappeared.

And the film provided to the German diplomat Rosen was almost unknown for half a century.

His mission is to take out all the film in its entirety!
We cannot always let history go on the established track!
……

"Hey, Rukawa-kun, you failed."

Seeing "Rukawa Kaede" being kicked out in despair, Lieutenant Nomoto and his subordinates laughed wantonly.

"Rukawa Kaede" was very helpless and took out [-] yen.

(End of this chapter)