Chapter 1126 Anger
The camera cuts to the University of Jin Girls, Weiterin and Cheng Ruifang sat in the gatehouse at the school gate, guarding thousands of women and children behind him. Cheng Ruifang said sadly: "I don't understand why God allowed us Chinese to bear these atrocities? What did we do wrong?"
Weitlin sighed and said, "God does things in his own way, but we can't understand."
At this moment, the night watchman patrolling the school ran over and shouted loudly: "Miss Hua! The Japanese soldiers have entered the teaching and staff building!"
Wei Trin asked Cheng Ruifang to stay at the door and ran to the teaching staff building himself. Before she could enter the building, she heard the screams of the woman.
The camera cuts to the headquarters of the International Commission, and there is a mess inside. The heads of various refugee camps are reporting the victims to the International Commission: 7 Japanese soldiers broke into the library building of Jinling University and dragged away seven women, three of whom were raped on the spot. Japanese soldiers broke into a Chinese resident's home on Hankou Road, raped a young woman, and forced three women to drag; two of the women's husbands followed the Japanese soldiers and were shot dead by these Japanese soldiers...
At this time, Weiterin had no gentle appearance in her life, like an angry lion, and said loudly to Rabe: "Last night, Japanese soldiers broke into our school three times, and two girls were raped! They were just a group of beasts! Beasts!"
Rabe was already in a state of anxiety, but he comforted: "Minni, we have accepted your report. We will organize this information into a protest letter as soon as possible and submit the protest letter to the Japanese side."
The camera cuts to the Japanese Consulate General in Nanjing, and Rabe handed the protest letter to diplomatic official Atsutaki Fukuda. Fukuda was very polite to Rabe, but he said: "Military people want to mess up the situation in the city. Our embassy has been trying to avoid this, but we can't stop them!"
The campus of Jinnv University was quiet, and refugees were having supper. Suddenly, a noise came from the gate. A child rushed over and shouted loudly: "Ms. Hua! Miss Hua! The Japanese devils are here!"
Weitlin put down the bowl and ran to the school gate. Li Hongnian, assistant to the affairs, followed her. The screams of women and children echoed around the campus. Three soldiers smashed the door in the central building, and Weitlin and the others hurried over. An Japanese soldier said in stiff Chinese: "Open the door." Weitlin said: "I don't have a key!" An Japanese soldier said: "There are Chinese soldiers inside, the enemy of Japan." Weitlin said: "There are no soldiers, only women and children."
The Japanese soldier immediately slapped Weiterin in the face. The other two Japanese soldiers first slapped Li Hongnian in the face, and then punched him. One of them smiled proudly while hitting, as if he was playing a game. Then, a Japanese soldier raised his rifle and pointed it at Li Hongnian in the throat with a bayonet: "Open the door!"
"Stop, stop!" Weiterin said loudly, "You can enter through another door." She pointed to the side of the building and took them to the side door. Li Hongnian was beaten to the face of blood, but she still followed closely.
Surprisingly, three Japanese soldiers entered the building, and just randomly inspected several rooms, and the search ended. When walking out of the side door, Weitlin saw two other Japanese soldiers pulling three Chinese people over. The three of them were tied behind their backs, and immediately rushed up and said, "They are not soldiers."
A Japanese soldier pointed a bayonet at Weiterin: "Chinese soldiers, the enemy of Japan."
Weitlin retorted: "No, they are workers and gardeners."
But the defense was useless, and the Japanese soldiers still pulled the people away. Three Japanese soldiers signaled Weiterin and the others to follow. Weiterin and the others could only follow them and walk towards the door. Outside the gate, there were a group of Chinese people kneeling, Chen Feiran and Wang Yaoting were all inside. Two squads of Japanese soldiers stood around, holding rifles. Three Japanese soldiers walked forward, grabbed Weiterin and Li Hongnian, dragged them into the crowd, and forced them to kneel down. Soon Cheng Ruifang, Mary Twinum, and more faculty and staff were taken here and ordered to kneel on the ground.
A sergeant asked, "Who is in charge here?"
Weiterin stood up: "I am the person in charge."
The sergeant asked Weiterin to recognize the employees from the crowd. She pointed out the names of several people and told the sergeant what they did. As she continued to point down, she seemed a little hesitant; she could not remember all the names, especially the temporary worker who had just been hired. Weiterin stopped in front of a young hired worker and could not remember his name. Chen Feiran spoke, wanting to help Weiterin, but the Japanese soldiers rushed over and punched Chen Feiran, making his face covered in blood.
At this moment, a jeep drove over and stopped on the side of the road. Three Americans jumped out of the car, Smyth, Fitch and Mills. The Japanese soldiers immediately surrounded them and searched for pistols. After the search, Fitch said in German: "We are missionaries." The sergeant did not respond, so Fitch changed to French: "We are all Americans. The sergeant nodded and said: "Yes, I know. But you must leave here!"
The sergeant waved his hand, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers rushed up and pushed the three Americans into the jeep; he also grabbed Weitlin and Mary Twinum's arms and pushed them into the vehicle. Weitlin struggled and shouted: Damn it! This is my home! I won't go anywhere!"
Mary Twinum clutched the tailgate and refused to get in: "You bastards! Let me go!"
Feich translated Weiterin and the others' words loudly to the sergeant, and the sergeant ordered the three foreign men to leave immediately. With the aim of the rifle, Feich and the others got into the jeep and drove away slowly.
As soon as the jeep disappeared, the school suddenly heard the cry of a woman and the screams of her mouth covered. Through the gate, the audience saw the Japanese soldiers rushing a group of girls to the side door of the school. Almost everyone understood that this was the trick of the Japanese. They trapped Weiterin and the others in the front door, pretending to review and hunt down Chinese soldiers, while others selected girls in the building.
The dead leaves rustled, the shrill north wind was whimpering, and the miserable screams of the captured women echoed in the air. Weitlin couldn't help crying, folded his hands together, and whispered: "My kind God, have you seen it? Why can't you lower your anger?"
The sobs of the audience in front of the screen were heard, especially the Chinese and Chinese journalists could not control their tears. Even Ang Lee could not control his emotions and couldn't help but burst into tears. Jia Zhangke didn't want to cry, bit his lips tightly, but his shoulders were shaking uncontrollably.
Weiterin's words reminded Scorsese of the questions raised by thinkers after World War II: How can people still talk about God after Auschwitz? He couldn't help but think, did Weiterin also have similar questions after the Nanjing Massacre, where is God?
The camera cuts to the burned Ministry of Transport Building opposite the Ministry of Military Affairs. There is a small hill in front of the building where the air-raid shelter was dug. At this time, Rabe looked at the air-raid shelter in a daze. There were many corpses lying in the entrance of the hole. The corpses were full of holes and were obviously killed by machine guns. John Maggie took a 16mm camera and took a secret shot. Smith next to him asked him to be careful. If the Japanese saw him, he would have to kill him.
The camera cut into a pond not far from the International Commission, with dozens of corpses in it, most of which were tied with their hands behind their backs, and some of them had stones hanging around their necks. Apparently, the Chinese soldiers after the execution were thrown into the pond by the Japanese army. Rabe looked at the corpses all over the pond and murmured: "God, look at all these!"
The camera shook to the sky, with the sky above my head thousands of miles above my head. The sun was spraying warm light, but the audience did not feel warm, only the bone-permeable chill. This camera seemed to tell everyone that in Nanjing City in 1937, God or God did not exist.
The camera shook, and time returned to New York in 1995, Harper Collins Press. Zhang Chunru walked into the office of editor Susan Labina. When Susan Labina saw Zhang Chunru, she was very happy to tell her that McDurger, the author of Pulitzer Prize winner "Paradise and Earth", was willing to write a book recommendation when Zhang Chunru's "Biography of Qian Xuesen" was published.
Zhang Chunru cheered like a child when she heard the news, and then asked about the specific situation. However, she quickly calmed down and said seriously: "Susan, if the publishing house agrees, I want to publish a book at my own expense, a book that is very important to my nation."
Susan Labina was a little surprised and didn't understand why Zhang Chunru had to publish the book at his own expense: "We won't do this, we don't need your money. Either we approve and publish this book, or we simply don't publish it. Now you talk to me about this book!"
Zhang Chunru briefly introduced the Nanjing Massacre to Susan Labina, describing the photos she saw at the picture exhibition, as well as the information she collected at the National Archives and the Yale University Library.
Susan Labina was very surprised: "It's incredible. I've never heard of this. No scholar has ever written such a huge and heavy subject. How could this happen?"
Zhang Chunru smiled bitterly and said, "Harper Collins is a specialist in publishing academic works. You are an expert in this field. You have never even heard of the Nanjing Massacre, let alone ordinary people. This is why I plan to write this book." Zhang Chunru took a deep breath: "Recently, I have been wondering why everyone knows Auschwitz concentration camp, knows the millions of Jews who were massacred by **, but they don't know the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing during World War II? Why is this happening? But no matter what, I have the responsibility to let everyone in the world understand everything that happened in Nanjing in 1937."
Susan Labina nodded slightly and said, "It's really strange, why did this thing disappear from the history books? What made it disappear? This is a very interesting topic. Write me a book topic plan."
The camera cuts to the party scene, Zhang Chunru was wearing a beautiful dress and having a happy conversation with a group of Chinese. Ding Yuan introduced a woman to Zhang Chunru: "This is Tang Meiru, she is an independent producer. Last year, she produced a documentary about the Nanjing Massacre "In the Name of Emperor". She went to Nanjing to interview survivors."
When Zhang Chunru heard this, she immediately asked: "You have visited survivors in Nanjing. How are they doing?"
Tang Meiru, who was originally smiling, suddenly became serious when she heard this: "I went to Nanjing in August last year. A historian gave me a list of interview contacts. I interviewed four survivors, most of whom were unwilling to be interviewed. They lived a bad life, lived in common slums, and even had no money to buy medicine!"
Speaking of this, Tang Meiru was a little angry: "And those Japanese veterans lived in beautiful houses, with beautiful artworks and furniture in their homes, as well as gardens. They received huge subsidies from the Japanese military. These people were criminals, and the victims continued to suffer for their crimes!"
Zhang Chunru was slightly stunned and then said, "I plan to go to Nanjing to collect information and interview some survivors of the Holocaust, but I don't know anyone in China. Can you help me?"
Tang Meiru immediately said: "Of course, I think it's not just me, but many people are willing to help you in this matter."
Chapter completed!