History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
War is hated by people because it has taken the lives of millions of people, made people who should have lived peacefully hate each other, attacked each other, and turned people into beasts. But there are still people who are willing to be upright people in times of war, and they can't do cruel things.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many Japanese orphans were exiled to China and later adopted by local residents. Decades later, some of these orphans returned to China to recognize their relatives, and one of the sisters was not the object of their relatives, it was General Nie, the founding general of our country.
Sisters in war
The story takes place in 1940, the War of Resistance Against Japan is in a very critical period, and the relationship between the two countries can be described as not sharing the same sky. At that time, in order to prevent our army from continuing to advance, the Japanese Kou bombarded the village of Dongwangshe with mortars. Although Dongwangshe Village is close to the Zhengtai Railway, it is inhabited only by ordinary people and overseas Chinese, not soldiers, and the Japanese army even ignores its own overseas Chinese for the sake of war.
Suddenly, the mining area of the Zhengtai Railway became a sea of fire. Among them is the Kato family. Kato's mother died on the spot, while his father died. At that time, the Kato sisters were desperate and helpless, looking at the smoke and confusion. At this time, the Eighth Route Army came in, and when they saw the two children, they carried them out of the fire with their father, but Kato's father died, leaving only the little sisters.
During the war, the children of enemy countries are lost to their own hands. Whether these two children can be saved or not has become a difficult problem.
The kind of family the little sisters were born into was not a choice they could choose, and a child of this age could not commit any crime. What did their loved ones do, and how much could they have to do with two ignorant children? The Eighth Route Army had always treated its captives well, let alone two ignorant children.
Finally, General Nie asked people to take the two children back to the headquarters, and he came to take care of them personally.
After arriving at the headquarters, he first examined his sister Ryumiko's wounds, saw that she still had to breastfeed, and hurried to the nearby village to find a nursing woman to feed her, and then returned to take care of her sister Mihoko. At that time, Mihoko may have been stimulated in the war, and was taken to a strange place, and did not dare to communicate with people at all, but kept saying "Mother is dead..." General Nie saw the situation and brought a few pears for her to eat, and then spoke to her gently, slowly comforting the child.
Mihoko saw that the general was very kind and slowly let down her guard. After a few days, he relaxed, and after running with the general, he reappeared as a child should be lively.
The general also considered raising these two children himself, but the army was not always a place to raise children, not to mention two little girls, who were in the war period at that time, the Japanese army had to sweep at every turn, the troops often had to be transferred, and it was very inconvenient to take two children. The two of them are Japanese, and their sister has grown up, so it is not appropriate to leave them behind, and they still have to go back to their hometown. In the end, the general decided to send the two of them to Shijiazhuang to the Japanese command.
Long road back home
The day before leaving, the general took a group photo with the two of them. After that, someone sent someone to take the two of them on the way home. He also had a basket filled with pears to quench their thirst and hunger on the way, and a letter was placed in the basket with the lives of the two children.
There is also a passage that reads, "The Chinese people will never regard the Japanese soldiers and the people as enemies... This letter is very important, and it shows a basic principle, that is, the ordinary people of China and Japan are not enemies at all, and there is only one common enemy of the two peoples, Japan's militarism itself.
The letter was not sealed, it was deliberately arranged by the general. He wanted to show the Japanese and make them understand how much evil they had committed. The two displaced children are their evidence of guilt, and if there is no war, the two children should still be at the knees of their parents, rather than living tens of thousands of miles away from their hometown.
Fortunately, the two little sisters arrived in Shijiazhuang smoothly, and the injured sister was taken to the hospital. However, because of the severity of the injury, the nursing child did not survive in the end. Later, her sister Mihoko Kato was sent back to Japan and raised by her relatives.
At that time, no one knew about her experience of being rescued, and because she was too young to remember things very clearly, she could not remember which soldier saved her. Moreover, at that time, she was very emotional, and because of the language barrier, she said her name as "Xingzi", which made it even more difficult to find. Therefore, Mihoko has not been able to come to China to find relatives. It wasn't until 1980 that an article recalled Mihoko, who had grown up.
See you again
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Nie once gave an interview to a reporter, and after lamenting the cruelty of the war, he suddenly remembered the Japanese girl he saved decades ago, and he did not know what happened to the child in the end. Then an article titled "Little Girl in Japan, Where Are You" was published in the newspaper.
As soon as this article was published, it caused a sensation in Japan, and the Japanese also wanted to find the little girl who was rescued by the Eighth Route Army. A Japanese journalist became interested in this and began looking for Mihoko. Finally, he found it. At that time, Mihoko was married, opened a small grocery store with her husband, had three children, and lived a peaceful life.
Mihoko, who was found, was also very happy and decided to go to China soon to find General Nie, both to thank him for his rescue and to look for this "relative" in a foreign country.
The two men were very excited when they met, and the marshal said to Mihoko, "When I saw you, you were still a little girl, only so tall." And after decades of not seeing, Mihoko at that time also had her own family and her own children, and her daughter was already older than Mihoko at that time.
After taking her seat, Mihoko gave a Japanese specialty doll to the marshal, which is said to be the highest specification of gifts given by japanese people, and will only be given to distinguished guests. The marshal returned the Chinese painting with an inscription signed by his own hand. At this time, a funny vignette appeared, and Mihoko's fifteen-year-old daughter suddenly took out a small bunny doll and gave it to the marshal, making him laugh. Later, the marshal sent the doll to the military museum, but left the rabbit to play with his granddaughter.
Mihoko didn't come to China just for herself, she also brought many messages from old Japanese soldiers, conveying their regrets and apologies.
The marshal said the same as in the letter of the year, the war launched by Japanese militarism hurt not one side, but the people of the two countries, only peace can make both countries get better development, he blessed the grown-up Mihoko, and also wrote an inscription for her.
After Returning to China, Mihoko also treasured the Chinese painting and raised her house in order to place the Chinese painting.
A period of warmth in the war years lasted for forty years, just as peace eventually replaced war, and the brilliance of human nature eventually triumphed over hatred and blindness.