On December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell, and the Japanese army began a massacre of 6 weeks or more from the moment they entered the city. The Nanjing Massacre was a crime committed by Japanese militarism against the Chinese people, and everywhere they went was a hell on earth, and the brutality of the means was shocking.
But in such a harsh and bloody environment, there was a scene of resistance and struggle.
"Night, take care of the Japanese sword." Japanese sword Oh good Japanese sword! It's still bright and clear after cutting people. Contented. After drinking fragrant wine in the evening, I felt more raised and breathed. On November 26, 1937, Japanese soldier Fumio Horikoshi wrote in his diary.
The massacre is spreading wildly among the Japanese army, and it is also recorded in the diary of Nobuo Makihara that as long as the villagers are suspicious, they will be shot mercilessly by the Japanese army, and the way they judge the suspicious is that many Chinese see the Japanese army sweeping, they rush to flee, they do not know why they want to escape, but the escapees are regarded as suspicious. However, those who do not escape are often unable to escape death.
In the face of the Japanese army smashing the door, some kind citizens in the family will come out to open the door at the beginning, they do not realize the harm, the motive is simple, thinking that as long as it is clear that there are no outsiders in the family, they will not be hurt. However, the savage Japanese army is like a bloodthirsty bat, and when they enter the door, they kill the person who opens the door, and then they enter the house and break into the house, slaughter the men when they see them, and violence when they see women.
Many citizens began to resist in the face of the tragic situation of their families being raped and killed. But the result is often a brutal killing because of inability to resist. The rebellion did not stop, and after the order in the city was stabilized, a small number of people met together to punish the evil enemy, but doing so would lead to a larger retaliatory massacre by the Japanese army.
The japanese army's behavior was unprecedentedly brutal, and people were not allowed to think and respond normally. At that time, after a large number of Chinese soldiers were disarmed, they believed that the Japanese army would abide by the Geneva Convention, not kill prisoners of war, and at most be dismissed and absorbed, so when they were detained in a centralized manner, they did not expect to be executed immediately, they underestimated the brutality of the Japanese army, and they were quickly pulled out in batches and groupeds and suffered collective massacres.
In the mass slaughter, the Japanese army was well prepared and horrific: tied hands in a series, inescapable grounds, abundant ammunition and troops, and sudden shooting.
The nanjing soldiers and civilians, who had experienced shock and fear, still fought desperately against the invaders in such a passive and harsh environment.
For example, on December 16, when the Japanese army carried out a mass massacre at the foot of Wulong Mountain, it was met with fierce resistance, and the anger in the hearts of the refugees broke out at that moment. At the last moment, everyone woke up and realized what the fire from the machine guns meant, so they shouted loudly and rushed to the Japanese machine gun team en masse.
The machine gun team did not expect that under their demonic suppression there would be people who would want to resist, and they were crushed in an instant, seeing that the people were about to rush out, and the enemy's car team in the distance saw it and immediately poured the gasoline barrel on the ground and lit a fire... Raging flames block people's escape routes, and everyone is in a desperate situation... Killed.
Also on December 17, when the Japanese army massacred tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians on the side of the Grass Shoe Gorge River, they rushed into the enemy group with their bare hands in the face of enemy machine gun fire. At first, one of them used his teeth to bite open the knot of cloth on the hands of the person in front of him, and everyone was busy with me, and I helped you, and they were all loosened.
"Grab the gun!" Three or four Chinese soldiers and civilians who were about to be slaughtered dragged a Japanese soldier, punched, kicked and bit with their mouths, and many of them ran onto the road ahead, while the heavy machine guns on all sides spewed out flames and lasted for more than 20 minutes before stopping, and the river beach was full of blood.
Someone snatched a knife and gun and used it as his own weapon, because it was dark, the Japanese devils could not see who it was, and they also injured their own officers by mistake, causing some casualties. However, the road ahead for the Chinese military and civilians who ran out is unknown, it is very likely to be strafed by dense light and heavy machine guns, and those who jump into the river are likely to be frozen to death, and only a few people can really escape the slaughterhouse alive.
Although resistance is always in the minority in terms of numbers compared with massacres, and many of the final outcomes are not satisfactory, under the tight control of the Japanese army, the victims can still resist the death resistance in the endless intimidation, which requires superhuman courage. In this terrible environment, there are still people who can break out amazing resistance, which is very rare and precious, and the deeds of the Chinese people's war of resistance cannot be ignored or forgotten.