On July 2, 1938, a soft and beautiful Japanese woman's voice spread from the wartime broadcast room in Wuhan, China, in all directions:
"Now it's a radio talk from Chinese radio to the Japanese army."
In fluent Japanese, she persuaded the invading Japanese army, "Fellow Japanese, when your guns are aimed at the chests of Chinese... Have you ever thought that this is a sin, an unforgivable and heinous sin for the peoples of the whole world? ”
She asked loudly, "When you shout your pledge of allegiance to the emperor to the death, and sprinkle your blood on the land of China, who are you fighting for?" Who are you allegiance to? Are the undead on the altar heroes or criminals?! ”
At the end, she shouted: "Fellow citizens! Don't make a mistake for spilling your blood! ”
The voice of this Japanese woman was broadcast daily for two years.
The familiar sound of the countryside really made some soldiers shake their hearts. Some people were even affected by this and escaped back to China halfway.
A Japanese messenger soldier wrote a small poem that reflected the confusion of the soldiers at that time: Chongqing broadcasting, secretly listening, the fluent Japanese, the heart is difficult to calm.
The Japanese military hates it to the bone. In November 1938, the front page of the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper in Japan published a photograph of the Japanese woman Hideko Midorikawa, calling her a "red scum" and "a traitor", and wanted her.
Not only that, but Japan also put pressure on Hideko Midorikawa's parents, intimidating and threatening, demanding that her parents "cut their abdomen and atone for their sins to the emperor."
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, Hideko Midorikawa grew up in a well-to-do family and was literate.
When I was in college, the "918" invasion of China occurred, and Hideko Midorikawa made a statement in public: "I am undisguised against aggression and war of aggression!" As a result, he was targeted by the police and arrested Hideko Midorikawa on the charge of "a person with dangerous ideas".
Despite the solidarity and public opinion of the students, Hideko Midorikawa was released 10 days later. However, the school took advantage of this to cancel her student status.
After being forced to leave school, Hideko Midorikawa engaged in esperanto research and activities. In 1936, she fell in love with Liu Ren, a Chinese student in Tokyo, and married.
In 1937, Japan invaded China and Liu Ren returned to China. Three months later, Hideko Midorikawa also broke through the resistance and returned to China to meet her husband.
After coming to China, she witnessed the atrocities of the Japanese army, felt furious, and wrote her first article: "Love and Hate.".
"I love Japan because it's my home country, where my parents, siblings, relatives and friends live.
I love China because it is my new hometown, and there are many kind and hard-working comrades around me. I hate, I hate with all my might the Japanese warlords who are slaughtering Chinese.
Now, if possible, I am willing to join the Chinese army because it fights for national liberation, not against the Japanese people, but against the Japanese imperialists. ”
In Shanghai, she participated in the anti-Japanese parade with Chinese, singing the "March of the Volunteer Army" and shouting "Down with Japanese imperialism!" ”
She published an article in "China's Roar", "China's Victory is the Key to The Tomorrow of All Asia", which was forwarded to Japan through Singapore and caused great repercussions in Japan.
After the Chinese army withdrew from Shanghai, Mr. and Mrs. Hideko Midorikawa left Shanghai for Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and finally to Wuhan, the center of the War of Resistance.
In Wuhan, she joined the Central Radio Station of the International Propaganda Department of the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee as a broadcaster to Japan. She appealed to the Japanese army every day in clear and soft Japanese, hoping to arouse the homesickness of the Japanese soldiers and the doubts and reflections on militarism.
Japan's Anti-War Alliance
A North Korean poet was touched by her and wrote a poem praising: Your gentle voice is enough to create lightning and thunder.
She had no fear of Japan's wanted list, saying, "Whoever wants to call me a traitor, let him call!" I have no fear of it! ”
The same Japanese anti-war activists were full of admiration for her, and the Japanese female writer Yoji Hisa said: "Hideko Midorikawa has been named a traitor, which is a medal that no Japanese person can get." ”
On August 20, 1938, Hideko Midorikawa published a letter of consolation from Japanese Friends in the Xinhua Daily, writing:
Dear Chinese Soldier,
First of all, I would like to pay an honest salute to you, the heroes who have defended the Chinese nation with their own flesh and blood. I always want to go forward, fight with you desperately, to bring down the invaders... The Japanese army has only better weapons, but this kind of weapon cannot keep up with your bravery, let alone your unity... Please fight relentlessly and tenaciously! I also did everything in my power to support the War of Resistance in the rear! ”
Hideko Midorikawa in the film
After the fall of Wuhan, Mr. and Mrs. Hideko Midorikawa withdrew to Chongqing with their troops and continued their anti-Japanese work. In Chongqing, she met Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai smiled and said to her: "The Japanese imperialists call you a 'traitor to the country', but in fact you are a loyal and good daughter of the Japanese people, a true patriot!" ”
Hideko Midorikawa was very touched by this and said, "This is the biggest encouragement for me. ”
Deng Yingchao said: "We fight side by side! ”
During the days of the war of resistance, Hideko Midorikawa's life became more difficult, and she lived with a small amount of food every day. But she was not discouraged and ran every day for the work of the War of Resistance.
In 1945, he surrendered to Japan.
With excitement, Hideko Midorikawa celebrates with Chinese.
But she was wary of it, writing in "Japan on the Wrong Path" that "the premature surrender of Japanese militarism was to preserve its strength as much as possible" and that "they will never be allowed to continue to deceive in the guise of peace and democracy."
She appealed, "To quickly and completely eliminate the figures, institutions, economy, military strength, ideology, and everything else of the Japanese ruling class, and to wipe out the mortal enemy of mankind, the Japanese fascists, from the earth without a trace!" ”
In the winter of 1945, Mr. and Mrs. Hideko Midorikawa returned to the northeast of Liu Ren's hometown, to Jiamusi, the rear of the Liberated Area, and were hired to give lectures at Northeastern University, which trained cadres.
Soon, Hideko Midorikawa became pregnant and decided to induce labor in order not to delay her work. Unfortunately, the surgery triggered an infection. At that time, medicine was in short supply in the Liberated Areas, there was no antibiotic, and Hideko Midorikawa's condition deteriorated rapidly, and she finally died. He is only 35 years old.
Her husband Liu Ren, who had a deep affection for her, was overly sad and depressed, and after more than three months, he also disappeared.
The two were buried in the martyrs' cemetery in Jiamusi, a Japanese woman who had fought for China all her life, and has since been buried on Chinese soil.
She has not been forgotten by China. In 1980, China made a movie: Wangxiang Star, which tells the story of Hideko Midorikawa. Deng Xiaoping also wrote the title of the film in his own handwriting.
Author: Lemon