Chapter 8 【Volume 2 Blood Sacrifice of the Nation My Rizhi Incident War Record】

【Second Section】 December 4th. The weather is cold.On the march, the wind was biting cold.When staying in the house, everyone wants to surround the fire to warm their bodies as much as possible, and they can't wait to hold the fire in their arms. The quiet and cold night was getting deeper and deeper.I always feel heavy and tense. In the last five minutes, the attack on Nanjing will begin.Death was ahead of us, sneering greedily, waiting.My twenty-six is ​​only a few days away.No!Maybe only a few hours.From time to time, my father and fellow countrymen come to my mind. My father is in front of me, my mother is smiling, my younger brother is watching me silently, and my younger sister is calling me.

Line up!Finally set off, the hour hand points to exactly nine o'clock. In the darkness, the cigarettes were snuffed out one by one.One, two, three, and four sounded a low counting sound. The No. 4 Squadron was leading the way, walking on narrow paths for a while, and field ridges for a while. As time passed, the cold became more and more threatening. We seemed to be walking on a plateau, surrounded by darkness.Fatigue, cold and drowsiness were tormenting us. Suddenly, there was a gunshot in front of us. The sound of gunfire was continuous, like the sound of a cattail fan being pressed against a rapidly rotating bicycle wheel.The sound of machine guns from the fourth squadron of the enemy and friendly troops intertwined, breaking the tranquility of the night.Our advance was halted when the vanguard engaged the enemy.

As soon as the advance stopped, we felt the cold start to engulf our bodies from all directions. The body was tortured by the cold, and sleepiness made us very nervous.When the hand touches a metal object such as a gun, it will even hurt from the cold.After a while, the troops turned to a side road. The enemy is still shooting into the dark.Bonfires can be seen here and there, presumably lit by enemies shivering with cold. The troops marched around the enemy's position, as if they were afraid of encountering the enemy. Our task is to avoid the small group of enemies and drive directly to Nanjing.In the dark, I walked for a long time on the winding and bumpy field ridge.The cold was getting heavier and heavier, and it felt at least ten degrees below zero.The bitterness of the severe cold was so unbearable that I couldn't help but shed tears.My hands and feet were so cold that I couldn't move them, as if my limbs were about to leave my body. I'm afraid this is the coldest I've ever experienced. I was crying and gritting my teeth.

After passing through the bamboo forest, the troops stopped on the road.In the dark night, a few families could be seen faintly. The superior ordered us to guard the road and set up a formation in the depression beside the road.The cold was so cold that our hearts almost stopped beating, and our lungs seemed to have frozen in the icy air.I couldn't lie down in the narrow ditch, so I had to sit and wait for the dawn. I still felt very cold after putting on the leggings I brought from the mainland.In the summer in North China, in order to reduce the weight of the backpack, I once wanted to throw away the woolen sweater and woolen trousers, but I kept them with me because I was not willing, and now they come in handy.At that time, because of the heat, fatigue, and toil, it was a relief to throw away even a single page, but I carried them on my back during the march, from September, October to November, for three months.Is this greed unique to me, or is it common to all people?

Whenever I feel drowsiness pulls my body like a rope, and the cold pulls me back desperately from the other end of the rope.What a cold night!Sleepy night! When I was walking in the dark, I picked a bundle of straw on the ground and distributed it to several comrades in arms. Each of them put only fifteen or six straws under their buttocks.From this point alone, everyone felt as warm as sitting on a radiator. My bent knees looked like they were exposed to something cold, and they ached from the cold. I leaned against the slope and sat on a dozen straws, huddled up and waiting for the dawn.However, this cold night that even the blood vessels were about to freeze turned out to be a long night, as if it would never dawn.

The night sky gradually turned white, and I also woke up. I couldn't help but feel that my blood was heating up all over my body. I wanted to smoke a cigarette comfortably.Not to mention the backpack, all other items carried with him were covered with frost, and there were bayonet-like frost columns all over the place.Fortunately, there was no wind. Although the weather was cold, it was still bearable. Otherwise, it would not be able to stop the cold. Looking at it after dawn, I feel very regretful that the night seems to have blinded us. On the road in front of the two rooms, the people left a lot of clothes and bedding when they fled. If we had known this, we would not have been cold last night. up.

We immediately raided the village and captured five men and one woman.First, five men were tied to a tree, and the other was released because she was a woman.But this woman tightly hugged a twenty-six or seven-year-old fair-skinned man and refused to leave.She looked twenty-two or three years old, and she might be the man's lover or beloved wife, so she couldn't bear to leave, expressing her fierce love for this man.The scene was horrible.At this time, someone pulled her away and told her to run away alone, but she hugged the man tightly and refused to let go.Two enemy radio transmitters were found in their home.Either they carried out espionage activities, or enemy soldiers carried out activities in their homes.In short, with all the physical evidence, there is no doubt that he will die.This man can only speak one sentence in Japanese: Thank you!Maybe he thought his Japanese thank you meant please forgive me.Even if we told him to kill you, asked him if this woman is your wife, asked him when the enemy in the village escaped, and whether you were engaged in espionage, he would answer with only one sentence in Japanese: Thank you!Although he didn't mean to do it, we always felt like he was playing us and it was annoying.

Some of the people tied to the tree were stabbed to death, some were hacked to death, and some were shot to death. We were very interested in this pair of young men and women, so we put them to death last. Pull this woman away from the man!The squadron leader ordered. A soldier wrenched the woman's hand away and dragged her away.Another soldier pierced the man's chest with a bayonet, and the woman yelled: "Zhi rushed over like crazy, hugged the man tightly and cried."She howled and cried, as if she was about to vomit blood.It was a very touching and dramatic scene.After a while, she raised her tear-filled face, which was tightly buried in the man's chest, and glared at me.With deep love for the man who was dying in a pool of blood and about to lose his life, and with deep hatred for us, she pointed to her chest and said: stab it!No, it should be said that she ordered us sternly.

An ordinary woman orders us like a general with her immense majesty! stab it! Hi! Woo she fell, falling on the man's chest like protecting a lover. This is martyrdom!It is martyrdom for love!The crimson blood of love and hate flowed from her plump chest, flowing on the man's body, as if still protecting him. This tragedy really moved us, and we all talked about it: China also has a great woman! It turns out that the power of love is stronger than death. We immediately set fire to the village, and then moved on to another village. Lately, setting fires has become commonplace for us, more fun than children playing with fire.

Hello!It's so cold today! Do you want to burn a house to keep warm? This is who we are today.We have become the murderer, the arsonist! When the sun rose to the tip of the bamboo pole, we were ordered to have breakfast, and our team went into a Chinese family to eat.But the rice of the Chinese family is as frozen as ice, chewing in the mouth like raw rice.Fortunately, there are also sweet potatoes, which the coolies cook to fill their stomachs.Chinese yams are as white as radishes. After breakfast, when he was dozing off drowsily, the sound of departure sounded in the distance.The endless hills are almost barren, layer upon layer, like waves rising and falling.The apex of the ups and downs in front is the enemy's position. The second and third battalions of our army are the vanguard troops, and our first battalion is the reserve team.

I served as a scout and went to the location of the frontline troops with the squadron leader.All the squad leaders of my squadron have been killed. The conveners of each squad are the Sergeant in the first squad, the sergeant in the second squad, and the corps leader in the third squad.Therefore, the so-called officer scouts must be sent by the squadron leader himself.Speaking of squadron cadres, the warrant officer was killed, Chief Cao was wounded, the second lieutenant was also killed, another second lieutenant was seriously injured, and the only remaining cadre was the squadron leader. We three scouts followed the path.A Chinese man in a long robe came in front of him. He clasped his hands in a unique Chinese way and put his hands in his navy blue long sleeves.The squadron leader suspected that this person had a pistol in his hand, so he was a little timid and stopped walking. I thought how could such a thing happen?So they went forward and searched him. Nothing suspicious was found and he was released. However, we regretted it afterwards, why did this Chinese man wander around the battlefield alone?That guy should be killed. The place we arrived was the ambush site of the second brigade. Most of the soldiers were lying on the slope at the dead end of the enemy's shooting, and a few soldiers were shooting at the enemy with heavy weapons at the front of the position.The enemy is also fighting back fiercely, and their figures are clearly visible. The artillery of the regiment exploded, and with the violent explosion, the enemies scattered around like ripples.We can clearly see the ugly appearance of them panicking and scurrying around.Here I met Maruyama Shiro-kun, who gave me some Chinese wine and gave me three cigarettes. Recently, it will not be bright until after seven o'clock.At six o'clock in the morning on December 6th, we set off before dawn.I saw mountains in front of me.After crossing an avenue that is said to lead to Nanjing, there is a stone structure house surrounded by railings not far away. Some say it is a military academy, while others say it is a barracks.There is also a simple warehouse built with reed mats on the square, which stores military equipment such as horse gear.Almost all the equipment, such as harnesses, kettles, and lunch boxes, are exactly the same as Japanese military supplies, and there is also a "Infantry Manual", whose content is almost the same as ours. Here I learned how the enemy investigated our army and prepared to fight our army when this war began.It is a pity that the book was burned by the warrant officer at that time.This book has a certain degree of reference significance for the Japanese army in the future. On the blue cover, there are five red letters of extremely confidential documents. "Judgment on the Secret Expansion of the Japanese Army's Forces" April 26 "Judgment on the Soldiers and Formation of the Japanese Army in Wartime" March 25 "Judgment on the New Organization and Equipment of the Japanese Army" April 26 (the above three The dates of the two documents are all in the period of the Republic of China, referring to 1937, 1936, and 1937 respectively.) Starting in the afternoon, our No. 1 brigade was organized into the right-wing first-line unit and marched in dispersal.The enemy set up a formation in front of the high ground, relying on firepower to resist tenaciously. The day's fighting almost ended with the sound of infantry artillery and heavy machine gun fire, while we fell asleep to the sound of shelling and machine gun fire.At night, the enemy began to shoot blindly, and we continued to move forward, braving the unbearable cold, marching unsteadily on the field ridges in the dark.It's cold, it's cold!The nerve endings in the hands and feet seemed to have lost consciousness.Because I ate glutinous rice for dinner, I feel uncomfortable in my stomach and have a dull pain.I wanted to take medicine, but when I put the kettle to my mouth, the water couldn't come out because it was frozen.However, the water is not completely frozen, but only a layer of ice on the surface, so when you shake it vigorously, the ice breaks and the water comes out. At around 2 o'clock in the morning, the captain of the second brigade sent someone to discuss with us a place to camp, so our brigade also decided to find a village for accommodation. We were so happy. It is a great happiness to escape the bitterness of severe cold at this moment.We found a village.The farmers panicked when they saw us entering the village.We first snatched the quilts they covered, and they hugged like ticks desperately and would not let go.A woman came angrily and yelled loudly to take the quilt back. This woman was so arrogant that she was too rude to us Japanese soldiers.We kicked her to the ground in a fit of rage, and the sloppy, middle-aged woman turned around like a tumbler, and after a while without a word, slipped into the night, muttering and exasperated. middle. Whenever we camp, we first sweep the village, kill the peasants, and then sleep.The death of the peasants keeps us safe in sleep. We tend to let many farmers die just to sleep peacefully for three hours before dawn.It is also a tragic scene on the battlefield. On December 7th, I got up at 7:00 in the morning and set off.The first brigade is the wing reserve team, and the second and third brigades are the front-line troops.When we came out of the village and advanced about 150 meters, we met the enemy's tenacious resistance. The battle was going on fiercely. The heavy machine gun bullets in the line of fire were insufficient, and there were only six infantry shells left. Relaxed and well rested.The battle line failed to advance at all. It is said that the 35th Regiment attacked the enemy at night and occupied their positions.Our reserve team got a full rest because the frontline troops failed to advance.It was a blessing in disguise.However, the delay in rushing up to seize the enemy's position is really anxious.The second and third teams are all useless!We smoked and talked. If you run out of bullets, you have to charge like the 35th Regiment!we say.If it is us, we must charge forward, take down the enemy's position in two hours, and show them!Some people even said bravely. Soldiers in the field troops always feel that only they are fighting bad battles, have suffered all kinds of hardships, and only they are the real trump card army.Even people in the same squadron think that their squad is better than other squads. This kind of arrogant thinking is common among squadron soldiers. I heard that guys from the 35th Regiment scolded the 2nd and 3rd Brigade, do you guys know what an attack is?Guess what, they didn't get angry when they heard that.Others are serious, he said. There is a large pond with hundreds of ducks swimming up and down the water.Since the landing in Central China, we have never received food supplies from the heavy soldiers, and the food has been settled by expropriation.This is because the roads are bad and it is difficult for the heavy troops to advance.Every time we go camping, we must first get the rice for the next day.Seeing the duck, everyone raised their voices for joy and chased after it.The enemy is chasing the enemy on the line of fire, but at the rear of this two hundred meters away from the line of fire, they are desperately robbing ducks.We shot and clubbed and got twenty-five ducks, and the fat and tender ducks, cooked with salt and sugar, were a feast, and they were delicious. Soldiers packed the only five or six houses to the brim, and the soldiers who couldn't fit in the houses went into the haystacks outside the houses to keep out the cold and sleep.I also got into the haystack.The climate in December is freezing cold.Although we were cold, we did not light a bonfire, which would have informed the enemy artillery of our position.We spent the night in the haystack. On the 8th, the first brigade replaced the second and third brigades from the line of fire.The second and fourth squadrons are the front-line troops, and the first and third squadrons are the reserve team.Our squadron is a reserve team, so we are free and easy. At noon, I fell asleep in the haystack, and Taro Kinoshita was carried over on a stretcher.It is said that when he was cooking, he was injured by a stray bullet on his right thigh. The bullet penetrated the flesh.There was no dressing on his wound, and he asked me if I had any good medicine. I gave him a topical medicine called Asdam and made duck soup for him.While expressing his thanks, he gulped and drank very fragrantly. Have you joined life insurance?I asked. Um.So go to the hospital.I took a bullet and thought I was lucky that the injury was nothing!Although you are not injured yet, more intense battles are yet to come.I heard that the position near Nanjing is very large. Judging from today's situation, it is because you are not injured that the danger is even greater.I was injured, but I was safe because the hospital is a safe place.You must be careful. Thanks.I am not injured yet, and I have to move forward.I don't know if the bullet went through my thigh or through my heart, it's up to fate!The mysterious force of fate is in control of me, so there is no need to be careful or watchful.Entrust your life to fate and march towards Nanjing! So, take care! goodbye! A soldier came to get a stretcher and said that four or five people had been killed in the line of fire. As they advanced to Nanking, the fighting reached a fever pitch.The power of life and death is in the hands of God. I think, this time life is lost!However, I always want to give full play to my role before I die.If you can't fulfill your wish, you will leave a thousand years of regret and die with regret. Can you break through the final line of death?I no longer have the slightest fear.There is only one thought in my heart, I just want to be energetic and go forward bravely, we have been possessed by the god of war.Not afraid of difficulties and dangers, not afraid of any sacrifices. Our strength is boundless, our morale is high, and we are invincible. Suddenly there was a fierce gunshot, machine guns were firing blindly, and the sound of the guns was like waves, ups and downs.About 30 minutes later, the order to advance was received, and a fierce gun battle just now captured the enemy's position.We braved the enemy's raindrops of bullets and rushed into the enemy's second line of defense with lightning speed. The Second Squadron had more than 20 casualties during the charge, but only occupied one firepower point of the enemy, and the battle was in a stalemate again. The sun was about to sink without a trace of warmth in the cold weather, and we dug trenches to prepare for sleep.When night fell, we were ordered to go to the rear to gather food.We searched every corner of every household in the village, not even a single grain of rice was spared.Then I had to cook quickly and give it to the wounded of the second squadron and the officers and soldiers who were fighting.After filling their stomachs, we will do ours, and then we have to find rice. In the end, all we get is sweet potatoes.Because time was tight, they were brought back to the camp without cooking, and they gnawed on the raw ones like mice. Each charge cost many lives.Charge is our most powerful weapon.It is greater than cannons, planes, and any modern weapon, and the fiercer the battle, the more decisive the charge. My life may end here.It should be time to attack to the death.I'm going to charge!I will take the passion and strength I possessed to attack Nanking as my lifelong pride and honor.Before dying for my country, I will put aside all selfish thoughts.A good soldier must face death without hesitation.I am determined to be such a soldier. I wrote suicide notes to my mother, brother and sister respectively. At this moment, with a heart full of sorrow, I have made up my mind to die.In the evening, Morisaki's troops finally arrived.The supply corps also arrived, and each of us was assigned twelve cigarettes and a small amount of liquor. December nine.At seven o'clock in the morning we captured the enemy's position.The enemy had already fled into the mountains, leaving behind a solid reinforced concrete bunker, camouflaged with earth and grass, with shooting holes seven inches high and two feet wide in front.There is a thick iron gate on the back side of the bunker, which is locked inside and out, and devices are added. In order to communicate with other bunkers, traffic ditches have been dug.The shooting holes and iron gates are only closed as a last resort. As long as the bunker is safe, people staying inside will be safe and sound.We hurriedly marched in pursuit of the enemy, across the plains and over the mountains, and found that the 35th Regiment was swaggering forward on the road ahead. The squadron leader shouted: Quicken your pace!The 35th Regiment cannot be allowed to occupy Nanjing first!This shout aroused our scrambling emotions, and we were determined to be the first to rush into Nanjing City. Our blood is boiling, our strength is strong, we are not afraid of hardships or tiredness, and we stand up and stride forward with hope burning in our hearts. We climbed a rocky hill with nothing but weeds on it.On the top of the mountain, we looked down at the highland that we just walked over, which was as vast as the ocean, and stretched into the infinite distance like the ups and downs of the mountain.A huge red sun rising from the east, colorful, dazzling and magnificent.The mountains are stretching, and there are many cockroaches.We went down the mountain and up the mountain, up the mountain and down the mountain, and climbed over three mountain tops.At this time, I was shot by machine guns on the mountain on the right. A soldier walking in front of me died on the spot and three were seriously injured. Where is Nanjing?I set up a pergola with my hands, and looked around with my hooves and feet.But there is nothing like Nanjing in the field of vision.All I could hear was the bombardment of friendly planes coming from under the clouds in the distance. The general attack on Nanjing has begun! We put death and pain on the horizon and ran forward like hungry wolves. While resting on the top of the last mountain, I found that the 35th Regiment was still passing through the path down the mountain.It seems that they are going to enter Nanjing before us. But Corporal Araki said that maybe these guys arrived in Nanjing first, but Nanjing is the enemy's last defensive position and is the largest.The line of defense will not be broken through easily, there will be a fierce battle, and when they are engaged with the enemy and the fight is almost the same, wouldn't it be better for us to rush into the city by surprise?Therefore, it is still uncertain who will advance to Nanjing City! We started descending, sliding like monkeys down the narrow gravel path. When we reached the flat ground, several remnants of the defeated soldiers who were suddenly attacked by us escaped like frightened birds from two or three dilapidated houses at the foot of the mountain, and were shot dead by us on the spot. Two or three comrades in arms took out cigarettes from the arms of the corpse and smoked them greedily, as if saying: I haven't smoked for a long time!Some even searched for money.I hate looking for cigarettes from dead people to smoke. I always feel that smoking their cigarettes means death, so I don't touch them.After advancing about two miles, I saw the words Nanjing City written on a stone road sign. As if we had run into an enemy who had been tracking us for five or even ten years, our spirits were lifted, and we couldn't help shouting: Long live!This foot-long stone road sign is simply the crystallization of our hard work, death and blood. We walked more happily.There is a big mountain on the right. The squadron leader checked the map and said it was Zijin Mountain. There is a majestic white pagoda at the foot of the Zijin Mountain. It was later discovered that it was the tomb of Sun Wen.Starting from the ancient Yao and Shun, the rich and prosperous China, the largest country in the world with a history of more than 4,000 years, had the Opium War between Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty and Britain. The British army attacked and blocked Guangdong, Xiamen, Ningbo, Shanghai and other places. Forced to Nanjing, just like that, Hong Kong was occupied by the British.The second time was when the Eight-Power Allied Forces including Britain and France launched a war of aggression. Beijing culture was destroyed, ancient cultural treasures were looted, the Kowloon area was ceded to Britain, and Christian missionaries obtained the right of residence, expanded their influence, and penetrated into every corner of China. jihad.The Anglo-French invasion of Asia is truly abhorrent.The British invaded India and changed dynasties. Queen Victoria became the emperor of India, conquered Pakistan, and annexed Burma.France annihilated Vietnam and merged Annan, Tokyo, and Cochinchina into French Indochina.Russia occupied Siberia and took advantage of the "Aihui Treaty" to occupy the area north of Heilongjiang and east of Ussuri River.In order to bully the Qing, the great powers launched the Sino-Japanese War one after another. Beijing Incident.The Russo-Japanese War, etc., the Qing Dynasty perished in the Xuantong period.Sun Yat-sen, a man who worried about the country, launched a revolutionary movement to establish an ideal country. He joined forces with Zhang Zuolin and Duan Qirui to defeat Zhili warlords Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and achieved revolutionary success.Before his death, Sun Wen left a will: Yu devoted himself to the national revolution for forty years, and his purpose was to seek freedom and equality in China.With 40 years of experience, I know that in order to achieve this goal, we must arouse the people and unite the nations of the world who treat us equally and work together.Now that the revolution has not been successful, all my comrades must continue to work hard in accordance with Yu's national founding strategy, national founding outline, the Three People's Principles and the Declaration of the First National Congress in order to implement it.Recently, it is recommended to hold a national assembly and abolish unequal treaties, especially to promote their realization in the shortest period of time. Now he is buried under the Zijin Mountain. If he knew about it, he would denounce Chiang Kai-shek's actions and shout loudly: The revolution has not yet succeeded!Chiang Kai-shek is sabotaging the revolution.In February of the forty-fifth year of Meiji, the Qing Dynasty perished during Xuantong.Twenty-six years after the founding of the Republic of China, Chiang will destroy the country again.Ironically, just under the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the last fierce offensive and defensive battle is going on, which is an epoch-making fierce battle. Nanjing has a long history.One thousand six hundred years ago, that is, in the era of martial arts in our country one thousand years ago, Sun Quan established Wu and established Nanjing as his capital. , and now Chiang occupies this place again. Nanjing is becoming a concert hall of hell, a huge cemetery where the sky is dark and the earth is dark, and the corpses are strewn all over the place.The cannonballs are humming Huang Quanqu, and the inhumane and horrific massacre scenes are about to be unfolded in front of us. There are enemies at the bottom right of the White Tower, the third squadron is attacking!The order has arrived.The captain of the brigade was looking out with binoculars under the shade of a short tree with his waist down.The first and second teams are fighting on the front line, we are the reserve team, and I am right next to the captain.Violent bullets whizzed in the air, and the soldiers on the front line sometimes crawled, sometimes lay down, and sometimes charged, trying to move forward.I don't know if it is because the enemy's firepower is too dense and the speed of advancement is very slow.The captain saw this situation through the binoculars and shouted: The third squadron is moving forward!charge! 3rd Squadron onwards!Go!The captain shouted angrily and gave another order, but the squadron still hesitated. The captain gritted his teeth and roared again: "Orderman, have you delivered the order?" The order was passed on again. Enemy Czech machine guns fired at them, but there were no casualties. Hello!Who is staying there?The captain asked angrily at us. We are the reserves of the third squadron. Hurry up to reinforce!Attack now! We gulped down the water in the military kettle, jumped forward and rushed forward. Bullets flew towards us overwhelmingly, and the enemies on the high slope could see us clearly, and fired wildly over us.I crossed the field ridges, using the field ridges as a cover, and moved forward little by little.The two obedient coolies in my team, one is the lovely boy Omson (the name, transliterated here.), and the other is a man in his thirties. They are the same as us, in order to avoid bullets, Lie down and crawl forward from time to time.Besides them, we used other coolies at the beginning, but they were all slackers, and these two were the only ones left in the end.Before these coolies go home after work, they ask us for something like an ID card, which is a talisman for them. For loyal and honest coolies, we will write that the coolies are honest and good people, so we hope that the troops will let them go.Eastern captain.Although there is no such establishment as the Eastern Army, the soldiers who come from the rear do not know what troops are in front, and they can all recognize this ID card.These coolies were all caught from the fields or hiding places on our own initiative, and they were not approved by the squadron, so it was impossible for the squadron leader to issue a certificate, so we had to sign the names of our respective troops.However, if the coolie is lazy and dishonest, it should be written: This coolie is a lazy and slippery person, life or death, let the soldiers of each team do as they please!Anyway, these Chinese people can't understand Japanese.They thought that the seal was the real thing, so they forced me to stamp the three-character seal.This seal is used when I receive my salary, and sometimes it is also used as the seal of the commander of the army.I once met a coolie who held in his bosom the certificate issued by another department that allowed him to live and die with dignity, like holding a treasure amulet. Seeing this, I laughed out loud, gave him a slap in the face, and asked the next soldier to slap him until the last soldier.After being slapped by everyone, the coolie froze and began to cry. Our two loyal coolies were afraid of being left behind, and shouted: Your Excellency!grown ups!followed. We finally reached the slope of the railway embankment.There is a small river on the side of the railway, the river passes through the river, and when we go up the slope, we smoke a cigarette first.In front of the railway is a flat field full of cabbages. The cabbages are neatly lined up with their round heads. The enemy is shooting wildly at us on the high slope at the end of the cabbage field.After passing the railway, enemy bombs swallowed our blood recklessly and blocked our way forward, as if warning us that the railway is their territory.The second team was the first to jump from the railway into the cabbage field, and each of them rushed madly like a maniac.The sound became more intense.Then came our third team.Captain Araki, who was the team leader, rushed over like a gust of wind.Then, two more soldiers crossed the railway.At this time, we received an order from the reserve team of the third squadron to gather in the village on the left.This way, we don't have to go through the bullet hell on the other side of the railroad, and we don't have to follow the captain.Maybe it's greed for life and fear of death!But this is obeying the orders of the captain, which is only right and proper.The captain's order was nothing less than great news to us. Although we didn't say it, we secretly rejoiced that we had received his angelic order before rushing out.At this moment, no one cared about the life and death of the squad leader and the two soldiers who rushed out, only caring about his own safety, the Nishimoto sub-captain jumped out, in order to inform the three people from the second and third teams to gather in the village on the left, He ran down the railroad ramp.We walked towards the village.Everyone was thoughtful, but they all kept silent and walked forward silently. There were only a dozen or so families in the village, which were devastated by shelling.Amidst the intense sound of bullets, the sun trembled and hid behind the earth. At this moment, Corporal Araki and two soldiers came back with Nishimoto.Captain Araki was crying, tears of anger and embarrassment streaming down his face unstoppably. Why don't you listen to my little captain's order!Greed for life and fear of death!He roared like he was vomiting something dirty, and he gritted his teeth after he finished speaking, holding back his tears, the cold wind blowing through our hearts. There were only two people rushing past me!Wu Chang sighed. Everyone's heart was empty, and the sound of guns roared crazily around us. Someone argued: After the small captain rushed up, we received orders from the big captain, so we didn't follow up. Before we attacked, the big captain was furious because we didn't carry out his order well.If this time, he clearly received his order and refused to obey, wouldn't he be furious again? This is not an excuse, to a certain extent, it is our heart.The previous time, after the team leader gave the order of the third squadron to charge, for some reason, it was not executed in time, which caused the team leader to lose his temper.We had a hard time, so we sent an orderly this time to notify the squad leader to return. The team leader said: The team leader's order is given to the squadron leader, not directly to you! After hearing this, we had no choice but to remain silent. We entered a house whose roof had been blown off by a shell.The walls around the house collapsed, and it was full of broken wood, tables and chairs with their legs blown off, and rattan suitcases with rags exposed.We just sat down and rested in a room full of sundries.We were overjoyed at the discovery of four large jars full of tasty pickles. We made our second largest lunch, dried our clothes, and fell asleep beside the broken log.Building a bonfire in such a place would expose the target, so they had to wrap themselves in rags and hide in broken wooden boards to keep out the wind and cold.The hour hand points to twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. The cold night sky is full of stars, and enemy flares flash like shooting stars from time to time.Machine gun bullets buzzed like death ghosts.Mortars roared in the cold night sky. The sound of the guns was different from usual. It was like the roar of a huge animal when it exhausted its whole body at the moment of death and struggled to death. The night was getting darker, and the sound of guns and guns was getting louder, like a person trembling when he was afraid. The sound of the enemy's guns is not an attack, but the horrible cry of passive defense. As the night grew darker, the anxiety, terror, and doubts in the hearts of the enemies became deeper and deeper. Almost no shots were fired by the friendly forces, because they understood the meaning of aimlessness and did not miss a shot.It seems that this has deepened the anxiety and doubts of the enemy. They are like children in a water fight with their eyes closed, splashing water everywhere, firing empty guns in all directions in the dark night. In our eyes, bullets are as valuable as gold coins, but the enemy regards them as garbage and spills them everywhere. What a violent, piercing sound of gunfire!The sound of shell explosions echoed in the darkness. This is simply an ensemble in hell, a cruel and ferocious killing, and a barking full of destructive desire.Amidst this savage roar, the stars shone calmly and serenely.How ironic! I am an extremely cowardly and selfish person who only realizes the loveliness and beauty of life when it is in danger. We should go all out and dedicate everything and even our lives to our dear motherland. Is now the time to lament one's own weakness?One should be a person who can die generously.Here, on the battlefield that can be called the massacre of human heavy industry, life is not worth even a speck of dust. Barbaric and inhumane, taunting us everywhere, waiting to suck our blood. Desolation, ruins, and chaos are the resting places of demons. There is a song called "People Encourage Me to Sacrifice the Battlefield." From the lyrics, death has become our purpose.Is it true? "Ye Yin" wrote: The so-called loyalty means death.Bushido means death. die!die!die! ah!還是想活下去，我們不能夠泰然赴死的苦悶心情中，甚至產生了自己一個人不死，戰爭也能打勝的卑鄙心理！ 但轉念又會想到，如果確實需要捐軀，自己也能含笑面對。 活著的人想生存下去。生者求生，這難道不是人之常情嗎？ 但作為一個日本人是不能因為這個理由而採取膽怯的行動的。 決不能苟且偷生！也不要膽怯而死！ 要在日本人的自然中生，在日本人的自然中死！ correct!渴望生存並非怯懦，而是自然情感的流露。但是，如果死得有重大意義，也就是非死不可的時候，就應大義凜然，慷慨就義。 最優秀的士兵既不是上等兵，也不是二等兵，而是指那些作為一個日本人，作為一個日本士兵在他該獻身的時候，義無反顧、毫不猶豫的人。 寒氣逼人，蒼白而混濁的星星以它永恆的冷澈閃爍著皎潔清輝。 死神片刻不停地演奏著地獄之曲，唱著死亡之歌。 我不知不覺進入了沉沉的夢鄉。 十二月十日。多麼猛烈的炮聲與爆炸聲啊！ 拂曉，友軍萬炮齊鳴，猛烈的炮聲把我從夢中驚醒。大剛放亮，友軍的野戰重炮、野炮、山炮、步兵炮齊聲發出了怒吼，像是對敵人昨夜的炮擊進行變本加厲的還擊。頓時炮火連天，轟隆的炮聲幾乎要使地軸開裂。從後方射來的炮彈像特快列車般，從我們頭頂呼嘯而過。 敵人也在拚命還擊。友軍的飛機開始了轟炸，敵人的高射炮對著飛機開火。但炮彈還沒打到飛機，就在飛機下方爆炸，騰起一團白煙，突然閃現在青空。轟隆隆的炮聲愈演愈烈。炮彈在轟鳴、呻吟、咆哮、狂叫，跳著死亡之舞，在這嚴酷的戰場上，沒有任何妥協的餘地，它是一場生與死、勝與負、你死我活的慘無人道的較量。 整個上午都是炮兵進攻。我們去徵收糧食。每個分隊派出了兩三個士兵。 我們來到一個村莊，這個村莊在建房時可能考慮到了戰爭，家家都砌有很高的石頭圍牆，使得外人無法侵入半步。我由砸破石牆翻了進去。只見一頭白毛驢豎著長長的耳朵溫順地站在那兒，看樣子好久沒人餵它飼料了，它把長長的臉湊近我們，像要討點吃的，在它旁邊的士兵大罵一聲混蛋，砰地朝它肚子踢了一腳。驢子蹦了起來，默默逃走了。不知為何，我看到這些東西時，總覺得它們很可憐。 昏暗的室內除了一張床，沒有什麼值錢的傢俱。床相當氣派，骯髒的室內、粗糙的房間佈局以及傢俱簡直沒法兒跟它比。這種床在中支那隨處可見，雖說已到了十二月，床四周漆成朱紅色的細柱子上還懸掛著蚊帳，蚊帳的開口處掛著流蘇，就像是神社門口的幕布。 看來像一年到頭都掛蚊帳的。床上還拴著各種各樣紅漆的飾物。泥地房間裡也擺著一個漆得火紅的木桶。這種厚重美觀的桶，如果在日本只是結婚儀式上使用。但在這兒，據說是受火紅色刺激，興奮後的夫婦用的尿桶。我們並不知道這些，用來打水燒飯，直到燒出另有異味的飯後方知就裡。不幸中的萬幸是米飯尚未進口，有的士兵歸罪於飯盒，把飯盒重重地扔了出去。 我徵了三四合大米後，來到了另一家，這個人家的曬場上蜷縮著十二三個女人和孩子，她們的臉上浮現著難以言狀的憂愁、怨艾和悲歎。她們的眼裡滿是敵意恐怖和絕望，就像廣漠的夜空中閃爍著的一兩顆星星。她們用纖弱蒼老的雙臂緊緊摟著自己可愛的孫子、兒子。她們像是四面受敵般地盡量靠在一起，瑟瑟發抖，煞是可憐。幼兒儼然把母親和祖母的懷裡當成最安全的地方，當成了天堂，安穩而香甜地睡著。 有的孩子緊緊抓住母親或祖母的一隻胳膊，低著小臉；有的孩子緊躲在大人身後，時不時向我們投以好奇與恐懼的目光。 有的母親像母雞護小雞似的，把三個愛兒摟在左、右方與胸前。等他們長大成人後，今大的痛苦經歷將會給他們留下什麼樣的回憶呢？那時，他們該會對日本採取什麼態度呢？ 幼年時期橫遭敵軍蹂躪，將給他們留下深深的痛苦、血和淚的記憶。 到任何時代日本的孩子都不會有如此羞恥的記憶，這是何等幸福啊！戰爭必須打贏！戰勝國國民吃麥飯和栗子飯，而戰敗國國民只能過吃稗子和野草的生活。 戰爭，是為了什麼？人類發動戰爭就是為了爭奪土地。 這種悲慘將不斷地重複直至地球毀滅為止。戰爭是一個國家的人民為維持生存而採取的最高手段，難道人類最終要為分配月球上的土地而鬥爭嗎？ 柔弱的支那婦女們，生命的餘日無多。她們把命根子一般所剩無幾的救命糧，挖空心思在破爛堆裡藏了又藏，而我的戰友一聲斷喝：要恨去恨你們蔣介石吧！他的一記耳光便將她們恐怖而憎惡的反抗、將她們對這點救命糧的瘋狂般的不捨之情，打到九霄雲外。 她們有什麼罪過呢？ 那個戰友懂得愛和同情嗎？ 難道這就是男子漢的勇敢嗎？ 我悲哀地走過那裡，來到另一戶人家時看到了更令人心痛的場景。 我像叫花子尋找垃圾箱似的，用懷疑的目光在屋裡到處翻騰、尋找。我打開一個籐條箱，嚇了一跳。微暗的箱子裡躺著一個出生不久、一聲不吭的嬰兒，我慌忙從這家跑出。 在這空蕩蕩的房子裡，在這陰暗的箱子中居然有剛出生的嬰兒。嬰兒的母親已經被殺害了嗎？他的哥哥都被拉上了抗日前線嗎？他就這樣餓死在這裡嗎？他那尚未發育完全的神經，那上帝給他的唯一覓食本能是尋找母親的乳房吧？他會在籐條箱裡餓得啼哭吧？被自家人扔掉的孩子難道僅此一個嗎？被自家人扔掉的孩子，被拋棄在街頭的孩子處處可見。 母親留給他的血紅的珍貴綢緞將原封不動地成為他的裹屍布，籐條箱將一如原樣成為他的棺材。 到處都是殘酷和悲慘。 這就是戰場 我總算找到了大約兩升米，踏上了歸途。 中隊還沒有前進，午飯後，步兵終於開始攻擊。 槍聲、炮聲一直持續著。 不破壞殆盡，不斬盡殺絕，便不停止的子彈的狂吠。 敵人的子彈猛烈地飛過來，我們快步衝向前方。當我們進入一片凹地樹林時，發現七個敵人已被刺死，其中一個被砍了頭，他的頭滾在離我約有三尺遠的地方。我跑過去把它踢開，這時，看到前面有一幢房子，敵人的輕機槍從裡邊向我們掃射。我軍的步兵炮和重機槍從後方掩護著我們前進。我們爬出草叢，來到低窪的道路，在坡頂架上輕機槍猛烈射擊。前方五十米處，兩三個敵人隱蔽在豆稈後面向友軍的機槍射擊，我充分地瞄準後放響了槍，我想一定打中了。左邊有一幢洋房，代理小隊長荒木伍長爬上去從窗口狙擊逃敵。我和其他兩三個士兵從高坡上用機槍掃射。不知為什麼中隊長一下子來到坡下有樹蔭的路上。已商定前線陣地要掛起國旗以通知我方友軍，於是受中隊長之命，把破爛不堪的國旗掛在樹枝上，敵人開始在五間寬的道路上抱頭逃竄。我們不慌不忙地消滅了從樹林裡逃出來的一個個敵人。狙擊逃敵是相當有趣的開心事。 小隊長命令我去破壞鐵絲網，我揮起鏟子砸開個口子，和小隊長一起穿過鐵絲網。左邊有間五顏六色的漂亮房屋，我們闖了進去，原來是游泳池的更衣室。大大的游泳池裡注滿了水。再往左邊去是一個很大的運動場，我們橫穿敵人逃過的道路，搖晃著國旗向前奔跑，沉甸甸的背包累得我苦不堪言，可我們拚死拼活地闖過旱田。我喘著粗氣，此情此景，真像電影裡的壯觀場面啊！ 我率先穿過一片約有兩米高的小松林來到高地，高地上有敵人的戰壕，卻看不到一個敵人的影子。在沒有竣工的建築中有一幢洋房。佔領洋房後小隊長命令我爬上洋房去掛國旗。我放下背包和槍，拿著一面國旗登上樓梯。我想，這麼多的房間，如果有隱藏的敵人，我就衝上去和他們搏鬥，將他們的腦袋擰掉！我暗暗地給自己壯膽，掛起的國旗迎風招展，心裡非常地暢快。此時展現在自己面前的彷彿是在看戰爭電影，又好像在演習，炮彈的聲音也好像演習彈一樣。不一會兒，大隊長帶著部隊到達這裡。 我向大隊本部喊道：前面有兩挺機關鎗，衝不過去！ 中隊長大聲問道：東！only you?他也上了屋頂。人在高處時的心情總是愉快的。現在就體會到這點，好像這裡是自己一個人攻下來的，我情不自禁地搖晃著國旗，興奮地自言自語道：搞報導的攝影班那幫混蛋，這時候為什麼不來採訪啊！ 這幢鋼筋水泥結構的房子變成了我們的碉堡。我們以堅固的厚牆為盾，架起機槍向外掃射。 Night fell.今夜就在這裡安營紮寨。我們分隊和第二分隊住在一間約六張榻榻米大的屋子裡，我負責去安排崗哨。 房前漂亮的院子裡有一片草坪，綠樹成蔭。我讓步哨站在房子旁的樹蔭下。聽偵察兵報告，十米前方有條路，路的對面是凹地，凹地對面的高地上盤踞著敵人，敵我雙方相距一百米左右，崗哨安排就緒後我回到宿舍。我們咯吱咯吱地吃著硬邦邦拌了醬的支那米飯。房間的一個門正對著敵人的陣地，崗哨在門外面。本來一有敵情，哨兵便會立即跑進屋裡，但是為了防止敵人向屋裡扔手榴彈，大門緊閉不開，哨兵也只好從外面繞進屋裡。為了取暖，我們拾柴在屋內烤火。可是，門關得嚴嚴的，搞得滿屋煙霧瀰漫，直到炭冒紅火才好了些。我們一個個被嗆得直咳嗽。夜深了，槍聲更加激烈。喀噠喀噠的機槍聲，眶眶的迫擊炮聲，撒嬌、滑稽而悠閒的砰砰叭叭的步槍聲，還有黑暗中對方的喊叫聲、士兵的軍靴聲、刀劍聲以及嘰嘰喳喳的說話聲，與寧靜的黑夜演奏出一曲交響樂。 指揮者是死神，敵人的槍炮聲打破了黑夜的寧靜，鬧得雞犬不寧；他們孤注一擲，在黑夜裡沒完沒了地盲目射擊。好像在告訴人們，夜晚本來不是寧靜的，而是喧鬧的。難道說敵人的子彈是無窮無盡的嗎？他們好像在想方設法把自己這份子彈徹底打光，好像敵哨在站崗時有義務要不停地掃射。 我覺得敵人這種愚蠢、得不償失的射擊，好像在對我們說：老子們通宵達旦不睡覺，嚴密地警戒呢！你們可不要夜襲啊！夜間只要沒有必要我們始終一槍不放，所以敵人更加恐慌不安。 黑暗已過去，皎潔的月牙兒伴著繁星，星星和平而又安靜地閃爍著光輝。下崗的哨兵說：喂！山上著火啦！ 後面的山和左邊大約是紫金山的地方燃起了火焰，一條火焰宛如蛇一樣在高低不平處畫出了許多圓，熊熊烈火在燃燒，不一會兒，火勢向山麓彎彎曲曲地延伸。 有人說：是什麼火呢？難道是炮火引起的嗎？ 這火燒得如此壯觀，真痛快！ 或許是敵人為了逃跑而設下的圈套吧。 我和駒澤在站崗，與其說是保衛我軍的戰線，還不如說是為了我們自己的生命安全。為此，我們明確規定要嚴守交接崗制度，公平合理地取消了佈崗員這一輕鬆的差使，所以，今天我既排崗又站崗，我和駒澤背靠背站在車庫前盛開的延齡草旁邊，監視著前方。凌晨三點左右，我發現有個黑影正在延齡草的對面斷斷續續地爬著。我的神經像觸電似的緊張起來，全神貫注地盯著目標。突然又出現了一個黑影，我輕輕地彎下腰，緊緊地握著槍。這時，又出現一個黑影，像蠐螬一樣在蠕動。是敵人！我小聲地對駒澤說：喂！是敵人！Notice! 駒澤還沒發現這一情況，他嚇得直打哆嗦，忙問道：在哪裡？ Where?他的聲音都在顫抖。我說：在那裡，正在動呢。你悄悄地回去報告廣駒澤撒腿就跑。他敲著與車庫相通的房門，大聲喊道：偷襲了！偷襲了！門反扣著，打不開。他太慌張了，也可能是害怕，不敢繞房大半個圈跑進屋，而是大叫大喊地敲門。他只知道隔一層門板的屋子裡睡著許多戰友，卻忘記了大聲呼喊帶來的危險，把我囑咐他的話全忘到了腦後。 他沒有按照我悄悄地回去的囑咐去做，還在驚慌失措地大喊大叫。Oops!我感到危險就在眼前，情急之中向黑影開了一槍。敵人盤踞在右側， 我軍重機槍也開始了猛烈射擊，敵人更加瘋狂地還擊，頓時響起了一片機槍聲，剛才向我方爬過來的幾個黑影或許是敵人的偵察兵，看來這一小股敵人已經撤離了。一處槍響，敵人的機槍立即射擊，鄰近的機槍像接上了電源一樣，全都響了起來，就連遠處的捷克式機槍也在狂吠。這真是一犬叫，百犬吠，他們不管自己是否遭到襲擊，只要槍聲一響，立刻就用機槍掃射，就像在恐懼地驚叫，看來，他們束手無策了，只有一個勁地消耗彈藥。 我們返回到屋裡，圍著火堆繼續取暖，大家七嘴八舌地談論著。 今天有沒有人被打死？ 第二小隊死了一個人，三個重傷。 明天不知輪到誰。 一定是倒霉鬼吧！ 眼看就到南京了。真不想死啊！ 我們迷迷糊糊地睡著了。