6.86 John. Rabe (above)

John. John H. D. Rabe (November 23, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of a sea captain who died of illness when Rabe was 16 years old. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoRabe, who only graduated from junior high school, had to interrupt his studies to earn a living in society. In 1909, Rabe came to China, which he had longed for, and then his fiancée, Daura, also came to Beijing, where the two were married. Rabe joined Siemens in Germany and became the manager of the Beijing and Tianjin branches. In November 1931, Rabe came to Nanjing, the capital of the time, to develop business and served as the manager of the Nanjing branch.

After arriving in Nanjing, Rabe signed an agreement with Xie Jinsheng, dean of the College of Agriculture of Jinling University, to build a house that integrates office and residence for rent to Rabe. This house is located at No. 1 Xiaofenqiao, Guangzhou Road, in an elegant and tranquil environment. After coming to Nanjing, Rabe's career was booming, the surrounding residents were friendly and warm to him, Rabe's work and life in Nanjing were extremely pleasant, and his love for China was from the heart.

1937, VII. The gunfire of the Seven Incidents shattered Rabe's quiet life. Beginning in August, the Japanese army launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Nanjing. Rabe, who was on vacation in Beidaihe at the time, rushed back to Nanjing and built an air-raid shelter in his courtyard for the family's servants and nearby residents. In November, Shanghai fell, and the Japanese army approached Nanjing. Hang Liwu, chairman of the board of trustees of Jinling University, gathered more than 10 foreigners living in Nanjing to discuss the establishment of a refugee area in Nanjing, modeled on the model of the Shanghai International Refugee Zone, hoping to provide refugees with a place of refuge at the most dangerous moment of the fall of Nanjing.

At that time, there were 27 foreigners living in Nanjing, and 15 of them participated in this international committee. The International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone was established on November 12, 1937. Rabe joined the committee on 19 November. On the afternoon of the 22nd, the International Committee met to discuss the establishment of a neutral zone for the people of Nanjing, at which Rabe was elected chairman. He knew how heavy the burden he had. The old German man finally embarked on the road of protecting the civilians of Nanjing without hesitation.

The International Committee of the Nanjing Security Zone has established a neutral zone in the central and western part of Nanjing, where foreign embassies and consulates and church schools are concentrated, to protect and relieve war refugees, covering an area of about 3.86 square kilometers, about one-eighth of the area of Nanjing.

Rabe staff hung the Red Cross flag and all the flags of all the Western countries they could find on the roof, hoping that Japanese planes would not bomb buildings in the security zone, and in fact this behavior of the International Committee of the Nanjing Security Zone did play a certain role, so that more and more refugees began to enter the security zone, and as of 1:00 a.m. on December 20, the number of refugees in the security zone exceeded 250,000.

Rabe and his secretary Han Xianglin walked through the security zone with flashlights, 250,000 people stayed in an area of 3.86 square kilometers, the degree of crowding can be imagined, in the face of the influx of refugees, the Nanjing Security Zone International Committee has opened all public and private houses in the security zone, the Ministry of Communications Building, the Overseas Chinese Guest House, Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences, the Supreme Court, and the Jinling University buildings are full of refugees sleeping on the ground, and the campuses and government offices where students studied in the past have become shelters for refugees. Even this is barely enough for the refugees to have a tile to cover their heads.

Food and medicine are the most worrying problems for Rabe now, the International Committee of the Nanjing Safety Zone is not able to maintain the lives of 250,000 refugees, and the senior officials of the Nanjing government have almost run out. How did this kind old German know that Tang Shengzhi, the commander, was just a bodhisattva who respected clay sculptures and had no real power at all, so Rabe's efforts were useless in the end.

Late last night, Rabe found Tang Shengzhi's mansion with the last trace of luck, hoping to persuade Tang Shengzhi to help the refugees, and Tang Shengzhi, who was already afraid of Rabe, sent a colonel adjutant to send this somewhat stubborn old German man for him, the colonel not only refused to provide assistance to the refugees, but also resolutely disapproved of the establishment of a security zone, which he believed would break the morale of the Nanjing troops, and explained: "We lost this war because of our own fault, We should defend the motherland with our own blood and not allow the Japanese to occupy an inch of land. Nanking should be guarded to the last man. If you hadn't built a safe zone, those who are moving into it now could have helped our soldiers. When Rabe heard this, he was very angry, and he retorted: "The people who stayed stayed because they had no money to flee with their families and a little property, they are the poorest of the poor, and it is not up to them to pay with their lives for the mistakes made by the military!" Dear Mr. Colonel, why don't you order those rich citizens of Nanjing, the rich 800,000 citizens who have fled, to stay? Why do the poorest strata of society always have to give their lives? The impassioned colonel finally found an excuse to leave the parlor, where Rabe waited for two hours without anyone coming to continue the conversation, and finally Rabe had to leave Tang Shengzhi's mansion with his secretary Han Xianglin.

"Han! Why don't your officials take your people seriously? I find this incomprehensible! Isn't a country made up of citizens? Doesn't the government need to do something for the people? ”

Rabe stood in the middle of a bunch of refugees and asked his secretary Han Xianglin helplessly, Han Xianglin was speechless, he really had no way to answer Rabe's question, why the Chinese government does not love their people, Han Xianglin couldn't speak.

Not far from Rabe and Han Xianglin, a hungry child was scraping a missing porcelain bowl with a branch, this child was obviously very hungry, he was looking for anything that could fill his stomach, under the moonlight, those big eyes were so cute, Rabe's heart tightened violently!

"Han! I still have some bread in my bag, you can give it to him......" Rabe's tone was a little sad, Han Xianglin couldn't think of a way to comfort the old German, he groped for the hard bread from Rabe's bag, and then walked to the big eye and squatted down and handed the bread over.

Han Xianglin's movements startled his eyes, but the fragrance of the bread quickly made the big eyes forget his fear, he carefully stretched out his hand, and then took the bread in Han Xianglin's hand and held it in his arms, as if he was holding the most precious thing in the world.

"Thank you, uncle!"

Big Eyes thanked Han Xianglin, this kid should have studied for a few days, if Little Japan hadn't entered China, maybe Big Eyes would still be playing with Mr. in the school, right? But now his big eyes looked like an ordinary little beggar on the street, with messy hair and a dark face, and although his shirt was not torn, it was evident that it had not been washed for a long time, and a few black toes were exposed outside the shoes......

Han Xianglin wiped the mist on her glasses, and then told the big-eyed Rabe that it was the owner of the bread, and the big-eyed glanced at Rabe in the distance, and then said, "Thank you, Lao Maozi!" Then he bowed to Rabe.

Indeed, in the eyes of many refugees, Rabe is a strange old man, a foreigner with a bodhisattva heart, and because the German RABE is difficult for refugees to pronounce, "Rabe" is pronounced as "Raba", and later simply as "trumpet......

Why do Chinese refugees need a foreign elderly person to come to the rescue? What about our government? And what about our army? Han Xianglin was a little sad and indignant!

Han Xianglin's excitement scared away the big eyes, maybe this child was worried that the person in front of him would ask for the food given to him back, maybe it was some other reason, anyway, he was gone.

Rabe walked to Han Xianglin's side, and then lined up on Han Xianglin's shoulder and said, "Give the world back to people, and return people to yourself." We just have to do it with all our might......"

Han Xianglin nodded vigorously!

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, then a sky-high fire and smoke, followed by a loud bang, the place where the explosion occurred was not far from the current location of Rabe and Han Xianglin, could it be that the Japanese plane dropped the bomb into the safety zone? Rabe is in a hurry! He and Han Xianglin ran desperately towards the place where the fire started, Rabe didn't want the refugees to fall into chaos!

There are refugees lying on every street and under every roof in the safe zone, and in the event of large-scale chaos, someone will surely be trampled to death! Be sure to calm the refugees!

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The murderers who caused the explosion in the security zone were none other than Sasaki and Park Zhengxiong's subordinates, and according to Xu Xinghua's order, the "Japanese traitors" and "court traitors" arranged dozens of bombing points in the security zone, and now is the time to detonate the first batch.

Early last night, a special group of refugees entered the international security zone, and although Rabe and his international friends demanded that weapons and dangerous goods should not be allowed to enter the security zone, these demands were not matched by strong inspection methods, and it was very easy for the "Japanese traitors" and "court traitors" on the mission to deceive a few foreign big noses.

Explosives, guns, knives, and other things needed have not been identified, and Xu Xinghua's agents are also operating at the same time as the Einsatzgruppen, whose task is propaganda and rumor-mongering, and the tasks of "Japanese traitors" and "court traitors" who need to mingle with refugees are not competent, and they can only do some terror-making deeds.

There are many bloody corpses at the scene of the explosion, all of them are black market merchants who died in the hands of Wang Huan, these corpses are sent to the safe zone at night, and the explosion of the undead will definitely arouse the suspicion of the International Committee for Refugees and Safe Zones, so that these scum who have made a fortune can be used as a prop to disperse the refugees, which can be regarded as waste utilization.

Rabe, who can't find out the inside story, is furious! The Japanese are getting more and more excessive! The sporadic bombs that fall in the security zone on weekdays can be explained as a mistake by the Japanese Air Force, but how can such a large-scale bombing be explained today? Could it be that the entire fleet of Japanese bombers all deviated from the attack area?

The timing of Sasaki's and Park's explosions was perfectly matched with the timing of the Japanese Air Force's presence over Nanjing, with Japanese planes usually bombing every two hours in the early hours of the morning, as did Sasaki's Park Masao's blasting.

Japanese planes flew by, explosions sounded, and there would still be people who doubted that it was not the Japanese who did it? Besides, this is not the only thing that the Japanese have done that lack of morality? The reputation of the little devil has long been stinky! As the so-called yellow mud falls into the crotch of the pants, it's not but!

In the face of such a vicious act by the Japanese, the refugees in the safe zone were scolded!

At this time, it was time for Xu Xinghua's agents to perform, and the scenes of sinners' tears were staged in all corners of the security zone, and there was also a scene in front of Rabe's eyes.

A man stumbled in front of the burning fire, then grabbed handfuls of dirt from the ground and threw it into the fire, crying as he spilled it: "Extinguish the fire!" Put out the fire! My wife and children! It's still inside! Extinguish the fire! The desolation made the noses of the onlookers sour.

At this time, two men ran out of the crowd and desperately grabbed the man who was throwing dirt, and one of the students dressed up and said to the refugee next to him: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! He scared the Japanese crazy! It's all nonsense! The other, the older one, shook the madman desperately and shouted, "My siblings and children are dead!" Don't go crazy! We're in Nanjing now! No more Shanghai! ”

The refugees who were watching only then knew that they saw a few people who actually ran from Shanghai to Nanjing, and there were still some Shanghainese like this in the security zone, who thought that Nanjing would be the capital and would be complete, but where would they have thought that Nanjing would also end up with the same fate as Shanghai!

"No, it won't! No, it won't! My wife and kids are in the safe zone! They're inside! Fire suppression! Fire suppression! ”

The crazy man struggled desperately, still screaming loudly, and the expression on his face would cry and laugh, and it looked very strange under the reflection of the firelight!

"The little devil is in the safe zone! Killed a lot of people! Your wife and children are dead! My wife is dead too! Wake up! Perhaps in a fit of rage, the older man slapped the madman twice with his bow left and right after saying these words, beating the madman for a moment, and then hid his face and began to cry!

The speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, Han Xianglin, who was beside Rabe, listened to the conversation of the men in front of him, and his heart was shocked! The Japanese actually broke into the Shanghai International Security Zone and killed people! In the face of such beastly acts, did the consuls of various countries in Shanghai turn a blind eye?

If that's the case in Shanghai, what will happen to Nanjing? There are no embassies here, no concessions! There are not a large number of foreign houses and expatriates! If the Japanese dare to commit violence in Shanghai, then Nanjing ......!!

Han Xianglin didn't dare to think about it anymore!

The madman wept for a while, seemed to sober up, and asked the man dressed as a student, "Where are we?" The Japanese didn't chase after them, did they? Listening to the fear in his words, the Japanese must have done something horrific in the Shanghai safety zone!

"Third brother! We are in Nanjing! The Japanese haven't hit in yet! There are foreigners here! ”

Unexpectedly, the madman suddenly jumped up after hearing this, and then jumped and roared: "I can't stay in Nanjing!" Can't stay in Nanjing! Japan said that it would kill all the people in Nanjing! They are not even afraid of foreigners! Come on! Come on! Leave Nanjing! Be sure to leave Nanjing! ”

"Third brother! Big brother is already trying to figure out how to get a ferry ticket! We'll leave tomorrow! Go to Wuhan! Right.... Right! We are going to Wuhan! Don't stay in Nanjing! Be sure not to stay! ”

The student's words were obviously persuading his third brother, but these words also knocked on the hearts of the refugees who were onlooking!

Can't stay in Nanjing! Can't stay in Nanjing!

Japanese are not people! They are not even afraid of foreigners!

Go to Wuhan! Go to Wuhan!

Stay in Nanjing for the light of death!

These sentences echo in everyone's mind, and some have already begun to turn around!

"Go to Shimonoseki! There are boats there! If you have money, you can go to Wuhan! If you don't have money, you can cross the river! ”

I don't know who shouted such a voice, and the refugees began to be restless! One... Two.... Three... More and more! More and more! A large number of refugees rushed out of the safe zone and began to run down Zhongshan Road and Zhongyang Road, and in other parts of the safe zone, a large number of refugees are also fleeing!

Rabe was worried that these people would be intercepted by the military, so he got on a dilapidated bicycle and took Han Xianglin to Xiaguan and galloped! Rabe likes simple Chinese, but for the Chinese army and officials, Rabe has now lost the trust of these people.

"Boom! Rumble! ....." When Rabe rode forward to Shanxi Road, there was a continuous explosion behind him! The Japanese are really crazy! Now every explosion will drive away a group of refugees in the safe zone, and people already feel that the safe zone has become unsafe!

The explosion and the rumours worked very well, at least nearly 100,000 refugees left the international safety zone and fled to Xiaguan, Huang Haoran asked the gendarmerie to clear the masonry and obstacles on the main road beforehand, and he wanted the refugees to flee as quickly as possible! For the remaining 150,000 people who are stuck in the safe zone, the second plan will have to be implemented!

Sasaki and Park Jung-woong's subordinates appeared, they had a large list of important people among the refugees, and these evil guys would inevitably tie up and leave whenever they found their targets, and the security zone suddenly fell into even greater chaos, with dead bodies being dumped into buildings and campuses on the streets, and some of the terrified refugees hiding in their houses, and some of them joining the fleeing team!

Someone even shouted: "The Japanese are coming!" The city is broken! ”

For these frightened people, the gendarmerie regiment came in handy, and the gendarmes with armbands began to enter the security zone to maintain order, and when they encountered the shouting and screaming, they all knocked down with the butts of their guns! Huang Haoran did not allow these cowards to disturb the hearts of the people in Nanjing City.

Tens of thousands of people were driven by Huang Haoran with the butts of his bayonets and belts, and Wang Huanzhi was already waiting for him at the Xiaguan wharf, and the grain and supplies stolen from the black market were transported to Pukou, and all the refugees who crossed the Yangtze River could be reinforced.

We must let these more than 100,000 refugees cross the river before dawn! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )