When night fell, the gunfire in various parts of the city did not stop because night fell, but became more and more intense, and it was precisely because of this that Hefman, who was cruising on the outer edge of the safety zone, did not dare to relax for a moment. More and more refugees have fled to the safe zone, and more than 1,000 volunteers have been selected by the committee, but they are still unable to cope with the influx of refugees, and if it were not for the Herfman and his efforts, the refugees waiting outside the safe zone would have already toppled the barricades placed in the middle of the streets.

In accordance with the principle of only containing civilians, all civilians entering the security zone need to be screened by volunteers, and this work is related to the personal safety of more than 200,000 civilians in the security zone, and all the volunteers recruited by the committee dare not relax at all. Several trucks came from afar, and Huffman and others, who were guarding the checkpoint, immediately drove away the refugees who were blocking the checkpoint and made way for the trucks that were coming.

A strong male civilian wanted to take advantage of the truck to rush into the safe zone, but was grabbed and driven out by the guards who were waiting for him, and for a while, the checkpoint was full of noise and noise. "Everyone's quiet, everyone's quiet, listen to me." Liang Bingyi, a volunteer in charge of a truck full of food, climbed onto the wooden horse with the help of his companions and shouted with a tin horn.

"The main reason for the identification of everyone is that there are regulations in the security zone, and military personnel will never be allowed to enter the security zone. Everyone thinks about it, the Japanese soldiers have already entered the city, if they know that there are soldiers hiding in the security zone, can you still expect the dozens of people in the committee to fight against the hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers? Without the protection of the safety zone, do you really think that the guns in the hands of Japanese soldiers do not kill civilians? Liang Bingyi's shouts reverberated back and forth here and there, and the refugees who were blocked outside the checkpoint were only quiet for a moment, and after a while, they resumed the hustle and bustle just now, everyone shouting that they were not soldiers.

Huffman and the others looked at the scene coldly for a while, and saw that Liang Bingyi and the policemen could no longer control the scene, so they raised their guns and fired a few shots in a row, and then gathered all the guards with weapons to rush out of the checkpoint, and finally picked up the truck blocked outside the checkpoint. There are more and more refugees in the security zone, and if we can't get enough food before the Japanese army completely occupies the city, the security zone may collapse early due to civil strife, so these food trucks have always been the top priority of the security zone.

Half an hour later, the truck that had entered the safe zone drove out again, perhaps because of the chaos outside the checkpoint, and the truck came to a distant stop. Liang Bingyi, who was replaced for dinner, looked at Huffman who ran towards the truck with some doubts, these foreign guards on the checkpoint are not easy to deal with, everyone is loaded with guns, and they don't take care of people very much, Liang Bingyi has been in this checkpoint for a whole day, but he has not seen Huffman take the initiative to cater to anyone like now.

I saw Huffman leaning on the back of a truck, which was not very clear from Liang Bingyi, but seeing Huffman's frequent nodding movements, Liang Bingyi guessed that Huffman was talking to the people in the two trucks. After a few moments, a smiling Huffman ran back and gathered the foreign guards and police officers at the checkpoint together and whispered something. "Liang, you come too, let's discuss the matter of screening refugee status." It seems that because Liang Bingyi, who had just finished eating, was idle at the moment, Hefman also called Liang Bingyi over.

"My method is very simple, set up a cordon 100 meters outside the checkpoint, and most of the refugees are dragging their families or traveling with relatives and friends, so we will first divide the civilians who enter the cordon into a unit. First, the elderly, women and children in this unit are singled out, and then the children are asked to identify their family members among the men in this unit, and the remaining men who are not identified have to be identified by women and the elderly. In the end, what is left unclaimed by your family is your volunteers and the police, and all the refugees who have gone through this step will be placed together, and if there is a problem, all the refugees in the same unit will have to sit together. ”

Listening to Huffman finish his plan, Liang Bingyi's heart couldn't help but beat wildly, Chinese are not strangers to the system of joint sitting. When the Qin State changed the law, Shang Ying promulgated the Law of Lian Sitting in order to consolidate the rule of the monarch. Huffman's purpose in adopting the joint sitting method was to get the refugees to promise each other not to let the military into the safe zone, and if there was a problem, the refugees in the same unit would be implicated. It's like having a knife hanging over a refugee's head and a rope tied to his foot, so people don't dare to do anything that endangers the safe zone.

"What if someone doesn't have a family to claim and the features on their body match the characteristics of a soldier? I mean, what are we going to do if they break in? Liang Bingyi asked a very stupid question at this time, which caused Huffman and the foreign guards to laugh in unison, and even the Nanjing policemen who were summoned looked at Liang Bingyi with surprised eyes.

"Liang, I know you, you're a university teacher." Huffman smiled and took out a cigarette and took a few puffs, "I'm not making fun of what you just said, in fact, you are not the only one who has such doubts, in other checkpoints in the safe zone, there are also people who ask the same questions as you, do you know how I answered them?" Huffman then smiled and flashed his weapon, "This thing can kill, my boss said that for the safety of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the safe zone, killing a few people should and must be." ”

Huffman said it easily, but it was very different in Liang Bingyi's ears, and no Chinese wanted to see their compatriots die in front of them. Liang Bingyi also wanted to argue with Huffman, but was stopped by a policeman, "Mr. Liang, we all know that you are a good person, but they are not bad people with big noses." When we went out to pick up the truck at noon, we saw with our own eyes that the streets were full of weapons, ammunition and military uniforms thrown by the national army, and the city is quite safe here now. ”

Liang Bingyi's mouth opened a few times, but no sound came out, he wanted to say that Huffman and they were kidnapping**, but the words lingered in his mouth for a while but did not say it. "Liang, for the safety of most of the people in the safe zone, we have to give up a small number of people. You're a well-educated person and should know I'm right, and I want you to work with other volunteers to keep the safe zone safe. Maybe in the future, someone will be sick with us in turn, but my boss and I will never bow down to anyone, because what we are doing now is not wrong. ”

Regardless of whether Liang Bingyi smoked or not, Huffman took out a cigarette and handed it into Liang Bingyi's hand, "War should never be tied together peacefully, although their children, their husbands, their fathers and brothers will become soldiers, but soldiers are soldiers, and civilians are civilians." The Japanese are now insane, they simply do not accept this point of view, and it is up to us ourselves to maintain the purity of the security zone, otherwise the committee will be threatened by the Japanese. ”

"Mr. Rabe of the committee are also civilians, and the Japanese in Shanghai do not even pay attention to the mediation of the Concession Public Works Bureau and other countries, let alone the members of the committee. For the safety of everyone here, Leung, you have to be tough, or I will suggest that the committee replace a group of volunteers who are in line with my heart. For the sake of the safe zone, we are on the verge of bankruptcy, and I can't let the actions of a small group of people jeopardize the entire safe zone. ”

This was the first time Liang Bingyi had heard the name of the Dehua Company, and after asking a close police officer, Liang Bingyi learned that Hefman and the foreign guards were not under the leadership of the Security Zone Committee at all, but directly under the command of the Dehua Company. Thinking of the scene where Huffman leaned on the back of the truck and talked to people just now, Liang Bingyi immediately deduced that there must be a senior executive of Dehua Company in that truck.

Huffman's system of joint sitting was implemented very smoothly, and when he learned that his people entered the security zone, they would be subject to the system of joint sitting, and as soon as there were soldiers among them, they would be immediately driven out of the safe zone. The refugees who were congested outside the checkpoint immediately became honest, honestly accepted the volunteers' orders, and honestly tied the strips of cloth with numbers sent by the volunteers to their wrists. It's just that they don't know that these things only apply when they enter the level, and once they enter the level, the so-called joint sitting system is gone.

"We don't have a lot of people to track down what happened to them once they entered the safe zone, so I'll tell you the truth, it's just a small white lie." Seeing that the efficiency of the checkpoint here has been greatly improved, the triumphant Huffman said all the intentions of this approach, and Liang Bingyi and the others couldn't help but scold themselves secretly. "It's just that I want them to recognize the facts, and not to harm their own families in order to protect the soldiers hiding among them."

The checkpoint here gradually resumed unblocked, and several trucks that had been parked far away finally drove over, Liang Bingyi kept staring at one of the trucks, and when the truck drove to his side, Liang Bingyi suddenly made a bold move. "Ah" When Liang Bingyi lifted the corner of the tarpaulin of the carriage and looked inside, before he could see anything, he was already pressed against the door of his head by a rifle, and the frightened Liang Bingyi screamed out and fell backwards at the same time.