Chapter 218: Claire's Shock (Asking for Subscriptions, Asking for Monthly Passes, Asking for Various!! ）

Without waiting for Claire to speak, Chen Feng said again: "You said that the U.S. government announced a ban on the export of weapons and military equipment loaded with U.S. ships, does this mean that the U.S. government is just?" This seems to be neutral and fair, and does not require U.S. ships to serve the arms purchases of either of the belligerents. But have you thought about it, the United States only prohibits the use of American ships to serve the warring parties, not the prohibition of trading with the warring parties. This policy, first and foremost, puts the aggressor and the aggressor on the same footing, and does not at all reflect the justice you call justice."

In addition, this policy suited the requirements of Japan, which had a strong navy. At this time, the Japanese navy had already mastered the control of the waters between China and Japan, and Japanese ships could load weapons, military equipment, and other strategic materials from the United States without hindrance. The blockade imposed by the Japanese navy, which holds the right to control the sea, has caused China not to dare to use Chinese ships to transport weapons and equipment even if the United States has bought them, and can only rent ships from the United States and other countries that Japan does not dare to inspect. However, the US policy of prohibiting the chartering of US ships to transport weapons purchased in the United States has made it possible for Japan to obtain US weapons and military equipment, while it is difficult for China to obtain US weapons and equipment. Do you think that's fair? ”

"But this is not a reason for you to slaughter prisoners of war, prisoners of war should be treated humanely, first of all, you should ensure their personal safety, you cannot hold them in places without security, in addition, you must not intimidate, watch or even beat and slaughter them at will, you should treat prisoners of war with higher ranks. This is an international convention. Claire said.

"Miss Claire, you are so naïve, we and the Japanese have only seen nothing inhumane and inhumane, only hatred, unforgettable hatred. Even if I can treat Japanese prisoners of war as you say, but can the Japanese treat our prisoners of war equally, the answer is no, they will not treat the Chinese as human beings, let alone Chinese prisoners of war. Chen Feng said disdainfully.

"You have no basis for this, how do you know that the Japanese will not treat Chinese prisoners of war in a humane way. You haven't been to their prisoner of war camps. Claire said without flinching.

"According to? Do you know why the Chinese hate the Japanese so much? Chen Feng did not answer Claire's words. Rather, such a question was asked.

"It's because they've invaded your country!" Claire said.

"This is indeed a reason, but in history the British, the French, the Italians, the Dutch, and even you Americans have invaded our China, but why do the Chinese hate the Japanese to the bone. Can't wait to sleep on its skin and eat its flesh? Chen Feng asked again.

"This"

"I'll tell you. The reason why the Chinese are boxed against the Japanese if. Not only in the act of aggression, but also in the brutality of its methods, which is unmatched among the great powers. As early as the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army committed the atrocity of massacring 20,000 Chinese civilians at the mouth of Arthur. To the astonishment of Westerners, who were also colonial empires. In the ensuing acts of aggression, the Japanese army continued to commit atrocities of killing, abuse, and rape, revealing a political and social culture that was extremely cruel in nature. In order to retaliate for the stubborn resistance of the Chinese military and civilians, the Japanese army captured the captured cities, especially those that had fiercely resisted their invasion, they would carry out horrific massacres, looting and forcible annihilation, as for those Chinese soldiers who laid down their arms and innocent civilians were often publicly executed in large numbers, and even used by the Japanese army as a live target for assassination. ”

Saying that, Chen Feng took Claire to a secret archive room of the 40th Group Army, then opened the iron cabinet, took out more than a dozen file boxes, and then said: "The Japanese are not only cruel to Chinese prisoners of war, but also outrageous to the rape and killing of Chinese women. Not only did the Japanese army have no guilt about this heinous crime, but they even took their own films and photos to show off. These photos, documents, notes, and letters were collected by our soldiers on the battlefield, and these things were all used by Japanese soldiers as the capital to show off their military exploits, but in our opinion, these are all blood debts that must be washed away with blood and scars that can never be healed, and at the same time, they are also a shame that every son and daughter of China will never forget. ”

Claire took the file box handed over by Chen Feng, and then looked at it carefully, the more she looked at the American lady, the paler her face became, and she even ran outside to vomit at one point, because these pictures were too bloody and terrifying.

Chen Feng consciously collected these things from the very beginning, and these are all evidence of Japan's invasion of China, massacre, and mutilation of Chinese soldiers and civilians, and these things are also the best materials for carrying out the ideological education of soldiers. So far, the 40th Army has collected a large cart of relevant evidence, the vast majority of which is photographs and documents, and a small part is correspondence and notes.

Some of these things were sent to the military school, and the other part was kept in the headquarters of the army group. Every once in a while, the Ministry of Mission, the Ministry of Armed Forces, and troops at the division and brigade level would come to secondment the documents, and then organize students, soldiers, local militia and local government officials to watch them, so as to arouse their hatred for the Japanese and at the same time let them see the Japanese face clearly.

After a long while, Claire eased up slightly, and then said to Chen Feng with a pale face: "Is this all true?" ”

"It's all true, and there are not only photos of Japanese soldiers, but also letters they wrote to their loved ones and their own notes. Look at this photo, this is the end of 1937, after the Japanese army captured Jinan, forced Chinese prisoners of war to dig their own trenches, and then stabbed them to death with bayonets and buried them in the trenches, in extremely brutal ways. Chen Feng said.

"How can they do this, didn't they say that the invasion of China was only to liberate the Chinese, to establish" Claire said in disbelief.

"Wake up, Claire. The aggressors have always used lies to cover up their crimes, and the Chinese are using them to liberate themselves with the Japanese, and these are the things that the so-called liberators should do. You stopped me from slaughtering their prisoners of war, do you know how the Japanese treat our prisoners of war? ”

Chen Feng looked at Claire and continued: "After the outbreak of this damn war of aggression. The Japanese army established a number of prisoner-of-war labor camps in China. In North China alone, there are many concentration camps in Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Beiping, Tanggu, Qingdao, and Xigong. According to the information collected by our intelligence department and the confessions of captured Japanese soldiers, Shijiazhuang Concentration Camp is one of the prisoner-of-war labor camps established by the Japanese army in North China, and it is also one of the concentration camps that have been opened for the longest time, have the largest number of prisoners, and have the most severe persecution of prisoners of war and labor, and the most fierce labor struggle. In fact, it was the base camp for the Japanese army to enslave and educate the captured anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, instigate rebellion and use, enslave and use, and transport laborers, and it was also a hell on earth for the bloody suppression of China's anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians. The camp now housed 20,000 prisoner-of-war laborers, with more than 7,000 dead. The Japanese army's methods of massacring Chinese prisoners of war were extremely cruel, and they often put five prisoners of war together in a pile, and then beat them from behind with two "38" guns. Or just tie the Chinese out of the car and get to the dock, "snap" is a knife, don't care if you die. I stabbed you into the river. There is also a way to kill. It was to tie up the people and push them on the edge of the wharf, and then push them down the river, and after the people came out of the water, the Japanese soldiers aimed them at the guns. This is the cruelty of Japanese imperialism to us Chinese. ”

Look at Claire's trembling face. Chen Feng sighed deeply and said, "There are iron laws in war. Chances are equal for both sides of the world, and death is inevitable. The reason why I insisted on executing the more than 400 Japanese prisoners of war this time was not to ignore international conventions, but to use innocent civilians as prisoners of war. At the same time, chemical weapons were used on these innocent people, deliberately creating a plague that killed more than 13,000 ordinary people and soldiers. So they have to be punished for doing so. Blindly forbearance will only make the jackals think that they are weak, and next time they will even more brutalize you. ”

Claire shook her head and said, "Although what you said is very reasonable, I still can't accept that you directly order the slaughter of those prisoners of war who laid down their arms. ”

"Slowly you will get used to it, and the other thing is that you Americans don't really care what you Americans think of me, to be honest, I am very disappointed in the current US government, his performance in this war does not reflect the sense of responsibility that a major country should have, but is more like an accomplice and executioner." Chen Feng said.

"No, you don't know the United States, the United States is a free and just country, it's not what you say it is, you're slandering, slandering, do you know the truth?" Claire was very angry at Chen Feng's evaluation of her motherland, and in her heart, the United States represents freedom and justice.

Chen Feng smiled disdainfully and said, "Freedom and justice, this is all bullshit." In the eyes of American politicians, there are only naked interests, and more than half of the raw materials that keep Japan's war machine running, especially iron, steel, and oil, are obtained from the United States, and the United States has exported $186.9 million in military supplies to Japan in the past year, accounting for about 86 percent of all US exports to Japan that year. Because of the indulgence of the United States and others, Japan's invasion of China became even more presumptuous. Due to the US arms embargo policy and Japan's naval blockade, it is extremely difficult not only for China to import weapons, but also for other Chinese materials. ”

"Also in early November 1937, a meeting of the States parties to the 1922 Washington Treaty was held in Brussels to discuss the situation that had taken shape in the Far East. The Chinese delegation demanded that the Brussels meeting adopt a resolution on the imposition of economic sanctions against the aggressors and on the granting of assistance to China. Truth be told, if all the members of the League of Nations were to impose economic sanctions on Japan, it would be a means of deterring the aggressor, since about three-quarters of Japan's raw material imports come from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, the Netherlands, Indonesia, France, and Indochina. Japan's important strategic raw materials, such as iron sand, lead, tin, and manganese, are almost entirely imported from the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands. However, the proposal on sanctions did not receive support from France, Britain and the United States. The Brussels Conference only adopted a declarative-style resolution stating that Japan's actions in China violated the Washington Nine-Power Pact and recommending that Japan cease its military operations, but did not stipulate any measures against the aggressor. So don't flaunt any freedom and justice in front of me, because in the eyes of you American politicians, interests are the most important thing. But I want to reiterate that this short-sightedness of theirs will plunge the entire United States into a terrible catastrophe in the near future, costing the lives of forgotten American citizens and setting the American economy back decades. ”

After saying that, Chen Feng ignored Claire, who was shocked, strode out of the archives, and then notified the troops to prepare for the public shooting of Japanese prisoners of war. (To be continued......)