The Japanese army set up the difficult five levels, and by checking everyone's hands, the Japanese army had the opportunity to find out all the Chinese soldiers, and they knew that those who had served in the army had to use guns every day, leaving calluses on specific parts of their palms.

They also inspected each person's shoulders for indentations from their backpacks, foreheads and hair for signs of military caps, and even blisters on the soles of their feet.

With such strict inspections, many people cannot escape.

Once discovered by the Japanese, they would pull the person aside and have the recruits stab him to death with bayonets or guns.

Under the watchful eyes of more than 100,000 people, the Japanese army found out the Chinese soldiers one by one and brutally killed them.

Rabe was impressed by a lame Chinese soldier who broke free from the Japanese soldier and grabbed a Japanese soldier with his hand, and the commander did not hesitate to order his men to shoot, and the Japanese soldier was shot and killed indiscriminately.

He even shouted: "Xiao Tianjun and the people of China will die together, and his soul will return to his hometown, he is a hero in the holy war!" ”

Rabe clearly remembered what a hero, when the soldier fired, the captured Japanese soldier was still pleading.

On the evening of the 14th, at a general meeting, the International Committee of the Security Zone learned that the Japanese had arrested 1,300 people from a refugee camp near the Committee's headquarters and had them executed.

"We know that some of these men had served in the army, but that afternoon a Japanese officer promised Rabe that he would spare their lives."

George Fitch, a representative of the YMCA, recorded the incident in his diary: "Now it seems that it is already clear what the Japanese are going to do. Japanese soldiers with bayonets lined up the men and tied them up in groups of 100; For those who wore hats, the Japanese rudely ripped off their hats and threw them on the ground, and by the light in front of the car, we watched them being escorted away by Japanese soldiers, step by step towards death. ”

The members of the security zone committee all watched, watching the 1,300 Chinese being taken away by the Japanese, and everyone knew that the Japanese would not let these people go.

These people may be shot to death indiscriminately, and they may be used by Japanese recruits as targets for gun training, scarecrows for bayonet training.

Rabe was deeply remorseful for this, and he wondered if these people would have been able to escape if they had not been put into the safe zone, or if they would not have been found by the Japanese.

It was because he had the safe zone take them in that the Japanese were able to find them in the safe zone.

At least outside, they are still able to resist, in the safe zone, they have nothing.

There was no one to protect them.

For the next few days, Rabe watched helplessly as the Japanese dragged thousands of Chinese soldiers out of the safe zone and executed them.

In addition to this, thousands of innocent people who happened to have calluses, marks or blisters on their fingers, foreheads and soles were taken away by the Japanese army, these were coolies pulling rickshaws, manual laborers or police agents.

After the Japanese killed these people, they threw their bodies into the ponds, and Rabe remembered that there were several ponds in Jinling City, but because the Japanese threw the corpses in the ponds, these ponds disappeared because they were filled with corpses.

Later, he saw that the city's Buddhist charity had recovered more than 120 bodies from a small pond alone.

Compared to the outside world, it is like purgatory on earth.

The cellar of the church became a haven for Zhou Xiaoli and Xia Yuan.

Zhou Xiaoli had the idea of going to the safe zone before, but after staying in the cellar for a few days, the cellar was relatively safe.

The most important thing is that on the way to the safety zone, you have to pass through the area occupied by the Japanese, and the road may not be safe.

The most conservative, and safest, is to stay in the cellar.

There was enough food and canned food in the cellar, beds and bedding to sleep on, a warm military coat, and some books, as well as candles, which she lit and read by the candles if she was not worried about possible exposure.

Xia Yuan lay on the bed and slept, Zhou Xiaoli read the book for a while, raised her head, rubbed her eyes, closed the book, walked to Xia Yuan's side gently, and stared at the other party's fleshy cheeks.

The wound on his face had long since scabbed over, and he hadn't cleaned it for a long time, and his face was dark.

She didn't know how many Japanese Xia Yuan had killed when she went out, but every time she went out, she would not return empty-handed.

Zhou Xiaoli stared at Xia Yuan for a while, sat on the bed, found a blank notebook, took out her own pen, put it in front of her mouth, and tried to sketch on the notebook.

Seeing that there were lines left on the notebook, she began to conceive the language and write it down in the notebook.

"The Japanese came in, my father was killed by the Japanese devils with a bayonet in order to protect me, and I was also caught by the Japanese, I had long heard what the Japanese were doing in Jinling City, but I didn't expect that this day would be my turn, the Japanese wanted to play with me, they grabbed me, and released me, they wanted to watch me run away, struggle, cry helplessly, they let me go again and again, and caught me again."

"Every time they caught, they would take off a piece of clothing, I was desperate, I thought that this was my fate, I was ready to die, I thought, I would rather die than be insulted by them."

"Until I met a retreating soldier, he was very powerful, five Japanese devils were not his opponents, he killed five Japanese devils and fled that place with me."

"I survived."

"But it's not over yet, he goes out every night to kill Japanese devils, he says he avenged me, I don't know how many Japanese he killed, but every time he comes back, he brings back a lot of things."

"His presence reassures me, at least I don't have to hide in fear anymore."

Writing this, Zhou Xiaoli closed the book and put it away carefully.

took out the needle and thread, sewed the clothes Xia Yuan took off, the torn place, and put them on the table.

He took the book and sat down on the steps at the entrance of the cellar, flipped through the books, and was extra careful to be vigilant about the movement outside.

The church outside was quiet, there was no movement, and from time to time a gust of wind blew in through the cracks in the cellar, and drilled into the cellar through the cracks.

Fortunately, the gap is relatively small, the cellar is deep, and the cellar is very warm.

Xia Yuan went out and brought back a lot of military coats of Japanese devils, which were particularly warm on his body.

When it was noon, Zhou Xiaoli rubbed her tired eyes, came to the table, and ate the cold can.

Just finished eating the canned food, she was about to continue reading, and suddenly heard a slight movement outside, the movement was very small, it seemed that someone was moving, Zhou Xiaoli put down the book, cautiously approached the entrance of the tunnel, lay on the steps, and looked outside through the gap.

There was a slight sound of conversation outside, and hearing this conversation, Zhou Xiaoli tensed.

It's the voice of a Japanese devil talking.

Zhou Xiaoli covered her mouth in shock, leaned stiffly on the steps of the cellar, and her body trembled a little.

The sound was so close to the entrance to the cellar that the footsteps could almost be heard.

This made Zhou Xiaoli feel frightened, and holding back the fear in her heart, she cautiously ran to the cellar and woke Xia Yuan up.

When Xia Yuan opened his eyes, he heard the conversation outside the cellar, rubbed his dry eyes, and his sleepiness disappeared.

Carelessly, the safe environment of the cellar caused him to sleep too deeply, and the Japanese devils have come here, and he has not woken up yet.

Listening to the movement outside, Xia Yuan grabbed the bayonet in his hand and said to Zhou Xiaoli, "You go find a place to hide." ”

Zhou Xiaoli tensed all over her body, and said nervously: "You must pay attention to safety." ”

"Don't worry, the Japanese devils outside are a squad, more than a dozen people, if they don't find the entrance to the cellar, then forget it, if they do, then say something else."

Xia Yuan pursed his lips and walked to the entrance of the cellar, and the cat got up.

He waited quietly.

The entrance to the cellar, under the table in the kitchen of the church, blends in with the ground and is unremarkable, making it impossible to see without looking closely.

"Ignition, I can't wait."

"Don't worry, find some dry firewood first, and I'll show you a hand tonight."

"That's great, I'm hungry for a long time."

"I'll go find firewood, you wait."

"It's so cold outside, I guess it might snow again tomorrow."

"We slept upstairs tonight, and the upstairs was warm enough not to be blown by the wind."

Outside, the Japs were chatting and smoking, and a puff of smoke filled the kitchen, accompanied by bursts of fragrance.

Japs cook on a fire in the kitchen of the church, and you can clearly smell the smoke and dust, and you can hear their footsteps.

Xia Yuan didn't move.

The Japanese soldiers were allowed to cook on a fire in the kitchen outside the church.

He didn't act.

If this group of Japanese devils is killed, the missing Japanese devils will arouse the alarm of the Japanese army, and they will inevitably conduct a carpet investigation of this area.

In doing so, they are at increased risk of exposure.

Until they are discovered, they are safe.

Fortunately, there is no danger, the Japanese devils have occupied this area for a long time, and in their subconscious, this area is safe, and there is no presence of the Shina people.

They have the courage to light a fire in the church, cook and talk.

chatted about his hometown, and talked about what happened in Jinling.

They talked about Chinese men and Chinese women, and they laughed one by one.

Xia Yuan listened expressionlessly.

After eating and drinking, this group of Japanese devils did not clean up the kitchen, but ran to the second floor to tidy up the sleeping bags, but the sound of the Japanese devils packing up their weapons and equipment could be heard, and the sound of weapons and equipment colliding was very crisp.

Soon, there was no movement outside.

Xia Yuan motioned for Zhou Xiaoli to stay here, and he cautiously pushed open the cellar door and quietly came to the position below the stairs.

I could hear the movement coming from the upper floors very clearly.

"This church was so clean, there was nothing."

"This area has been occupied by us for a long time, and there are things that have long been looted by the team in front."

"We're late."

"Tomorrow we will go to the house of the Chinese people, and maybe we can find something of value, as well as a flower girl."

"I can't wait, let's go to sleep."

Xia Yuan squinted, walked through the dark hall, and came outside.

There were a few motorcycles parked outside, and there were plaster flags of Japanese devils on them, and cans could be found in the cars, but he didn't touch them.

This place has been occupied by the Japanese devils, if this Japanese devil is moved, it will quickly attract the attention of the Japanese army, and they will be reminded that there are still armed forces in this area, and the Japanese army is bound to invest more troops to conduct a carpet search of this area.

He is not worried about being discovered by the Japanese devils, with his excellent ability, he can easily escape the pursuit of the Japanese devils, but Zhou Xiaoli can't.

It is a long way from the safety zone, and the safety zone has been blocked by the Japanese at this time, so you can only go out, not enter.

This process is quite dangerous, and the best thing to do is to guard this cellar.

Xia Yuan's clenched fist was released, and he quietly returned to the cellar, and through the hall, he could still hear the conversation of this group of Japanese devils, who were looking forward to a better future life.

"They didn't find us, sleeping on the second floor, at least they won't leave today, I'll stay here, you go to sleep."

Xia Yuan decided not to act tonight for the time being.

After several actions in succession, the Japanese army had long noticed his existence, and it was impossible to be reckless at this time.

Secondly, the Japanese army is still on the second floor, if she leaves, Zhou Xiaoli will definitely not be able to sleep tonight, she is here, she can sleep peacefully.

"Hmm." Zhou Xiaoli didn't say much, lay on the bed, covered with a quilt, and quickly fell asleep.

Night, silent, silent.

Xia Yuan leaned against the mouth of the cellar with his gun in his arms, thinking about more things.

When will the Jinling Massacre end, and when will I be able to return.

It has been half a year since he unknowingly came to this world, and in these six months, he has hardly rested, most of the time spent in battle, and more often in the cellar.

At Wang Ergou's sister's house, it was the only time to be stable.

Along the way, the people around him died, none died, and the only one who survived was Chen Jian.

That is, scholars.

I don't know if the scholar survived after such a long time, and where he went after leaving Jiading.

He thought about it a lot.

The night was spent in such cranky thoughts.

In the early morning, the warm sun rises and shines on the devastated city of Jinling.

The beginning of a new day also means the beginning of a new killing.

Early in the morning, the Japanese devils upstairs woke up, they continued to occupy this kitchen, making a fire to cook, I don't know what was cooking, it smelled good.

After eating and drinking enough, the group of Japanese devils packed up their weapons and equipment and left.

There is a thrilling pass.

Xia Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the cellar, Zhou Xiaoli was still asleep, her brows were sometimes relaxed, sometimes wrinkled together, and half of the quilt had fallen off.

Xia Yuan covered her with a quilt, opened a box of canned food at random, and ate it.

"Hmm."

"You're awake, brush your teeth, come over and get something to eat."

The things they brushed their teeth were charcoal and twigs, which Xia Yuan had brought from outside, and there was some water in the cellar, which was used to rinse their mouths in addition to drinking.

"Are the Japanese devils gone?"

"Gone, the cellar is secluded, it's safe for the time being."

Zhou Xiaoli didn't speak anymore and began to clean up.