War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1102 Burnt photos and Simpson's entrustment
"No rush"

In the box, Simpson's easy-going Chao Wei Ran waved his good right hand, "Please sit down first, we will talk about other things after you have read the other photos in the album."

Seeing Wei Ran looking at him, Xia Shushi immediately translated the original words into Chinese.At this point, the former sat down and turned his attention to the crocodile skin photo album on the table.

Continue to turn back, this same style of loose-leaf album is almost the same thickness of the first third of the photos, all recording the evil deeds of rape and looting in the Singapore massacre, and the people who committed these evil deeds in the photos are not like The other book is focused on the three nuclear devils. The perpetrators are all ordinary soldiers—just like the victims are ordinary people.

Who says recruiting nuclear civilians is innocent?

Wei Ran couldn't help but snorted coldly, they may be innocent, but this world has never lacked innocent people.

Aren't the people in the photos who were slaughtered and humiliated wantonly innocent?At that time, which of the [-] million Chinese sons and daughters who suffered the pain of being invaded was not innocent?

"Look at this"

Xia Shushi took out a pair of silk gloves from his pocket and put them on, then took out a magnifying glass with the size of a teacup and pointed it at the protagonists in one of the photos.

It was a soldier holding a three-eighth cap with four hands and a hemorrhoid flag hanging under the bayonet.

Crazy and proud smiles froze on the faces of these four soldiers, but on the bayonets they held in both hands, they were all wearing a small baby with an umbilical cord!And at their feet, there were four corpses of women who had been disembowelled!

"These beasts."

After Wei Ran muttered something, he took a deep breath and calmed down, continuing to flip through the album in silence.

Continuing to turn back, the middle third of this photo album records all kinds of demonic deeds done by a ghost with glasses and a wolf dog in his hand.

Some of the photos documenting these acts of brutality were apparently taken during the Singapore massacre, some seem to have been taken earlier, and some were clearly taken during the Sandakan Death March.

Wei Ran remembered that this person remembered the dog even more. On the last page of another photo album, there was a photo of this devil in a kimono, clogs, and a rangefinder camera hanging on his chest. He even remembered, This devil, who seems to be a reporter or photographer, is named "Nagazuka Joji".

In the photos with it as the protagonist, the war crimes it committed are worse than those seen before.

Massacre civilians, slaughter prisoners of war, abuse women and children, torture babies, or feed that wolf dog with those immature but blood-stained little arms and legs, and even drive this dog to bite those scrawny prisoners of war and innocent civilians .

And while doing these things, only the insane smile was frozen on its face.

"This man is my uncle"

Pointing to a beheaded prisoner of war, Simpson said, "At that time, this page of the photo album was spread out on the captain's desk. Mr. Hugo recognized it at a glance. This beheaded prisoner of war was me. Father's older brother Hannibal Simpson.

It is also to remember him, to remember this hatred, that my father gave me the same name. "

After speaking, Simpson couldn't help sighing.

While pretending to listen to Xia Shushi's translation while continuing to turn backwards, the background in the photo turned into an environment that seemed to be the cabin of a ship.

But the next photo recorded, including the beast named Rangji Nagatsuka, and several other men wearing only loincloths, abusing a naked woman!

Although the woman's face cannot be seen in this photo because of the angle, there are still several devils lined up in the corner of the photo, also wearing only loincloths.

Continue to scroll back, and the next dozen or so photos are almost all shots of Nagatsuka Rangji and some beast soldiers abusing and even torturing this woman.

In two of the photos, there was even a close-up of the face and the naked body of the short-haired woman with a desperate face.

However, I don’t know why, including these two close-ups, almost all the photos in which the facial features of this woman can be seen, seem to have been burnt by cigarette butts, leaving only a group of unrecognizable charred holes.

In the last photo related to this woman, she is still naked and her facial features cannot be seen clearly, but her body seems to be tied to a mine.And looking at the body movements of the few water devils around who seemed to be cheering, it seemed that they were about to push her into the sea with the mines.

Looking at each other with Xia Shushi who was beside him, the two who already had a common guess turned their eyes to the photo album on the table in silence, and Wei Ran followed it to the next page.

In the four fixed photos on this page, the main character is a short and thin man wearing only shorts.

He was firmly tied to the deck, but, like the photo of the woman just now, his facial features were scorched black by something like a cigarette butt, making it unrecognizable.

In the second photo, he was escorted to a pier wearing a hood. On the edge of the photo, he could still see the hemorrhoid flag waving in the wind, as well as part of the outline of a ship.

By the time of the third photo, the man still wearing the hood was pushed into a pit, surrounded by three ghosts with shovels who seemed to be preparing to fill the pit.

Wei Ran even recognized at a glance that these three devils were the three executioners in another album!
Looking at the last photo, it was a devil named Nagatsuka Rangji, standing on the filled living burial pit, stepping on a big stone with his feet, and someone took a photo of him.

"These photos were originally placed at the beginning of the album"

Simpson hurriedly said before Wei Ran turned back, "But in order to avoid being considered as a restricted pornography collection, my father moved these cruel photos to the back of the photos of the Singapore massacre."

After listening to Xia Shushi's translation, Wei Ran nodded before continuing to scroll back.

It's just that, on the next album leaflets, there are all the moments that Nagatsuka took when he abused all kinds of women.

Although these photos are still black and white, the three-dimensional facial features of those women can be distinguished at a glance. These are all white women, or in other words, beautiful, young and obviously forced white women.

Slightly speeding up and turning a few pages back, after these sweet and cruel photos, like another photo album, there are many negatives fixed in small paper bags one by one.On the inside of the back cover of the last page, there is still a photo of Nagatsuka Joji and the exact same signature.

Seeing that Wei Ran turned the loose-leaf to the pages where the negatives were kept, Simpson seemed to guess what he was looking for and said, "Except for the woman who seemed to be raped on the boat and the man who was buried alive, every other photo is There are corresponding negatives."

Hearing this, Wei Ran turned his head to look at Xia Shushi, who was stunned and translated the English into Chinese.

After pondering for a while, Wei Ran and Xia Shushi looked at each other again, and said in Chinese, "Mr. Simpson, can you tell me what you need from me now?"

"Tang, how about helping me find a supermarket to buy a bottle of high-end Huaxia wine? By the way, let the waiter wait for half an hour before serving the dishes."

As Simpson said, he took out several hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and handed them to Tang Translator, who had been helping him translate Chinese into English just now.

"No problem Mr. Simpson"

The young Translator Tang took the cash, got up and said, "It will take about half an hour for me to come back. If you need to buy something extra, you can call me at any time."

After speaking, the young translator smiled apologetically at Wei Ran and Xia Shushi, and left the box.

"Don's a very smart young man. If brash Luke was half as smart as him, he wouldn't have put his life on the line."

Simpson sighed again after finishing speaking, "Mr. Wei, I'm still not in a hurry to do what I need you to do. Now can you talk about your speculation first."

Taking advantage of Xia Shushi's translation skills, Wei Ran also thought about it, and then asked knowingly, "What kind of speculation do you need?"

"Conjecture about those photos without negatives" Mr. Simpson rushed to answer this question in the middle of Xia Shushi's translation.

"What do you think?"

Wei Ran asked Xia Shushi who was beside him, then quietly got up, went to the door of the box and opened the door violently.Seeing that the translator Tang was not outside, he closed the door and sat back to his original seat.

"Amelia Earhart"

Xia Shushi paused, and then added, "The one who was buried alive might be his navigator, Fred Noonan."

After finishing speaking, Xia Shushi repeated the sentence in English.And Simpson nodded, and said frankly, "It's the same as my father Karan and Chris' father, Mr. Hugo."

"so."

As soon as Xia Shushi started talking, Simpson shook his head helplessly, "But the facial features of the woman and man in the photo can't be seen at all, let alone the time and place where the photo was taken, which proves nothing at all. "

Waiting patiently for Xia Shushi to finish translating, Simpson got up and walked to the edge of the album, skillfully flipped to the page of the photo of the man buried alive, pointed to the three devils with shovels in their hands, "These three bastards are another book The three executioners in the album."

After finishing speaking, Simpson reached into his briefcase again, and took out a metal box that was only a circle bigger than a cigarette case.

Opening the metal box, it turned out to be a waterproof photo frame with exquisite workmanship, and in the two photo frames folded in half, there was a yellowed group photo.

In these two photos, Nagatsuka Rangji in kimono and three executioners in kimono in another album, the only difference is the background.

"The background in this photo is the Industrial Incentive Hall in Hiroshima Prefecture. Of course, this is the architectural site that was kissed affectionately by a little boy. After World War II, it was generally called the Atomic Bomb Dome."

After a short pause to allow enough time for Xia Shushi to translate, Simpson pointed to the background in the second group photo and said, "This fake small Statue of Liberty was actually opened in Osaka, where the nuclear program was recruited, in March 1950. Sets at the American Fair."

"So they all survived." Xia Shushi asked the most critical question before translating.

"Yes, those demons survived."

Simpson let out a heavy sigh, "These two photos, which were originally in the album that Luke was going to sell, were almost exhausted when my father Callan and Chris' father Mr. Hugo were alive. For the rest of my life, I want to find the remaining three executioners, or find the photo negatives of the woman and the man, or the specific location where the man was buried alive."

After translating this sentence to Wei Ran, Xia Shushi muttered in Chinese suspiciously, "I understand that they want to find the other three executioners to take revenge, but what are they doing with that female pilot?"

"Revenge is still for revenge." Wei Ran answered this question almost subconsciously.

"revenge?"

Xia Shushi was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that it was revenge. If it could be proved that the woman who was humiliated and thrown into the sea was the female pilot Earhart, if it could be proved that the man who was buried alive belonged to Earhart. navigator.

As long as these evidences are released, no matter the dead photographer Nagatsuka Joji or the other three executioners, they will be in constant fear for the rest of their lives, and they may even die in the United States' revenge.

In other words, as long as it is proved that the woman and man are indeed Earhart and her navigator partner, the United States will naturally help them find the other three executioners.

Conversely, the reason why Mr. Hugo and Karan could not find the three executioners.I am afraid that the other party also chose to remain anonymous like them after learning that the album was lost.

Even Wei Ran has reason to suspect that the reason why the old guy who died not long ago settled in Darwin Port may be to find these two crucial photo albums.

But from this, new questions arose.After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran winked at Xia Shushi, and then asked directly in Chinese, "Mr. Simpson, frankly, I saw a few color photos in another album. In one of the photos, There appeared to be wreckage from an aircraft."

"It was my father and Mr. Hugo who paid for the wreckage of a plane and put it on the small island."

Simpson replied very frankly, with regret in his tone, "Mr. Hugo tried to lure out the three hidden executioners by faking the discovery of Ms. Earhart's plane wreckage. Unfortunately, they failed."

"Failed?" Xia Shushi asked subconsciously, "Why did you fail?"

"According to my father, Mr. Hugo found a satisfactory island around 1965, and it took more than half a year to arrange the wreckage of the bought plane and make it look as integrated as possible with the island. For oneness."

Simpson spread his hands, "But when he found an editor of the "Sydney Morning Post" with the hard-forged photos, the other party saw the flaw at a glance. At least, he made the wrong color of the fuselage spray paint, But what's so strange about him, he's never seen the plane, but the editor saw it take off in Lae."

Pausing for a while, Mr. Simpson, who is very reserved, waited patiently for Xia Shushi to finish the translation, and then continued, "But even so, that editor still published his fake news for the sake of newspaper sales. He just turned the color photos into Just black and white photos.

But I have to say that it was a wrong attempt. Not long after the news was published, the editor and Mr. Hugo died of various accidents one after another. "

"Accident?" Wei Ran frowned in surprise after listening to the translation.

"At least that's what the police said at the time"

Simpson said, "One fell off a balcony, and one died in a drunk driving accident. But my father Mika and Mr. Hugo's wife are convinced that both the editor and Mr. Hugo were murdered by the executioners.

So with my father's help, Mr. Hugo's wife took Chris to hide in the primitive tribe, just like what my father and Mr. Hugo did after they took revenge on the photographer. "

"What happened later?" Xia Shushi subconsciously asked after finishing the translation.

"There is no later"

Simpson shook his head, "Chris's mother didn't adapt to the life in the tribe. She died of dengue fever shortly after taking Hugo to Papua New Guinea. During that time, my family's farm also had a big outbreak Problem, considering that Chris was not yet an adult at the time, my father finally decided to temporarily stop revenge and take care of Chris until he was an adult."

After listening to Xia Shushi's last translation, Wei Ran exchanged a glance with him, and then looked at Mr. Simpson again.

This time, the old man who was over fifty years old finally took the initiative to say, "Mr. Wei, I might have been exposed, and the other two executioners might already be ready to attack me.

I hope that I can entrust you with this album and the story behind it. I hope you can help me find the other two executioners. I hope you can find out the identity of the abused woman and the man who was buried alive.

I hope you will use this album to get the attention of those Yankees, as you did to the captain of the USS Johnston, and lead them to revenge on the two executioners who may also be alive. "

"You think highly of me"

Wei Ran secretly sighed while Xia Shushi was translating this passage, why couldn't he see that this old man was ready to die by murder.

"Why are you looking for me?" Wei Ran asked the simplest question after Xia Shushi finished translating.

"Thanks to Don"

An inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on Simpson's face, "Mr. Wei, when you were interviewed on the destroyer USS Halsey, Don was tutoring my grandson with homework."

Speaking of this, Simpson looked at Xia Shushi playfully, and then continued, "Tang told me that this translator is a complete and hypocritical politician, and his translation doesn't match a single letter of what you really expressed. "

Ignoring Xia Shushi's helpless expression, Simpson continued, "Don translated what you said into English according to the original meaning. Mr. Wei, frankly speaking, the only way to give this photo album to a historian as brash and outspoken as you is In my hand, I don't have to worry about not being able to complete my revenge."

"He said he watched our interview on the US warship"

Xia Shushi said helplessly, "The Tang translator translated your original words to him according to the original meaning. This old man thinks you are reliable."

"You didn't translate the original meaning this time, did you?" Wei Ran asked suspiciously, "Just now you translated according to the other party's tone, why did you change the third person this time?"

"Because I'm tired and tired."

Xia Shushi angrily lit a cigarette, and took a sharp puff from the boss in his mouth. At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that next time the President of the United States wanted to see Wei Ran, he would not touch the translation job.

The two brothers had just finished communicating, but Simpson said abruptly, "Actually, after the Hanbang country killer who almost killed me released the video, I contacted him and tried to hire him to kill the other two executioners. "

After finishing speaking, Simpson spread his hands, "But the other party didn't reply me, maybe he thought it was a trap."

"Do you have any opinions or guesses about the executioner who committed suicide by poisoning himself not long ago and the congressman's grandson who committed suicide by poisoning himself in prison?" Wei Ran asked a new question after listening to the translation.

"It was the politicians who had previously funded the wine merchant who was shot by the killer"

Simpson said with almost certainty, "No one wants to be buried with Fazsi. In this case, the best way is to shut up their family."

"Could it be the other two executioners?" Xia Shushi guessed.

"will not"

Simpson shook his head, "The video that the old guy posted before he died was obviously forced, but even so he didn't say anything about the female pilot, since he didn't say anything, it must not be the other two bastards who killed her." His, but I suppose the other two old fellows will be looking for the album I brought."

"So I'm in danger again?" Wei Ran asked helplessly after Xia Shushi finished translating, and the latter also translated the original words to Simpson very honestly.

"Will not"

Simpson hurriedly said, "In name, I have deposited this photo album in the bank, and I come to Huaxia once a year. Almost all the soybeans produced on my farm are sold to Huaxia. I have many business partners here. .”

You said this in advance
Wei Ran twitched the corner of his mouth, but he didn't say this sentence after all.Anyway, this Mr. Simpson came all the way, and he came here for his own people (reckless), so even if he didn't want to take this photo album, he still had to take it.

With this in mind, Wei Ran slowly closed the photo album and put it in his briefcase together with the waterproof metal photo frame that can be folded in half, "Tell Mr. Simpson that we will give him a satisfactory investigation result. "

"Aren't you going to talk about the price?" Xia Shushi kindly reminded.

"The other party has already paid"

Wei Ran patted his briefcase, "As long as we can prove that the woman in the burnt photo is the American female pilot, this photo album is worth a lot."

"But how to prove it?" Xia Shushi asked.

"Find a way to find the negatives of those photos, or ask the other two executioners to help recall the specific location of the white male buried alive."

After finishing speaking, Wei Ran changed the subject and said, "Okay, now you can quickly ask Mr. Hugo where the forged crash island is before Tang Translator comes back, and then you can wait patiently for a while." After the time, go to Miss Kou Kou to exchange the one hundred thousand dollars for the investigation fee."

"This money is too easy to earn." Xia Shushi muttered to himself, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly threw this key question to Simpson.

Maybe he misunderstood that it was necessary for the investigation, but Simpson told Xia Shushi the name and coordinates of the unnamed desert island not far from Papua New Guinea. After finishing the photo, I was dragged to the seabed in the direction of the island.

They had just finished communicating with each other when there was a knock on the door outside the box. Immediately afterwards, the waiters brought one dish after another to the table. When the first hard dish was served, Tang Translator also carried He walked into the box with a bottle of high-end liquor.

(End of this chapter)