Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 593 The Nagasaki Massacre
After a rough estimate, from the moment the battle started, the number of people killed by our own side has been no less than 1000. If this continues, the people in Nagasaki City will be killed sooner or later. Agree, even the emperor is not easy to explain.Those who stayed in Nagasaki City were basically trapped in a sea of ​​flames. Under the constant shelling, no one dared to come out to fight the fire. Half of Nagasaki City was burning, but there was still no sign of the existence of any large-scale armed forces. .

"He, let's see how long you gang of Japanese slaves have been hiding!" Lin Tai once yelled furiously: "Give me an order to beat you hard until you run out of bullets, there is no need to show mercy."

Liu Guanxiong said with some concern: "My lord, if this continues, we will kill all the civilians in Nagasaki City. The emperor may blame us later. To be on the safe side, let's make a decision after asking the emperor for an order."

After discussing with Deng Shichang, Lin Taizeng contacted Zhang Zuolin who was planning to land in Kumamoto. Zhang Zuolin also felt that the matter was not trivial and he had to ask the emperor for an order. So Lin Taizeng and three representatives jointly called Beijing and got it soon. After receiving the emperor's imperial pen, he replied: From now on, there is no need to discuss this matter again. The Japanese are fierce and stubborn. They have disturbed our borders since ancient times and coveted our Chinese rivers and mountains.This is it.

With the emperor's decree, everyone finally has a talisman in their hearts. The emperor's meaning is very clear, that is, there is no need to worry about civilians and soldiers, as long as they openly fight against the Chinese army, they will be killed.

Lin Taizeng immediately issued an order: all Japanese people in Nagasaki, regardless of gender, age or age, will be shot to death.

So, led 5000 marines to start a three-day bloody massacre in Nagasaki!

first day.The main task of the Marine Corps was to search for the missing more than 3 Nagasaki defenders, and did not launch a massacre against civilians. Even so, nearly 2000 people were killed or injured in artillery fire and accidental injuries.

the next day.An order was issued, requiring the adoption of an extermination policy against all people in Nagasaki Castle.So the 5000 marines who landed were divided into five groups, and they carried out search and massacre missions to the five main areas of Nagasaki, Hizen Furuyake, Tsuyayake, Xianchuan, Fanchangyake, and Maedake.

In addition to individual or small-scale killings of residents at any time and place, several large-scale "massacres" were carried out on disarmed military and police personnel. Bullets, gather hundreds of people together, pour gasoline and diesel oil on them, use a flamethrower to incinerate them all at once, etc.

On this day, that is, at 8 am on August 25, more than 11 military and police personnel who had put down their weapons were sent to the Kotohira Shrine in Xianchuan to shoot intensively with machine guns. Most of them were killed on the spot. Bodies were also incinerated.

下午2点30焚，解往山之神神社平民及已解除武装的军人4000余人被以迫击炮集中轰炸的方式屠杀。同日下午又在津屋岳一带屠杀3千余人。在长崎北路工事群附近枪杀200人。

third day. August 8.More than 26 civilians, male and female, who were sheltering at the Manose Central Public Hall were collectively escorted to the pier on the south bank of the Nagasaki River, with their hands tied behind their backs and lined up.After being shot with a machine gun, the body was dumped in the Nagasaki River.

The Marine Corps massacred more than 400 people in the Mindful Community Hall.That night, more than 3000 civilians were escorted to the seaside of Nagasaki Port to shoot and kill them collectively, and burned their bodies with incendiary bombs.More than 400 civilians who took refuge in Kaimu Temple were collectively shot and killed.

At about 10 o'clock that night, in Xichuan, a total of 5418 civilians, men, women, children and civilians who escaped from Nagasaki Castle and were detained, except for a few who were starved to death or beaten to death, were all tied up with lead wire and driven to the garbage dump in Xichuan. , machine guns were used to shoot intensively, and those who were still groaning and struggling in the pool of blood were hacked with knives. Afterwards, all the corpses were poured with kerosene and burned.

The above is the situation of the three-day massacre. In addition to the large-scale massacre, the military order was relaxed for the first time, and all soldiers were acquiescing to commit atrocities against women.The soldiers feared military discipline on the first day, and not a single incident of rape occurred.On the second day when the city massacre was ordered, incidents of rape of women began to occur sporadically in various areas of Nagasaki, but there was no order to restrain them, so such incidents began to skyrocket crazily.Nearly half of the more than 5 women in Nagasaki were raped several times. This time, the marines finally found the rewards of war from women, and raped them day and night in front of the families of the victimized women. Women often die of torture.Almost all women from the age of 60 to the age of eleven or twelve have become the targets of the Chinese people.But there is only one clear order, all women who have been raped will be killed, and soldiers are strictly prohibited from hiding. Once discovered, they will be dealt with immediately by military law.

Peter, a missionary from England, recorded a heinous scene in his diary.

"Within three days, the image of justice and friendliness of the Chinese people was ruined by continuous massacres of people, wanton robbery from time to time, uncontrolled invasion of private houses, and unscrupulous women. Every street in Nagasaki The corpses of citizens are lying. In the city center, there is a corpse in almost every block. Most of these dead citizens were shot or assassinated after the Chinese Marine Corps issued a massacre order on the afternoon and evening of the 26th. Any A man who runs out of panic or impulsiveness, and anyone who is apprehended by patrolmen in the streets after dark, is likely to be killed on the spot. Most of these atrocities have no justification whatsoever. But it happened frequently in the safe zone and elsewhere. Many foreigners have witnessed all kinds of horrors, and some of the bodies have bayonet wounds that are simply the work of cruel savages."

"Soldiers of soldiers were captured by the Chinese as prisoners of war. They had all laid down their weapons and some of their uniforms, but they were still tied together and shot. In fact, it was obvious that, except for these soldiers who suffered , we saw no trace of POWs in Nagasaki at all. The only survivors were those who carried the booty and munitions, and the final result was inevitable. From a building in the refugee area, Chinese soldiers forced the local police to pick Four hundred men. They were tied up in strings of fifty and taken away by two platoons of riflemen and machine gunners. To the onlookers, the fate of these men was self-evident."

"On the main street, Chinese soldiers, with the permission of their officers, systematically destroyed the facades of one store after another. They robbed too many things, and they needed the help of civilian husbands to barely move them. Of course, the food was The first need, but they don't let go of everything else that is useful and valuable."

"Thousands of private houses throughout the city, occupied or unoccupied, large or small, Chinese or foreign, were looted with impunity by the Chinese. They also robbed Lots of cars and other property."

"In three days, many incidents and insults to women took place. Although we have not had time to investigate this, the following incidents are enough to show the seriousness of the situation. Yesterday, in the house of one of my French neighbors, several Four girls were snatched away by two Chinese soldiers, and several foreigners present saw that a Chinese military officer who had recently arrived raped eight young women at Kaimokuji Temple in Nagasaki, which is rarely visited by ordinary people. "

"Under such circumstances, the horror is indescribable. An officer surnamed Jiang hypocritically declared that the ultimate purpose of their war is to overthrow and save the people. This is really disgusting! The horror of Nagasaki is of course It cannot show the great victory of the Chinese Empire. China undoubtedly has its politicians, military strategists and common people worthy of respect. For the benefit of their own country, these people should not hesitate to take appropriate measures to remedy the damage caused by the war between China and Japan these days. Minor damage suffered. There are individual Chinese soldiers and officers who restrain themselves like gentlemen, who hope to have a strict discipline worthy of their profession and worthy of their empire. But on the whole, the behavior of the Chinese soldiers is extremely bad."

The events at Nagasaki are further explained in the following personal letter from a Belgian émigré who has lived almost his entire life here.

"What I want to tell you is an extremely unpleasant, nauseating read, a story of unbelievable crime and horror. Right now, a band of gangsters are ravaging the people at will and without mercy .Even if only a few people will be able to read this letter of mine, I feel that this incident needs to be told. Otherwise, I will have no peace. Only a few people will be able to narrate this incident, fortunately Yes, I am one of them. What I want to say is only a small part of the whole incident. As for when this will end, only God knows. I hope this disaster ends as soon as possible, but I am afraid, Either in this place in Nagasaki or in other places in Japan, the disaster will continue for many months."

"The army retreated, and the Chinese army came in. On August 8, Nagasaki was still a beautiful city that we were proud of, with strict laws and order. But today's Nagasaki is lying in a desert. The whole city was ravaged, looted, and most of it was burned to the ground. Total statelessness has lasted in Nagasaki for a full ten days, which is like hell on earth. My own life is not in serious danger. However, It is not a safe thing to see crazy Chinese soldiers coming out of their women's houses drunk, and when a bayonet rests on one's chest or a pistol pointed at one's head tells you to mind your own business, maybe No one will be able to hold on. The Chinese army has notified the nationals of various countries to leave this place. Most of them left, only me, a bad old man and my wife stayed, and witnessed the most inhumane three days in history.”

(End of this chapter)