In 1944, in the comfort station of the Japanese army in Shanxi, a ten-year-old woman was dragged in. The evil thoughts in the eyes of seven or eight Japanese soldiers were clearly exposed. The woman's abdomen was already slightly bulging, and she was at least four or five months pregnant, and it was not easy to notice due to her slender figure.
A mother's instinct caused her to curl up in a corner with her hands clasped in front of her chest. She doesn't understand physiology, but the teachings of her ancestors let her know that she can't ** during pregnancy, otherwise it may lead to miscarriage and leave serious sequelae.
However, the Japanese beast army did not care, and they rushed towards the woman like hungry wolves. Some of these beasts held her arms, some pressed her feet, some held her head.
The woman pleaded and struggled, but the beast soldiers were enraged. The Japanese beast soldiers did as they pleased, and the woman screamed in despair.
The girl fell into a coma, woke up bleeding, and the child was lost. Her body hurts, but she is determined to escape. Who is she? Her name is Zhou Xixiang, 15 years old, from Quanzhi Village, Xiyan Town, Yuxian County, an only daughter, and her parents love her.
However, in 1940, her parents decided to marry her to increase her sense of security in troubled times. She married a young man named Wang Erzi, who was practical, hardworking, and kind despite his poor family.
They lived a bitter but warm life until the Japanese invasion. In 1941, the Japanese army established a stronghold in Jingui Village, deprived the villagers of their house ownership, and forcibly occupied part of it as a Japanese army dormitory.
Zhou Xixiang's life changed because of this, but she did not give up, insisted on escaping, and continued to work for the anti-Japanese resistance.
The Japanese army set up camp here, and the nearby villagers had a very difficult time. They often "sweeped", nominally to fight the Eighth Route Army, but in reality only to harass the people.
Every time they went out, the Japanese soldiers came back empty-handed, but when they returned, they returned with eggs in their pockets and old hens on their bayonets. This is only the tip of their crime, and the Japanese army will not let go of the young women in the villagers' families.
These unarmed people could only swallow their anger, and if they resisted at all, the whole family would suffer, ranging from being severely beaten to being killed with bayonets and fed to wolves and dogs.
They will also burn down your house so you have nowhere to stay. However, where there is oppression, there is resistance. The Chinese people have always been unafraid, and the people of Shanxi have even risen up to resist and waged a resolute struggle against the Japanese army.
Among them, although Zhou Xixiang, who has a pungent personality, is young, she loves and hates clearly, and resolutely refuses to be a slave to the country. She actively participated in the anti-Japanese salvation movement, although she could not carry a gun, she could deliver letters for the Eighth Route Army and collect soles for the soldiers.
Because of her outstanding performance, she joined the organization at the age of 18 and served as the president of the village women's rescue society.
Lijiazhuang is an anti-Japanese model village, and Zhou Xixiang and her husband enjoy sweet love. However, in 1944, an intelligence officer** was tortured, and the Japanese army discovered the inside of anti-Japanese villages in Lijiazhuang and other places.
After that, the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops to sweep Lijiazhuang, but in fact, there was no armed force of the Eighth Route Army there, only cadres doing local work. Zhou Xixiang, as a village cadre, rushed in front of the villagers to organize the evacuation, but before everyone could completely evacuate, the Japanese army had already arrived at the entrance of the village.
It's too late to retreat, what to do? Zhou Xixiang led everyone to the cave of villager Liu Degui. The caves of the Liu family are very deep and suitable for concealment. After everyone entered the cave, the Japanese army could not find any trace of the people and began to search the village.
However, the Japanese army was very well educated, and they were afraid that the people in the cave would attack them with guns, so they did not dare to rush in. They could only ask the interpreter to shout, but Zhou Xixiang and the others knew that they would be lucky and unlucky after going out, so they refused.
When the Japanese saw that the people in the cave did not react, they became angry and decided to attack with fire. They piled up firewood in front of the cave, put a lot of sulfur on it, and set it on fire.
At this time, it was a tailwind, and the cave was suddenly filled with smoke. In less than an hour, all the cadres in the cave fainted. The Japanese soldiers put on gas masks, carried bayonets, and flashlights, and rushed in.
When they saw that it was full of unarmed people, they did not use force, but simply arrested them and brought them back to the stronghold. At the stronghold, Zhou Xixiang and others were severely tortured by the Japanese army, including chili pepper water, leather whips dipped in cold water, red-hot soldering irons, sharpened bamboo sticks, and tiger chairs.
But they all gritted their teeth and did not give in. They used their wits to fight the enemy, not admitting that they were the Eighth Route Army, but calling themselves "good citizens" and insisting that they had been wronged.
In this way, the Japanese army was exhausted and did not continue the interrogation. However, the Japanese were not willing to let the villagers go like this, and they decided to leave the villagers behind. Male villagers, young and old, were sent to the construction site to work as coolies to carry stones and cement for the Japanese army to build bunkers.
And the female villagers, whether they are little daughters-in-law or big girls, are sent to the "comfort station" as ***, which is a very bad behavior. Anyone who has watched the movie "Wangxiang" knows that there is a Japanese *** named Akipo in the movie who has to receive more than 20 Japanese soldiers a day.
Most of the Chinese women caught by the Japanese army were between the ages of 16 and 20, and the older ones didn't want it yet.
Zhou Xixiang was not worried when she first arrived at the comfort station, because she was pregnant, and the Japanese should be suspicious. However, bad luck struck. The bestiality of the Japanese army was unexpected, and they had no bottom line.
In the end, Zhou Xixiang was tortured and tortured for several hours until she passed out. When she woke up, she was too weak to get **. However, she did not give up and decided to escape from the tiger's den, continue to participate in the anti-Japanese work, and take revenge with practical actions.
However, the comfort station was heavily guarded, and it was difficult for her to escape, a weak woman. Soon after, the opportunity came, and she was sent to a puppet army stronghold more than ten miles away from her hometown. However, the guards of the puppet army were equally strict, and she made several unsuccessful attempts to escape.
Just when she was almost desperate, something strange happened. One day, Zhou Xixiang was cooking for the puppet army, and a call suddenly came from his ear: "Xixiang." She was shocked, and her body twitched like an electric shock.
She looked around and saw only a short puppet soldier eating, and he quietly examined her with his spare eyes. Zhou Xixiang guessed that he might be his own person, because he had seen many puppet soldiers working for the Eighth Route Army during the war.
Later, she found out that the leader of this puppet army squadron was named Li Chao, and he secretly worked for the Eighth Route Army. With the help of Li Chao, the organization began to rescue the imprisoned "prisoners".
Soon after, they received information that the Japanese army would transfer the detained "prisoners" to Yu County one day.
Li Chao received instructions to him to find and contact Zhou Xixiang among the prisoners of war. After many inquiries, he learned that a woman who was aborted by ** would be sent to the puppet army stronghold, and that stronghold was the stronghold where he was.
What a coincidence. But Li Chao wasn't sure if the woman in front of him was Zhou Xixiang, so he tentatively called her name when no one was there to see her reaction.
Although Zhou Xixiang deliberately covered it up, Li Chao still saw the clue and determined that she was the person he was looking for. Li Chao hurriedly told her: "Three days later, when you go to Quanzhi Village, someone will save you, and as soon as the gun goes off, you will run into the woods on the left." ”
Zhou Xixiang's eyes lit up after hearing this, could it be that he was organized to ambush and rescue himself in Quanzhi Village? But Zhou Xixiang knew that people who had been engaged in revolutionary work for a long time could not be so simple, and just because this puppet army knew his name, he could not be sure that he was his own person.
Anyway, Zhou Xixiang is mentally prepared, even if this puppet army is not his own person, when someone saves him, he will run, and if no one saves him, he will continue to wait for the opportunity, and there will be no loss.
In anticipation and anxiety, Zhou Xixiang spent three sleepless nights. Finally, the dawn of the third day came, but the Japanese puppet army showed no signs of pulling out, and the Japanese troops nearby were also practicing in order.
Zhou Xixiang was anxious, was this puppet army testing himself, or did the Japanese puppet army get some news and change their plans? Just when Zhou Xixiang was fidgeting, a hurried whistle sounded on the playground, and the Japanese puppet army began to assemble.
At the same time, several puppet soldiers came to the prisoner of war dormitory and shouted: "Get up quickly, it's time to leave." "Everyone including Zhou Xixiang was gathered and embarked on the road of escort.
Due to the large number of prisoners, the Japanese army did not dare to be careless, in addition to the 200 puppet soldiers, there were hundreds of Japanese soldiers. Seeing the enemy pressed by Huang, Zhou Xixiang's heart lifted, did the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush there?
How many troops did they dispatch, and could they beat the Japanese puppet army? When the team came to the vicinity of Quanzhi Village, Zhou Xixiang's heart rose to his throat, and the hearts of the other prisoners of war were also nervous.
At this time, the gunshots suddenly rang out, like popping beans.
The sound of the Japanese puppet army's attack was like thunder, deafening, and their panic and fear were clear at a glance. They have only one idea, and that is to save their lives. As for those prisoners of war, they didn't care at all.
The Japanese puppet army scattered and fled, and Zhou Xixiang saw the opportunity and shouted: "Run to the woods on the left!" Although no one else was notified, these people instinctively chose to flee.
Fortunately, Zhou Xixiang's reminder gave them a clear direction. In the woods on the left, part of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army had been waiting for a long time. Soon, they were liberated.
Afterwards, Zhou Xixiang learned that all this was the plan of the 19th regiment. Based on intelligence, they developed a rescue plan. The 2nd Squadron was responsible for carrying out the task. Although Zhou Xixiang returned to her hometown, this experience changed everything for her.
Her man eventually divorced her because he couldn't have children. Since then, Zhou Xixiang's health has deteriorated, and he can no longer be qualified for anti-Japanese work, so he returned home.
In her later years, Zhou Xixiang insisted on seeking justice for her rights and interests. In August 1995, she sued the Japanese side in a Tokyo court, demanding an apology and compensation for damages, but was ultimately ruled against the case.
However, she did not give up, but continued to appeal, resolutely accusing the Japanese of the crimes they had committed. As late as justice may be, it is never absent. Her tenacity and insistence on justice are something we should all learn from and commend for her.