In 1980, the People's ** published an article entitled ".Japanese little girl, you're in **caused a big stir in China, and then the Japanese newspaper ** this article.
Soon after, a Japanese woman came to China for a visit, and after arriving in China, she was the first to go to Marshal ***.
When she saw Marshal ***, she burst into tears and knelt down on her knees: "Dad."Dad, I've finally seen you again, are you okay? ”
Who is this Japanese? Why is she called *** Marshal Father?
In the summer and autumn of 1940, in order to smash the "cage policy" of the Japanese invaders, to strive for a favorable war situation in the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in North China, and to encourage the soldiers and civilians who were bravely resisting the war, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army launched the "Battle of 100 Regiments" against the communication lines and strongholds of the Japanese army in North China.
On August 20, the Eighth Route Army began an attack on the Zhengtai Railway, one of the important strategic transportation routes of the Japanese army.
On October 20, the 3rd Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region received an order to prepare for an attack on the Jingcheng mining area garrisoned by the Japanese army and the puppet army.
In order to ensure the smooth operation of the battle at Jingcheng, the three regiments, one battalion and four battalions were ordered to control the nearby railway station and power plant first, so as to prevent the surrounding enemy from using trains to support the enemy after the enemy was attacked.
After observing the terrain, Han Jinming, the commander of the fourth company, decided to attack at 10 o'clock in the evening, so that he could take them by surprise.
When late at night, the fighters of the 3rd Regiment and the 4th Company attacked separately, because the number of enemy troops was not very large, so our troops began to fight smoothly.
Since the railway station was occupied by our troops, the Japanese side could not reinforce us in time, so they sent planes to bomb us.
After a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the three regiments successfully completed their tasks and began to clean up the battlefield.
And Han Jinming's four-company battle was also going well, but when they were fighting, they found two little girls.
When a soldier of the Eighth Route Army named Yang Zhongshan discovered them, he braved the artillery fire to rescue them.
The two children, one five or six years old and the other breastfeeding, are both Japanese, and their father is the deputy station master.
When the soldiers of the Fourth Company found them, the older girl was lying on a corpse covered in blood and weeping bitterly.
There were several soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who wanted to kill the two of them, because their parents were not innocent, but Japanese soldiers who had participated in the war.
Company commander Han Jinming stopped them and took the two children back to the company's station, but Han Jinming didn't know what to do with them, so he chose to report to his superiors.
When Commander Jinchaji received a report from his subordinates that two Japanese children were found, his first reaction was: "Let."The three groups looked for their parents and found someone to send them over. ”
* The voice sounded again: ".Commander, their father was the deputy stationmaster of the station, he was seriously injured and died, their mother was also killed, and the ** little girl was also seriously injured, but her life was saved after rescue.
That's what I understandHe meant that the parents of these two children were not innocent, and as the deputy station chief, he must have the blood of the Chinese on his hands.
Without much hesitation, he took a deep breath and said: ".There is a war on the front line, and it is not suitable to bring children, so send the two of them to the headquarters, remember what *** taught us, and treat prisoners preferentially, not to mention two children who don't understand anything
With the order, Han Jinming immediately sent a few soldiers to pretend to be fellow villagers to send the two little girls to the Jinchaji headquarters.
However, at that time, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army walked on their feet, and it was impossible for the little girl to keep up, so they found a flat pole and a basket.
Along the way, he took turns picking up two little girls and sent them to the headquarters.
After the two little girls were sent to the headquarters, they were too busy at first to go up to see them, so the two little girls were given "preferential treatment".
The invasion of the Japanese invaders separated countless Chinese sons and daughters and wives, and basically every soldier of the Eighth Route Army had an uncommon hatred for the Japanese.
So some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army will look at them coldly, and some will deliberately show their ** side to scare them.
Children can always feel good or bad for themselves, so the older child is especially scared.
**After knowing, I came to meet the two little girls in person.
Two little girls who are extremely panicked and scared in a strange environment, without a relative, can't bear it.
He took two pears from the guard's hand, wiped them casually with his clothes, handed them to the little girl who was five or six years old, and said, ".It's delicious to eat a pear."
The little girl looked at *** timidly and didn't understand what it meant.
** took a bite first, handed it to the little girl, and said:"Taste, it's good! ”
Only then did the little girl understand what she meant, so she carefully took the pear and took a shallow bite.
At this time, front-line reporter Sha Fei saw this scene, raised his camera to shoot, heard the sound of the shutter, and said with a smile: ".Take a picture of the front. ”
Then Sha Fei took another picture of the two of them, saw that the little girl was emotionally stable, and then looked at the baby girl who was still swaddling.
Feeling that she was okay, Nie Shuai stood up and said to the unwilling soldiers of the Eighth Route Army: ".Comrades, ** told us to oppose Japanese militarism and not the innocent people of Japan, not to mention that their two little girls are also victims. ”
In order to protect the two of them, ** let them live in the headquarters with their daughter.
Then *** knew that the two of them were named Mihoko Kato, and the one who was still swaddling was called Rumiko Kato.
Immediately afterwards, **found a big problem, because Rumiko has only been a few months, and she still needs **, but how can there be anyone in their army who can breastfeed children.
I can only choose to go to the neighborhood to find a fellow villager with children at home, but the Japanese burn, kill and loot in China, do all kinds of evil, Rumiko is Japanese, will the villager be willing to come to nurse her?
But no matter what, you still have to try, but luckily there are a few fellows who are willing to come here to feed Rumiko.
But ***'s headquarters needs to be transferred for a long time, and it is inconvenient to take two children all the time, and in the end, *** still plans to return Mihoko and Rumiko to Japan.
**Wrote a letter to the Japanese troops stationed in Shijiazhuang:
The Japanese were rampant, and the war of aggression against China lasted for four years. Bring two Japanese weak women. In fact, the two great nations of China and Japan have suffered an unprecedented catastrophe, and the Japanese have committed all kinds of evil crimes. The spirit of internationalism of our Eighth Route Army is benevolent and righteous.
**Write a few hundred words with reasonFirst of all, we denounce the shameless invasion of China by the Japanese army and the harm caused to the Chinese people by their brutality, and under this circumstance, our Eighth Route Army still shows a very international spirit and returns you Japanese little girls to you.
Subsequently, *** sent someone to send his letter to the Japanese stronghold in Shijiazhuang.
After reading the letter, the Japanese officer respectfully saluted the soldiers who came to deliver the letter, and then agreed on a time and place to return Mihoko and the two.
When *** personally hugged Mihoko and sent the two of them to the Japanese blockade, Mihoko hugged *** tightly and was unwilling to let go.
**Touching Mihoko's head and saying", ".We're fighting every day, and you'll be able to live well when you go back. ”
Mihoko shook her head and cried loudly: ".Dad, I don't want to leave you. ”
This scene infected the soldiers on both sides, and they quietly watched the father and daughter.
**Or handed her over to the Japanese soldiers:"In the future, there will be no war, and you can come to China again to see your father. ”
After saluting with the Japanese soldiers who came to greet Mihoko, ** turned around and left, leaving a little girl who kept crying.
Soon Mihoko and Rumiko were sent to the rear of the Japanese army, and although both of them were also Japanese, the attitude of the Japanese army in the rear was very poor.
When the Japanese army arranged for Mihoko to return home, Rumiko happened to be sick, so Mihoko was the only one who was sent to the ship to return home.
And Rumiko's whereabouts are unknown after staying in Shijiazhuang.
Mihoko, who was on the ship, could only stay in the most crowded cabins, and ate the worst.
After successfully returning to Japan, Mihoko went to live at her aunt's house, but the Japanese emperor continued to exaggerate the scale of the war, constantly invading other countries at the same time, he was also constantly oppressing his own people.
Mihoko's return to Japan was not easy, and she often didn't have enough to eat.
In the early seventies of the last century, relations between China and the United States began to thaw, and Japan followed.
On September 25, 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited China, and he delivered a speech at the banquetIn the past, my country caused great trouble to the Chinese people, and I deeply reflect on this. ”
This sentence made the *** who attended the banquet very unhappy, and he solemnly pointed out: "The war launched by Japanese militarism has brought profound disasters to the Chinese people, and it is unacceptable to use "causing trouble" and the people of Chinese. ”
Finally, in the joint statement issued, it was said: ".The Japanese side bitterly felt Japan's responsibility for the heavy damage caused to the Chinese people by the war in the past, and expressed deep remorse. ”
Subsequently, the major official newspapers expressed their attitudes towards "Sino-Japanese relations".Liberation**Yao Yuanfang naturally also received the task.
Then Yao Yuanfang began to look for information, trying to find out if there was a ** that could reflect the relationship between China and Japan, but an old ** attracted his attention.
**It's ***Marshal holding a little Japanese girl**, dressed in a military uniform, and her serious face can see the tenderness revealed by her eyes, the Japanese girl is a little at a loss, but she is very cute.
This made Yao Yuanfang, who had experienced the Anti-Japanese War, immediately excited, and decided to write this story as a good article.
So Yao Yuanfang interviewed the marshal who was over eighty years old under the arrangement of the organization, and after seeing Yao Yuanfang, he expressed his gratitude for this idea and said that he would actively cooperate.
Then the interview between the two officially began, and Marshal Nie's thoughts were also brought back to forty years ago, talking about what happened back then, ** full of nostalgia.
**also took out the two pieces of his own collection and Mihoko**, when Yao Yuanfang asked *** what he thought at the time.
** replied: ".The war is cruel, but the children are innocent, they should be settled, and I don't know what happened to them? ”
Yao Yuanfang said that he would publish it in the newspaper to see if he could find it.
A few days later, an article titled "Little Japanese Girl, Are You **? The report was published in "Liberation", and then attracted domestic scramble and reports.
At this time, everyone knew that Marshal Nie had such a good story during the Anti-Japanese War.
Soon, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun also reported this newsletter, which caused a big wave in Japan, and many people praised *** Marshal as ".Living Bodhisattva".
Soon, someone gave the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper a clue.
Someone told the editorial office:I have a neighbor, a woman who has returned from China, who said that she lived with the Eighth Route Army and spoke a little Chinese, and she said that she was picked to the Japanese garrison.
This made the people in the Japanese editorial department think that this is Mihoko, and then they found the woman, gave her **, and asked her to confirm whether it was herself.
In the fall of 1980, Mihoko came to China at the invitation of China and met *** after a 40-year absence
When Mihoko saw ***, she knelt down on her knees and shouted"Dad, I've finally seen you again, are you okay? ”
Excitedly helped her up, and the two began to recall what they had experienced.
When *** invited Mihoko to the Great Hall of the People for dinner, ** kept giving Mihoko vegetables, like when she was fed porridge.
Mihoko asked quietly***Dad, how can I buy that pear? I want to bring back a little bit,"
**Stunned for a moment, laughed and said:"You said Snow Pear, I'll have someone prepare some for you. ”
At this time, Mihoko knew that it was a snowflake pear, which is only available in Hebei.
At the end of the visit, Mihoko hugged *** tightly and was unwilling to let go, just like the scene of separation at the beginning.
On May 14, 1992, Marshal **'s heart stopped beating, and the last marshal of China died
When Mihoko, who was far away in Japan, learned the news, she cried silently, knowing that she had lost this loved one forever.
Subsequently, Mihoko came to China many times, and also visited Yang Zhongshan, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army who took her out of the artillery fire, and expressed her gratitude to him back then.
In 2008, Mihoko came to China for the sixth time, and she went to Lugou Bridge as a witness and victim to see the disaster brought by the Japanese invaders to the Chinese people.
At the same time, she preached peace in Japan and opposed the Japanese Prime Minister's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, and as an orphan who survived the war, she could not endure the shameless actions of Japanese politicians.
The story of Marshal and Mihoko is not simply the story of a father and daughter, but also the embodiment of the great and noble spirit of the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army and the Communists in China in the special era at that time, letting the world know that our cause is just, and some aggressors and reactionaries will eventually fail.