According to Liu Jianjun, the phone call was from Beijing, and the other party said that he was Japanese and wanted to come here, hoping that Liu Jianjun would meet in Beijing.
At about 9 o'clock the next morning after receiving the call, Liu Jianjun came to Mendun Mountain at the junction of Yixian County and Yuanyuan County.
Soon, Liu Jianjun saw a black Mercedes coming towards him and stopped at his side.
Stopped and got off the bus, an old man, a little over one meter seven, was not tall, but he looked very energetic, with gray hair and neatly dressed. After he got off the bus, he gave Liu Jianjun a deep bow.
The Japanese old man told Liu Jianjun that it was his son who was driving and the car was rented from Beijing. After greeting, the old man made a request to Liu Jianjun.
He wants Liu Jianjun to get in his car and let the driver go back.
Out of courtesy to the guests and respect for an old man who is too old, Liu Jianjun agreed to the old man's request and got on his car regardless of his doubts.
After getting on the bus, the old man told Liu Jianjun that he had come to apologize and felt guilty about this place.
This is the film "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain" filmed by "Bayi" Film Studio on 1958. The story of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain is a household name in China, and Langya Mountain is located in Yixian County, Baoding City today.
Yixian was the base area behind the enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army during War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's period, and there were many bitter battles here.
After Chinese mainland's reform and opening up, Japanese soldiers who fought here often came here to confess and apologize.
But when the Japanese old man showed his identity to Liu Jianjun, Liu Jianjun was taken aback.
He said that he was the little leader who hunted down the five strong men of Langya Mountain.
This is the heroic scene of five strong men jumping off a cliff in Langya Mountain, but Liu Jianjun still can't believe that this kind old man is the direct maker of the tragedy.
According to the request of the Japanese old man, the car drove directly to Langya Mountain. When the car came to a corner at the foot of Langya Mountain, the old man suddenly asked to stop.
After getting off the bus, he stood upright facing Langya Mountain, then shouted in Japanese, and then knelt straight on the ground and began to cry.
Langya Mountain is 36 kilometers away from Yixian County, with an altitude of 1 105 meters. It is named after the tall and straight peaks, steep situation and sharp spikes.
After the five strong men of the Eighth Route Army jumped off the cliff here, it became a sacred place for future generations, and many people who admire heroes come here every year.
For more than half a century, the situation has changed, and Langya Mountain is like an old man who has read all the vicissitudes of life.
At the moment, it quietly looked at the Japanese old man who came to apologize.
Liu Jianjun was deeply moved when he recalled the scene where the Japanese old man fell on his knees and cried here ten years ago.
On the morning of September 25th 194 1, the five strong men of Langyashan were ordered to cover the transfer of large troops. After dragging the Japanese army on the chessboard tuo, they did not retreat to the northeast with the big troops, but deliberately led the Japanese army in the opposite direction. They fought fiercely with the Japanese in Feng Xiaolian, and finally ran out of ammunition and jumped off the cliff.
Liu Jianjun accompanied the Japanese old man to Langya Mountain, and the old man told Liu Jianjun how he led the Japanese soldiers to hunt down the five strong men in Langya Mountain.
Zhenyu Li is a tour guide in the scenic spot of Langya Mountain. His parents, like the five strong men of Langya Mountain, fought against the Japanese on Langya Mountain.
So he was not only familiar with the grass and trees on Langya Mountain, but also learned the story of the five strong men on Langya Mountain in detail.
Zhenyu Li told us that the road up the mountain has been widened today, and there was almost no road here in those days.
However, Liu Jianjun was shocked by the story of the Japanese old man after the Five Heroes jumped off a cliff.
When the five strong men of Langya Mountain jumped off the cliff, a person witnessed their generous death feat on another hill of Langya Mountain. He is the guerrilla squadron leader Ran Tong Yuan of a village at the foot of Langya Mountain.
Jean Tong Yuan was not only the only witness of a strong man jumping off a cliff, but also the remains of three martyrs who died at that time. He was buried with two other guerrillas.
Today, the old man has passed away. Feng Chengquan, the son-in-law of the old man, took us to the top of the mountain where his father-in-law witnessed the five strong men jumping off the cliff.
After five strong men jumped off the cliff, Ma Baoyu, Hu Fucai and Hu Delin died heroically without even leaving a photo.
Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were caught by branches on the cliff and survived.
194 1 year1October 18 days, that is, the 24th day after the Five Heroes jumped off the cliff.
The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region gave instructions to pay high tribute to the heroic spirit of the five strong men who died for their country, and set up a monument for the three martyrs who died. The surviving Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were sent to Kangda Branch for further study.
Now these two war heroes have both died of illness.
The place where the five strong men of Langya Mountain jumped off the cliff is called Feng Xiaolian, and our film crew hopes to shoot there.
However, local villagers told us that in recent years, due to the closing of mountains to facilitate afforestation, trees have covered narrow mountain roads, and the steep mountain roads have made few people go up these years.
Later, at our insistence, two villagers who are familiar with mountain roads took us to climb Feng Xiaolian.
After a hard journey, we finally reached the mountainside, but a cliff stood in front of us.
In desperation, we had to retreat from the mountain.
Japanese old people relaxed after apologizing in their own way in Langya Mountain.
Near noon, when the car passed a village called Beiqi Village, the old man suddenly offered to invite the old people in this village to dinner.
Japanese old people told Liu Jianjun that they had created a "blood well" tragedy in Beiqi village, and Liu Jianjun certainly knew the story of the tragedy.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Beiqi Village was once praised by the Eighth Route Army as an "anti-Japanese model village", so the Japanese invaders hated the villagers in this village.
1September, 943, the Japanese army brutally created the "blood well" tragedy here.
They pushed innocent villagers one by one into a well 20 to 30 meters deep, and then threw stones into the well, layer by layer, turning the only well in the village into a "blood well".
After the Japanese invaders left the village, the surviving villagers immediately rescued people from the well, but most of them had suffocated, one after another.
To Liu Jianjun's surprise, this Japanese old man was one of the murderers of the "blood well" tragedy. When we came to Beiqi Village to shoot, the small restaurant where the Japanese old man invited us to dinner had been demolished. Near its original site, Liu Jianjun led us to find a small restaurant very similar to it.
Liu Jianjun told us that he was holding his breath at that time, but he still invited five old people from the village to meet the Japanese old people.
This photo is the only image left by the Japanese old man who went to Langya Mountain to apologize.
The photo was taken in this small restaurant.
From this photo, we can see that no one at the table touched chopsticks during this lunch.
At the thought of the "blood well" tragedy, the air in the small restaurant seems to have solidified.
On the way back, the car came to Yishui River, and the old man stopped the car again.
This saber has been kept by Liu Jianjun. The Japanese old man told Liu Jianjun that he took it to kill the five strong men of Langya Mountain and participated in the "blood well" tragedy in Beiqi Village. This Japanese army knife was stained with the blood of China people, which witnessed all the crimes and atrocities of the old man in those years, but it was this army knife that later helped the old man recover his life.
It turned out that after the five strong men jumped off the cliff in Langya Mountain, the old man ordered the soldiers to take off their hats and salute. He was reported and was soon sent back to China and left Langya Mountain.
The old Japanese man told Liu Jianjun that the people of the military court finally sent him to an uninhabited unknown island by boat, leaving him only a bag of food and a saber that he had been carrying with him during the war of aggression against China.
Like Robinson, this old Japanese man started his life on a desert island. Facing life and death, he chose to live.
In this more than a year, the old man has never seen a person on the island, nor has he seen a ship passing by on the sea near a desert island.
It was not until parting that the Japanese old man revealed his name-Mao Tianxing to Liu Jianjun. He said that this was not his original name, but he changed it after he left the desert island, meaning that he lived in a thatched cottage and farmed on the island, so he survived by luck, so he was named Mao Tianxing from now on.
The date when Mao Tian came to apologize was1June 65438+July 65438+July 04, 997. He told Liu Jianjun that today is his eightieth birthday, and he chose this day to apologize.
Hunting for the five strong men of Langya Mountain and participating in the "blood well" tragedy in Beiqi Village were crimes committed by Mao Tianxing against the people of China during the war of aggression against China, and they were also unforgettable nightmares in his life. He has been whipped by his conscience all his life, and apologizing is the only way for him to seek liberation.
If the tragedy of war is not to be repeated, only all war criminals can sincerely repent and apologize like the old man Mao Tianxing. The old man's behavior set an example for them.