After hearing Li Yun Tian's order, the soldiers of the 433rd Regiment immediately surrounded the Japanese captives and prepared to attack.
However, Zhao Gang immediately stepped forward and stopped Li Yun Tian. His expression was extremely serious."Regiment Commander Li, we can't kill these captives!”
"Why can't I kill him?" Li Yun Tian asked with raised eyebrows.”
"There is a clear rule in the Vienna Convention that prisoners must be treated well.”Zhao Gang replied.
However, Li Yun Tian sneered and said,"Zhao Zheng, if I remember correctly, our country hasn't signed the Vienna Convention, right?"”
Li Yun Tian was right about this. The country had not signed the Convention of Nations yet, and their country had only signed the Convention of Nations in 1949.
"You didn't remember wrongly. Our country indeed didn't sign the Vienna Convention. However, they had already laid down their weapons, so they were essentially no different from civilians. What was the difference between killing them and slaughtering civilians?”Zhao Gang said righteously.
However, Li Yun Tian said disdainfully," Commissioner Zhao Zheng, take a good look. They are wearing Japanese military uniforms, and their hands are stained with the blood of our countrymen!
Moreover, the Japanese can kill our civilians. So what if I kill the Japanese civilians?
A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, why not?”
"Regiment Commander Li, we are humans, soldiers of the regular army, not beasts or bandits! No matter who they are, as long as they put down their weapons, we should treat them in a humane way. What difference is there between you and the Japanese?”Zhao Gang asked Li Yun Tian.
Facing Zhao Gang's theory, Li Yun Tian found it hard to agree.
How many people did the Japanese kill when they invaded China? How many people had their families destroyed because of them?
Kill them all, burn them all, rob them all! This was how the Japanese behaved!
"I'm sorry, Committee Member Zhao," Li Yun Tian said coldly,"I don't have your high level of thinking." I don't want to talk about humanism with the Japanese because they have never talked about humanism with us!
Have you ever seen the Japanese massacre a city? I've seen it before! We lost the battle to defend Jinling. The Japanese invaded the city and slaughtered wantonly. I will never forget what a dozen Japanese soldiers did to a sixteen-year-old girl!
I don't want to recall the tragic situation in Jinling. I only hate the Japanese, nothing else! They didn't talk about humanism with us. Why would I talk about humanism with them?
When facing the Japanese, I am not a human, I am a beast, a beast that will bite whoever bites me ten times!
I'll kill these captives for sure, and I won't be able to stop them either. I said it!
I don't have time to talk to you now. I still have to support my brothers in Regiment 358. If you want to debate with me in the future, I'll be waiting for you. But now, I want to kill someone, and you can't stop me!”
"Attack!"
Following Li Yun Tian's order, the soldiers of the 433rd Regiment began to slaughter the 300 Japanese captives!
These Japanese were unarmed and had no ability to resist at all. In less than five minutes, more than 300 captives were killed.
Zhao Gang looked at Li Yun Tian in shock. His emotions were extremely complicated. Li Yun Tian's actions and words had set off a storm in his heart.
He began to doubt whether the things he had always believed in were correct.
At the same time, he felt powerless. He could only watch as the soldiers of Country R who had put down their weapons died tragically in front of him, but he could not stop them.
As an idealist, Zhao Gang felt the cruelty of reality for the first time…
At the same time, he had a new understanding of the commander of the 433rd Regiment, Li Yunlong's biological brother.
He had seen everything that had happened. He had seen everyone's expressions and eyes.
Whether it was the soldiers of the 433rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army or the soldiers of the 8th Route Army, they did not feel cruel when it came to slaughtering prisoners. Instead, they felt extremely happy.
Li Yun Long and Kong Jie watched as the Japanese captives died one after another, and the smiles on their faces gradually became wider.
Zhao Gang couldn't understand why this was happening…
In fact, Zhao Gang wasn't wrong. What he said wasn't wrong. His point of view wasn't wrong either.
The mistake was that he was too idealistic and did not understand reality. Because he had a high level of awareness, he naturally believed that everyone should have the same thoughts and awareness as him.
However, be it the Independent Regiment or the 433rd Regiment, there were very few cultured people, let alone highly educated people. Wasn't it nonsense to expect them to have Zhao Gang's mindset?
In their opinion, the Japanese deserved to die, whether they were soldiers, captives, or Japanese civilians!
This was reality!
If Li Yun Long wanted to kill the captives, then Zhao Gang could still stop him because the Eighth Route had a clear rule that they had to treat the captives well.
The crime of killing captives was enough to execute Li Yunlong.
However, Li Yun Tian was different. Li Yun Tian was from the Jin Sui Army. The Jin Sui Army had never set any rules to treat any bullsh * t captives well!
It was troublesome and expensive to keep these captives, so it would be better to kill them!
Even though it would be a great merit to hand it over, Li Yun Tian felt that he did not lack this bit of military merit. At the same time, he did not want to see these Japanese people live.
Therefore, he would rather not have military merits than kill these Japanese!
After killing the captives, Li Yun Tian left with his 433rd Regiment, leaving behind the Independent Regiment who was happily cleaning up the battlefield and Zhao Gang who was still feeling the shock of the battle…
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