Chapter 29
Wei** Soul
Su Mei retrieved the surveillance videos of all intersections in the city that day and produced a walking path map of the old man.
The old man first appeared near the Martyrs Cemetery, walked along the street to Jiefang Road, climbed up several trash cans along the way, picked things from it, and then joined the anti-Japanese parade.
He was a little hunched when he was old and walked in the team with his chest and head high, and was in good spirits.
The Hengdian police used the stupidest and most effective method, invested a lot of police force, took the old man's photo and visited door to door near the Martyrs' Cemetery, and finally determined his identity.
The old man's name is He Weiguo, and he was once a fighter-Japanese soldier from the Expeditionary Force.
The song he sang in the parade is now few people can sing it. It was originally called "The Song of the Enlisted Youth of Intellectuals" and later became the song of the New First Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
In 1942, He Weiguo was only 14 years old. He left his hometown because his home was destroyed by war. At that time, he joined General Sun Liren's 38th Division and went to the Yunnan-Burma battlefield to fight against Japan. After dozens of major and large battles, including the Battle of Mandalay, the Battle of Hukang Valley, the Battle of Menggong Valley, and other major battles, he then moved to India, and made military achievements four times, and was commended and commended many times.
After the Japanese invaders surrendered, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party went to war, the Kuomintang army was defeated, and He Weiguo went to Taiwan.
During the war, He Weiguo was seriously injured on his head and abdomen, and there were two shrapnel in his head. Severe brain damage caused him to mental disorders. He spent most of his life in a mental hospital in Taiwan. With the development of medical technology, it was not until his later years that the shrapnel in He Weiguo's head was removed. After a period of treatment, he recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
The medical staff asked him: "Do you have any other wishes?"
The old man replied: "Go home!"
He Weiguo suffered from mental illness throughout his life. The old man was not married, had no children, and only had a younger brother in the mainland. However, his only relative died in the 1990s. After approval by Taiwan's "Retirement Association" and mediation from the Veterans' House of Veterans, after some tedious procedures, the old man finally returned to the mainland to settle down.
There is an old locust tree at the entrance of the village. The earthy house behind the locust tree is his home and is no longer here.
My nephew who worked in another place found a job for the old man to guard the martyrs' cemetery.
After returning to the mainland, this lonely old man has been guarding the cemetery. There is a cemetery behind the cemetery, with no name, no monument or tomb. This cemetery without any signs buried the ashes of Taiwanese veterans. This cemetery is managed by privately, not established by the state, and belongs to a local charity.
He hunched his back, sweeping away the fallen leaves, and didn't speak all day.
In the nameless cemetery, his comrades were buried in the long-lasting comrades.
One year on Qingming Festival, students came to visit graves one after another. Two naughty students accidentally broke into the cemetery behind the cemetery. The old man felt relieved and someone finally came to pay tribute. However, after a conversation, the student asked in surprise: "What, the Kuomintang is also fighting against Japan?"
The old man remained silent.
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I remained silent for a long time, continued to sweep the fallen leaves without refuting anything.
The special case team learned from relevant Taiwan departments that He Weiguo suffered from war-related post-traumatic stress disorder, which is a sequelae of war. Although it has been cured, it still has the possibility of recurrence. Once it recurs, he will lose himself and be trapped in a certain memory of the past for a long time, such as the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Perhaps, the explosion from the Hengdian filming scene made him think that he was still living in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Smelling the smoke and gasoline, he saw the actors in Japanese military uniforms, which prompted him to be schizophrenia and reached a point of collapse. Then he stayed in this confused mental state. He panicked in the bamboo forest, trying his best to calm himself down. He did not forget that he was a soldier, nor did he forget his skills on the battlefield. He made a rope trap to kill a Japanese soldier. Unfortunately, the soldier was actually an actor.
Su Mei said: "I have a question. He Weiguo is an 80-year-old man. Does he still have the ability to commit murder?"
Director Chen said: "I used to be a prison guard. There was an old man in it. He was over 80 years old. His son was the principal of the elementary school. He asked the old man to look at the door of the school. The old man ruined more than a dozen little girls in a few years. His verdict was once a "best-selling" yellow book in prison. By the way, when he was arrested, the old man also injured a policeman. He was in the quilt every night after entering the prison..."
Hualong interrupted Director Chen and said, "It is not appropriate to compare an old hooligan with an anti-Japanese veteran."
Professor Liang said: "The murderer has received extraordinary military training and has a great hatred of the Japanese. For him, this is not murder, it is war."
Bao Zhan said: "It's not easy to catch him. He knows how to survive on the battlefield and hide himself."
He Weiguo was already in a state of mind and left the residence of the Martyrs Cemetery. The special case team asked Hengdian police to pay attention to searching for abandoned unfinished buildings, cement pipes on the construction site, bridges and caves, mountains and forests, which are likely to be his temporary destination. At the same time, for safety reasons, the special case team recommended that all major crews in Hengdian suspend filming of anti-Japanese war dramas.
However, the major crews did not follow the advice. They were considering the cost issue. After all, the suspension of filming would cause economic losses.
Two days later, in full view of the public, the shooting scene where the bearded director was located encountered an attack. At that time, the fireworks master set up several explosion points and just used line control to detonate the prop bomb. The shells of this prop bomb were mostly made of foam, filled with some dust, creating a realistic effect of flying dust after the explosion. They were shooting a highlight - a heroic underground martial arts team disguised themselves and exploded the Japanese artillery tower.
When the explosion was exploding, an arrow shot from nowhere and hit a Japanese actor in the eye.
The explosion was accompanied by the actor's screams, and everyone was stunned. Then they rushed the actor to the hospital in a hurry. The bearded director led people to search, and an old man ran to the mountain path in panic.
The Hengdian police and the special case team then arrived and confirmed through description that the old man who attacked the Japanese actor was He Weiguo.
He Weiguo fled to the side
On a nearby hill, this veteran who has experienced dozens of battles of all sizes and sizes has superb killing skills, which makes the police dare not underestimate the enemy.
The first encirclement ended in failure. Hundreds of police surrounded He Weiguo on the top of the mountain, step by step, and slowly approached.
The old man actually escaped, injured an armed policeman and took away a pistol.
This time, what he grabbed was a real gun.
At that time, the situation was very unfavorable to the old man. The armed police approached the mountain in an encirclement. The old man set a fire. It was summer, and the weather was dry and the fire was raging. It quickly burned and then spread to the entire mountain. The armed police officers and soldiers retreated urgently. He Weiguo attacked a lonely armed policeman with bows and arrows and snatched the gun. He did not run down the mountain, which was a dead end, but hid in a cave.
The wildfire was extinguished by firefighters. Because He Weiguo possessed firearms, it was extremely dangerous. The Hengdian police reported to their superiors urgently and asked for assistance. The second roundup began. In addition to hundreds of armed police, the encirclement and pursuit also dispatched the chemical defense and reconnaissance companies of the field troops, and fired more than 1,000 bullets, and even used rocket launchers and mortars.
A soldier asked, "Who are we arresting?"
The company commander said: "Catch a person, an old man."
The soldier said: "So many fully armed police officers can't handle it. They have to send our company up just to catch an old man?"
The company commander said: "This old man is a veteran and has participated in several wars. You must be careful."
The soldier said, "He is only one, I'm not afraid."
The company commander said, "If he aimed at your head, he would never hit you in the leg."
At the shooting scene at the foot of the mountain, the bearded director changed into an armed police uniform and carried the camera.
The fireworks master said: "Director, what are you doing? I have changed into this outfit."
The bearded director said: "As a director, don't think I don't have ideals and ambitions, and always shoot trash TV series. I also want to make some positive films. If this scene can be filmed, I won't be the director in vain."
The fireworks master widened his eyes and said, "You are going to sneak in and be a war correspondent, it's very dangerous."
The bearded director said: "Warfield correspondent, this is a really good word."
The fireworksman said: "I'll change my clothes, and I'll be your assistant, but we can only post on Weibo when we take pictures."
The armed police officers blocked He Weiguo in the cave. Director Chen invited a local villager and asked that there was no other exit to the cave, but the terrain inside the cave was complicated, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it was not advisable to attack rashly. An officer shouted into the cave with a loudspeaker, asking the old man to put down his weapons and surrender immediately.
The hole was silent, and the officer shouted again, responding to a gunshot. The officer immediately lay down and his hat was knocked away.
Professor Liang looked at the cave and said to Hualong: "Put on the bulletproof vest, lead a team of armed police to kill him."
Chapter completed!