80 years ago, the fishermen of the Dongji Island of Zhoushan rescued the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck and the victims of the shipwreck.

Zhejiang News Client Editor Zheng Yuandan Yin Huang Ninglu

In Dongji Town, Pu Tuo District, this island story of fishermen's heroic islands with a quaint island. There is a "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident museum in Miden Street Mountain Road, Dongji Town. It opened on May 1, 2009, and was ready for historical visitors.

The remains of "Lisbon Wan" of Sonari Show

He rescued 384 people to receive the fishing village to settle

The story of the "Lisbon Maru" incident originated from a cargo ship that sleeps on the bottom of Putuo's East Polar. In December 1941, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War broke out. The Japanese army swept the battlefield, Hong Kong fell, and a large number of British army became prisoners of war. On September 27, 1942, 1,816 British prisoners of war were sent to the Japanese transport ship "Lisbon Maru", departing from Hong Kong and shipped to Japan's labor reform.

On October 1st, when the "Lisbon Maru" sailed to the eastern waters of Dinghai County, Zhejiang, a torpedo launched by the U.S. "Bass" submarine hit the stern. At that time, British prisoners of war were forced to squeeze in three narrow, dim, and unable to breathe in the seawater. Only 800 British army broke out smoothly, rushing out of the "Hell cabin", fell into the sea, and escaped.

Part of the fishermen who participated in the rescue took a group photo.

The news of some people on the sea quickly spread throughout the Aoya Island and Miaozi Lake Island. The fishermen did not stand by, but instead launched a maritime rescue. 198 fishermen on the island dispatched 46 small wooden boats and 65 times, rescued 384 prisoners of war from the Water, and received a settlement from the fishing village. On October 3, the Japanese troops went to the island to catch and captured 381 people. Dongji fishermen hid three British army including Evans. The three British prisoners of war were safely transferred to Xiangshan with the help of Miao Kaiyun, deputy officer of the Fourth Brigade Department of the Dinghai National Militarian Corps, and reached Chongqing, returned to the UK, and announced the worldly fascist crime to the world.

Dongji fisherman Lin Agen participating in rescue

In the Lisbon Pills, the last Zhoushan East Fisherman Lin Agen, who participated in the rescue of the British prisoner, died at home at 1 am on August 6, 2020 at the age of 96.

He remembered during his lifetime: On the morning of October 2, 1942, the weather was fine. At the age of 18, he was working on farm work on the mountain. "Boom!" There was a shocking noise from the nearby sea. "I have never seen such a big wave." When I remembered what I saw at that time, Lin Agen still couldn't hide the shock and panic. A lot of people and goods float in the water and drift from the shipwreck to the shore.

Lin Agen (first from left)

"The boat is wrong, and quickly save people!" Lin Agen flew down along the mountain, and ran to the brother -in -law's house under the mountain for help. He and his brother -in -law pulled out a small wooden fishing boat and rushed to the sea with two friends. At this time, there were already many fishermen who heard the news support the boat to enter the sea and began to rescue the difficulty.

Due to the tide of rising, the fishermen supported Xiaoyu to work hard. In addition, the load of the 舢舨 itself was not large, and the efficiency of rescue was not high. In the afternoon of October 2, the rescue work came to an end. According to statistics, in order to rescue the "Lisbon Maru" difficulties, 198 fishermen on the two small islands of Qingsheng and Miaozihu Island successively dispatched 46 small fishing boats 65 rescue.

On the morning of October 2, 2017, during the 75th anniversary of the 75th anniversary of the "Lisbon Maru" incident in the World War II, Lin Agen and some descendants of the Dongji fishermen who participated in the rescue of the year, through video call methods and the rescued soldiers, soldiers, The sons' son dialogue. On October 20, 2019, he and 14 British guests from London to Dongji to participate in the "Lisbon Maru" sinking incident. Eyes and shook hands with him.

The tragic story of the "Lisbon Maru" is heartbreaking, but the international humanitarian spirit that Dongji fishermen showed in the years are the glory of humanity flowing in the Red Revolutionary era, such as this wave of sea water.

"Lisbon Wan" shipwreck was killed after the victims of the shipwreck.

On October 20, 2019, 14 guests from the United Kingdom participated in the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck commemorative event in the British Canton Ship.

Dedication

Many prisoners of war have lost their father because they lost their father since childhood. They lived in their father's thoughts. Some people have a father's position in the family cemetery, but there is an empty grave inside. They expressed strong willingness to come to Zhoushan, China, where their father's remains sinking, and say goodbye to their father. The idea of ​​"last farewell to his father" The idea of ​​the Zhoushan commemorative event was born under such a demand.

At 9 am on the 20th, they set off from the Fishing Port in Shenjiamen, Putuo District. At about 11 o'clock, they arrived at the "Lisbon Maru" shipping office. It stayed on the sea for an hour.

The victim of the incident Gerald Taylor was a member of the Royal Medical Team at the time. On the same day, his daughter Shirley Bambridge embraced a small yellow doll. She said that this was bought by her father when she was 4 years old, and her father had an accident before 2 years. In the past 80 years, she has been taking the doll with her, and her father is always painful by the family.

Shirley Bambridge said that he had done research on Lisbon Maru more than 20 years ago, wrote a lot of letters to survivors, and asked what happened that year.She said that her mother did not know that her father was dead or alive. She appeared in an advertisement to inquire about the whereabouts of her father.Nor did it come back.(Content integration from Zhejiang News Client)

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