80 years ago, the Chinese People's Campaign rescued the "Lisbon Pill" British prisoner of war.

122 ° 45′55 ″ east, 30 ° 13′47 ″ north latitude, the seas of the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang.

This coordinates, this sea area, witnessed the unparalleled love of Chinese fishermen to rescue the prisoners of war of allies, and humanitarian glory.

On the morning of October 1, 1942, the Japanese prisoner of war ship "Lisbon Maru" was hit by the U.S. submarine in the waters of the Zhoushan Islands in China. Several Japanese ships rushed to the scene, but they saw death, while the nearby Chinese fishermen drove wooden fishing boats to save people.

The red mark is the sinking location of the "Lisbon Maru" in the Zhoushan Sea. Xinhua Daily Telecommunications reporter Feng Yuan

Zhoushan fishermen rescued 384 British prisoners of war and also pierced the Japanese army to kill the poisonous scores, but there were still 843 prisoners of war unfortunately killed and slept for the bottom of the sea.

80 years have passed, and all Chinese fishermen and British veterans who have witnessed this history have died, but under the barn of the invaders, the sincere friendship formed in the vortex of the sea, in the generation of generations of the two countries in the two countries' exchanges. It is even more tough.

In 2021, the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident monument was completed by the Chinese and British people. (Photo confession in the respondent)

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Beijing time, on the morning of October 2, 2017, nearly a hundred people from all walks of life from Zhoushan and Hong Kong came to Lianhua Island, Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. By……

The survivor Daniel Mori time was 98 years old. He sent a letter from the United Kingdom: "I want to thank the fishermen in Zhoushan sincerely, it is Zhoushan fishermen reversed the situation at a critical moment."

London time, on the morning of October 2, 2017, in the Kenton Market Monument, dozens of British soldiers representatives, the family members of the veterans who participated in World War II, and some social people. event.

In recent years, in early October, people will hold commemorative activities in Zhoushan and London, which are thousands of miles away.

On October 2, 2021, at the commemorative event of Zhoushan, Moli's family sent a commemorative card. The money was Luna Cosite -the old man had died, and Luna, one year old, was his granddaughter.

On October 3, 2021, the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck monument was completed in the British National Memorial Botanical Garden. (Photo confession in the respondent)

The next day, in the British National Memorial Botanical Garden, the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident monument was completed by the Chinese and British people.

This marble monument, positively portrayed the sinking scene of the "Lisbon Maru", recorded the number of deaths in the prisoner of war, the logo logo, and the back of the back of the "Lisbon Maru" and the deeds of Zhoushan fishermen rescued British prisoners of war.

On the same day, Moli's family presented a wreath for the 6 -month -old baby boy in Zhoushan. "We sacrifice with the heart of boxing to never forget." Fang Zheng's mother and Zhoushan citizen Wu Xiangzhen said.

She has worked at the Party School of the Zhoushan Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. Since 2017, she has participated in the planning and hosting of commemorative activities as volunteers.

In mid -October 1942, Ivins, Falenz, Jameston, and Chinese military and civilians took photos in Zhoushan. (Information picture)

At each commemorative event, people will recall this life and death rescue of that year:

On the morning of September 27, 1942, the "Lisbon Maru" departed from Hong Kong's Sham Shui Wharf. It was equipped with more than 1,800 British prisoners of war and diaspora, as well as more than 700 Japanese soldiers and civilians.

In the early morning of October 1st, the "Lisbon Maru", which failed to install the Red Cross logo to the east of the Zhoushan Islands, was hit by the torpedo torrentially by the U.S. submarine "Perch".

Many Japanese ships rushed to the scene and only evacuated themselves. They were locked in the chamber regardless of the strong protest of the prisoners of war. Since then, some prisoners of war have begun to rescue themselves. They hit the door and rushed on the deck, but the Japanese troops shot and blocked and shot many people.

In the early morning of October 2nd, the fishermen on the nearby Qingma Island and Miaozi Lake (the two islands belong to Dongji Town, Putuo District), and found that there were large ships sinking on the sea, and foreigners with different hair colors drifted from the sea from the sea. Come, immediately scratch the wooden fishing boat and rescue it bravely.

They successively dispatched 46 small fishing boats and 65 times, and finally rescued 384 prisoners of war. When the Japanese army landed on the island to search for prisoners of war, they helped three of them concealed.

The three people finally came to Chongqing behind the Chinese Anti -Japanese War, revealing the truth of the Japanese troops attempting to murder with a knife and seeing the truth of death.

In a letter of thanks to Zhoushan, the retired British officer Major Brian Finch said: Zhoushan fishermen are all spontaneous, holding a kind heart, regardless of nationality and race. Save the soldiers in the crisis under the rain of gunfire, which is sincere, admired and unforgettable.

On October 20, 2019, the "Lisbon Maru" British prisoners of war descended the old man Lin Agen (the late) old man who participated in the rescue of the rescue of the year. (Photo confession in the respondent)

Console

On October 20, 2019, a group of British guests came to Dongji Town. They were descendants of the victims of the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck. Some of them have gray hair, some need wheelchairs, but they still come to the island in eastern China and come to the waters where their ancestors sleep.

The sea surface is blue, and the white waves are rolling. The descendants of the victims stood on the bow, tears flowing, and sprinkled the white petals on the blue sea to comfort the ancestors of the dead. On August 18, 2005, Charles Jordan (first from left) hugged Chen Yonghua, an old fisherman who participated in the rescue in the "Lisbon Maru" incident that year. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency, Hong Xiaomin)

Subsequently, a concise commemorative ceremony was held on the top of Miaozi Lake Island. In the sound of the British army, the descendants of the victims paid to the British soul who buried in the East Polar. I will always miss you "" I have never seen me before but missing my life: I wish you rest "" Dear Dad, I miss you "...

The eighty -year -old Shirley Babric was full of white hair and brought a well -preserved black hair doll with him. This is a gift sent by her father from Hong Kong as a child, which is also her only memory of her father.

Shirley said that his father's tombstone had only one sentence- "We speculate that he died in the Chinese East China Sea in the war." She had done research on "Lisbon Maru", wrote a lot of letters to survivors, and asked what happened that year.

Shirley and his party came to Dongji Town at the invitation of Chinese filmmakers. Since 2018, Fang Li's team has begun to produce a documentary movie "Lisbon Maru", which reflects the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident, and has contacted nearly 200 families of descendants of prisoners of war.

Fang Li found that many prisoners of war prisoners of war have lost their father since they were young, and they lived in their father's thoughts for life. Although some people's family cemetery leaves the position of the victims, it is an empty grave inside.

"In the exchange, they expressed strong willingness to come to Zhoushan, China, and come to the place where the" Lisbon Maru "sinking. He hopes to remind people not to forget history.

On August 18, 2005, the British veteran Charles Jordon sank at the "Lisbon Maru" warship that year to offer flowers to the martyrs. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Shengang Photo

Since 2005, the relevant departments of the Zhoushan Municipal Government have begun to organize historical materials such as the relevant archives of the Lisbon Maru incident, the oral and rescue list of the fishermen, and the rescue list. With the opening of the historical archives, the research of Chinese scholars is continuously deepened. Essence

In Zhoushan, many enthusiastic people have been committed to discovering and organizing relevant historical facts, remembering the World War II Allied soldiers who were killed, and commemorating the heroic fishermen. Hu Mu, a special researcher at the Putuo Research Institute of Zhejiang Ocean University, is one of the main sponsors of the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck commemorative event.

On August 18, 2005, Jordon talked about the rescue of the two sons in the waters of the shipwreck. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency, Hong Xiaomin)

In 2005, on the 60th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti -Fascist War, Hu Mu first had the idea of ​​commemorating the "Lisbon Maru" incident.

On the passenger ship to Dongji Town, he and several old friends who studied the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck incident obtained the captain's consent. The passenger wheel entered the ship's shipping point "Lisbon Maru". The historians of the peers read the commemorative articles and put the commemorative text into the drifting bottle into the sea. Their activities were also supported by the guests on the boat, and guests walked to the front cabin decks to participate in commemorative activities.

On August 18, 2005, Charles Jordan (second from left) and his wife and some old fishermen who participated in the rescue in the "Lisbon Maru" incident that year gathered. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Shengang Photo

More and more people have joined the ranks of "Lisbon Maru". Daoghan, a well -known painter in Zhoushan, presented Mo Bao to Moli "China -Ying Friendship Evergreen" before his death. The East Polar Stone Carving is a birthday gift; some folk enthusiasts also hope that the commemorative sculpture of the "Lisbon Maru" maritime rescue scene erection in Dongji Town ...

"The friendship between the Chinese and British people in the war is the most firm and most valuable." Hu Mu said.

Long -lasting

Zhoushan fishermen rescue the touching deeds of the British prisoners of war in the British prisoner of British soldiers in the British Marine. Good words.

This friendship has experienced new branches in the commemorative and exchanges of generations in generations of generations.

The survivor of the Lisbon Pills shot in 2020, Dennis Moli, was born at the time, Luna, the great -grandson of Moli. (Photo confession in the respondent)

Moli's grandson Luna just spent her two -year birthday in the UK. Wu Xiangzhen sent a set of carefully selected little Hanfu from Zhoushan as a birthday gift. She also prepared an electronic card and sent a blessing on Luna's birthday with her one -and -a -half -year -old son Fang Zheng.

The picture shows the son of the "Lisbon Maru" commemorative event organizer Wu Xiangzheng's son, Fang Zheng, put on a gift from the United Kingdom, a set of tiger patterns. (Photo confession in the respondent)

"Luna happened to be born for 6 months early. Moly's daughter of Moli and I agreed to visit them with Founder. If they came to Zhoushan, they would definitely bring Luna." Wu Xiangzhen said.

Wu Xiangzhen met with the Moli family in the 2017 commemorative event. They often greet each other, share their children's growth photos, and give each other birthday gifts and New Year gifts. The picture shows the survivor Mori (died in 2021) Xuan Sun daughter Luna's head wearing a tiger -headed hat gift from Zhoushan. (Photo confession in the respondent)

When Founder was not born in 2020, Pooh had blessed the children in Wu Xiangzhen in accordance with the customs of China in accordance with the customs of China: named "Bright" because the child would be born in March of Yangchun. In the same year, Luna was full of lunar month and received Wu Xiangzhen's tiger hat, red bellyband, and tiger -headed shoes. This year's Spring Festival, Fang is wearing a little tiger set sent by Pooh in China.

"Zhihe, not far from mountains and seas." Wu Xiangzhen said that the friendship boat of the two was sailing.

This summer vacation just passed, the Shipbon Pills Shipping Hall "Lisbon Maru" in Dongji Town received nearly 20,000 tourists. This is currently the only exhibition hall in China with the theme of the "Lisbon Wan" incident. In the exhibition hall, the rice buckets, washbasins, pills, oil lamps, and tableware used by British prisoners of war. Save.

"Many tourists deliberately brought their children to visit, and they have shown great interest in the history of the" Lisbon Maru "." Liang Yinzhang, the director of Dongji Town Cultural Station, said, and her father Liang Yijuan was also a personal experience of rescue. By.

On October 2, 2021, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, held the "Lisbon Maru" shipwreck commemorative event. (Photo confession in the respondent)

Not long ago, he came to the Zhoushan writer Sun Hejun in Qingma Island again, and accidentally found two tourists who were preparing to visit Xiaowan Cave. Xiaowan Cave is a hidden small hole facing the sea and about two meters deep on the island. In addition to locals, few people can find the cave entrance. That year, the three British prisoners of war were hidden in the small bay cave by fishermen in the island, and they were fortunate to escape the Japanese army.

"After learning about the history through news reports and books, tourists are eager to look at Xiaowan Cave with their own eyes. The story of the" Lisbon Maru "is spreading wider and wider." Sun Hejun said.

Source: "Xinhua Daily Telecom"

Reporter: Zhu Han, Feng Yuan, Cui Li

Responsible editor: Qin Daixin

School pair: Guo Yanhui Meng Yahe (intern)

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