You may not know that the Flying Tigers, which are touted by the United States as a symbol of Sino-American resistance against Japan, are actually mercenaries hired by the Kuomintang with a lot of money.
You may not know that in 1942 China's foreign exchange reserves were only 1600 million US dollars, and the Kuomintang ** used nearly 20% of the country's foreign exchange for the daily expenses of the Flying Tigers.
You may not know that when Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling went to Kunming to visit the Flying Tigers in 1942, one of the Flying Tigers swore at Soong Meiling and yelled at women, otherwise they would not beat the Japanese. And the Kuomintang ** really sent a batch of prostitutes to the Flying Tigers, and the expenses were all borne by the Kuomintang**.
You may not know that in addition to the Flying Tigers, there was another foreign volunteer air force to aid China, but it is rarely mentioned in the official history of our Anti-Japanese War, that is, the Soviet Union to aid China. The Flying Tigers spent 7 months in China and, according to their own accounts, took to the air more than 50 times and shot down 299 enemy aircraft. The Soviet Volunteer Air Force for China, on the other hand, shot down and destroyed 625 enemy planes just before May 1938.
The reason why we bring up these past events now is because on November 18, Beijing time, the official Weibo of the US Embassy in China suddenly posted a post that wanted Chinese to pay tribute to the Flying Tigers with them. However, the Soviet Union ** and Russia ** have never asked the Chinese to pay tribute to the Soviet Volunteer Air Force for China, because they believe that this is an international anti-fascist obligation that they should do and does not need to be publicized.
As you may recall, just a few days ago, the United States asked us to release oil reserves to the international market, in order to help them reduce their domestic oil and gas reserves. Linking this incident with the Flying Tigers' affair can't help but make people feel that this is the United States asking us to learn from Xi internationalist spirit of the United States.
What if the world didn't have associations?That is, we can't really tell who is an enemy and who is a friend.
This surprises us: Americans, why are you?!