When you come to **, your first impression is not the bright lights of Shanghai Beach, the singing and dancing of Paramount Gate, and the unprecedented convergence of Chinese and foreign cultures, a prosperous and extravagant scene. However, the real ** is a terrifying, bloody and inhumane era, full of war, hunger and death, do you dare to cross such a **? What is the standard of living of people in this period? **The truth is revealed, and today I will take you to know the truth of a cruel era.
Natural and man-made disasters
* The time lasted from 1921 to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, during which the climate was not very good for 37 years, and floods and droughts of all sizes were almost never stopped. According to the records of the major events of the ** era, which have been handed downIn 1928, a major drought broke out in Shaanxistarved to death 2.5 million people in Shaanxi,1The Jianghuai flood of 931As many as 50 million people were affected, of whom 420,000 were dead or missing. In 1942, there was a famine in Henan, which directly caused 5 million deaths! Natural disasters may be unavoidable for human beingsBut in the face of all kinds of man-made disasters in the first year, it is not worth mentioning in the face of natural disasters.
Behind the natural disasters, the number of people who have caused such a tragic amount is indispensable to the ignorance of the rulers behind them, take the above three disasters as an example, and see how their plans drove the people to a dead end step by step? Although the drought in Shaanxi in 1928 was indeed very serious, 2.5 million people could not starve to death by relying solely on the drought no matter what. The real reason lies in the vast granary of northwest ShaanxiInstead of planting crops, they were planted with opium.
At that time, Liu Zhenhua, the warlord of Shaanxi, in order to make huge profits by selling opium, threatened the peasants who did not grow opium in everything, and each person and household must pay 13 yuan of white land tax, 13 yuan that year, almost an astronomical amount, and the peasants had to occupy a large area of fertile land to grow opium in order to survive, and Shaanxi had at least 54,000 acres of land at that timeIt's not food that's grown, it's drugs！There is not much food to eat, and there are people who are starving and begging and struggling in the streets when there is no harvest in a disaster year. It has been documented:The land of central Shaanxi is a red ridge, and there are few people.
The Jianghuai flood in 1931 also caused countless people to be unjustly killed by the flood because of the ignorance of the local **. Due to the fact that **busy with the war and the suppression of the Communist Party, the Ministry of Finance**,He even misappropriated the funds for the construction of water conservancy projects to buy and sell opium for profit。As a result, the water conservancy in the Jianghuai area is not good, and the slightest flood is an overwhelming flooding scene. The Henan famine in 1942 shocked both home and abroad.
As early as 1931, Henan was due to drought, which led to a sharp reduction in grain production, and at this time, the people should be prepared early and store emergency grain to survive the drought in the coming year. However, the local ** officers in Henan increased the income of military rations without humanity, so that the people did not have any food to eat. The people were forced to do sognawed the roots of the turf trees, dug up the Guanyin soil, ate poisonous wild fruits, and later there was a tragic situation of cannibalism, the people** face the corpses all over the field, don't they take action to provide disaster relief?
A guide to lightning protection for traversers, the most untraversable years are in **, with a mortality rate of up to 50%! * years, not only natural and man-made disasters continued, but also the inaction of the people** is also one of the main culprits. The local ** military officers forced the peasants to change the fertile land used for cultivation to opium cultivation and make a profit. The funds for the construction of water conservancy were misappropriated, causing the rivers to burst their banks frequently. There was also a great drought in Henan, and there was a tragic situation of cannibalism. Won't the people go to disaster relief? In addition to these, what are the dangers of crossing **?The age of apathyThe famine in Henan made those who came to investigateUnited Nations war correspondent Bruce BriskI was deeply impressed. When leaving Henan, the local ** officer invited him to eatSpicy chicken, chestnut beef stew, tofu fried fish,Bai Xiude looked at the table full of delicacies, and thought of the people who starved to death on the side of the road, how could they not eat. When Bai Xiude returned to Nanjing, his article on the drought in Henan caused an uproar, and Chiang Kai-shek had to allocate 200 million yuan to Henan for disaster relief because of his face, but the money was deducted by the ** at all levels, and there was not much left in the hands of the victims.
Chiang Kai-shek later ordered the investigation and punishment of corruption, and the names that came up in the local newspapers were nothing more than scapegoats. And what made Bai Xiude most angry was that Chiang Kai-shek turned out laterExecutedThe staff member who helped Bai Xiude send out the article. When Bai Xiude first came to China, he was working for the people, but after experiencing this incident, he completely saw the true face of **, cruel and cold. Bai Xiude later defected to the Yan'an Liberated Area and became a staunch supporter of the Red Revolution.
Of course, the indifference and cruelty of the national ** is not only reflected in the inaction in the face of natural disasters, but also the ** commander on the battlefield, who is even more red-eyed, but all the demons. During the entire ** period of 37 years, there was hardly a day when there was no war,The country's internal and external troubles, the war became devastated, the people were displaced, the family was ruined, and the tragic mood was almost the keynote of that era. So how many wars have been fought in the ** years?
During the Beiyang ** period, the warlord forces of the Chinese land were intertwined, including the three largest factions:Straight, Anhui, Feng. In addition, there are the Sichuan army, the Yunnan army, the Guizhou army, and the Hunan armyI have to mention that these local armies, all of which were finally absorbed by the Eighth Route Army, made great achievements in the later War of Resistance Against Japan. Previously, these local factional warlords often fought for territory. It was not until 1926 that the Northern Expedition broke out, and in 1928 Chiang Kai-shek's ** declared the unification of the country. However, the coming to power of the people** did not improve the situation of warlord melee, but instead a number of local big warlords emerged, dominating one side.
After the end of the warlord melee, Chiang Kai-shek devoted all his energy to the matter of suppressing the communists and killing revolutionaries, until the Xi'an Incident, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which lasted for ten years, did not stop. However, in 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, the Japanese invasion shattered the mountains and rivers, the country will not be a country, and the numerous crimes committed are too numerous to mention, some people will wonder, why did Chiang Kai-shek not resist Japan back then? What secrets does he hide?
** years, the outbreak of drought, and even the tragic situation of people cannibalism, was reported by the United Nations correspondent Bai Xiude, Chiang Kai-shek only allocated 200 million for disaster relief, but the real money in the hands of the people, has long been left. Warlords from all over the country fought in a melee, grabbed material territory, and after ** came to power, they did not succeed in suppressing these local forces, but instead gave birth to a large number of super warlords like Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang. So if you travel back to the war era, how do you survive?
** of the arrogant and lascivious life
It stands to reason that during the period of resistance against Japan, the soldiers and civilians on the front line sacrificed countless people, and the people should be vigorous and prepare for battle with all their might, in order to expel foreign enemies as soon as possible and recover the country. However, the real situation is that after the retreat of ** executives to Chongqing, it beganThe life of a drunken gold fan, there is no trace of nervousness at all. Fan Shaozeng, the general of the Sichuan Army, converted his mansion into a song and dance hall, and invited a group of executives to come and enjoy themselves, and these ** people are in the dance hall every daySinging, dancing and playing cards are extremely extravagant.
Later, the Japanese army launched the inhumane bombing of Chongqing, countless civilians died tragically under the Japanese artillery fire, thousands of people died, and hundreds of thousands of people were lost. However, at this time, the Kuomintang ** was hiding in the newly built air-raid shelter song and dance hall, drinking and enjoying themselves. ** He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs of Chongqing, praised this air-raid shelter song and dance hall, and even said that it was busy with official business in peacetime, and the Japanese army came to bomb it, so there was time for recreation.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, corruption prevailed in the rear, and life on the front line was not easy. Among the generals, of course, there are many loyal and patriotic people, but there are also many mediocre and incompetent people. For example, the railway battle along the Pinghan Line in 1937,** General Liu ZhiBefore he could fight with the Japanese army, he fled thousands of miles south all the way, and was defeated without a fight, giving up a large area of land in Hebei to the Japanese, and gaining the reputation of a long-legged general. The Battle of Nanjing beganGeneral Tang ShengzhiBefore the Japanese army came, they fled and disappeared. Don't look at the ** cowering at the Japanese army, but with a heavy punch to the common people, what did they do? Causing public resentment to boil?
Long-legged general Liu ZhiOn the retreat road of Pinghan, he led the officers and soldiers to rob everywhere, looted all the villages and towns along the way, plundered the people's money and property, and robbed the banks. is such a ** army, those with lofty ideals can not recover the defeat no matter how capable they are, and in the face of the Japanese offensive, they are naturally defeated. And these routs are still unrepentant, still burning and looting on the way to retreat, the people can not bear it, rise up to resist, the outbreak of the people in western Henan, the army and the people cannibalism, the Japanese army sit on the profit of the fisherman.
This is the ** in the war, first between the warlordsFight each other, and then in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was greedy for life and afraid of deathPassive response,It is difficult to make a fortune in the country, and wantonly plunders the property of the people. Almost every day, people live in the fear of war. Although even if the living environment is so bad, don't forget, there is still such a group of people, who care about the survival of the country, resolutely devote themselves to the War of Resistance against Japan, and fight to the death against various dark forces for the rise of the Chinese nation, until they usher in the creation of a new worldIf you can return to **, you must join them and protect the prosperity of my Chinese land!