These days, there are many Chinese people experiencing similar experiences, such as being enslaved by Japanese people or being deceived into going overseas.
The people in Outer Mongolia are actually quite lucky. The most unfortunate ones may be those who were enslaved by the Japanese. In the Northeast, there are many Chinese workers who may not even know their names, working in the mines until they die and no one cares about them.
It's quite calm now, but by the time of March 1, many mass graves were discovered in later generations. In Liaoyuan alone, there were six miners' tombs, seven bone sites, and a human furnace.
In the Northeast, countless people have sacrificed their lives to mine minerals for Japan's war machine.
In Xi'an Prefecture, the Japanese looted 15.49 million tons of coal from Xi'an Prefecture in 14 years from 1931 to 1945, leaving behind six mass graves filled with the remains of miners.
Similar ones can be found in many occupied areas in the country.
Apart from these people, Chinese workers abroad are not much better off either.
In the battlefields of World War I and World War II, there were many Chinese workers. They needed to help dig trenches, help carry ammunition, and build military bases.
Sometimes we even need to carry guns and participate in cruel wars together, and many people die on the battlefield in vain.
Only a very small number can survive, and those who can live a good life are still not many, and many are still exploited.
But what is ridiculous is that later generations of movies have repeatedly publicized the suffering of the brothers when they were enslaved. Little did they know that the Chinese laborers at that time were also the same. Why did they favor one over the other?
Of course, that's all for later, Zhao Ming distributed some cans to these new brothers.
A lot of cans were taken away from the military station. They were delicious, easy to store, and didn't take up much space. I could haul several carts of them.
These cans alone were enough for their subsequent return, and there was also a lot of dried beef and mutton brought from the army camp.
While these brothers were eating, two more groups of miner brothers came from a distance.
Although the situation of these brothers looks miserable, they seem to be very hungry all the way here and they feel weak when walking.
They were obviously given guns, but they didn't seem to get much food. Fortunately, the number of people was not that small. Zhao Ming also hurriedly asked them to stop and rest and distributed food at the same time.
After some questioning, they learned that they had not encountered pursuers or attacks.
It was not until dusk that the more than 8,000 miners who followed them south this time were all reunited.
Except for more than 200 people who died of starvation on the way, or who died from overwork or exhaustion from the long-distance attack, none of the 8,000 people encountered any armed forces.
Only two groups of people encountered a small group of Outer Mongolia local troops on the way, but due to their large number, the other party ignored them because more was better than less.
In other words, no one encountered any pursuers along the way.
However, a group of people said they spotted a plane flying overhead two days ago, but nothing unusual followed.
Zhao Ming estimated that it was just a Russian reconnaissance plane patrolling the territory of Outer Mongolia.
"It seems like the Outer Mongolians haven't become wary of us yet, which is a good thing for us!"
Zhao Ming nodded, feeling completely relieved.
"Huh! Just fine! Just fine! Once we encounter a plane and a group of us gather together, something will happen."
Zhang Kai couldn't help but let out a long breath. He knew very well how terrifying it was to face an air attack.
"Oh, by the way, Brother Zhang, you are not normal!" Zhao Ming said suddenly.
This question made Zhang Kai raise his eyebrows and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"
"Many things are abnormal. I haven't asked you before how you know so much about Russian equipment.
Also, you seem to be very aware of the lethality of air strikes. You shouldn’t know this kind of thing, right? "
Zhao Ming frowned and asked, he knew very well that sometimes some of his ideas were from the perspective of future generations.
Compared with being very comprehensive, in fact, normally, even if he comes from a later generation, he cannot be familiar with this batch of Russian equipment. Many of them he can only know the difference between machine guns and heavy machine guns, and the model names are completely different. Clear.
However, when he was counting the equipment before, Zhang Kai understood it very well just by looking at it.
And domestic planes are not common these days.
Although starting in 1920, major powerful warlords began to purchase aircraft from abroad to form aviation formations.
But while we are talking about an aviation formation, in fact the entire formation may only consist of six or seven aircraft.
Moreover, airplanes are not something that everyone can play well. They have to spend money, a lot of money.
Today, the number of the National Army's air force is almost equal to zero, because this year, that is, in November 1928, the establishment of the Air Force School was started.
Therefore, the only country in China that has really started to play with aircraft is the Northeast Air Force, which is affiliated with Marshal Zhang.
You can say that Young Marshal doesn't have much vision, but you can't say that Marshal Zhang doesn't have much vision.
Before his death, Marshal Zhang had a profound understanding of the importance of the Air Force during World War I.
In 2021, the Northeast Aviation Department was formally established using the 10 aircraft captured in the Zhijiang-Anhui War as the basic base.
Later, they purchased airplanes from foreigners on a large scale. Not only the airplanes, but also the people and the airplanes were bought back with huge sums of money.
In the following years, several large air force bases were completed in Shenyang, Jinzhou and other places.
If I remember correctly, the Northeast Air Force has more than 200 aircraft of various types, more than 140 pilots, and about 200 crew maintenance personnel.
There are even supporting aircraft maintenance factories and various related equipment manufacturers. It is no exaggeration to say that this is already a mature air force that can provide one-stop services such as training pilots, repairing aircraft, and manufacturing aircraft.
If before that incident, the number of Northeast Air Force had reached more than 300 aircraft.
It seems to be the number one air force in the country, while the national army only had fifty aircraft in 1932, and its actual combat experience can be described as zero.
On the other hand, the Northeast Air Force, as well as the Russian and foreign pilot services, are absolutely professional.
So Zhao Ming was surprised that Zhang Kai seemed to be afraid of airplanes.
Recalling that when he mentioned that Russian reconnaissance planes were likely to patrol and conduct investigations, Zhang Kai was very nervous and acted even more seriously than he did.
This is obviously unreasonable. Other powerful warlords these days only have a few aircraft in their hands, and even fewer of them are used in battles.
The Northeast Air Force currently rarely patrols far south. Most of the time, it patrols the Northeast itself or deals with the Toyo Air Force. How can it do this?
Seeing Zhao Ming's gaze pressing closer and closer, Zhang Kai also knew that considering Zhao Ming's shrewdness, it was impossible to hide it from him.
"Even if you don't ask, I will tell you later."
Zhang Kai rubbed his eyebrows and sighed helplessly, "It's not surprising that I know so much, because I studied at the Oriental Army Sergeant School before."
