Many people think that the participants in the war are humans, and every country also conducts conscription, but what you don't know is that during World War II, dog troops appeared in the Pacific Theater, and according to statistics, a dog named "Smoki" participated in 12 battles and received the "Battlefield Star" medal 8 times.
Bear warriors also appeared in the Polish army, a bear named Wojtek was responsible for carrying shells on the battlefield, and was later awarded a rank and number; there was also a most "dangerous" animal, the anti-Japanese veteran revealed after the war: after seeing it, it is better to cease fire and kill it.
It is the carrier pigeon, according to modern scientific research, the carrier pigeon evolved from the "Archaeopteryx", Archaeopteryx is a small dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period.
Tens of thousands of years ago, wild pigeons would fly in flocks, and pigeons had an instinctive love for their nests, strong homing, and strong ability to forage in the wild, so humans knew pigeons, and they would consciously or unconsciously raise pigeons as poultry and train them.
According to relevant historical records, 5,000 years ago, The Egyptians and Greeks have domesticated wild pigeons into domestic pigeons, around 3000 BC, the Egyptians began to use flying pigeons to pass on the book, and in China in the Qin and Han dynasties, the court and the people all wanted to raise pigeons and train the pigeons.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the southern Guangzhou region also began to use carrier pigeon communication, the working people at sea will use carrier pigeons to ensure the safety of their families, "Pigeon Classic" is the earliest known monograph in China to record pigeons.
On the battlefield, the acquisition of intelligence is very important, and the famous military scientist Jomini once said: "If we want to win a war, the safest and most reliable way is to wait until we have completely correct information about the enemy's situation before taking action." "That is to say, to know oneself and know the other, we can win every battle."
In 1901, Japanese agents bought 300 carrier pigeons from our civilian pigeon breeders, and then secretly shipped them to Japan, and by 1931, the number of Japanese military pigeons reached 14,200, and military pigeons played a great role on the battlefield.
It is precisely because of the existence of military pigeons that Japanese agents in various places can transmit intelligence very well, so the Japanese side has quietly obtained our intelligence and knows many things in our country, and it is difficult for our country to intercept the intelligence of the Japanese army, resulting in great losses.
At that time, China also did not form the concept of military pigeons, although in ancient times it would communicate through carrier pigeons, but during World War II, China did ignore this in the early stages, and the people also believed that Japan raised pigeons just for food, and later the japanese military pigeon management in Nanjing was exposed, and our country suddenly realized.
Because they have suffered great losses before, after knowing the reasons, they are not willing to repeat the same mistakes, and the people of our country will also have something to look forward to the sky, and if they can kill a pigeon with one word, they may eliminate hidden dangers and have a full meal.
So the Japanese military pigeons have disappeared from our country one after another, our country has also begun to cultivate military pigeons, and has achieved very good results, in addition to the war in our country to use military pigeons, the North African battlefield also used carrier pigeons, the British side raised a total of 250,000 carrier pigeons, of which 32 were awarded the Order of Deakin.
The English carrier pigeon Mary has been injured 22 times, but she has been able to complete the task every time, and the carrier pigeon is not afraid even in the face of powerful eagles.