There have been two world wars in human history, of which World War 2 was the most tragic and World War 1 was the most nonsensical. It's called nonsense because it's a war without justice, a war of thieves wrapped up innocent people.
And people who are familiar with history know that when World War I broke out, China was still in the Beiyang government period, and we later participated in the Paris Peace Conference, and for this reason, the May Fourth Movement was also stirred up. In response to this broken memory, many people may not understand that the Beiyang government did not seem to participate in the First World War, why did we participate in the Paris Peace Conference?
In fact, the answer is very simple, because in that broken memory, the Beiyang government once mobilized 130,000 Chinese to participate in the battle, but the Chinese who participated in the war were not fighters, but Chinese workers. So what's going on here?
According to historical records, when the Allies and the Allies broke out into war, many people in China did not care about it, for the simple reason that for China, these two groups were bandits, and the war they broke out was also because of the colony robbery. Two bandits fight in groups, why let innocent victims participate?
There were many people who had this idea, but there were also some discerning people who realized that although this war was a war of bandits, it was also an opportunity for China, and if we could participate in the victorious powers, then the Xinugu Treaty might be abrogated.
There is no doubt that as soon as this statement was put forward, the people of the State Council of the Republic of China soon became enthusiastic. However, because China was too weak, there was still some hesitation among warlords such as Duan Qirui, on the one hand, these warlords and German soldiers were close, but on the other hand, they felt that Britain and France might have more advantage. Therefore, Liang Shiyi, secretary general of the State Council, gave a proposal, that is, to let Chinese workers participate in the war instead of soldiers, so as not to offend the Germans, and if they win, they can also obtain the status of victorious powers.
As a result, under this decision, 130,000 Chinese went to the European battlefield. However, I must interject here that although participating in the First World War is a very important thing for China, going to a foreign country and working as a worker for foreigners may not be so willing for the Chinese who relocated to the land.
But it was not just the Beiyang warlords who were involved in this matter, and soon westerners were also involved, and they began the famous Dafa of Deception, when it was announced to the outside world that every Chinese who participated in the Western battlefield could receive a salary of 12 yuan per month.
According to records at the time, a dollar could buy 30 kilograms of fine rice and 10 kilograms of pork, and an ordinary laborer in China who worked tirelessly for less than 5 yuan a month. There is no doubt that the propaganda of the foreigners attracted a lot of people, and according to statistics, at least 80,000 Shandong people went to the Western battlefield. So will these Chinese workers really get the hope and wealth they imagined?
According to a later investigation of survivors, hundreds of thousands of Chinese had not had time to go west, and they had suffered three months like hell. I don't know if you remember the triangle trade of that year, when the Chinese workers who were transported were like black slaves, they stayed in the bad cabins, they were crowded into a pile, there was no fresh air, not enough food, and even could not get good disease prevention measures. As a result, a considerable number of people died on the ship, and their destination was not transported back to their country, but thrown into the sea.
However, the Chinese at that time were very hard-working, and they came quickly, and when they arrived at the Western battlefield, they immediately adapted to the local environment. Then came the unbelievable scene, the self-proclaimed brave French, the British, when faced with artillery fire, they all chose to hide in the trenches. Only Chinese, they always did everything diligently, even in the rain of bullets and bullets, they resolutely completed the tasks of digging trenches, transporting corpses and transporting supplies.
As a result, the British "Times" praised the Chinese workers as "the best coolies, and French Marshal FuXi said: "The Chinese workers are world-class workers and the material for outstanding soldiers." Under the fire of modern artillery, they can endure any difficulty and complete various tasks with quality and quantity.
Even the Chinese workers who came to France were not only responsible for repairing the trenches, but also when the French army was beaten and disarmed, they picked up their weapons and fought with the Germans, and took the initiative to take on the task of defending the position. Unfortunately, the French desperately praised Chinese once it was time to die, they all let the Chinese workers become cannon fodder. When they came to the rescue, all the Chinese workers on the position were killed, and the gang only silently praised them, and then continued to deduct the wages of the Chinese workers and the diet of the Chinese workers.
What is even more unacceptable is that the Chinese workers show such bravery on the battlefield, but they are always assigned to the most bitter, tired and dangerous environments, such as letting the Chinese workers dig coal. The conditions were harsh, the artillery was full of gunfire, the work place could collapse at any time, and the poor wages, and the lack of food, and the French soldiers who were resting and mocking Chinese.
However, Chinese has never retreated, perhaps it is the character cultivated by the Loess civilization, we are worthy of the illusory 12 oceans from beginning to end, worthy of the title of Chinese.
However, not all of these poignant Chinese workers died on the battlefield, because in the end the battle was over, the British devils and the French devils won, and we barely became the victorious powers.
And the next development is a bit dazzling, those French people can really be described as capitalist nature, when the war is fought, let the Chinese workers as cannon fodder, the battle is over, but also to use the surplus value of the Chinese workers. It turned out that the French had lost a generation in World War I, so in order to replenish the population, they began to accept other races.
So, suddenly hundreds of thousands of French women were charged, began to look for Chinese as spouses in an orderly manner. We don't know how to evaluate this scene, but in fact, some people stayed, most people came back, and the war of that year was over.
But let us look back at this history, we can still feel the greatness of the Chinese workers, feel the pain of the war that year, of course, we must always criticize the blood sucking of the French and British capitalists, perhaps in their eyes, the Qing government and the Republic of China government are too garbage, so he never regards the Chinese as a national, or even only as 1/4 of the voters. Thankfully, the history of that year is a thing of the past, and now we no longer need to shed blood for the French, but fight for our country.
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