Shanghai
Shanghai was known as the Oriental Pearl. In the 20th century, Shanghai was the most prosperous city in China. Although this city had only been born for a short 100 years, countless foreigners from Obaro and the M Nation had gathered here after hearing about this place. He was planning to mine his own gold mine.
Some people failed, some people succeeded, but in Ji Yun's opinion, this city was not only prosperous, but also filthy.
Today, Ji Yun came here just to see what was so amazing about the famous Shanghai Bund.
Therefore, Ji Yun first took the train to Jin City and then took a boat to Shanghai. To be fair, Shanghai might really be very prosperous in this era. However, Ji Yun, who came here from the future, didn't feel any curiosity.
Jin City was also very prosperous, but this kind of prosperity that was filled with corruption did not attract Ji Yun's good impression. It was not strange for beggars to beg on the streets. Even in the 21st century, there were many such people.
However, you have seen the entire street full of beggars. To be honest, the Pingjin area was not peaceful at the moment. The two sides had actually been confronting each other here.
It wasn't until recently when the Northeast Army changed their allegiance that the situation changed. Peace was restored in the Pingjin area.
That was why Ji Yun had come to Shanghai so easily. However, even in a time of war, with the nature of those warlords and soldiers, as long as you were willing to pay, there was nothing they couldn't do.
Although the current Shanghai was known as the Oriental Pearl, it was still far from the 21st century. Ji Yun was not just curious about this city that looked both new and decaying.
He wanted to come here to take a look. The Chahar region could be considered the poorest place in the entire Republic of China. Shanghai was the most prosperous place in China, but in Ji Yun's eyes, this place was basically no different from the Chahar Special District when he first arrived.
Of course, the difference here was not the construction of the city, but the spirit of the people. They were equally decadent. They didn't seem to be angry either. It was as if they were muddling through their days, as if there wasn't much hope for tomorrow.
At least in terms of the people's spirit, the current Chahar was ten streets ahead of this so-called prosperous Shanghai.
Although the Chahar People's Government had just been established, it had only been two to three months since it had been installed.
It was as if the poor people had found hope. The hope of the people was actually very simple. Having food and clothes was just their most fundamental hope. It was difficult to satisfy the human heart, but it was very easy to satisfy.
At the same time, the people hoped that the rulers would treat them as humans and not as livestock.
However, the current rulers treated these poor people like livestock.
Human trafficking had actually become a legal business. It had been illegal since the feudal era, but human trafficking was very common in China.
Ji Yun brought Xiao Yue along the streets of Shanghai. Although the aesthetic standards of the East and the West were somewhat different, Xiao Yue was too eye-catching. If it wasn't for the dozens of guards around her, the white people would know that she wasn't someone to be trifled with. Even so, some of the Caucasians only looked at him curiously.
After all, there were not many people who did not have brains here. The saying that a strong dragon could not suppress a local snake might not exist in foreign countries, but they definitely knew the same principle. Therefore, not many people dared to come up and cause trouble.
After staying in the Shili Yangchang for a while, Ji Yun really felt very uncomfortable. The Shili Yangchang was really very prosperous, but the prosperity here was the pain of establishing the Chinese. The Chinese here were really at the bottom of society.
Of course, in this place, they mainly worked as laborers. They did the hardest work and received a meager salary. Not only did they have to exploit their employers, but they also had to exploit the so-called " managers."
The scene here really shocked Ji Yun. Living under the red flag, although life in the 21st century could not be considered rich, he could be considered to be carefree. She was deeply touched and determined to change this era.
If he waited for the original people in history to do it, he believed that he might still succeed. However, the hardships that he experienced in the middle and the sacrificed population would not come back.
On the Korean side, in just the Battle of the Peninsula, we lost 180,000 people on the battlefield, six times the number of bald eagles. Are our soldiers not brave enough?
No, they were much braver than the American soldiers, but the difference in equipment was too great. Those bald eagle soldiers were all fully armed. Moreover, the industrial capabilities of the bald eagle had not decreased at that time.
At that time, most of the bullets used in the war to resist the United States and aid Korea were imported from polar bears. Including the non-combat casualties, the total number of casualties exceeded 360,000.
Many of the most adorable people were forever left in foreign countries. Although more than two million people had died in the South and North, that was their war.
The current Shanghai was definitely the most prosperous city in China. Beijing was about the same. Although the city was very prosperous, the sign that said Chinese and dogs were not allowed in was still vivid in his mind. How many Chinese men would be able to swallow their breaths and not dare to flare up in the face of such humiliation?
However, it was this prosperous city that had experienced endless war since August 13th, 1937. In this small city, millions of soldiers fought desperately.
Chicken in the Basins used the air force to bomb the place. When he saw a target that had a purpose to attack, he did not care if it was military or civilian. He would go all out and blow it up. Completely disregarding the civilian casualties, perhaps in the eyes of the cruel Japanese army, this would make them feel even faster. It's just a feeling.
In Luodian, which was known as the Flesh Mill, more than half of a division would die in a day.
The Frenzied Chicken Foot even used the cannons to attack the land. The army was originally inferior to the Chicken Foot Army in terms of equipment and firepower. Moreover, under the comprehensive suppression of the air force and navy, they resisted the Japanese army for a full three months in a place like Shanghai that was close to the sea. The soldiers really did their best. In three months, 200,000 to 300,000 people had died, but in the end, under the command of those idiots in the command center, they suffered a huge defeat.
If it wasn't for this defeat, how could there have been such a terrifying massacre? It was precisely because the Japanese army was in a state of defeat at that time, and their average speed was much faster than those famous party troops that they could only be defeated one by one.
In the end, even the strength to guard the capital was seriously insufficient. In the end, Baldy Jiang was afraid that his direct troops would suffer too many casualties and could no longer intimidate the various warlords in the country, so he actually chose to abandon the capital.
Perhaps Baldy Jiang was doing it for his own benefit, but he probably didn't expect that under the supervision of the so-called League of Nations, the chicken in the basin would dare to do such a crazy thing.
300,000 lives were lost in just two weeks. How many Chinese men could watch this happen?
This time, Ji Yun felt the deepest emotions of the people here. Their bones were already bent, and similarly, their spirits were also bent.
They had already lost their pride. After hundreds of years of enslavement, they no longer had the arrogance to fight against the heavens and the earth. And these could only be changed through time. It was basically impossible to change these in a short period of time.
Ji Yun could only walk back to his hotel.
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