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Mao: The Unknown StoryThe few inhabitants who were let out had four БЂњrefugee rulesБЂ«stamped on their passes, one of which was БЂњno spreading rumorsБЂ«БЂ”i.e., donБЂ™t talk. The Changchun model, based on starving civilians to death in order to force the defending troops to surrender was used in БЂњquite a few cities,БЂ«according to the Communist general Su Yu, who was understandably unspecific. CIVILIANS IN THE communist-held territories were also ruthlessly exploited. Most men of working age were either drafted into the RedsБЂ™ expanding army, or into hard, often dangerous labor at the front. The latter involved particularly large numbers. In Manchuria the Reds conscripted 1.6 million laborers, roughly two to each fighter. In the Peking БЂ” Tianjin campaign the figure was 1.5 million, and in the Huai БЂ” Hai Campaign, 5.43 million. This gigantic corvц©e performed numerous frontline tasks for which the Nationalists used regular troops, such as dismantling fortifications and transporting ammunition and wounded. Women were left to do most of the farm work, along with children and men unfit for the front ...» |
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