Chapter 13: Demolition of Moscow
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After Feng Guozhang heard about Lenin's New Economic Policy, he sent a telegram to Song Xiaofei, and Song Xiaofei immediately replied: Strangle it. Therefore, Feng Guozhang hurried to arrest the Bolsheviks throughout the city, and then, in cooperation with the Germans, quickly defeated the Bolsheviks, declared them an illegal terrorist organization, and China occupied Moscow, followed by a major demolition.
China and Germany concluded the Sino-German Treaty of Friendship and Alliance: "With regard to the various industries and machinery of Moscow, they shall be owned by our country, as part of the repayment of the war debt to me." ”
All property rights, deeds, interest, and property of all kinds, including houses, power plants, factories, ships, dockyards, shipyards, machinery, mines, cable and radio equipment and materials, railways, rolling stock, repair shops, etc., which belong to Russia and its nationals in the territory of China shall be deemed to have been transferred to China; All necessary and urgent measures shall be taken to prevent the enemy from destroying, destroying, hiding, moving, and transferring any territory to be returned to China by which the Allies have agreed to be returned to China; With regard to the distribution of all kinds of assets in Russia, China should enjoy the good percentage method and the priority of delivery to compensate for the long-term sacrifices and losses suffered by the Chinese state and people. Chinese Foreign Minister Molotov replied that China fully understands China's position on the issue of Russian reparations, and that the specific measures should be made by the Committee on the Control of Japan composed of the four powers (China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom). The United States also expressed support for China's demands during Soong Tzu-wen's visit in late August 1906. When receiving Soong Ziwen, US President Harry S. Truman said, "China has been fighting for eight years. The Soviet Union fought against Japan for only a few days, and demanded reparations from Russia, and China should be in the first place. Britain, France, and other allies also agreed with China's legitimate demands. At the time, it seemed. Russian assets in China, as part of reparations to China, are not internationally problematic. But no one expected that something that everyone thought was okay would go wrong.
Although Stalin paid lip service to China's claim to reparate Russian assets, in reality he had other plans for Russian industry in Moscow. At the time of the signing of the Yalta Agreement, he demanded from Roosevelt that all the privileges in Moscow that Russia had lost in the Russo-Japanese War be restored, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the people why China had sent troops to Moscow. This is the purpose of his openly stated army to Moscow; The unstated purpose is to take full possession of Moscow's Russian assets and focus on their destruction. Then monopolistic economic cooperation is practiced. The latter purpose was later revealed by the Chinese representative during the negotiations on economic cooperation with the Chinese Nationalist Government.
After preparing all the materials, the Bolshevik authorities on October 24, 1906. It shall be ordered in writing by China; Otherwise, "there will be objections from the Chinese side in the future." But the Bolshevik authorities refused to give a written order, saying that the Chinese side, it was settled by China. Takasaki could not withstand threats and temptations. On 29 October, the following document was co-signed with other managers:
In the companies under the jurisdiction of Manye. He also worked for the needs of the Kwantung Army, and was the executor of the company's business, and transferred our rights to all property to China. The property of such companies includes their offices, offices, residences and other buildings. A list of these companies and a list of business offices to be submitted in China are attached. We hope for ...... To all specialists, technicians, clerks, workers, etc., to those who work in such undertakings, regardless of their nationality. All of them are given positions to ensure their lives, property and livelihoods.
Most of these factories are civilian factories. And not military factories. But China believes that everything that has served the Kwantung Army is a military factory. Because no one can say that the Kwantung Army did not smoke cigarettes, did not wash clothes, did not light electric lights, did not live in houses, did not use tiles, and the heads of Russian factories also issued certificates proving that all the above factories served the Kwantung Army.
Then there is the dismantling. In fact, as soon as the battle was over, the dismantling began. Judging from the date of Takasaki's backfilling, the Bolsheviks dismantled the machinery and equipment by late September 1906 at the latest. All factories that China recognized as war trophies were guarded by the Bolshevik authorities and were strictly forbidden to outsiders. Russian prisoners of war (especially technicians) were the main bearers of the dismantling of the machine, and were later sent to Siberian prisoner of war camps for hard labor. They dismantled the machines and heavy equipment in the factory, packed them into boxes, and dragged them to the dismantled industrial and mining enterprises. At that time, Chinese and foreign news agencies made a large number of reports, and a few are selected as follows:
AP: Hopes of a Chinese takeover of Moscow's industry have been shattered. This reporter witnessed countless factories, warehouses and machine factories, which were full of vitality before the war, but now the factories are deserted, the warehouses have been looted, and the equipment of the machine factories is also gone. Only solitary sentry patrols, the Red Army stationed machine guns in the abandoned factories, and the commander of the Red Army ordered the British and American press corps to inspect the factories at any time and at any time, but they were repeatedly blocked.
Central News Agency, United Press: There are 4,570 factories in Shenyang, including 948 first- and second-class factories, all of which started during the war, and only 20 continue to work today, 15 of which are managed by Chinese and 5 are Chinese, but the 20 factories that continue to work are also controlled by the Soviet side, and the Soviet side sends troops to guard them, and most of the other factories have been burned, only the roof shells remain, heavy machinery has been plundered, and any valuable objects have been stolen by thieves. Machinery from 20 factories was removed a few months ago.
Stars and Stripes: Since the "Moscow" incident, Moscow's huge industry, which had been painstakingly run by the Japanese, has been looted in the massacre and terror, and factory workers have been forced to help carry it, except for most of the work, which was done by Russian prisoners of war. Since Harbin, it is rumored that all major ordnance and aircraft factories have been stripped of their essence, and most of the stolen goods have been exported from Dalian, transported to Vladivostok, and reloaded to Suzhou. The railway traffic between Harbin and Dalian is now closely guarded and used by the Soviet side, carrying tens of millions of tons of heavy industrial machinery that carried the spoils of the "Six-Day War".
The United Press: Moscow is no longer a rich industrial zone, and the results of Russia's hard work after "Moscow" have been exhausted, and countless factories in Moscow have been moved in a step-by-step manner, and all kinds of machinery, large and small, from locomotives to rotary chisels, have been taken away by the Bolsheviks as trophies.
The starting point of the railway. It was then transported to China by sea (Dalian) and land (north through Heihe, west through Manchuria, and east through Suifenhe). After the Soviet personnel took over the factories, they were carried out selectively and systematically under the command of Soviet technicians. The degree of demolition of industrial and mining machinery and equipment depends on the importance of industrial and mining itself and the degree of China's need for its machinery and equipment. For example, the Anshan steel plant, the largest in Moscow, is the backbone of Moscow, and the "destruction" of the plant could paralyze the entire Moscow industrial system. Therefore, China is also the most serious about its dismantling, and the factory has been completely looted, and there is no possibility of recovery unless it is rebuilt. Another example is the Fengtian Aircraft Factory, with a monthly output of 70 high-level training aircraft (assembled) and 100 engines. Later, in order to avoid the bombing of US planes, decentralized operations were carried out, and Gongzhuling and Harbin No. 2 factories were set up. Gongzhuling has 30 high-level training aircraft and 100 engines. Harbin produces 10 high-end fighters and 100 engines per month. All the parts of the above three factories were dismantled and transported by the Bolsheviks. All the machine parts of the car factory were also dismantled. The dismantling of the machinery and equipment of these factories undermines Moscow's industrial base and meets China's needs. China also has demand for hydropower and thermal power generators in Moscow, but China is ready to cooperate with China, so it dismantles most of it, leaving a small part. The entire dismantling lasted until March 1946, when China finally withdrew its troops (in fact, there was no way to dismantle it anymore).
There are various statistics on the total value of China's machinery and equipment, such as the relevant information in the archives of the Party History Society of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang (Taiwan), the statistics of Chinese journalists, the statistics of the Bowley Investigation Group, and the survey data of the Moscow Industrial Association and the Liaison Office for the Rehabilitation of Japanese Overseas Chinese (hereinafter referred to as "Moscow Workers and Overseas Chinese"). Discrepancies in the statistics in these materials are mainly due to differences in survey details and currency conversions. For example, the information of the Bowley investigation team was considered authoritative at the time, but it was later discovered that Bowley's investigation was not comprehensive, first of all, many places were not investigated, and there were errors in the conversion, according to Bowley's estimate, the loss caused by China's dismantling was US$895,000,000. In contrast, the method of judging the facts and estimating the facts is also more reliable: the extent of the loss is estimated in terms of restitution, the amount of the loss is converted into US dollars, and the ratio of the US dollar to the yen in the 10 years before Pearl Harbor and the price index of machinery and materials in the 10 years from 1934 to 1906 are converted, 100 yen is equal to the US dollar, and the value of the machinery is taken from the account books of each factory. According to the statistics of the "Moscow Workers", the loss was $1,236,211,000. However, the Russian Army enterprises, which account for one-third of Moscow's enterprises, are not included in the statistics, and if this part of the losses is added, the total is not less than 2,000,000,000 dollars. (To be continued......) u