Needless to say, this weird prisoner of war camp is definitely Li Xiaofeng's handiwork, to be honest, at first this kid was also worried about dealing with prisoners of war, and after a counteroffensive, Finnish prisoners of war almost squeezed through the small prisoner of war camp in Vyborg. It is said that a soldier of the 2nd Division of the Volunteer Army single-handedly captured more than 150 Finnish White soldiers.

The more prisoners you capture, the greater the results, which is definitely a great thing for the commander, but for the logistics, it is simply a nightmare. Thousands of mouths are waiting to be fed, and they have to find a place to live, and they still have to heat up in the winter, is it easy?

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng had the heart to learn at that time, and it was good to bury all the grandchildren in one go, well, they had to dig their own pits.

However, Li Xiaofeng can't do this, it's not that he is not ruthless enough, but that the impact is too bad. The ancients knew that the killing of prisoners was ominous, and in this self-proclaimed civilized society, the abuse and killing of prisoners was even more unacceptable.

For example, if the Entente group abused and killed prisoners, it would not be a human rights issue, it would be just an accident and an individual accident, and it would not be worth mentioning at all.

But if such an act were to occur in brutal, backward, and barbaric Russia, even if it was just one or two cases, it would be a humanitarian disaster. It is necessary to grasp a large number of special approvals, and it is necessary to step on 10,000 feet to criticize the stinky and rotten.

Let's put it this way, Russia has original sin, and the Bolsheviks are the original sin of original sin. Whatever the Bolsheviks did was wrong, ill-intentioned and evil. If you can find obvious mistakes, even if it is an accident or accident, it will never be forgiven!

Therefore, from the day of the formation of the Red Army, the Mentor and Trotsky emphasized the discipline of the army more than once. In particular, on the issue of the disposal of prisoners of war. It's even more instructive. On the one hand, the reason for this was that the two Mentors were indeed civilized people, and on the other hand, because the Allies were all looking at the Bolsheviks with searchlights and microscopes. Any mistakes will be magnified by them without limit, because what those people are best at is being lenient with themselves and strict with others.

Lenin and Trotsky really didn't want to be in trouble, to be detained and to be, but it was impossible to avoid it altogether. When you kill red-eyed on the battlefield, who cares so much, people kill your brothers, your comrades, and then suddenly raise your hand and surrender when you are ready to take revenge. At this time, you stabbed him to death? Or let him go and let him live happily in a prisoner of war camp?

Human nature is complex, and it is unrealistic to use the standards of saints to demand ordinary people, especially Russian soldiers whose quality is not very high. So this inhumane phenomenon will definitely exist and will never be eradicated, and the only thing that can be done is to tighten the restrictions and prevent it from spreading.

On the battlefields of the Russian Civil War, prisoners generally did not end well, and there were fewer abuses and killings on the side of the Red Army, but correctional camps and forced labor were widespread. And don't expect that when the front-line troops and civilians are hungry and unclothed, the prisoners of war will enjoy "humanitarian" preferential treatment.

And compared to the Red Army. In the eyes of the Entente, the White Army, which was more democratic and representative of Russia, really did not see anything "humanitarian", and the Red Army had to hide even how much it tortured and killed prisoners, while the butcher's knife of the White Army was always shiny. Killing, robbing, and forcing women to do things were tried and tested by the White generals, which could deter the enemy and those who did not obey the common people, and also obtain sufficient supplies and solve the animal desires.

Prisoner of war camps? The White Army did not need any prisoner of war camps, and what was the use of keeping the Red Army soldiers who refused to surrender and surrendered? They are not in the mood to be idlers.

In fact, comparing the actions of the Red Army and the White Army in the civil war, it should be said that the Red Army's prisoner of war policy was still good, not only did the White Army of their own country accept the transformation and become Red Army soldiers, but also the foreign intervention troops transferred to the Red Army. For example, the Czech Legion, the vanguard of the anti-Bolshevik movement, has historically had thousands of fighters turn to the Bolsheviks.

Even many soldiers of the Allied bloc, such as Yugoslavia under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, had a considerable number of prisoners of war who were reformed and chose to serve the Bolsheviks, the most famous of whom was Tito!

From this point of view, the Bolshevik prisoner of war policy was generally relatively successful, and although it was flawed, it was not concealed.

And this time the behavior of a certain immortal was undoubtedly an excellent addition to the Bolshevik prisoner of war policy, and he played a new trick. Prisoners of war could not only turn their guns around and become Red Army soldiers, but they also had a greater value untapped.

What is most lacking in Russia? Some might say food, supplies and a complete industrial system. On the surface, it may seem so, but in the final analysis, it is people that Russia lacks most. In the absence of professional personnel, Russia, which was the first to complete the proletarian revolution, was in fact an extremely backward country in both industry and agriculture, and according to Plekhanov, the proletariat was not strong enough. To step over into the extremely advanced relations of production in such a lame state is probably going to pull the egg.

And which country has the most developed industry and agriculture in the current world? It seems that only the United States, industrial workers and technicians, who are scarce in Russia, are simply cabbages on the rotten streets in the United States. So when Li Xiaofeng heard that the Americans were coming, his first thought was: "I'll it, the real working class has finally come!" ”

So far away in Petrograd, he immediately gave instructions to Ubolevich, who was commanding the battle in Vyborg, to catch as many Yankees as possible, these people are very useful!

At first, Ubolevich did not know what the Americans could do, not with two eyes and a nose, not with two eyes, not with food, and even more than the British, French, and damned Finns. Anyway, he doesn't see the point of catching more Americans.

But when the inexplicable POW camp was set up, and when the incentives were enacted, he began to realize that Li Xiaofeng was right.

The Americans really worked!

North Industries lacks skilled masters, it doesn't matter, go to the Americans and shout. As long as you are paid enough. American POWs didn't mind which army they were going to get their machine guns and rifles. I don't care who the bullets and shells that are produced fall on whose head.

Lack of professional construction team for infrastructure construction? It doesn't matter, the Americans did a lot of civil engineering in the early days of the 20th century, and a large number of professional construction workers can be found everywhere.

Anyway, whenever the Russians can't solve the problem, it is not wrong to ask the Americans for help, because the world's leading industrial empire has produced enough industrial workers, and compared with the Russian working class, they are simply handsome and rich.

There may be comrades who ask. Why not the British and the French? The industry of these two companies is not weak! Even in terms of sophistication, there is still a gap between the Americans and these two. The thing is, character is everything. Americans have a lot less idealistic gadgets, and those who worship money can work for the devil, provided that the devil pays him enough.

But not the British and French prisoners, the stubbornness and pride of the British made them even if they were prisoners of war, they were nobles among prisoners of war, they refused to cooperate, refused to serve the Russians, and did not do anything with any amount of money!

The French are not so pretentious, but their work attitude is really problematic because of their casual and romantic personality. These damn Gallic roosters are asking for an eight-hour workday and refusing to work overtime. I don't pay overtime. It's really hard to serve this power and that request at every turn.

These people who have raised and crooked the working class are really not the same as Li Xiaofeng's appetite, but it is still better for Americans, everything is on par with money, and if they give money, they will be placed to do things according to their quantity, what a good worker!

With the addition of the Americans, Li Xiaofeng had a lot less trouble, and even Victoria was happy, and this girl asked more than once: "You should try to catch as many Americans as possible, compared to them, the workers of Russia and Finland are simply a bunch of stupid geese!" ”

Where there is demand, there will be a market. At Victoria's insistence, and with the acquiescence of an immortal, the Red Eagles set off a wave of capturing Americans, rewarding an American GI alive on the battlefield with an extra pack of cigarettes or a bottle of liquor.

Stimulated by cigarettes and alcohol, the US Expeditionary Force became a sweet spot for a while, and they received key attention on the battlefield, with every company, platoon, and squad of the Volunteer Army staring at them like hungry wolves, and there might even be an internal dispute over the ownership of an American prisoner of war.

James, a veteran of the American Expeditionary Force, encountered such a scene, after a fierce battle, their position was broken through by the volunteers, and the whole platoon was captured by 31 people. In front of them, the two companies of the volunteers who captured them almost fought, because of the question of the ownership of the extra American soldiers, and the two platoons of the volunteers refused to give in, and in the end, they could only solve the problem through a "competition".

James recalled: "When I was captured, I was terrified, and every soldier of the Volunteer Army looked at us very wrongly, and their eyes flashed with a green light that only hungry beasts have, as if we were a piece of cake and a dish. It reminds me of the rumors that the Russians have a tradition of cannibalism, and when I think about the current weather, I am worried that it will not be the prisoner of war camps that greet us, but a steaming cauldron! Especially when they began to nod their heads in a serious manner and fight for the extra brother, the sense of foreboding in my heart was even stronger......"

But what's funnier is that the first question James was asked after walking into the POW camp was not his name or rank, but "What skills do you have?" ”

To be honest, James was stunned at that moment, and he wondered if he had entered the wrong room, which was more like a job interview than a prisoner of war camp.

Soon, James got a good job, and as a good fitter, he enjoyed the treatment that even officers did not necessarily have. A year later, when the war ended, he not only made a few thousand dollars, but also solved his marital problems.

Of course, not all prisoners of war were as lucky as the Americans, and the British and French had not had such an easy time. The volunteer soldiers had no interest in them, and they were not even willing to accept these guys who only ate and did not work. Either the British and French were wiped out on the battlefield, or they were driven away, or they were unwilling to capture them.

For this kind of discrimination against Chiguoguo, Abbott, a second lieutenant in the British Army, criticized it in his memoirs:

"The Russians are a bunch of savage and cruel brutes, unsympathetic and devoid of humanitarianism...... My platoon withstood several rounds of onslaught from the Russians. Had to retreat temporarily. When I took the remnants of the soldiers to join my American comrades. Just as they were ready to continue fighting to the end, a new offensive of the Russians broke out...... We put up desperate resistance, and the Russians paid a terrible price...... But after all, we were outnumbered, and in the last battle, I was unfortunately shot. Given that the situation was exhausted at that time, it was no longer possible to continue the fight, and my lads and I had no choice but to surrender...... The Russians soon surrounded us, and we were cooperative. But soon a shocking scene happened. When they learned that we were British, the attitude of the Russians suddenly cooled down, and they ignored us, and I was thrown aside as a seriously wounded man, and the Russians poured all their enthusiasm and friendship into the Americans, and an American soldier who had sprained his ankle from running away was carried on a stretcher, while I, the real wounded, was ignored! ”

"Discrimination was obvious, and when the Russians got all the Yankees away, just when I thought they couldn't ignore me no matter what. An even more terrible scene happened, the Russians actually took the Yankees with them. Ignoring us, the brave British. It's as if we don't exist at all! ”

Enraged, Abbott angrily recalled: "We were left on the spot for three whole days. Badly wounded, I and the cold, hungry boys were left behind...... If it weren't for a group of well-meaning Finns who found us, we would all have froze to death! ”

Second Lieutenant Abbott's anger had only just begun, and the rest of his life in the POW camp was a nightmare for him: "The Russians reluctantly 'accepted' us, and we were sent to the outrageously rudimentary POW camp. There was hardly a real house in the entire camp, and we were all housed in tents, dozens of people huddled together, with no beds, no heating, and even waiting in line for hours to go to the toilet. Even they locked up us, the officers and soldiers, which is a blasphemy against my personal dignity! ”

At this time, a reporter asked: "But the Americans recalled that the facilities of the Russian prisoner of war camp were quite good, and it was a humanitarian paradise, so were you not imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp?" ”

Abbott roared indignantly, "Of course not locked up together! The Yankees were treated in a completely different way, living in heated rooms, eating the best food, and even getting paid, what was that not heaven? ”

However, Abbott's memoirs were ridiculed by American prisoners of war as soon as they were released, and Mike, who was already the leader of the American Communist Party at the time, said: "I am no stranger to this Ensign Abbott, and my countryman Sullivan was captured with him, so let's hear what he thinks!" ”

Sullivan said: "Ensign Abbott of the British Army is a nightmare, this stupid fool has been doing stupid things. His platoon was broken up as soon as it encountered the volunteers, and our company commander kindly took in this guy with a high eye, but he didn't appreciate it at all. Repeated attempts to fight for command of the unit on the grounds that he was a professional British officer, and we, including the company commander, were a bunch of unprofessional half-assers!! ”

"And that's not all," Sullivan continued, "that this shameful villain actually ordered us to hardtop on the front line while he hid behind and watched...... What's even more ridiculous is that he was injured and not done by the volunteers, this idiot went off with his own pistol, and it's a pity that Satan didn't take him away! And he was not seriously injured at all, obviously only rubbed off the skin on his thighs, but he insisted on sleeping on a stretcher, you can't imagine his ugly state at that time, that fool cried and shouted and begged the volunteers to carry him away, and he almost rolled on the ground! After being rejected, the guy categorically chose to refuse to cooperate, insisting on staying local until there was a stretcher to carry him! ”

Speaking of this, Sullivan sneered: "God loves him so much, I heard that this fool met a group of Finnish prisoners of war who were about to surrender to the volunteers, and he used the authority of his commander to order the Finns to carry him into a prisoner of war camp!" ”

"What about the different treatment of prisoners of war? Doesn't that also exist? The reporter asked.

Mike and Sullivan glanced at each other, and Harry Ha Da said with a smile: "Of course there are different treatments, and you also know that Russia was facing a severe famine at that time. Any prisoner of war who refuses to work has only the most basic subsistence guarantees, and according to the principle that those who do not work are not allowed to eat, the lazy and those who try to make a fool of themselves naturally do not have a good life. And we hard-working Americans can make a good living with our hands. ”

Speaking of this, Mike suddenly asked rhetorically, "Do you think that those of us who work hard should be treated the same as lazy people like Abbott?" Do we and the poor Russians have to tighten our belts and let that idiot live the life of a well-fed officer? ”

The fastidious reporter was speechless, and out of political necessity, he had no choice but to avoid the explanation of the American prisoner of war like Mike. However, in order to counter the shameless Captain Abbott, the American Communist Party specially financed a film that reflected the reality of the time, in which it reflected the life conditions of American prisoners of war in Finland, and also showed the American people who were blinded by demonization a completely different Russia and Bolsheviks.

Upon its release, the film, titled True Lies, was a box office hit, setting an incredible record during the Great Depression. Of course, more importantly, through this film, a large number of unemployed American skilled workers found a chance to re-enter the workforce - that is, the booming economy of Bolshevik Russia! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank Sukhoi for the glory, the fat man Lu Fei and the pig dashing 2 comrades!