A Kansu peasant soldier: “The people help us in many ways. During battles they often disarm small parties of the enemy, cut their telephone and telegraph wires, and send us news about the movements of the White troops. But they never cut our telephone lines; they help us put them up!”Another: “When an enemy airplane crashed against a mountain in Shensi recently, nobody saw it but a few farmers. They were armed only with spears and spades, but they attacked the airplane, disarmed the two aviators, arrested them, and brought them to us in Wa Ya Pao!”Still another: “Last April, in Yen Ch’ang, five villages formed soviets, where I was stationed. Afterwards we were attacked by T’ang En-p’o, and had to retreat. The min-t’uan returned, arrested eighteen villagers, and cut off their heads. Then we counterattacked. The villagers led us by a secret mountain path to attack the min-t’uan. We took them by surprise, and we attacked and disarmed three platoons.”
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