The red star shines on China:
Along the way, they confiscated the property of the rich-landlords, officials and gentry-as their own supplies. The poor are protected. Confiscation was carried out in a planned way according to Soviet laws, and only the confiscation departments of the Ministry of Finance and the People's Committee had the right to distribute confiscated materials. It distributes the materials of the whole army in a unified way, and all confiscated materials are reported to it by radio. It distributes the supply quantity of marching troops. They often make detours in the mountains, and the distance from beginning to end is more than 50 miles.
"Surplus materials"-materials beyond the transportation capacity of the Red Army-are distributed to the local poor in large quantities. The Red Army confiscated thousands of hams from wealthy businessmen in Yunnan, and farmers came from miles away to get one for free. This is a new thing in ham history. Tons of salt are distributed in this way. In Guizhou, many duck farms were confiscated from landlords and bureaucrats, and the Red Army ate ducks until it was "tired of eating" in their words.
As soon as the Red Army entered the Tibetan area, it met people who were United and hostile to them for the first time. In this March, they suffered more than before. They have money, but they can't buy food
Since there is no food if you don't grab it, the Red Army still has to fight for a few cattle and sheep. Mao Zedong told me that there is a popular saying that "a person's life buys a sheep". They harvested highland barley in Tibet and dug up vegetables such as beets and radishes. According to Mao Zedong, there are enough radishes for "fifteen people". They graze on the grassland with this insignificant supply.