WestSand wrote:A nice Chinese article on this event:
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/9a77dec789e ... 3b758.html
However it doesn't mention the action of Chinese aircrafts.
P.S. I'm very interested in those White Russians who fought for Marshal Zhang Zongchang(张宗昌). I have collected a number of Chinese materials on Zhang Zongchang and his White Russian troops. However, none of them has photos.
Here's a Russian link with great photos from a book(thank Oirob for the link!):
http://reibert.info/forum/showthread.php?p=962446
One Chinese article mentioned that some White Russian photographers in Zhang's army made some films of the White Russian troops. I wonder if any of these films still exists today? And do you have any further information on the White Russian troops in China? It seems that they didn't only fight for Zhang Zhongchang, but also for Zhang Zuolin and Manchokuo(accroding to the Osprey book "Civil War Chinese Army").
P.S. I also want to learn more about the man Siminoff(not sure if it's the correct spelling, he was called "米罗夫" of "谢苗诺夫" in China) and the final fate of Russian armored wagon "Заамурец"-how did it fall into Chinese hand?
1) Aircrafts (4 pcs) were destroyed on the ground. So tha author may not mention them as they did not play their role in the battle.
2) I have some diaries of those mercenaries in Russian. You can see pics from there by your link.
3) All films were sold to USA by "Milofu" (米罗夫) in 1928.
4) Russians were not only in Zhang Zongchang's troops, but in Feng Yuxiang's troops as well as in troops of Jiang Jieshi.
5) Grigory Semenov (谢苗诺夫, 1890-1946) was a Cossak General and he was suspected to be in close relations with Soviet intelligence services while staying in China. But in 1946 he was arrested by Soviet secret police SMERSh and then hanged in Moscow as "Japanese spy". Nikolay Merkulov (米罗夫,1869-1945) was a Minister of Defence in Provisional Priamurye Government, then he became an advisor in Zhang Zongchang's army and he is credited to be the creator of the Russian detachement of General Nechaev in Zhang's troops. But he was corrupted and used the detachement to make his own affairs with money. For his money-liking he was suspected to be the secret agent of Soviet intelligence services in China who tried to destroy the best "White" offocers physically as he stole all money for their salary, sold theis foodstuff to Chinese traders, made soldiers to buy only bad but extra-expensive uniform from his own factory in China etc. He died in Qingdao.
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