Top Ten Rumors of the Anti-Japanese War： ＂Fishing Posts＂

Regarding the Anti-Japanese War, in recent years, some incredible "new rumors" have been widely circulated on the Internet, and many people believe them. They even appear on some TV programs and even middle school papers. A few days ago, the official micro of the People’s Liberation Army Daily also refuted a typical such rumor, The 52nd Army Bloody Battle in Normandy. Some people who don’t often surf the Internet will be amazed at the "magic" of these rumors, and when they ask others for proof, they will often get such an answer: "This is a ‘ Fishing ’ Post, don’t you know? " So friends who don’t often surf the Internet are even more strange: "What is ‘ Fishing ’ ？”

Different from the previous two articles, because the historical facts involved in the "fishing articles" are almost completely irrelevant to the reality, this article will not systematically refute these articles that are completely worthless and deliberately teasing people (for the absurdity of the article "A bloody battle of the 52nd Army in Normandy", if readers still have doubts, please check out Weibo of @ Junbao reporter), and only point out some most obvious and absurd loopholes; Emphasis will be placed on the creation, dissemination, adaptation and popularization of these rumors.

Dissecting Sparrows: The Story of "The 52nd Army Bloody Battle in Normandy"

The article "The 52nd Army Bloody Battle in Normandy" roughly states that the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang participated in the Normandy landing, and made outstanding achievements, and independently seized a beachhead. Later, for some reasons, Truman destroyed the relevant records in a rage, so that many officers and martyrs of the 52nd Army of the Kuomintang (whose names are all Webster’s pinyin of the names of characters in an online novel) were buried in history.

The content of the article is full of fallacies, which can be seen at a glance by people with a little historical common sense. For example, "American Marine Division 1" participated in the Normandy landing; German "twenty-four-pound howitzer"; The national army celebrated the national day on October 1 and shouted "for the Republic of China, advance" in the battle; Normandy landed from Oahu and so on … … To name a few, these are obviously flaws deliberately left by the original author of the article. If you don’t have these contents in the version you read — — That should have been deliberately "corrected" later.

The so-called "fishing article" refers to an article created by some history lovers deliberately imitating rumors, which is specially used to disgust rumors. Strictly speaking, it is also a rumor itself. It is only in the eyes of these creators that the loopholes in these "phishing articles" are very common sense. They laughed and said that if someone spreads such rumors, they will soon be laughed at. They usually enjoy writing such articles and are considered by others to be looking for "intelligence superiority".

The article "52nd Army Bloody Battle in Normandy" appeared around 2011. Although it is ridiculous, it is still widely spread. Some illegal websites of foreign cults have also been reprinted and deliberately "corrected" the mistakes in the original text, such as changing the "American 1st Marine Division" to the "American 1st Infantry Division" that actually participated in the Normandy campaign, and changing the German "24-pound howitzer" to "88mm anti-aircraft gun" to hide the detailed description of Dong Cunrui’s sacrifice to bomb the bunker & HELIP; … Wait a minute. For non-history lovers, it is difficult to recognize the mistakes at a glance after the revised article.

Since then, this rumor has spread rapidly. Not long ago, in the history topic of the joint entrance examination of seven cities in Hubei Province, part of the content of "52 Army’s bloody battle in Normandy" unexpectedly appeared on the examination paper, and the topic was "The materials show that China ‘ Entering the regular ’ What is the main reason ",and the" standard answer "turned out to be extremely meaningless" China’s army has a strong fighting capacity ".

The historical topic of the joint entrance examination in seven cities in Hubei Province was shocked by the bloody battle of the 52 nd Army in Normandy

The most ridiculous thing about this incident is that some students questioned the teacher because they saw on the Internet that Normandy, the bloody battle of the 52nd Army, was actually a "fishing article". The teacher’s answer is: "the historical truth is not important." Since the material of this question is written in this way, the correct material in this question is the material, and the content you know is wrong. " Writing this, the author can’t help but want to call "save the children".

This incident continued to ferment. A few days ago, the official Weibo article of the People’s Liberation Army newspaper specifically refuted this article and talked about the harm and governance of historical rumors.

However, what I think of is a chilling "threat": in an online forum, a "national powder" netizen who claimed to be a historian became angry in the debate and shouted "Wait, the history books your children read in the future will be written by me!"

Think of the teacher who "historical truth is not important". I’m in a trance.

"self-evolution" of rumors

I don’t know the author of the article "A bloody battle in Normandy", but I often participated in the forum with many "fishing" authors around 2010. As far as I can remember, there is an article that has a profound influence on "fishing articles".

This is the American "Movement against Hydrogen Peroxide". According to the article, American scientists launched a "pseudo-environmental protection" movement, that is, against a "dangerous compound" hydrogen peroxide. They listed various hazards of "hydrogen monoxide", such as scalding people at high temperature, suffocation when people inhale too much, etc. — As long as people with a little common sense will understand, the so-called "hydrogen monoxide" is the water that we can’t leave for a moment — — Nevertheless, this campaign against hydrogen peroxide has deceived many people, and even some local governments have been "fooled" into participating in related activities. The purpose of this "scam" is to make people realize the importance of rational environmental protection.

It should be said that it was this article that greatly inspired the "fishing parties", who then imitated the "anti-hydrogen peroxide" movement and created a large number of articles for practical jokes.

Before the bloody battle of Normandy by the 52nd Army, there had been a wave of "fishing" climax, represented by "Mao Zedong’s three hundred and fifty million gold rubles IOU to Stalin".

　

　

"350 million gold rubles" is a PS picture. This picture is written in a "calligraphy font" imitating Mao Zedong’s handwriting style: The receipt was received from Comrade Li De entrusted by the Oriental Department of the Communist International to bring 350 million gold rubles to support the communist movement in China. Mao Zedong AD 1933.

The motivation for making this picture is that some big V’s on the Internet claimed that the CCP had received a large amount of economic assistance from the Soviet Union in its early years, amounting to 300 million gold rubles. So a history lover used a computer to make a picture of Zhang Hecheng, which was initially marked with a watermark of "The Pollen Research Institute is dedicated to the Truth Party".

The original "fishing" picture of the "350 million gold rubles" incident

However, this photo was quickly removed from the watermark in the network circulation and became more "confusing". Soon, a graduate student majoring in Party History Studies in a Party School of a provincial party committee saw this picture and put it in a formal paper as a historical reference. As a result, he got a 16-character comment from the school leader that "academic misconduct, low morality, worrying quality and incorrect position" and was expelled.

Incredibly, however, this thing continues to ferment on the Internet, and a Russian version of the receipt with the same content … … Moreover, the sensational "350 million" gold ruble was changed into a more reasonable "300,000 US dollars".

"350 million gold rubles" incident: the evolution of rumor pictures

The receipt of "350 million gold rubles" even has a Russian version.

The "self-evolution" ability of rumors in the process of communication can be seen, so that the "bait" carefully buried by the creators when making these "fishing" articles with obvious flaws has completely lost its function.

There are similar "fishing" articles on the Internet, such as "931 Great Naval Battle" and "Eight-Foot Agreement", which have been constantly "revised" in the process of dissemination. Although the stories written in these articles are ridiculous, they continue to spread on social networks. Investigate its source, it is the website of a cult located abroad that has been "revised". The widespread spread of these historical rumors and their adverse social impact even surpassed some rumors about China created by the cult website, such as "organ black market" and "abuse of cultists".

In all these cases, it can be said that history lovers who call themselves "fishing parties" have helped foreign hostile elements and done what they did not do.

Why are the rumors of the "fishing party" more powerful than the general rumors?

For network communication, attracting attention is the most important thing, which has been confirmed by countless examples. Therefore, the reason why "fishing" jokes spread strongly is not the "‘ Fisherman ’ Rich in professional knowledge, and it is precisely because they deliberately pursue sensational effects that they package incredible rumors into bait that looks "delicious".

The group of "national fans" who appeared on the Internet around 2005 just needed such an "explosive" thing to prove their absurd views. The two can be said to be "hit it off".

The media played a role in a series of "fishing incidents", for example, a historical archive program of a TV station in the east put "the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia ‘ Revenge of Yuri ’ Network funny jokes such as "Military Action" and "GTX690 Tactical Nuclear Graphics Card" are serious and broadcast openly. And these two things are actually "fishing jokes." The mass media, which people thought should have credibility, became unscrupulous overnight, and only considered eye-catching and ratings, which may be the main reason for this kind of joke.

It can be said that things have developed to this point, which is completely beyond the control of the original author, and the "fishing" party has been dragged down by the "big fish".

However, in this incident, there is also a special "rumor-teller", which deserves vigilance. Some people who should be responsible for the historical truth are deliberately spreading rumors, such as the history teacher who threatened that "the historical truth is not important". Think about what the original identity of Yuan Tengfei, the inventor of the historical truth, is.

Let’s take a look at several questions before and after the examination paper of "The 52nd Army fought bloody battles in Normandy": robespierre, who killed like a horse by the Seine, actually became a fan of "abolishing the death penalty"; The ancient Greeks opposed the Persians’ solidarity, which explained the "connotation of democracy" in Greece … … Is this really just because the history teacher who gave the question lacks knowledge and resolution?