The history of homing pigeons appeared earlier. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were records of feeding pigeons for viewing and eating, but the real conscious use of pigeons to train their ability to help convey information originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. As we all know, during the Tang Dynasty, Japan frequently traveled to China and learned a lot of excellent culture, and the breeding and training skills of homing pigeons also spread to Japan and other places during this period.
15-16th century, that is, during the Warring States Period in Japan, homing pigeons began to appear on the battlefield to transmit military information. Then with the passage of time, Japan paid more and more attention to the role of homing pigeons in information transmission, so the scale of breeding was also expanding. In the edo period, people could also use homing pigeons to send messages. However, homing pigeons in the Edo era are still valuable and ordinary people can't afford them. Only some businessmen in the private sector use homing pigeons when transmitting price information of food and other commodities.
1At the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Japan's military strength was greatly improved, and homing pigeons, which were originally high-value products, became the standard of the military. Carrier pigeons play an important role in military information transmission. In the twenty-sixth year of Meiji in Japan, in order to obtain more homing pigeons for military information transmission, the Japanese army specially built pigeon houses, which marked the official large-scale use of Japanese homing pigeons in the army. Since then, "military pigeons" have become an important part of the Japanese army.
During Japan's war of aggression against China, it brought the best military pigeons in Japan to the battlefield to help the Japanese army pass on information. It can be said that these military pigeons are accomplices of the Japanese invaders. With their presence, we are even more dangerous. Therefore, as soon as this animal was discovered during the Anti-Japanese War, the soldiers would not hesitate to kill it immediately.
At first, this seemingly ordinary pigeon did not attract the attention of our army. Then with the passage of time, the Japanese army was like a duck to water on the battlefield, and our army suffered heavy losses. These bloody lessons made our army discover the danger of military pigeons. In order to hinder the smooth transmission of information by the Japanese army, our army set up a special detachment with the task of killing Japanese pigeons that transmitted information in the air. Without coherent information transmission, the Japanese army was cautious at every step, leaving our army with a chance to catch up. So, to some extent, it is very important to kill a homing pigeon.
Later, the Japanese army learned that our army specially killed their homing pigeons, which blocked their information exchange, so it decided to build another breeding and training base to increase the number of military pigeons. In order to protect them from harm, a very strict defense system has been established to prevent our army from destroying them. When the local people heard about it, they spontaneously joined the team to eliminate military pigeons. However, this kind of military pigeon is well-trained and can change its flight attitude and orientation at any time, which is generally difficult to kill.
At that time, the captain in charge of dismantling pigeons was very worried about this. In order to destroy this large number of military pigeons, he disguised himself, joined the team that sent fresh food to the Japanese army, and secretly poisoned the food of military pigeons. Soon, most of these pigeons died, which was a heavy blow to the Japanese military intelligence. Later, the Japanese army surrendered, and these remaining pigeons were picked up by the locals and brought home. They were all killed and used for a pigeon feast. These tens of thousands of pigeons are properly trained on weekdays, and their muscles are tight, which the people enjoy.
The history books of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty record that "things are in people's ears, but rotten bones do not know." Pigeons themselves are just an ordinary animal, but due to the improper use of Japan, those military pigeons were forced to become objects of disgust and accomplices in the war. It can be seen that it is not the pigeons that are wrong, but the Japanese who use pigeons as tools.