The Eighth Route Army captured **, why did you abandon the submachine gun?Veterans shed tears to reveal the truth
Foreword: Have you ever thought about what a difficult war the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was?For those of us who have never been on the battlefield, it is hard to imagine how difficult that war was.
We can only understand this heavy history by reading books or movies.
In the face of a well-armed enemy, the ancestors did not flinch, but united as one and resolutely resisted the invasion. With the firm will and tenacious spirit of the Chinese, they finally succeeded in repelling the enemy.
At that difficult moment, our army was backward in equipment and could only choose to obtain ** through combat, mainly relying on the capture of enemy **. However, why do we choose the 38 rifle, which is often referred to as the "38 big cover", instead of the submachine gun when cleaning the battlefield?
In that backward era, the whole world knew that our army was poor, and everyone thought that there was no possibility of diplomacy for a weak country. In fact, at that time, China had no opportunity to send Chinese people abroad for exchange and study.
Talent shortage and backwardness are our biggest problems in the face of enemy invasion. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the domestic "Hanyang-made rifle" used by the Eighth Route Army was not only inconvenient to load and unload, but also lacked accuracy, and even easy to blow up, and such a first-class resource was very scarce in our army.
Our army came empty-handed on the battlefield, without **. And the enemy army is armed with advanced **. At the end of the war, the victorious side clears the battlefield and pockets the enemy's supplies.
In the case of the relatively backward equipment of our army in the early stage, in order to win the battle, our army adopted the tactics of ambush. When cleaning up the battlefield, our army is particularly fond of using the 38 big cover, which is a classic rotary pull-back rifle with a simple design, stable structure, and can adapt to a variety of complex combat environments.
The 38 cover has excellent performance in accuracy, it perfectly matches the ammunition used by our army, as long as the technology is in place, it can hit the enemy at a long distance.
Why, then, are submachine guns not particularly popular in our army?Although the submachine gun was considered one of the most advanced at that time, there was no particular excitement when our army was cleaning the battlefield.
The advantage of the submachine gun is its high rate of fire, which allows it to form powerful suppressive fire, but its ammunition consumption is very large, and it is too wasteful for our army to use. And at that time our army could not mass-produce 8 mm bullets.
In the interview, many ** had come into contact with anti-Japanese veterans, when asked about ** related questions, the old gentleman said regretfully: "At that time, each of us could allocate very limited ammunition, if used in submachine guns, it would cause a serious waste of resources."
"At that time, we were struggling to make ends meet, let alone have extra ammunition to equip our submachine guns," he added tearfully. Moreover, these bullets are not something that can be found casually.
Guerrilla warfare** collected on the battlefield is in high demand, but at the same time has a high probability of failure due to lack of parts or damage. If there is a problem and the ammunition cannot be repaired or replenished in time, then it will become useless and may even become a burning stick.
Therefore, ensuring the stability and reliability of guerrilla warfare is the key to victory in battle.
During the war years, there was a shortage of materials, and the army was more inclined to choose the Type 11 light machine gun, the Type 96 light machine gun or the 38 big cover when considering the production cost of the first equipment6** of 5 mm caliber bullets.
In the operations of the Eighth Route Army, the 16-character guerrilla secret of "the enemy advances and retreats, the enemy is stationed and disturbs us, the enemy is tired and we fight, and the enemy retreats and pursues" has been widely used.
The key to guerrilla warfare lies in high mobility and precise strikes, and the 38 Dagai precisely meets these needs, which can not only be flexibly interspersed, but also can carry out precision strikes, so it has been widely used in the battles of the Eighth Route Army.
Although submachine guns have significant advantages in close combat, they are difficult in terms of long-range shooting and ballistic control, which does not meet the tactical needs of our army. During the anti-Japanese period, the Japanese army was not the army of the Kuomintang, and when they were about to be defeated, they would try their best to destroy ** to prevent our army from obtaining its ** equipment.
* In the summary report of the victory of Pingxingguan, it was pointed out that after the defeat and wounding of the Japanese army, not only were they unwilling to disarm, but they tried their best to destroy the rifles, and our army only captured less than 100 complete rifles.
In the battle around Nangou, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 4th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the artillery company fought against about 600 Japanese troops, with a total of 3,936 rounds of ammunition and 6 guns damaged in battle.
During the battlefield clearance, only 1 gun, 1 bayonet and 110 rounds of ammunition were captured by the Japanese soldiers.
After a number of battles, our party found out from various reports that the current consumption of ** equipment can no longer meet the needs. In order to solve this problem, we have two ways to choose: one is to intensify the construction of the military industry, and the other is to improve the efficiency of the use of bullets and guns.
The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army issued a notice requiring all units to improve their shooting accuracy. Advocate giving full play to people's potential, pursue a 100% shooting success rate, and everyone is a marksman.
As the old saying goes, "A sharpshooter is born from the sharpening of bullets." "If you want to hit every shot, you have to do a lot of live-fire practice. The most fundamental measure to solve such problems is to strengthen the construction of the military industry.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in the face of the well-equipped Japanese army and the extremely unfavorable war environment for our side, the ancestors did not hesitate to fight to the death against the enemy.
After 14 years of hard resistance and **, the ancestors finally drove the invaders out of China. During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, the ** marshal accepted the order to go to Korea.
This means that he will lead an underequipped army against the most advanced and powerful armies in the world, and also emerge victorious.
Although the volunteer soldiers knew that they would face a life-and-death test ahead, they still chose to move forward without hesitation, and when they received the order, they would only firmly answer three words: "To!".
Yes!Good!The Chinese ** people have the tenacity and courage of "not flinching even in the face of tens of millions of people", and their awe-inspiring blood and iron bones are incomparably valuable;Only when the mountains and rivers are safe and the country is healthy, can the honor of a soldier reach the highest point.
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