Chapter Thirty-Eighth: The Marching Army Who Asked to Change Clothes
And according to the current situation of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, if the weapons and ammunition calibers are unified for the troops, it is estimated that Japanese weapons will still be the main ones. They do not produce 79-caliber weapons themselves, and the Japanese army does not equip them. They want to re-equip all the advancing troops. Since it was a weapon of 79 caliber, there was naturally no place to buy it. Yang Zhen's discussion with himself was just a talk.
For the cadres and soldiers advancing into the army, the Japanese-style 38 rifle was not very popular, mainly because of the power of the 65-mm rifle cartridge it used. Long distance, high precision, and particularly exquisite craftsmanship, much better than those made in Hanyang.
But the lethality of this bullet is too small. I used this gun to hit the Japanese. Within two days, the Japanese came back. My own cadres and soldiers were injured. They were still alive and kicking within two days. I wanted to take advantage of the injury to feed the wounded for a few more days and improve the situation. They don't give much chance when it comes to food.
You must know that among the tough 18th Army, only the sick and wounded have better food. Even the senior commanders have few opportunities to eat real food. Unless the troops win the battle, the food can be improved only if there are seizures. The so-called Xiao Zao usually only has a little more oil at most. As for meat, it is as rare as the troops below and is rarely eaten.
If you are hit by a 38-type bullet, as long as it is not a fatal part, it can basically be solved by your own health team. In the words of the soldier below, there is no chance to go to the hospital to satisfy your craving. For Tubal Road, the 38-type rifle It's a good gun, that's all. It has no bullets, and the bayonet is much longer than a German rifle. But the bullet's lethality is too weak.
Although no one wants to be injured, no one can guarantee that they will not be injured on the battlefield. But they are all injured, so it is good to take this opportunity to improve the situation of long-term lack of oil and salt, and lack of oil and water in the stomach. But if you are injured. If you were hit by a 38-meter rifle, you would still be injured, and you would basically not be able to go to the hospital.
Of course, this is just a joke. Even if this thing can shoot two eyes, no one is willing to consciously take this shot in order to improve the food. But once you are injured and can go to a higher-level hospital for treatment, you can still improve. It will satisfy your craving for a while, right?
In fact, the Arisaka rifle bullets used by the 38-type rifle are not that powerful. However, in close combat, the trajectory is too straight due to the strong penetrating power. When hit within dozens of meters, the bullet is basically in the human body. The body will not roll over or deform, resulting in smaller wounds.
If this bullet is replaced by a bullet made by the Sekiuchi army, it is still a caliber 65, but because of the poor quality, it is basically non-deformable. Although there are many faults, as long as it hits at close range, this bullet will never stop. It goes in from the front, and when it comes out, it basically takes away a large piece of the belt and flesh, but it is much more powerful than the original bullet.
At present, the troops are using original bullets issued by the Anti-Japanese Federation, or imitation ammunition whose performance is almost the same as that of Japanese-made bullets. This has caused another situation where one shot kills two eyes. The troops are somewhat dissatisfied. In this battle in Jehol, with Fighting is different during counter-mopping operations.
You hit a Japanese soldier several times, but he is still alive and kicking, and it does not affect the charge at all. This is very frustrating. Although no one is willing to use their own reloaded ammunition, the quality of the thing is almost average, and the ballistic trajectory is basically basic. It's difficult to keep consistent on the target, it flies randomly when the range is slightly longer, and the accuracy is too poor.
But in close combat, it is much more powerful than the two eyes of this gun. If you take one shot, you will either die or be disabled, and you will basically lose your combat effectiveness. Its power is almost the same as that of the 79 bullet, which has a much larger caliber than the 65 bullet. , the fatality rate against the Japanese army was much better than that of original bullets, but the poor quality was not a disadvantage in close combat, but became a major advantage.
In fact, the so-called criticism of the low power of Type 38 rifle bullets has a lot to do with the combat mode of the Eighth Route Army. Due to the lack of suppressive firepower and insufficient ammunition, close combat is the preferred combat mode of the Eighth Route Army, and the Type 38 rifle uses Hanban rifle bullets. Because we pay too much attention to the accuracy of long range, the farther the distance, the greater the power.
The closer the bullet is, the straighter the ballistic trajectory will be and the greater the penetration will be, resulting in the result of one shot and two eyes. If the combat distance is about 200 meters, the power of this bullet will be truly revealed. From a distance of 400 meters to 400 meters, if you try to take a bullet like this, it will definitely not be comfortable.
At an ambush distance of fifty to one hundred meters, after firing a volley of guns and charging with a bayonet, the power of the 38-type bullet has not had time to develop, and the bullet will pass through the body, and naturally it will not have much lethal effect. If it were not an ambush battle, but a critical battle exposed within the range of the Japanese army's rays, the power of these 65 bullets would be fully demonstrated, and the result would be another matter.
In the Battle of Guanjianao, the Japanese army was no more than a brigade in strength. They relied on strong terrain to resist, allowing the attacking troops to launch attacks at a distance of 200 meters. After a battle, such a large number of casualties were caused by air strikes and machine guns. Not mostly caused by rifles.
However, it is difficult to change a long-term view in a short period of time. Due to the long-term shortage of guns and ammunition in the army, close combat has become a habit. Even if the equipment and ammunition have been improved, it will be difficult to change this view all at once. The low power of rifle bullets has become a deep-rooted idea among many cadres. Coupled with some inherent shortcomings of Japanese weapons, this has aggravated the dislike of the troops.
The troops have particularly strong opinions on light machine guns among Japanese weapons. The accuracy of the crooked machine gun at long range is indeed high. From this point of view, it is also a good gun. However, the ammunition supply system is too faulty and requires constant supply. Not only does the bullet need to be oiled, it will get stuck as long as it gets a little bit of dirt in it. On a battlefield where bullets are flying everywhere, it is impossible to avoid even a little bit of dirt.
Moreover, the funnel-type ammunition feeder is too delicate. As long as one part is broken, the entire machine gun will be basically scrapped. If the weather is too cold, you must prevent the oil in the oil can from freezing with the bullets. Without fighting, Next, you have to get the gun oil out of the oil can, and you can't put bullets in the gun, otherwise you will suffer.
At the same time, there is no ability to replace the barrel. After firing only three to five hundred rounds at most, the shooting must be stopped to cool the barrel. This shortcoming is also the most fatal shortcoming for the customs troops who have long been accustomed to using light machine guns as their main suppressive firepower. Yes, there are only a few machine guns, and they mainly provide suppressive firepower. Once they are absent from the battlefield, it is easy to cause trouble.
The funnel-type ammunition supply mechanism of the Japanese-made crooked light machine gun also requires too much maintenance. It is not as easy as the Czech-made magazine to insert. It needs careful maintenance before combat. During combat, you must also be careful not to get into the mud. Don't forget to oil the bullets. These problems can easily cause confusion even for well-trained Japanese troops, let alone the troops inside the pass.
In terms of the repair and maintenance capabilities of the Jinjin Army, this weapon is actually somewhat complicated. Moreover, although the Japanese Army's Type 38 rifle and crooked machine gun are both 65-caliber, they are two different types of ammunition. Although under special circumstances , you can also use rifle bullets, but they will do a lot of damage to the gun itself, especially if used for a long time, and the rifling will be easily polished.
These two types of ammunition have the same appearance, but have different powder charges and different shell quality. For the advance army with a relatively low level of education, it is a very troublesome thing. The Type 92 heavy machine gun is also too bulky. The weight of ten kilograms is a heavy burden for the troops.
If the troops don't have too many opinions on the Type 38 rifle, starting from within the pass, the troops have a lot of opinions on the crooked gun. As long as Czech-style troops can be obtained, generally no one wants the crooked gun. , but there was a lack of weapons at the time, so whatever troops were available were used, and no one had any choice.
Although I don’t like it very much, I will just use it. No matter how many faults this thing has, it is better than nothing. At that time, the army was in short supply of equipment, and it was rare to have a crooked weapon. Moreover, the army had insufficient ammunition before. Most of them were based on ambush warfare, with few offensive operations and positional warfare being fought.
Basically, when a machine gun fires hundreds of bullets at a time, the problem of being unable to change the barrel due to the crooked handle is not a major problem. The main opinions are that this kind of machine gun is the most fragile. In addition, this machine gun has the advantage of being able to use rifle ammunition at critical times, which is also very important for internal troops who lack ammunition.
If the previous troops were mainly concerned that this machine gun was too delicate and had many opinions, then in the Battle of Jehol, due to the sufficient ammunition, the problem of this machine gun easily overheating after firing consecutive rounds was undoubtedly revealed. This is also the reason why the troops do not like to use it. The main reason for this machine gun.
After replacing the weapons provided by the advancing army, the original lack of weapons has been fundamentally alleviated. The various departments of the advancing army have also calmed down and can correctly look at the problem of weapons and equipment in their hands. They no longer have to get a Type 38 Even the ecstatic troops began to be picky about Japanese-made equipment.
Before this change of equipment, many troops issued reports requesting to retain the Czech-style light machine guns instead of the crooked machine guns transferred from the Anti-Japanese War. Even if they have fewer bullets, they would rather use the Czech-style light machine guns than this too delicate machine gun. , when we were in the customs, as long as we could get Czech weapons, we would hand them over to the local troops. Now that we have a source of weapons, we are even less fond of using them.
Compared with Japanese-style equipment, the troops preferred to use Polish-made 79-caliber weapons provided by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. These weapons were finely made, not inferior to Japanese weapons in quality, and far more powerful than Japanese-made weapons.
In addition to the submachine guns made by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which are quite popular, these Polish-made 79 rifles and imitation Browning light machine guns are no less popular than the Czech rifles and Czech-style light machine guns among the troops.
After the First World War in Jehol, troops equipped with Japanese weapons reported many requests to replace their troops with equipment made in Poland. In particular, the performance is not much better than the crooked handle, but it is solid and reliable and does not cause as much trouble as using the crooked handle. , plus a Polish-made Browning machine gun that doesn’t have any bullets to choose from.
The reason for the report below is very good. There are too many problems with this machine gun, which will affect its use in combat at critical times. However, the commander understands that if there were sufficient Polish-made weapons, the Anti-Japanese Alliance would have turned around long ago, so why bother to airlift them to the customs? The weapons are divided into two calibers. If they have them, wouldn't it be better to replace them directly in the customs.
The light weapons made in Poland are of good quality and much more powerful than Japanese weapons. But they have no source. When fighting the Japanese army, using weapons of the same caliber, captured Japanese ammunition can be used directly on the battlefield. This is very important on the battlefield. This can reduce the logistical burden.
Although this kind of behavior of the troops was somewhat inconsistent with the actual requirements, the two old commanders made quite severe criticisms, criticizing the troops below for being picky and picky. They only had enough food for a few days and forgot that they didn't even have enough food before. It's time, no matter what kind of weapon, as long as it can kill the enemy, it is a good weapon.
Even the political commissar used the rather strong word "forgot one's roots" to criticize the troops below who asked for a change of equipment. However, as long as the troops have room for choice and the source of ammunition is guaranteed, they do not like to use Japanese weapons, let alone crooked machine guns. ,This is also a real problem,