Colonel Kiyonao Ichiki is obviously one of these people. Especially these officers of the Muten Group who have not received any systematic education in senior command from the Army University and have only a smattering of knowledge about synthetic warfare. They mainly rely on many years of experience in commanding operations.
.Compared with those mainland graduates who have the opportunity to work abroad, their vision is narrower.
It's just that their experience comes from years of dealing with an opponent who is far weaker than themselves, rather than a real duel with a strong opponent. For Ichiki Kiyonao, including his colleagues, many years of experience have been accumulated.
Weak, the experience in the civil war is more important than the experience gained from fighting against opponents in foreign wars. Unfortunately, for the Japanese army, it was not a good experience.
When facing a real opponent with greater firepower than the Japanese army, they often feel at a loss, and it can even be said that they will not fight at all. Except for a few people, most people will only fight hard.
.It can also be said that although the weapons in the hands of these Japanese officers are relatively modern, they have not yet learned how to conduct truly modern combat.
After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army had never fought against any modern powerful country, and they had no idea what modern warfare was. Although they had participated in World War I, it was impossible for tens of thousands of troops to fight against a lone army hanging overseas.
It was not a modern war. The Japanese army was very sensitive to new weapons, but conservative about new tactics and strategies.
The lack of real modern warfare experience, coupled with a short-sighted strategic vision, is the reason why the U.S. military does not have a high evaluation of most Japanese generals after the end of World War II. Because they will not fight against a truly modern army, let alone
Fight a truly modern war.
The Chinese army seriously lacks heavy weapons, and the Japanese army, which has developed arrogant habits, is no longer accustomed to it, and even cannot fight with enemies with superior firepower. In a word, the Japanese army's current arrogance is the result of being weakened on the Chinese battlefield.
It was poured out by the Chinese army.
The absolutely overwhelming advantage on the Chinese battlefield has fulfilled the so-called military might of the Japanese Army, but it has also really harmed the Japanese. The upgrade of heavy weapons has been slow, and most officers, especially those who are actually in front-line command, lack true
Practical experience in facing modern warfare.
Facing an enemy with real superior firepower, they don’t know how to fight. In the Battle of Nomonhan, the Japanese army did cause a lot of casualties to the Soviet army, but that was developed through strict training of the infantry.
Thanks to their extremely high military literacy and hard work, the Japanese army did have an advantage in basic training and soldiers' techniques and tactics.
The battlefield command ability of the low-level officers is pretty good. But the most critical actual command ability of the middle and senior officers, especially the most important first-level officer of the wing, and the ability to respond are just that.
Under the superior firepower, there is basically no way to deal with it except to fight hard.
The most important thing is that the so-called victory on the Chinese battlefield has made the Japanese develop a habit of arrogance. They believe that as long as they rely on strong force, there is no problem that cannot be solved. For most Japanese officers, especially young officers
, there is nothing in this world that they dare not mess with.
The Japanese army was tricked by the Chinese into not knowing how to fight a truly modern war, and ultimately gave the Americans an advantage. On the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese Army's performance, in addition to its strong spirit of determination, showed that it was unfamiliar with truly modern warfare.
The Americans actually got a big advantage.
Although this is very beneficial to the current Anti-Japanese Alliance, it is a kind of sadness and helplessness for the Chinese nation. Anyone with a little bit of blood is not willing to see the iron hoofs of the invaders.
They are trampling on their own land. But China, a poor and weak country, has been able to hold on until now and has not collapsed.
An army without the support of modern industry, lacking almost everything, and even the country behind it cannot get sufficient supplies of even the most basic food to sustain people's survival. If it can still resist and continue to persevere, it is already this country.
and the best efforts the military could do.
During the September 18th Incident, the Northeastern Army withdrew into the Pass without any resistance, and the remaining Northeastern Army rarely resisted. Most of the Northeastern Army who stayed in the Northeast either surrendered without firing a shot and became puppet troops, or they just
The ground collapsed, and the Kwantung Army invaded and occupied the Northeast with little real fighting.
Since the September 18th Incident, most of the Kwantung Army's battles have been against the Northeast Volunteer Army or the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which only have light weapons. This kind of combat is not so much a conventional battle as it is anti-guerrilla warfare. Whether it is the Northeast Volunteer Army or the previous
The old resistance coalition was short of guns and ammunition, and basically did not have any heavy weapons.
The heavy weapons left by the Northeast Army in the Northeast either became the thugs of the Japanese army along with the Northeast Army that surrendered to the enemy. Or they were captured intact by the Japanese army and used to fight the Chinese. Or they were used to arm them and win over them across China for the future.
One day, all kinds of local armed forces who can serve for themselves, or directly arm the puppet army. The Kwantung Army invaded and occupied the entire Northeast. Except for the Battle of Jinzhou and the Battle of Nenjiang Bridge, it never experienced any real battles.
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On the Chinese battlefield after the July 7th Incident, the Chinese army, which was large in scale but extremely backward in equipment and seriously lacked tanks, artillery, and aircraft, had never been able to gain an advantage in firepower. Even in a small battle
In large-scale battles, it had the upper hand in all firepower from infantry weapons to artillery.
There are many factions with different levels of training and different equipment. But all Chinese armies, no matter which faction, even the Central Army with the best equipment cannot compare with the equipment level of the Japanese army. The so-called German armorers are nothing but German steel helmets
, kettles, plus German calibers or imitation German light weapons, and a simple version composed of a few miscellaneous old-fashioned mountain guns, it is not a division.
In terms of heavy weapons, they are far behind the real German army. The artillery of a division is not as many as a regiment. According to the firepower configuration, an infantry regiment of the German army only has six 75mm infantry cannons.
, and two 150mm heavy infantry guns.
In addition, each infantry regiment is also equipped with twelve anti-tank guns, plus battalion-owned mortars. The heavy firepower of a regiment is better than that of most corps in the Chinese army. Even the Central Army, these firepower configurations are
Basically, it’s more than one division. The so-called German weapon masters in the Central Army are not even close to their level.
The equipment of the Chinese army, the main rival of the Japanese army for a long time, is really poor. The heavy weapons equipped by millions of troops can be said to not even meet the standards of the last century compared with the Western powers and the modernized Japanese army.
Less than. Even all the heavy firepower in one theater is not as good as one division of the Japanese army.
The number of 150mm heavy howitzers in a Japanese heavy artillery regiment almost exceeds the total number of artillery pieces of the same caliber in the Chinese army combined. Most of the troops are more appropriately called riflemen than infantry. Because in
In many troops, even the minimum number of machine guns is seriously insufficient.
Even among many so-called local miscellaneous troops, even the most basic rifles are seriously insufficient. Most of the rifles have a wide range of calibers, are dilapidated, and have extremely poor ammunition and accessories capabilities. Some rifles even have no source of ammunition.
I can only show off while standing guard.
Some of the no-names among the no-names have no background, and even the old slides with which the bolt can be kicked with your foot are not fully equipped. They are even still using the black powder pistols that were eliminated in the middle of the last century. In this way
It is strange that the army can pose a threat to the Japanese army on the battlefield.
And now that the war has reached this point, let alone the miscellaneous army that was extremely poorly equipped before the war, even the Central Army, which was relatively well-equipped before, has seen a sharp reduction in the number of machine guns and rifles. It's just that compared with those miscellaneous troops raised by little mothers.
Army, the number of these biological sons can be supplemented to some extent. However, the number is far less than sufficient as before.
As for heavy weapons, especially the aircraft, tanks, and artillery needed for modern warfare, the situation is even worse. Among the millions of troops, there are only old ones, most of which are only equipped with machine guns and dozens of tanks with extremely weak armor.
There has never been any coordinated infantry-tank training. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the dozens of tanks imported from Britain, Germany and Italy posed little threat to the Japanese army. When they rushed towards the Japanese army without infantry cover, they were all in vain.
lost.
Subsequently imported Soviet tanks also suffered heavy losses due to poor tactics but did not pose much threat to the Japanese army. Some were even abandoned without any damage under adverse circumstances. Instead, they became Japanese soldiers.
A powerful weapon against the Chinese army.
Compared with tanks, although the demand for artillery on the battlefield is better, the number is also seriously insufficient. In addition to forty-eight German-made 150 howitzers, dozens of German-made 105 howitzers and more than a hundred Bofors
Most of the artillery, except for the mountain cannon and the Schneider mountain cannon, are basically backward products. The total number of all the artillery that can still be used but cannot be used is seriously disproportionate to the huge army.
Except for some of the cannons brought into the customs by the Northeast Army, the counterfeit artillery pieces from the original Fengtian Arsenal were relatively advanced. The rest of the artillery were either imitations of backward Western products before World War I, or directly imported obsolete Western goods. With limited funds on hand, they simply could not
We won’t sell you the latest artillery pieces, let alone transfer production technology.
No one’s money comes from strong winds. People develop new artillery to make money, not to act as saviors. Transferring technology is not impossible, but you have to buy a certain amount of other people’s products. At that time, the Japanese lacked new artillery.
In terms of artillery development capabilities, when German technology was introduced to produce the Type 38 field gun, the Germans also required the purchase of 400 finished products, plus 400 spare parts, before finally transferring the production technology.
The total cost of this amount is as high as 4 million yen, which can be said to be Japan's largest outsourced purchase since it established its own military industry, except for naval warships. The poor and weak China has changed its factions, plus
The corresponding investment in military industry cannot be afforded.
Four million yen is not a big amount, but to truly imitate this batch of artillery, the investment is not something that can be made by several million yen. Even if it is bought, it will still be difficult due to the lack of excellent workers and supporting equipment.
Industry cannot produce artillery with the same excellent performance.
Just the investment in the machinery and equipment for manufacturing artillery and the corresponding steel-making equipment is an astronomical figure. This does not include the time and energy to cultivate the required talents. If you don’t have your own sound industrial system, you just have to buy it.
The technology cannot be copied.
Before World War I, China missed its best opportunity for construction. After World War I, China fell into decades of warlord warfare and no longer had the financial resources and energy to build modern industries. After the Nationalist Government nominally unified China, the same
Those who have been torn by large and small civil strife do not have the strength to engage in construction. Moreover, the country is weak, and if you want to buy something, others may not be willing to sell it.