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.
Naturally, there was no place to buy weapons for 79-caliber weapons. Yang Zhen's discussion with himself was just a talk.
For the cadres and soldiers advancing into the army, the Japanese-style 38 rifle is not very popular. Mainly because of the power of the 65-mm rifle cartridge it uses, it has received too much criticism. Some cadres complained that although the captured Japanese-style rifles had a range
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 shoot the Japanese, but the Japanese came back within two days. My own cadres and soldiers were injured, and 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 to improve the situation.
They don't give much chance when it comes to food.
You must know that among the arduous 18th Army, only the sick and wounded have better food. Even 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 Xiaozao usually has a little more oil at most. As for meat, it is a rarity like the troops below, and it 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 good. There are no bullets. The bayonet is much longer than the German rifle, but the lethality of the bullet 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 would be 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 kill two people with one shot, 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-meter rifle are not that powerful. However, in close combat, the trajectory is too flat due to the strong penetration. 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 of 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 be from
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 a situation where one shot kills two eyes, and 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. It flies randomly when the range is slightly longer, and the accuracy is too poor.
But in close combat, it is more powerful than the two eyes of this gun. If you are hit by one shot, you will 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 Japanese troops is much better than that of original bullets. The poor quality is not a disadvantage in close combat, but becomes 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. 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 it is, the straighter the trajectory and the greater the penetration, which results in one shot and two eyes. If the combat distance is about 200 meters, the power of this bullet will really show up. At 200 meters
From a distance of 400 meters to 400 meters, would you like to try taking a bullet like this? It is definitely not a comfortable thing.
Set up an ambush at a distance of fifty to one hundred meters, fire a volley of rifles, and then charge with a bayonet. Before the power of the Type 38 bullet can be exerted, 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 all caused by air strikes and machine guns?
Not mostly caused by rifles.
However, long-term opinions are difficult to change in a short period of time. Due to the long-term shortage of guns and ammunition, the troops have become accustomed to close combat. Even if the equipment and ammunition have been improved, it is difficult to change this opinion at once. 38
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 are particularly dissatisfied with light machine guns among Japanese weapons. The long-range shooting accuracy of the crooked machine gun is indeed high, and it is a good gun from this point of view. However, the ammunition supply system is too faulty and requires constant supply.
Not only does the bullet need to be oiled, it will jam 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. In the absence of 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, 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.
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 feeding mechanism of the Japanese-made crooked light machine gun also requires too much maintenance. It is not as simple as inserting the magazine made in the Czech Republic. It needs to be carefully maintained before fighting. During the fighting, 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 Kwanai troops.
In terms of the repair and maintenance capabilities of the advancing 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, the rifling will be easily polished.
These two types of ammunition have the same appearance, but have different powder charges and different shell quality. It is quite troublesome for the advance army with a relatively low level of education. 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 handle. As long as Czech-style troops can be obtained, generally no one wants the crooked handle.
.It’s just that there was a lack of weapons at the time, so whatever troops were available were used, so everyone had no choice.
Although I don’t like it very much, I’ll just use it. No matter how many faults this thing has, it’s better than nothing. At that time, the army’s equipment was very scarce, 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, there is no machine gun that can fire hundreds of bullets at a time. The problem that the barrel is crooked and cannot be replaced is not a major problem. The main opinions are that this kind of machine gun is the most fragile.
On the ammunition supply. Moreover, this kind of machine gun has the advantage of being able to use rifle ammunition at critical times, which is also very important for the 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 why the troops did 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. It is no longer a matter of getting 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-style 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 prefer to use Polish-made 79-caliber weapons provided by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. These weapons are finely crafted, not inferior to Japanese weapons in quality, and are 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 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. This kind of machine gun has too many problems, which will affect its use in combat at critical times. But the commander knows in his heart that if there were enough Polish-made weapons, the Anti-Japanese Alliance would have turned around long ago. Why bother to airlift it 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?
Those 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, you can directly use captured Japanese ammunition on the battlefield. This is very important on the battlefield.
This can reduce the logistical burden.
Although this behavior of the troops was somewhat inconsistent with the actual requirements, the two old commanders both made quite severe criticisms, criticizing the troops below for being picky and picky. They had only had enough food for a few days, and they had forgotten that they had not even eaten enough before.
It's time. No matter what kind of weapon it is, 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. But as long as the troops have room for choice and the source of ammunition is guaranteed, they don't like to use Japanese weapons, let alone crooked machine guns.