This resulted in the fact that although the Japanese army encountered the Anti-Japanese Alliance Type 40 automatic rifle in the Northeastern battlefield, they encountered the US military's M-Garand semi-automatic rifle, M-carbine and Thompson submachine gun in the Pacific battlefield. Their German allies, in Europe,
A large number of G 43 semi-automatic rifles and G 44 automatic rifles are used on the battlefield. However, he can still only use old-fashioned bolt-action rifles to face the enemy's overwhelming infantry firepower.
Even in 1943, huge amounts of troops were consumed on various battlefields, and it was no longer possible to ensure the training of new recruits as at the beginning of the war. The quality of the soldiers also declined very quickly, and there were even old soldiers and young soldiers in the Japanese army. There was no Japanese army among them.
When the policy of elite troops can no longer be maintained, the troops are equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and the density of firepower is used to make up for the lack of training.
The reason for not changing them in the early stage is because for the Japanese base camp, as long as they cannot use their own standard ammunition, they will not equip them no matter how excellent the performance is. And relying on the rate of fire rather than the accuracy of shooting to suppress the enemy is quite shameful.
Even if the troops below suffered a lot, they would not change their views.
The senior management thinks that the rate of fire cannot be compared, so can they compete with them with bayonet and long-range shooting accuracy? If they cannot suppress it within 400 meters, they can use the Japanese army's generally excellent shooting skills to suppress it with precise shooting from 400 meters away.
Should we keep them? If that doesn't work, we can add some sniper rifles to the front-line combat troops. It's not like the empire doesn't have sniper rifles.
The manufacture of sniper rifles that can be improved by using ordinary rifles is much easier than the production of automatic rifles, and it is also much more cost-effective. With the quality of individual soldiers of the Japanese army, they can mass-cultivate battlefield snipers who can shoot accurately from four hundred meters away.
It's still very relaxing.
As for how many Japanese soldiers can shoot accurately at a distance of 400 meters, this has almost reached the level of professional snipers. And equipped with a small number of snipers, can they suppress the overwhelming enemy's small weapons at a distance of 400 meters?
Firepower was not something that the top brass of the Japanese army could consider.
In the opinion of some senior Japanese military officials, they have automatic rifles. Isn't the Imperial Army also equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns? If the rifles have the fire rate of machine guns, then why do they need machine guns? They are all equipped with rifles. The effective range is four hundred meters.
Isn't it just as useless when facing a machine gun?
If it really doesn't work, can we increase the number of light machine guns and use them to deal with their so-called automatic rifles? Type 38 and Type 99 rifles cannot suppress these automatic firearms, but light and heavy machine guns can still do it. Regardless of range and lethality, these
Can automatic rifles be compared to light and heavy machine guns?
This is the same attitude towards semi-automatic rifles. The Japanese are even less likely to imitate fully-automatic rifles that waste more bullets. In addition to the relatively short range, fast rate of fire and waste of ammunition, the other two shortcomings in the eyes of the Japanese army are
The Japanese stubbornly rejected the Anti-Japanese Type 40 rifle, which had both accuracy and a certain level of stabbing ability.
What's more, the automatic rifle equipped by the directly affiliated reconnaissance brigade is much shorter and cannot fight with a bayonet? In the eyes of the Japanese military leaders, this gun has no advantages other than a fast rate of fire and acceptable accuracy. Just kidding,
Is a rifle that can't fight a bayonet still called a rifle? What's the use of having only a high rate of fire?
If you can't use the bayonet and wait for the bullets to run out in a short time, do you want the imperial soldiers to surrender? Hand-to-hand combat is an important means for the imperial soldiers to win on the battlefield. If you can't use the bayonet, you are removing the imperial army from the battle.
An important tactic. When fighting behind enemy lines, we must pay more attention to cherishing and saving ammunition.
Therefore, due to the unsuccessful transformation and the conservative ideas of the top management, after several twists and turns, even if the Japanese army formed a special operations force, it was still equipped with 38 and 99 rifles and 99 rifles.
Type 9 light machine gun, grenade launcher, Type 92 heavy machine gun, and even Type 92 infantry gun.
In addition to a small number of pistols and light weapons, the Japanese army also did not equip these troops with the small number of Anti-Union 60 mortars, rocket launchers, recoilless rifles and other imitations they captured on the battlefield. They would rather let this unit carry nine
Two heavy machine guns and ninety-two infantry guns are used to perform this kind of combat mission.
Because the combat staff of the Japanese army believes that these weapons do have a certain effect and power, and are also very light. However, there will be fire when fired, which will reveal the whereabouts of their troops. Therefore, although the Japanese army copied some recoilless rifles, they distributed them
To the Japanese troops everywhere. However, the special forces formed by the Japanese army were still equipped with Japanese standard light weapons.
As for the various tactical trainings, they mainly adopted the combat methods that the Japanese army used to carry out sneak attacks during combat, that is, reconnaissance behind enemy lines, which was the most standard traditional reconnaissance operation mode in World War II. In addition, with the Anti-Japanese Alliance,
During the many battles between the two armies, they learned a few techniques and tactics.
The general idea has not changed the Japanese army's inherent reconnaissance thinking. After all this trouble, a good special operations force, they used Northeastern dialect, can't even be considered a tremor. They are copying cats and imitating tigers.
As a result, the Japanese and the Kwantung Army created a group of blind cats.
Of course, during the sneak attack on the Anti-Japanese Alliance, some Anti-Union weapons captured on the battlefield were also equipped. However, the main weapons, especially the suppressive weapons, were grenade launchers and 92 heavy machine guns that were deeply trusted by the Japanese army.
At the critical moment, a 92 Infantry Cannon will be carried. And the saber must be worn, which must not be forgotten at any cost.
Although there were certain mistakes in the Japanese army learning special operations tactics and equipping their special forces with weapons and equipment, they still struggled a lot with light weapons. In the words of later generations, although they failed in the end, they had tried hard after all.
Pass.
Although this so-called special force of the Japanese army had brought some losses to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the losses on the battlefield far exceeded the results obtained. Moreover, within a short period of time, they were defeated by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
Suffering heavy losses, they finally had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield.
Although there were some misjudgments, Yang Zhen's judgment was generally followed, and Guo Bingxun's worries did not become a reality. But one thing was that both he and Guo Bingxun were wrong. That was the Japanese army's attack on
Judging from the military equipment destroyed in this battle and the resilience and determination of the South Manchuria railway system, neither of them expected that the Japanese army would spend such a large amount of money.
A considerable number of factories, the Japanese limited financial resources and equipment manufacturing and replenishment capabilities, as well as changes in the front line, were not able to recover until the end of the war. But for those that could be recovered, the Japanese invested in almost crazy recovery methods. In a short time
Within a few days, most of them had resumed production.
Especially the Fengtian Arsenal, which was responsible for almost the entire supply of light weapons and ammunition for the Japanese invaders and nearly half of the Japanese army's light weapons production. Although one-third of the machinery and equipment was moved away, especially the new machinery and equipment, it was swept away
.Almost all skilled workers and technical personnel were also taken away in one fell swoop.
The few fish that slipped through the net were simply unable to afford the restoration of an arsenal. However, after the war, the Japanese base camp recruited a group of Korean technicians from the Incheon Arsenal in North Korea, and even the local Tokyo Arsenal and Osaka Artillery Factory.
and workers, as well as most of the equipment transferred from the Pyongyang branch factory to replenish this arsenal.
And all the workers, equipment, and technical personnel of several arsenals established by the Chinese Expeditionary Army in the pass were merged into the Fengtian Arsenal. A large number of technical personnel were mobilized from the country to repair the bombed equipment in a short period of time.
Transformation equipment, and transportation systems.
Less than two months after the end of the battle, Fengtian Arsenal resumed production. Although the output could not be compared with the previous supply for the entire Japanese army invading China, the light weapons and ammunition could basically meet the needs of the Kwantung Army after the war. It could also provide supplies to the Kwantung Army.
The Japanese army fought and provided some small arms and ammunition.
Even in 1943, when the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military bombed the Japanese mainland with increasing intensity, the output of the arsenal was sharply reduced due to the fierce bombing, and even when the mainland and North Korea were unable to start work, the Japanese base camp used the South
Located in northeastern China, the Anti-Japanese Alliance used vigilant tactics against its bombings, but never encountered heavy bombing.
The entire Tokyo Army Arsenal and the main body of the Incheon Arsenal were moved to Luda and part of it in Dandong. The Kokura Arsenal and the small arms part of the Incheon Arsenal were moved to Fengtian and merged with the Fengtian Arsenal to ensure the supply of Army weapons and ammunition.
There is no way, the Anti-Japanese Alliance bombed the Japanese military industrial bases in Japan and North Korea without mercy. They also specially used carpet bombing to bomb cities with dense Japanese military industries. They tried to fundamentally reduce Japan's domestic military production capacity.
Uprooted.
But for South Manchuria, where a large number of Chinese people gathered, except for the Lushun Naval Base, which was bombed by the Americans, the bombing of the entire South Manchuria area was just like a dragonfly. At most, they would come here every three or five and drop a few small bombs. It means, it means.
Compared to the Japanese mainland, which was in a mess due to bombing, the entire southern part of Manchuria is unusually safe and quiet.
Being bombed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance with increasing intensity, and as the war progressed, the US military also deployed more and more bombers to bomb Japan. The bombed areas were almost untenable on the mainland.
The Japanese Army could only find a place to move its arsenal.
What else should we do, just watch these damn Chinese blow up all the arsenals and the cities where the arsenals are located? The damn Chinese are like a group of tarsal maggots targeting the Army. As long as there is an Army
Every city with arsenal was bombed to the ground by them.
As for the nearby naval bases and arsenals, even if they were within their bombing targets, they would not lift a finger. In half a year, the output of the six local arsenals plus North Korea's Incheon arsenal has dropped by half. After being bombed like this
If we go down, all the guns and artillery of the army troops on the front line will probably run out of food.
Although they have always liked to stab people in the back, they are shady people and have always used every possible means to exploit and plunder. In their hearts, they know exactly what the Anti-Japanese Alliance is doing. They know very well that the goal of these Chinese people is
Forcing them to move their factories to Manchuria to facilitate their attacks on the ground.
After these arsenals fall into their hands, they can immediately become a powerful helper for their own military production, doubling their military production capacity in a short period of time. By then, the Imperial Army's military production capacity will be reduced by half, and it will be unable to replace battle losses, and its strength will be completely reduced.
One will wax and wane.
Even if they didn't have this idea, once the merged Fengtian Arsenal encounters any danger, the replenishment of the Imperial Army's weapons and equipment, especially the replenishment of light weapons, will definitely have a fatal impact. Their move, even if they did not
The idea of taking the arsenal as one's own, but he must also have the idea of one pot.