When the production capacity cannot match the losses, the army is constantly expanding due to the needs of the war situation, and the weapons and equipment are never enough. Even if the elites of the direct line Central Army have a big battle, no matter how big the losses are, they can get this supplementary quantity.
It's really not that much. You have to know that even the chairman's pet peeves can't get this kind of supplement.
Of course, for some of the American-made equipment given by the Americans, he was determined not to give these two men a rifle or a round of ammunition. The Central Army also had insufficient quantities of American-made equipment, so where would it be the turn of those local powerful factions?
Don't even think about the fine weapons, they are reserved for the Central Army.
Even the number of these American-made M1917 rifles is not small, including the tens of thousands handed over by the British. But this batch of American-made light weapons has not yet been shipped back to the country, because Myanmar
The battle collapsed too quickly and was captured by the Japanese army.
There was also a part that was rushed to India by the British before the arrival of the Japanese army, and was directly given to the expeditionary force that retreated to India. In addition, part of it was blown up by the Japanese air raid during transportation. Among the parts handed over by the British, many
Most of them are no longer usable due to poor maintenance. In fact, there are not many that can be immediately equipped with the army.
Therefore, the fine weapons shipped to the country are far from enough to make up for the Central Army's battle losses and expansion gaps. The powerful factions in those places don't even think about it. Let alone Erma, a no-name among the no-names.
, don’t even think about the motley crew of the central army like the already centralized Northwest Army and Hunan Army.
The ones who can get this batch of American-made rifles and machine guns right now are the First Army, Second Army, Eighteenth Army, Seventy-fourth Army, One Hundred Army and other ace armies of the Central Army. But that’s not much.
Two thousand five hundred rifles, plus fifteen Thompson submachine guns, are just to make up for the original shortfall.
The only one that has actually been transformed into the US Army is the US Army. Although they returned to the country through the Savage Mountains, they lost all their heavy weapons and most of their personnel in Burma. It turned out that the Fifth Army was all Soviet weapons. This was his heartthrob.
The only unit now equipped with all American-made light weapons.
However, the standard for this artillery force is that the rifle is an American-made M1917 three-hand rifle, and the light machine gun is a domestic Czech light machine gun. As for the heavy machine gun, it is an American Browning water-cooled heavy machine gun. In addition, the entire army also
Equipped with one hundred and fifty Thompson submachine guns.
The artillery regiment directly under the army is still equipped with twelve US-made 75 mountain guns. The subordinate infantry divisions are not equipped with a single artillery, and are mainly equipped with domestic 82 mortars. The only bright spot is that each division is equipped with six
The American-made 37-type anti-aircraft artillery. This so-called American armored force can only be considered as two-thirds of the American lightly-armed army at most.
The M1917 rifles provided by the United States and Britain were manufactured and produced during World War I. By the time World War II broke out, the U.S. military still had a stock of one million. In addition to giving 100,000 rifles to the British,
A batch of the rest were selected and all given to Chongqing.
Although the Americans' own Springfield rifles have better performance, the U.S. military is also expanding on a large scale and the M semi-automatic rifle has just begun mass production, which is far from meeting the needs. The Americans consider their own interests and give China
They are all made during World War I, and there are a large number of American models of British-made rifles in stock.
When the Springfield rifles entered China, it was only after 40 or 3 years that the U.S. military was equipped with all M semi-automatic rifles. When they entered China in large quantities, it was Brother Stilwell who had caused the highest authorities so much trouble.
It happened after the Americans replaced them. By this time, it was already the end of 1944.
However, the manufacturing level and craftsmanship of the Americans are still unparalleled, coupled with the high-quality steel used to make these weapons. Although nearly thirty years have passed, the quality of these selected rifles is still better than that of Chinese guns that use domestic gun steel.
Official rifle. A country's industrial system determines a country's wartime production capacity.
This kind of second-hand goods stocked by Americans is just a helpless choice for Chongqing, which wants 300,000 rifles and 12,000 light machine guns. Although they don’t want it, they don’t have anything else.
Choice. However, this batch of fairly good quality rifles is better than nothing. At least it can make up for those rifles that cannot even be supplied to the army because the production capacity cannot keep up.
What the top authority never expected was that the dispute between him and the jealous Joe was just the beginning. In the next few years, he would deal with this arrogant and quite narcissistic American.
It can be said that it suffered a lot during the war. Most of the limited aid provided by the Americans was wasted by this man in Myanmar.
This batch of American-made light weapons was the only large batch of weapons and equipment he received before the end of 2003. The rest are a thousand rifles flown in today, 500 carbines shipped in tomorrow, and a few hundred more at most.
A submachine gun, and a batch of ammunition was airlifted in later.
It was not until the end of 1943 and the beginning of 1944 that the first batch of 5,000 Canadian-made 79-caliber Bren light machine guns was airlifted, and the amount of weapons assistance received began to increase significantly. By 1944, several of his elite
The Central Military Army has all been equipped with American-made equipment.
Even some companies with relatively strong combat effectiveness in the Central Army, such as the 33rd Army of the Northwest Army, have also been transformed into semi-American weapons units. However, the rifles are still M1917 or Springfield rifles, but they are carbines.
The number of submachine guns has been greatly increased.
In 1944, the U.S.-produced 37, 57, and 107 heavy mortars, M175 mountain guns, M1 type 105 mountain guns, and imitation French 75mm field guns that had been eliminated by the U.S. military also began to be produced.
A large number of small arms entered China. The number of small arms also far exceeded the previous two years.
This was also the time when the Americans replaced the British and began to provide large amounts of ground weapons, mainly heavy equipment assistance, to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Although the large-scale ground weapons assistance to the Anti-Japanese Alliance began earlier than that provided to Chongqing, the number increased.
But it's slower.
Coupled with the different requirements between Yang Zhen and Chongqing, and his insistence on transferring manufacturing technology, the Americans have always been very annoyed. Americans always think that Yang Zhen is unreasonable. He gave you rice, but you still have to take away the pot. In
On the issue of technology transfer, the quarrels that broke out lasted throughout the war, which also delayed the efficiency of American assistance in disguise.
Although under the requirements of the war situation, the Americans finally provided a batch of technologies, but the overall technical performance was always second-rate. Fortunately, although this batch of technologies was already second-rate to the Americans, it is not suitable for the current situation.
For China, it is still top-notch.
In particular, the manufacturing technology of the B-24 bomber laid a very good foundation for the later reverse imitation of the B-29 bomber with the Soviets. The Allison engine technology used by the P-40 fighter was a good foundation for the imitation of other Soviet-made bombers in the later period.
The engine created favorable conditions. This engine, which had lagged behind in the United States, became the technical source of China's first-generation piston helicopter engine.
In this war, the Chinese, whether it is the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the north or the National Government in the south, have different requirements. However, in this battle for aid, they are all at an absolute disadvantage, even ranked behind even the country.
Behind the lost French are the American countries that, despite declaring war on Japan and Germany, are still struggling.
However, the current top authority in Chongqing has not considered the continued difficulties in the future, let alone the fact that his fight with the US military chief of staff of the China Theater and the US general responsible for US aid will have a considerable impact on US aid.
’s entry. In addition to the beautiful weapons he left to his eyes, the Central Army, these Italian goods were also used by him to buy off other brands.
In the case of using these miscellaneous troops, the performance of these batches is actually very poor, and the manufacturing level is not high. The most important thing is the special caliber of ammunition. Even the incomplete Central Army in front of them really doesn't want Italy.
Light weapons have become the weapon of choice for Chongqing to win over the motley crew.
As for these Italian goods that the Central Army does not like, for those motley crews who have rarely received replenishments since the Anti-Japanese War, and even being hungry or unscrupulous is not enough to describe them, having some is much better than nothing. But even the performance of these Italian weapons
Very poor, when replenishing the food, you have to look at the dishes.
For those miscellaneous armies that have strong combat effectiveness, good obedience, and work hard on the battlefield, such as the Guangxi Army, some should be given. The Seventh Army of the Guangxi Army has eliminated all the old-fashioned sleeves and those made in Guangdong.
Type rifles, nearly half of the troops were equipped with Italian weapons, becoming the first Italian weapon army.
As for the elite 20th Army and 21st Army of the Sichuan Army, and the 28th Army of the Hunan Army system, which are more combat-effective and work harder on the battlefield, some miscellaneous names need to be supplemented. In addition, some people are the grass-head kings of Sichuan.
, if you can't win over them without internal strife, you have to give them something.
As for the remaining small brands, or even the unknown brands, if they want to replenish some firearms, it depends on everyone's means and financial resources. If they have enough cash or gold bars, they can open up channels to the upper class or buy out powerful people.
Speaking does not mean saying nothing.
For example, in order to replenish some equipment and ammunition, the Eighty-eighth Army, which was served as the commander of the famous Fool Division Commander in the Sichuan Army, gave a full 500 taels of gold and a bunch of antiques to bribe the general known as Fu.
After interceding with the Commander-in-Chief of the Chongqing Garrison, who was trusted by the highest authorities, the highest authorities replenished the supply with 500 Italian-made rifles, 15 Breda light machine guns and 100,000 rounds of 65-mm bullets.
However, although the Ministry of Military Affairs approved 500 rifles, the military commander who hurriedly went to receive the rifle was still in trouble when he arrived at the Third War Zone Military Station. There is absolutely no problem in giving you the gun, but each gun
It's ten dollars, and the ammunition has to be calculated separately.
This batch of ammunition was clearly priced, with bullets costing 20 rounds each, and hand grenades costing 5 each. Moreover, the depot commander refused to accept the depreciating French currency, and only received gold and gold bars. The money and goods were cleared and handed over in one hand.
Money, delivered in one hand, absolutely no fraud.
Of course, if you can pay more, the depot department can also give you more ammunition. Not to mention 100,000 rounds of ammunition, even 200,000 rounds will be no problem. The key depends on how much you can pay, as long as you pay
It's easy to talk about anything to get money, and there are plenty of ammunition and goods in the warehouse.
I can give you the gun without paying for it, but don’t even think about the ammunition. The superior has approved 100,000 rounds of ammunition for you, but the people in the military depot department also need to eat. In desperation, the man offered another 15,000 yuan.
Dayang bought back the rifles and ammunition that were supposed to be given to them, and also bought an additional 50,000 rounds of 79 bullets and a batch of hand grenades.
What else should we do? We can't let the brothers go to fight the Japanese empty-handed. The key is this batch of Italian-made 65 rifles. There is no other place to get the bullets except the depot. It was adjacent to the station in Fujian.
The remnants of the Beiyang Army's reformed security forces still have a batch of the same equipment. But if they don't have enough for themselves, why should they give it to you? If you don't spend these ten thousand yuan, these guns that you bought at a huge price are just a pile of waste.