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Chapter 214, the way to test the quality of soldiers
"fourth point."

Yuan Lang glanced at Chu Yunfei, and it was a bit of a slap in the face when he said this.

"In fact, Chinese people overestimate the role of broadswords in hand-to-hand combat, which has something to do with the propaganda in the early days of the War of Resistance.

During the Rehe Anti-Japanese War, the "Xifengkou Great Victory" in which the 29th Army Broadsword Team attacked the Japanese positions at night was actually a tragic victory in which one thousand enemies were killed and eight hundred were lost.

However, under the national government's propaganda policy of "increasing morale and not letting it down", it has been raised infinitely, and it has been blown to the height of "serving the country with a big sword".

The military and civilians in the rear had unrealistic expectations about the role of the sword in the war, and they also made a farce of donating money to build the sword and send it to the front line.

The hospitality of the front-line troops is hard to turn down, and they can only accept it if they can't shirk it, and then leave it aside.

Is the big knife useful?If you don't have a handy weapon, of course you can use a big knife.But if conditions permit, even a spear is easier to use than a broadsword.

Blindly advocating the power of big swords is irrational behavior. "

These words put Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong into it.

Chu Yunfei also said earlier that the 29th Army Broadsword Team is so powerful, so the Broadswords are powerful.

Now that Yuan Lang said that, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Chu Yunfei explained: "There is no way to publicize the policy. The country is poor and weak, and the people of the country lack confidence. After winning a battle, it is natural to publicize it. There is no doubt about it.

What you say about the advantage of the bayonet over the broadsword is quite reasonable.But I still have a question, since the sword is not as good as the bayonet, why did the 29th Army form a sword team?
Your army also has a lot of troops, and you have formed a team similar to the Broadsword Team, why is this? "

Or this cultural person will say that although Li Yunlong can't speak for outsiders, it still depends on Yuan Lang's explanation.

It's hard to say, that is, the big knife is more powerful than the bayonet.

Yuan Lang smiled wryly, "Why are we equipped with big knives? It's because we are an agricultural country, and the industry is too underdeveloped.

Whether it is the 29th Army or the Eighth Route Army now, many of them are equipped with broadswords as fighting weapons and do not think that broadswords are good.

But the bayonet is difficult to make, requires better steel, and has relatively high requirements for machining and heat treatment.

This is the reason why our army's rifle bayonets are often damaged and cannot be replaced.

On the contrary, the big knife has low requirements for steel, and it can be made by hand forging, and it is easy to replenish in quantity.

It is better to have a weapon than to have no weapon, no matter how much a big sword is used, it can kill the enemy. "

This is the tragedy of an agricultural country meeting an industrial country. Even a qualified bayonet is difficult to manufacture, and a big knife has to be used as a last resort... What could be more frustrating than this.

Li Yunlong was silent after hearing this, he knew it was indeed true.

However, since the establishment of the arsenal, some machinery has been collected one after another, and the steel problem has been solved by prying the rails of the railway, and the Eighth Route Army can also produce bayonets.

It is not necessarily good to have little devils, but it is there and it can be used.

That is, the production conditions are limited and the quantity of production is limited. If the troops want to share the bayonets, they have to queue up.

As for the Central Army, after the Battle of Songhu and the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, they also discovered that the Japanese army's bayonet skills are difficult to deal with.

Therefore, in the official rifle that was finalized in three or five years, special attention was paid to matching the bayonet while increasing the length, in order to compete with the Japanese -style rifle in hand-to-hand combat.

In recent years, many bayonets have been produced, which have been equipped with various units of the Central Army.

Of course, the chairman didn't want to give the Eighth Route Army a shot, and of course the bayonet was not for the Eighth Route Army.

All doubts were explained, and Chu Yunfei had to admit that his initial opinion might be wrong.

For Yuan Lang, who was well-organized and carefully studied the pros and cons of broadswords and bayonets, Chu Yunfei raised another level of importance in his heart.

Zhao Gang saw that the matter had already been concluded, and it was not good for the guests from the friendly army to get off the stage, so they came out to smooth things over: "

In fact, broadswords and bayonets have their own advantages and disadvantages as weapons.Weapons are an important factor in war, but they are not the decisive factor. The decisive factor is people, not things.

No matter how good the weapon is, it depends on who is holding it.A hero holds a sword that kills the enemy, while a coward holds a sword that kills a chicken and chops a piece of meat.

Commander Chu's th Regiment is Chief Yan's trump card, and non-heroes can't control it! "

If Chu Yunfei had no ability, he would not be able to sit firmly in the regiment.

Zhao Gang's ability to praise people really didn't fall behind, and he directly praised the point.

Chu Yunfei's face was expressionless, and Captain Sun Ming, who was following behind him, had a proud look on his face, as if to say: You are right, our Captain Chu is a hero.

"Thank you." Chu Yunfei was not overjoyed by some compliments.

On the contrary, he thought that his position as the head of the th regiment was firmly established, and there was nothing worthy of praise.

That's what he was supposed to do.

Instead, he saw his confidant in Zhao Gang's words: "What Political Commissar Zhao said makes sense, the one who holds the weapon is the decisive factor in war.

When you encounter an enemy, you must flash your sword, blood splashes seven steps, either you die, or I die!
A soldier with such courage, even in a weak situation, can kill the enemy no matter what kind of weapon he holds. "

There is meaning in the words.

On a larger scale, the country is poor and weak, and it is far from being comparable to the Japanese army in terms of weapons and supplies.

But even in such a situation, soldiers have to take up arms and fight to the death with the invaders, even if the blood is spattered seven steps, and the last drop of blood is shed.

To put it mildly, the first time Chu Yunfei met Li Yunlong was during the battle at Cang Yunling.

The Xinyi Regiment was extremely weak and was surrounded by the powerful Sakata United Regiment.

Chu Yunfei thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to be doomed, but he didn't expect Li Yunlong to make a fortune.

Just like a swordsman whose martial arts are not as good as the enemy, he draws his sword and confronts the powerful enemy head-on.

The important thing is to win.

This kind of brave and fearless spirit is what Chu Yunfei appreciates the most.

At that time, he thought about meeting the commander one day to see what kind of person he was.

Finally met today, it should be said that Li Yunlong is a character.

Yuan Lang followed Chu Yunfei's words and said: "The best way to exercise the courage of soldiers is to fight hand-to-hand.

The most effective way to test a strong army is to see whether he dares to launch a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy and win him.

A soldier who is afraid of bayonets is not a qualified soldier. "

Li Yunlong looked at Yuan Lang, and his eyes were full of doubts: Is it appropriate for you to say this, a guy who does not hold a bayonet and fights the enemy close to hand?

He often takes the lead in the charge and fights the enemy close to hand. It is obviously more appropriate to say this!

Of course, he very much agrees with Yuan Lang's statement.

"Hand-to-hand combat is the battlefield to test the quality of a soldier. Cowards will only be spurned, and only the brave and fearless will be praised.

Face to face with the enemy, bayonet to bayonet, you fight to the death.If a soldier dare not use his bayonet, he will be called a soldier in vain. "

On this point, it is rare for everyone to reach a consensus.

The difference between hand-to-hand combat and ordinary combat modes is that it has a huge impact on soldiers' psychology.

Remotely control the drone from miles away, press a button to kill, and shoot the enemy with a sniper from a few hundred meters away, with a clear view, and face-to-face with a bayonet.

The psychological effects of the three on soldiers on the battlefield are completely different.

In the brutal hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers can clearly see the ferocious face of the opponent, the blood sprayed out, and the intestines flowing out of the abdominal wound.
Hear the roars and screams of enemies and comrades-in-arms, as well as the desperate groans of the dying.

Under such tremendous psychological pressure, soldiers with low training and poor psychological quality are likely to collapse in hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, the casualties caused by hand-to-hand combat are one aspect, and more importantly, the psychological trauma to soldiers is very huge.

In hand-to-hand combat, the defeated soldiers who have escaped are likely to leave a psychological shadow, and they are unwilling to be involved in hand-to-hand combat in the next battle, or simply escape before the hand-to-hand combat begins.

Therefore, the huge effect of hand-to-hand combat on the morale of the opponent is far more valuable than the casualties it causes.

The Japanese army attached great importance to hand-to-hand combat, and there are also factors in this regard.

And this is exactly what the Eighth Route Army wanted.

(End of this chapter)