The pocket cannon in hand of the Eight Route Army - - Japanese army grenade discharger
Grenade discharger is the pillar of firepower of Japanese army maniple!
The grenade discharger hand of Japanese army great majority, it is the veteran of battle-scarred, 400 hit the target inside rice rate be as high as arrive in 85 ％ 95 ％ , very breathtaking.
In attacking battle, group of Japanese army grenade discharger follows dogface of a gleam of fights, basically hit the point of machine gun firepower of national army. What imagine with everybody is different, the Japanese army is in war of resistance against aggression is not in 8 years as cavalier of so called big Japan same, holding out bayonet assault easily, and fight with a kind of very tricky means,
Once the Japanese army confronts the heavy machine gun with national relatively solid army or dot of firepower of light machine gun, stop aggression to concealment everywhere instantly. Wait to follow the grenade discharger group with progressive force destroys his.
In Song Shanghai encounter, in the center of army 18 army 14 division the 36 quite heavy machine gun of 42 brigade, was destroyed with flat fire artillery piece and grenade discharger by small Japan 32 quite, remain also can not produce what effect.
National army weighs machine gunner memory, they can be played only commonly take 200 hair to be about to change position, otherwise the grenade discharger of the Japanese army is met hit well and truly. The 1 heavy machine gun that holds out nearly 100 jins is transferred, easier said than done! Once the machine gun firepower of national army is destroyed, the Japanese army squelchs with weighing machine gun firepower instantly national army firepower, immediately launchs assault with advantage military strength instantly.
To the support of grenade discharger extreme, also be a weakness of the Japanese army.
Once lose grenade discharger, how did the Japanese army fight not to know repeatedly even.
Shi Lang is recollected east, I think to want to launch grenade discharger 56 times only can assault, so ground of shout oneself hoarse cries: "Grenade discharger! Grenade discharger! " but grenade discharger hand does not know where to be, do not see sign. Have to, I say at the same time: "Does otherwise throw grenade charge? " at the same time go back 34 meters, take a prone is in the ground. I from two grenade were taken over there the soldier, upgrade climbs. But, facing the enemy's fire, I dare not have a body continuously, my grenade did not join the foe at all over there. The enemy of the summit discovers us again, tossed grenade again. Beside several comrade-in-armses by on the spot scamper is dead, we are obliged to climb downward, bent over on rock so two many hours, await circumstance change.
And fight in defence in, the Japanese army cooperates with with grenade discharger and machine gun firepower.
Squelch with machine gun firepower above all the assault of national army soldier, it is next besides the distance of grenade of the other side, be opposite with grenade discharger the country of assault army the soldier undertakes be antipersonneled well and truly. If national army soldier rises meet those who suffer machine gun fire kill and wound, fu body concealments to be killed and wound by grenade discharger again.
Grenade discharger shrapnel kills and wound radius splinterily to be able to achieve 8 meters, often cause the serious casualties of national army soldier. This also is 8 years during, national army sacrifices a of one main reason.
- - - - - - - - - American fellow calls grenade discharger knee artillery piece, can put in the big gun that fires on knee namely. Go up with respect to dimension for, grenade discharger still can be put on knee to blast off really. Cost is, during blasting off, recoil can wound shank, cause complexity fracture, recover from an illness very hard. U.S. Army once the knee artillery piece that batch has used a batch of capture, let a flock of United States finally common soldier ham hit gesso to enter a hospital.
Be modelled on and use of the Eight Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by the Chinese Communist Party during the War of Resistance Against Japan
The Eight Route Army is in early smooth model close battle to once handed in handle with Japanese army grenade discharger, what realise it truly is fierce still be in the battle of Nao closing the home of 100 round big fight.
The Japanese army to retaliate 100 round big fight, started big clean-out. Among them ridge Qi group (600 much people) hinterland of the Eight Route Army of development of an isolated force, be surrounded all round by army of advantage of the Eight Route Army in Nao closing the home.
Peng manager gives orders 129 division be sure to full wipe out this Japanese army, since the division commander otherwise all military law deals with. As a result this supports the ridge Qi group that does not have heavy weapons, held off 129 division commanders to amount to the 2 take by storm of the day unexpectedly, cause the severe loss of the Eight Route Army. Among them 25 groups, 38 groups are wounded have 1570 people, sacrifice 500 much people, other attend a war still the 772nd group, the 769th group waits to have the casualties that comparative, casualties gross exceeds 3000 people. Japanese army casualties is very heavy also, ridge Qi group grows him to be shot dead, can fight do not leave 100 people.
In battle of Nao closing the home, the grenade discharger of the Japanese army is right the soldier of the Eight Route Army of concentrated assault, cause serious casualties. Below the blow of Japanese army grenade discharger, partial the Eight Route Army does not leave even the platoon the soldier of 1/3 finally.
High level of afterwar the Eight Route Army begins to take the action of grenade discharger seriously. After passing labor, they think to cope with Japanese army grenade discharger best method can be to be modelled on equip identically only (the understanding of respect of this bit of He Guojun is identical) .
Grenade discharger weight is light and power is great, suit the bushfighting that the Eight Route Army spreads out very much.
The Eight Route Army is made up as a result of medium-term enlarge, soldiers quality and equipment standard had had very big fall compared with initial stage of war of resistance against aggression.
The ball firing that soldier of most the Eight Route Army did not exceed 10 hair (army bullet lack, the action is insufficient, which will practice) , for the viewpoint that such soldier uses world other country, connect commando to cannot calculate.
At the same time the dogface equipment of the Eight Route Army basically is musket, grenade is mixed a few light machine gun.
Such equipment is cannot be in with the Japanese army remote those who fight, the Eight Route Army can use the means that close quarters assault fights only, in order to weaken the dominant position of enemy firepower.
Japanese army soldier writes in memoir later: The Eight Route Army is to be less than 150 meters not to shoot, if make response not quickly,be in before the report of a gun that this breaks out, so after a few minutes, the Eight Route Army been carryinging bayonet to develop you at the moment.
This kind of method for a time very effective, the Eight Route Army holds pike to ambuscade with one part recruit even brunt army assault cooperates after roadside (musket amount is insufficient) , had killed day puppet army or soldier the carriage team of a 100 people.
- - - - - - - the soldier of the Eight Route Army of use grenade discharger, their grenade discharger course is improved, function is mixed almost of the Japanese army same. Nevertheless, amount of Japanese army grenade discharger is apparent and more, the Eight Route Army still is not occupied windward.
The Japanese army is the army that is good at study. They adjusted tactics very quickly, a large number of use grenade discharger in order to restrain the concentrated assault of the Eight Route Army. Grenade discharger firing rate is very rapid, outstanding archer is minutely can reach 20 much hair, cause the enemy to be killed and wound thick and fast.
Inside a few minutes of assault of soldier of the Eight Route Army, grenade discharger can have shot many high explosive shell. One hair shrapnel kills and wound radius to have 8 meters or so, the soldier of the Eight Route Army that sends shrapnel to often can create charge counts the person's casualties. Casualties of the Eight Route Army of period of time is very serious, casualties is as high as 35 ％ at what grenade discharger falls.
Under have no alternative, high level of the Eight Route Army gave orders in October 1940, branch of war industry of requirement the Eight Route Army is modelled on instantly.
Receive Liu Ding of minister of war industry of jussive the Eight Route Army, rely on the original other people of the Japanese army grenade discharger of oneself rich experience and capture very quickly, give the first oneself grenade discharger at was modelled on in April 1941, altogether has 40.
Respect of the Eight Route Army call it 50 small artillery piece.
During the development of 50 small artillery piece, the war industry personnel of the Eight Route Army overcame a lot of other people to look cannot the technical obstacle of exceed, let just be astonished greatly each.
The Japanese army that has bitter taste exclamations even, the Eight Route Army is in too the build on travel hill modern armory, have advanced equipment and foreign expert.
Whole development process is very difficult, main problem depends on raw material and treatment method.
Say raw material above all
The base area of the Eight Route Army is in backward China, also be the area that belongs to poverty. The steel tube that place of grenade discharger body needs, the Eight Route Army cannot get at all.
Base area cannot steel-making, only rolled steel source is through disassembling rail of railroad of Japanese army pilot.
Disassemble the job is finished by local commando and common people commonly, later exchange rail and branch of war industry of the Eight Route Army musket and grenade. The Japanese army because of rail missing, once initiated retaliation to the gender mops up and slaughter along railroad for many times.
Origin of this raw material also is not easy, can saying even is changed with the life.
Solved the problem of the material that play a canister, ammo material problem appeared again.
The ammo is bigger to the need quantity of raw material, we receive rail amount very finite, use rail impossibly to serve as the material of the ammo.
Design personnel considers repeatedly, the decision is used too the white mouth cast iron that teems with all right is raw material. Local farmer comes out conventional technology produces white mouth cast iron with indigenous method smelt, the volume that contain carbon is high, iron is qualitative very fragile, once machine treatment plays body to be able to produce disintegrate, cannot use.
In study abroad on the experiments repeatedly foundation of metallurgy engineer Liu Da of Germany and skilled worker Sun Zhaoxi, pliable but strong of black heart of use abroad of the Eight Route Army changes processing technology and form of photograph of technology of traditional stew fire, solved play the problem with weak put oneself in another's position.
Produced shrapnel of 40 thousand grenade discharger 1941, as far as possible the demand of contented front.
Say processing technique besides
Solved the problem of raw material, the problem of processing technique protruding showed to come out.
Body also encounters production grenade discharger a lot of difficult problem, solder without spot welding for instance technology, forge welding agglutinate is built those who go out play a canister to cannot endure high temperature to wait again. Design personnel solves his with breathtaking and open-eyed imagination, accelerated manufacturing rate through be being improved for many times.
The Japanese army 89 type grenade discharger to increase precision have rifling, there also is corresponding ground to violet coppery is played on shrapnel belt. The technical force of base area cannot make rifling, also do not have red copper resource (at ordinary times the soldier fights to want even bullet copper case to be collected as far as possible come back) .
Design personnel passes research, decide follow the lead of the Republic of China of national army 27 years of type, abandon line chamber structure, use slippery chamber structure. But draw lessons from the defect with close cannon-shot of national army grenade discharger again, the 280 millimeter that make the emissive canister length of 50 small artillery piece by day increase 400 millimeter, canister wall also is added accordingly thick, held 500 meters range.
The Eight Route Army undertook a variety of improvement to 50 small artillery piece again later, production gives grenade discharger of the grenade discharger of the draw well that press type with taller precision, 60 millimeter caliber, still have the grenade launcher that can use flat fire to hit blockhouse even. Anyhow, made product of a series.
Handle end of war of resistance against aggression from 1941 1945, only each factory produces ministry of military project of headquarters of the Eight Route Army cast play brief 2500, 200 thousand hair of artillery shell, equipment is close 30 groups. Among them the army of brunt of the Eight Route Army such as 129 division, accomplish every battle class basically to deploy, shortened greatly with the firepower difference between the Japanese army.
The New Fourth Army led by the Chinese Communist Party during the War of Resistance Against Japan differs with the Eight Route Army. The characteristic that a region of rivers and lakes fights, the New Fourth Army led by the Chinese Communist Party during the War of Resistance Against Japan is given priority to with producing trench mortar, amount of grenade discharger production is less. During whole war of resistance against aggression,
In whole war of resistance against aggression, the war industry branch of the Eight Route Army faces the requirement with very abominable base area, the finished this to look impossible to finish job of inexorable still creativity. In the process of whole development, skilled worker sacrifices when shrapnel of experiment of Zhang Shi teach, appearance experienced worker knows perfectly well Wei Zhen danger also holds to an experiment, was broken by scamper the right hand.
Those who need a specification is, liu Ding's minister also participated in an experiment personally at that time, still encountered serious scamper chamber accident. If not be a comrade-in-arms seasonable covering, liu Ding's minister suffers serious injury probably also. The heroism of personnel of war industry of the Eight Route Army and dauntless, really praiseworth.
----------------Grenade discharger is washed out is inevitable almost, its biggest question is precision insufficient, did not aim device accurately, rely on the feeling of grenade discharger hand and experience basically. Even if grenade discharger the hand is again fierce, emissive moment wants hand flash to move only, affirmation cannot hit a target. Photograph comparing rises, 60 millimeter trench mortar ability is more practical. My army until in jump over a war, still using 60 millimeter trench mortar!
