The saying that Japanese soldiers retreated bullets before fighting for a long time has been circulating, and even during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there are rumors of this, and some modern articles and novels also have this saying, including film and television dramas, there are also scenes of Japanese soldiers retreating bullets before fighting bayonets.
For example, in the novel "Bright Sword":
The well-trained Kwantung Army soldiers reacted quickly before the sudden blow, they jumped out of the car screaming, the sound of pulling the bolt of the gun was loud, Huang Chengcheng's bullets jumped out of the gun chamber and burst to the ground, and the well-trained and conformist Japanese soldiers did not forget to withdraw the bullets according to the "Infantry Code" before the white-knife battle. In the blink of an eye, dozens of Japanese soldiers slowed down slightly, and were stabbed by the bayonets of the Independent Regiment.
Doesn't it look like "Bushido"?
Unfortunately, this is fake!
One
Let's start with the first question - the withdrawal of bullets.
It is generally understood as pulling the bolt, exiting the bullet inside the chamber, and then preparing to fight the stab.
The problem?
Are there any bullets in the chamber of the three-eight-big cover now?
Sorry, according to the situation described in "Bright Sword", the Kwantung Army soldiers had another bullet in the chamber of their guns at this time! And there were three more bullets in the magazine.
This is also explained in "Youzi, a Veteran of the War of Resistance":
The squad leader took the gun and the magazine, pulled open the bolt, pressed the bridge clamp containing five bullets up, pressed down the bullet and then pulled out the bridge clip, pushed the bolt to the breech, and then said: Hanyang is a leak clip used, and the loaded bullet should be pressed down together with the leak clip, which is different from the three-eight big cover, and the official and the three-eight big cover are the same, and the 5-round bridge clip is used.
Then he held up his gun: Look, I'm ready to fight the bayonet now, I'll pull back the bullet-
After pulling the bolt, a yellow 7.92 mm pointed bullet popped out, and then pushed the bolt back and asked: Can I not shoot now, can I fight the bayonet with dignity?
Everyone looked at each other: Obviously there are still 4 bullets in the gun, and just now pushed the bolt, didn't you push the bullet into the chamber again?
Xiao Long called out: Uncle Squad Leader, you still have 4 bullets in your gun.
The squad leader scolded Erkiko: Do you understand what is going on when the devil withdraws the bullet? Made up. It is true that the devils can't shoot at all, and if there is any retreat bullet, now is not the time to load only one bullet.
Erxizi patted her thigh: Oh, how did you not expect that the devil's three-eight big cover is loaded with 5 bullets of this stubble, Ergua brother, you spread it randomly.
Ergua scratched his head in embarrassment: I also listened to the person in their county brigade.
Some friends may have to ask: Will the Japanese soldiers lack the heart and eyes, and they have to "pull the bolt and withdraw the shell and then push the bullet into the chamber" five times in a row? There are TV dramas that are made like this.
The bolt of the three-eight large cover is like this, which belongs to the rotating pull-type bolt.
Before the friend who asked the question did not see the photo, he may think of the 56 half or 56 punch 81 bar used in military training. Especially the 56 punch and 81 bar, when the gun is inspected, the bolt can be quickly pulled back and forth four or five times, making a rattling sound.
When the rotatable pull-back bolt is to retract the bolt and re-push the load, the whole set of actions consists of four actions:
1. Push the bolt from the right side of the gun body from right up to perpendicular to the gun body.
2. Pull the bolt backwards, at which point the shell or the live ammunition in the chamber is withdrawn and thrown away.
3. Push the bolt forward, at which point a bullet in the magazine is pushed into the chamber.
4. Push the bolt from perpendicular to the lower right to restore the original position.
Each time the bullet needs to be rewound like this, the withdrawal of 5 bullets is as little as three or four seconds, more than five or six seconds, and the distance is often very close when fighting the bayonet, that is not "cool"?
Two
Let's talk about the second question - the Japanese Army's "Infantry Code".
The Japanese army mentioned in the "Assault" section of the Infantry Code of 1923 and 1937:
When preparing for the attack, the right hand clutches the body of the gun, the muzzle of the gun is up, the left hand holds the bayonet seat, and when the "assault" order is issued, it requires courage, courage, and the momentum of overwhelming the enemy to shout "charge" to the enemy to attack the hand-to-hand combat. When the pre-order is heard, the gun should be in a "safety device" before firing.
What is this "safety device"?
At this time, the small sharp angle protruding upwards is in the insured state, and the counterclockwise rotation to the small sharp angle to the left is released.
In other words, the Japanese Army's "Infantry Code" requires soldiers to close the insurance before fighting.
"Major General Wu Xiaomin" mentions that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army Chen Gengbu, in the Battle of Jinshan Temple in northern Henan, killed the mighty sword. The brave general Chu Daming's 20th Regiment Seventh Company was awarded a "Bayonet See Red" pennant by the brigade. Wu Xiaomin, then director of the Political Department of the 20th Regiment, said to the new soldiers who brought great psychological impact to the white-bladed bloody battle after the war: "The Japanese soldiers do have a set of combat skills, they fight with a lot of live ammunition, use our Chinese as live targets, and practice killing without blinking!" Think of your father and brothers and sisters who died tragically under the devil's bayonet, will you feel better when you go home? The life of our Chinese soldiers is the soul of the country, and I am alive when I die, although I am still honored when I die. You ponder this sentence. The next time you fight with the devils with bayonets, you first use the gun to knock down a few, and then give the little devils a white knife into the red knife out, don't talk to the beast about the rules. ”
Why do you have to close the insurance before fighting the bayonet?
This is related to the huge penetration of the rifle at that time.
Because of the short winding distance, the three or eight big covers have the characteristics of "too stable" at close range, and it is easy to penetrate the body after hitting one shot and two eyes, and it is often not a problem of killing one or two after accidentally injuring one or two people in the white-knife battle, because when fighting the bayonet, the side does not just stand in a horizontal row, there must be a front and back, and the soldiers who rush up from behind can pass through three or four.
At the time of the fall of Nanjing, Squadron Leader Ban Kiyoshi of the 4th Squadron of the Ōno Wing of the Japanese 16th Division boarded the Zhongshan Gate at the same time as Shikata Fujizo. He has a colorful photograph that was once published in a Newspaper in Tokyo. However, due to the fact that the four sides were killed by mines, Banqing became the first Japanese army to board the Zhongshan Gate. It was this Banqing, who commanded his squadron after the fall of Nanjing, shot and killed more than 300 Chinese prisoners of war outside the Xuanwu Gate. In order to compare the performance of the Japanese "38" rifle and the Chinese "Zhongzheng" rifle, the commander of the Banqing Squadron ordered 30 Chinese prisoners of war to line up in two columns, and the Japanese soldiers used the 38th type and the middle to formally resist the back of the last person in each team, and then pulled the trigger at the same time, so the two teams fell, and the experimental result was that the "38" rifle pierced 12 people, and the "Zhongzheng" rifle pierced 14 people.
Therefore, it is true that the Japanese soldiers strictly abide by the "Infantry Code", and it is also true that the stabs cannot be fired, but it is false to withdraw the bullets before the stabs.
As for why some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army or the New Fourth Army said that they saw Japanese soldiers fighting bayonets to retreat bullets?
The reason is very simple, we only have the password of "upper bayonet" to fight bayonets, there is no requirement for insurance, and even advocate shooting and killing Japanese soldiers while fighting bayonets. Therefore, after seeing the Japanese soldiers fighting bayonets to go to the insurance, they mistakenly thought that they were retreating bullets, after all, the distance between the insurance and the bolt was only a few centimeters.
There is a joke like this: a person on the left side of the road in front of you, a pig on the right, what do you do?
Some driving school students will say: I hit the pig on the right.
The coach will scold you: you should slam on the brakes.
In the same way, if you're afraid of misfire with a bayonet (or to embody the spirit of Bushido), what you should do is not to withdraw the bullets, but to close the insurance!
Well, all soldiers all over the world receive this kind of training! The insurance on the 38 big cover also plays this role.