During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army liked to wear bandages for three reasons, the first was to relieve varicose veins and speed up the march, the second was to avoid mosquito bites, and the third was to be able to stop bleeding and fix.
However, after the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, due to the cold weather, it was difficult for the soldiers to march wearing cotton clothes and bandages, and then the US military developed a gasoline bomb, and if the bandage was tied, it was easy to burn the volunteers, so the volunteers were no longer tied.
In many film and television drama works, you can see the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army holding rifles and strapped their legs, marching thousands of miles. The reason for these Eighth Route Army soldiers' leggings was very simple, that is, to facilitate the march. In today's life, it is rare to see anyone leggings, that is because the current living conditions have become better and medical technology has developed, so there is no need to use this relatively simple way of alleviating.
One of the biggest effects of leggings is to reduce varicose veins in the lower extremities. When participating in marathons or climbing mountains, many people feel that their legs are sore, which is because of long-term exercise, which leads to increased pressure on the muscles and blood vessels in the lower limbs.
Lower limb blood is not smooth, or edema, carbon dioxide secretion increases, lactic acid accumulates in the legs, the leg muscles give people the feeling of acidity, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the medical equipment of the Eighth Route Army was relatively simple, coupled with the number of troops is very large, there are not so many drugs to provide these soldiers with pain relief.
The Eighth Route Army thought of a way to wrap a relatively wide strip of cloth around the calf. The tighter the entanglement, the lower the possibility of varicose veins in the lower limbs, and some people will put bamboo skewers in the straps and tie them together, which can minimize the soreness of the legs.
In this way, when marching thousands of miles, leggings for the soldiers can increase the overall speed of the march. The second function of the leggings is to be able to avoid mosquito bites. The more common mosquitoes in life now are flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, although these insects are not pests, but there is also a risk of disease transmission.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army walked in the deep mountains and old forests all year round, and there were many types of insects in the forest grass, and there were many pests, a large part of which were carried by germs, and the soldiers were likely to lose their lives because of suspected mosquito bites. In order to reduce the occurrence of this situation, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army tried every means to protect the safety of their legs.
By wrapping the bandage around the leg, the pests cannot directly touch the skin, thus reducing the risk of disease and insect infestation, and the third reason is that the leggings can be used as temporary ropes. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army fought for many years, and injuries were inevitable.
Whether it is a gunshot wound or a knife wound, it may lead to heavy bleeding in the body, and at this time, it is necessary to bind it with a rope to reduce the amount of bleeding. Where the ropes come from in the wilderness, and the bandages on the legs play a role.
If you or your comrade-in-arms are injured, untie the bandages on your legs and fix them to the injured area to reduce the amount of bleeding, which greatly reduces the casualty rate of the soldiers. There is also a similar effect, if someone on the battlefield is fractured, you can use a bandage to temporarily fix the position for him and wait for rescue. Therefore, bandages have a very good medical effect on the battlefield.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the small trick of leggings played a huge role. It can not only alleviate varicose veins in the lower limbs, improve the marching speed of the soldiers, avoid direct contact between the legs and pests, reduce the risk of contracting diseases, and also play a certain medical role.
However, during the Period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteer soldiers abandoned this wonderful trick, and this practice was exchanged for the lesson of blood. This is slow, and when I first went to Korea to fight, I still followed this habit. After all, the habit of fighting wars more than a decade ago helped them solve many problems, but they soon abandoned this practice.
First of all, the latitude of the North Korean region was high, the temperature was low, and the soldiers at that time were wearing cotton clothes, and the clothes on their bodies were very heavy, and a bandage was tied to the calf. Not only does it not play a role in relieving varicose veins, but it also restricts the movement of the lower legs, which has a very large binding effect.
In fact, at that time, the U.S. military developed biological and chemical weapons, they put solid gasoline into the bomb, and then threw the bomb on people. Gasoline is a very flammable object, and once it comes into contact with flammables, it will burst into a raging fire.
At that time, the comrades of the Volunteer Army liked leggings, and the US army discovered this feature, so it developed this gasoline bomb and threw it on them. The straps on the legs generally need to be tied very tightly to work.
Once the gasoline bomb is thrown, the body will quickly ignite, and it takes a lot of time to untie the bandage at this time, so many soldiers have not had time to untie the bandage, and they are burned alive. This was also a lesson in blood, and later the volunteers stopped bandages.
In "Decisive Battle of Korea", Li Feng vividly and vividly recorded the heroic performance of volunteer soldiers on the battlefield. In fact, the weapons of the American volunteers were much better than those of the Chinese army, and they also used a lot of modern equipment.
However, the Chinese military and civilians did not fear the dense planning of Commander-in-Chief Peng and led the volunteer army to kill a bloody road. In this book, you can see the growth of Chinese soldiers, you can read the spirit of Chinese, after reading it, your blood is boiling, and it is worth reading for everyone.