In 1931, when the "9.18" incident, all the Japanese troops wore steel helmets on their heads, the Japanese called "iron hats", the devil's iron hat was half a watermelon, green, the purpose of wearing this, that is, to reduce the damage of shrapnel flying on the battlefield to the human brain, and its surface was curved, and the bullets should be deflected a little, but they could slide over it.
However, when the japanese army invaded China in an all-round way a few years later, many Japanese troops changed to "fart curtain" battle hats, and we can see from the movie that on both sides of the Japanese hats, there are two pieces of cloth floating, and as soon as people move and the wind blows, they float one after another, some like cloth that beckons the soul.
The Japanese explained that this "fart curtain" hat has three major advantages: one is to prevent the Chinese knife team from cutting off the head with a knife, which can protect the neck; the second is to fight in southern China, the weather is too hot to protect the sun, you can absorb sweat, you can also use it as a fan, divided into several pieces and can be ventilated; the third is to prevent mosquitoes, insects and other bites. Although we seem very cold, it is indeed a good design that can play a role.
In fact, the Japanese army changed the iron hat to a "fart curtain" battle hat, or because it was changed after the northeast suffered a loss with this person.
At that time, as soon as the Japanese fought in the northeast, the northeast army did not resist and smeared oil under its feet - slipped away. Naturally, this iron hat did not come in handy, however, soon after, a person who resisted appeared in the northeast, that is, Ma Zhanshan in Heilongjiang.
Ma Zhanshan took up the post of acting chairman of the Heilongjiang provincial government and military commander-in-chief in Qiqihar, leading patriotic officers and soldiers to rise up against the Japanese invading army. He declared in public: "If anyone who invades my territory and disturbs my peace and order will not hesitate to eliminate it with all his might, it is my duty to defend the place." He personally inspected the defensive areas, built fortifications, and actively prepared to resist enemy attacks.
On the morning of November 4, 1931, under the cover of 7 aircraft, more than 1,300 Japanese troops, in the name of protecting the bridge, directly attacked the Daxing Station of the Chinese army at Jiangqiao (Nenjiang Iron Bridge), drove the Chinese bridge repair personnel, forced the defenders to retreat, and forcibly captured 3 Chinese sentries. At noon, he brazenly launched a fierce attack on the Positions of the Chinese Army.
The commander-in-chief Ma Zhanshan immediately ordered resistance, and all the soldiers fought bravely, fighting bloody battles with the enemy for three days and two nights, repelling the enemy's repeated attacks. This was the well-known Jiangqiao War of Resistance, the first large-scale resistance of the Chinese army against the Japanese aggressors in disregard of Zhang Xueliang's policy of non-resistance. Ma Zhanshan rose up to resist the war, which was highly praised by the people of the whole country, and newspapers all over the country reported on the Jiangqiao War of Resistance with large-character headlines. People throughout the country automatically organized condolence groups and support groups to donate money and materials to support the Heilongjiang Provincial War of Resistance. Young students in Shanghai, Harbin, and other places have thrown their pens and pens into the army, organized "anti-Japanese regiments to aid Horses," and joined the anti-Japanese contingent.
In the face of the stubborn resistance of Ma Zhanshan's troops, the Japanese army continued to increase its troops, and the two sides launched a series of fierce battles in Jiangqiao, Qiqihar and other places. In this battle, the Japanese army tested a large number of new equipment, not only the use of iron hats was tested, but also the use of armored trains, tanks and other weapons. It was also the first time that the Japanese army used tanks in actual combat.
At this time, it was the mid-winter season, the weather in the northeast was minus tens of degrees, and the iron hat lining worn by the Japanese army was too thin, sweating in the battle, many soldiers did not deal with it in time, and when the battle was stopped, soon the head would freeze with the steel helmet, forcibly pick it, and inadvertently tear off the skin and flesh.
Later, the Japanese army did not forcibly remove, after going back to boiling water like a hot pig, poured on the iron hat for rescue, resulting in the frozen scalp directly peeled off, and later there are Japanese invasion veterans who recall that these days of fighting with Ma Zhanshan, every night when camping, the barracks is a ghost crying wolf howl, it turned out that the new recruits whose heads were frozen with steel helmets issued a series of wailing when they picked up steel helmets.
For this reason, when the Japanese army captured Qiqihar, more than three hundred people were killed on the battlefield, but the frostbite of the iron hat problem was almost thousands, most of which were wounded by this kind of "iron hat head", and the battle with Ma Zhanshan really lost a lot.
Of course, the japanese army's equipment wearing iron hat frostbite is one of the important reasons, at the same time, because of some problems with the paint on the iron hat, the hot season, long-term exposure, and occasionally a heavy rain, after a long time, the green paint of the iron hat peels off, exposing the steel bottom, shining in the sun. On the battlefield, it became a live target aimed at by the opponent, and lost a lot of lives for this, originally expecting this iron hat to become a guardian spirit, but instead became a hypnotic ghost, and had to order it to be replaced by a "fart curtain" battle hat.