History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
The militia of the Eighth Route Army is experimenting with newly built earthen cannons.
The handguns made by the Eighth Route Army are also called "single shots" because they can only shoot one bullet.
A kind of earthen cannon made by the militia of the Eighth Route Army, the body of the cannon is an emptied elm tree trunk, and then embedded with an iron pipe, and then tightly clamped with wire.
Grenades made by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal.
The logistics department of the Eighth Route Army, which is manufacturing land mines.
Land mines made by the Eighth Route Army. However, their mines often split in half after they exploded, and Japanese soldiers were often smoked with black powder and were unharmed. In the later period, the old Eighth Road warrior Sun Guangrui mixed three Chinese medicines with gunpowder according to the records of the "General Outline of the Martial Arts": arsenic, croton, and wolf poison. Under the influence of these three things, although the bombed Japanese soldiers will not die on the spot, they will also be tortured or seriously injured in the future.
An Eighth Route Army militiaman is displaying his weapons.
Stone mines made by the Eighth Route Army. Seeing this, will you remember the scene in "Mine Warfare" that year?
Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who are using carrying guns. This kind of gun was used as early as the Qing Dynasty during the Ping taiping Rebellion, and generally required two people, one to carry and one to release the gun.
A children's regiment of the Eighth Route Army carrying a large blade on its shoulders.
Because of the extreme shortage of weapons, some Eighth Route Army soldiers even used wooden pistols. However, when encountering cunning enemies, you will be seen through at a glance.
Armbands used by soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.
Considering the rudimentary weapons of the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines and the complex combat environment, the Japanese army often equipped the soldiers who swept away with weapons that were easy to carry. The picture shows the Japanese Type 60 mortar, saber and Type 38 rifle captured by the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army captured Japanese sabers, Type 38 rifles, and protective clothing for assassination training.