The widely implicated World War II of the last century left a very strong mark in history. Although Japan, which was the opposite at the time, ended in this war, it ranked its country first in the ranking of the combat effectiveness of each country after the end of World War II.
What is even more unexpected is that it ranks second in the list of Chinese soldiers on its own enemy side, because they believe that in many wars, when their own armies are running out of food, they will not choose to surrender in exchange for stealing their lives, but will sacrifice their lives to fight hard. There hasn't been much change in the rankings of the rest of the world. Among the many great powers, Japan only despised the Soviet army the most.
Originally, from the perspective of the Japanese army, it was believed that the Soviet army was very incompetent in all aspects, not only backward in equipment, old-fashioned management methods, and even the soldiers were very cowardly. In fact, Japan's view of the Soviet Union was not empty, but in the earlier Russo-Japanese war, the Soviet Union obviously had an absolute advantage, but in the Japanese army's strategy of using personal charge to resist bullets, it lost the battle and lost the victory it had originally received. Therefore, after this battle, the Japanese military leadership believed that the will in the war was the most important, and the weapons and equipment were only auxiliary tools.
And this war also invisibly promoted the development of history in another direction, because Japan originally lacked strategic materials, so it has been lagging behind the world powers in military equipment, and just when they are worried about whether they should invest a small amount of materials in the study of weapons, the victory of this war also gives them a very beautiful excuse to give up. Therefore, in the subsequent war, when facing a country with really strong weapons, Japan's combat capability was simply invincible.
The Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater, for example, fully proves this statement. The light enemy Japanese army only sent more than a thousand people to resist the tens of thousands of well-prepared American troops. This Japanese unit thoroughly implemented the spirit of its superiors, they organized a suicide charge, but at this time the American army had already taken precautions, and they used tanks to form a defensive line to resist the Japanese charge. After that, this Japanese army was also completely wiped out.
Another example is even more pronounced: in May 1939, the War between Japan and Russia was once again waged, this time when the confident Japanese army attacked first. At the beginning of the war, the two sides were still in the stage of testing each other's strength, so at this time the Soviet army had not yet exerted its full strength, and the Japanese side thought that the Soviet side was vulnerable, so it was more confident.
However, at this time, the Soviet Union's weapons and equipment were not only not backward, but even ahead of most countries in the world. It also invented the Bobosha as we now know it, but due to its short range and rapid bullet consumption, it was not used as a main weapon before the Battle of Nomonhan.
In this war between Japan and Russia, the Japanese army repeated the same trick and launched a human-flesh charge again, but at this time, the Soviet army commanded the soldiers to stop shooting. The Japanese army thought that the Soviet army was afraid of its own powerful army, and directly conceded defeat. The truth is that when the Japanese troops charged in front of the Soviet army, the Soviet army fired one person and one Bobosha at the same time, knocking down the Japanese troops who charged in front of the camp, and a small number of Soviet troops who were lucky enough to enter the Soviet position were also immediately destroyed by the Soviet army.
Although these are only a microcosm of many battles, they also reflect that the level of weapons and equipment of the Japanese army at that time lagged far behind that of the world powers. So after the Battle of Nomonhan, the Japanese also slowly changed their attitude towards the Soviet army, from high to afraid. And I think it is the Japanese army itself that really determines the direction of this history.