What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
"No guns, no cannons, freedom that the enemy sends forward." This lyric reflects that the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army were all captured. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, Japanese soldiers all wore the same steel helmets, the War of Resistance Against Japan lasted for 14 years, the Eighth Route Army must have captured a lot of steel helmets, why is it rare to see the Eighth Route soldiers wearing captured steel helmets?
Japanese prisoners
In fact, this was all misled by the overwhelming "anti-Japanese drama", and the Eighth Route Army, which was extremely short of equipment, captured the equipment like "like a treasure". In addition, the steel helmet cap can effectively protect the head of the soldier, and once the Eighth Route Army captures the steel helmet hat, it will be used as soon as possible.
Captured Japanese steel helmets
The steel helmet hat worn by japan invading China was a Type 30 steel helmet, which was worn by almost everyone in Japanese soldiers. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army captured a lot of Japanese steel helmets, but as the saying goes, "good steel is used on the blade", not every unit can wear captured Japanese steel helmets.
The Eighth Route Army wearing a Japanese steel helmet
Whenever the Eighth Route Army captured the Japanese steel helmets in battle, it would be handed over to the logistics department. The logistics department will be uniformly assigned and given priority to equipping the main forces of the Eighth Route Army. After all, the steel helmet is a treasure in the hands of the eight roads, and it can save the lives of soldiers at a critical time. In this way, the captured Japanese steel helmets were immediately converted into combat effectiveness.
The spoils of the Eighth Route Army
Not only steel helmets, but even the Japanese tweed coats have become treasures. The captured Japanese army coats became a treasure against the cold.
The Eighth Route Army wearing a Japanese military coat
In fact, the overwhelming "anti-Japanese drama" will give modern people all kinds of misunderstandings of the war of resistance, and the real anti-Japanese war is far more cruel than the anti-Japanese drama. Steel helmets can reduce the casualties of the troops to a certain extent, which physically preserves the combat effectiveness of the troops, for this kind of treasure, how can the Eighth Route Army discard it?