We often say that the Japanese army during World War II, such as the First Division, the B Division, and so on, in fact, at that time, the Chinese army was also divided into the A division and the B division, but this statement is not often mentioned, we all know that during the War of Resistance, the Japanese army, whether it is the quality of soldiers or in terms of equipment, is much higher than China, although before the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Sino-German cooperation planned to equip 60 integrated divisions, the result is actually mostly not completed.
What is the concept of the Japanese army's armor division? Before the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there were only 14 such divisions, which were the top twenty ranks in the division and regimental formation, also known as the Horse Pulling Division, and the overall establishment of the entire division and regiment was more than 28,000 people, and the individual could reach more than 30,000 people, which was larger than a division in China at that time and slightly smaller than an army. In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, most of the divisions of the Japanese army were faced, so they suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, and on the one hand, the equipment was indeed inferior, which was a key point, and the other point was that there was also a big difference in the quality of the soldiers.
The japanese infantry standard gun is three or eight large covers, 120 rounds of bullets, divided into four ammunition packs before and after, according to the training requirements in the soldier infantry drill, the ambush target 300 meters away must be five shots and five shots, and the impact point must be distributed in the area of the fist. To know this level, so that every Japanese soldier is almost a sniper level.
Because Japan is also a country with scarce resources, so in the use of resources, highlighted to all aspects, typical is the use of Japanese soldiers in the use of ammunition, although each soldier is equipped with 120 bullets, but without the permission of the commander, the bullets of the two ammunition packs behind them can never be used, that is to say, in the case of their actual combat, only the front ammunition can be used, but in the high-precision cooperation, the Japanese soldiers can achieve greater strategic effects.
Not only that, although every soldier of the Japanese army's first division was recruited from civilians, each of them at least had a primary school education level or above, could read maps, compasses, and if necessary, operated mortars and grenadiers, and at that time, the Chinese army, even if it was known as the elite central army, it was difficult to popularize cultural education in the whole army, let alone understand the map, and some soldiers in the Gui army even entered the battlefield, and even saw electric lights, taking light bulbs and lighting cigarettes.
General Li Zongren, who fought with it, commented on the Japanese army: The strength of the training of the elite combat strength is rare in the world. In addition to the elite training, almost every soldier has been educated in militarism, and when fighting a war, he is not afraid of death, and in the Battle of Nomenkan, although the Soviet Union won, they also sighed after the war, feeling that there was no difference between fighting with the dead, and it is conceivable how difficult it was for China to fight after 14 years of resistance in the case of extreme backwardness