In this paper, Mr. Harrison's live photos taken in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region on 1944 are selected and presented to you after later coloring and fine-tuning. Please enjoy.
It seems that the two Eighth Route Army soldiers are comparing their height, next to the seized materials, behind them are a pair of 1992 artillery lenses, and on the left is a theodolite. Of course, there are also a 1995 saber and a 1998 military coat seized. The two soldiers were neatly dressed and wore armed belts around their waists. They should be two cadres or technicians, and the soldier on the left is still wearing sandals.
An Eighth Route Army soldier smiled and faced the camera, and the calluses on his hands made people sad for a while. He hung two grenades around his waist and held a captured 38-style rifle in his hand. It is worth noting that this soldier is also wearing a military tea urn.
When an Eighth Route Army team passed a village, nearby residents stopped to watch their team. The soldier in front of the photo is a machine gunner, carrying a Czech light machine gun wrapped in a gun coat, and another soldier is wearing a captured helmet of type 90, which is very eye-catching.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers took a short rest after training. The soldier also hung two gold grenades on his chest. Compared with grenades made in border areas, this kind of gold imitation German grenades is more popular with soldiers.
The commanding Eighth Route Army cadre is standing in front of the stage and giving a speech to a group of soldiers. He still has a manuscript in his chest pocket, and his armed belt is very tall and straight.
A group of Eighth Route Army soldiers are studying. There is a blackboard under the big tree in front of them, and an instructor is training the contents on the blackboard. The Eighth Route Army in front is not necessarily an instructor who trains soldiers full-time, but is probably an ordinary cadre. At that time, even the company-level cadres of the Eighth Route Army should have the ability to teach military technology and analyze enemy situations and tactics. In the Eighth Route Army, in addition to studying Soviet textbooks, more attention was paid to studying Japanese textbooks. Ordinary soldiers can also speak a few words of Japanese and really know themselves. In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers often shouted around the enemy turrets, perhaps with accents from all corners of the country, but as long as the enemy stopped fighting and listened to the shouts, that goal was achieved.
The soldiers in this photo were all elites of the Eighth Route Army at that time. Every soldier in a full suit carries a rifle and a leather magazine. Even soldiers who are not equipped with rifles have a Grenade launcher beside them.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers are training. The first two soldiers were each wearing a leather belt and holding a light machine gun. So these are two machine gunners. At that time, the absolute elite soldiers in the Eighth Route Army were still following.
Several soldiers were trying a 92-type infantry gun, and the captured infantry gun didn't play much role at that time. In addition to the lack of soldiers with artillery experience, the supply of artillery shells is also a big problem. However, this infantry gun has good performance and all aspects. Not only is the gun body light and less than 500 kg, but it can be disassembled and transported even if it can be dragged by manpower, and the assembly and maintenance are very simple.
An Eighth Route Army showed a cordial smile in front of the camera, holding a melon in his hand and combing his hair meticulously. Look at the pen in the soldier's chest pocket. It should be a civilian cadre.
A little soldier stood tall and straight in front of the camera with a 38-type rifle in his hand. Although the soldier looks young, length of military service should keep it up. It can be seen from the degree of wear and tear of his clothes that the leather armed belt has been worn away, and the armband number on his shoulder is clearly visible, which represents the organizational system of this unit.
Several Eighth Route Army soldiers don't know whether they are preparing for war or training. There is a Type 92 heavy machine gun in the middle of this picture. The gunner holds the splayed trigger for aiming, and the machine gun deputy holds the elastic plate.
The advantages and disadvantages of this type 92 heavy machine gun are outstanding. The most criticized is the way the ammunition tray supplies ammunition, which requires a deputy to constantly brush oil and load ammunition. Coupled with the air-cooled design, the barrel is prone to heat in battle, and it is difficult to form effective fire suppression. But it is a heavy machine gun with high accuracy. If you shoot by parabola, you can penetrate the enemy as far as three or four kilometers away.
In addition, this heavy machine gun can also be equipped with a sight, and the gun body is very heavy. Even if the gun body rises to the highest point, the center of gravity is still very stable, so as to fire accurately. The leftmost soldier has accessories for heavy machine guns at his feet, which can be installed and carried in the March.
The soldier looks serious and seems tired. The weapon in hand can't tell whether it is a Hanyang-made 88 rifle or a 38 rifle. Judging from the distance between the head hoop and the second hoop, it can only be these two kinds of guns. Because of the original picture, it is impossible to distinguish the specific shape of the sight, perhaps it is a yamagata sight, and the lines cannot be distinguished. After all, the lines of Hanyang's Type 88 rifle and Type 38 rifle are too close. The soldier's hat was worn out, so it can be seen that the soldiers were fighting hard at that time.
An old soldier of the Eighth Route Army has a conspicuous red collar. From the soldier's eyes, he saw not only the vicissitudes of life, but also his determination to win the Anti-Japanese War. A strong body is as strong and tall as an unshakable mountain. It is precisely because of Qian Qian's unshakable body that we can usher in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's all-round victory.
From these precious historical albums, we can not only see the daily training of soldiers, but also see the difficult conditions at that time. Even under these conditions of poor materials, poor equipment and lack of ammunition, we are still full of determination to win the war of resistance against Japan.
Their material conditions are not good, but they are extremely rich in spiritual food. Since its establishment, this team has never given up learning under any circumstances. This is a force that formed an electronic warfare team at the beginning of its establishment. This is a force with faith and continuous progress. It is an army with high military literacy. This is an army that even the most ordinary soldiers have to learn several enemy languages. Such a team will surely win the final victory. Only such a team can lead everyone and usher in the dawn after dawn.
Finally, I want to thank Mr. Harrison. In order to report a real red team to the outside world, he took a lot of photos of the base areas behind enemy lines, so that the outside world and future generations could see a real Eighth Route Army team, and when we saw these photos again, we could feel the hardships of the Anti-Japanese War more appropriately, so as to remember the bitter days of our ancestors forever.