From a certain perspective, Li Yunlong's idea still makes sense.
Because once the assault rifle is equipped, and it is equipped before other countries, the advantage of a country such as the Japanese is very obvious.
This is because the Japs always emphasize using the least amount of ammunition to destroy as many enemies as possible. Therefore, the Japs even have the ability to develop or even have developed hundreds of submachine guns without using them.
(Note: The Hundred Type submachine gun was finalized in 1940 and began to be equipped with troops in 1941)
The reason why the Japanese did not use this kind of submachine gun or only used the Hundred Type submachine gun in small quantities was that it was not until the late war that a Japanese Marine Corps was equipped with the Hundred Type submachine gun, and it was experimental in nature.
The reason is that the Japanese believe that rifles are more accurate and have a much longer range than submachine guns, so they would rather ensure the production and quality of rifles than waste precious resources on producing such submachine guns that are considered "useless" in actual combat.
In particular, the Japanese have a certain obsession with hand-to-hand combat. They always believe that in the final stage of the battle, they rush into the enemy's position with a bayonet and engage in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, the Japanese also designed a bayonet holder for the Baishi submachine gun...
Under the Japanese's backward tactical thinking, what their firepower emphasizes is neither concentration nor suppression, but precision and quality.
However, there is a saying that "quantitative change leads to qualitative change".
Anyone who has studied probability knows that if the enemy spends several years training a veteran, he can use a bolt-action rifle to hit a target with five bullets from a magazine in twenty seconds.
If the Eighth Route Army is equipped with AK47, it is possible to fire all the bullets to destroy a target in three seconds.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers armed with AK47s may even be on the battlefield for the first time after just a few weeks of training and learning how to fire a gun.
To put it simply, using an AK47 is likely to result in "beating the master to death with random punches".
Although there is an issue of ammunition consumption, if the training time of veterans is taken into account, the cost of ammunition is almost negligible.
A recruit of the Eighth Route Army who has been trained for several weeks can be evenly matched with a Japs veteran with several years of combat experience because he holds an AK47. Then the Japs have fewer and fewer veterans, but the Eighth Route Army recruits gradually grow into veterans... As time goes by, the Japs will definitely
It will collapse because its firepower and quality cannot keep up.
This is the benefit of the AK47, and it should be said to be its biggest benefit.
Because of this benefit, it has become very popular in backward countries and regions in modern times...For example, in African countries, their armies are basically unorganized and untrained, but because they are equipped with AK47, they have become a military force that cannot be underestimated.
strength.
Considering these advantages, Wang Xuexin is very confident in the AK47.
As the first unit equipped with AK47, the Independent Regiment will inevitably become the flagship of the entire army in the future.
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that at this time, the headquarters was also skeptical about the repeating rifle developed by Wang Xuexin.
To be precise, the chief was unsure and the chief of staff was opposed.
The chief of staff thought this way: "Chief, this kind of repeating rifle holds thirty rounds of bullets in one magazine, and all of them are fired in three seconds as soon as the trigger is pulled. This demand for ammunition is not guaranteed by our army.
ah!"
Then, without waiting for the chief's answer, the chief of staff continued: "What's more, if this gun is so powerful, why don't other countries use it? For so many years, all armies around the world are using bolt-action rifles. So far,
I haven’t heard of any national equipment!”
The chief thought for a while and then analyzed the questions raised by the chief of staff one by one: "We can control whether it is a continuous shot or a single shot! This is not a big problem!"
This is a very reasonable answer, because the AK47 has a speed switch that can change the continuous fire into a single shot. In the worst case, it can be used as a single shot gun.
Moreover, even if the AK47 has a single shot, it is much better than a bolt-action rifle: it has a 30-round magazine and does not require a bolt in a semi-automatic manner. This is definitely an artifact when the battle is against time.
"As for the demand for ammunition..." the chief then replied: "Isn't this ammunition provided by Mao Xiong? It does not occupy the production capacity of our arsenal, or it can be said that it only accounts for a small part of the production capacity!"
The reason why it is said that it "occupies a small part of the production capacity" is because the Eighth Route Army wants to exchange X2 with Mao Xiong, one for 10,000 rounds of ammunition.
However, X2 is not complicated to produce, especially since it is a rocket engine, so this deal is a win-win for both the Eighth Route Army and Mao Xiong.
Especially Mao Xiong, they thought they were getting a big advantage.
However, what Mao Xiong doesn't know is that Wang Xuexin is not a good man when it comes to trading.
One day in the future, if Mao Xiong learns that the Eighth Route Army has a rifle that can use this kind of intermediate-power bullet and wants to use it, he will be ripped off by Wang Xuexin.
After a moment of silence, the chief answered the last question of the chief of staff: "It is true that other countries do not use this rifle, but that doesn't mean anything! Look at the things that Xiaobei has come up with, such as rocket launchers, napalm, etc.
Fire, and that and so on... X1 and X2 are all things that other countries don't have, can you say that they are useless?"
This time, the chief of staff was silenced.
What the leader said is, if you think about everything: If others don’t use it, then there is a reason why they don’t use it, then where can there be innovation?
Then the chief advised the chief of staff: "Comrade Wang Xuexin has successfully developed a number of new types of equipment, which is enough to illustrate his talent in military equipment. Chief of Staff, we are worried now, maybe just because we can't understand
oh!"
It can be seen from the chief's words that the chief actually did not understand the importance of this gun.
This is actually not surprising, because most of the time the leaders are doing strategic planning rather than specific tactics or even equipment.
Especially at this time, the repeating rifle developed by Wang Xuexin was still a soft threat to the Eighth Route Army... The Eighth Route Army has always been in a state of insufficient ammunition and insufficient production capacity, even with the Springfield rifle production line.
The so-called phobia of lack of firepower is probably just that.
This is like a person who has lived in poverty for decades and is suddenly asked to spend all his savings or even take out a huge loan to start a business... This is a decision that cannot be made without any courage.
The leader's psychology at this time was similar to this.
However, the leader still had courage. He did not think much about it and said to the chief of staff: "We must have confidence in Comrade Wang Xuexin! We have used his suggestions to get where we are today. Looking back on the past, we were still living
The days when we fought with the Japanese with ten rounds of bullets per capita and armed with broken guns! It’s a bit unbearable to look back on! I think Comrade Wang Xuexin will also be right this time!”