Chapter 768

The Japanese soldiers on Midway Island are trying their best to repair the taisho-11 light machine gun in their hands. This kind of weapon is not so good after it is put into operation in the Pacific battlefield, and it often makes all kinds of intolerable mistakes.

Since the defeat of the Japanese Empire's attack on the Hawaiian Islands, the Japanese Navy has drawn up a huge plan to carry out a strategic decisive battle around Midway Island. Unfortunately, the US Navy is just not fooled and has settled down in Hawaii, waiting for more aircraft carriers to be launched.

But Yamamoto had no choice but to lead the remaining forces of the Japanese Navy to the South and retreat to the waters near the Marshall Islands, where they trained the naval air force with heavy losses in order to fight again. With the support of this Navy, the Japanese army of Australia launched an attack code named "Changdao" and occupied a series of important towns in the northeast of Australia.

However, this series of attacks did not make Japan jubilant. People with a little insight all know that the Japanese Navy's gamble that the U.S. government would be defeated and surrender was a complete failure. Instead of making peace in frustration and humiliation, as most politicians in the Japanese base camp expected, Americans, like a giant awakened from a dream, violently drew out their own sword.

The United Fleet ran away, or "turned in", leaving a pile of mess to the Japanese army and the Marine Corps. These soldiers were thrown all the way to Midway Island, but they had to fight a desperate war without the advantage of sea and air.

A group of Japanese soldiers were ordered to dig trenches on the beach and build various fortifications with sandbags and wood from the island. Now they still believe that the Japanese Navy can kill them when they need to, and strangle the U.S. Navy landing troops who are ready to invade the "sacred land" under their feet. Optimistic people think that they will win the war in the next month, and pessimistic people think that they can return to their hometown by the end of 1939.

The commander in charge of more than 20000 Japanese infantry in Midway Island is Antang. He is an old commander who has been fighting in China for several years. He has rich combat experience and is one of the most promising figures in the Japanese army. Being able to be sent to Midway Island to command the battle at a critical moment also shows the trust of the base camp.

But to tell the truth, although Antang has rich combat experience, it's all the so-called "experience" in China. In the face of China's regular army, whose weapons and equipment are almost the same as Japan's, or even slightly different from Japan's, his command can be regarded as standard, but his little experience in deploying to the Pacific to deal with the US Army with obvious firepower advantage, It seems a bit out of date.

Just like on the lovely island, the Japanese army is still building a defense line on the beach, trying to completely block the landing of US troops on the beach. This tactic is also one of the oldest tactics to resist landing operations, which can only be described by the word "not brilliant". Moreover, the army and the Marine Corps have not received any information about the "turning in" of the Navy. They always think that the navy is nearby and can support them in their operations.

"Wipe it clean. It's too easy to jam." A Japanese machine gun shooter reminded his comrades who were wiping the machine guns: "I don't know if those officers know that using this kind of weapon is to harm our own people."

Taisho type 11 light machine gun was designed and produced in 1922 as the main light machine gun in Japan. According to Japan's consistent "non mainstream" idea at that time, this machine gun also decided to create a lamentable "imperialist development road with Japanese characteristics".

The Japanese army thinks strangely that if their automatic weapons are incorporated into the combat units with the same level as the infantry squad and platoon, the ammunition consumption of the front-line infantry will be increased. Therefore, the ammunition support problem must be considered. This is not a problem at all in Germany and the United States, where the industrial capacity is relatively high. It has become a fatal technical index in Japan. It can be seen that Japan, which became rich overnight after the Sino Japanese War of 1894, is not as rich as it seems.

Before this kind of light machine gun was equipped, the basic combat units of the first-line infantry of the Japanese army were not equipped with automatic weapons. They all used manual "three zero" or "three eight" rifles. And the Japanese army has always advocated the "bushido spirit" of being diligent and thrifty and paying attention to the "bushido spirit" of being able to use bayonets without bullets. Of course, the reason is actually to save some steel and build some more useful big guys such as warships.

As a result, the use of light machine guns, ammunition support has become a problem. Specifically, it also includes two aspects: one is the quantity of ammunition, that is to say, it is necessary to ensure that it is sufficient; The second is the type of ammunition, that is, to ensure universal use. General purpose is the fundamental requirement to ensure ammunition support. Rifle and machine gun use the same cartridge, which can maximize the convenience of ammunition support in combat.

Hearing this, I can't help crying out for the Japanese army's family weapon shooting idea in its infancy. Germany, far away from the other side of the ocean, under the guidance of akkado, really embarked on the road of paying attention to the development of family weapons and universal weapons, and thus a number of weapons and equipment with high universality were born.

For example, most parts of German Leopard tank can be used in common with Tiger tank, which also makes Germany take advantage of tank production line. However, even the US general purpose fighter project in the 21st century has failed to achieve the grand long cherished wish that its parts are completely universal. Don't doubt it. Yes, this time, the cute senior Japanese army officials are at the forefront of the world again. They have made a cute request.

The Japanese army considered the convenience of the first-line infantry to use ammunition in combat. It is required that this type of automatic weapon, which will be incorporated into the front-line infantry combat establishment, should use the same ammunition supply as the rifle. That is to say, the machine gun should use a rifle to supply ammunition with a 5-shot cartridge. In this way, the infantry can realize the universal ammunition supply, which not only can further improve the convenience of ammunition support, but also simplify the links of factory production, especially ammunition packaging. The whole case of Japan 6. 5mm rifles are all stored together in a clip with five rounds of ammunition. There is almost no packaging of loose ammunition. In this way, a box of bullets can be directly used for rifles and light machine guns at the same time on the battlefield. That is to say, while emphasizing the common use of ammunition for infantry and machine guns, it also emphasizes the common use of ammunition supply equipment for infantry and machine guns. Infantry and machine guns are the same ammunition and ammunition supply equipment. When a box of ammunition is opened, infantry Gunners can use it directly, and machine Gunners can also use it directly; In combat, the riflemen's bullets can be collected for machine gun use; If the machine gun is broken, or in order to save ammunition, the remaining ammunition can be distributed to the infantry shooter. Does that sound tall? Does that sound wonderful? Of course, the things that can be played (designed) in the end have to admire the strong tolerance of Japanese gun designers. However, the end result of such consideration is that the "user experience" of this product is really poor. In today's society, it is very important for products to emphasize the user experience and explain the user's feelings in the process of using a product. As a weapon, the user who uses it is the soldier. If the user experience of the weapon is poor, the soldier can only use his life to complain. This kind of light machine gun with Japanese characteristics is very sensitive to the changes of the meteorological environment. At the beginning, it was used in the cold and low temperature conditions in Northeast China, and its reliability was very poor. The front line put forward suggestions for improvement when it could not bear it, so the manufacturer took the measure of installing the oil pot next to the loader, It is a way to maintain reliability by oiling the parts and bullets at any time. Obviously, this temporary remedy did not fundamentally change the problem of poor reliability. Later, the reliability became worse when it was used under the conditions of high temperature and high humidity in Southeast Asia, and even the oil pot did not help. According to the report of the front-line machine gunners, the failure rate of the Dazheng 11 light machine gun is relatively low only when it is not cold or hot, dry or wet, and under the ideal conditions of careful cleaning and maintenance and gentle fighting intensity. Does it sound familiar? In fact, that's what NASA's Hercules launch vehicle instruction book suggests 30 years later. It is not difficult to explain why the reputation of this weapon invented by Japan is so poor that after the Chinese Communist Party seized this kind of light machine gun, they rarely kept it for use. Because according to the quality of the middle * team at that time, not many people could use this kind of machine gun. Poor Japanese army, on the beach of a few simple machine gun positions, set up this fault machine gun, ready to resist the American attack. In fact, as commander, general Antang never thought that the Americans would come, because a month ago, the Japanese Navy lured the United States to fight a decisive battle nearby. It took more than ten days, and he didn't wait for the US Navy to come. He has been adamant that for at least two months, the U.S. Navy is unlikely to be in the waters near midway. It turns out that his aides like to fight in the face, and they fight hard and accurately. When Antang was conceited, his adjutant rushed into his headquarters and said out loud the sentence Antang didn't want to hear: "there's an American plane in the sky! The Americans are attacking Before the adjutant's elder brother calmed down, the shrill air defense alarm began to sound. The whole ground of Midway Island seemed to be shaking. In the sound of the air bomb explosion after another, it was shaking violently. Let's start here today.