Why does Japan always invade China with rifles?

The first is because of the position of rifles in the Japanese army. In the Russo-Japanese War at the end of19th century, the rifles mainly used by the Russian army at that time were old muskets, with an effective range of only over 300 meters, while the Japanese army used the most advanced rifles at that time, with an effective range of over 800 meters. At the same time, the Japanese army trained hard, and there were a large number of sharpshooters in the army. Their accurate shooting caused great casualties to the Russian army, thus establishing the absolute main position of rifles in the Japanese army. After World War I, some people in the Japanese army put forward the idea of equipping troops with submachine guns. 193 1 During the Battle of Songhu, during the fierce battle between Japanese and China troops in Shanghai, they realized the power of submachine guns equipped by China militia and 19 Route Army. After the situation subsided, the Ordnance Bureau of the Japanese base camp took a keen interest in submachine guns, and sent personnel to Europe for inspection, trying to develop submachine guns to equip the troops. 1934, the Japanese army began to quietly develop submachine guns. This experimental submachine gun was named submachine gun No.2. A year later, the gun was rejected because of its poor safety and reliability.

Secondly, Japan is poor in resources. At first, the idea of making submachine guns was criticized by many Japanese troops. Critics believe that submachine guns have fierce firepower, but the ammunition consumption is too high and the shooting hit rate is too low, which will make it difficult to supply logistics in actual combat, and the actual combat effect is very doubtful. Therefore, the plan to produce submachine guns was temporarily put on hold. 1940, with the development of the European War, the Japanese army realized that submachine guns played a certain role in the modern infantry weapons combination, and the body of the Type 38 rifle was too long for the crew of the newly formed armored forces, so it once again proposed a plan to produce submachine guns, which was approved by the base camp this time. The design drawings were made public in the South Weapon Design Institute as early as before. This submachine gun named "100" was finalized in 1940, which coincided with SHEN WOO 1000, so it was named Hundred-style submachine gun. Its blueprint is based on MP 18. In fact, it can be said that it is an imitation of MP 18, with the same shape and the same side magazine, except that the straight magazine was changed into a curved magazine with 30 rounds. The biggest change is to make a hook at the muzzle to meet the requirement that the military must be able to install bayonets, although the whole gun looks funny after installing bayonets. The fundamental guiding ideology of submachine gun design in the world is to deter and kill the enemy through intensive firepower. However, influenced by the residual spirit of Bushido, the Japanese army has a special persistence in hand-to-hand combat, and often fights for bayonets in the final stage of the battle. Japanese recruits are trained for three months, the first month is to fight bayonets, and the last two months are to practice shooting. The Japanese army's preference for bayonets is almost abnormal, even 99-style 7. The 7 mm imitation Czech light machine gun is all equipped with bayonets, which is the only light machine gun equipped with bayonets in history. It's hard to believe how a 20 kg Type 99 machine gun can fight bayonets. After the Japanese army equipped the Type 97 tank, the tank crew were also equipped with this type of submachine gun. In order to facilitate the crew to use in the tank, the submachine gun specially made for them was modified and a foldable bracket was added. Hundreds of submachine guns use the principle of free bolt machine, which has no insurance and has been in a state of waiting to be opened and attacked, and it is very easy to go off. Hundreds of submachine guns are not equipped with troops on a large scale. Japan is an island country with extremely scarce natural resources, and all war materials need to be obtained from outside. Although Japan occupied more than half of China's territory, and after the outbreak of the Pacific War, it occupied South Asian islands with rich products, but this did not fundamentally change the phenomenon of Japan's resource shortage, at best, it was only a kind of "relief". At the same time, due to the lack of industrial base in the occupied area, Japan can only transport the obtained resources back to China for deep processing, which not only increases the manufacturing cost, but also delays the manufacturing cycle. Therefore, although submachine guns have many advantages, they were eventually abandoned by the Japanese army because of their high manufacturing cost, complex technology and excessive ammunition consumption.

Finally, it is because of the backwardness of tactical thinking. The Japanese think that rifles are more accurate than submachine guns. They would rather ensure the quality of rifles and ammunition (in fact, they didn't even do this) than waste precious resources to build submachine guns. In addition, Japan's industrial productivity is limited, and it is impossible to manufacture submachine guns and ammunition in large quantities. A single soldier with a base of 150 rounds may not use up 38 caps a day. If you change to a submachine gun, you will fight harder and last for an hour, and submachine guns can't be equipped with bayonets for melee. After testing and comparing, senior Japanese military officials came to the conclusion that "one hundred rifles are better than one hundred submachine guns". In fact, this book was adapted from a sentence by Tougou Heihachirou, a Japanese naval general at the end of the Russo-Japanese War, that is, "A cannon with 100 shells is better than a cannon with 100 shells." Originally, Tougou Heihachirou meant to emphasize the effectiveness of firepower, and there was a similar saying in the West, that is, if your firepower can't kill the enemy accurately, it will boost the enemy's morale. However, in the hands of the Japanese who are accustomed to obeying orders and authority, as long as the marksmanship is accurate, they will immediately become soldiers, and there is no need to consider strengthening the firepower density. Japanese military departments can come to this conclusion because their tactical thinking is still in World War I.. "Accurate rifle shooting and effective machine gun fire suppression" is the "classic" of positional warfare. While the European and American military powers try their best to improve the firepower density of the army, Japan stubbornly emphasizes the precise firepower of the army and even requires soldiers to hit the target every shot. In the eyes of the Japanese, it is unbearable to destroy an enemy with dozens of bullets! With a range of 2,800 meters, the 38-cap has a small recoil and excellent performance, and it is a weapon that Japan is proud of, while Japanese automatic weapons, such as several light and heavy machine guns, hope to provide fire support for the troops at all times. However, there is a problem, that is, the continuity of firepower. In order to ensure that the machine gun can provide fire support for a long time, the most important thing is to solve the heat dissipation problem of the barrel. In World War II, countries with light machine guns generally adopted the method of replacing heat dissipation parts and barrels, but Japan did not adopt it. Their trick can't change the barrel, and as a result, the barrel will overheat and be unusable after 300 rounds of continuous shooting, so it should be cooled slowly.