Chapter 44: The Triangular Military Bayonet Shocks the Red Army Commanders, a Lethal Weapon for Bleeding the Devils

Wutaishan Base.

"Charge!"

"Kill!!"

"Kill!!"

Some soldiers from a certain unit of the Red Army, holding wooden rifles, were conducting one-on-one and even one-on-two "actual combat" bayonet drill exercises.

Every Red Army soldier exerted every ounce of their strength, honing their bayonet-fighting techniques in realistic combat simulations.

The training was so fierce!

It fell just a fraction short of actual combat itself.

"Commander, if we keep training like this, I'm afraid the injury rate among the soldiers will increase significantly."

"The training intensity is simply too high."

Chief of Staff Song, a former junior schoolmate of Su Changqing who was following closely beside him, looked at the soldiers wrestling together and said.

"If you're afraid of injuries during regular training and lack training intensity, you won't have any practical combat experience."

"The moment you step onto the battlefield, your mind will be completely blank."

"By then, what flows won't be sweat, but blood."

"What breaks won't just be bones, but lives."

Su Changqing said earnestly.

In the era of internet information, Su Changqing had a very deep understanding of the Japanese dwarf invaders.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese devils had extremely strict requirements for the shooting training of recruits, consuming no less than 150 rounds of ammunition per month for rifles and no less than 300 rounds for machine gungs.

The total amount of ammunition consumed throughout the entire training process was no less than 2,000 rounds.

Japanese instructors attached supreme importance to practical combat effects, emphasizing the impact of concentrated gunfire.

Rather than blindly pursuing scoring rings, they cultivated good shooting habits and high precision in their soldiers.

Consequently, on the battlefield, the shooting skills of the Japanese soldiers were exceptionally accurate, often hitting their targets without fail.

Regarding bayonet techniques.

The Japanese soldiers were even better trained and possessed exquisite skills.

One must know that bayonet fighting was a tradition among the Japanese; the concept of military bayonet techniques dated back to the late 19th century, and by World War II, almost every male had to practice bayonet fighting, even making it a course requirement for middle school students.

Japanese bayonet techniques combined traditional spearfighting with Western bayonet methods; the moves were simple and brutal, directly targeting vital human organs, such as straight thrusts, disengaging thrusts, downward thrusts, and counter-thrusts.

Moreover, the Japanese frequently used living humans for bayonet practice to improve their soldiers' skills and courage.

In combat, the tactical cooperation of Japanese bayonet fighters was relatively sophisticated. For instance, one veteran and two recruits would form a triangular formation, capable of both advancing and retreating, exerting formidable lethality.

At the same time, by World War II, Japan was already an industrialized nation, meaning their soldiers had better diets and relatively stronger physical fitness. In contrast, China at that time was an agricultural nation, and soldiers could rarely eat their fill before enlisting.

Their physical fitness was relatively weak, placing them at a disadvantage in pure physical strength during bayonet clashes.

Furthermore, the Type 38 rifle they used, when fitted with the Type 30 bayonet, reached a total length of over 1.65 meters, which effectively compensated for the Japanese soldiers' short stature, allowing them to strike first and claim a certain reach advantage in close combat.

It was precisely for these reasons that veterans of the War of Resistance described it thus: 3 Japanese devils with their backs to the same point could withstand the charge of 10 veteran Eighth Route Army soldiers.

Such formidable combat effectiveness.

Su Changqing had to take it very seriously, especially since the Xi'an Incident had broken out and a second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation was a foregone conclusion.

And total war was about to erupt.

Su Changqing never dabbled much in political affairs; his sole focus was fighting battles and resisting foreign invaders.

Therefore, Su Changqing was already prepared to advise headquarters leadership to lead the bulk of the First Column south to Nanjing.

To reinforce the defense of Nanjing.

Regardless of whether it was Songhu or Nanjing.

What they faced would be the absolute elite among the Japanese elite, which required the combat effectiveness of the First Column soldiers to be exceptionally strong.

The stronger, the better!

"Yes, Commander!" Chief of Staff Song nodded repeatedly.

Su Changqing glanced at the soldiers continuously growing through practical combat drills.

His face was filled with satisfaction.

Training through realistic combat sparring.

Naturally, injuries were inevitable.

However, Su Changqing was different; he was a "cheater" equipped with a system.

This cheat!

Although it wasn't a cheat that dropped money, talent, or weapons.

Its skill effects, however, were extremely powerful.

Whether it was providing a "boost" for soldiers to rapidly grow stronger during actual combat,

or accelerating the recovery rate after sustaining injuries.

All of this made Su Changqing willing to accept the occasional injuries accidentally caused during sparring.

"During this period, I designed a bayonet suited for our Chinese soldiers."

"The relevant technical requirements have also been conquered."

"However, we still need the comrades to test it in actual combat. Only through practical combat testing can we determine whether this bayonet can be officially manufactured and equipped to the troops."

Su Changqing said with a smile to Chief of Staff Song.

With that, Su Changqing took a bayonet from his guard's hand.

If any time-traveling brother were to lay eyes on this bayonet, the following thought would inevitably pop into their head: Isn't this, dammit, the infamous triangular military dagger?

The blade of this triangular bayonet was shaped like a triangular prism with a triangular cross-section and sharp edges, offering low resistance during stabbing and high penetrating power.

The three blood grooves on the blade helped blood drain rapidly, reducing the suction force of muscles on the bayonet during contraction and facilitating quick withdrawal for consecutive attacks.

Wounds inflicted by this type of military dagger were irregularly torn, difficult to stop bleeding and suture, prone to massive hemorrhage and extensive tissue destruction, and had a high fatality rate.

The arsenic added during the smelting process meant that exposed steel fragments after wear could cause wounds to heal with difficulty, increasing the risk of infection.

In actual combat, such as during the counterattack against Vietnam, the triangular bayonet struck terror into the hearts of the enemy, and its formidable lethality posed a huge psychological deterrence to the opposing forces.

Later on, the triangular bayonet was phased out due to its single function, lacking the features of modern multi-purpose bayonets like chopping and sawing, as well as its bulky size and inconvenience to carry.

However!

For Su Changqing!

For the Chinese military at the present moment, there were only two words pursued—"lethality"!

Ultimate lethality!

Therefore, the terrifying advantages of the triangular bayonet naturally made it Su Changqing's top choice for the most suitable bayonet.

"Xiao Lin, have the comrades carry that side of pork up here."

"Yes, Commander!"

Soon, a side of freshly slaughtered fatty pork was carried up by the comrades of the guard company.

Su Changqing stood on ceremony!

With a strong flick of his wrist, the triangular bayonet mounted on the modified M1910 Mosin-Nagant rifle,

with a sharp "snap,"

extended fully.

Crouched in a horse stance with his rifle slanted, he was the strongest individual soldier king on earth.

Su Changqing's momentum instantly erupted to its peak.

He thrust the triangular bayonet forward, tearing a huge gap in the pork.

Because the cross-section of the triangular bayonet was triangular, thrusting it into the pork created a square-shaped hole.

The sides of such a wound could not press against each other, making it impossible to achieve hemostasis and healing.

At the same time, the three-sided blood groove design of the triangular bayonet allowed blood to flow out along the grooves when stabbed into a human body, preventing muscles from clinging tightly to the blade upon contraction, thereby reducing the chance of the bayonet getting "stuck." However, this also caused internal blood clots to form with difficulty, increasing the challenge of stopping the bleeding.

On the battlefield!

If suddenly struck by such a triangular bayonet, even military surgeons would be unable to suture the wound in a short time.

And the enemy would eventually die from excessive blood loss.

No wonder those enemies feared the triangular bayonet so much.

In the film *The Bodyguard from Beijing*, Jet Li's character also suffered heavily when facing a triangular bayonet.

"How is it?"

"With this kind of lethality, if a Japanese devil takes a hit like this,"

"What do you think their survival rate would be?"

Su Changqing asked with a raised corner of his mouth, cheerfully looking at Chief of Staff Song, who was dumbfounded by the terrifying lethality of the triangular bayonet.