In many film and television works and people's impressions, broadsword has become a symbol of hand-to-hand combat in China, leaving the impression that broadsword is more suitable for hand-to-hand combat than bayonet.
It seems that the broadsword is a melee artifact, as simple as cutting melons and vegetables. In fact, according to later military experiments, soldiers with similar training level can win even when their numbers are at a disadvantage, while wearing protective gear and holding training equipment simulating broadswords and wooden guns simulating bayonets.
Some anti-Japanese war veterans also expressed serious dissatisfaction with the myth of broadsword. For example, on 20 15, I interviewed a veteran who participated in the Wuhan Battle. The veteran was very angry and said that the work of the mythical broadsword was a complete insult to their bloody battle.
Veterans mentioned that in the absence of bayonets, it was a last resort to supply large quantities of broadswords to the front because they were easy to manufacture. In hand-to-hand combat, broadswords often suffer heavy losses in the confrontation with Japanese bayonets.
Film and television works seem to be particularly easy to hit Japanese devils with broadswords, which is a denial or even ridicule of their sacrifice. "You can't imagine the price we paid at that time, our sacrifices ... those works are completely nonsense." The veteran felt very dissatisfied.
In memory, a heartbreaking detail was revealed. Because the propaganda at that time also turned broadsword into a sharp weapon to kill the enemy, some people had unrealistic fantasies about broadsword. When people raised money to buy support weapons for the front, many enthusiastic people even pointed out that they would buy broadswords for soldiers.
When the soldiers excitedly looked at the weapon boxes newly transported to the front, they found that they were all broadswords ... The lack of materials also caused a shortage of bayonets and even firearms, and the rest could only be filled with broadswords.
In a battle in Wuhan, a class of Japanese soldiers almost overturned a platoon of soldiers in hand-to-hand combat ... In an offensive battle, 200 soldiers launched a surprise attack with broadswords, but they were met with intensive Japanese machine gun fire. The commander who led the team shouted in despair: Even a Grenade will do ...