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alvin · 12-20-2013, 07:55 AM

For pistol to play an important role in battle, there were two pre-conditions: (1) must be in close range, of course; and (2) no machine guns in the picture from either side. A memoir of a CP soldier recorded many small battles in his career, one happened on December 3, 1939, when they ambushed a Japanese transporter column that was crossing a river.

"About 300 Japanese were intercepted on the top of the river. Our grenades falled down on them like raining, ice was broken, some Japanese dropped into water, drown... I sent (all ammo in) my broomhandle and 5 grenades to them... many soldiers fighted with bayonets. In less than half an hour, most Japanese were annihilated."

http://www.360doc.com/content/12/111...48222497.shtml

[Edit] In the same battle, he recorded another thing. When they tried to capture the commander of the transporter column, a Japanese captain, the captain shot two men with a pistol (probably a Nambu? he did not say), and swing a shin-gunto hurt another. Angry soldiers shot him. The Nambu pistol dropped to the ground and was picked up by someone, he only got the holster from the body. Later on, his battalion commander asked him to submit that Nambu pistol, and he did not have it.. the commander was mad. Obviously, capturing a Japanese pistol in battle was not easy. Not many Japanese had that.

12-20-2013, 07:55 AM	#17
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	For pistol to play an important role in battle, there were two pre-conditions: (1) must be in close range, of course; and (2) no machine guns in the picture from either side. A memoir of a CP soldier recorded many small battles in his career, one happened on December 3, 1939, when they ambushed a Japanese transporter column that was crossing a river. "About 300 Japanese were intercepted on the top of the river. Our grenades falled down on them like raining, ice was broken, some Japanese dropped into water, drown... I sent (all ammo in) my broomhandle and 5 grenades to them... many soldiers fighted with bayonets. In less than half an hour, most Japanese were annihilated." http://www.360doc.com/content/12/111...48222497.shtml [Edit] In the same battle, he recorded another thing. When they tried to capture the commander of the transporter column, a Japanese captain, the captain shot two men with a pistol (probably a Nambu? he did not say), and swing a shin-gunto hurt another. Angry soldiers shot him. The Nambu pistol dropped to the ground and was picked up by someone, he only got the holster from the body. Later on, his battalion commander asked him to submit that Nambu pistol, and he did not have it.. the commander was mad. Obviously, capturing a Japanese pistol in battle was not easy. Not many Japanese had that.