We see that in the TV series, the Eighth Route Army will always have a trench dug in advance, and when people hide in the trench, they only wait for the Japanese army to send it to the door, and then the Eighth Route Army relies on the strong trench fortifications to quickly and easily eliminate any Passing Japanese convoys. In this regard, the author can't help but question: In real wars, battles are often on the verge of breaking out, does the Eighth Route Army still have time to dig trenches in advance? However, this detail is often overlooked in TV dramas, please see the following picture:
Figure 1
Such a scene has appeared in the sixth episode of the TV series "Bright Sword". Li Yunlong, commander of the Eighth Route Army, led a battalion to successfully ambush the Japanese observation group, and in this battle, the Eighth Route Army also directly entered the trenches that had been dug. Due to the delay in arriving at the Japanese observation group, Li Yunlong ordered everyone to stay in the trenches and wait for one night! Seeing this, the author has to question: At that time, Li Yunlong also had a temporary intention and decided to ambush the enemy of Xiaohuangzhuang on this road, but he accidentally hit and bumped into the "big fish" of the Japanese observation group. Therefore, at that time, the Eighth Route Army could not have had time to dig trenches on the mountain in advance. So, where did these trenches come from? Could it be that the people helped them dig it up?
Figure 2
As shown in Figure 2, there is often such a scene in the TV series, many ordinary people are bustlingly digging trenches for the Eighth Route Army, some digging with a latte shovel, some are packing sacks, and they are very busy! However, the author also has a few questions: First, how does this trench look like it was dug out of a modern excavator? This trace does not look like it was excavated by hand. Second, is this trench dug a little deeper, and people of one meter and six people can't stand out from the inside, and how can they raise their guns and shoot? If the Japanese soldiers came in, it was estimated that a bench would be needed to use this trench. So, what was the real scene of the Eighth Route Army fighting an ambush battle? Let's take a look at the real ambush photos together, please take a look at the following picture:
As shown in Figure 3, this is a real photo of the Eighth Route Army ambushing the Japanese army. We saw 3 Eighth Route Army soldiers lying in ambush on the hillside, who were waiting for the Japanese to enter their encirclement and then hit the Japanese by surprise! We see that the Eighth Route Army did not dig trenches, did not have tunnels, and did not have a traffic trench that could be shuttled like the TV drama war movie! The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were all lying directly on the field ridge, hiding on the spot, and attacking the Japanese army from a commanding height. The author speculates that in most ambush battles, the Eighth Route Army did not have time to dig communication trenches or trenches, because it was unrealistic and impossible, the first was that there was no time, and the second was that there was no tools. Why? Take a look at the image below:
As shown in Figure IV, if we zoom in closer, we will find that these Eighth Route Army soldiers have backpacks, a quilt, a pair of shoes, a barge gun, a rifle, a few grenades, and some weapons and equipment, but they are not seen with sapper shovels, shovels and other tools, so they do not have the tools to dig trenches or traffic trenches like the TV series. It turned out that this was the real photo of the Eighth Route Army fighting an ambush battle, and there were no trenches dug in advance, no individual tools such as sapper shovels, and no ordinary people were invited to help dig trenches. All battles are fought at once, and when they are finished, the Eighth Route Army fights ambush battles in this way. Pay tribute to these Eighth Route Army ambush heroes.