I guess another reason to defend bohai bey was northeastern China, so called "Manchuria" region. It was, at this point, one of the few mildly modernized industrial region in China, thanks to Colonialise effort by Imperial Japan, and powerhouse in the Chinese civil war which allows CCP to defeat KMT. It would've been the last hinterland when they had lost all territory south of Beijing.
Hello Jason this is your friendly neighborhood VPA fans here. Some comments as I watched the video from a Vietnamese history/ millitary buff. 12:00 This give me the vibe of the first emperor of China. One set of standard everywhere the same thing. History does kinda repeat itself. 19:00 This will be important later (or at the same time) at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Hauling the 105mm howitzer into position and then hauling them out again, over mountains and then dug caves into those mountains to be concealed and protected firring position was instrumental in defeating the French 24:30 Also circling back to the Điện Biên Phủ campaign this supply problem was immense for the VPA as well. They were able to mobolize a huge huge huge quanity of rice from Thanh Hóa to Điện Biên but due to the distance and the mountainous terrain, 98% of the rice supply was used for the porter just to get to Điện Biên itself. And the porters were basically starving themselves for the trip knowing how precious rice was for the troops in the mountain. With bicylce porter though the calculus is flipped on its head. Now a porter can carry hundreds of kilo of rice pushing the bicylce and was able to transport much more efficently than before. This enables the VPA to sustain a much larger force for much longer and thus helps wins the battle overall.
Professor Glower, I was at the shooting range the other day. Enjoying the Fall weather outside. I do shoot a rifle that is chambered in 7.62X39. It's called a Robinson Armament XCR-L, it has the capability to do caliber conversions. 5.56mm/300blk, 5.45/7.62X39, 6.8 SPC, 6.5 Grendel. You need a barrel, bolt, and magazine. I was out shooting my XCR-L, and a lane down from me, I see what I thought was an AK. The muzzle break looked liked a AK74 break, the magazine capacity was the banana curve 30 rnd type. The stock was synthetic and foldable. Then I looked at the bolt… I noticed the stripper clip guide, the dust cover was set way to the rear. When I talked to the shooter, it was shorten barred (16") Chinese Type 56, that had been AKized. To be honest, I felt it had been bubbafied. I ached inside at sight of the poor abused rifle. If I had the funds, I'd made an offer to rescue the T56 and restore the rifle to all of its PLA glory!!!
How were ranks established in the classic PLA, before 1955? I've heard that enlisted leadership was elected by the men in the unit but I wanted to verify with you.
I wonder why the focus is defend north China when in 1937, the KMT government focused on defending Shanghai instead and left the north to it's fate.
Also I think it's interesting there's another unofficial Type 56. The liberation truck aka ZIL-150, which entered production at this time and became the Model T of China. This was far more important than the small arms.
It may feel slow now, but as a complete non-academic but general nerd, I find your channel fascinating, and it should grow. I feared a strong left/communist bias when the algorithm first showed your content, but I have found you seem to truly just have a passion for the history of how the PLA "did it's thing". Bravo from a right-leaning capitalist pig!
I liked the allegory of carefully feeling your way across a rocky stream. Seeing things from their point of view circa 1954/56 is extremely interesting to me. As for the quality of the lecture. It’s like every lesson is an Easter egg with bonus material that I would not know otherwise. Example the preparation for an American amphibious assault of their northern coastline. Seeing things through different lenses is worthwhile. Thank. You
Part of my job at work is to modernize a bunch of blokes who've worked there for over 20 years, are two generations older than myself, and who fight against change and their own retirements. I deeply relate with generals Peng and Su.
Pretty interesting perspective. The West was similarly certain the both the Soviets and the Chinese were hell bent on expansion and would soon be threatening other nations.
Any Chinese, who have studied history will know what foreign troops stationed in Korea means to China. Since the Ming dynasty, Korea is used as stepping stone to invade China. In 1596, Japan invaded Korea and the King of Korea requested assistance from the Ming Emperor. The Japanese have cloned the firearm musket from Dutch sailors and the Japanese troops have firepower superiority over the Korean troops. However, the Chinese soldiers also have similar firearm technology and they also have cloned the cannons from Portuguese sailors. The Chinese won the battle on the land with superior firepower. The Korean navy use their heavily armored turtle ships to defeat the Japanese ships at sea.During the Sino-Japanese war in 1895, the Japanese will repeated history and occupied Korea again after they defeated the Qing dynasty BeiYang army at Pyongyang and BeiYang Navy at yellow sea. In 1937, the Japanese invaded China from Korea. To the Chinese, foreign troops in Korea is like Soviet nuclear missile in Cuba or US nuclear missile in Turkey. Obvious intention place in the open.
After getting my citizenship, I gradually forgot how scary it is for the rest of the world to hear "Yankees are coming!" And "until it's over over there."
Now it just saddens me seeing all the memorials of boys and girls in local Walmart.
Comrade Clower, I suggest you should do a video about the early military ration of the PLA before the MRE-esque Individual Self-Heating Meal was invented. Such as the fried multigrain flour during the Korean War and then the 701, 761, 90 compressed biscuits.
The logistics monster to be created at this point. I will give credit where credit is due, and its the fore shadowing of mechanized warfare and the Russians know it all so well. History, for those whom have lived it, is unforgettable. No matter who writes the history books, it happened and Russia got the worst of it in 1941. The Russian advisers, where pushing that tid-bit, threw to the Chinese, "This can happen to you as it did to us!". As you noted, the Russians told them, this is what you have to expect, in losses across the board. This kind of thing in history, is taught over and over, again. Learn, build, train, and prepare! Sad truth. Here in America, we need to do this, too. All over again. This series for me, is hitting home. Again, continue, and thank you!
RE the fear of an American invasion this would have been made worse by American navy keeping Taiwan and the KMT there safe who with their stated aim of taking power in China again under the KMT were and are still a sword of Damocles over the mainland as an alternative government to the CCP.
Speaking of 摸着石头走, I remember reading this interview by some Chinese official after the 2008 financial crisis where he said something along the lines of 才半过水，前面的石头都不见了. Sticks in my head even today
Some days i feel like i should be taking notes.
彭德怀 是我的英雄
Comrade Clower you blueballsed me with the bonus episode stuff, I’ll never forgive you
I'm glazing a little here, but I love your humour and your way of describing perspectives and all the aspects
Yeah. I don’t understand. Why? Why would American put troops right in front of my front door if they don’t want to invade?
I guess another reason to defend bohai bey was northeastern China, so called "Manchuria" region. It was, at this point, one of the few mildly modernized industrial region in China, thanks to Colonialise effort by Imperial Japan, and powerhouse in the Chinese civil war which allows CCP to defeat KMT. It would've been the last hinterland when they had lost all territory south of Beijing.
Hello Jason this is your friendly neighborhood VPA fans here. Some comments as I watched the video from a Vietnamese history/ millitary buff.
12:00
This give me the vibe of the first emperor of China. One set of standard everywhere the same thing. History does kinda repeat itself.
19:00
This will be important later (or at the same time) at the battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Hauling the 105mm howitzer into position and then hauling them out again, over mountains and then dug caves into those mountains to be concealed and protected firring position was instrumental in defeating the French
24:30
Also circling back to the Điện Biên Phủ campaign this supply problem was immense for the VPA as well. They were able to mobolize a huge huge huge quanity of rice from Thanh Hóa to Điện Biên but due to the distance and the mountainous terrain, 98% of the rice supply was used for the porter just to get to Điện Biên itself. And the porters were basically starving themselves for the trip knowing how precious rice was for the troops in the mountain. With bicylce porter though the calculus is flipped on its head. Now a porter can carry hundreds of kilo of rice pushing the bicylce and was able to transport much more efficently than before. This enables the VPA to sustain a much larger force for much longer and thus helps wins the battle overall.
Have you ever seen The Ushanka Show on youtube? Its done by Sergei Sputnikov
This channel is cool.😎
Professor Glower, I was at the shooting range the other day. Enjoying the Fall weather outside. I do shoot a rifle that is chambered in 7.62X39. It's called a Robinson Armament XCR-L, it has the capability to do caliber conversions. 5.56mm/300blk, 5.45/7.62X39, 6.8 SPC, 6.5 Grendel. You need a barrel, bolt, and magazine.
I was out shooting my XCR-L, and a lane down from me, I see what I thought was an AK. The muzzle break looked liked a AK74 break, the magazine capacity was the banana curve 30 rnd type. The stock was synthetic and foldable. Then I looked at the bolt… I noticed the stripper clip guide, the dust cover was set way to the rear.
When I talked to the shooter, it was shorten barred (16") Chinese Type 56, that had been AKized. To be honest, I felt it had been bubbafied. I ached inside at sight of the poor abused rifle.
If I had the funds, I'd made an offer to rescue the T56 and restore the rifle to all of its PLA glory!!!
Another great lecture!!!
How much of this lectured info is testable?
How were ranks established in the classic PLA, before 1955? I've heard that enlisted leadership was elected by the men in the unit but I wanted to verify with you.
Been enjoying these episodes, you do well with telling a compelling story in itself, and are able to structure It into the wider narrative
Average person: Wow, 49 million rounds! That's a lot!
War: Lol, naw. dawg.
Have you thought about collaborating with the Korean War Every Week guys?
I wonder why the focus is defend north China when in 1937, the KMT government focused on defending Shanghai instead and left the north to it's fate.
Also I think it's interesting there's another unofficial Type 56. The liberation truck aka ZIL-150, which entered production at this time and became the Model T of China. This was far more important than the small arms.
It may feel slow now, but as a complete non-academic but general nerd, I find your channel fascinating, and it should grow. I feared a strong left/communist bias when the algorithm first showed your content, but I have found you seem to truly just have a passion for the history of how the PLA "did it's thing". Bravo from a right-leaning capitalist pig!
I liked the allegory of carefully feeling your way across a rocky stream. Seeing things from their point of view circa 1954/56 is extremely interesting to me. As for the quality of the lecture. It’s like every lesson is an Easter egg with bonus material that I would not know otherwise. Example the preparation for an American amphibious assault of their northern coastline. Seeing things through different lenses is worthwhile. Thank. You
Part of my job at work is to modernize a bunch of blokes who've worked there for over 20 years, are two generations older than myself, and who fight against change and their own retirements. I deeply relate with generals Peng and Su.
Pretty interesting perspective. The West was similarly certain the both the Soviets and the Chinese were hell bent on expansion and would soon be threatening other nations.
Any Chinese, who have studied history will know what foreign troops stationed in Korea means to China. Since the Ming dynasty, Korea is used as stepping stone to invade China. In 1596, Japan invaded Korea and the King of Korea requested assistance from the Ming Emperor. The Japanese have cloned the firearm musket from Dutch sailors and the Japanese troops have firepower superiority over the Korean troops. However, the Chinese soldiers also have similar firearm technology and they also have cloned the cannons from Portuguese sailors. The Chinese won the battle on the land with superior firepower. The Korean navy use their heavily armored turtle ships to defeat the Japanese ships at sea.During the Sino-Japanese war in 1895, the Japanese will repeated history and occupied Korea again after they defeated the Qing dynasty BeiYang army at Pyongyang and BeiYang Navy at yellow sea. In 1937, the Japanese invaded China from Korea. To the Chinese, foreign troops in Korea is like Soviet nuclear missile in Cuba or US nuclear missile in Turkey. Obvious intention place in the open.
You need to publish a book on this with Ian from forgotten wespons publishing company, shut up and take my money!!
After getting my citizenship, I gradually forgot how scary it is for the rest of the world to hear "Yankees are coming!" And "until it's over over there."
Now it just saddens me seeing all the memorials of boys and girls in local Walmart.
We will feel our way forward in our modernization and standardization of our understanding of Chinese military history.
Dude your channel is awesome, Chinese military lore is something I never knew I would be interested in learning more of
So excited for bonus episode!!!
Comrade Clower, I suggest you should do a video about the early military ration of the PLA before the MRE-esque Individual Self-Heating Meal was invented.
Such as the fried multigrain flour during the Korean War and then the 701, 761, 90 compressed biscuits.
Never fight a land war in Asia?
The logistics monster to be created at this point. I will give credit where credit is due, and its the fore shadowing of mechanized warfare and the Russians know it all so well. History, for those whom have lived it, is unforgettable. No matter who writes the history books, it happened and Russia got the worst of it in 1941. The Russian advisers, where pushing that tid-bit, threw to the Chinese, "This can happen to you as it did to us!". As you noted, the Russians told them, this is what you have to expect, in losses across the board. This kind of thing in history, is taught over and over, again. Learn, build, train, and prepare! Sad truth. Here in America, we need to do this, too. All over again. This series for me, is hitting home. Again, continue, and thank you!
您好，我在中国国内的网站“bilibili”看到了搬运的您的视频，想对您的观点作出一些解释。
第一点，早期的pla虽然确实缺少系统化的理工技术人才，但是却非常重视文化培育与军事指挥员的培育，事实上pla在抗日战争时期乃至于更早之前识字率要比国民党的军队高很多，部队非常重视文化教育。并且pla的指战员如果只靠仅仅几个人的才能是无法打出那么多次的经典以少胜多的战役的。
You comparing Korean food to Chinese foods? Are you serious? 😂😂😂
RE the fear of an American invasion this would have been made worse by American navy keeping Taiwan and the KMT there safe who with their stated aim of taking power in China again under the KMT were and are still a sword of Damocles over the mainland as an alternative government to the CCP.
Speaking of 摸着石头走, I remember reading this interview by some Chinese official after the 2008 financial crisis where he said something along the lines of 才半过水，前面的石头都不见了. Sticks in my head even today
Korean food and good in the same sentence….🤔
Another superb lecture. The nuanced topics were explained with the ease of an expert and in way anyone, myself included can understand.
It would be nice if you can post the sources you used in this video. Those must be some interesting reading.