Pavel Macek wrote:My Chinese (speaking) friends, please help. I am looking for WW2 "Big Swords Unit" (大刀隊) motto that they (according to Draeger/Smith) wore as a patch on their uniform:
When we fight, we fit use bullets;
When the bullets are gone we use bayonets;
When the bayonets are dull,
we use the rifle barrel;
When it is broken, we use our fists;
When our fists are broken, we bite.
Can anybody verify this and find the Chinese characters? Much appreciated!
wayne hansen wrote:Trick from what I heard the name didn't come from a lack of other weapons
It was the fact that if they took the Japanese on they would be our gunned so they attacked their camp in the dead of night
If they used guns they would wake up the entire camp and be out numbered
So they went in with sword and struck in silence and disappeared into the night
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