CoffeePrince
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- 19 Aug 2010
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Under certain circumstances, is it possible for a combat medic (Japanese) to engage in a major offensive?
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Though I understand that combat medics are only suppose to be armed with a side arm and used defensively, if engaging in a major operation, wouldn't the only thing to do is use the side arm, and perhaps an actual weapon, offensively?
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The reason why I ask this is as continuing my script from before, another question came up whether a medic could fire his weapon at an enemy combatant is because Japan did sign the original Geneva Convention, but never ratified it until much later.
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To be more exact, my question involve the 36th infantry regiment who fought in Nanjing. Before I continue, I'd just like to say that though I have my own opinion on Nanjing, I am not trying to portray the Japanese as murderers, but tragic heroes who committed war crimes, sort of a neutral middle.
Before you say that using combat medics as combatants is evil, consider the situation:
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This particular regiment charged up to the Guanghua gate despite the lack of support. They fought through rows of barbed wire and tank trenches. All the while, they were harassed by machine-gun fire layered on the walls. Whether or not it was a lack of communication or just sheer idiocy by the commanders, they decided to leave this infantry regiment (remember, no artillery detachments, no armored support, no engineer corps) to fend for themselves against hardened fortifications. After calling in artillery support (took a while), they managed to get into the gate, only to find out that they were facing another gate and were essentially locked in a square. All the sudden, more MG fire, even rocks, sharp objects, and flaming logs were thrown at them (apparently, even the severed heads of other Japanese soldiers were tossed at them) As a result, they did manage to take the other gate, at a heavy cost. Out of the 88 that attacked the gate that day, only 8 managed to survive.
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If that were the case, wouldn't combat medics be allowed to use weapons due to an unrelenting opponent and being essentially trapped?
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(Sorry for the long post, but the battle itself seemed so epic that I had to do something on it)
On a side note, anyone know the racial slur for Chinese by a Japanese person? It might be inappropriate so if you could PM it to me, that'd be great.
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Though I understand that combat medics are only suppose to be armed with a side arm and used defensively, if engaging in a major operation, wouldn't the only thing to do is use the side arm, and perhaps an actual weapon, offensively?
***
The reason why I ask this is as continuing my script from before, another question came up whether a medic could fire his weapon at an enemy combatant is because Japan did sign the original Geneva Convention, but never ratified it until much later.
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To be more exact, my question involve the 36th infantry regiment who fought in Nanjing. Before I continue, I'd just like to say that though I have my own opinion on Nanjing, I am not trying to portray the Japanese as murderers, but tragic heroes who committed war crimes, sort of a neutral middle.
Before you say that using combat medics as combatants is evil, consider the situation:
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This particular regiment charged up to the Guanghua gate despite the lack of support. They fought through rows of barbed wire and tank trenches. All the while, they were harassed by machine-gun fire layered on the walls. Whether or not it was a lack of communication or just sheer idiocy by the commanders, they decided to leave this infantry regiment (remember, no artillery detachments, no armored support, no engineer corps) to fend for themselves against hardened fortifications. After calling in artillery support (took a while), they managed to get into the gate, only to find out that they were facing another gate and were essentially locked in a square. All the sudden, more MG fire, even rocks, sharp objects, and flaming logs were thrown at them (apparently, even the severed heads of other Japanese soldiers were tossed at them) As a result, they did manage to take the other gate, at a heavy cost. Out of the 88 that attacked the gate that day, only 8 managed to survive.
***
If that were the case, wouldn't combat medics be allowed to use weapons due to an unrelenting opponent and being essentially trapped?
***
(Sorry for the long post, but the battle itself seemed so epic that I had to do something on it)
On a side note, anyone know the racial slur for Chinese by a Japanese person? It might be inappropriate so if you could PM it to me, that'd be great.
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