There are always two buttons on the hat of the Eighth Route Army. What's so particular about these two buttons?

Anti-Japanese film and television dramas have emerged in an endless stream in recent years. Although there are many plays, the ratings are still considerable. At the same time, some people have found an interesting problem from these film and television works. In most anti-Japanese dramas, the Eighth Route Army, led by the producers of * * *, wears a hat with no badge and only two buttons on it. This is also the case. In textbooks, movies, TV plays, and pictures of memorial halls, no matter the blue-gray or khaki military caps carried by the Eighth Route Army, there are always these two buttons. So what is the importance of these two buttons?

The eighth route army movie stills

As we all know, after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, the producers of China * * * accepted the orders of the national government and began to cooperate with the government of the Republic of China to resist Japan. 1On August 25th, 937, the National Government issued an order that the armed forces of the * * * Production Party were incorporated by the government, and the first, second and fourth armies of the Red Army in northwest China and northern Shaanxi were unified and reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army; On September 1 1 day, the Eighth Route Army was renamed 18 Army.

Because the name of the Eighth Route Army is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, except for some official documents of the National Government, the abbreviation "Eighth Route Army" is basically used. Therefore, it can be seen from this period of history that the Eighth Route Army belonged to the regular army of the country during the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and they were also a veritable "national army".

A military cap with a blue sky badge

Since the Eighth Route Army is a national army, there must be a military emblem on their military caps. Then, why are there only two buttons on the hat worn by the Eighth Route Army?

In fact, during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the military caps of the Eighth Route Army soldiers naturally had the military emblem of the regular national army. It can be seen from some old photos that as long as it is a regular national army, their military caps are all wearing the military caps of the Emperor. However, after the Southern Anhui Incident, Chiang Kai-shek declared the New Fourth Army "Rebel Army" and cancelled the designation of this regular army. The Eighth Route Army soldiers fought back, and most of them simply took off their caps, leaving only two buttons.

The hat of the eighth route army

In the wars of the following years, the Kuomintang repeatedly provoked anti-* * climax. Naturally, the Kuomintang central government no longer issued uniforms and pay for the Eighth Route Army. As a result, more and more Eighth Route Army hats no longer wear hats. Therefore, in the works related to the theme of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression that people can see today, whether it is familiar paintings or old photos taken decades ago, officers and men are all in uniform, but there are only two black buttons on their caps. This historical event also shaped the classic image of the Eighth Route Army. In fact, compared with the hats they wore without military emblem, the military uniforms worn by the Eighth Route Army soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War were not as uniform as those in film and television works.

The real dress of the eighth route army

Because Chang has always been extremely vigilant and hostile to the Eighth Route Army, even in the early period when the National Government paid the Eighth Route Army, he did not give much money. After the Southern Anhui Incident, the Eighth Route Army's salary was completely stopped. Moreover, the Eighth Route Army, which was located behind enemy lines at that time, was in enemy-occupied areas with harsh environment, so it was very difficult to supply logistics. Coupled with the general poverty of the people in China at that time, it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army to guarantee everyone a uniform in the process of rapid expansion.

This army, adapted from the armed forces led by the Producers' Party, is far less uniform than the Central Army. In some group photos of the Eighth Route Army, their uniforms are varied and their clothes are made up at will. Some soldiers' clothes are even tattered, and even some Eighth Route Army soldiers who just joined the army still wear human clothes. Of course, neither the military hat nor the clothes will affect the Eighth Route Army's action against the Japanese aggressors, let alone the patriotic feelings of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.