User blog comment:Tybaltcapulet/Georgy Zhukov vs Yan Xishan/@comment-17814994-20181212153332

Elgb's "I f*ucked Germany. I think I can handle a Chinese dude in a waistcoat" EDGES!!!

Pistol: I am actually going up against the grain here and give the edge to the classic Tokarev pistol. The only big advantage I see for the Mauser C96 here is the fact that it holds two more rounds. But that is negated by the fact that it is a stripper-clip fed firearm, which is more diffcult and slower to relaod than the reliable box magazine (its basically reloading a pistol like a bolt action rifle). The Tokarev has the more pwoerful round which even in today's standards can penetrate level 1 body armor. And this is complemented by the fact that it can be swiftly and easily relaoded with a box magazine. Another small advantage the tokarev has is in ergonomics; the Mauser is a big handy weapon even without the stock so a guy with a Tokarev can draw his gun faster and smoother than a guy with a Mauser. EDGE: Zhukov

Rifle: Well this is an easy edge to Zhukov here. The Mosin Nagant fires a round with a higher velocity, and its traiditonal stripper clip is far more relaible than the en bloc mechanism of the Hanyamg, which tends to gum up due dirt entering a hole in its mag. EDGE: Zhukov

Light Machine Gun: I have to give this one to the ZB. While its not the most reliable machine gun in its time, it does use a box magazine which is far more reliable than pan magazine. Pan magazines are very complicated mechanisms and one small damage can basically jam all its gears. In machine guns, jamming is a big no no. The ZB also has the longer range and faster reload, which compensate enough for the slightly faster rate of fire from the DP 28. EDGE: Xishan

Heavy Machine Gun: Interseting comparison between a general purpose machine gun and a heavy machine gun. The Browning is obviously lighter and can be lugged around. The PM on the other hand has the longer range, a slight advantage in rate of fire and shield for protection. Hard to decide which is superior between a lighter gun vs a large stationary gun. In the end, I kinda choose the PM in the end, since it can lay down suppressing fire better and act like a mini fortress. While it can't be moved as much as the Browning, the Russian's rifles and other machine guns can provide for that. EDGE: Zhukov

Troops: This is a good comaprison between a standard army and an unconventional army but in the end I have to give it to the NRA. Don't get me wrong, I respect the Red Army because they are tough and gritty and did their best in Operation Barbarossa. But people are kinda forgetting that they won because the Germans attack in Winter. This unfortunate (and dumb) turn of events decimated the Germans and allowed the Red Army to push forward. So the Red Army did well against the Nazis becasue they got a bit of luck in their side. But against everyone else? They suck. The Czech Battalion outwitted many times during WWI and Russian Civil War. The Poles decimated them throughouly when they tried to invade. Oh, and don't forget their disastrous initial campaign against Finland. Stalin did a horrible job of killing off every talented Russian officers in the Civil War, that it took time before any adept soldiers were finally concieved. He also did a horrible job in feeding and arming these poor soldiers that they went AWOL and resorted to waging a small war against Finland just to get sausages and failed (see: Sausage War). The NRA may not be as good in pitch battles as other Allied armies, but they did well with their unconventional tactics. While I cringe in their use of suicide bombers (to be fair the Red Army also used suicide troops), the guerrila warfare used by the 8th Route Army was very successful in preventing the Japanese from gaining a foothold of all the Chinese countryside. Their mountainous guerrilla warfare and daring raids was so good in fact, that an American by the name of Evans Carlson used the same tactics to form the Marine Raiders, considered to be one of the first Spec Ops in the US Military. EDGE: Xishan

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The weapons seemed a bit of a wash since Zhukov has the better rifle while Xishan has the better machine guns. But in terms of troops and x-factors Xhishan has an overwhelming edge. The Chinese commander has the better army, the better tactics and better training. The only advantage that Zhukov has for me is in experience since the guy fought against two futere axis powers: the Japanese and German while Xishan only fought against the Japanese.

I really want big Georgy to win this. He does have the better resources in store, and the dude did put Germany to its knees. But without that pesky Russian Winter and Germany having two fight in two opposite fronts, results might have been different. Xishan was a smarter man, having to fight with what he had, using some of the revolutionary tactics of his time, and eventually succeeding. Then there's also the fact that this is going to take place in China which Xishan has hometown advantage.