They didn't even bother to insert a magazine. This is the absolute pinnacle of not caring about your job. The photographers aren't even trying to hide the fact that they're just mailing it in. They might as well use water guns as props next time.
I'm sure somebody is gonna share this on Reddit and let everybody have a good laugh. The viral potential of this is just too good to pass up. I can just see the thread title goes something like this, "Chicom peasant soldiers resort to human wave attacks because they lack basic firearm knowledge".