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"In short, the battalion commander said that the first company will only get one hour at most, and then the second company will take over. The third and fourth companies are waiting in line."

"Besides, it's not just our First Battalion; there are the Second and Third Battalions behind us. Everyone needs to come up and fight to make it look real."

Upon hearing this, Company Commander Song knew that the company couldn't continue to take advantage of the situation, otherwise it would provoke public anger. So he changed his demeanor and began to explain the details of the battlefield to Company Commander Hua.

He was very clear about this point and would never hold anything back, which would cause the soldiers of the Second Company to suffer losses on the battlefield.

They can fight amongst themselves down here, but once they're on the battlefield, they become the best of brothers, the kind who would take a bullet for each other.

Company Commander Hua was also taking notes carefully. This kind of experience was the most valuable, as it concerned the lives of hundreds of men under his command. No amount of attention was too much.

On the other hand, the Japanese were in an extremely oppressive atmosphere. This was the first time they had engaged in a light weapons exchange with the Jin-Sui Army, and they were at a significant disadvantage. This made many veteran Japanese soldiers extremely frustrated.

Once upon a time, one of them could suppress an entire infantry squad of the Jin-Sui Army, and even easily hunt down soldiers of the Chinese army with their superb marksmanship.

But now, facing the same number of people, they are still on the defensive, yet they are being utterly defeated. This frustration is nothing short of humiliating.

Ono Taro, 36 years old, has been in the military for 15 years and can be considered an elite veteran. He is also a sergeant in Kobayashi's battalion.

Before the fighting started, this old Japanese soldier confidently boasted to his subordinates about his glorious past achievements and even mocked the Jin-Sui Army, saying it was only slightly better than the militia and guerrillas, and that everyone should not take it too seriously.

But once the fighting actually started, everything changed completely.

First, their carefully constructed light and heavy machine gun positions suffered devastating damage as soon as they opened fire, and the opposing side also had too many mortars.

Ono witnessed a group of light machine gunners with a Type 96 rifle not far from him fire a dozen or so rounds, and then three mortar shells rained down from the sky, covering the surrounding area.

The entire machine gun crew, including the gunner and assistant gunner, along with the Type 96 light machine gun, were blown into the air. Shrapnel even hit a nearby soldier, causing all the soldiers to stay far away from the light and heavy machine gun positions, for fear of becoming the fish caught in the crossfire.

The Japanese soldiers were very clear about these small calculations. If they were just one person with a rifle, they wouldn't even be worth as much as a single mortar shell.

Even if the Jin-Sui Army on the other side were wealthy and powerful, they couldn't possibly use artillery to chase and bombard riflemen.

Indeed, just as the enemy had predicted, our artillery was not interested in the enemy riflemen, unless some of them were deliberately trying to get themselves killed.

So, Ono and his men then engaged in a ranged firefight with our company of soldiers.

To be honest, although both sides' rifles had a range of over 400 meters, hitting the target at that distance was purely a matter of luck.

So, the two sides tacitly agreed to use volley fire to try their luck, hoping that whoever was unlucky would run straight into the muzzle of a gun.

Sergeant Ono drew his sword, faced the Jin-Sui Army's position, and issued orders to his men:

"Everyone, get ready, fire, eject, continue firing."

He felt as if he had returned to the scene of his early military training and target practice back in China. Today's situation was very similar; he didn't need to worry about hitting the target, he just needed to fire the bullets out of the gun as quickly as possible.

However, there seems to be a slight difference: the Jin-Sui Army seems to have two special rifles with long range and high lethality.

After more than half an hour of fighting, they suffered more than ten casualties, three of whom were shot in the head, which is a bit exaggerated.

Ono knew very well that this should be the legendary sniper rifle, which only the most skilled marksmen on their side were qualified to use, and was mainly concentrated in the standing divisions.

To be honest, for a newly formed garrison division like theirs, equipping themselves with sniper rifles was out of the question.

After learning about this situation, he rarely stuck his head out of the trench. He even strictly ordered all his men not to stick their heads out and to just raise their rifles and fire, since he didn't expect to hit the target anyway.

Those around them followed suit, and the battle was thus held.

Half an hour later, the gunfire from the Jin-Sui Army side stopped, and the Japanese side also stopped, which can be considered a break.

The Japanese logistics personnel in Languan delivered bullets and food for routine resupply.

Ono saw the small rice ball, a small salted fish, and a large piece of pickled vegetables that were handed to him, and a wry smile immediately appeared on his face.

I don’t know when it started, but the food for their garrison troops has become worse and worse. Even he, a sergeant, can only get a small piece of salted fish. As for the ordinary soldiers, they only get a rice ball and a piece of pickled vegetables.

Keep in mind that constantly firing and dodging bullets in battle requires a lot of physical strength, and this amount of food is simply not enough.

But there was no way around it; the legendary compressed biscuits and canned meat were only issued in small quantities during troop offensives, and it was estimated that only officers of rank 1 and above could enjoy them at any time.

The Japanese invaders maintained extremely strict hierarchical relationships, with each rank having a specific level of treatment, which was strictly regulated, and there were very few instances of overstepping boundaries.

Moreover, this was only a small-scale battle; the enemy was not in dire straits and was unlikely to make any adjustments.

Meanwhile, Captain Kobayashi was enjoying an exquisite lunch at his battalion headquarters—sushi, seafood, and sake—a truly luxurious experience.

In Languan, he was the god, and no one cared what he did. So he even hired a chef to cook his hometown dishes.

This is reality. In the past, when the Japanese invaders looted a lot of things in China, they might have shared some with their lower-ranking soldiers. But now they don't even dare to go to the countryside, and they can't get enough food and labor. Naturally, their conditions are much worse now.

If it weren't for the ongoing fighting, the enemy soldiers probably wouldn't even be able to get rice balls. They usually eat gruel, which is why the Japanese soldiers always liked to rob poultry and livestock when they went to people's homes. Only in this way could these animals get meat.

On the other hand, our logistics personnel delivered compressed biscuits and canned food to ensure that every soldier in the Jin-Sui Army at the front had sufficient nutrition so that they would have the strength for the upcoming battles.

They even thoughtfully provided each soldier with a jug of soy milk with added sugar, so they could have a sip when they got tired of shooting, which was very pleasant!