As the Japanese army began to appear in Xiaohan Village, the first battalion, the first company and the fourth company stationed in Xiaohan Village began to quickly enter the combat state.

The three Maxim heavy machine guns of the machine gun company were erected in the heavy machine gun fort built overnight in the village, and the three shooters stared at the devil soldiers, waiting for the order to shoot.

Three Type 92 infantry guns followed the battalion headquarters in the center of the village, and Li Jiaxin, the company commander of the machine gun company, personally commanded the three infantry guns to fight.

Li Jiaxin was originally assigned to the artillery company as the deputy company commander, but considering the lack of professional artillery in the machine gun company, Sun Weiguo specially transferred him to the machine gun company as the company commander.

The number of the first battalion machine gun company is the fourth company, and the fourth company has three Makqin heavy machine guns and three Type 92 infantry guns.

The troops of the fourth company were stationed inside the village, while the troops of the first company were stationed outside the village.

Under the influence of Sun Weiguo, the trenches dug by the first reserve regiment were all equipped with anti-artillery holes, and when the devil soldiers did not come, the soldiers hid in the anti-artillery holes.

As the devil soldiers began to march towards Xiaohan Village, Wang Tieniu, the commander of the first company, immediately ordered the troops to enter a combat state.

The first company was armed with one Type 92 light machine gun, nine crooked light machine guns, nine Type 89 grenadiers, and 120 Type 38 rifles.

In terms of overall firepower, the Japanese still had an advantage, and a Japanese machine gun squadron was equipped with 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns.

Moreover, the shooters of the Japanese army are all elite veterans, and some of the light and heavy machine gun shooters of the first regiment are new shooters who have just been trained for a few days.

Even if in general, the 1st Reserve Regiment currently has the advantage in numbers, but it is unknown who will win this battle in the end.

The Japanese soldiers are not tofu, they will be broken when touched, and their strong combat effectiveness is difficult for even the British and American powers to deal with.

Previously, Sun Weiguo relied on advanced tactics and elite veterans to barely be able to win more with less, but the casualties paid by the victorious troops each time were very large.

Now that the recruits of the first regiment are in the majority, Sun Weiguo is full of worries about this operation.

But he didn't have a choice, sooner or later the troops would have to fight the Japanese, and whether the first regiment in reserve was a tiger or a cat depended on the performance this time.

"Captain, the Eighth Route Army is very poorly equipped, they will not have a few light and heavy weapons in a regiment, we can easily defeat them in this battle, if we are lucky, we may even wipe them out."

A Japanese second lieutenant stood beside Satoshi Matsumoto, a smile on his face as he said with a flattering face.

"It's a pity that the troops are all vulnerable, if we can gather the main force of our brigade together, we can easily defeat all the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Yangqu County, but His Excellency the division commander is to stop this." Satoshi Matsumoto said with a sad face.

He didn't know Itagaki Seishiro's considerations, and as the commander of the lieutenant general's division, his considerations were naturally impossible for these low-ranking officers to know.

While they were talking, the fighters of the 1st Company were ready for battle.

A Type 92 heavy machine gun was deployed in the front-line trenches, and the heavy machine guns were reinforced with wood and bricks around them for cover.

Nine light machine guns were distributed in the first line of trenches, and once the ten light and heavy machine guns were fired, a net of fire would appear in the open space in front of them.

The two squads of devil soldiers were getting closer and closer to the trench, and the infantry squad at the front was less than two hundred meters away from the trench.

The Japanese riflemen covered each other's advances, and the light machine guns were constantly looking for cover to set up machine guns and prepare for shooting.

"Don't be nervous, listen to my orders, don't shoot now." The commander of the first company, Wang Tieniu, kept shouting loudly, and he calmed the emotions of the recruits.

At this time, the mood of the recruits changed, and their bodies behaved uncontrollably.

When I was in the army of the Independent Regiment before, almost a veteran took care of a new soldier, and the new soldier was taken care of by the veteran, and his mood was able to stabilize.

But now the first reserve regiment is a veteran who has to take care of six or seven recruits, and in such a situation, it is difficult for the veterans to take care of everyone.

Anti-Japanese sentiment was high among the recruits, and when they joined the army, they felt that they would be able to shoot the Japanese on the battlefield.

But a lot of times thinking you can do it and what you can really do are two different things.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

When the three devil soldiers were one hundred and fifty meters away from the trench, a volley of guns rang out in the trench.

More than 30 bullets shot towards the devil soldiers, but these bullets didn't even hit the Japanese soldiers, even the clothes of the devil soldiers didn't touch.

On the other hand, the devil soldiers, when they heard the gunshots, immediately lay on the ground, and the light machine guns and grenadiers quickly found a suitable position and set them up.

"Bang Bang", the Japanese light machine guns began to shoot, and the two exposed recruits were shot and killed on the spot by the Japanese light machine guns before they could dodge.

The nervous recruits began to shoot indiscriminately, and the bullets had no accuracy at all.

Many of the recruits didn't dare to show their heads to aim and shoot, they shot indiscriminately outside.

Wang Tieniu, the commander of the first company, shouted and cursed loudly, but his voice was already covered by the sound of gunfire.

What's more, even if the recruits can hear Wang Tieniu's scolding, they will not change their shooting methods.

The bodies of two recruits lay in the trenches, and the smell of blood filled the air.

Dozens of recruits fired indiscriminately with their rifles, and even two light machine guns began to strafe.

The devil soldiers lay quietly on the ground, and they couldn't help but smile contemptuously as they watched the shooting from the trench opposite.

Three erected grenadiers began firing micro-grenades, which landed accurately on the two exposed light machine guns.

The crooked light machine gun was blown up, and the shooter, along with the second shooter, was killed.

The devil soldiers slowly marched towards the trenches, and the shooting of the recruits of the first company did not pose any threat to them at all.

"Captain, all of them are Type 38 rifles, and the other party's equipment is very good, but their shooting is simply a waste of bullets."

The second lieutenant officer looked at the firing in the trenches, and with a contemptuous smile on his face, he came to Satoshi Matsumoto, and he whispered.

"Ordered the troops to speed up, I didn't expect the troops of the Eighth Route Army to have such sophisticated equipment, but their combat effectiveness is very poor, and we will annihilate them all this time."

Satoshi Matsumoto immediately gave the order, his face was full of disdain, he felt that this Eighth Route Army unit had no combat effectiveness.

The heavy machine guns of the Japanese machine gun positions began to fire suppressively, and the two squads of devil soldiers quickly rushed towards the trench.