The Japanese army launched repeated attacks on us, sometimes attempting to change their attack direction and flank us. However, on the other side of our headquarters building were ragtag troops, the size of which we ourselves didn't even know. Their firepower effectively covered our flanks.
The reason we didn't know the exact number of these ragtag troops was twofold: firstly, they were constantly arriving at the battlefield, increasing in number almost every moment; more importantly, their organization was so chaotic that it was difficult to understand. For example, even if I were given a unit number, I still couldn't distinguish whether it was part of the Central Army or a local army, or even which faction these local armies belonged to… It was a very complex matter. I think it was prec
