On the streets in the early morning.
A strong man in a Japanese soldier's uniform, accompanied by two men in Japanese infantry attire,
and a puppet army officer in a puppet army uniform, along with several puppet soldiers, swaggered towards the Japanese armory in Linyuan County.
Originally, Qin Yangming thought the eight artillery crew members the system had given him were just ordinary soldiers.
It turned out they were the company commander responsible for guarding the city gate.
With this acquaintance's identity, Qin Yangming was more confident in his ability to trick the Japanese into opening the armory gate.
As Qin Yangming and the others approached the front of the armory,
the Japanese soldiers on guard immediately noticed their presence.
They then saw Qin Yangming, dressed in an officer's uniform and holding a document, walking towards them.
"I am the newly arrived company commander, and this is my identification."
"Greetings, officer. May I ask what brings you to the armory?"
After examining Qin Yangming's identification, the Japanese soldier returned it to him,
and at the same time signaled his companions, who had raised their guns in alert, to lower their weapons.
Although the Japanese soldiers at the armory did not recognize the new company commander,
they had heard that the new company commander was a warrior as strong as a bear.
Qin Yangming's physique perfectly matched the soldier's imagination,
and with a familiar puppet army company commander behind him,
he had no doubt about Qin Yangming's identity.
"I received an order from Major Nakamura.
He wants me to lead a team to raid the Eighth Route Army's base area.
I'm here to collect some supplies.
This is a secret operation, and the fewer people who know, the better.
Do you understand?"
"Understood, but officer.
Officer Nakamura said that without a written order,
no one is allowed to draw supplies from the armory."
The Japanese soldier explained nervously to Qin Yangming, backing away slightly.
After all, in the Japanese army, there was a tradition of officers striking their subordinates for the slightest disagreement.
"You don't need to be afraid; you are following orders.
I won't blame you. I don't have a written order, but I have this!"
How could Qin Yangming possibly have Nakamura Saho's written order?
He had Nakamura Saho's head, but the Japanese soldier in front of him might not recognize it.
However, he happened to have Nakamura Saho's officer's sword.
In the Japanese army, a general's sword, in certain situations, actually represented the general himself.
Especially since Nakamura Saho's sword had a chrysanthemum on it.
As expected, the soldier guarding the armory recognized the sword.
He quickly signaled his companions to open the main gate and let Qin Yangming and the others in.
Inside the armory, there were a total of four buildings, and ten large trucks were parked in the open space behind the gate.
The Japanese soldiers inside the armory were also all called out at this time.
They stood in neat formation in the open space, awaiting Qin Yangming's orders.
Qin Yangming had no intention of giving a speech.
He directly ordered the Japanese soldiers to open the armory storage doors.
"Officer, all the weapons and equipment stored here are for our unit's use. There are five hundred new Type 38 rifles,
twenty-five Type 11 light machine guns,
ten Type 92 heavy machine guns,
twenty grenade launchers,
one Type 92 infantry gun,
a total of five hundred thousand bullets,
four thousand small grenades,
and three hundred 70mm high-explosive artillery shells.
Officer, how much do you need?"
Qin Yangming looked at the weapons and equipment in the armory, pondered for a moment, and decided to go big and clear out the entire armory!
"Load all weapons and ammunition onto the trucks. I need to take it all with me.
This time, three companies will be acting together.
I need to deliver the supplies to the designated location quickly.
The troops are already assembling, please hurry and load the equipment onto the trucks."
Hearing Qin Yangming say that three companies would be acting together,
the Japanese soldiers did not have many doubts, especially since Qin Yangming still had Major Nakamura's sword.
This must be Major Nakamura's order.
As for whether Qin Yangming was an Eighth Route Army impersonator,
the Japanese soldiers didn't even consider that possibility.
The Eighth Route Army now avoided them on sight, so how could they possibly come into the city actively?
Moreover, Qin Yangming spoke Japanese so well,
and he was accompanied by a puppet army company commander,
so the Japanese soldiers had no reason to doubt his identity.
The Japanese soldiers at the armory even started considering things for Qin Yangming.
"Officer, will puppet troops be accompanying this operation?
Should we bring some weapons and equipment for the puppet troops?"
Qin Yangming's eyes lit up at the Japanese soldier's words.
He had forgotten about that until the Japanese soldier mentioned it.
This armory contained not only Japanese weapons and equipment.
The puppet army's weapons and equipment were also stored in this armory.
"Excellent, you have foresight.
When we return from this mission, I will definitely ask Major Nakamura to reward you handsomely."
"Yes, thank you, officer."
The warehouse storing the puppet army's weapons and equipment did not have as many or as good items as the Japanese ones.
Most of them were items captured by the Japanese.
The only good items were two Min-31 60mm mortars.
There weren't many shells either, only about two hundred.
Because the weapons were too disorganized,
and the Japanese were unwilling to let the puppet army become too strong,
these weapons were not inventoried and were
simply piled up randomly on the ground.
Qin Yangming did not let these weapons and equipment go to waste either.
No matter how poor these guns were, they were still better than sabers and spears.
Moreover, any weapons that could enter the warehouse were still usable.
Anything unusable had long since been sent to the steel mill by the Japanese.
As all the trucks were completely loaded,
and with ten drivers sent by the Japanese to help,
Qin Yangming and the others each got into a large truck and drove out of Linyuan County town.
With Qin Yangming and the puppet army company commander present, the city gate was opened directly, and they proceeded towards the Eighth Route Army New First Regiment's base area.
Because the sun had not yet risen, and Qin Yangming used the excuse of a secret operation and Nakamura Saho's sword as credentials,
the convoy was able to pass through the checkpoints.
Subsequently, the checkpoints behind them, seeing that the previous ones had not stopped the convoy,
naturally assumed there were no issues and let them pass.
After the convoy left the last checkpoint and entered a wilderness area,
Qin Yangming looked at the Japanese driver who was driving the truck.
The Japanese driver was originally wondering where the troops were headed.
Sensing Qin Yangming looking at him, he quickly looked back at him.
"Alright, stop the truck. We've arrived at our destination."
At Qin Yangming's command, the Japanese driver immediately slammed on the brakes and stopped the truck.
It had to be said that the military discipline of the Japanese soldiers nowadays was truly high,
even the actions of these drivers were uniform and precise.
"Officer, should we continue waiting, or...?"
"No need. I'll send you back."
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As the Japanese soldier was wondering why Qin Yangming was speaking Chinese,
Qin Yangming's hand had already covered his neck.
With a snap, the Japanese soldier's neck broke.
The other soldiers in the trucks behind also took action.
These guys were all top-tier artillery members provided by the system,
each of them burly and strong,
more than capable of dealing with an unarmed Japanese soldier less than 1.6 meters tall.
After dealing with the Japanese soldiers in the trucks, under Qin Yangming and the others' operation, the trucks continued towards the Vanguard Company's Garrison.
Because the Japanese were also poor,
they naturally cherished large vehicles like trucks.
The large trucks, meticulously maintained by the Japanese,
had their throttles, which the Japanese usually only touched gently, now pressed to the floor by Qin Yangming.
If the truck cabin weren't too small, he would have loved to stand up and stomp on it.
It would be dawn in at most another hour.
He had killed Nakamura Saho,
and almost wiped out the Japanese command headquarters in Linyuan County.
He needed to hurry back and tell Li Yunlong to organize troops to take advantage of the paralyzed command system in Linyuan County to remove the nail stuck in the Eighth Route Army's base area!
Three kilometers from the Garrison, Qin Yangming stopped the truck.
He then quickly retrieved the Bofors field gun, two anti-aircraft machine guns, and their corresponding ammunition from the system warehouse.
The already nearly overloaded truck was now thoroughly overloaded.
Thick black smoke billowed from the truck's exhaust pipe as it drove towards its destination once more.