The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army's New First Regiment.
Yang Village.
Six large trucks, guided by a few Eighth Route Army soldiers on horseback, stopped directly on the open ground at the village entrance.
Qin Yangming, carrying a bundle containing Nakamura Saho's head, jumped off the truck and ran towards the regimental headquarters.
Li Yunlong, who had already received the news, was anxiously pacing and smoking in the regimental headquarters.
When the roar of truck engines sounded.
Li Yunlong immediately left the regimental headquarters excitedly and ran outside.
He couldn't help but be excited; the enemy's command post in Linyuan County had been taken down.
This was a great military exploit and also a very good opportunity.
Thus, Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming met halfway.
Qin Yangming, without much further ado, handed the officer's sword and Nakamura Saho's head over to Li Yunlong.
"Regiment Commander, this should be Nakamura Saho's head. Please have someone confirm it quickly."
Li Yunlong took the bundle, glanced inside, and handed it over to Huzi, who was following behind.
"Yes, I have already ordered the First Battalion to return at the fastest speed. They will be back within half an hour at most."
"Little rascal, you've truly given old Li a big surprise."
After they talked for a while, Zhang Dabiao and two other battalion commanders also rode horses, leading a few men, and were the first to return to Yang Village.
The three quickly arrived at the regimental headquarters.
Political Commissar Zhong Zhicheng had also opened the map and prepared hot water, awaiting their arrival.
"I won't waste time with pleasantries."
"You all know the general situation,
Little Qin took down the enemy's command post in Linyuan County town,
I've decided to attack the Lin Town stronghold while the enemy's command is in chaos.
We will remove the four blockhouses the enemy built in our base area."
"Zhang Dabiao, the Lin Town stronghold will be handed over to your First Battalion.
I will give you half of the equipment Little Qin brought.
The Type 92 Infantry Gun and the regiment's direct subordinate machine gun and artillery platoon will also be reinforced to your First Battalion."
"I have only one requirement for you:
Take down the Lin Town stronghold within two hours!"
"Regiment Commander, please rest assured.
One hour, I only need one hour.
I guarantee we will take down the Lin Town stronghold!"
Zhang Dabiao took off his hat and assured Li Yunlong with a determined expression.
"The remaining equipment will be divided equally between the Second and Third Battalions.
Replace all the Hanyang-made rifles and Old Barrel rifles that the soldiers are currently holding.
Little Qin brought at least seven hundred rifles,
they are either Type 38 rifles or Yan Laoxi's Type 65 rifles,
enough to re-equip the entire regiment."
When Qin Yangming sent Goudan to wake Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong was completely bewildered.
Qin Yangming had only arrived at the garrison one day ago.
Not only did he not familiarize himself with the surrounding environment of the garrison, but he also led people to attack a blockhouse.
Later, he even went to the county town with just one person,
and then told him that he had taken down the enemy's county town command post and armory.
Since when were the Japanese devils so easy to deal with?
They could enter the heavily guarded enemy county town as they pleased, and take down the enemy command post just like that.
If Goudan hadn't told Li Yunlong later,
that Qin Yangming was bringing equipment back to the regimental headquarters in a truck,
he would have truly believed he was dreaming.
"With the ammunition Little Qin brought back,
there's enough for each soldier to have fifty rounds,
these are genuine bullets made by the Japanese devils,
much better than the bullets from our Headquarters Arsenal that drop to the ground as soon as they leave the muzzle."
"Little Qin, your Vanguard Company's mission this time is to deal with the blockhouses near the base area.
Destroy as many blockhouses as you can!"
"Mission guaranteed to be completed!"
After assigning the missions, Li Yunlong arranged for Zhong Zhicheng to handle the logistical support and then ordered the various units to depart.
Qin Yangming quickly took Goudan and rode their horses to their unit's location.
Meanwhile, Zhong Zhicheng in the regimental headquarters looked at Li Yunlong with some concern.
"Regiment Commander, our entire regiment is mobilizing. For such a major event, shouldn't we inform our superiors?"
"No, no need. Since the Brigade Commander gave me autonomy,
it means he won't object to me deploying troops.
As long as we win, we'll rely on this."
Li Yunlong patted the bundle on the table and said proudly to Zhong Zhicheng.
"The Brigade Commander will have to invite me for a drink, and it must be good wine!"
Upon returning to his company, Qin Yangming immediately organized the soldiers to board the large trucks, taking the remaining machine guns and mortars, and drove towards the target location.
There were no woods nearby, so the trucks couldn't be hidden.
Parking them in the open would only attract enemy aircraft bombardment.
Rather than being bombed by the enemy, it was better to make the most of them.
Because Qin Yangming had previously captured a large truck.
Even after giving six to the regimental headquarters, he still had five vehicles.
Because they were traveling by truck, Qin Yangming and his troops reached the first target blockhouse in less than twenty minutes.
At this moment, the Japanese devils and puppet troops inside the blockhouse were unaware of what had happened in the county town and had no defenses whatsoever.
Seeing trucks approaching, some puppet troops mistook them for enemy vehicles and had already opened the barrier.
"Order everyone to prepare and act according to the first plan!
As soon as the trucks stop, everyone dismount and engage!"
"Notify everyone, only recognize uniforms, kill anyone not in uniform!"
Seeing the puppet troops directly open the barrier to let them pass, Qin Yangming, who had originally intended to stop and engage, immediately changed his mind.
The first plan was to drive the trucks directly into the blockhouse while the enemy inside was still unaware of what had happened in the county town.
Then, use firepower coverage to quickly eliminate the enemy troops inside the blockhouse.
To increase the unit's firepower, Qin Yangming had distributed all the remaining light machine guns he had brought back from the armory.
All the light machine guns were concentrated in the First Squad, turning it into a machine gun squad where each soldier was equipped with a machine gun.
Sixteen light machine guns – that firepower was enough to give the Japanese devils inside the blockhouse a good scare.
The trucks violently charged into the blockhouse and stopped.
As a few puppet troops stepped forward to see what was happening, dense bullets shot out from the trucks.
Soldiers from the Vanguard Company, who were already prepared, jumped off the trucks and rushed into the main blockhouse building, firing and killing the awakened Japanese devils and puppet troops.
"Quickly clear the battlefield, take all the machine guns and ammunition.
Refuel the trucks, plant bombs to destroy the blockhouse, and ignore everything else!"
Under Qin Yangming's arrangements, the convoy left the blockhouse in less than ten minutes and headed towards another blockhouse.
As the fuse burned to its end, the blockhouse turned into ruins with a roar.
The blockhouses that followed were not as easy to take as the first one.
Qin Yangming had the trucks stop about one kilometer away from the blockhouse and ordered the artillery to use field guns to destroy the blockhouse walls.
Several heavy machine guns provided fire suppression on the blockhouse.
The field guns precisely targeted and destroyed all the bunkers next to the blockhouse.
Because the blockhouse had collapsed from the artillery shells, Qin Yangming didn't even have the money to search for machine guns inside the blockhouse; he directly led his men and quickly drove to the next target.
Using this method, Qin Yangming wasted no time and managed to destroy five enemy blockhouses in two hours!
Zhang Dabiao had also captured the Lin Town stronghold earlier.
After handing the battlefield over to the Third Battalion and the transport team brought by the Political Commissar to clear up, he immediately rushed to other blockhouses to expand the results.
Meanwhile, Linyuan County town had descended into utter chaos.
Qin Yangming had killed most of the enemy commanders. The remaining officers were a Second Lieutenant guarding a stronghold outside and one inside.
Faced with this situation, the Second Lieutenant had no idea what to do.
He had just left the stronghold and returned to the county town.
Immediately after, the stronghold he was guarding was besieged by the New First Regiment troops who had linked up with Zhang Dabiao.
This stronghold was called Majiadian Stronghold, the largest enemy stronghold outside Linyuan County.
It was defended by an enemy garrison company of about 150 men, and over 400 puppet troops.
The company commander of this enemy company had been sent to Taiyuan for treatment due to health reasons. The new company commander was the same Japanese devil whose identity Qin Yangming had borrowed.
That Japanese devil had just arrived in Linyuan County last night.
Because he had a Colonel brother,
the Major in Linyuan County had summoned most of the officers of the Linyuan County garrison.
A welcome party was held for him at the command post.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yangming launched a night raid on the headquarters and took out all the officers in one go.