This killer star of the War of Resistance Against Japan was only 9 years old.

Chapter 154 Lee Il-ryong

Upon hearing the deputy commander's words, Li Yilong knew that his intentions had been discovered, and he quickly devised a countermeasure.

The smile on his face grew even wider.

"Commander, do you think Old Li is that kind of person? I just missed you so much. You've really wronged me. As the old saying goes, a day apart feels like hundreds of autumns."

Liu Cheng's face darkened even more.

"It feels like three autumns have passed in a single day, let alone hundreds of autumns. Are you implying that I've lived too long?"

"No, Old Li's education isn't great, please don't mind, as long as the meaning is similar, hehehe."

As he spoke, Li Yilong fawned over Liu Cheng, reaching out behind him as if to soothe him.

Liu Cheng irritably slapped Li Yilong's hand away. He was now even wondering if this "soothing service" could become Li Yilong's excuse to speak up later.

Seeing that the surrounding soldiers were subtly glancing at him, Liu Cheng glared at Li Yilong with annoyance.

"Get in here. What kind of behavior is this outside?"

Li Yilong, who was scolded, was not angry. He smiled and quickly took two steps to help the deputy commander-in-chief open the curtain.

Liu Cheng was amused by Li Yilong's shameless behavior, ignored him, and walked straight in.

As soon as Liu Cheng sat down inside, Li Yilong, with great foresight, snatched the kettle from Liu's hand and poured hot water into Liu's cup.

Then he quickly went to Zhuge Ming's side, poured out the cold water from Zhuge Ming's cup, and poured him a new cup of hot water.

At the same time, he spoke.

"My chief of staff, you must take good care of yourself. Why are you drinking cold water in this freezing weather? What if you ruin your health? You are the pillar of our column."

As he spoke, he turned around and scolded Xiao Liu, whose water bottle he had snatched.

"Xiao Liu, is this how you take care of the commander? How can you let the chief of staff drink cold water? Believe me or not, I'll have Zhang Biao come and beat you up."

Xiao Liu was so shocked by Li Yilong's shamelessness that his mouth dropped open.

"I...I...I..."

"Alright, alright, Li Yilong, shut up! How dare you talk about Xiao Liu like that? If you just caused less trouble, that would be the best thing you could do for me."

Zhuge Ming was so disgusted by Li Yilong's shameless behavior that he couldn't help but curse him.

"Alright, Li Yilong, why aren't you with your own group? What are you doing here? Don't tell me you came specifically to see me?"

Liu Cheng was disgusted by Li Yilong's shameless behavior and just wanted to get rid of this dog-nose as soon as possible.

"My lords, you've really wronged me. I came here to visit you both."

"You've seen that person. The Deputy Chief of the General Staff and I are both fine. You can get out of here."

Seeing that this tactic wouldn't work in front of his superior, Li Yilong immediately changed his strategy.

His face instantly turned bitter, and he looked at Liu Cheng with a look of deep resentment.

"Commander, it's tough for Lao Li. In the battle last month, the Japanese destroyed most of our regiment's heavy firepower. Now the whole regiment only has two homemade cannons left to keep up appearances."

"It wouldn't look good if word got out that my main force regiment was still using makeshift artillery. Old Li may be thick-skinned and doesn't care, but I'm your soldier. If word got out, you wouldn't look good either, would you?"

Liu Cheng and Zhuge Ming understood.

This guy came for those four mortars. No wonder he's Li Yilong; even when he eats meat, he wants the biggest and fattest piece.

But how could they not know the true state of their own troops?

In the skirmish last month, Li Yilong's artillery lost several cannons, but contrary to what he said, the damaged cannons were homemade ones. The mortars were not only unharmed, but after annihilating the Japanese squad, they even captured two.

Upon hearing this, Liu Cheng knew that if he didn't give this scoundrel some soup, he wouldn't be able to get rid of this scoundrel.

"Don't give me that nonsense..."

Just then, the fabric at the door was suddenly lifted, and a short figure walked in.

The four paused, then all looked towards the door.

Bai Luo walked into the room and saw that all four people inside were turning their gazes toward him.

Bai Luo secretly thought that he must have come at the wrong time.

"Uncle Liu, Uncle Zhuge, I didn't notice you were busy. I'll go out first. You can continue."

As Bai Luo spoke, she prepared to turn around and leave.

After seeing Bai Luo, Liu Cheng glanced at Li Yilong. A plan to kill two birds with one stone immediately formed in his mind.

He quickly called out to Bai Luo.

"Xiao Luo, wait a minute, I need to talk to you about something."

Bai Luo turned around with a puzzled look on his face when he heard Liu Cheng call him from behind. He wondered what Liu Cheng wanted to talk to him about.

"Hehe, Xiao Luo, have you been bored at headquarters these past two days?"

"It's also because the headquarters is too far from the county town. This way, you can go with him to his place for a couple of days. His place is closer to the county town, so you can buy whatever you want to eat."

Before Bai Luo could even speak, Li Yilong, who was standing to the side, objected. What was going on? He hadn't gotten any benefits from coming to headquarters yet, and now he was being treated like a babysitter?

"Boss, I..."

"Shut up. If you can't take care of them, you can forget about your mortar. They even helped you capture it!"

Li Yilong then remembered that Zhang Biao seemed to have mentioned this child. When Zhang Biao and the others arrived, the battle had already ended, and they only helped clean up the battlefield.

Bai Luo was overjoyed. He had explored the surrounding area thoroughly over the past two days, and found it filled with Red Army troops, but he hadn't seen a single Japanese soldier.

I came here today to tell Zhuge Ming that I'd like to visit a nearby county town.

I'll see if I can earn some points while I'm at it.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity came knocking on my door before I even had a chance to speak.

Upon hearing the boss's words, Li Yilong thought to himself, "It's just taking care of a child, isn't it?"

Getting four mortars in return is a good deal. I was originally planning to trade two heavy machine guns for them, but now I've saved that expense.

After calculating the costs in his mind, Li Yilong immediately saluted Liu Cheng.

"Please rest assured, sir and chief of staff, I will take good care of this young comrade. I will make sure he is well-fed and healthy."

Bai Luo's lips twitched when he heard what the dark-faced man in front of him said. What did he mean by "fair-skinned and chubby"? Was he raising a baby?

Liu Cheng gave Zhuge Ming a wink, and Zhuge Ming immediately understood the meaning behind it.

He smiled knowingly and nodded to Liu Cheng.

But upon hearing Li Yilong's assurance, Liu Cheng hurriedly added a sentence.

"Not just one, but three?"

Three!

"What? That's four cannons and 10 boxes of shells."

Li Yilong mentally reviewed the situation again and felt it was still worthwhile, then said to Liu Cheng.

"Three it is then, but what about my cannon, sir?"

At this moment, Zhuge Ming, who was standing to the side, softened his heart.

He got up, walked up to Li Yilong, took out 50 silver dollars from his pocket, and handed them to the puzzled Li Yilong.

"Here, this isn't for you, it's for the three of them to eat. I don't expect you to fatten them up, just make sure they don't go hungry."

He paused for a moment, then spoke again.

"You need to make sure you eat meat at least once a day."