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

Chapter 197 Li Yilong's Big Deal

"Xiao Luo, are you inside? I think I smell roast chicken?"

Bai Luo heard Li Yilong's voice coming from outside and immediately frowned.

But before Bai Luo could answer, the door was pushed open from the outside.

"Haha, Old Li's nose was right, it really is roast chicken. Xiao Luo, you're cooking for yourself inside without calling me Old Li, that's really not fair. I've taken the blame for you. Come, come, Brother Xiong, sit over there."

Li Yilong walked straight in, pushed the silly bear aside, and plopped down on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Seeing this, Bai Luo gestured to Sha Niu to get Li Yilong a bowl and chopsticks.

"Commander Li, you don't come here unless you have something important to say. What brings you here?"

"Hehe, let's talk about it after we finish eating. Let's talk about it after we finish eating."

Seeing the sumptuous dinner on the table, and knowing that Bai Luo and the others hadn't even started eating yet, Li Yilong figured he'd arrived just in time and planned to grab a bite first.

At the same time, Li Yilong thought viciously to himself, "You little brat, you made me take the blame for such a big mistake this afternoon. I'll eat you out of house and home."

20 minute later.

Li Yilong used a steamed bun to soak up every last bit of soup he had snatched from the bear's paw, and then, with tears in his eyes, stuffed it into his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Li Yilong, the tyrant at the dinner table, was defeated by two children.

Li Yilong felt that Bai Luo was his nemesis, and he simply couldn't compete with her.

Rubbing his half-full stomach, Li Yilong forgot about his plan to settle accounts with Bai Luo and started complaining about being poor again. After all, the boss was too stingy, while Bai Luo was much more generous.

"Xiao Luo, I'm heartbroken. Look, we had a perfectly good agreement: half of that truckload of supplies would go to the Western Regiment, and the other half to headquarters, but now the boss has taken it all. We're so poor here. After you left, I fought several tough battles, and not only did we lose personnel, but we also lost all our equipment..."

"Stop, stop, stop, that's not right. I heard from Uncle Zhuge that after you withdrew from Yunling, you directly raided a group of puppet troops' garrison and must have captured quite a lot. Didn't you also recruit more than 1000 puppet troops? And who told you to try to keep that truckload of supplies for yourself when you couldn't protect it and came to me? You're really shameless."

Bai Luo looked at Li Yilong with an expression that said, "I know everything, don't try to fool me."

"Ahem... I did recruit some people, but we are really short of weapons. More than 60 of these puppet troops were tank soldiers of the Blue Party, but now the Japanese have converted them into infantry."

When Old Li heard this, he thought it was such a waste of talent. He added, "I don't have the ability to get them tanks, but most of them know how to use artillery. I came here to ask Xiao Luo if you can still get any artillery. I'm out of artillery, and I'm really useful."

Bai Luo didn't pay attention to what Li Yilong said next. What did he hear? Li Yilong had tank soldiers there?

However, Bai Luo did not show any unusual expression on his face, and instead said...

"What do you need artillery for? The Japanese have stopped their offensive recently. Why don't you take this opportunity to rest and regroup your newly recruited puppet troops?"

“The puppet troops don’t need any adjustment period. They were forced to surrender to the Japanese by their superiors. Now that they hear my name, Li Yilong, they all want to follow me to fight the Japanese.”

As he said this, Li Yilong couldn't help but feel a little proud.

It seems that Li Yilong has gained considerable fame in Xi'an Province.

Suddenly, Li Yilong remembered that there was something important he hadn't said yet. He looked around the room, then quickly walked to the door and closed the half-closed door that Bai Luo had left open.

"Little Luo, I have a big deal for you, are you interested?"

Seeing Li Yilong's mysterious demeanor, Bai Luo's curiosity was piqued as well.

"What kind of deal is it? Explain in detail."

Seeing that Bai Luo seemed very interested, Li Yilong immediately spoke up.

Do you remember Zhang Biao, one of my men?

Bai Luo nodded, signaling Li Yilong to stop keeping him in suspense and continue.

"Hehe, my battalion commander's brother-in-law's sister's lover works in the puppet army security regiment in An County. He sent us a message, guess what it is?"

Before Bai Luo could reply, Li Yilong continued.

"He said the Japanese soldiers are clearing out the warehouse, and it's not just one or two. They've even moved some unimportant military equipment into the barracks. The Japanese soldiers must have gotten some good stuff. Interested in pulling off a heist? We'll split the profits 55/50. How about that? Isn't Old Li a good guy?"

Bai Luo was still sorting out the somewhat complicated ethical relationship in his mind.

He didn't care what kind of weapons the Japanese were bringing; he had grasped Li Yilong's key point: this bastard wanted to take over the county town.

"Time, location, and how many Japanese soldiers were in the county town?"

Bai Luo didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.

Upon hearing Bai Luo's words, Li Yilong knew that the matter had been settled.

"There's a battalion of Japanese soldiers in An County right now, but we have an inside man. We can make a quick in-and-out attack with these artillery pieces. I wonder how many you have, Xiao Luo?"

"No."

"No!!!"

"How can we fight without that? A whole battalion of Japanese soldiers isn't made of clay."

Li Yilong felt a bit overwhelmed, and his voice couldn't help but get louder. He was just missing his cannon fodder now. If he hadn't run out of cannon fodder, how could he have been willing to split the score 50/50 with Bai Luo?

Bai Luo glanced at Li Yilong, who was somewhat exasperated, and casually uttered six words.

"I have a tank."

"Ten vehicles."

Li Yilong's remaining words were completely shut down by Bai Luo's six words. His eyes widened, and he stared at Bai Luo in disbelief. Li Yilong even wondered if he had misheard. After a long while, he asked uncertainly.

"Tanks? Ten of them?"

Bai Luo nodded, indicating that Li Yilong hadn't misheard.

After receiving Bai Luo's affirmative answer, Li Yilong was a little stunned.

After confirming the operation time with Li Yilong, Li Yilong walked out of the headquarters gate in a daze.

Bai Luo's words were still echoing in his mind.

"Ten tanks."

Those were tanks! After Li Yilong returned to his regimental headquarters...

Li Yilong finally came to his senses.

"Zhang Biao, Zhang Biao!"

"Commander, what's the matter, Commander?"

Zhang Biao rushed from outside the compound into the regimental command post.

"Hehe, Old Li is going to make a fortune. Go and gather all those tank crewmen together. I have some questions for them."

"Yes."

Zhang Biao was bewildered by Li Yilong's words, but he still obeyed the order and went out to carry it out.

When Li Yilong saw the more than 60 tank soldiers, his smile deepened.

After selecting more than 50 people, Li Yilong told them to gather at the regimental headquarters after breakfast the next morning, and then they would be dismissed.

The group was also confused by Li Yilong's order, but they still obeyed and dispersed.

"Commander, what are you up to? Headquarters said they approved our plan, but we didn't bring back the artillery we took with us?" Zhang Biao was also confused by Li Yilong's series of nonsensical orders.

"Hehe, it's a secret. Zhang Biao, you take your team and lie in wait near An County tomorrow. You'll find out when I get back from headquarters."

Hehehe...

Seeing Li Yilong start grinning like an idiot again, Zhang Biao and the others were completely baffled. What could possibly make their commander so happy?

But since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it; he figured he'd find out tomorrow anyway.

Given the commander's past behavior, he must have gotten something extraordinary.

However, Li Yilong forgot something important when he went to headquarters: after being scolded and kicked out, he forgot to report it to the bosses.

That night, Bai Luo secretly slipped out of the Red Party headquarters and released 10 tanks and 3 supply trucks into a depression.

After a brief disguise, they returned to the Red Party headquarters.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, nearly 2000 people from the West First Regiment, along with more than 3000 militiamen mobilized by Li Yilong, began to move swiftly at Li Yilong's command.

Li Yilong led more than 50 tank soldiers to the Red Party headquarters.