binnovel Chapter 217 Distribution of New Weapons
Chapter 217 Distribution of New Weapons
On the way back, Li Chenglong didn't fly. Instead, he walked while sending the video he had just watched to Zheng Yong, Yun Lan, and the others, so they could take a look. Recently, through the main control computer, Zhao Liying and the AI Lilith, among others, were developing a chat software similar to WeChat before the apocalypse. It was said to have entered the testing phase, making communication much more convenient in the future.
He had just finished distributing the video when several cars drove up from the back of the city. It was Shen Menghua's convoy, the same ones that had gone to Black Gold City a few days earlier to sign a new trade contract. At first, she thought they were just idle people and wanted to send someone to ask why they were going to Shuguang City. But when they got closer, she realized it was Li Chenglong walking slowly, so she immediately told him to stop.
Li Chenglong put away his phone and prepared to accelerate when he heard the sound of brakes. He saw a convoy of cars slowly stop behind him. Shen Menghua and her assistant, along with Jiang Hui, got out of the first car. After a brief chat, Li Chenglong got into his car. Shen Menghua explained the process and outcome of signing the new contract to Li Chenglong in detail. Li Chenglong said with satisfaction, "This new contract is entirely beneficial to both parties. It complements each other's strengths and is conducive to long-term development."
Jiang Hui attended the trade conference as Shen Menghua's deputy. He used his eloquence to secure significant benefits for Dawn City, earning praise from Shen Menghua. Since becoming a superhuman last year after assisting a superhuman in infiltration, Jiang Hui consumed a psionic apple and recently reached level 6.
Shen Menghua said, "By the way, there's something else I need to tell you, which was asked to me by Shangguan Jingyun, the highest leader of Black Gold City. The Provisional Military Commission of China recently studied the matter, especially after reading your investigation team's report, and is preparing to hold a strategic meeting composed of six military regions. Moreover, this time it won't be an online meeting; people need to be present. The reason for holding it now is because the zombies have been particularly stable recently, and many zombies in various places have been gathered together, creating many vacuum zones. They want to take advantage of this time to bring everyone together for a meeting."
Li Chenglong nodded: "Holding a meeting now is not a bad idea. Let's ignore that for now and wait for the notification." A moment later, his crystal phone rang. The first caller was Wu Gang, who said excitedly on the other end of the line: "Captain Li, why didn't you say so sooner that you had such good stuff? I don't know how many energy rifles you have now. Our 7th Division wants them all."
Li Chenglong laughed and said, "There are only 360 rifles in total. These rifles are too expensive to manufacture. Each of your two divisions will receive 180 rifles, and you can distribute them equally." Just as Wu Gang hung up, Zheng Aiguo called: "Was that kid Wu Gang contacting you, Captain? Don't listen to his nonsense. He definitely wants to monopolize these weapons. Captain Li, just give them all to our 11th Division. We guarantee we'll make the most of these weapons." Li Chenglong explained the arrangement to Zheng Aiguo again, this time impartially, giving each division 180 rifles.
They arrived at Dawn City shortly after. Li Chenglong had already contacted Zheng Aiguo, the commander of the Second Military District located southeast of Dawn City, by phone, asking him to bring his men to the military headquarters to distribute weapons. After arriving at the heavy industrial area, Li Chenglong bid farewell to Shen Menghua and headed towards the First Military District, where the military headquarters was currently located.
Currently, there are two military zones. Military Zone 1 houses the 7th Division of the Dawn Army, including its logistics support department and headquarters. Military Zone 2 houses the 11th Division and its information support department. The Dawn City Air Force Base is located north of Military Zone 2, and north of the air force base is the Rocket Force base. After Dawn City's area expanded several times over, for reasons of secrecy and minimizing disruption to civilians, several areas on the eastern side of Dawn City were designated as a military restricted zone. Many newly established military departments are located here, providing them with ample land while maintaining secrecy.
Currently, the Shuguang City Air Force Base covers 90 square kilometers, occupying one-tenth of the city's area, while the Rocket Force covers 20 square kilometers. Adding the Military Region 1 and Military Region 2, the military facilities alone occupy a quarter of Shuguang City's total area.
As soon as they arrived at the military headquarters, Zheng Yong and Feng Tian surrounded them, asking about the new weapon. Li Chenglong told them the test results. Feng Tian said in surprise, "This energy rifle is indeed useful, but it's also quite expensive. However, the best thing is that it can use the energy of the superhumans themselves, which can reduce the pressure on our logistics." Zheng Yong agreed with Li Chenglong's suggestion to distribute it evenly: "Currently, the main force in combat is still the two main divisions. Giving the new weapon to them will allow it to play its best role."
A short while later, Wu Gang and Hao Dahai from the 7th Division, and Zheng Aiguo and Wei Lanxin from the 11th Division arrived at the military headquarters. As soon as they entered, Wu Gang excitedly said, "Commander, where are the new rifles? Quickly bring them out so we can take a look." Li Chenglong took out four energy rifles and gave one to each of the four men.
Upon seeing the high-tech energy rifle, Wei Lanxin immediately picked it up and examined it closely. Li Chenglong took out a manual and said, "It's already 6 p.m., which is a bit late, so we won't let you test it on-site. Take it back to your respective division headquarters and test it there. Before testing, carefully read the manual. This rifle is indeed very expensive, and it would be painful to damage even one."
As he spoke, Li Chenglong walked to the truck they had brought and loaded the energy rifles assigned to them onto it. After confirming that everything was in order, the two division commanders and deputy commanders left. Feng Tian smiled and said, "It's a pity there aren't enough of these new rifles, otherwise I would have gotten one to play with too."
Li Chenglong magically produced an energy pistol that he had just made at the space factory on the way, and gave one to each of Zheng Yong and Feng Tian: "This is an energy pistol. The power supply method is exactly the same as that of an energy rifle, except that the range is shorter. The effective range is only 200 meters, and it can only shoot small light ball bullets. However, this gun is cheap to make, and it only requires 10 green crystals."
The two men took the energy pistols, examined them carefully for a while, and happily put them into the pistol compartment on their tactical belts. The three then chatted for a long time until 7:30 PM before going to have dinner together. Li Chenglong ate dinner at the military camp; the food there was quite good now, almost identical to what was served in the officers' mess hall and the canteen of the Dawn City headquarters.
He had already informed Yunlan that he wouldn't be home for dinner that night. Yunlan, wanting to check on Li Chenglong's activities, even video-called him and found him at the military headquarters with Zheng Yong and a few others, which put her at ease. Ever since her contact with Li Chenglong was cut off, she'd had a constant sense of unease, believing that someone as outstanding as him would attract unwanted attention from other women, hence her cautiousness. Sometimes she would even use Lilith to check on Li Chenglong's location in Dawn City.
It was past eight o'clock when Li Chenglong got home. He held his son and talked to Yunlan about the new weapons. He then took out an energy pistol and gave it to Yunlan. After discussing it, the two decided to make the energy pistol the standard sidearm for officers. All officers at the battalion commander level and above could receive it for free. Although it sounded like a lot would be needed, Li Chenglong had a lot of green crystals in reserve, so making a few hundred would be easy.
Li Chenglong generally doesn't plan to allow personnel from the Dawn City government agencies to carry firearms, except for those from the City Defense Department and the City Security Department. However, for some individuals, such as Ma Tianlong, Shen Menghua, and Yun Qian, he plans to give each of them an energy pistol tomorrow, and of course, the special forces team's share will not be neglected.
He worked through the night to manufacture a sufficient number of energy pistols through the space factory, and also produced several more energy lightsabers, intending to present them to General Sun Tianlong as gifts when he met him. After this consumption and fusion, Li Chenglong and Yun Lan currently have very few low-level crystals left. All the crystals they have in total are 600 yellow crystals, 1200 green crystals, 122 cyan crystals, 55 blue crystals, 25 purple crystals, and 10 level 9 pink crystals.
These crystals were accumulated by Li Chenglong and Yun Lan over the past year by killing various levels of alien species. Additionally, Dawn City distributed them monthly based on each person's points. Li Chenglong didn't use them much, yet he still amassed this much stockpile. The crystals used to manufacture weapons were generally those submitted by various units of the Dawn Army. Li Chenglong kept track of every expenditure of these military crystals, and ordinary soldiers could check the flow of these military crystals through the Dawn Army's official website; everything was open and transparent.