binnovel Chapter 267 Promotion
Chapter 267 Promotion
公历2025年12月3日，李成龙、云岚、马天成、郑勇和冯天等一行15人，乘坐着一艘X2飞船来到了安西基地，东部战区其他三个基地的主要领导也乘坐着另外两架X2飞船一起来了。
They came here mainly to attend the commendation ceremony. Last time, the allied forces composed of the Northeast Theater, Central Theater, Northern Theater, and Eastern Theater severely damaged the zombie army in the Northern Theater. Now, there are no large-scale zombie hordes to be seen within 100 kilometers outside the Northern Theater.
Sun Tianlong led the people from the Eastern Theater Command off three spaceships. General Zhao Liang, Vice Chairman of the Provisional Military Commission of China, along with several high-ranking military officials and ministers, personally came to greet them. Sun Tianlong and Zhao Liang exchanged pleasantries for a long time; since everyone knew each other before, they skipped the introductions. The group then boarded cars, forming a long line, and drove towards headquarters.
After the meeting began, the top leaders of the four bases in the Northern Theater Command gave reports on the last major battle, allowing those who were still unaware of the events to understand what had happened. Ding Hai, the deputy commander of the Northern Theater Command, vividly recounted to all the leaders present how the Dawn Army provided timely support, how the two bases conducted joint operations, and how Li Chenglong defeated two level 11 zombies.
After listening to Ding Hai's report, the leaders nodded repeatedly, seemingly quite satisfied with Li Chenglong and the Dawn Army. Following this, General Zhao Liang and Zhao Wannian, the provisional head of the China Military Region's General Affairs Department, delivered speeches, highly praising the timely support from the Central and Eastern Theater Commands. They also commended the Northern and Northeastern Theater Commands for their tenacious resistance against the sudden zombie invasion, fighting until reinforcements arrived and achieving significant results.
After the morning meeting, General Chen Guoqiang summoned Li Chenglong again through his secretary, Han Fei. Li Chenglong astutely noticed that the Grand Commander had been promoted to a Level 3 Wind and Wood dual-element ability user, and was overjoyed. This time, General Chen's attitude was even more cordial; he even personally poured Li Chenglong a glass of water. Li Chenglong was flattered and repeatedly thanked him.
General Chen casually sat down opposite Li Chenglong and said with a smile, "I just wanted to give you a heads-up. A few days ago, the people from the Chinese Military Commission, the General Affairs Department, and the Chinese End Times Countermeasures Committee sat down together to discuss the matter. In order to commend Dawn City and the Dawn Army for all their achievements in the past two years and their contributions to China, we have decided to expand your Dawn Autonomous Region to the entire territory of Linhai City."
Before Li Chenglong could speak, General Chen continued, "Donghai Province is located in the eastern part of Beihe Province and Nanhe Province, and south of Tianjin. Linhai City is in the southeast of Donghai Province, covering an area of 17200 square kilometers, with a total of 3 districts and 9 counties. The fact that our three highest departments have given such a large area to your Shuguang City so that you can develop it well shows that we have made a great decision. With greater strength comes greater responsibility, and you surely understand what to do next."
Li Chenglong stood up and saluted solemnly, saying, "Thank you, Commander. Dawn City and the Dawn Army will forever be under the leadership of the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Congress, always upholding the unity of China and always safeguarding the fundamental interests of China and its people..." After Li Chenglong finished speaking, General Chen Guoqiang nodded in satisfaction, then took out a stack of documents from his drawer and handed them to him.
There are more than a dozen documents, one of the more important ones being a document jointly issued by the Chinese People's Congress, the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Congress, the Chinese Military Commission, the Chinese General Affairs Council, and the Chinese End-of-Day Countermeasures Committee. It clearly states that Linhai City will henceforth be called the Dawn Autonomous Region, under the jurisdiction of Dawn City, and will have a certain degree of autonomy under the leadership of the Central People's Committee of China.
The second important point is the promotion of Li Chenglong to the rank of lieutenant general and his appointment as a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Congress, with Zheng Yong, Yun Lan, Feng Tian, and Ma Tiancheng appointed as alternate members. At the same time, key cadres and officers of Dawn City and the Dawn Army also received promotions.
After carefully reading through the document, Li Chenglong quickly said, "Thank you to the People's Congress, thank you to China, thank you to the government, and thank you to all the people of China for your trust. However, sir, I am not yet 30 years old. Isn't it a bit too fast to be promoted to lieutenant general? I feel that I can remain in my position as major general, but I will still do my best under the leadership of the People's Congress and China."
General Chen Guoqiang nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Good, don't be arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat. I can agree to your request, but do everything else according to the document. You have to do a good job. This time, not only me, but also dozens of leaders from various bases, such as Sun Tianlong, Shangguan Jingyun, and Ding Hai, have all recommended you. Don't let them down."
The two chatted for a long time afterward, and Li Chenglong gave the leader some small gifts he had prepared before leaving excitedly.
Upon returning to the compound prepared for the people of Dawn City at the Anxi base, Li Chenglong immediately shared the good news with everyone. Hearing of the generous rewards, everyone was overjoyed. The award ceremony began on time that afternoon, and Li Chenglong, Ding Hai, and more than a dozen others who had made outstanding contributions in this operation received varying degrees of recognition.
After the award ceremony, a dinner party was held in the evening. At the banquet, Li Chenglong thanked those who had recommended him one by one and promised that after they returned, he would give each of their bases a super crystal generator and a crystal battle knife manufacturing machine free of charge.
Of course, he wouldn't forget about the Grand Commander. After the commendation ceremony this afternoon, Li Chenglong announced that, in the name of Dawn City and the Dawn Army, he would send headquarters 10 super crystal generators, 2 crystal sword manufacturing machines, 20 crystal communication vehicles, and 1,000 crystal communication devices. Since they weren't from Dawn City, they couldn't use crystal phones, and although the crystal communication devices were inferior, they were still top-tier communication equipment in the apocalypse.
They stayed at headquarters for a total of five days. During this time, Li Chenglong and others also participated in a meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese People's Congress, chaired by Chen Guoqiang and Zhao Wannian, as members and alternate members of the Central Committee. On the morning of December 9, Li Chenglong led everyone back to Shuguang City.
Upon his return, Li Chenglong immediately convened the Dawn City People's Congress, the Dawn City General Committee, and the Dawn Army Committee to promptly convey the headquarters' decision. Li Chenglong was certain that from this day forward, the apocalypse was entering a brand new phase.