binnovel Chapter 351 The battle is over
Chapter 351 The battle is over
Li Chenglong's command post was even quieter that evening, with only the guard company, the service platoon, and a few military staff officers. Zheng Yong himself had also traveled with the 2nd Division of the Dawn Army that afternoon. Wang Jie drove the command vehicle towards their destination for the evening. Li Chenglong was busy kneading dough; he really wanted to eat hand-pulled noodles, but troubling the cooks would disrupt their schedule, so he decided to make them himself.
Several military staff officers studied the topographic map in the operational command area in front of the command vehicle. Some were updating the battle situation display on the map based on real-time information received by two communications officers. Although the staff headquarters had been established for quite some time, its number of staff officers had always been small, mainly due to a severe shortage of qualified personnel. Later, through the training provided by Feng Tian and Qi Guoan, along with instructors sent from headquarters, a group of promising military talents was finally formed. In subsequent operations, these staff headquarters members followed various combat units, enhancing their combat experience.
Currently, the military staff consists of 10 members. The chief of staff is Feng Tian, and the director of the Dawn Army's political department has also been appointed; previously, this position was concurrently held by Zheng Yong, the military political commissar. At a meeting a few days ago, Zheng Yong and Feng Tian jointly nominated Qi Guoan, who was unanimously approved by the Dawn Army Military Commission and then by the General Military Commission of China and the General Committee of the Chinese People's Congress. After the battle, Qi Guoan, an 11th-level earth-elemental ability user, will serve as the director of the military political department. The commander of the Dawn Army's 3rd Division will be Song Tie, the former deputy commander of the 3rd Division and an 11th-level water-elemental ability user.
Thus, the leadership of the Dawn Army would be: Lieutenant General Li Chenglong as Commander, Major General Yun Lan as Deputy Commander, Major General Zheng Yong as Political Commissar, Major General Feng Tian as Chief of Staff, and Major General Qi Guoan as Director of the Political Department. In reality, the Dawn Army, though called an army, is more like a group army or joint army, given that it includes not only the ground forces but also the air force and rocket forces, with a total strength of 5. Logically, since Li Chenglong was promoted to lieutenant general, Zheng Yong, as political commissar, should also be a lieutenant general, but Li Chenglong's promotion was a special approval from headquarters, making him an exception.
In fact, the Dawn Army has relatively few deputy commanders. There is only one deputy army commander, and no deputy political commissars, deputy chiefs of staff, or deputy directors of the political department. This is mainly due to two reasons. First, the Dawn Army in Dawn City currently lacks sufficient military talent. Headquarters, to maintain the relative independence of the Dawn Army's development, has explicitly stated that it will not directly send personnel to the Dawn Army. Second, Li Chenglong wants to place more military talent on the front lines to lead the Dawn Army soldiers in battle, thus ensuring the combat effectiveness of the various units at the front.
At 7 p.m., the command convoy arrived in the southwest of Guixi City, and Fuzhou City was just ahead. Li Chenglong then led the staff officers and Wang Jie to the rear living quarters. He personally served everyone a large bowl of noodles, along with five kinds of toppings, allowing them to help themselves to their liking. It was the first time the staff officers had eaten a meal personally prepared by Li Chenglong, and they hadn't had high expectations. However, after taking a bite, they were surprised by how delicious it was. After expressing their gratitude, they devoured the food.
Li Chenglong did a lot. After greeting them, he put the pre-sorted food into the storage area of his psionic space and used dimensional travel to arrive at Yunlan's place. This afternoon, Yunlan's Western Route Army had fought quite a few battles, and even Yunlan herself felt somewhat tired. She had only intended to eat something light, but unexpectedly, Li Chenglong arrived at this time, bringing with him bowls of prepared vegetables and dozens of kilograms of uncooked hand-pulled noodles.
Li Chenglong handed the noodles to Yang Liu, asking her to cook them and then serve a large bowl each to Yun Lan and Li Xue; the rest would be for their special forces team. Yang Liu was delighted and immediately went to the living quarters behind Yun Lan's command vehicle to start cooking. Soon, a large bowl of noodles, topped with many of Yun Lan's favorite vegetables, was placed in front of her. Yun Lan chatted with Li Chenglong about the afternoon's battle while heartily eating her noodles.
After having dinner with Yunlan, the two of them had a video call with Susie to check on their son. They saw little Li Yunhao in Susie's arms watching a program on Shuguang City TV. The little guy was happily talking to the couple, but because he was only a little over a year old, his vocabulary was still quite limited, which made Li Chenglong and Yunlan very happy.
After having lunch with Yunlan, Li Chenglong listened to the battle report given by Feng Tian and others, and shared his own insights before activating the dimensional portal again to return to his command post. Since Li Chenglong's victory over the eight zombie guardians at noon, the southward advance had been much smoother, with many zombie units offering only minimal resistance before retreating.
Back at his command post, it was already 10 p.m. Li Chenglong took a nice hot shower in the command vehicle and lay down on his bed to read. Normally, besides training, his favorite things to do were reading and studying. Keep in mind, he joined the army when he was just under 17, only in his first year of high school. He had always felt his education was somewhat lacking, so he constantly studied while in the army. After the apocalypse, although time was even more limited, he still made sure to study various subjects whenever he had a spare moment.
Today, Li Chenglong is reading a book given to him by Miss Erica. It details the history and fighting styles of the Kiel aliens, Dane aliens, and Bozan aliens. Knowing your enemy is half the battle. According to his understanding of the future world, the alien alliance will attack this September, and it's already early April, meaning there are only about five months left.
The next morning, Li Chenglong had just gotten up and hadn't even washed up when Wang Jie walked in excitedly and said, "Lord, Lord, good news! According to our reconnaissance unit, the zombies to the south have begun to retreat. The Eagle reconnaissance plane from the Dawn City Air Force has also confirmed this news."
Li Chenglong took several reports from Wang Jie and read them one by one. These reports came from the Information Support Force, the Shuguang City Air Force, the Shuguang City Central Information Management Department, and the Eastern Allied Forces led by Xu Qingming and Wei Huasheng. Wang Jie said, "Currently, Commander Wei, Commander Xu, and Deputy Commander Yun are all waiting for your instructions. The operations room in front of the command vehicle is also ready for video communication."
Li Chenglong quickly washed up and went to the operations room, where several operations staff officers were already waiting. He greeted them and started a video call. After everyone on the screen reported their situations, Li Chenglong spoke: "Xu Qingming, Wei Huasheng, you lead your troops to continue south and clear out Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, but do not enter Fujian province. Yunlan, your western route army also continues south. According to our established battle plan, meet up with my unit in the southern part of Ganzhou City, and my unit will continue to advance. Now that the zombies have retreated, the tasks ahead may be much easier, but everyone must clean up carefully and eliminate any remaining enemies."
After ending the video call, Li Chenglong contacted the Eastern Theater Command and the Huaxia Headquarters to inquire about their situation. General Sun Tianlong reported that the battle in Beihe Province was intensifying, as the zombie horde there was heavily surrounded and had nowhere to retreat, seemingly preparing for a final battle with the Huaxia army. Li Chenglong immediately ordered all 20 Tyrannosaurus Rex fighter jets from the Shuguang City Air Force Squadron to be dispatched to support the Qianyun Base and other friendly forces in completely eliminating this wave of zombies.
Meanwhile, the troops of Shangguan Jingyun, the lord of Black Gold City, along with troops from Huian Province and Beihu Province, are engaged in a three-way battle against more than one million zombies in Nanhe Province. According to Shangguan Jingyun, the Chinese army currently has a significant advantage and estimates that they can win in about another week.
The fighting in the Northeast, Northern, and Northwest theaters is also quite intense. Currently, the Northeast theater is at a stalemate, while the Northern and Northwest theaters have the advantage. The fighting in the Southwest theater has ended because the zombies from Impression Country did not invade too much due to the barrier of the Himalayas.
Over the following week, Li Chenglong and Yun Lan led their respective armies forward in unison, finally meeting in southern Jiangxi on April 15th. Xu Qingming and Wei Huasheng's troops also completely wiped out the zombies and zombie beasts from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces the following day. By April 20th, all battle zones had ended, and the provinces of Beihe, Nanhe, Xijiang, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang had been successfully recaptured. The zombies in the northeast, north, and northwest were also driven out of China's borders.