Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 479 Black Gold City Seeks Reinforcements

On September 10th, after a period of streamlining and simplification, coupled with the replacement of equipment with new weapons, Li Chenglong felt that the Dawn Army was now truly a force capable of fighting tough battles.

But recently, something strange has happened: the void creatures have only appeared twice, and their numbers are not large, totaling only a little over 100,000. They were easily dealt with by the soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Armies.

Li Chenglong arrived at the Central Information Management Department early in the morning and had a phone call with General Lu Jinhui, the commander-in-chief of the Yanjing Base garrison. General Lu Jinhui succeeded General Sun Tianlong to this position after his sacrifice. He is 53 years old this year and has served as chief of staff and political commissar in several war zones.

He is also a level 11 ability user with three different abilities. Although his level is slightly low now, he can still easily deal with a few ordinary void creatures.

After ending the call, Li Chenglong sat down in a comfortable chair, finally getting a chance to rest. He had been exhausted lately; after getting home last night, he didn't fall asleep until 3 a.m. this morning.

Han Xiaoling, who works here during the day, noticed that Li Chenglong looked tired, so she brought him a cup of honey grapefruit tea with added supernatural honey from the tea bar: "Brother, have some water."

Li Chenglong opened his eyes and took the water: "Thank you, Xiaoling." He then drank it all in one gulp. After resting for another five minutes, just as he was about to leave for the Dawn Army headquarters, an urgent message came through.

Lilith suddenly appeared and said, "Level 3A emergency communication, from Black Gold City." Li Chenglong stood up: "Connect immediately."

Just two seconds later, the figure of Shangguan Jingyun, the city lord of Black Gold City, appeared on the big screen. Seeing that it was Li Chenglong who personally answered the communication, she said with a mixture of excitement and anxiety, "City Lord Li, our Black Gold City was besieged by a huge number of void creatures half an hour ago, conservatively estimated to be over a million. We have suffered heavy losses in the past few months, and I have no choice but to ask you for support."

Li Chenglong immediately said, "What are you saying? Haven't we always been reliable allies and friends? Have someone send over the general situation immediately. Our Dawn Army will arrive within an hour at the latest."

After finishing his conversation with Shangguan Jingyun, he turned to Lü Xin, Han Xiaoling, and Qin Mengyao, who were working, and said, "Lü Xin, contact headquarters immediately and have the 1st and 3rd Armies of the Dawn Army assemble and board the troop transport ships. At the same time, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments of the Dawn Army's Mech Division, the 1st, 2nd, and 5th Regiments of the Rocket Force, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Regiments of the Air Force, as well as one regiment each from the Joint Logistics Support Force and the Information Support Force, should participate in this battle."

He then said to the other two, "Han Xiaoling, contact the special forces and have them all board the Dawn and prepare to launch the attack with me. Qin Mengyao, immediately write two statements explaining the situation of this support mission and send them to the Dawn City Committee of the Chinese People's Congress, the Dawn City People's Representative Committee, and the Dawn Army Military Committee of the Chinese People's Congress. Also, notify the Dawn City General Affairs Council."

The three women immediately got to work after receiving the order. Zhao Liying, having received the message, walked into the central information management department and asked, "Captain Li, is there anything else I need to do?"

Li Chenglong said, "Yunlan will be here soon to coordinate all the work. Zhao Liying, you take the members of the Second Division and prepare to come with me. The situation in Black Gold City is not optimistic; a major battle may be brewing."

With a series of streamlining and demobilization measures, the military's operational speed has increased significantly. Soon, the Dawn Army's 1st and 3rd Armies had completed their assembly and, under the guidance of their officers, began boarding troop transport ships.

Some of these warships, specifically designed to transport soldiers, were brought by Cecily and Erica, while others were brought by their friends from Setan, such as Marina. Although the troop transports don't appear very large—only slightly more than twice the size of China's largest transport aircraft—they possess a vast capacity due to their internal space technology. Each warship can transport 6000 soldiers at a time, and with eight warships present, all the soldiers can be transported simultaneously.

Because troop transport ships are extremely valuable, Li Chenglong specially dispatched three regiments of the Dawn Army Air Force to escort them. These Tyrannosaurus Rex fighters are already equipped with large Type 27 super-energy beam guns, making it easy for them to deal with some void creatures.

The main reason why these troop transport ships had to fly there instead of using jump navigation was that Dawn City and Black Gold City were too close, and a single jump navigation would take at least 1 million kilometers.

While the Dawn Army was still assembling, Li Chenglong and members of the Second Special Task Support Section of the Information Processing Department of the Central Information Management Department had already arrived at the location where the Dawn was docked. Although the Dawn was not as advanced as the Flying Dragon, it was more than adequate as a flagship.

Currently, Dawn City has four large space battleships: Cecily's Celie, Li Chenglong's Flying Dragon, Marina's Mary, and Keltilan's Overlord. There are even more medium-sized space battleships, totaling more than 15. The performance of the Dawn ranks second among these medium-sized space battleships, with the first being Reina's Sea Emperor.

After the members of Section Two were seated in their respective seats in the cockpit of the Dawn, Li Chenglong said to the 50 special forces soldiers: "To make a long story short, we are going to Black Gold City to provide support. They have been attacked by a large number of void creatures, and the situation is very serious. You have 30 seconds. Those who do not want to go can leave immediately. I will not hold it against you."

The 30 seconds were up, and not a single one of the 50 special forces members had left. Li Chenglong nodded: "Alright, go to the passenger cabin and take your seats immediately, Dawn is taking off!" With Li Chenglong's order, Dawn slowly took off vertically, then emitted a white beam of light and headed into the distance.

Although the 1st Army, 3rd Army, and other units were assembling quickly, their large numbers meant that takeoff would be slower. That's why Li Chenglong told Shangguan Jingyun that it would take an hour.

In fact, Cecily and Erica brought at least 40,000 to 50,000 members of the space fleet to Dawn City. However, with the invasion of the Void Creatures, many aliens fled Earth or went to other places. In addition, some were killed in the battle against the Void Creatures, which means that the space fleet now only has 20,000 members.

Of these 20,000 people, not all were soldiers; many were researchers and technicians, as well as ordinary civilians. After Marina led the Setan aliens to join, the total number of the 3rd Army was only 18,000.

虽然人数是少了一点，但第3军的战斗力可是比第1军和第2军加起来还要强上很多，毕竟塞西莉、玛莉娜、凯尔提兰、西特罗斯、蕾娜等13级强者就在这个军，其他两个军目前还没有1名13级的。

Li Chenglong spoke with the headquarters, the 1st Army headquarters, and the 3rd Army headquarters, and promptly informed them of the latest situation sent by Shangguan Jingyun. After discussion, it was decided that the 1st Army would attack westward from the east side of Heijin City, and the 3rd Army would attack northward from the south side of Heijin City, in order to achieve a pincer attack with the defending forces on the east and south sides of Heijin City.

As for the west and north sides, the number of void creatures is relatively small. As long as the enemies in the other two directions can be eliminated in time, then an attack can be launched on these two places at the same time, thus resolving the crisis in Black Gold City.

During these six months, Black Gold City was constantly harassed by void creatures, and a major battle took place. In that battle, Shangguan Jingyun's cousin, Shangguan Feng, was killed on the front line, and she lost the last relative in the world.

Originally, the Anxi base, which was closer to Black Gold City, also wanted to send support troops, but Li Chenglong stopped them. Now, apart from Dawn City and Yanjing base, the other three bases are in similar situations. If the Void Creatures take advantage of the Anxi base's weak defenses to attack while support troops are being sent out, it would be a great loss.

At 9:22 a.m., the Dawn arrived above Black Gold City first, and a great battle was about to break out.