Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 535: Arrange everything, set off again!

The fourth anniversary celebration of Dawn City lasted a full day, and the entire city was filled with joy. Commander Chen Guoqiang and other leaders, including Zhao Wannian, visited and inspected Dawn City for a week before leaving, during which they also gave important instructions on the future development of Dawn City and the construction after the Dawn Army.

During a conversation with the leader, the leader pointed out that the Dawn Army's navy currently has too many ships, which puts too much pressure on an autonomous region. Moreover, the maintenance cost of just one aircraft carrier is extremely high.

After careful consideration, Li Chenglong decided to keep only two destroyers, two cruisers, eight frigates and light frigates, and three submarines, and donate the rest to the Huaxia headquarters free of charge.

Commander Chen Guoqiang highly praised this, saying that with the warships provided by Li Chenglong's Dawn City, the Chinese navy would be rebuilt quickly.

Based on this calculation, including the newly established naval forces, the total number of troops in the Dawn Army approaches 11. This number is quite large for the Dawn Autonomous Region, which has a total area of ​​only 12000 square kilometers and the city of Dawn, which covers 9000 square kilometers. However, Li Chenglong's instruction was that no matter how difficult it was, this number must be maintained for the time being to prevent any potential battles from occurring.

Both the government agencies and residents of Dawn City expressed understanding and support for Li Chenglong's idea. The commanders of other bases shared the same view, aiming to maintain the current troop numbers for at least a year.

However, Li Chenglong also gave a plan for the subsequent troop reduction. After things have settled down, the total number of troops in Dawn City should be maintained at around 20,000, divided into 4 regiments of army, 2 regiments of air force, 2 regiments of mechs, 2 regiments of rocket force, 4000 naval troops, and some armed police forces, etc., with each regiment maintaining a strength of 1500 people.

In that case, maintaining an army of 20,000 in Dawn City would be a piece of cake. Maintaining such a high number is for two reasons: firstly, to prevent another special forces invasion; and secondly, because the revival of China is still in its early stages. If so many people were laid off at once, there would be many more unemployed people in society, and unemployed people are more prone to accidents. Moreover, with so many superhumans now, any incident would be a major disaster.

On May 20th, the Shuguang City Government Work Conference was held in the main conference hall on the second floor of the Shuguang Tower. Li Chenglong, Yun Lan, Shen Menghua, Ma Tiancheng, Yun Qian, and others delivered brief but detailed work reports. The topic of this meeting was how to ensure the steady development of Shuguang City under the new circumstances.

Li Chenglong said, "The ultimate goal of our working organs in Shuguang City is only one: to serve the people, to do practical things and good deeds for the vast majority of people in Shuguang City, and to lead Shuguang City to develop faster and better. All staff members must remember that they are no better than ordinary people. They must come from the masses and go back to the masses, and earnestly listen to the opinions of the masses."

"Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. When we introduce new policies and plans, we should also consider whether they are in line with the current development of Shuguang City and whether they safeguard the interests of the vast majority of Shuguang City residents."

Li Chenglong spoke at length, covering all aspects of Shuguang City, pointing out the direction for its future development and outlining a brief plan. He also reiterated the functions of the Shuguang City government. Finally, he emphasized the need to continue the anti-corruption work steadily and relentlessly, promptly eliminating any bad apples and corrupt officials.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, in the study, Li Chenglong placed a top-secret document on the table and fell into deep thought. Long Lingfei came out and asked, "Brother Li, you've been busy lately with various meetings and arrangements in the army and Dawn City. Is it because of this?"

Li Chenglong didn't answer, but after a while, he pushed the document to Long Ling beside him. Long Ling took out the torn-open top-secret document and began to read it. In less than ten seconds, he exclaimed in shock, "How could this be?! The planet Taro, where the Interstellar Alliance is located, has been attacked by an extremely large number of special forces and has been completely destroyed. Officers such as Geddes of the Special Countermeasures Committee have all heroically sacrificed their lives. The Interstellar Alliance has suffered a devastating blow!"

Li Chenglong then spoke up, saying, "This message was received half a month ago. It was sent personally by Queen Raymond of Roland Star. The reason I've been arranging all sorts of things lately is that I wanted to do something for them before I leave."

"Have you made up your mind?!" Before Long Ling could speak, Yun Lan pushed open the door and walked in to ask.

Li Chenglong looked at Yun Lan and shook his head slightly: "I haven't decided yet, but I feel I have to go."

Yunlan walked over and grabbed Li Chenglong's arm: "The headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance, such a powerful place, has been destroyed. Even if you are level 14, what can you do alone? Why don't you stay in Dawn City with me and everyone else? Dawn City is so far away from the Interstellar Alliance that it won't be attacked so easily."

Li Chenglong shook his head: "You know me well. Sitting and waiting to die has never been my style. Besides, those special forces all have the ability to travel through space, so they can get to our Earth very quickly. According to Queen Raymond's contact, special forces have also appeared on their Roland Star, which proves that after attacking the headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance, the special forces have begun to expand rapidly."

After speaking, Li Chenglong fell into deep thought again. He was truly caught in a dilemma. On one hand, there was his family and everyone in Dawn City, and on the other hand, there was the approaching threat from special forces. Moreover, this threat was more serious than before, not only in terms of numbers and strength, but also because of the successive departures of the space fleet and the alien alliance, Earth was truly left to fight alone.

Therefore, in order to prevent Earth from being attacked by special forces in a full-scale invasion, Li Chenglong must now come up with a way to stop the special forces from attacking from outer space.

Seeing Li Chenglong struggling, Yunlan felt sorry for him and said, "I agree to let you go, but you can't go alone. You must have someone with you, and I will choose the person who goes with you."

Yunlan knew that after Li Chenglong left, she had to protect Dawn City for him, so she didn't mention that she wanted to go. However, it wasn't something a wife should do to let her man go alone to the outer universe where the situation was still unclear, so she made this suggestion.

Seeing that Li Chenglong was about to say something, Yunlan immediately raised her hand to stop him, saying, "Let's each take a step back and settle it like this, okay?"

Seeing Yun Lan's determined gaze, Li Chenglong nodded: "Okay! But the number of people should not be too large, and they should not interfere with the current development of Dawn City and the Dawn Army. Also, I don't want Yun Hao and Yun Xi to lose more of their relatives."

Yunlan understood Li Chenglong's meaning and said, "I understand what you mean. I will finalize the list as soon as possible. But what about you? How do you plan to tell your family and others about this?" Li Chenglong rubbed his forehead and said, "That is indeed a difficult problem. I will handle it as soon as possible."

Three days later, at Yunlan's invitation and summons, the seven people who would accompany Li Chenglong were finalized. They were Nangong Yanran, the second commander of the Southeast Autonomous Region, Zhu Que, the Southern Route Marshal, Zhao Liying and Sun Menghua, members of the Second Section of the Special Mission Support Division of the Information Management Department of the Dawn City Center, Teng Hai, the deputy commander of the First Detachment of the Special Operations Brigade of the Dawn Army, Yao Tian, ​​the deputy division commander of a division of the 4th Army of the Army at the Yanjing Base, and Wang Zhan, the political commissar of the 2nd Division of the 1st Army of the Dawn Army.

During these three days, Li Chenglong informed headquarters and the heads of various bases about his impending departure and the situation in space. Everyone was surprised to learn that the special forces crisis might return. Fortunately, Li Chenglong's advance notice gave them time to prepare.

On May 25, after all preparations were complete, Li Chenglong and seven entourage boarded the Flying Dragon and left Dawn City, heading into the depths of space. According to the pre-arranged plan, they would first head to Roland Star, and then decide on their next move after arriving there.