newbobooks Chapter 319 The war is coming
Chapter 319 The war is coming
On February 22, 2006, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the Dawn City government ended its holiday and resumed normal work, while the Dawn Army had already completed its assembly on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Li Chenglong arrived at the Dawn Army early in the morning to inspect their work and see how their military discipline and appearance were after two days of assembly. In order to see the most authentic side, he did not tell anyone beforehand and went to the 1st Combat Division of the Dawn Army alone.
Before he even reached the military camp, he could hear the sounds of training in the distance; judging by the scale, at least three regiments were training. Li Chenglong nodded, quite satisfied with the 1st Division's attitude. Just as he was about to go in, he received a call from Zhao Liying, saying she had an important military intelligence report. Upon hearing this, Li Chenglong abandoned his plan to go in and went to the military headquarters as quickly as possible.
Zheng Yong and Feng Tian were already waiting there. As soon as Li Chenglong arrived, he immediately initiated a video call. Zhao Liying explained that they had just received a request for support from Feiyun Base. At 5 a.m. this morning, over 200,000 zombies, led by four level 11 zombie guardians, suddenly arrived at the outskirts of Feiyun Base and launched an attack. In just two hours of fierce fighting, over 10,000 soldiers from Feiyun Base had been killed, and a large number of civilians had also been attacked.
Although the Qingshui Base, which is closest to the Feiyun Base, sent two divisions to provide support, they were intercepted by the zombie corps halfway and are still engaged in battle.
Before Li Chenglong could finish reading the report, Zhao Liying received another request for joint operations. Contact also came from Black Gold City, which was stationed in the Taihang Mountains. The zombies in Nanhe Province had also started to move and began to attack Beihe Province and Black Gold Province. It was estimated that they would also invade Donghai Province, where Dawn City was located.
Li Chenglong frowned: "This situation is very urgent. Immediately notify all Dawn Army units, Dawn City Defense Department, and City Security Department. Due to the urgency of the military situation, we will not hold a formal meeting. We will begin a video conference. At the same time, I declare Dawn City to enter a Level 3 combat readiness state."
The central computer office immediately sprang into action, connecting everyone within five minutes. Li Chenglong succinctly explained the situation, ordering the 1st and 2nd Dawn Army Divisions to join him in supporting the Flying Cloud Base, the 4th Dawn Army Division to cooperate with Black Gold City in fighting the zombies emerging from South River Province, and the 3rd Dawn Army Division to cooperate with the City Defense Department and City Security Department to protect Dawn City. To prevent Dawn City from being left undefended after his departure, Yun Lan was to remain in Dawn City to defend it.
When Lei Qingcheng joined, Li Chenglong had said that he would not give the 4th Division any combat missions for the first three months in order to allow them time to develop properly. However, considering the generous treatment that Li Chenglong and Dawn City had given her and her resistance group after they joined, Lei Qingcheng took the initiative to lead the 4th Division of the Dawn Army to cooperate with the troops of Black Gold City to jointly suppress the zombies coming from Nanhe Province.
Upon receiving Li Chenglong's order, all departments simultaneously commenced operations. Shuguang City was 380km from the Feiyun base in Yangzhou, an estimated six-hour march. Li Chenglong contacted the Eastern Theater Command and the Anxi base headquarters, briefly explaining the situation and securing their support. Upon learning of Li Chenglong's arrangements, Yunlan immediately pledged to safeguard Shuguang City during Li Chenglong's absence.
In order to reach Feiyun Base as quickly as possible, Li Chenglong decided to take the Dawn and his special forces team ahead, while Zheng Yong would travel with the 4th Division, and Feng Tian would travel with the 1st and 2nd Divisions. Meanwhile, 6 of the 12 space fighters of the Dawn City Air Force had already taken off, with 4 providing air support to Feiyun Base and 2 responsible for reconnaissance of the zombies emerging from Nanhe Province.
The flight from Dawn City to Feiyun Base takes about half an hour. On board, Li Chenglong had a video call with Feng Tian, Wu Gang, Zheng Aiguo, and others who had already gathered in the multi-functional all-terrain combat command vehicle, briefly outlining the upcoming battle. At this moment, Xu Qingming's message also came through. He said somewhat anxiously, "Brother Li, we have received your support information. We are truly grateful. Once we overcome this difficulty, we will definitely reward you with generous gifts."
Li Chenglong smiled and said, "Our Dawn City and Flying Cloud Base are long-term strategic partners and unbreakable allies. It's only right that we help each other. Besides, zombies are the common enemy of mankind. We don't need any reason to fight a common enemy. By the way, Xu Qingming, could you give me a brief overview of the current battle situation? My Dawn will be there in about twenty minutes."
After thanking him again, Xu Qingming recounted the situation in detail. It turned out that at 5 a.m. that morning, while he was still fast asleep at home, he suddenly heard an explosion in the distance. Then, zombies appeared as if out of nowhere, several kilometers from the Feiyun Base. Fortunately, after two years of development, the soldiers at the Feiyun Base possessed excellent skills and immediately began fighting under the command of their officers. At the same time, the brothers Xu Limin and Xu Fumin also began leading their soldiers to fight off the zombies from two main directions. However, due to the sudden appearance and large number of zombies, many soldiers were initially killed.
Later, Xu Limin, the highest-ranking officer of Feiyun Base, sent a request for assistance to Qingshui Base, the closest base. Qingshui Base didn't say much and immediately dispatched a division to provide support. However, this division was ambushed by zombies halfway there, and its progress was very slow. Currently, at least 200,000 zombies have surrounded Feiyun Base, but the attack has gradually subsided, seemingly in an attempt to besiege the base and lure reinforcements.
Li Chenglong comforted Xu Qingming before closing the communication. Yang Liu then stepped forward and said, "I think the zombie division really wants to use a pincer movement to ambush reinforcements. This means not only will the reinforcements from Qingshui Base be unable to reach them, but they might even be wiped out. Moreover, our two divisions will definitely encounter resistance from the zombie corps." Wang Shuang continued, "Fortunately, we can travel by air. This way, we can go directly to Feiyun Base and coordinate with our reinforcements to launch a pincer attack on those zombie reinforcements, eliminating them."
The group that traveled ahead of Li Chenglong aboard the Dawn to support Feiyun Base included the entire 40-person special forces team, the 5 people from the Central Computer Office piloting the Dawn, and Han Feng. Li Chenglong gathered the people who would be participating in the battle, checked and organized each of their tactical backpacks, and gave each of them two crystal recovery potions and several 100ml bottles of Flame Fruit Wine.
Each special forces member's standard equipment includes an energy pistol, an energy lightsaber, a dragon tooth dagger, a new multi-functional tactical backpack, and a new special forces uniform. As for helmets, special forces members generally do not wear helmets.
Li Chenglong gathered them together: "Comrades, we will arrive at Feiyun Base in 15 minutes. According to our intelligence, this zombie attack is planned and fierce, and there are many high-level superhuman zombies. Everyone must be careful during the operation. All of you must return to report to me. This is an order, understand?" All the special forces members saluted in unison: "Yes! We guarantee to carry out the order!"
Then Li Chenglong gave instructions: "After you special forces arrive, join forces with Xu Qingming's troops and attack southeastward to achieve a pincer movement with the reinforcements from the Qingshui base, aiming to eliminate the zombie horde that is besieging the stronghold and attacking reinforcements. I will try my best to open up the northern flank of the zombie army to facilitate the advance of our Dawn Army soldiers. The Dawn will take off immediately after dropping us off to pick up our Dawn Army soldiers. I've calculated that, considering the interior area of the Dawn, including the cargo hold, it can easily transport two thousand soldiers. There wasn't time to get them on board earlier due to the time constraint, but this time it's possible."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "After the Dawn ship picks up 2000 soldiers, place them in the southeast direction and temporarily combine them with the special forces. I estimate that it will be difficult to fight there, so we should send more soldiers there. We need to place a division there, and then we shouldn't use the Dawn ship to transport the 2nd Division of the Dawn Army. Let them march on the ground and advance in coordination with the Tyrannosaurus fighter jets, working together with us from the inside to open up the road to entry. As long as this tactic succeeds, we will break their encirclement and open up two passages."
At this time, General Chen Guoqiang of the Central Theater Command also sent a message, instructing his headquarters to order two divisions from a base in Huian Province, the closest to the Feiyun base, to also advance from west to east, with an estimated arrival time of four hours. This created a situation where support was being provided from the east, north, and west, in an effort to hold the Feiyun base.