Chapter 1029 Surprise
50 meters underground in Xihai Town, Qinghai Province, is the core conference room of the underground bunker where the Western Theater Command is located.
The heavy alloy door that could withstand the shock wave of a nuclear explosion was tightly closed, isolating all sounds from the world above ground.
Inside the conference room, the air was a mixture of the faint hiss of circulating wind, the cooling noise of an old projector, and a deeper, almost stagnant feeling of oppression.
The light was a pale energy-saving lamp, which reflected a cold luster on the walls inlaid with thick lead plates.
At the head of the oval conference table sat General Wei Jingfang, commander of the Western Theater Command. This veteran, who had a rich resume before the end of the world, now had a frown on his face, a long-extinguished cigarette between his fingers, and stared gloomily at a report in front of him about further cuts in food rations at various bases.
On his left and right, Deputy Theater Commander Zhou Yifeng, Chief of Staff Dong Ping and a few other core members of the Standing Committee all had haggard faces, sunken eye sockets, and brows filled with fatigue and worry that was difficult to dispel.
The poverty of the northwest, the threat of zombies, and the depletion of supplies are like three heavy mountains...
"...The spare parts of Factory 221's backup generator set are seriously aging and can only last for two months at most..." Zhou Yifeng, the deputy theater commander in charge of logistics, had a dry voice, and every word sounded like it was struck on the concrete floor, dull and desperate.
The atmosphere in the conference room became heavier.
Sudden--
Beep!Beep!Beep!
A sharp and rapid encrypted communication prompt tone broke the silence!
It is the highest authority channel directly connected to the ground observation station and communication center!
Everyone's heart suddenly tightened at this! Once this channel sounded, it would be no small matter!
Chief of Staff Dong Ping reacted the fastest, pressing the answer button and turning on the speakerphone.
"Report! Urgent military information!" The signalman's voice trembled violently with extreme excitement and disbelief, even breaking into a crack, completely losing his usual discipline.
"Lan City Corps reporting in! Just half an hour ago, the first batch of aid supplies from the Zhongzhou War Zone arrived safely at Lan City Zhongchuan International Airport. Twelve strategic-class transport aircraft unloaded a total of 12 tons of various combat supplies, including medicine, ammunition, and individual equipment!"
As the signalman finished speaking, every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of every standing committee member in the conference room!
Om-!
In an instant, the entire conference room seemed to explode! It wasn't a sound, but an invisible, extreme shock wave!
The cigarette butt that had long been extinguished and was held between the fingers of Commander General Wei Jingfang fell with a click onto the conference table covered with thick green velvet, splashing a few invisible drops of ash.
His eyes, bloodshot from long-term anxiety and as gloomy as an ancient well, suddenly widened at this moment.
Deputy Theater Commander Zhou Yifeng, who was standing next to him, was just complaining in a hoarse voice about the aging of the generator set. At this moment, all the wrinkles on his haggard face seemed to be stretched out by huge astonishment in this second!
His mouth was half open, his eyes fixed on the communicator that made the sound, as if he wanted to confirm whether he was hallucinating due to excessive fatigue.
Even the report on ration cuts in his hand slipped from his fingers unconsciously.
Chief of Staff Dong Ping was the first person to press the answer button. At this moment, his hand was still on the communicator, but his hand was shaking slightly.
Dead!
After the signalman's voice fell, the conference room fell into another extreme silence!
But it was completely different from the previous dead silence filled with deep worry and anxiety. This was a momentary aphasia and blank mind caused by being suddenly hit by an unimaginable surprise!
The air seemed to have stopped flowing, leaving only the old projector still stubbornly emitting a buzzing sound of heat dissipation, and the sound of the heart beating in everyone's chest, which suddenly accelerated and beat like a drum!
Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!
A few seconds passed, and it seemed like a whole century had passed. In the end, it was the theater commander Wei Jingfang who was the first to force himself out of the extreme shock and regain some consciousness.
His body was still trembling slightly with excitement, and the knuckles of his hands, which were resting on the table, were still white, but he took a deep breath, a breath so deep that it seemed as if he wanted to inhale all the heavy air in the underground bunker into his lungs to calm his mood that was about to explode.
"You...what did you say?! Report again! Confirm the source! Confirm the type and quantity of supplies! Quick!!"
His voice even had a hint of hoarseness at the end. It was not out of anger, but out of fear that this was an illusion, a dream, and he had to get the most definite confirmation immediately!
Without his command, the signalman's excited and incoherent voice came again, even with a tearful tone:
"Confirmed! Confirmed! Commander! The information is confirmed! Deputy Commander Zou and Director Zhang personally brought back! The inventory has been preliminarily verified to be correct! It's true! Commander! It's true! Twelve strategic transport planes! All of them are what we need most! The airport... the airport is almost full!!!"
The last sentence, "The airport is almost full," was like an invisible needle that suddenly pierced the extremely tense balloon in the conference room!
Deputy Commander Zhou Yifeng, who was in charge of logistics and was a veteran who had just been deeply worried about the generators and rations, suddenly fell back into his chair with a heavy sound, and his shoulders began to tremble violently and uncontrollably!
"...twelve...strategic transport aircraft...two thousand five hundred tons of various combat supplies..."
"The most important thing is that this is only the first batch, this is only the first batch!" He muttered these numbers to himself, and each word was heavier than a thousand pounds.
"The Zhongzhou War Zone kept their promise. Commander Gu really delivered the supplies!!"
..
At this moment, all the pessimistic predictions about the future, all the heavy pressure on my shoulders, all the despair hidden in my eyes...
It seemed as if they were all dispelled by the light coming from the Zhongzhou war zone!
The air in the conference room was finally no longer heavy and stagnant, but was filled with a burning, new, almost boiling excitement and ecstasy!
Commander Wei Jingfang slowly stood up, and the light that had been extinguished for too long was rekindled in his eyes.
He took a deep breath, trying to regain his usual composure, but his voice was still filled with uncontrollable excitement:
"Comrades, our war zone is saved! Supplies from the Zhongzhou War Zone have finally arrived!"
The members of the theater standing committee present looked at the commander with excitement, and everyone's face was filled with emotion.
No one knows what kind of pressure these old guys have been carrying since the end of the world. It concerns the people, the army, the Zhou Dynasty, and even the survival of human civilization.
If it weren't for the iron will of a soldier, these old bones would have been crushed long ago!
And now, the biggest crisis hanging over the entire Western war zone has finally been resolved!
There will be no more living off the resources in the future. As long as we work closely with the Zhongzhou War Zone, the War Zone will be able to continuously obtain the supplies needed for the doomsday battles from the Zhongzhou War Zone!
Once the army, this giant beast of war, is fed, it will have nothing to fear even in the difficult times of the end of the world!
Thinking of 'close cooperation', after the excitement, the eyes of the Standing Committee members in the entire conference room instantly turned cold.
