Chapter 1060: Moving In
A few minutes later, Zhang Zhenguo finished speaking and looked around at all the officers present: "Is everything clear?"
"Yes! Commander!"
The staff officers responded with awe and quickly returned to their respective posts, converting the important instructions into encrypted telegrams, which were then sent to the troops scattered throughout the place through multiple redundant channels.
The command was like an invisible electric current, instantly activating the Railway Corps, a huge war machine that was not well-known in the Zhongzhou war zone.
Taking Pingxiang and establishing a solid bridgehead is far more than just retaking a border city. It is also about firmly extending the strategic tentacles and will of the Central Plains Theater of War to the vast, complex and unknown opportunities of Southeast Asia.
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Shortly afterwards, another heavily guarded building was located in the war zone headquarters compound.
The tenth floor is the office of the commander of the Zhongzhou Theater Command.
Boom boom boom!
There was a rhythmic knock on the door, steady and restrained.
After dinner, Gu Chengyuan, who had just finished walking the dog and was resting on the single sofa in front of the huge French window, still looked out the window and responded without turning his head: "Come in!"
The door was gently pushed open, and a young major staff officer from the secretariat walked into the room with a document in his hand, his steps soundlessly stepping on the thick carpet.
"Report to the commander, there is an urgent telegram from the railway headquarters!" The major's voice was clear and respectful.
"Yes." Gu Chengyuan's answer was simple and direct, his eyes still lingering outside the window.
"Lieutenant General Zhang Zhenguo, Commander of the Railway Command, reported:
The Yexi transport line was successfully connected to its terminal station, Pingxiang City on the Zhouyue border, at 17:38 today.
Preliminary reconnaissance reports indicate that the zombie population in Pingxiang City is approximately 40, and there are signs of activity by foreign irregular armed forces. Detailed information is attached to the file.
After quickly reporting the core content, the young major staff officer took small steps forward and wanted to hand the folder in his hand to Gu Chengyuan.
However, Gu Chengyuan just waved his hand casually, his tone calm and indifferent: "Put it on my desk first, I'll take a look at it later."
"Yes!" The major staff officer did not hesitate and immediately placed the folder properly in a corner of the commander's large desk. Then he quietly left the office and closed the door gently.
Peace returned to the office.
Gu Chengyuan did not immediately look at the report on border military intelligence. He seemed to be completely immersed in the scenery outside the window.
At this moment, the setting sun is slowly sinking towards the distant horizon, painting the sky a magnificent golden red.
The soft afterglow falls on the emerald green surface of Yue Lake outside the office building and the rolling hills of Shili River Beach Park in the distance. The winding stream flows quietly like a ribbon of molten gold.
The lush trees, well-manicured lawns, and the leisure benches dotted in between all appear particularly quiet and peaceful in the evening light.
Inside the theater headquarters, the windows of the office buildings reflected the setting sun, flashing warm light. On several main roads, the street lights were all lit, forming flowing light bands, full of order and vitality.
This peaceful and lively scene seems like two completely different worlds from the dangerous border town thousands of miles away mentioned in the report just now.
He just sat there quietly, his deep gaze sweeping across the land he protected, watching how the sunset gradually gave the scenery a warm outline, and how dusk gently descended.
Perhaps, it is in the tranquility and beauty of this moment that we can more deeply understand why we must build railways to distant places at all costs and why we must resolutely eliminate all threats.
Just so that the lights of civilization under the sunset can stay on forever!
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The night was as dark as ink, so thick that it was almost suffocating, and it weighed heavily on the barren land outside Pingxiang City.
Abandoned factories, broken overpasses and overgrown wild plants were silently swallowed up by the absolute darkness, leaving only blurred and distorted outlines.
The air was filled with a complex and corrupt smell, the musty smell of damp soil and rotting plants, the strong smell of rust, and a faint but lingering fishy-sweet smell. This was the apocalyptic aftertaste left by the fermentation of death and mutation.
Everything was completely silent, with only the sound of the wind whistling through the broken window frames and twisted steel frames. This extreme silence itself was a chilling sense of crisis.
However, this solidified darkness, which seemed to be forgotten by the world, was suddenly torn apart at this moment!
Without any warning!
An incredibly thick, blazing white beam of light, like a sword of judgment, suddenly pierced the night! It was followed by a second, a third, and dozens more beams from the giant searchlights mounted on the front of the military train and the off-road headlights of the Mengshi 3 armored vehicles, sweeping across with unparalleled force!
Wherever the beam of light reached, the overgrown weeds in the abandoned logistics park square, the scattered container wreckage, and the dried and blackened unknown stains on the ground were instantly exposed.
The strong contrast between light and dark makes this area seem like an isolated island locked by the stage spotlight, forming an extremely strong contrast with the boundless darkness around it.
"Everyone is here! Deploy according to the planned plan!"
"Guard team, move forward and secure the commanding heights! Engineering team, clear the obstacles!"
"Lighting unit, keep the area illuminated! Move!"
The short and loud command from Major Chen Hongyu, commander of the 1st Iron Brigade Combined Battalion, rang through all communication modules, instantly drowning out the sound of the wind in the wilderness.
buzzing-
The next moment, an even louder roar, like a real hammer, smashed the dead silence of the night!
It's not the sound of a single engine, but a mixed roar of multiple heavy mechanical power cores roaring at the same time!
The ground began to tremble slightly, as if some huge monster was awakening from its slumber.
The two leading ZTL-11 wheeled armored assault vehicles smashed into the deathly darkness. The 105mm low-recoil rifled turrets rotated rapidly under the searchlights. The thick and long gun barrels exuded a cold breath of death. Like a moving fortress, they instantly occupied the core firepower position of the site.
Immediately afterwards, more steel behemoths with hideous outlines drove out from the junction of darkness and light!
Four ZBL-4 infantry fighting vehicles took advantage of their excellent mobility to rush out quickly. The 08mm cannons and coaxial machine guns on the roof were already pointing towards the dark area outside, and the roar of the diesel engines was dense and powerful.
The troops were deployed quickly and efficiently, giving the "natives" of the area no time to react.
Almost at the same time as the armored units were in place, the figures deep in the park, startled by the strong light and huge noise, also took their positions one after another, and began to stagger and roar out from all corners!
They were dressed in tattered clothes, with twisted limbs, and howled meaninglessly. They were instinctively attracted by the breath of the living and the huge noises, gathering into a gray-black, foul-smelling tide of death, rushing towards the isolated island of light.
"Free fire! Clear the area ahead!" Major Chen Hongyu's cold voice rang out in the communication channels of various units without a trace of ripples.
Commands are authorizations!
In an instant, the gates of hell opened wide!
