Chapter 1227 The 3th Army
Two days later, after all 1600 million crystal cores from various war zones had been counted, registered, and safely stored, Gu Chengyuan, accompanied by his bodyguard Pu Guangqiang, personally visited the highly guarded crystal core storage warehouse located in the core area of the war zone headquarters.
The heavy alloy door slowly opened after identity verification, revealing a mountain of crystal storage units inside, shimmering with various colors of energy under the cold light.
"System!" Gu Chengyuan silently recited in his mind.
"here I am!"
"Perform batch conversion".
"Confirm execution".
Ding--
A crisp system notification sounded deep within Gu Chengyuan's consciousness. On the system interface, the funds value, which had been close to the low warning level, suddenly surged, eventually settling at a breathtaking nine-digit figure.
System Funds: 140,912,031
1.4 million in system funds!
Despite having anticipated this, seeing the long string of numbers displayed in the funds column still brought an irrepressible surge of excitement to Gu Chengyuan's eyes.
However, this excitement was quickly dampened by the massive spending plan that followed—the amount of money seemed huge, but it still seemed insufficient in the face of his exchange list.
"System, scan the established list of combat supplies and execute the batch exchange procedure, totaling 12 tons."
Ding--
'List scan complete, redemption confirmed. Initiating materialization of supplies...'
jingle——
[System Funds]: -600,000,000
Almost the instant the system notification sounded, in the heavily guarded strategic-level warship cluster near the Xishui District railway hub, with multiple layers of physical and electronic protection, the space underwent subtle distortions and changes in light and shadow.
The next moment, the huge, previously empty warehouse was instantly filled with mountains of neatly stacked, dark green standard supply boxes.
The equipment model, ammunition type, and production batch number are clearly printed on the box, and all production dates are prominently marked as today.
The silent arrival of this massive amount of supplies instantly elevated the war zone's strategic reserves to a whole new level.
After completing this exchange of supplies, enough to support a large-scale battle, Gu Chengyuan's long-standing "supply anxiety" was finally relieved.
Without pausing, he immediately began implementing the next, even more crucial, strategic investment.
"System, immediately execute the exchange of a standard army group's entire formation!"
"Activate covert deployment mode, and set the actual coordinates to the preset assembly area around the Xishui Railway Freight Station."
"Command confirmation."
Ding--
[System Funds]: -800,000,000
[Fund Balance]: 912,031
Once all the exchange operations were completed, Gu Chengyuan stared at the system interface where the balance had suddenly shrunk to just over 900,000 yuan. A brief sense of emptiness brought about by the huge expenditure inevitably surfaced.
But this feeling was fleeting, replaced by a stronger, almost tangible sense of urgency and high morale!
Make money! Make money!!
We must acquire funding, and more funding! This remains our overriding top priority!
He didn't need to personally oversee the newly exchanged combat supplies; the theater logistics department would receive, classify, and distribute them according to the pre-arranged plan.
However, the deployment and command arrangements for this newly formed, fully equipped Third Army must be decided by him personally.
Gu Chengyuan had already considered this comprehensively: to deploy the entire Third Army Group to the Chongqing battlefield and integrate it into Lu Chong's unified command system, while recalling the artillery brigade and air assault brigade of the First Army Group deployed in Chongqing.
Currently, the campaign to recapture Chongqing is progressing smoothly, and the clearing operations in districts and counties outside the main urban area have been largely completed.
Once the battle at the night market is completely over, according to the established schedule, the focus of the campaign will quickly shift to the main urban area of Yucheng—the toughest nut to crack in the entire Zhoubang territory.
The main urban area of Chongqing, known as the "8D Magical Mountain City," is characterized by its astonishing building density, pre-apocalyptic population density, and extremely complex terrain formed by its location nestled against mountains and water. All of these factors determine that this will be an incredibly difficult urban defense and attack battle, with challenges far exceeding any previous campaign.
In contrast, the current combat order in the Chongqing area consists mainly of second-line defensive forces, such as the directly subordinate artillery brigade and air assault brigade, in addition to technical branches.
The 77th Army Corps, originally under the Western Theater Command, might have been considered a front-line unit before the apocalypse if judged by the standards of the Central Theater Command's own main force. However, after suffering heavy losses in the early stages of the apocalypse and subsequent troop reduction and reorganization, its actual combat effectiveness was no longer significantly different from that of the reinforced Yezhou Infantry Brigade, except for retaining the organizational structure advantage of a regular army. In terms of equipment level and personnel quality, it was difficult to undertake the heavy responsibility of launching a decisive assault on the main urban area of Chongqing.
Therefore, considering the upcoming decisive battle in Chongqing, it is very necessary to reinforce the Chongqing Military Region with a system-wide group army.
"Guangqiang, go and call Guihong over!" Thinking of this, Gu Chengyuan ordered Pu Guangqiang, the guard in the corner of the office.
"Yes!"
...
About one minute later
dong dong dong-
There was a knock on the office door, and the familiar voice reporting something rang out.
"report!"
"Enter!"
Seeing Zhou Guihong push the door open and enter, Gu Chengyuan said directly, "Guihong, immediately draft a letter of appointment, appointing Lu Chong, commander of the Yucheng Military Region, as commander of the 3rd Group Army!"
"At the same time, the 1st Artillery Brigade and the 1st Air Assault Brigade are to be transferred back for overnight rest!"
"Yes!" Faced with the commander's order, even though she could remember it with her brain alone, Zhou Guihong still lowered her head and took notes quickly in her small notebook.
"Oh, right," Gu Chengyuan suddenly added, thinking that he hadn't seen Lu Chong in a long time:
"Regarding the transfer of the 3rd Army Group, since Chongqing is currently free of any problems, let Lu Chong come and lead the troops back himself!"
"I'll also check on him to see how he's doing lately, and whether he's gotten too cocky. That kid hasn't contacted me in so long!"
Hearing the slightly resentful tone in the leader's voice, Zhou Guihong subconsciously lowered her head:
"Yes!"
"And Zhu Jun, is he studying at the Fuxing Military Academy or the Tongren Military Sub-district?"
When the commander suddenly asked about Zhu Jun, the commander of the Tongren Military Sub-district, Zhou Guihong was slightly taken aback, but she quickly reacted and began to search for information in her mind.
As the commander's personal secretary, he is the commander's second ear, and must be aware of the slightest movements of important figures in the war zone.
So Zhou Guihong quickly replied, "Reporting to the commander, Commander Zhu Jun is currently 'commuting,' shuttling between the Tongren Military Sub-district and the Fuxing Military Academy, working and studying at the same time!"
'A commuter?'
Upon hearing this familiar yet distant word, Gu Chengyuan suddenly felt like laughing for some reason.
It must have been really tough for Zhu Jun, having to walk over a hundred kilometers to school in this apocalyptic world...
They are indeed very ambitious!
Thinking of all this, Gu Chengyuan was pleased and ordered, "Draft another appointment letter, appointing Zhu Jun as the deputy commander-in-chief of the night market campaign. He shall take office immediately. Put everything else aside for now!"
