Chapter 1299 Summoning 3 more heavy combined arms armies
Three days after the military parade ended, late at night.
Xishui District, Top Secret Storage Area No. 07.
This place is less a warehouse and more a giant fortress made of reinforced concrete.
After several emergency expansions, the interior space of its main structure was divided into several independent warehouses the size of basketball courts, connected to each other by heavy-duty explosion-proof airtight doors.
Gu Chengyuan was standing on the central observation platform of the core main reservoir at this moment.
Beneath your feet lies a chilling sight: the warehouse, fifteen meters high, employs a fully automated three-dimensional warehousing system.
Zombie crystal cores—polygons of varying sizes, shimmering with a dark or murky luster, extracted from decaying skulls—were categorized and sealed in specially made storage cabinets.
These cabinets, like giant honeycombs, are densely embedded in countless rows of ceiling-high alloy shelves, forming endless, slightly reflective crystalline walls.
Under the cold, bluish light, these "walls" that store deadly energy sources stand silently, the air filled with a faint, icy smell, like a mixture of ozone and metal, and the low hum of large refrigeration equipment in operation.
What is stored here is pure, untransformed death power!
All the spoils from the Night Market battle, plus the "gifts" from the three major war zones that nearly emptied their coffers—five million each from the East, West, and South—totaling a total of thirty million crystal cores, are now here.
In preparation for this grand event, the three major war zones launched several large-scale mopping-up operations in the two months leading up to the parade. While these operations were not entirely for the Central Plains War Zone, they significantly accelerated the original plans due to the Central Plains War Zone.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that behind this "favor" lies a heavy weight of bloodshed.
Gu Chengyuan's gaze swept across the cold crystalline forest, his face expressionless. He slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into that mysterious space that only he could reach.
"System," he murmured to himself.
Hey~
"here I am!"
"Transformation."
"Yes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, unlike before, a strange, invisible ripple spread silently from the observation platform where Gu Chengyuan was standing.
The ripples seemed to transcend the limits of physics, instantly penetrating the thick alloy walls and blast doors, evenly covering the main warehouse beneath his feet, as well as the three adjacent secondary warehouses, which were also filled with crystal cores.
Wherever the ripples passed, everything inside the warehouse seemed unchanged; the lighting and refrigeration remained the same.
However, in that instant—on the shelves, in the tens of thousands of storage cabinets, the shimmering crystal cores were instantly stripped of their flowing light and shadow.
At the same time, the number representing "money" on the system interface began a crazy, dizzying jump!
The number of digits increased dramatically, and the units were constantly updated, eventually settling on an astronomical number of nine digits that he had never seen before:
【Money: 332131283】
A total of 332,131,283 yuan!
Despite having anticipated this, and despite his willpower having been tempered to the point of being as hard as iron, Gu Chengyuan's breath still involuntarily caught in his throat at this moment. His heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and then began to pound even harder and more powerfully.
Not 30 million, it's 330 million!
Gu Chengyuan stared at the nine-digit number on the system interface, which represented almost infinite possibilities. In less than three seconds, he completely suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and put them under an icy calm.
He had a clear plan for the more than 300 million system funds before he came.
Army! Still the Army!
After the military parade, the Air Force has just acquired a complete J-20 aviation brigade, completing the last piece of the puzzle and undergoing a qualitative change in its strength!
目前，其麾下拥有歼16航空兵旅、运20航空兵旅、轰20航空兵旅、歼20航空兵旅共4个技术顶尖、体系完整的航空兵旅！
Covering multiple dimensions such as heavy multi-purpose, strategic delivery, and stealth strike, and supplemented by dozens of large transport aircraft converted from civilian airliners, its advanced equipment and system completeness are virtually unmatched within the known territory of Zhou Bang.
Even if we consider the entire East Asian airspace, with the subsequent forward deployment of these forces, we can achieve complete suppression!
Therefore, in the short term, the air force is already saturated, and further investment will have a sharply reduced marginal benefit, which is a waste.
As for the navy... it is a seed that must be sown, but in the foreseeable future, the main strategic direction and life-or-death battlefield of the Central Plains Theater will still be on this vast and perilous continent.
The Continental Army! Only the Continental Army is the absolute backbone supporting the core strategy of "recapture"!
然而截至此刻，他麾下陆军总数虽然已经突破了50万大关（夜州步兵旅序列25个旅、铁道部队20万人、重型合成集团军4个。），但真正能打硬仗、具备超强攻坚能力的仅有4个重型合成集团军。
While these four iron fists are formidable, their forces are stretched thin when laid out on a map, as they are tasked with consolidating the existing vast controlled territories, responding to potential threats from all sides, and supporting continuous large-scale recapture campaigns in the future.
Expand the army! We must continue to expand the army! The continental army is the current mainstream for survival and expansion!
With these thoughts in mind, Gu Chengyuan no longer hesitated.
"System," Gu Chengyuan commanded calmly and firmly in his mind, "Exchange for three army groups. Select direct deployment, location—Ye'an New District."
"Command confirmed. Exchange for 3 [Heavy Combined Arms Group]. Total deduction: 240,000,000 yuan. Remaining funds: 92131283. Deployment coordinates locked: the entire Ye'an New District."
As the system notification sound faded, Gu Chengyuan could feel an invisible and intangible yet indescribably vast power radiating from his body, traversing space, and precisely anchoring itself in the Ye'an New District, tens of kilometers away.
Ye'an New District, a vast area adjacent to the main city and planned as a strategic reserve zone and a distribution center for large equipment after the war, has long been cleared out and is now completely silent.
Sudden--
With Victory Avenue in the center of the new district as the axis, a large area of space covering tens of square kilometers has been visibly distorted!
The air seemed to have turned into a swaying liquid, the light was bent, and the outlines of distant buildings swayed like reflections in water.
Then, without any warning or earth-shattering noise, a vast expanse of "digital jungle camouflage," like the most realistic mirage or a huge, futuristic pixelated canvas, appeared out of thin air and covered most of the streets, squares, and reserved open spaces in the new district!
The light suddenly solidified from its ethereal state!
The next second, the once empty and desolate land was completely covered and filled by a torrent of steel and technology!
As far as the eye could see, there was a massive, breathtaking army formation stretching to the very edge of the field of vision:
Rows and rows of brand-new Type 99A main battle tanks, their thick composite armor gleaming coldly in the moonlight, their 125mm smoothbore guns pointing menacingly to the sky, resemble a death forest forged of steel.
Thousands of 04A infantry fighting vehicles clustered among or on the flanks of tank formations, their streamlined hulls and 30mm autocannon turrets forming a perfect combination of offense and defense.
A formation of PHL-191 long-range multiple rocket launcher vehicles stands majestically, with rows of robust 370mm launch tubes raised high, silently concealing a raging inferno that could engulf the heavens and the earth.
The Hongqi-17A close-in air defense system, the Type 09 122mm self-propelled howitzer, heavy pontoon bridge vehicle, electronic warfare vehicle, integrated support vehicle...
Various special operations and support vehicles are arranged in a well-organized manner according to a composite structure, forming a vast and sophisticated ecosystem of land warfare machines.
The low-altitude area was equally breathtaking: densely packed Z-10 attack helicopters, Z-20 utility tactical helicopters, Z-8L transport aircraft... were neatly parked on the hardened tarmac, their rotors drooping, resembling a flock of resting steel raptors.
Further away, the distinctive silhouettes of several WZ-8 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft can even be seen.
This is not just the equipment of three army groups, but three fully equipped, complete, and highly motivated modern combined arms army groups that are ready to be deployed to the decisive battle at any time!
More than 15 of the most elite armored, artillery, aviation, air defense, engineering, and reconnaissance soldiers, along with all their will, skills, and combat instincts, have been brought into this world along with these steel bodies!
