Chapter 904 Report

4:44 in the morning

The lights in the joint command post of the Yucheng Military Region in Beibei gathering place are still bright, and a large number of cadres and staff are coming and going.

"Chief? Chief? Wake up, there's an emergency!"

In a corner of the command area, Colonel Huang Huangguang, who was on night duty, gently woke up Lu Chong from his simple camp bed, who had just slept for less than two hours.

"what's the situation?"

The first moment Lu Chong opened his eyes, he saw Colonel Huang Huangguang's anxious old face. However, he was in a daze at the moment and looked extremely sleepy.

Commanding a large-scale campaign-level operation like the Recapture of Yucheng still consumes a huge amount of the commander's brainpower and energy, even with the assistance of a general staff and modern technology.

Especially in the early stages of the war, Lu Chong had to deal with a huge amount of work every day, such as coordinating the various combat units to get back on track, dealing with various problems arising from the implementation of pre-war plans, etc. All of these required him, the commander of the military region, to personally review them.

So Lu Chong was really exhausted these days. He had less than 4 hours of rest time every day, and it was intermittent. After all, the battlefield and the zombies would not consider whether he could get a good night's sleep.

So much so that at this moment when Lu Chong was woken up again, he began to miss the days when he was still a platoon leader.

You don’t have to think so much every day, and work is stress-free. Just do it!

"Those people I worked with back then should have been reincarnated now, right?"

"Commander? Commander? Are you awake?"

Colonel Huang Huangguang, who was standing by, was extremely anxious when he saw Lu Chong's appearance, but he could only remind him in a low voice.

"Something has happened to the railway camp in the Banan Tunnel area. We just reported that we were besieged by a large number of distorted creatures. The situation is extremely dangerous and there is a high possibility that the entire army will be wiped out!"

"What? The entire army was wiped out?"

Hearing the words "the whole army was wiped out", the dazed Lu Chong suddenly came to his senses.

"You said the whole army was wiped out??!"

As Lu Chong's voice rose slightly, the 77th Army Corps Commander Yu Zhengguo and Deputy Army Corps Commander Zhao Gang were startled and sat up one after another on the two simple folding camp beds next to his bed.

"What do you mean annihilated?"

"Where was the whole army wiped out?"

Yu Zhengguo and Zhao Gang were both sleepy, and were obviously frightened by this word. They were fine before going to bed, right? How come they were completely wiped out?

"Don't worry, it's just the railway camp in the Banan Tunnel section." Lu Chong casually explained the situation.

"Huh? What the hell is going on, who changed my slippers? ! Both are inside out!" Lu Chong cursed as he looked at the slippers on his feet.

.....

"Commander, why don't you try switching your left and right feet?" Senior Colonel Huang Huangguang wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

"Oh~ Holy shit, now it's awesome!" Lu Chong stood up in surprise. He was now completely sober.

"Fuck it, I've been staying up late these past few days and I'm almost turning into an idiot!"

"Commander, you just got up and the air conditioner is a bit cold, put on your coat!"

Ignoring Lu Chong's scolding, Colonel Huang Huangguang seemed to be used to it. He picked up the training uniform with major general's collar badge folded on the head of the bed and put it on Lu Chong.

"Ok!"

Lu Chong reached out and pinched the collar of his starry sky camouflage training uniform, tightened it slightly to make sure it wouldn't fall off, then strode towards the command desk in his slippers.

Behind him, Corps Commander Yu Zhengguo and Deputy Corps Commander Zhao Gang, who were already wearing their training uniforms, hurriedly followed Senior Colonel Huang Huangguang.

..

"Hello, Chief!"

"Hello, Chief!!"

...

Lu Chong came to the command platform at a galloping pace amid the greetings of the cadres along the way, and then sat down in the main seat with a majestic posture. The cadres and leaders who had been waiting for a long time quickly gathered around him.

"What's the situation?" Lu Chong squinted his eyes and looked at the flowing images and jumping data on the screen wall.

"Reporting to the commander, because the railway battalion did not carry an information module, we did not receive the on-site footage sent back."

"However, as soon as the news was received, the Joint Operations Center dispatched the Falcon 7 medium-range reconnaissance drone that was conducting reconnaissance work in the nearby airspace. I believe that the on-site images will be transmitted back soon!"

"At present, based on the reported situation, the railway troops in the Banan tunnel group section are in great danger and may overturn at any time. We..."

ding ding ding ~~

Just as the Director of the Intelligence Analysis Division of the Operations Department was explaining the situation to Lu Chong, the phone next to Lu Chong suddenly rang.

The young staff officer who was waiting by the phone immediately answered the phone: "Hello, this is the Joint Command Center of the Yucheng Military Region. May I ask who you are..."

The young major staff officer handed the phone to Lu Chong respectfully before he finished answering the call. He covered the mouthpiece and whispered,

"Commander, it's Commander Zhang Zhenguo, Deputy Commander of the Theater!"

Deputy theater commander?

After hearing these words, the entire command console fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at Lu Chong eagerly.

cough~

Lu Chong was shocked, cleared his throat slightly, then took the phone and stood up:

"Hello, Chief, I'm Lu Chong!"

"Hello, Commander Lu Chong, I am Zhang Zhenguo from the War Zone!"

On the other end of the phone, in the staff headquarters of the Zhongzhou Theater Command, Zhang Zhenguo, the deputy commander of the Zhongzhou Theater Command, who was in his 50s and dressed in summer fitness clothes, had obviously just been awakened from his sleep.

"I'm very sorry, Commander Lu, for disturbing you so late at night. I really have something urgent that I want to discuss with you." At this moment, the tone of Deputy Commander Zhang Zhenguo of the theater was very friendly.

The reason for his behavior, in addition to his easy-going personality, was more because Lu Chong's power at the moment had reached a level that even he, the deputy commander of the theater, had to be polite to him.

It has been repeatedly emphasized that the comparison and measurement of power is not simply to look at the literal relationship between superiors and subordinates, but to look at the amount of resources that the position can mobilize.

Although Lu Chong is only a major general and a commander at the local military district level, he is a lieutenant general and a deputy theater-level leader, but in terms of real power, he is not as powerful as Lu Chong, a regional military chief with strong autonomy!

Especially in the end times when the government is extremely dependent on the army, according to the ancient term, Lu Chong is at least a Jiedushi-level figure, and is a true frontier official.

There are only two channels for superiors to control their subordinates. One is the power of personnel appointment, and the other is the power of financial allocation. If they do not have both, their farts will be silent.

Coincidentally, in these two aspects, Deputy Commander Zhang Zhenguo had no influence on either of them, neither the appointment of Lu Chong nor the finances of the Yucheng Military Region.

On the contrary, if Zhang Zhenguo wants to introduce any system or policy in the sector under his charge during his term of office, Lu Chong's attitude as the regional military chief will become very important and may even affect the success or failure of his work.

Without the nod from Lu Chong, the military chief, it was difficult for the policies he implemented to even enter the Yucheng Military Region, let alone be implemented in grassroots units.

As for complaining to Gu Chengyuan, let's not talk about other things first, will he still have any shame after complaining? Is it equivalent to telling the entire war zone that he is a useless leader who is blocked by his subordinates?

Because of all the above, even though Deputy Commander Zhang Zhenguo was very anxious at the moment, he still remained polite and courteous when facing Lu Chong.