The low temperature in winter today has brought inconvenience to many people.
At least in the places Tang Zheng knew, there was heavy snowfall and extreme weather raging everywhere.
From Tongtian River to Lumba City, from Zhuguang City to Hezhou.
From Mobei to Beiyu, from Fengcheng to Qinzhou, everything has entered the middle of winter.
Coal, which was originally not valued by people, has become the scarcest resource.
There is a thermal power plant in Zhuguang City, which requires a large amount of coal every day.
Originally, the alliance's twelve bases also needed a large amount of coal to survive the winter.
There is also the manor base under Tang Zheng's current jurisdiction, which has no coal reserves at all, and now it also needs coal.
Tang Zheng was very lucky that he had a coal mine and had consciously stocked up on coal a long time ago. He was still able to survive this winter.
The caravans traveling to and from Zhuguang City are now gradually disappearing.
Since the theatrical performance, the city has become somewhat quiet, and people have begun to live their normal lives.
But the Light Chasing Army did not rest in peace and stand still.
On January 5th, the entire military and political meeting of the Zhuguang Army was held in the conference room of Tang Zheng's official residence.
In the courtyard of the official residence, vehicles have been arriving continuously since early morning.
This meeting was the highest-level meeting since the establishment of the Light Chasing Army.
All participants, if they are from the military, are basically officers at the deputy battalion level or above.
If it is related to internal affairs, one party is responsible.
The meeting started at eight o'clock in the morning, and after six o'clock, the important officials of the Light Chasing Army arrived one after another.
Most of the people who come will bring some food to the general's waterhole to feed the Light Chaser's pet Tangtang.
Tangtang, this big guy, has already made a lot of contributions. Whether it was the alliance's night sneak attack on the City of Light, the siege of millions of zombies, or the assassination in the theater a few days ago, Tangtang has performed very well.
The officials arrived and brought some meat dumplings, roast chicken, pork legs and other food to feed the big guy Tangtang.
Tangtang also welcomes everyone, stuffing food into her stomach whenever she sees it. Her physique is also growing, and this pool is a bit small now.
It wasn't until around 7:40 that Tang Zheng's guard company commander Ning Yuwei came out and called everyone who was happy to be fed to the conference room.
After entering the conference room, everyone realized that this meeting was not simple.
Not only were all the important members of the Light Chasing Army present, but a large screen was erected in front of the conference room with a huge map on it.
This map is larger than the sand table on Tang Zheng's first floor, covering not only the entire Northern Territory, but also the surrounding several thousand kilometers of map.
Among them, Volcano City, Hezhou City, Qinzhou City, etc. are all within the scope of the map.
Realizing that the situation today was a little different, everyone became serious and sat down in their respective seats, waiting for the meeting to begin.
At around 7:50, Tang Zheng arrived at the venue.
Everyone was sitting below, and Tang Zheng sat alone on the podium, leaning against a big chair.
After Tang Zheng sat down, he saw that everyone attending the meeting had arrived and it was almost time. He signaled the guard to close the door.
"Before the meeting, let's talk about the specific content of the meeting."
"This meeting is a meeting for the comprehensive development of our Zhuguang Army. The meeting mainly determines two contents."
"The first item is the development we have made now. As everyone knows, now that winter has arrived, the surrounding areas seem to have calmed down, but the position of our Light Chasing Army is actually not very ideal."
"To the north, there is a large group of people who are eyeing us. There are also 50,000 of our compatriots there. We and them can be said to be sworn enemies."
"To the east, Liu Yibang's troops are still attacking Hezhou despite the severe cold and snow. It may not be long before Hezhou is captured by them. By then we will be bordering the Fifth Group Army. This is also a big deal for us. Not a good thing."
"Going south, Liu Yibang's henchman Liao Yucheng is not idle now. He is stationed at the Qinzhou base and has become a roadblock for us going south. Sooner or later we will have a battle."
"Winter is coming. We must not relax our minds and take time off. Let's talk about the achievements of various departments. Our construction and our development are actually for our war service. Everyone must understand this."
"To determine our achievements, we must also determine our strategic direction. This is the content of today's meeting."
"A few more appointments were announced. Qi Zhengyang, the president of Zhuguang Bank, will now serve as the Minister of the Interior and concurrently as the bank president."
"Xu Liu, the captain of the special service team, now serves as the director of the Public Security Department and concurrently serves as the captain of the special service team."
"Next, my security company commander Ning Yuwei will chair the meeting on my behalf."
The people below all sat upright, and no one raised any objections.
This is the benefit of the Light-Chasing Army. Everyone will obey Tang Zheng's decision unconditionally, and there won't be any wrangling for profit.
After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he closed his eyes slightly and leaned there to listen.
Ning Yuwei's voice came: "The general asked me to preside over the meeting, so I will say it directly. First of all, Director Guo Yun, does your scientific research institute have any new research results now?"
Guo Yun coughed: "General, colleagues, the scientific research institute is currently working on the next drawing. This drawing is a drawing of a prison."
"Everyone knows that our Light Chasing Army has taken many prisoners during this period."
"Among them, in the Alliance alone, we have captured tens of thousands of people. These people are now our free laborers. Although some of them have completed the labor reform, there are still more than 10,000 people who have not completed the reform, and the former A period of fighting at the manor base and capture operations in the city have brought us thousands more prisoners, and the placement of these prisoners has now become an urgent matter for us."
"The city has a huge population and cannot be effectively resettled, so our mapping this time is to build a large prison to house prisoners. Currently, more than half of the mapping process has been carried out and it is expected to be completed within a week. By then, up to 25,000 people can be accommodated. Thousands of prisoners are just the location of a prison and will not be built within the city.”
Guo Yun quickly finished his report. Ning Yuwei nodded and asked Bao Xilai, the engineer battalion commander: "What achievements have the engineering troops achieved?"
Bao Xilai also straightened his waist: "Dear general, fellow colleagues, our engineering troops have been working day and night during this period, mainly on the construction of railways. In order to save money, we independently collected materials to build railways, and have now completed one step at a time. The railway from Light City to the University City Base, and the railway from Zhuguang City to the Manor Base.”
"The construction of the two railways will greatly enhance the operational capabilities of our army. For example, in this cold and freezing weather, roads are difficult to pass, but through the railway, we still have strong mobility, such as from Zhuguang City to University Town, it now takes at least ten hours to travel by road, but it can be reached directly by rail within three hours.”
Tang Zheng opened his eyes at this time and asked: "Has the railway from University City to Beifengdu been built?"
Bao Xilai was suddenly speechless: "We are still making preparations."
Tang Zheng snorted and did not continue speaking.
Then, there were speeches from the City Guards, Combat Command Center, Thermal Power Plant, Public Security Department, Banks and other departments.
The city guard troops reported on the construction status of various checkpoints and the movements of surrounding personnel.
The combat command center provides a large amount of video data, mainly about the situation of several surrounding hostile forces.
The thermal power plant talked about coal storage and transportation, as well as people's livelihood protection.
The bank has issued the fifth batch of Guangyuan, and the number of Guangyuan currently circulating throughout the country has reached 20 billion.
The Public Security Bureau talked about the recent arrests. The arrests have come to an end. The security situation in Zhuguang City has greatly improved, and the intelligence organization personnel have basically disappeared.
After hearing the reports from various departments, Tang Zheng spoke.
"Your basic work is okay, but I need everyone to be clear. You are all from the system, and you know what our system is. It is a war system."
"Our infrastructure construction and development are to serve the war. Everything we have now is based on our strong troops."
"As important members of Light Chaser City, you must have a clear mind and consciousness."
"We will not be idle this winter. Let's ask Company Commander Ning to introduce some surrounding situations to everyone. Let's discuss our next military action."
After saying that, Tang Zheng closed his eyes again and handed the venue over to Ning Yuwei.
Ning Yuwei turned on the lights on the map at this time. There was not only a map, but also some video data just passed back from the combat command center.
"Colleagues, let me introduce to you the surrounding situation."
"Everyone knows about the three forces surrounding us. The general's intention is to suppress at least one force during this winter and resolve the passive situation where we are surrounded by enemies on three sides."
"But before introducing the situation of the three parties, let me first talk about the situation of the zombies."
"With the arrival of winter, we have observed changes in zombies. Snowflakes and rain have a similar effect, that is, they can block the sight and perception of zombies."
"Zombies that have lost their senses will basically just stay in place. This is good for us. As long as there is no command from the Zombie King, we basically don't have to worry about the threat of zombies this winter."
"We also found that with the arrival of winter, the acid rain has stopped, the acidic substances in the air are reducing, and the corrosion of metals is constantly decreasing. If this progress continues, the acidic substances in the air will be reduced tomorrow spring. Completely disappear. At that time, industrial production will recover quickly. Of course, the premise is that acid rain does not continue."
After these words, there were some whispers in the venue, and everyone was obviously very happy.
There is no longer the threat of zombies or the harm of acidic substances for the time being, which is good news for mankind.
But Ning Yuwei, who was explaining, still looked serious and opened the map on the wall.
"Next, let me introduce to you the strength of our enemy."
(End of chapter)
