: Section 53 Army Expansion

The next day, the cleanup of the Iron City went smoothly. Most of the zombies were wiped out in the wild. The few remaining zombies were no longer a threat to Li Yuanhong's troops. Soon the army occupied the Iron City.
The first thing Li Yuanhong did after occupying Tiecheng was to check the important factories. Tiecheng has large coal mines and feed processing plants. These are all he needs. Although now he has resumed raising livestock such as pigs, cattle, sheep and chickens. The feed problem has always plagued this Li Yuanhong. If the feed problem is not solved, it will be difficult to further expand the number of breeding. After all, soldiers are always allowed to dry the biscuits. Not only does it taste bad, but also malnutrition will occur after a long time. Food production is inseparable from canned meat. Obtaining feed processing equipment today will completely solve this problem.
As for coal, it is an important additive and fuel in steelmaking, and it is also an indispensable material for the production of tanks. With this, Li Yuanhong believes that he can let the tank group sweep the zombies in the Northeast during the Spring Festival. Then there is no need to worry. The number of zombies is gone.
After inspecting all the equipment, Li Yuanhong confessed to Erya and Ma Fengyong who rushed over: "You two must find talents in producing feed and operating coal mining machines from the survivors, and resume production as soon as possible. In addition, Ma Fengyong, you too Dispatch a search team as soon as possible to search for the survivors around, find out those who are still alive, and at the same time investigate clearly the current character of these survivors."
"It's Brother Li, don't worry about that. Now those mercenary groups are used to it. Every time a new area is occupied, they will pass through the border like locusts, and they will never leave a trace of omission." Ma Fengyong has a face. Said deceptively.
"Good! But you should also take precautions. Don't let the mercenary group have quality problems. I don't want the mercenary group to become a gangster."
"Yes, I understand!" Ma Fengyong immediately replied solemnly.
"Well, you go and work, I should also go back to Spring City, I don't know what should happen to the old fox, the chief."
After taking down the Iron City, the major cities around Fengtian have basically been liberated, and the remaining cities, either far away from Fengtian, cannot form a response to Fengtian’s zombies, or the number is very small, which is not worth mentioning. , So now Li Yuanhong had to take down those small towns and Fengtian's encirclement was basically formed.
Of course, for those small towns that are not so important, Li Yuanhong directly handed it over to the army to handle it. Li Yuanhong had to go back to deal with important matters.
When he returned to Spring City that same day, Captain Luo called him over as soon as he arrived.
"What is the chief looking for?" Li Yuanhong asked.
"I don't know. When we get to the place, the chief will tell you in person." Head Luo replied.
"Oh, okay!" Li Yuanhong was also helpless, the head of Luo's mouth was very strict.
When he came to the office of Chief No. 2, Chief No. 2 was still drinking tea. Seeing Li Yuanhong come in, he simply signaled the two of them to sit down, but did not speak.
After the two were seated, Chief No. 2 said, "How is the battle?"
"Thank you for your concern. This time, we have successfully taken down the main cities around Fengtian City. The next step is to clean up the zombies around Fengtian and then we can surround Fengtian." Li Yuanhonghui reported.
"Okay, yes, then it seems that you can expand your army again." Chief Number Two said.
"Expansion?" Li Yuanhong looked at Chief No. 2 with some surprise.
"Yes, you have a larger area under your control now, and you will face more enemies in the future. How can you deal with so many enemies without expanding your army? Moreover, you have to sit in the position of commander of the Northeast Military Region. How can you fight with your weak forces? Live in the other two legions." The second chief said slowly.
"This..." Li Yuanhong hesitated.
"Don't worry about it. Your current strength has proven your ability. In addition, you should now have an official official status. The commander of the Northeast Military Region may be too small, but it should be enough before the entire Northeast is liberated. Up."
"Chief, I don't mean that, I mean, I still don't do the position of commander." Li Yuanhong refused.
"Oh? Why?" Chief No. 2 looked at Li Yuanhong in surprise.
"The official position of the army is still to be held by the army's own people, so that it will be easier to accept within the army. In addition, I am not in the army most of the time, and I am more in contact with internal affairs. The separation of military and administration should not be broken." Li Yuanhong said.
"Hehe, your kid is pretty discerning. Then what do you think?"
"I think I am the interim chairman and commander-in-chief of the three eastern provinces. What do you think of this position?"
"Your kid's appetite is not small, but at this time, it is still a good time. Then do it. By the way, what do you think of international conferences now?" Chief Number Two asked.
"I think they haven't been beaten up yet, so it will take a while."
"How do you say this?" Chief Number Two asked.
"Although most of these countries are occupied by zombies, these countries currently have a relatively safe base so that they can slowly develop in it. As long as the materials are sufficient, they can open wartime industries and initiate countermeasures. The counterattack of the zombies. This is what they think."
"Well, you are right. I had this goal when I stood on Hainan Island."
"But they forgot that the zombies are constantly evolving. That is to say, this is a time race. If they have not beaten the zombie's evolution speed in time, then someone will be eliminated soon. Only then, Only when they see the real crisis, will they really sit down and negotiate." Li Yuanhong said.
"Okay, well said, this group of people still can't fight. Then we will drag them with them and see who can drag whom."
"The chiefs should not just delay, but also let them see our rapid development, so that they can have a sense of urgency."
"How can we let them see our development? Will it reveal our secrets?"
"Let them visit our recruit training. Don't we want to broaden our troops, then let them know how fast our recruits are progressing."
"How can you see the urgency?"
"Levels, recruits are generally not high. The veterans in my current army have the lowest level of level 5. If they are too low, they will not be able to fight with zombies. So let them see the changes in the level of our soldiers. In order to arouse their sense of urgency."
"good idea."
"In addition, we can show the muscles appropriately."
"Show muscles?"
"Yes, our current cadres above the squad leader and above have basically activated their abilities. I think this is absolutely impossible in other armies."
"Hahaha, how did I forget this? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't dare to eat those colored evolution fluids. It would be fatal to make things wrong. Right! Just use this to scare these turtle grandchildren." Chief No. 2 smiled heartily.
In the next few days, Li Yuanhong began to prepare for the expansion of the army. Originally, the army had not been expanded for a long time. After the expansion, Li Yuanhong was very worried about the quality of the soldiers, so he consulted with Commander Xiao.
"Commander Xiao, how much do you think is more appropriate for us to expand?"
"It doesn't matter how much you expand. Didn't you make a militia plan some time ago? Now many survivors in the base can complete basic tactical shooting actions, and the fighting is also good. As long as you have a little training, you can do it. We’re on the battlefield. It happens to be clearing the surrounding areas of Fengtian recently so that new recruits can practice their hands.
"Why did I forget about this ballast? Well, great. It just happens that the second commander wants you to be the commander. It happens to be the expansion of three armies. You are the commander of the three armies. How about expanding three armies and one division like this?"
"What does that division do?" Commander Xiao asked suspiciously.
"The division directly under the Central Committee, hand it to Head Luo."
"Haha, I see, you are flattering." Commander Xiao said jokingly.
"This flattering should be shot, don't forget, you, the commander, is appointed by the chief. If you don't give the chief a man, it will make him enjoyable. It will be a hassle to wear small shoes for us when we look back."
"Okay, no problem, I will appoint some cadres for military training, and then I can expand the army."
"Okay, everything is up to you!" Li Yuanhong said sincerely.
The recruitment of the army is very smooth. During the war, the status of the soldiers is very high and the treatment is also very good. And now many people have enmity with the zombies, and they want to kill the zombies to avenge their families. One army has more than 30,000 people. This expansion With the two armies, there are less than 70,000 people. The population of the area under Li Yuanhong's jurisdiction has climbed to nearly two million. This area of ​​70,000 people will soon be full.
There are people, and the next thing is equipment. Li Yuanhong had been asking the weapon shop to step up production, so there was no shortage of cold weapons, and the production of tanks was on the right track. However, Li Yuanhong did not release the mass production of tanks because Li Yuanhong had a premonition that the current Tanks are likely to be eliminated soon, and producing a batch for training is enough. When new weapons come out, all new weapons will be updated at that time.
Li Yuanhong recruited people aggressively. Those heads of countries who lived in Spring City had heard about it. After all, this matter was not kept secret. So within a few days, these heads found the No. 2 chief and wanted to visit the training of the recruits and learn. In fact, I just want to see the strength of the Chinese army.
The No. 2 chief agreed without hesitation at all, which instead made countries like the United Kingdom and the United States feel a little surprised, thinking that the leaders of China would push three things and hinder them.
On this day, the No. 2 leader led these foreign leaders into the recruit training ground. At this time, recruits are being trained. Although these recruits are not as neat as the veteran ranks, they already look different. At this time, some recruits were practicing swords and guns, some were practicing tank driving, and some were practicing shooting.
For those practicing knives and guns, many leaders dismissed it as an obsolete thing. Chief No. 2 looked in his eyes and didn't break it. Instead, he took these people to a group of soldiers practicing the sword technique. The instructor who was teaching the sword technique saw the arrival of Chief No. 2 and quickly retracted his sword and ran to the Chief.
"Reporting chief, we are practicing the sword technique, please instruct!" The instructor saluted and reported.
"Okay, your sword is good, can you show your real killer move and show it to our guests."
"Yes, Chief!" the instructor replied.
After a while, someone brought a big stone, and with a "don" sound, the stone was thrown on the ground. It was obvious that the stone was heavy and solid.
The instructor walked to the stone with a knife, then raised the steel knife, and said "Hi
"With a sound, the steel knife slashed, and the moment the steel knife touched the stone, magical brilliance emerged from the steel knife, and then the steel knife cut the big stone in half like tofu.
The soldiers behind immediately thundered in applause. If it were not for discipline restrictions, these fighters would have to call out. And those foreign leaders were all surprised. Is this a trick?
So a few leaders walked over and looked at the big rock over and over. They didn't see any problems. It was an ordinary stubborn stone, absolutely hard enough.
At this time, the British Prime Minister came over and said to Chief No. 2: "Liu, can I look at his knife?"
Chief No. 2 said without hesitation: "No problem!"
So the instructor handed the steel knife to the British Prime Minister.