This time the number of attendees is much lower than last time, as the minimum level is battalion grade, meaning there are only a little over thirty people.

Besides all the regiment commanders and battalion commanders, there are also special forces, the Military Intelligence Bureau, the police headquarters, the staff department, the logistics department, and a few engineers from the combat laboratory attending.

When everyone arrived at the conference room, they found that Ye Fan was already there early this time.

"Sir, seeing your radiant face, there must be some good news, right?"

Zhongjing joked with Ye Fan, who nodded; "My good news is good news for everyone, please take a seat."

The attendees all sat down, and Ye Fan got straight to the point.

"We achieved a major victory in this attack on Hai Shan Wei. All units and departments coordinated smoothly and completed the mission successfully. Our funds and supplies are relatively abundant now, so I wanted to discuss the next steps with you. If you have any requests, feel free to bring them up now."

The officers whispered among themselves for a while. Finally, Zhongjing took the initiative to speak: "Sir, we don't have very high demands, but let's first allocate our personnel properly. Our staff department is still lacking manpower."

"The same goes for our Military Intelligence Bureau; this is disadvantageous for combat work, sir."

"Our field troops as well, there are still quite a few shortages."

Upon hearing the officers' remarks, Ye Fan nodded: "Staffing is a must. Now that our funds are relatively sufficient, I will fully staff your needs in one go, so forward your lists."

The officers were already prepared, specifying what types of troops each unit needed and how many.

Ye Fan glanced over them briefly and immediately began mobilizing new troops.

First are the four field regiments and one city guard regiment, all fully staffed.

According to the standards of the Dawn Army, a regiment is 4,000 people.

Currently, a regiment has 2,600 people, leaving a gap of 1,400.

However, when Ye Fan's Dawn Army formed a regiment, it included a mix of different types of troops, including armored troops, engineers, and air troops.

Yet the current regiments don't require such complex troop types; the main focus is firepower.

Ye Fan thought for a moment and decided that each regiment should add two battalions, making five combat battalions per regiment!

Each battalion is 550 people, making a total of 2,750 people.

Then he made sure all official vehicles, armored vehicles, transport vehicles, medical vehicles, dining vehicles, etc., were all in place.

Based on the five battalions, each regiment will additionally add a direct battalion.

The composition of the direct battalion is somewhat complex, comprising a guard company, an air defense company, an artillery company, an armor company, and a reconnaissance company.

The main composition of the air defense company is thirty dual-mounted anti-aircraft guns and one hundred air defense infantry, which can pose a significant threat to low-altitude troops.

The artillery company adds fifty mortars and fifty towed rocket launchers.

This gives each regiment powerful long-range striking capabilities, preventing weak attacks.

Then they add an assault company, composed of thirty Type 55 tanks for striking power, giving the regiments strong offensive capabilities.

These tanks are drawn from the armored battalion, which only retains some Type 15 light tanks.

It's not that the armored battalion is being disbanded, but Ye Fan considers that the Type 55 tanks are transitional weapons. The army combat room has already reported that the new main battle tanks will soon be developed.

In the future, the armored battalion will be fully equipped with new tanks.

So, these old tanks are directly assigned to the field troops, with thirty tanks forming a company, which will significantly enhance their attack capability.

The reconnaissance company belongs to the regiment-level special forces, consisting of scouts, snipers, rocket launcher warriors, demolition engineers, flamethrower warriors, etc., mainly tasked with various complex missions.

The reformed field regiments have reached a troop strength of six battalions, with each battalion fully staffed with 550 people, making the attack capability extraordinarily strong.

But even so, they still haven't reached full capacity, with the current total number of personnel in each regiment being 3,320.

This also includes the regiment commander, deputy regiment commander, communication officers, and accompanying engineers.

Ye Fan didn't mobilize too many new troops for the four field regiments, mainly restructuring the existing troops, such as the tanks and artillery.

This cumulatively increased troop strength by about 2,000 with some vehicles, totaling expenses of 2.7 million Gold.

Then on the city guard regiment side, Ye Fan fully replenished the soldiers in one go.

Currently, the city guard regiment is relatively dispersed, with over fifty checkpoints already constructed outside, and a considerable portion of the troops have been sent out.

Small checkpoints are guarded by a squad, large checkpoints are guarded by a platoon, totaling approximately 800 city guard soldiers stationed outside.

And the new Dawn City has taken shape, prompting Ye Fan to start recruiting troops.

The city guard troops include over a thousand soldiers in watchtowers, with giant cannons, and machine gun bunkers, while another 2,000 serve as city gate guards, patrols, etc.

Fortunately, the city guard troops don't require many vehicles; the general patrol vehicles are mountain cat all-terrain vehicles, which can quickly move along the city walls, in addition to some transport vehicles to send supplies to the checkpoint soldiers.

So this isn't really a big expenditure of Gold, Ye Fan replenished fourteen hundred soldiers and various vehicles at once, costing less than four hundred thousand Gold.

But subsequent replenishments really are a big expenditure of Gold.

For example, the air force replenishment.

In the battle of Hai Shan Wei, the air force played a significant role, whether it was helicopter transport, fighter jets gaining air superiority, or bombers bombing, they all played a decisive role.

However, Ye Fan did not excessively replenish the air force; he first spent one million six hundred thousand to add sixteen Attack-8 Fighters, bringing the air force's total fighter jets to twenty.

That's enough for now; Attack-8 is a transition plane, twenty are sufficient, then wait for the air force's Combat Laboratory to develop more advanced aircraft before expanding more aggressively.

An additional five bombers were added, costing another one million five hundred thousand, making bombers reach a ten-plane squadron, which is already sufficient for now.

Thankfully, Dawn City expanded, and the airport expanded along with it; otherwise, with so many new planes added, there wouldn't be enough space in the city to accommodate them.

So far, more than six million funds have been spent, and next up is another big expenditure of Gold in the army's Combat Laboratory.

After the engineers' tense research, just when Ye Fan was expanding the army, the new weapon in the army was finally developed.

"Commander, Nana has already transmitted our results over; you can view our new unit in the vehicle page."

Ye Fan was waiting for this and immediately opened it up.

A new addition appeared: the Type 99 Main Battle Tank.

[Type 99 Main Battle Tank: Cost 50,000 Gold, equipped with a 125 mm smoothbore cannon, equipped with an automatic loader, firing rate of eight rounds per minute, No-Star state carries 41 rounds, ammunition includes armor-piercing shells and high-explosive rounds, uses fully automatic fire control system, equipped with laser aiming.]

[Combat weight 51 tons, length 7.7 meters, width 3.5 meters, vehicle crew of three, equipped with a thermal imager, equipped with a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun and a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, equipped with composite armor, maximum speed of 70 km/h, endurance of 460 km.]

[With each Star Promotion, increases four reserve rounds, increases maximum speed by 5 km/h, increases endurance by 50 km, increases armor thickness by 1 cm.]

Looking at the parameters of the main battle tank, Ye Fan couldn't help but his eyes shine.

This tank, while not the most advanced model before the apocalypse, is almost there.

Don't forget, the Dawn Army's weapons can be promoted in stars, and now the vehicle comes directly with One-Star, so this Type 99 tank is almost at top-tier level.

Although the fifty thousand Gold price is a bit steep, Ye Fan has decided to heavily invest in building the armored division, and so he put in significant funds.

Two hundred Type 99 Main Battle Tanks, directly spending ten million Gold!

Additionally, the existing fifty light tanks were increased to one hundred, costing another one million two hundred thousand.

Then Ye Fan spared no expense, adding fifty multi-functional infantry vehicles.

Inside each infantry vehicle, an engineer was assigned, allowing Red Alert's black technology to take effect again, transforming these infantry vehicles into rapid repair vehicles.

As long as these tanks aren't instantly destroyed, they can be quickly repaired so that they can soon be up and running again.

Altogether spending one million one hundred thirty thousand Gold, Ye Fan turned the armored division into an armored battalion!

Owning three hundred tanks can be considered a battalion.

To see his new tanks, Ye Fan even paused a meeting midway and went to the top floor of the mansion to look at the newly enlisted tanks outside.

Three hundred new tanks, all brand new, gleaming brightly, the black muzzle providing a formidable deterrent.

The clattering sound of the tracks was especially pleasing to the ear.

Knowing the commander wanted to see, the newly trained tank soldiers drove the tanks by the street outside the mansion, almost as if they were undergoing a review.

Ye Fan stood on the rooftop terrace, his heart filled with infinite appreciation.

Such a powerful army, all now under his management.

Equipped with infantry fighting vehicles, these tanks are practically the reigning king of ground combat now.

Guo Zhun also has a few hundred tanks there, but Ye Fan believes that if Guo Zhun's tanks and his own had a tank battle, they would definitely meet an ugly end.

Of course, Ye Fan was just imagining; if it were to really happen, he would definitely first seize air superiority, and twenty Attack-8 Fighters could definitely accomplish this task well.

This tank cluster might be more useful for sieging cities or fighting zombies.

After watching the tanks enlisted, Ye Fan returned indoors; his twenty-four million Gold was now down to seven million.

But he still wasn't stingy; at this moment, the hardworking engineers unlocked another building.

[Electronic Combat Laboratory: Cost 1 million Gold, designed for electronic warfare soldier's work, can be used for monitoring, radar operations, wiretapping phone calls, intercepting telegrams, decoding passwords, and the development and upgrades of subsequent electronic combat equipment.]

Seeing this, Ye Fan didn't hesitate to click to build.

During construction, he gave it a glance, seeing Shen Ruihui eagerly watching.

Ye Fan thought about it; the Electronic Combat Laboratory will later be under the management of the Military Intelligence Bureau, also serving as a reward for the Military Intelligence Bureau's outstanding performance this time.

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