On February 9, 2024, after several months of clean-up work, the current actual control security area of the Chinese Free Federation extends from the Yangtze River in the north, the Grand Canal in the west, the Qiantang River in the south, and the sea in the east, with an area of more than 60,000 square kilometers, a population of more than 200,000, and an army of 16,000 people.

Almost all the zombies in the towns in this area were killed by the Chinese Federation military by luring them out of the town by means of noise attraction, and then burned them. Of course, big cities are still dangerous areas, and even within the control of the Chinese Free Federation, there are still zombies hiding in the corners from time to time that have not been discovered, so it is conceivable that the second phase of cleanup seems long and far away.

Thankfully, many of the survivors of the sweep were able to find power engineers and restore the operation of several large power plants. As a result, the entire Chinese Free Federation has a stable supply of electricity, but the shortage of coal mines has forced them to turn their attention to the areas with many coal mines in the north. However, even so, most of the Chinese Free Federation was restored to light, and even a section of the railroad was successfully opened, which greatly increased the transportation capacity of the region.

Now Gusu City has been completely connected with the original Xijing, Gusu City has been renamed Xijing, and has become the political and economic center of the entire Chinese Free Federation, and many surrounding factories have also resumed production, and an industrial system of self-production and self-sale has gradually developed and matured.

As for the army, after cleaning up the vast majority of zombies, Vincent was able to slowly tap the remnants of the military camps in the occupied area, and now the army has 16,000 combat troops and 8,000 logistics support personnel, 56 tanks of all kinds, 61 armored vehicles, 84 self-propelled guns of all kinds, 17 complete sets of various vehicle-mounted missile launch systems, 19 Wuzhi 9 helicopters, 18 Wuzhi 10 helicopters, and 36 fighters of various types. This does not include all kinds of civilian and transport vehicles and aircraft, all of which give the Chinese Federal Army the strength to conduct large-scale operations.

In addition to Gunpowder and Bobcat, which each commanded 6,000 people to form two divisions, the division directly under the central government led by Scorpion was 4,000 people, including an artillery regiment with 80 howitzers and an air squadron with all armed helicopters and fighters, which was also the only air force of the Chinese Free Federation Army.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the Lunar New Year, although it is in a chaotic period and has just settled down, but as long as there are conditions, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for the New Year will not diminish in the slightest. Wrapped in a heavy military coat and heavily guarded by the guards, Vincent walked the streets to visit people from all walks of life.

The guards were uniformly dressed in black trench coats, and a silver flying eagle badge pinned to their chests was particularly conspicuous, which was the symbol of the SS. After the loss of Cité Soleil a few months ago, the invading army was wiped out by the Vincennes in just a week, and the leader of the invading army was paraded by scorpions on wooden sticks outside the government gates, and died after seven days. This incident not only frightened the conspirators who had ideas, but also led to the unprecedented blind worship of Vincent's supporters.

Thus, the Chinese Liberal People's Party appeared, a party composed of fanatics who worshiped Vincennes as the core, and a party committee of power composed of veterans from the Vincennes Ministry. The SS was an army spontaneously established by the members of these parties for the main purpose of protecting Vincenne and gathering intelligence, and soon this unit replaced the original guards of the Scorpion Department to become Vincent's personal guard, and Ai Mengmeng, who was recognized as Vincent's lover, became the commander of this 1,500-strong SS army as a matter of course.

The formation of the SS not only made Vincennes's power more centralized, but it was also a disaster for the conspirators who tried to make small moves. The SS had a special interrogation apparatus called the SS Special Services Court, or Inquisition. Those Inquisition members wearing black trench coats and silver skull emblems on their shoulders would be a nightmare for all the inhabitants of the Chinese Free Federation. As long as they get accurate information from the intelligence department, or receive a report from the masses, they will directly arrest people without going through any department, and they don't need any evidence at all.

Hundreds of people have now entered the Inquisition's prison in just a few months, but not a single one has come out, and smoke can be seen every day from the large chimney of the crematorium built in the prison's backyard.

Vincent smiled and walked on the street to greet the people standing on both sides of the street, the current Xijing has a population of 50,000, plus more than 8,000 garrisons and more than 4,000 logistics support personnel, at least it seems that the street is full of people, there is no empty feeling before, so that many people who come to Xijing for the first time mistakenly think that this is a civilized city that has not experienced the plague.

Although the cold SS around him made the people afraid to approach Vincent, this did not affect Vincent's enthusiasm in the slightest, and he kindly picked up a baby and asked with a smile: "How old is the child?" ”

The child's mother, a young woman with a somewhat delicate face, took her husband's hand a little nervously and whispered, "It's been almost 7 months." ”

Vincent smiled and pinched the baby's pink little face, and said with a smile: "Oh? That's the same age as a scorpion's daughter. ”

The scorpion that followed Vincent touched his head and said with a smile: "Boss, do you remember how old my daughter is?" Haha, but this kid is much fatter than my daughter. ”

The woman's face suddenly turned red, and she whispered again: "Report to the chief, because milk powder is very scarce now, so I am fed with a mother, because I have more milk, so the child grows a little better." ”

The scorpion looked up at the woman's breasts, which were a little too big, and smiled wryly. After Vincent returned the child to the mother, he whispered: "Don't worry, everything will be fine, the five dairy farms of the country are under construction, and soon you will have fresh milk and rude products to eat." But by that time, this little doll is probably not needed, but your next child should be able to enjoy these benefits. ”

After the child's mother's thanks, Chinese Sen left the street, and then got into a stretched luxury car parked on the side of the road, looking at the wide wheels and shock absorbers, he knew that this was a specially made bulletproof car. Escorted by more than a dozen police motorcycles and police cars, the convoy slowly drove towards the government compound, and Vincent had a televised speech in the evening, and on television he gave New Year's greetings to the people of the whole country.