Chapter 1423 - Send Them To Pick Garbage (2/2)

An endless amount of work was waiting for them.

Until death, they would work under the supervision of those who had been oppressed by them.

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After the USN trouble was resolved, Jiang Chen spent a rare weekend of peace in North America.

Outpost Town that had restored order was like a magnet in the ruins. An endless stream of merchant fleets soon gathered here again. When they saw the familiar flag and the familiar goods in the warehouse, all transactions proceeded as before, as if nothing had happened to this place.

During this relaxing week, Jiang Chen, at the invitation of the two leaders, Paul Revere and Brian Eddie, took the time to visit Liberty City and Steel City respectively, and received a warm welcome in both cities.

Perhaps because the two sides reached an agreement on the “climate issue”, the attitudes of the two major West Coast native survivor forces towards Outpost Town and NAC were not as tense as they were initially. In addition to trade, the two sides had also reached agreements on issues such as the elimination of predators and the elimination of mutated human tribes.

As for the specific details of these agreements, Jiang Chen left them to Zhou Guoping. After all, he was the governor of the colony and Jiang Chen had to return to Wanghai in a few days.

At noon on the eighth day, the figure of AS Order appeared on the horizon of the West Coast.

Two cargo ships followed far behind the steel airship, and the colonists stood on the deck, cheering or crying toward the West Coast. During this month, they suffered humiliation. Many people died in Central America, and less than half of them returned home.

The suffering they experienced in the past month had finally ended.

At the colony’s port, Jiang Chen saw the triumphant Li Wang.

Jiang Chen first praised the glorious achievements of a group of soldiers in Panama, and then he stood on the lift of the port and gave a heartfelt condolences speech to the colonists who had returned home.

After he finished all of these tasks, he instructed Zhou Guoping to settle these poor and unfortunate people, then returned to the colony headquarters with Li Wang and others.

As for the victory celebration, the award ceremony, and the like, would be carried out at the square in Sixth Street based on tradition.

“…In addition to our people, there are about 20,000 South American survivors. We got their help when we attacked the USN Panama base. I would like to ask your thought on how should we handle this situation?” Li Wang asked Jiang Chen.

“The Panama base can be kept,” Jiang Chen looked at the world map on the wall. “It’s also very important to us. It’s the gateway between the West and East Coast.”

“Our next goal is the East Coast?” Li Wang asked.

“Let’s talk about that later, we should finish what’s on our plate first.” Jiang Chen laughed, “We haven’t digested the West Coast yet. If we join the fun on the East Coast, more likely than not, we will get into more troubles again.”

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

After a pause, Jiang Chen glanced at the world map and said seemingly nonchalantly.

“After I go back, I plan to push army reform.”

“Is it the advice of Chief of Staff Han?” Li Wang carefully asked.

“That’s right.” Jiang Chen nodded.

With the expansion of territory and the increase of the population base, the NAC military government had now amassed more than 100,000 troops. The current army establishment of the NAC was no longer suitable for its size, and reform was imperative.

In fact, as early as the end of last year, Han Junhua had suggested this to Jiang Chen and even designed the reform plan, but it was not implemented for various reasons.

By the time he returned to Wanghai, it was time to push forward the long-delayed reform…