The visit of the Ninth Fleet was unexpected, so Chu Jungui was unprepared. However, this did not trouble him. After transferring the alloy materials to the transport ship, Chu Jungui sailed back to Base 2, transported several tons of metallic hydrogen stored in the base to orbit, and handed it over to the Ninth Fleet. During this period, Li Ruobai completed the work of confirming military merit.
After destroying a federal light-protection-class patrol ship, the total military merit was about 200 points. Li Ruobai registered the Lightyear Legion, then allocated 150 points to the legion, and the rest to Chu Jungui's second lieutenant rank. These military achievements were enough for Chu Jungui to be promoted to captain. As for Li Ruobai himself, he didn't want any military merit.
After finishing these tasks, the starships of the Ninth Fleet quietly flew away during the gap between federal patrols and returned to the mobile base.
Chu Jungui disguised the unfinished starship and drove the transport ship back to Base 2 to prepare for the shipment of the next batch of materials and power furnaces.
Back at Base No. 2, Chu Jun was about to go to the laboratory when he was stopped by Li Ruobai.
"Jun Gui, are you really not going to take a look at Sister Xi?"
"Isn't she very good now? Why should she go?"
Li Ruobai's voice became louder, "Do you think she is doing well? It would be good if the situation of the Ninth Fleet can be sustained now. Sister Xi is in danger all the time."
Chu Jungui stopped, looked at the gloomy storm clouds through the window, and remained silent for a long time.
"Jun Gui, you..." Before Li Ruobai finished his sentence, Chu Jungui suddenly turned around and asked, "Do you think she will die?"
Without waiting for Li Ruobai to answer, Chu Jungui said to himself: "On this battlefield, everyone will be in danger now, it's just a matter of the coefficient."
Li Ruobai felt that Chu Jungui's state was a little abnormal, and quickly said: "Actually, there are high and low levels. For example, it is quite safe to stay in the mobile base."
Chu Jungui asked: "Why doesn't the Ninth Fleet withdraw?"
"There must be a reason. If it could have been withdrawn, it would have been withdrawn long ago. I will have to wait until the next transaction to figure out how to ask for the specific reason."
Chu Jungui shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter whether you ask or not. I have a hunch that she won't leave or stay in the mobile base."
Li Ruobai looked slightly unhappy and said: "Jun Gui, Sister Xi is not an ordinary person. We don't need to worry about her. But you, please don't do anything stupid..."
Chu Jungui smiled, turned around and gave Li Ruobai a hug, saying, "You don't have to worry about me, I won't do stupid things either. I just feel..."
"What do you think?"
Chu Jun pointed towards the surging sky and said, "I was born for battlefields like this."
Chu Jungui patted Li Ruobai on the shoulder and walked into the laboratory.
Li Ruobai stayed where he was, looking up at the sky, his blood finally faded away, and he suddenly understood something, and said angrily: "I was almost deceived by such a literary and artistic person like you! Why are you born to fight, why don't you still have to fight for it?!"
The operation of Base 2 was still orderly, with almost no change in rhythm. However, everyone felt a faint sense of oppression. The production sequence was subtly adjusted. First, it took half a day to produce 30 rapid-fire cannons, which were placed on the second line of defense of the base and were manned by soldiers day and night.
After strengthening the defense, the mass production of power furnaces began. The overall production index of Base No. 2 has exceeded 5,000, which means that it can produce 50 tanks a day. There are also a large number of veterans of the Jolly Roger and even the Lancers in this base, all of whom are already familiar with Chu Jungui's style. The initial mass production of power furnaces was a precursor to expanding production capacity again.
Chu Jungui stayed alone in the laboratory for a while and then took out a new planning diagram.
In the next week, Base 2 will be constructed according to the idea of maximizing production capacity, and everything else, including weapons and starships, will be temporarily stopped. After this round of construction is completed, the total power supply of the base will exceed 10 million kW, which in the home star era can barely supply the energy of a large city.
With enough energy, we will have the confidence to vigorously develop the materials industry, especially metal refining, which requires a lot of energy. Chu Jungui didn't bother to look for ore veins, so he built several excavators, dug a trench around Base No. 2, and sent the soil produced by the trenching directly into the refining furnace to be smelted into various metals. This kind of refining efficiency without prior separation is not very high, and only slightly less than half of the mass will be refined into various metallic and non-metallic materials. But the remaining residue is also a very good building material, which is directly pressed into standard building modules for base construction.
The trench outside Base No. 2 was dug deeper and wider, becoming a natural barrier against the tide of beasts. During this period, there was a B-level beast tide, but it was just to replenish Chu Jungui with organic materials.
A week later, the production capacity index of Base 2 also exceeded 10,000. In addition, the production capacity of Doomsday Shadow has reached 25,000, which means that if Chu Jungui thinks about it at this moment, he can form a force of more than a thousand tanks within a week.
After frantically expanding production capacity, Chu Jungui turned to starship modification. In this way, it will take several days to modify the starship. Chu Jungui simply built another transport ship, doubling the orbital material transportation capacity. This barely met the material transportation requirements, and finally completed the starship transformation in one day.
At this time, ten days had passed since the last transaction with the Ninth Fleet.
In the outer orbit of Planet No. 4, the storm clouds are like a roaring sea, with huge waves constantly surging. The newly renovated starship floats quietly on the sea, like a lonely boat, and leftover materials and dismantled equipment are scattered around it.
The new starships are somewhat stubby and chubby, with the main guns at the front being wrapped. The two main engines from the destroyer make it unparalleled in maneuverability.
After the crew was in place, Chu Jungui drove the brand-new Sausage along the storm clouds and flew to the other side of the planet.
The Sausage was started by Li Ruobai. He felt that the hundred-meter-long starship should have an official name, but such a haphazardly put together thing could be damaged at any time, so he gave it a more casual name.
Chu Jungui didn't care about code names and naming. If he didn't have to take care of Li Ruobai, Chu Jungui would simply want to name the ship with a string of more than 50 digits. You can even go a little further and use a three-dimensional model as the name of the ship. The advantage of this is that you can know all the data of this starship by just looking at the ship name. The disadvantage is that except for Chu Jungui and Li Xinyi, others may not be able to tell the difference between the two ship names at all.
Under the cover of the storm clouds, the Sausage moved forward slowly, gradually entering the other side of the planet.
