It took Chu Jungui three full days to secure the supply of raw food. Not all companies are as slow-paced as Lightyear's own Scone Industrial Foods, and there are always those who want to seize every opportunity they can.
1 Light Year's frequent movements have aroused the curiosity of some people, but they can't figure out what they are doing to purchase 200,000 tons of raw food every month. After dilution in proportion, this is 1 million tons of high-energy food!
Chu Jungui returned to the surface of the planet to supervise the new base that had taken shape. There are thousands of various small construction vehicles busy around the base, and the dark work beasts are transporting various equipment and materials, and some work beasts are even building the base!
The entire base seemed to be covered by locusts, with jumping work beasts everywhere. Yes, starting from the 5th batch, the work beast can jump. As for stacking them together and connecting them to form strange shapes, it has become a routine operation.
But the work beasts are not the only ones in the base. Many equipment and construction machinery are desperately trying to add drama to themselves, preventing the work beasts from becoming the only protagonists.
For example, the metal blocks ejected from the furnace are sprayed farther and farther, and the spray is more accurate. The pieces are neatly stacked on top of each other, without any need for stacking and sorting by the work beast. Then the two transport trucks roughly pushed away the work beasts that wanted to load and unload. They cooperated with each other, one on the left and one on the right, to load up the pile of metal ingots and transport them back to the warehouse.
Looking at the noisy base, Chu Jungui felt as if a factory had become a master. The base is only 40% in condition, and has already reached the capacity to produce 10,000 tons of standard alloys per day. About 150,000 tons of raw alloys can produce all the structural parts of a destroyer. The remaining material needs to be reheated and forged again.
In other words, this base that has not yet been completely built gives Lightyear the basic ability to produce one destroyer on a rolling basis every 15 days.
On the orbital station, the production docks have been expanded from 2 to 4, and are ready to continue to be expanded to 6, 8...
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
The interstellar situation is becoming increasingly tense. The media of the dynasty and the federation have already begun a new round of mutual accusations. In the vast frontier star field of hundreds of light years, frictions of all sizes are occurring every moment, and have become The trigger for the next round of friction.
At the end of the original vertical line battle, in the Takeo 3 system, both sides deployed heavy troops and continued to assemble fleets and planetary marines. The smell of war became increasingly intense.
In the N77 star field, the preparations for the 4th fleet are coming to an end, and the fleet's huge war machines have begun to roar.
In the command room of the mobile base, Su Jian habitually stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and thought. There was unconcealable fatigue on his face, and it was obvious that he had not had much rest during this period.
Although the 4th Fleet is at the bottom of the dynasty fleets in size and strength, it is still a huge war machine. There are 4 mobile bases, 8 capital ships, thousands of starships of all levels, as many as 20 planetary bases and hundreds of asteroid bases. A massive amount of data is generated every day. If you want to mobilize, you have to activate parts one by one and cooperate with each other to make the machine run.
Although his back was to the star map, the entire star map had been engraved in Su Jian's mind. Various dense symbols were automatically transformed into bases and starships, and they continued to fight, evolving into different endings.
The Federation still has the advantage, but the advantage is not obvious. The total combat power is about 1.3 times that of the 4th Fleet. This advantage is neither too much nor too little. It prevents the 4th Fleet from acting rashly, but it is not completely without hope of victory. During the war game, Su Jian tried to take the initiative many times and won 4 out of 10 times.
While he was deep in thought, a major general walked into the command room and said solemnly: "General, are you looking for me?"
Su Jian turned around and looked at the major general up and down with sharp eyes. The major general is stocky and dark, as strong as iron, with a resolute expression.
Su Jian said slowly: "General Wei, you were transferred from the Seventh Fleet. It has been more than ten years, right?"
"Eleven years and seven months, General."
"Well, time is not short. You were considered very young among major generals back then, but 12 years have passed, and now you can only be said to be quite satisfactory. A 50-year-old major general does not have a good resume."
"Rank and position are not the reasons why I joined the military."
"Haha, military rank and position are just a means, not an end, but they can't be left out. I heard that your record in the Seventh Fleet was very good, but you also offended a lot of people before you were transferred to our Fourth Fleet. If Lu Shuai is still here If so, I’m afraid you will retire like this.”
The major general's face changed slightly, obviously he didn't really care about this matter.
Su Jian raised his head and looked into the major general's eyes. His eyes suddenly turned sharp and said, "It's been 12 years, will you still fight?"
The major general's body immediately collapsed, his eyes were like fire, and he said: "I don't know, general! In the past 10 years, I have not even been given the opportunity to command war games."
"Okay, let's have a game." Su Swordsman waved his hand, and the star map immediately switched to war chess mode, and each side led a fleet to fight.
The deduction ended quickly. Both sides fought hard and suffered heavy losses. Su Jian lifted the previous barrier between the two sides and said with satisfaction: "It seems that you have not given up your fighting skills. Now there is a very difficult task. Do you dare to take it?"
"As long as I can go to the battlefield, what tasks would I not dare to take on?"
"That's right, I will give you a small-scale mobile fleet. Your main task is to test the federal defense line and find out their weaknesses. During the battle, I allow you to use all means to strengthen your strength. When the war begins, When it officially starts, you have to cooperate with the fleet on the flanks. Your combat area is here, you will have no supplies and can only rely on yourself, and there is probably a main force of the Federation hidden here, find it!"
Su Jian marked out an area on the star map, including galaxy N7703.
The major general stared at the star map for a long time and asked: "What happens after we find the main force of the Federation?"
"Find a way to hold it back, at least delay it, and don't let it appear on the side of the main fleet, do you understand?"
The major general looked solemn and nodded slowly.
Su Jian seemed to soften a little and said: "You may face 3 times, 5 times or even more enemies. This is an almost impossible task. But who else in our 4th Fleet can complete this task?" As for the mission, it’s just you, General Wei!”
The major general had no heroic words, but only gave a military salute.
"This is the mobile fleet I have prepared for you, and General Liu Miao will cooperate with you."
The list given by Su Jian included one heavy cruiser, one light cruiser and five destroyers. There are indeed not many in number, but they are all cutting-edge starships, and the heavy cruiser is the latest model that was put into service only three years ago. Obviously this mission is not a death mission, and Su Jian has high hopes for him.
"Don't let any enemies appear in that direction, do you understand?" Su Jian finally warned.
The major general performed another military salute and left the command room to receive the fleet. As soon as he walked out of the command area, a fair-skinned general walked next to him and shouted: "General Wei!"
Wei Dong stopped and recognized the man as Liu Miao, the general who was going to cooperate with him. Liu Miao put his arm around Wei Dong's shoulders affectionately and said, "Are you okay now? Come on, find a place to sit and discuss the next plan of action. General Su has given us a difficult problem this time!"
Wei Dong frowned slightly, but did not refuse. Unlike him, Liu Miao is just 40 this year. No matter in the Lu Shuai era or the Su Jian era, he has prospered. In the following tasks, cooperation between both parties is also crucial.
Under the shadow of war, the front line is becoming increasingly tense and busy. Everyone is working hard. Every detail in preparation for war may affect the success or failure of future wars. But behind the scenes, some people's world is full of sunshine.
Kun walked into the office building again under the sunshine. People kept saluting and saying hello along the way. Many beautiful female employees bowed specially and deeply.
There are actually clouds outside the window, but Kun brings sunshine. Regardless of his appearance, body, ability and family background, he is impeccable. And it can be seen that he is in a very good mood.
Kun walked into the office, threw himself on the sofa as usual, and opened the securities channel.
Kun didn't realize it, but a few months ago the first channels he watched were political and military channels.
The stock price of 1 Light Year fell slightly by 2%, which cast a small shadow on Kun's mood. Fortunately, 1 Light Year still rose by 6% in the past month. Calculated, it is still a small profit this month.
Looking at the obviously slowing down stock price trend, Kun suddenly felt dissatisfied. This was not the case in the past few months. At that time, the stock price rose in a magnificent and powerful way. Why is it like a plague chicken this month? And in the beginning, there was a lot of news in 1 Light Year, and I wanted to make an announcement every day, but now? I haven't seen one for half a month. After the Starship Factory was brought in, there was no movement. Where were the star thieves that were promised? Were they destroyed?
Kun had the urge to hate iron for not being able to become steel, and even wanted to command a light-year-long Star Thief force by himself. But Kun still has dignity, and his dignity cannot be bought with 2 billion!
Kun's mood suddenly wasn't so beautiful anymore, and even the advertisements for limited edition speed cars lost their appeal: I've bought all of these cars, why can't I just release two new ones quickly?
Galaxy N7703, Planet No. 4, Chu Jungui was patrolling a newly built starship with two masses of black mist. The wise man and Kaitian who transformed into black mist form were able to detect the smallest flaws and imperfections, and it was ultimately up to Lord Chu to decide which ones needed to be adjusted and which ones did not need to be changed and could be retained.
Each starship will be improved, and although the changes are not many, each one is definitely better than the last. After the inspection, engineers will move in to conduct final debugging of all equipment, and then the crew that has been prepared in advance will board the ship for routine training and operations.
After returning to the orbital base, Chu Jungui was actually a little tired. He had not slept for 20 days. The structures of humans and the Mist Tribe are different, so even if they are experimental subjects, it is good to sleep a little.
Chu Jungui took a breath, relieved his fatigue, and asked: "What ship is this?"
Kaitian replied: "The 8th ship, there will be 4 more ships in this batch to be completed. Then we can go all out on new projects."
"Yes." Chu Jungui nodded, his eyes falling at the end of the base. There is a brand new station area there, and in the dock berth, a behemoth has just taken shape.
(End of chapter)
