The same report had already reached Chu Jungui's hands. Chu Jungui was not surprised by the system's evaluation. The final version of the design has a combat power of nearly 300,000, but the main cannon is not Lightyear's own Alpha cannon, but the heavy particle cannon that the Dynasty can purchase.
The main gun system that can be purchased is naturally not very advanced. The military naturally has the most advanced particle cannon. Once replaced, the combat power can skyrocket. The same goes for the energy and propulsion systems, which are also quite backward, but the military has more advanced versions that can be replaced. After the main gun and power system are updated, the starship's combat power will be greatly improved, and of course the cost will also rise sharply.
After the evaluation report comes out, it officially enters the second round. In this round, the military puts forward the requirements, and the manufacturers improve the design based on the needs. The second round will be repeated several times until the design optimization is completed and the drawings are locked, and then the third round of construction phase will be officially entered.
This period of time during which the design was modified was just enough for Lightyear to build the orbital slipway.
Chu Jungui once again adjusted the focus of production on Planet 4, so the spy plane lurking around Planet 4 suddenly saw an astonishing scene. Hundreds of large transport ships broke through the storm clouds at the same time, transporting hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo at once. materials thrown into orbit.
These transport ships were followed by a dozen large engineering vessels that approached the orbital station under construction, and then released thousands of smaller work vessels. These work ships are generally operated by one or two engineers to grab materials floating on the orbit and install them on the orbital station.
The number of engineers in this wave was already quite astonishing, but most of the engineering ships actually returned to the planet, and an hour later thousands of work ships were sent into orbit. This was repeated over and over again. After 24 hours, there were already 100,000 ships. Work boats flew around the base like an oversized swarm of bees.
This scene left everyone observing stunned. All intelligence shows that Lightyear's personnel are mainly from federal prisoners. Most of the prisoners have been released in accordance with the armistice agreement, and the number of people left is only about 100,000. Although the number of scientists and engineers in elite corps is higher than that of ordinary corps, no matter how high it is, it will not exceed 10%. According to this ratio, the number of work ships that can be released will not exceed 10,000 at most, but now there are more than ten times more!
How could there be so many engineers in light years?
No matter where these engineers come from, it is now certain that the construction progress of both the orbital shipyard and the starship is far beyond expectations. Originally, all parties estimated that it would take at least three years for the Lightyear orbital dock to be completed. This was still the most optimistic estimate. However, according to the current number of work ships, as long as the supplies are available, it may be completed in less than two months.
So are supplies available?
The attention of countless intelligence agencies instantly fell on logistics. All transport ships passing through the N77 star field in the past few months were included in the investigation, and they finally concluded that the supplies sent to Planet 4 from the outside were pitifully small, and the largest amount was The supplies are still supplies left by the Federation on the surface of the planet. Judging from the results of this survey, the external input of materials is far from enough, not even a fraction.
Just when the heads of countless intelligence agencies felt relieved, the transport ship that had returned to the planet once again broke out of the storm clouds and once again sent hundreds of thousands of tons of materials into orbit. In this way, hundreds of thousands of tons of materials are sent into orbit every dozen hours, with no sign of stopping.
At this time, on Planet 4, dozens of energy stations are already working at full capacity, and thousands of new-generation smelting furnaces have completely replaced the old furnaces, constantly turning the most basic rocks and soil on the planet into various forms. The raw materials are then fed into building-sized manufacturing machines to be turned into individual components.
According to the alloy formula provided by Dr. Xiao, hundreds of special smelting furnaces have been built. The hourly output has exceeded 1,000 tons, and is still increasing at an exponential rate. When the dock is built, tens of millions of tons of high-grade alloys will be available. The external price of this alloy is 100,000 per ton, but in Lightyear's internal ledger it is 800, including Brother Dao's salary.
When Chu Jungui was fighting in a real dream, Lightyear, which had escaped from the war, finally ushered in a major explosion in production capacity. Hundreds of large transport ships that could travel to and from orbit multiple times were built, and the number of starships also quietly increased. The number of ships has reached double digits, and the construction of the first heavy cruiser has been secretly started.
The biggest constraint now is computing power. Biochips are still too backward. In order to completely solve the problem of computing power, Wise Man and Brother Dao came up with a crazy plan, which is to use 10 billion biochips to build a super master brain. When completed, this main brain will be a behemoth with a diameter of more than a kilometer. Later, the plan was abandoned because a supporting structure could not be designed.
Although it has only been a few months, Planet 4 is now different from what it used to be, and its production capacity has almost reached astronomical figures, far exceeding anyone's assessment. And for one reason or another, Chu Jungui's opponents are giving him more time.
The orbital dock is being built at an unimaginable speed, and every moment is a strong support for the stock price. Therefore, although Comet Devere's stock price has risen by 200%, it is still rising slowly but resolutely. At this time, Chu Jungui issued an order, and within a few minutes, dozens of accounts began to continuously sell Devry's Comet, and multiple large transactions were completed at the same time. In just one hour, the trading volume of Devry's Comet exceeded 100 million shares.
At the same moment, Li Ruobai also ended the negotiation and began to sign the agreement. In these dozen or so agreements, a large number of the company's marginal assets were split and sold. In the blink of an eye, Devry's Comet completed 10% of its weight loss, and more negotiations are still in progress.
After many years of operation, Devry's Comet still has many high-quality assets, but it has too many redundant employees. These assets combined with some ordinary assets can be easily sold. Li Ruobai didn't go too hard on the price, he just asked for a high proportion of cash payment.
When the news came out that Comet de Frei had begun selling assets, most of the interpretation in the market was to optimize the structure and improve efficiency. This left Li Ruobai quite speechless. However, no matter how blindly optimistic, no matter how blindly optimistic it was, it could not withstand the malicious intentions from major shareholders. The experimental body quickly increased the intensity of selling. After a huge amount of transactions, the rebound was suppressed forcefully.
The abnormal movements of Comet de Vree quickly attracted market attention, but the mainstream voice is still optimistic. However, Chu Jungui's selling became more and more intense. When the stock price fell by more than 30% from its high point, investors finally realized that something was wrong. At this time, there are still three full days before Comet de Frey discloses its shareholder structure.
Investors spent the last three days feeling nervous and uneasy. There is an overwhelming amount of information, many of which are contradictory, leaving people at a loss as to what to do.
