Half a month later.
"Report, Lord Commander, there is news from the front that there are two Royal God-class battleships, and the energy formations are damaged. The formation masters accompanying our fleet are required to bring formation equipment and materials to repair." The flagship captain came to report.
"Is there a war in the fleet ahead?" Zhou Yang asked with a frown.
"There was a small-scale battle. The scout ships of both sides encountered each other. Two ships of the 11th Fleet were damaged and some personnel were injured," the captain replied.
"Instruct the Second Squadron to take charge of this matter. In order to prevent further supplies, order them to send a few more ships over." Zhou Yang ordered.
The First Squadron must protect the safety of the flagship and cannot be deployed easily.
"Yes." The flagship captain accepted the order and was about to retreat when he heard Zhou Yang say again: "Collect materials according to this list and send them to the flagship as soon as possible."
"Lord Commander, do you want to send these to the front as well?" The captain took the list and asked in confusion.
"In a war, there will inevitably be a lot of damaged ships, and repair materials must be prepared in advance. To save time, some should be stored in the flagship in case of emergencies. Do you understand?"
Zhou Yang glanced at him, his tone dissatisfied, but he still explained a few words.
"Yes." The flagship captain did not dare to say any more and turned around to make arrangements.
An army is an army. With the order given, each squadron took action immediately, and in a short time all the materials in the list were transported to the flagship.
Zhou Yang praised the flagship captain and sent him to the control room.
"We have the main materials, but the auxiliary materials are still gold smoke quartz and diopside." He looked at the piles of warship repair materials in the secret room and couldn't help scratching his head.
"Is there a substitute?" Chi Lingzi asked.
"Yes, there is, but the effect is very poor."
"This is your first time refining, so you don't need to think about high-level ones, and the success rate will never be high. No matter how good the materials are, it's a waste, so just make do with it for now."
"You're right."
Listen to others' advice, eat enough, and start working first.
The puppet refining technique that Yan Xixiong passed on to Zhou Yang could theoretically produce a quasi-god-level puppet, but it was only theoretical and Yan Xixiong had never succeeded.
The highest-level puppet he has refined is at the peak of God Control, which is already very good.
Now Zhou Yang is refining it, not to mention the peak of God Control, not even the early stage of God Control, it is only at the level of Virtual God.
For half a month, looking at the pile of puppet parts in front of him, he couldn't help but go crazy.
In half a month, Zhou Yang was really discouraged as he couldn't even refine a single virtual god-level puppet.
"There is no problem with the construction of the formation, and there is no problem with the main materials. It seems that the substitute materials are not enough. You have to find another way to collect them." Chi Lingzi said helplessly.
The two alternative materials are not hard enough, far inferior to gold smoky quartz and diopside, and cannot bear the weight of the puppet when it moves. As long as the puppet is formed, it will break at the slightest movement, leading to ultimate failure.
As for the broken puppet obtained previously, these two auxiliary materials were also damaged and could not be relied upon.
There was no other way, Zhou Yang could only give up temporarily.
Although he did not succeed this time, his refining techniques and processes are considered proficient. In the future, as long as there are sufficient materials, the refining will be successful.
After sailing for another half month, the captain of the flagship suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the commander of the fleet sent an order. The battlefield situation has changed. Our fleet is required to speed up the voyage and separate all the God-class and God-class reinforced battleships to fight with them as soon as possible. The Eleventh Fleet rendezvous.”
"Is there any specific battle situation?" Zhou Yang's face changed slightly and he asked urgently.
"No, only the above orders."
"Okay, then, order the three squadrons to assemble all the God-class and God-class reinforced warships to form a temporary fleet to participate in the battle. They will speed up sailing with the flagship and catch up with the main Eleventh Fleet within six days."
"In addition, the remaining ships of other classes will form an auxiliary general reserve, which will be fully managed by the First Squadron. They will sail at normal speeds and maintain a voyage of more than seven days with the main Eleventh Fleet."
Zhou Yang quickly issued the order.
"Yes." The captain took the order and made arrangements.
After dividing the Royal God-class and God-class reinforced ships, his temporary auxiliary fleet is really just a supply fleet. The remaining 260 ordinary God-class ships do not have much combat power at all, and they must keep their distance from the participating fleets. , to avoid being discovered and annihilated by the enemy fleet.
It didn't take long. Including his flagship, a total of ten God-class warships and forty God-class reinforced warships had all been assembled and were waiting for orders.
Zhou Yang summoned all the captains to the flagship, held a short meeting, formulated a forward route according to the star map, and distributed wartime equipment to all the warships temporarily participating in the fleet, focusing on ship-borne heavy artillery, and the required eighth-grade divine stones. Cannonballs must be in sufficient quantity.
After the meeting was over, each captain immediately returned to his ship.
Zhou Yang also entered the control room in person. With a wave of his hand, the flagship took the lead in accelerating, and the other ships followed behind in a battle formation.
Because Qi Qian's Eleventh Fleet was also moving quickly at this time, the temporary fleet did not catch up five days later.
At this time, another order came from the command fleet, requiring Zhou Yang's troops to rush to the Black Iron Ore Star on the border of the Giant Gate Star Territory and be responsible for occupying and maintaining order there.
As for the main Eleventh Fleet led by Qi Qian, after capturing the mining star, they had already divided into two groups, rushing to support Taiwei Mine Star No. 91 and all the way to Mine Star No. 99.
Because Shan Song's fifth fleet and the ninth fleet that picked up Ling were all besieged, the situation was worrying.
After that, intelligence continued to come in, and Zhou Yang finally understood the basic battle situation.
It turns out that the war was advanced and completely disrupted Long Jin's deployment. Not only did the fleet in the Jumen Star Region fail to rescue the border mining star, but they also used three main fleets to attack the Shansong and Jie Ling fleets. Now Long Jin wants to Panic.
Previously, Qi Qian's Eleventh Fleet received intelligence that a large enemy fleet was heading to support the Jumen Xuan Iron Ore Star. Only then did Long Jin issue an order for Zhou Yang to form a temporary fleet to support.
But this information was false. The large fleet was just an auxiliary fleet, and it was still far away from the border mineral star, so it turned away.
"Long Jin was tricked by Jumen Starfield." This was Zhou Yang's first judgment.
The opponent dispatched not two main fleets, but three, and the fleet size was also greatly increased.
These three main fleets don't care about the border black iron ore star at all, but want to destroy Shan Song and Jie Ling's fleet with all their strength.
This third extra fleet from the enemy was not in the sight of the Celestial Temple at all.
"I don't want that mineral star anymore, so what are you going to do? If you lose the battle, you have to retreat. Isn't this unnecessary for Long Jin?" Chi Lingzi said sarcastically.
