In the following week, Chu Jungui did not rush to put the finished design drawings into practice, but handed them over to Kaitian and the wise man for inspection and final revision. In the extra time, the station platform was expanded, the area was doubled, and the structure of the upper and lower levels began to be developed.

The expanded station can accommodate 1,000 permanent engineers, as well as a warehouse and a medium-sized machining workshop where a portion of the components can be machined locally.

At this moment, the White Feather has become more than a dozen sections and hundreds of large and small equipment parts, floating around the orbital station, fixed with cables, waiting for the moment of construction.

From the scale of the orbital station, it can be roughly seen that Chu Jungui's ambition is by no means just to build a starship.

On the edge of the N77 theater of operations, a huge mobile base is flying slowly. Behind the base is followed by an asteroid-like capital ship, followed by dozens of other starships, large and small.

In the center of the base's imposing command hall, an old man was contemplating a giant star map, and on the epaulettes of his military uniform was a golden-purple rose made of a galaxy, the emblem of the Federal Marshal.

Images of generals appeared one after another in front of the old man, and as soon as they appeared, they bowed to the old man and saluted, with great respect. The old man was silent, and did not respond in the slightest, as if he had never seen these people.

It wasn't until a beautiful female general appeared that the old man had a slight expression and said, "Everyone is here, let's have a meeting." ”

He cleared his throat, stretched out his hand and touched on the star map, then switched to a theater diagram with detailed information, and then said: "This battle has been going on for 4 months, and according to the predetermined plan, the opponent's mobile base and capital ships should have been forced into a corner, forcing them to withdraw from the battle. But now, our losses here have exceeded the plans for the entire duration of the campaign, but we have not yet caught the tail of the opponent's mobile base. Is this kind of battle situation normal?"

The generals were silent.

The old man didn't seem to wait for their answer, and continued: "The battle loss rate of our hunting and destroying fleet is 30% higher than expected, which directly leads to the lack of high-speed reconnaissance and retardation fleet, and several times the opponent's mobile base finds a gap and escapes. Is that so?"

A bearded general stubbornly said: "This is indeed the reason I summarized in the war report. ”

"Why?" said the old man calmly, "This is the effect, not the cause. The reason should be where these high-speed starships were destroyed and in whose hands. Now, can you give me an answer?"

"According to statistics, 40% of them were lost in battles with the Swan and its subordinate fleets, and another 20% were lost for unknown reasons......"

The old man interrupted him directly, "Okay, the reason is unknown! Okay, you can find the reason yourself." As for the Swan, is the captain the girl named Lin Xi?"

"Yes. ”

The old man snorted and said, "It's the Lin family again, my children have been fighting with Lin Xuanshang for decades, and now the third generation has also begun to meet on the battlefield......? Well, what's it called? Egger...... Agnes, there are so many future stars, can't beat her?"

The bearded admiral was a little embarrassed, and carefully explained: "They all serve in the comprehensive corps, and few of them simply command starships. As for the command of the hunting fleet, it is not up to them either. At least not yet. ”

The old man nodded, noncommittal, pulled out another galaxy, and asked, "We have invested so many troops on this planet, why don't we have a base now?"

Seeing Planet 4 in the center of the star map, everyone's expressions became a little strange. The old man took in all their strange appearances, snorted, and said, "This battle must be fought like this, and everyone here must be uncomfortable. If this continues, you will feel even worse. The principle of the federation is to maintain the current limits without increasing the level of involvement. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the generals looked much better, and some of them even breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man's tone suddenly turned stern, and he looked at a burly general who was a little short and stubby at the farthest from him, and said: "This war was first provoked by the Lancer Legion, and if it loses, half of the responsibility will be borne by the Lancers." In a war of this scale, if the responsibility is seriously pursued, the number of lancers can be canceled. ”

The general's face instantly became very ugly, and he said, "The war is obviously the first ......."

"That's the Federation's Star Fleet. The old man interrupted him directly.

The atmosphere of the meeting became more and more depressing, and the old man commented on a few more war reports, and finally said: "Originally, I planned to go to the center of the war zone to have a look, but now there is no need to read it." The N77 theater is designated as an autonomous theater by the Parliament, and the federal government can only intervene to a limited extent. I'm not going to overturn the parliamentary decision, so do whatever you want. ”

One of the generals cautiously asked, "Excuse me, how was the battle of the Vertical Line fought?"

"Passive. The old man said only one word.

Everyone had joys and sorrows, and the old man said slowly: "I'll go and rest for a while, since you are here, by the way, let's discuss how to fight in the next stage." ”

The old man turned to leave, and the images of the generals remained in the command hall. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and after a long time, a tall and thin general said: "The whole army will attack, and the other party will fight a decisive battle?"

The other general shook his head: "I think it's better to continue the previous policy and continue to consume their energy and supplies." ”

"It's been consumed for months, shouldn't their supplies have bottomed out long ago?"

"There are always accidents, and according to intelligence, they only replenish 20% of what they normally need. As long as we keep the pressure on, they can collapse at any moment. ”

"But they held up longer than normal. ”

One general said: "Maybe they are particularly economical, maybe they have a lot of supplies in the early stage, or maybe there are several secret planetary bases that have not yet been discovered." Either way, it's just a little longer. As long as we maintain the current pressure, or are any of you going to touch those two capital ships?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent again. After a while, no new strategy was discussed, and most people still meant to maintain the previous strategy, constantly bleeding and consuming supplies to Sheng Tang, waiting for Sheng Tang to collapse on his own.

In the office, the old man sat in a chair, silently watching their discussion, never saying a word.

After a few moments, the huge mobile base began to turn, and the fleet began to enter the pre-jump preparations. After a flash of light, the field became empty, as if nothing had happened.

At the No. 2 base, Chu Jungui accelerated the production of energy cabins while expanding production capacity. Energy is now needed everywhere, so the capacity of power furnaces has increased several times, but it is still not enough.

Chu Jungui didn't know that now he could complete the entire energy supply of a destroyer in one day, or a light patrol in three days, and this supply capacity was already more than half of that of an ordinary mobile base.