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Wei Wuji secretly mixed some single-person hot air balloons among these Kongming lanterns to conduct reconnaissance.

The effect is self-evident.

The next morning, when Xiao Ce had just woken up.

Night Cat then said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, General Wei Wuji has come to see you. He says he has something to report."

Xiao Ce knew that Wei Wuji released so many Kongming lanterns last night.

Clearly, his tactic had worked, and he had obtained intelligence.

Xiao Ce went directly to Wei Wuji's operations office.

At this time, the group of generals were writing and drawing on some blueprints.

Several soldiers were talking nearby.

When they saw Xiao Ce approaching, they stopped again.

Xiao Ce waved his hand, signaling them to continue.

They were talking while eating breakfast.

Xiao Ce didn't treat himself as an outsider, and sat down on one side to eat eggs.

Wei Wuji and the others saw Xiao Ce eating by himself to the side.

He didn't say anything to Xiao Ce.

Instead, they busied themselves marking things on the map.

Xiao Ce listened intently from the side, becoming quite absorbed in the conversation.

After they finished speaking, the entire command center fell into a deathly silence.

Wei Wuji spoke first, looking at Xiao Ce.

He exclaimed excitedly to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, this is a huge fish..."

Xiao Ce nodded in agreement: "That's right. If you can wipe them out, I won't brag. This battle can guarantee East Asia's peace for ten years! And if East Asia develops according to my plan for ten years, without exaggeration or boasting... by then, they will no longer be our match!"

"After this battle, it's no exaggeration to say that I'll be remembered for eternity, let alone for a thousand years!"

Wei Wuji said excitedly, "Your Highness, we will definitely fight this battle well..."

Xiao Ce nodded: "We really need to fight hard. I'll be going to their western territory in the future. Let's see if you can break their spine in this battle. It all depends on you!"

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Wei Wuji nodded firmly, "Your Highness, let's begin formulating a battle plan..."

Xiao Ce nodded: "Alright, then you guys get back to work."

Wei Wuji looked at Xiao Ce with some confusion: "Your Highness, aren't you going to listen?"

Xiao Ce waved his hand: "I'm not listening... My presence here is also affecting your performance..."

Wei Wuji and the others were fine, after all, they were quite familiar with Xiao Ce and the others.

They knew Xiao Ce; he was an approachable person, and he wasn't faking it.

Therefore, they were still able to appear relaxed.

But the others were all more nervous than the last.

Xiao Ce told them to relax, but they became even more nervous.

Xiao Ce knew that this was not something they could control.

It was a physiological reaction...

For the next two days, Xiao Ce took a small boat to go sea fishing for them.

Xiao Ce's cooking skills were quite good; he prepared some seafood for them.

They quickly developed a battle plan and strategy.

They still primarily relied on aerial attacks, given the significant disparity in strength between their warships.

Crossing that gap would be suicide.

The following night, they launched the Kongming lanterns again.

This is the third consecutive day that Kongming lanterns have been released, and the Westerners have already gotten used to it.

Unbeknownst to many, hot air balloons and hot air boats were also mixed in with the Kongming lanterns this time.

They had prepared explosives on these.

The hot air balloons and airships started moving, and their boats also began to move.

Just after Wei Wuji commanded the fleet to begin moving.

Their Lannister fleet is indeed formidable.

They learned of the news almost immediately and, with remarkable speed, informed Lannister Rambo.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of ship horns echoed throughout the sea, as if preparations were being made by all parties.

Almost instantly, all the soldiers were in their positions.

At this moment, Xiao Ce ignored everyone's attempts to stop him, and he and Da Lei Ye Mao, along with several skilled hot air balloon pilots, also got up and flew into the sky.

Therefore, Xiao Ce was somewhat surprised by the opponent's extremely fast reaction speed.

Upon seeing this, Da Lei also expressed surprise: "Your Highness, their reaction speed is too fast!"

Night Owl chimed in, "Less than ten minutes! They're already fully prepared for battle. That's terrifying..."

"Thank goodness we have heavenly soldiers, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to fight such a war at all!"

Xiao Ce nodded: "Moreover, they all came with elite troops...and even though they had a huge advantage, they weren't in a hurry at all, and were still waiting for Wei Wuji and the others to fall into their trap...just from this mentality, you can tell that the enemy's naval general is no ordinary person."

"However, no matter how powerful they are, they still encountered Your Highness!"

Xiao Ce smiled, still worried: "I hope so!"

Soon the first airship arrived at its designated position, which was located on the edge of the Lannister navy. They decided to bombard several of their escape routes and cut them off from their alliance.

After the first hot air boat arrived at its position, they began dropping explosive charges one by one.

Their explosive charges were trained to detonate almost instantly.

Some warships were facing a sea area when, to their utter surprise, an explosion occurred on one of their ships.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Their fleet was well-organized, but Wei Wuji's heavenly army and air force were even more well-organized.

Because it was nighttime, and they were at a very high altitude.

So, they just launched a series of bombings.

The warships were completely stunned by the bombing; they only knew they were under attack, but had no idea where they were attacked.

They had no choice but to go and rescue the boat.

The entire sea area was immediately engulfed in bombing.

Lannister Rambo had been waiting, but he discovered that his warships were under attack from all sides.

"what happened!"

Lannister Rambo couldn't understand how the warship beside him could possibly be attacked.

He practically glared at the Allied generals beside him, his eyes practically spitting fire.

The generals looked grim; they had no idea what was going on.

Since the enemy's attack hasn't arrived yet, such an attack must be coming from within their ranks.

Marcus Aurelius's face was grim: "General Rambo, I...we don't know how this happened...but...there might be a traitor...please allow me to return..."

Lucius Golux nodded in agreement: "Indeed, Lord Rambo, this...this is very unusual, it shouldn't be possible..."

Rust Karl said, "Don't panic... Look, our area has also been attacked... This..."

"Alright, that's enough! None of you are allowed to leave! Let your deputy general go and see..."

"Go and find out what's going on...stop the counterattack..." Lannister Rambo was in a terrible mood.

After all, the explosions were still going off, and they hadn't even seen who was attacking.

Meanwhile, from the opposite sea, a dense chorus of horns sounded once again.

Immediately afterwards, a dense swarm of bee boats rushed over.

They steered the bee boats at high speed while blowing horns.

"Fight back! Fight back!"

They ordered the warships to begin their attack.

However, the Lannisters remained calm at this moment.

However, Wei Wuji was also a very wicked guy; the explosives they had the hot airships drop made them feel like they were being ambushed.

Therefore, all the key generals are no longer present.

Their respective warships were attacked, and their first reaction was that they had been attacked by their own people.

"Captain, we are under attack! It's from the direction of the Roman Empire!"

"What? Those dogs attacked us! Fight back! Fight back!"

"Captain, we have been attacked by the Austro-Hungarian Empire!"

"Counterattack...counterattack..."

Such words spread among the various warships.

They're always smiling, but they're not from the same country after all.

The generals had some connections with each other, but they had absolutely no connections with the officials under their command.

They showed no mercy when they fought.

So, fifteen minutes after the war began, they started fighting each other across the entire sea area.

Their beehives were mainly used to dump kerosene into the sea.

This then turned the entire sea area into a sea of ​​fire.

Because they were preparing in the direction of the wind, the kerosene was carried by the wind.

It turned the entire sea area into a sea of ​​fire.

This war turned into a complete mess.

Lannister Rambo initially tried to control the situation, but just as he realized that they had started fighting each other.

He immediately ordered the Lannister navy to retreat.

As a result, on their way back, they were once again bombed by the hot air boats that had been waiting for them.

Lannister Rambo, once again employing various formations, began his escape...

Xiao Ce, aboard the hot air boat, was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.

"Hahaha, Wei Wuji really has a knack for this... That kid is a talent!"

As the saying goes, laymen watch the show, while experts point out the details!

The battle lasted only an hour before ending with them fleeing in all directions.

Even while fleeing, they still managed to sink many more ships.

This is enough to prove Wei Wuji's prowess.

Xiao Ce initially thought that the hot airships were there to divide them up, but after watching for a while, he realized that wasn't the case.

First of all, Wei Wuji did not bombard the enemy mindlessly; he had the airships mimic the positions of the cannons on their ship.

When the captains encountered the bombardment, their first reaction was that they were under attack. Since the ships that attacked them were from another country, they naturally retaliated.

Thus, after stirring up chaos and bombing within their ranks, their airships, fearing they would cease fire, began to add fuel to the fire again.

Then the second part began, where they started planning their respective retreat routes, which had been prepared in advance.

The hot air boats prepared here were not enough to cause them so much damage.

However, their fighting each other saved them a lot of ammunition.

In this war, as far as Xiao Ce could see, 70% of their warships were lost at sea.

Those who jumped ship were burned to death by the oil.

What's most impressive is what happened next, because from beginning to end, all these people saw was that the Xiao Kingdom sent some bee ships that were completely insignificant.

Therefore, when they are reviewing their performance, it will definitely be to blame each other.

Moreover, many of these people are dead, leaving no way to verify the facts.

...

Xiao Ce only saw one side of the war; he might have thought it was just luck.

But at this moment, Xiao Ce knew that this was Wei Wuji's scheme, a precise scheme.

It contains a great deal of calculation and ingenuity.

He assumed that even if he were put in command, the only thing they would do is bombard the enemy, never imagining that the simulation would turn into a dogfight between them...

Although this allowed them to sail quite a few ships.

However, they have achieved their goal.

As Night Owl rode back in the hot air balloon, he exclaimed with delight, "Your Highness, they practically left in a group to their deaths! We overestimated their army!"

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "We didn't overestimate them; we underestimated Wei Wuji. He fought brilliantly and commanded brilliantly in this battle..."

Da Lei nodded in agreement: "That's right. If we hadn't let them fight each other, we probably wouldn't have achieved this result in the end!"

Night Owl chimed in, "But most importantly, these heavenly soldiers achieved tremendous results. Given their general's level of professionalism, they probably considered all sorts of ideas... He probably didn't expect an attack from the sky!"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's absolutely right. They're probably looking for the traitor right now!"

The group nodded in agreement, and then Xiao Ce said, "Actually, this is also a reminder to us. Things that are made with great confidence often turn out unexpectedly! This kind of thing could happen to them, and it could happen to us as well."

Night Cat said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, I think it's very difficult to prevent things from happening in the first place... In fact, this problem, in the end, is still about knowing yourself and your enemy, as you mentioned before! If they knew us well enough, they wouldn't have faced such a crushing defeat! Actually, following your biggest idea, I think the real war now isn't being fought on the battlefield!"

Upon hearing Ye Mao's words, a phrase immediately came to Xiao Ce's mind: "Intelligence warfare!"

After listening to Xiao Ce's words, Night Owl asked curiously, "Intelligence warfare?"

Xiao Ce said, "You mean the information war? Think about it, this victory was not only due to the Heavenly Soldiers, but also to the very standard warships and fleet information they brought back! If it weren't for this information, Wei Wuji wouldn't have been able to devise such a meticulous plan, let alone strike so precisely, and they wouldn't have suffered such a crushing defeat! So information and intelligence played a very important role in it."