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Spirit Flame Lotus Island.

Yan Mountain War Fortress.

This newly built war fortress is the base of the Crimson Hawk Legion.

Unlike the lively banquet hall, the atmosphere in the command hall on the top floor of the war fortress was quite serious.

Above a mystic formation, an image was suspended.

Cheng Han stood as straight as a pine tree, staring intently at the scene in the illusion.

Female Mystic Lan Jiayao stood beside him, quickly introducing the relevant situation: "The 'Reconnaissance Hawks' sent out by the war zone discovered abnormal phenomena in this area."

The so-called "Reconnaissance Hawks" are, to put it bluntly, war hawks that have been modified to a certain extent and are specifically used to scout the surrounding areas of the war zone.

Just to add a side note.

Before the War Hawk Legion entered this world, the reconnaissance missions were mainly undertaken by mystic ships.

However, due to the excessive frequency of battles, the number of mystic ships was severely insufficient, and the reconnaissance area could only cover a 300-kilometer range around the war zone.

As for the more distant areas, only low-frequency reconnaissance could be maintained, which meant reconnaissance was carried out once a day to simply understand the situation.

But after the War Hawk Legion arrived, the situation changed dramatically.

The war zone modified 1,500 reconnaissance hawks, which patrolled the 600-kilometer radius around the clock, closely monitoring the movements of the sea monsters.

This greatly reduced the pressure on the mystic ship units, and also allowed the war zone to learn about the movements of the sea monsters earlier.

This is just one of the reasons why the War Hawk Legion is becoming increasingly important.

At this moment.

Lan Jiayao raised her hand and pointed to the image, introducing, "Vice General Cheng, when the reconnaissance hawk flew over that area, it accidentally saw what appeared to be many white circles underwater."

The image showed a scene from a high-altitude perspective.

It was possible to vaguely discern that.

Many strange traces emerged from below the sea, looking like a large number of bubbles gathered together.

These traces vaguely formed circles, stacked upon each other.

Lan Jiayao stated her conclusion at the right time: "We highly suspect that this is a special trace left by the 'Black Scale Clan', one of the three major sea clans of the Youmiao Realm."

The so-called "three major sea clans" are the races that occupy an absolute advantage in this world and are the main enemies faced by the Wanhao Clan.

In comparison.

The various sea monsters killed in the former Dongli war zone, whether they were Flying Sword Sharks or Flying Snakes, could only be considered "small fry".

The female mystic immediately stated the evidence: "The Black Scale Clan is a race that is naturally good at water-based extraordinary characteristics. Every adult Black Scale sea demon can cast water-based secret methods that are not much worse than those of a mystic scholar.

"The Black Scale Clan is divided into matriarchal tribes. During the long-distance migration of each tribe, they will stop to rest every certain distance.

"At this time, they usually release secret methods to construct a protective circle around all individuals of the entire tribe to prevent sudden attacks from the outside.

"And the most typical characteristic of this protective circle is what you see in the image. It is said that its defensive power is quite strong, and even ten mystic scholars working together would find it difficult to break through."

Cheng Han listened to the conversation and quietly used the image traces as a connection to perform a quick deduction.

The result came out immediately.

The female mystic's conclusion was completely correct, the other party was indeed the Black Scale Clan.

The illusion of the deduction also showed the image of the Black Scale sea demon.

This was a creature shaped like a salamander.

Their bodies were streamlined, with a black horn on their foreheads, and their entire bodies were covered with triangular black scales.

This was obviously the main reason why they were called the "Black Scale Clan".

Lan Jiayao added another sentence: "In the past, the Black Scale Clan only operated on the west and north sides of the main battlefield, and has never penetrated this area. The sea clan is probably planning a new operation."

Cheng Han said approvingly: "You are a very competent commander."

He was able to determine the identity of the enemy by relying on the deduction of the All-Knowing Eye, while the female mystic accurately judged the identity of the Black Scale Clan with just one glance at the image.

If she had not spent a lot of time seriously studying a large amount of information about this world, it would have been absolutely impossible to come to a conclusion so quickly.

When Lan Jiayao heard the word "commander", she had a faint premonition: "Vice General Cheng, you…"

Cheng Han waved his hand to interrupt her: "In the past few months, you have repeatedly made meritorious contributions in commanding the War Hawk Legion. I believe you can lead the War Hawk Legion even better."

He paused deliberately and issued an order: "From today onwards, you will serve as the official commander of the War Hawk Legion."

Lan Jiayao was immediately pleasantly surprised and responded crisply: "Understood."

Now that Cheng Han has been promoted to the high position of vice general, it is impossible for him to hold the position of commander for a long time, and it is the best choice to hand it over to the female mystic.

Under normal circumstances.

The appointment of a legion commander must be approved by the general.

However, Cheng Han's identity is very special, even faintly surpassing Jian Wanli, and coupled with the fact that the War Hawk Legion was founded by him, even the general would not interfere.

Lan Jiayao remembered another thing and asked hesitantly: "The current configuration of the War Hawk Legion…"

Cheng Han understood what she wanted to express and interrupted with a smile: "Don't worry, everything will be there!"

He then explained: "According to my plan, the ratio of Fire Hawks to War Hawks in each legion will reach one to three in the future.

"Half a month later, the second batch of Fire Hawks will be sent from the Mystic Palace to the war zone, and a batch of Fire Hawks will be prioritized for the War Hawk Legion at that time."

Lan Jiayao was overjoyed: "Thank you, Vice General Cheng!"

The female mystic paused and said with admiration: "It is a very wise decision to use Fire Hawks and War Hawks together."

She had experienced many wars and understood the importance of quantity.

The cost of one Fire Hawk is equivalent to four War Hawks. In super-scale wars, four times the War Hawks can launch more mystic weapons, causing greater damage.

And the "one to three" ratio is the best data that Cheng Han came up with after many war simulations.

Now the female mystic does not have a great understanding of this, but she will definitely be able to appreciate its rationality in the future.

Lan Jiayao returned to the topic: "There is reason to believe that this Black Scale Clan tribe is likely heading towards this war zone, and more Black Scale Clans may gather here in the future."

Cheng Han nodded, acknowledging the other party's judgment: "I agree with your guess."

He couldn't help but think of when he teased Moma Sea King and asked him a question, "Is the sea clan planning a big conspiracy?" The Sea King gave an affirmative answer.

He instinctively had a feeling that the sudden appearance of this batch of Black Scale sea demons was mostly closely related to the big conspiracy mentioned by the Sea King.

Lan Jiayao continued: "According to the information I have learned, the most common attack method of the Black Scale Clan is to use their innate secret method to create thick fog.

"This is a very peculiar fog. Even if you use a mystic formation to create a strong wind to blow it away, it will soon recover.

"The Black Scale Clan also has a way to summon mist demons to attack us in the fog…"

The female mystic spoke eloquently for a while, introducing the various situations of the Black Scale sea demon in detail.

Cheng Han glanced at the image and asked, "In that case, the Black Scale Clan should wait for more tribes to gather.

"Then they will work together to create a huge fog, completely or partially covering the Dongli war zone, and finally summon a group of mist demons to launch an attack?"

Lan Jiayao nodded heavily: "There is a 90% probability that this is the case!"

The female mystic added: "The attack mode of the War Hawks is very dependent on vision. This strategy can greatly weaken the combat power of the War Hawk Legion."

Her meaning was very obvious - the enemy came prepared this time.

Cheng Han pondered for a few seconds and decisively issued an order: "The Crimson Hawk Legion will dispatch two aircraft carrier formations to test the Black Scale Clan first!"

"Yes!"

The organization of the Crimson Hawk Legion is not only Fire Hawks.

Long before the legion arrived, the war zone provided a large number of War Hawks and stone aircraft carriers.

Cheng Han issued a second order: "From now on, the War Hawk Legion and the Cloud Hawk Legion will begin to organize large-scale patrols, closely monitoring the area within 500 kilometers.

"Once any trace of the Black Scale Clan is found, there is no need to ask the Central Court for instructions, launch an attack immediately to interfere with their actions."

"Yes!"

This series of orders made Lan Jiayao suddenly have a guess.

The female mystic couldn't help but ask: "Vice General, have you already figured out how to deal with the Black Scale Clan's attack methods?"

Cheng Han did not answer directly, but instead "Oh"ed with interest: "Why do you think so?"

Lan Jiayao quickly replied: "The purpose of your dispatching Fire Hawks is mostly to collect information to verify whether the plan is feasible.

"Your letting the War Hawk Legion and the Cloud Hawk Legion go to war is not only to interfere with the Black Scale Clan, but also to delay their steps.

"Because your plan needs more time!"

Cheng Han's expression did not change at all, but he was quite surprised in his heart.

Because the female mystic's words completely guessed his thoughts.

But Cheng Han did not intend to solve her doubts, but turned to look at a mystic scholar and instructed: "Go and call the people from the Yunhai Research Institute here."

"Yes!"

Lan Jiayao heard the meaning of this and was immediately shocked: "Do you really have a plan?"

Cheng Han then revealed a hint: "Not fully confident."

The female mystic admired him extremely in her heart.

To be honest.

Lan Jiayao felt that the Black Scale Clan's fog attack was very tricky.

The only plan she could think of was to constantly use wind-based mystic formations to fight a war of attrition with the other party.

The female mystic never expected that Vice General Cheng would have already thought of a solution after she had only said a few words.

Although she did not know the various details of the plan, she sincerely believed that this plan would be 100% effective.

As for the reason.

Vice General is the most powerful genius in the history of Qinghan Mystic Palace, without one, isn't this reason sufficient?!

For such a remarkable person, just believe in him!

Lan Jiayao herself did not realize that, unknowingly, she had completely become a brainless fan of her superior.

Still the kind that is brainless to the extreme.