Chapter 30: Drones Prove to Be Highly Effective in Reconnaissance!

The staff were quite polite. "Actually, it's nothing. We're just curious about which oil field this sample came from overseas. Of course, it's okay if we can't disclose it if it involves trade secrets."

Ning Jinli then said, "Oh, it is indeed inconvenient."

They didn't ask any more questions.

After making the call, Aunt Su, who was standing next to her, looked very nervous. "Xiao Li, what's wrong?"

Ning Jinli smiled and held her rough hand. "It's a long story, but it's good news. I'll tell you all about it after you're discharged. Anyway, don't worry about money. Just relax and enjoy your life from now on."

Just then, a logistics company called.

The drone she ordered had arrived. Since the shipping warehouse was located in Xinghan City, the delivery was very fast.

She said goodbye to Aunt Su and rushed back to the factory.

Today was another particularly busy day, but she didn't feel tired at all.

Moreover, Linxian Village is constantly in crisis.

No one knows when the enemy will launch another attack.

We need to hurry and do our best to help Xiao Qidi prepare.

Ning Jinli returned to the factory and signed for the delivery of one hundred top-of-the-line civilian drones, each priced at 40,000 yuan, which cost her four million yuan.

She carried a device that had traveled through time and space, intending to demonstrate it to the soldiers first.

It was getting late.

In the military camp, the soldiers used molasses water to start a fire for lighting, making the whole place bright.

As soon as Ning Jinli arrived at the camp, a slender and tall general came up to her from afar, his face beaming with joy, and said, "Fairy! This humble general never expected that the stirrups you gave me would be so useful!"

His name is Li Yao, and he is skilled in riding and archery. He was the one Ning Jinli asked him to try out the stirrups last time.

Ning Jinli laughed and said, "Right? I told you that thing was very useful, but you didn't believe me."

Li Yao scratched his head sheepishly.

Ning Jinli asked, "Where is your lord?"

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is training the elite troops he has selected. Please follow me."

"Is that so? I'll have to take a look!"

Li Yao led her to a wide open space behind the camp.

More than two thousand soldiers on horseback were seen divided into several camps, and Xiao Qidi personally commanded them in a battle drill.

These soldiers were wearing work clothes and safety shoes, and then bulletproof suits on top. The style looked a bit strange, but they all looked very imposing.

Li Yao's eyes shone with excitement, and he couldn't help but introduce it to Ning Jinli.

“My fairy, look, the king has selected two thousand five hundred men from all his soldiers and they have all been given the armor you bestowed upon them.”

"Because their armor was dark blue-black, His Majesty named these elite troops the Black Armor Cavalry!"

"His Majesty divided them into five battalions, each with five hundred men: two spear battalions, two broadsword battalions, and one archer battalion. All of them are to fight on horseback!"

"Without the stirrups you gave us, Fairy, none of us could have imagined that we could ride so steadily on horseback. This way, we can use our weapons without any problems, and we can also take advantage of the speed and power of our warhorses! We will definitely strike fear into the hearts of our enemies!"

In the distance, Xiao Qidi caught sight of Ning Jinli's arrival and then instructed the other generals to continue training the Xuanjia Army.

"Miss Ning." He bowed respectfully.

Ning Jinli patted the large box she was holding in her arms. "I've brought you a big treasure! This is what I told you about—the drone."

Xiao Qidi's eyes were full of anticipation.

When Ning Jinli opened the box and showed him the drone, he had a look of disbelief on his face. "This thing looks really strange. It doesn't have wings. Can it really fly?"

"Watch closely!" Ning Jinli picked up the remote control with the screen and began to operate it.

Swish—

The drone's four propellers spun instantly.

Then, with a whoosh, it rose from the ground and shot into the night sky!

Xiao Qidi and Li Yao looked up at the sky, their pupils trembling.

It really flew!

And it was so fast, it disappeared in the blink of an eye!

"Fairy, is it...is it alive? Where did it fly off to? Will it come back?" Li Yao asked.

Ning Jinli suppressed a laugh as she explained, "It's not a living thing. It's controlled by the remote control in my hand. It can take pictures through the high-definition camera on it and transmit the images back to the remote control screen in real time. You can think of it as, whatever its eyes see, we can see."

Xiao Qidi looked down at the screen and saw a clear ground scene flashing by rapidly.

As a sound as faint as a mosquito's buzz approaches from high above, you can then look down at the entire military camp on the screen.

"Ah!" Li Yao exclaimed, "It's completely dark, yet it can see so clearly! Its eyes are amazing!"

"Of course, I specifically bought the top-of-the-line version, which has night vision."

"Amazing, absolutely amazing!"

Ning Jinli asked about the size of Linxian Village and found that it was completely within the coverage area of ​​this drone.

"Little brother, do you want to see what the enemy is doing right now?" she asked, blinking her eyes.

Xiao Qidi nodded happily, "Of course I want to!"

"Alright!" Ning Jinli controlled the drone and flew at full speed towards the outside of Linxian Village.

Less than an hour.

With the help of this drone, Ning Jinli allowed Xiao Qidi to see the situation of the enemy forces from the Yu Kingdom outside the village.

There were approximately 25,000 soldiers, scattered into large and small camps, stationed outside the main city walls on the east and west sides of Linxian Village.

Another 10,000 men were stationed at Xitun Pass, 20 miles away.

Xiao Qidi was deeply shocked. Sending out scouts to investigate would not only be dangerous, but they might not even find anything, and could sometimes alert the enemy.

But now, with a drone, he can see it with his own eyes and investigate it so clearly in just half an hour, while the enemy is completely unaware!

"Miss Ning, please demonstrate again. I'll call all the generals to come and see."

"no problem!"

Afterwards, Xiao Qidi and several generals surrounded Ning Jinli, watching intently as she manipulated the device.

After reviewing it again, Xiao Qidi's lips curled slightly. "It's basically certain that of Bayong's 50,000 troops, only 35,000 remain. It turns out that as many as 15,000 of them perished in the cave, and those were all elite troops."

Several generals, their eyes trembling, immediately knelt on one knee, clasped their hands in salute, and said with excitement and admiration:

"Fairy Jinli, this time you not only helped Linxian Village draw out the groundwater, but you also wiped out 15,000 elite enemy soldiers! You are amazing!"

Ning Jinli herself never expected that a single explosion would kill so many enemies.

She was a little embarrassed. "It was purely an accident, hehe, get up quickly."

The generals were even more shocked. The fairy could wipe out so many enemy elites with just a casual accident.

If the fairy were to get serious, wouldn't she be able to... destroy an enemy nation with a mere wave of her hand?!

If the fairy is still willing to assist the lord in the future, perhaps the Great Xuan can unify the world!

Xiao Qidi, standing to the side, seemed to be pondering something as well, his dark eyes revealing a meaningful expression.

The generals rose to their feet, and Duan Wu immediately said, "Your Majesty, this may be a good opportunity for us to counterattack Ba Yong!"

Xiao Qidi asked, "How do you think we can retaliate?"

Duan Wu's expression was resolute, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes. "If we deploy the Xuanjia Army, we should be able to handle ten thousand enemy troops! Before Ba Yong's reinforcements arrive, let's launch a surprise attack and maybe we can recapture Xitun Pass!"

Ning Jinli couldn't get a word in edgewise about the battle strategy, so she just watched quietly from the side, vaguely sensing that Duan Wu's emotions were a bit off.

Xiao Qidi asked the other generals, "What do you think?"

Two people immediately expressed their agreement with General Duan.

“Your Majesty,” Li Yao said with a frown, “I believe that the disparity in troop strength between the enemy and ourselves remains significant. Even if we were to deploy the Xuanjia Army, the risk would still be very high. Any losses to the Xuanjia Army would be an enormous loss that we cannot afford to bear. Therefore, we should not launch an attack.”

His words were echoed by the other two generals.

The six generals, in a three-on-three split, were divided into two factions, both of which had valid points.

It all depends on how Xiao Qidi decides to proceed.

Giving ideas is not difficult; the hardest part is making decisions.

“Come and see, what… what is this…” Ning Jinli suddenly spoke, her voice trembling, “I just hovered the drone near the gate of Xitun Pass, and then I discovered…”

The group huddled together, staring intently at the screen on the remote control.

Ning Jinli mustered her courage and turned the drone camera up to its maximum setting.

The next second, Xiao Qidi and the six generals' expressions changed drastically!