In this investigation, the protagonist needs to figure out two main points, one is the location and terrain information of the hive, and the other is the size of the hive and the number of bees.

In the past, the protagonist could rest assured that the eagle would do it, and under his words and deeds, the eagle had already been taught and could complete this work well. Even if there are still difficulties, after the protagonist receives the targeted information packets brought back by the Flyhawk, they can be analyzed after the fact.

But the Flyhawk's whereabouts are now unknown, and the protagonist has tacitly assumed that he has met with misfortune and will never return.

The centipeda, which is currently leading the flying knights, obviously does not have the ability of the fly eagle, and the other flying knights are not much better. So this time, the protagonist can only go into battle in person, teach by word and deed like he did with the Flyhawk, and strive to let the new commander out of the division as soon as possible.

It is relatively easy to detect the location and terrain of the hive, and the flying knights take advantage of the flexibility of the flies and the small turning radius, coupled with the vision of the male ants, they are always able to avoid the worker bees coming and going, and fly around the tree hole where the hive is located, recording all the information in the information packet.

Although it is difficult to peek inside the hive through the tree holes, and there are only dense nests in sight, the hive is easy to defend and difficult to attack in terms of external observation.

The tree hole where the hive is located is in mid-air about six meters high, which is equivalent to a human facing an air fortress at an altitude of 600 meters to ants.

The bark of the poplar tree is characterized by being relatively smooth, without cracks, and is not very suitable for climbing. On windy days, it is difficult for ants to climb to this height against the wind.

Once blown away by the wind at the height of the tree trunk, although the ant warrior will not be thrown to his death, it is likely that he will be taken very far away and land outside the territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, with no possibility of returning to the nest.

The protagonist calculates that if he attacks head-on, he must choose a sunny weather, otherwise bad weather will be the hive's best ally, which can cause a large number of non-combat attrition of the ant army.

The hole in the tree where the hive is located itself has a large opening, and if it is an ant hive, then an entrance and exit of this size is a nightmare for the defenders, and there is not much difference between holding this entrance and fighting in the open field.

However, bees are much larger than big-headed ants, and if this open entrance becomes a battlefield, then the bee defenders can take advantage of their size.

As an insect known to women and children, the protagonist still knows about the weapons and combat methods of bees.

First of all, beware of the big jaws of bees.

The mouthparts of bees belong to the chewing and sucking mouthparts, and the structure of the mouthparts is complex. In addition to the large jaw, which can be used as chewing or waxing, the middle tongue, the outer lobe of the small jaw and the lower lip should be combined to form a complex food tube for sucking nectar, which can be separated when not in use.

Although the large jaws of bees are not often used to fight, especially against larger targets, the size of the large jaws determines that this is a dangerous weapon for ants, which can easily bite a soldier ant into two parts.

This is followed by bee needles and bee venom.

Bee needle is the sting of bees, is the self-defense organ of bees, when bees feel that their lives are threatened by other organisms, they will perform the action of stinging, and at the same time of acupuncture, bees will inject a liquid from the bee needle, which contains chemical components that will have a local or systemic reaction to the stung organism, this liquid produced by bee needle pricking is called bee needle liquid, also known as bee venom.

In dealing with large animals, bees mainly rely on bee venom to drive away enemies, and this bee venom can even cause the death of stinged humans, which can be seen in its power.

However, the protagonist is now an ant, and he feels that bee stings and bee venom are not much of a threat to ant warriors, after all, ants are too small for bees to stay on the ant's back and accurately prick the sting needle into it.

Even if there is an unfortunate ant that is stung, it does not need bee venom, and the size of the bee needle alone is enough to tear the ant's body apart.

Moreover, the bee's bee needle is a disposable weapon, and after stinging, it will fall off along with the internal organs, and the bee that loses the bee needle will also die. Bees rarely use this weapon unless absolutely necessary.

The third weapon, or tactic, of the bees is the Cluster Fever Tactic.

The natural predator of bees is wasps or wasps, and carnivorous wasps or wasps often raid hives to prey on bees and young bees for food.

Unfortunately, all of the weapons that the bees have evolved are not very effective against these predators: large jaws can't bite through exoskeletons, and neither do bee needles. Wasps and wasps, on the other hand, can kill dozens or hundreds of bees in a short period of time.

At this time, the bees in the group will use a stunt.

Bees can tolerate higher temperatures than wasps or wasps, and they huddle together in a group, surround the intruder, and flap their wings to accelerate the temperature rise.

Although the wasps or wasps in the middle are still killing and trying to break out of the encirclement, a steady stream of bees still flock up without fear of death.

These bees vibrate their wings frantically, emitting a lot of heat, and after a while, the temperature around them rises very high, and the wasps or wasps in the middle are in the center of the heat, and soon their limbs will be convulsive or die.

Cautious bees will still surround them for a while before throwing their tentacles to the ground. This tactic may require the sacrifice of dozens or hundreds of bees to eliminate an aggressor, but it often works because the number of incoming wasps or wasps is often small.

Among the three weapons of the bee, after the protagonist analyzes, he thinks that the first - the big jaw of the bee is more tricky, the second - the bee's bee needle and bee venom do not need to worry, and the last heating tactic, the protagonist does not know if the bee will use it on the smaller but more numerous ants.

Judging from the performance of the ants who tended to the fire and the copper smelting blast furnace, the ants were still able to resist heat, and although the average life expectancy of ants in both places was relatively short, it was not sudden death due to high body temperature.

After learning about the bees' weapons and tactics, the protagonist mentally calculates how to deal with these enemies that he has never fought before.

Weighing the pros and cons, he first removed the rolling beetle legion. Beetles are too large to be targeted by bee sting, bee venom, and fever tactics, and climbing smooth, straight poplar trees is not good at beetles.

As mentioned earlier, the protagonist finally decides to send his newly formed legion into battle.

Next, the protagonist needs to estimate the size of the colony in the hive in order to decide how many troops to send to the battle.

After all, the diameter of a poplar tree is so thick, and the entrance to the hive is so large, too many troops will not bring additional benefits, but will have a decreasing marginal effect.

But it's not easy to estimate the size of a bee colony.