The expeditionary force of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom walked and hunted, but still maintained a relatively fast marching speed.
The protagonist's Legion of God's Envoys also caught a lot of people on the road, and a dead earthworm that just happened to jump out of the ground became everyone's ration. Of course, the protagonist still can't eat these meats. He lay leisurely on the silk bed carried by two soldier ants, watching his subordinates feast. At least he didn't feel any discomfort watching other ants eating meat.
Since it took a lot of time to hunt down the rolling earthworm, the public security corps had already moved from behind the protagonist to a little ahead.
After noon, the expeditionary force had arrived at the auxiliary nest on the front line. This secondary nest is small in size, with only thirty kings and more than a thousand ants stationed there. The only queen ant only moved here from the main nest in spring. However, there is a lot of food stored in this secondary nest, and every free nest cell is full of food. This is all brought from the main nest and various adjacent secondary nests after the beginning of spring to support the attack on the pavement ant barbarians. of military rations.
The army stopped for a while in this sub-nest (named "Liangmo City" by the protagonist). The worker ants in "Liangmo City" took the initiative to run to the army and asked one by one if they needed to be fed. Some ants that had not harvested well on the way ate them with open bellies. pause. Subsequently, the expeditionary force continued to advance due north under the guidance of the forward.
The police regiment stayed in "Liangmo City" for a longer time, and the protagonist was not in a hurry to leave after seeing this. He saw the messengers from the Public Security Corps constantly coming in and out of the sub-nest, seeming to be communicating something, so he sent a worker ant to inquire.
After a while, the worker ants replied that the police had communicated with the king of the sub-nest and learned the following information: Since the beginning of spring, after the river broke through the ice, the pavement ant barbarians have routinely stopped attacking the sub-nest, but this sub-nest has Worker ants who go out to search for food can still encounter members of the pavement ant barbarian tribe in distant areas. There are sporadic small-scale fights between the two sides, with each suffering minor casualties.
The public security corps set out, followed closely by the Divine Envoy King's corps. The protagonist keeps sending messengers to ask questions that he cares about. After all, he is still a rookie on the battlefield and has his own worries. If he were still in a human body, he would completely ignore such a group of ants. If he couldn't defeat them, he could at least run away.
The police patiently answered the protagonist's questions, and the protagonist felt at ease.
These paving ant barbarians also don't have much tactical knowledge. When defending every year, each sub-nest fights independently without supporting each other. Moreover, not only did they not stay in the nest and use street fighting to delay because of their inferior strength, but they openly fought against the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's expeditionary force in the wild. The numerically superior army of big-headed ants can usually win at a certain cost, and then the remaining pavement ant barbarians in the secondary nests are eliminated. Due to the complex and narrow underground passages of the sub-nest, these small number of paving ant barbarians who stick to the ground can cause more trouble than the barbarians who go out to fight. But usually in the summer, the entire counterattack will be over.
The protagonist now understands that these ants, whether they are big-headed ants or pavement ants, are like scum in terms of tactical awareness and micro-control. If Nima is put into a real-time strategy game, it is equivalent to the players on both sides framing all the soldiers and then passing A, without any other operations at all. It's simply like the Red Alert era, where you see whoever explodes the most soldiers wins. In winter, pavement ants have more resources and more soldiers, so they are more adaptable. In the past, A was able to capture several big-headed ant disposal bases. After the beginning of spring, the situation was reversed. The sub-base and main base captured by the pavement ants were isolated, and the big-headed ants sent their troops to regain the lost ground. The two contestants kept going back and forth, playing each other's A's for hundreds of years. Just thinking about the protagonist makes me want to hide my face and run away.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon (the time estimated by the protagonist based on the height of the sun), the protagonist discovered that the legions in front had stopped moving, and there were some unusual movements. He quickly sent another messenger to ask the police what was going on. The public security replied that the vanguard should have encountered the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, and each subsequent legion should form a formation to surround the enemy with a long front.
Well, it is indeed a one-frame-one-A operation. After the troops in a group fight on the front line, the subsequent troops will automatically spread out the battle line because they are unable to engage the enemy.
The protagonist also commands his Divine Envoy Army to follow the Public Security Army to move to the west. After advancing for a while, there are no other friendly forces directly in front and behind the protagonist. The friendly forces on the left and right are lined up, and the Public Security Army is on the right. Seen from the sky, this single-line battle line composed of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force is about fifty meters long. It is roughly in the shape of a curve with a protruding middle and slightly back sides. Once any point of this line touches the enemy, the numerically superior Big-headed Ant will be The ant army's front line will extend and surround the opponent.
The protagonist's army of the God Envoy King has not yet encountered the enemy, and the army is slowly advancing at a speed slower than marching. The protagonist noticed that during the march, the army's front line, which should have been smooth, was uneven due to inconsistent steps among the legions.
The vanguard army that had previously encountered the enemy had only encountered a few worker ants or scouts from the pavement ant barbarian army searching for food. These scattered soldiers were no match for the formation of the big-headed ant army. They were either quickly surrounded and killed, or they quickly escaped with their flexible legs. In this way, the pavement ant barbarian army will soon know that the enemy is approaching.
These scattered enemy forces are just for the protagonist to practice. Although the ants' field of vision on the ground is affected by grass and terrain undulations, he can still spot his enemies before they are discovered by the pavement ants with his excellent eyesight. Then he sent the information package of his strategy to Hua Mulan and the others, and they were responsible for implementing it.
This tactic is extremely simple. It is to get stuck on the edge of the opponent's field of vision to outflank them, and then swarm them forward. This is the clumsy head-stealing tactic of officers, snipers, and long-range artillery that the protagonist used when playing the real-time strategy game "Forever Assault" in his previous life.
What is the edge of the ants' field of vision? After the protagonist's observation in the ant nest, the worker ants and soldier ants of Big-headed Ant can probably see things clearly about one meter away, but they cannot see many things clearly from this distance. The sensitive distance for moving objects is three meters. If you need to accurately determine the identity of the other party, you often need to get closer to within one decimeter, and even need the help of antennae.
Therefore, the protagonist draws the terrain within his sight into the information package and accurately specifies the opponent's location. Hua Mulan and the others can rely on vision assistance to accurately locate the enemy when they are close to three meters away, and then stick to the two decimeter Implement outflanking at a distance. At this time, the pavement ants were still curious about Hua Mulan and the others who were moving two decimeters away. They were about to come over to verify it when they were attacked.
None of the scattered pavement ants in front of the protagonist escaped. But other legions have been caught one after another. These escaping scouts fled quickly to the secondary nest while making noises. Although the sound could only travel a short distance, other pavement ants foraging outside heard the same warning sound. Soon, all the pavement ants on the ground heard the warning and learned about the enemy invasion. They quickly gathered at the entrance of the occupied secondary nest, preparing to cover the main force leaving the nest, so that they could fight with the big-headed ants on the ground. The expeditionary force fought to the death.
