After the protagonist gave the order to build a nest on the spot, the whole area around the sub-nest was in full swing.
Except for a small vigilant ant team that pays attention to the disturbance at the entrance and exit of the sub-nest, other ants are busy digging holes and building nests. This kind of work is a special skill of ants. They skillfully find suitable ground with higher terrain and solid soil within the defined range, and then a large wave of worker ants quickly clean up the stones and other stones in this small patch of ground. Cut down a small amount of weeds and move them away, leaving a circular open space with a radius of about one decimeter.
Then the worker ants began to dig entrances and exits. Since it is a base nest for military purposes, there is only one entrance and exit. It is built in the center of the open space on a slightly higher ground. The entrance and exit do not lead straight to the ground, but are slightly curved. This can prevent rainwater from pouring directly into the base from the hole. The nest brings disaster.
After entering the underground construction stage, due to the narrow tunnel dug underground, only a few dozen worker ants were able to participate in the construction. The rest of the ants had to surround the ground and use the soil cleared from the underground and other materials on the ground to pile up the entrances and exits. A pyramid-shaped hillock is formed. The hillock is about five or six centimeters high. This is the earthen dam that protects the entrance of the cave. As long as the water on the ground on rainy days is not higher than the height of the earthen dam, there will be no backflow.
The ants dug very quickly. In just half a day, they had dug out the main structure with more than ten nest chambers and connecting passages, enough to accommodate an entire army of more than a thousand ants. All that's left is to continue to excavate drainage ditches deep into the ground. This drainage ditch can not only accommodate and drain away water deep into the base of the nest, but also provide the necessary underground water source for the ant colony during drought.
While the ants were constructing, the protagonist was also trying hard to think of ways to break through the hunkering down tactics of the paving ants.
Watching the ants under his command carrying dirt and gravel in their mouths as they were busy coming in and out of the base nest construction site, a clever idea suddenly appeared in the protagonist's mind: "Yeah, why should I go head-to-head with the enemy? I can carry out soil Work!"
The five major skills of individual soldiers in the World War II era are shooting, bombing, assassination and combat, demolition and soil work! The importance of soil work in human wars can also be seen from this. What is the content of soil work? To put it simply, it is all kinds of digging in the soil and digging holes. Isn’t this exactly the specialty of ants?
While all the legions were busy digging soil to build nests, the pavement ant barbarian army on the opposite side did not move. Only a few scout worker ants were sent out to curiously observe the strange behavior of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Army. The protagonist sends messenger worker ants to invite the kings of the eight nearby legions to come over for a meeting to discuss and lay out the soil work tactics that the protagonist has just thought of. As for the further legions, it is inconvenient to come, so it is better to wait to receive the information package sent by the protagonist.
The commanders of the eight legions, including the Public Security Bureau and the King of the West, came over in person soon, connected with the protagonist and formed a temporary meeting circle. The protagonist tells the kings of these eight legions in detail about his soil work tactics, and these eight legions will serve as the main force to assist the Angel King's legions in combat. As for the other legions that receive the information package later, they play a cooperating role.
After the meeting, the eight kings all expressed their willingness to cooperate, especially the public security king and the Western King, who expressed a very submissive mood. It seemed that they had completely surrendered after witnessing the combat power of the Divine Envoy King's army. After the eight kings left, the protagonist asked the messenger ants to go to other legions to deliver orders.
After receiving the unified order, the big-headed ant army that had completed their nest building work began to assemble and approach the entrance to the secondary nest of the pavement ant barbarian army.
A small number of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army's scout worker ants who were monitoring the Big-headed Ant Expedition on the ground immediately retreated underground upon seeing this. It seemed that the enemy army had made up its mind and would never come out to fight. But it doesn't matter anymore. The offensive side will always take the initiative, and the defensive side can only passively wait for the opponent to make a move.
The formation of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force quickly approached not far from the entrance to the auxiliary nest, and ten legions tightly surrounded the entrance. But the expeditionary force did not attack. In addition to the ten legions responsible for encirclement on the front line, the remaining forty reserve legions began to dig holes in place.
This is the protagonist's soil work tactic. Instead of attacking from your heavily guarded entrance, I will directly dig countless new tunnels and drill directly into the interior of the sub-nest.
Among them, the eight legions that the protagonist had personally communicated with were gathered together, and one legion was responsible for the operation. Ten tunnels sloping downward were excavated at the same time on a construction site far away from the entrance and exit. The other thirty-two legions chose their own excavation sites at relatively close distances, with each legion digging four or five tunnels.
The Pavement Ant Barbarian Army was hiding in the sub-nest. They did not know what was happening in the outside world. They only knew that they had not encountered the expected attack after waiting for a long time. They are not in a hurry. The most important thing for the defender is time - if there is enough food.
Soon, news came that at a construction site closest to the entrance of the sub-nest, a tunnel dug by a legion penetrated a cell of the enemy's sub-nest. The worker ants and soldier ants of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force who were originally digging the soil immediately rushed in. He reached this breakthrough and fought with the barbarian army of pavement ants who were still in a daze in the nest.
Since there are fully 100,000 pavement ant barbarian soldiers inside this sub-nest, and the density of underground ant colonies is extremely high, it is impossible to launch a sneak attack after digging through. The Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force still has to fight with the pavement ant barbarians in the narrow tunnel. The army fought hand-to-hand and fought repeatedly.
Soon, the second and third tunnels were dug into the sub-nest, and teams from one legion after another entered the battle for the underground. At this time, the benefits of soil work are reflected. As more and more tunnels are excavated, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force, which has a strength advantage, does not need to attack the sub-nest underground through the only entrance and exit, and can invest more at one time. The squad joins the battle. The ability of big-headed soldier ants to fight head-on in such a narrow environment far exceeds that of smaller pavement ant workers.
Thirty-two regiments carrying out earthwork work at the nearby construction site soon all entered the battle. More than 90 tunnels achieved multiple breakthroughs at different directions and depths under the sub-nest. More than 90 teams Hundreds of soldier ants and worker ant commandos have successfully occupied a position underground in the sub-nest and are fighting against the pavement ant barbarian army.
The Pavement Ant Barbarian Army was a little confused by the sudden attack from the rear and inside. The legion that was originally prepared for defense on the first line of the cave entrance did not encounter the attack. Instead, there were legions and scattered unorganized troops resting inside. Some worker ants were suddenly attacked by enemies who broke through the wall. However, when attacked, the Pavement Ant barbarian army began to instinctively resist on its own without the commander's order. The nearby Pavement Ant warriors who received the alarm signal spontaneously filled the defense gaps with their lives, preventing the Big-headed Ant army from further breakthrough. . After all, the narrow underground passage environment is too beneficial to the defender.
However, the protagonist’s real killer move is yet to come.
