After the protagonist activated the god-killing mode, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force quickly rushed across the willow bridge that had been heavily guarded by the pavement ant barbarian army, overwhelming, dividing and surrounding the pavement ant warriors on the ground of the island, leaving only a few pavement ants. The Dao ant army established a defense line around the trunk and roots of the big banyan tree.
The trunk of this banyan tree is so thick that it can be hugged by two people. Two sides of the trunk face the water, and the other two sides face the ground of the island. The roots are intertwined. The pavement ant barbarian army relies on the complex terrain at the roots of trees to defend itself. However, the individual advantage of the big-headed ant army cannot be fully utilized on such undulating terrain. The soldier ants in front are often besieged by the pavement ant worker ants.
The best performers among the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force are the Public Security Legion and the Western Legion. Ever since the Divine Envoy King’s Legion showed its superior combat effectiveness, the Public Security and Western King have almost become fans of the protagonist, and they have also asked for advice on the protagonist’s tactical information package. .
The protagonist had no secrets, and this level of tactical coordination was not worthy of the protagonist's pride. He generously handed over all the information packets to the two kings truthfully.
But perhaps due to the constraints of experience and vision, the tactics these two kings practiced with their legions after returning were very different from those of the Divine Envoy King's legion.
I don’t know if it’s because ants who are accustomed to two-dimensional thinking have no way of understanding how to move in three-dimensional space (just like 90% of humans can’t understand four-dimensional space). They can’t understand the behavior of letting soldier ants climb on their companions and then attack from a high position. What meaning.
Therefore, the tactics understood and implemented by the Public Security Corps and the Western Corps are: the worker ants are responsible for containing the enemy, and then the soldier ants gather together to break through from the middle, opening a breakthrough for the follow-up troops.
Even this deformed and emasculated tactic is already very sharp in legion battles, and it already coincides with the military secret of concentrating superior forces. In the field battle to recover the third, fourth, and fifth sub-nests, the two legions became more and more proficient in mastering this tactic in actual combat.
The protagonist certainly noticed the changes in the execution tactics of the Public Security Army and the Western Army, but he was happy to see this improvement and did not interfere. After all, it is easy to teach ants to execute tactics mechanically, but it is difficult to make them think and innovate. Since the police and the Western King are so spiritual and have made improvements that suit them, the protagonist should be happy.
Later, the protagonist found an opportunity to express his appreciation for the improved tactics of the two kings during the meeting, which immediately made the two legion commanders full of confidence.
In the battle against the big banyan tree, these two legions volunteered to become the vanguard and were the first to break through the defense of the paving ant barbarian army at the roots of the banyan tree. There were two legions on the left and one on the right. Nearly three hundred soldier ants from each legion gathered together. Under the command of six brave big-headed ant kings, they quickly broke through the defense line in front of them by virtue of their size and individual combat power. . Like uppercuts from left and right, the two breakthrough troops turned in one direction and attacked from behind the other Pavement Ant Legions whose frontal fronts were still intact.
This finally led to the collapse of the defense line of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army at the roots of the banyan tree. After abandoning some of the troops and rear troops that had been surrounded, the remaining pavement ant barbarian troops joined forces newly supported from the tree nests and established a defense line again in the middle of the tree trunk.
The big-headed ant barbarian army was not in a hurry to attack upwards. There were still a large number of surrounded pavement ant barbarian armies on the island's ground and at the roots of tree trunks that had not been completely eliminated. There is no concept of surrender or capture in the ant war. The only two endings are victory or failure and death.
It was not until more than an hour later that the enemy troops under the banyan tree were completely eliminated, and then the attack on the banyan tree officially began.
Due to terrain restrictions, the island is not large, and the banyan tree is adjacent to the island on only two sides, and the other two sides are rivers. Therefore, only twenty of the forty legions stayed on the island, and ten of them were responsible for the first attack. , and the rest retreated to the south bank of the river to rest.
The Public Security Army and the Western Army suffered little losses in previous battles and once again took on the task of attacking the main force. The ten legions responsible for the first attack were divided into two departures. After the first five legions climbed up the huge and rough trunk of the banyan tree from the island, they consciously expanded their formation. Black and yellow big-headed ants lined up around the trunk. It made a circle, and from a distance it seemed as if there was a yellow ring on the banyan tree.
Looking further up, there is also a black ring in the middle of the trunk of the banyan tree. This is a defensive position established by the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
The yellow ring slowly moved upwards and soon collided with the black ring.
Fierce fighting broke out again, with countless big-headed ants and pavement ants fighting on the banyan tree trunks that tilted toward the water. Big-headed ants are powerful in combat, but the inconvenience of attacking from above offsets their advantage to a large extent. The pavement ants occupy the advantageous location, but their numbers and combat power disadvantages always restrict them.
They fought so selflessly that a pair of rivals would often fall from tree trunks holding each other in their arms.
Some fell on the ground of the island, so the big-headed ant warriors under the tree would immediately step forward to help their comrades kill the pavement ants on the opposite side. Some of them would plop into the river, and a pair of life-and-death rivals would be separated by the current and washed away, facing their unknown fate.
Since the banyan tree stretches out toward the river, many ants fell into the water. Fortunately, the river between the island and the south bank is only half a meter wide. If some lucky big-headed ants can struggle back before being washed away by the current, On an island or river bank, you can save your life, but the pavement ants that also climb ashore are still doomed.
The Public Security Army and the Western Army once again took the lead in breaking through the enemy's central defense circle, and then the breakthrough was expanded with the support of follow-up troops. The defensive position of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army collapsed once again.
A pavement ant barbarian king looked at the scene happening in front of him in disbelief. His position at the root of the banyan tree only lasted for a short while before being breached from the front, and the defensive circle established after retreating was easily breached again. This was completely It overturned the experience passed down by our ancestors about the war with the yellow big-headed ant barbarians. How is this going?
The frustrated pavement ant barbarian king was desperately dragged back by the loyal worker ant guards, and fled to the highest level of the tree canopy.
The Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force did not care about the king of pavement ants who had lost almost all of his men. They were busy clearing out the stubborn enemy troops.
After the defense circle in the middle of the banyan tree collapsed, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force could successfully attack the core of "Linshui City" hidden under the bark of the tree.
This tree city is divided into two parts. One part is the core area of the tree trunk, which is composed of a naturally formed cavity in the middle of the banyan tree and a small number of tunnels dug by ants under the bark. There are also some temporary summer camps composed of scattered small tree holes on the branches of the canopy.
In the summer, the ants stationed in "Linshuicheng" will branch out into temporary camps on various tree trunks to conveniently hunt insects and collect banyan tree fruits in the dense canopy.
When winter comes, these temporary camps cannot keep out the cold, and all the ants will retreat to the core area and hide in the hollows of the banyan trees to spend the long winter.
It's strange to say that banyan trees generally live in the warm south, but this banyan tree grows in a place where dripping water turns into ice every winter, and it is still alive and well. Generally, banyan trees are evergreen trees, but this banyan tree loses all its leaves in autumn. All I can say is that nature is amazing.
The Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force invaded the core area of "Linshui City" from the nest entrance on the upper part of the banyan tree trunk. The entrances to these nests are small openings made by ants in the bark of trees. They are usually slanted downwards to prevent rain, and the openings face the south. Due to the special nature of the tree city, this secondary nest has more than one entrance and exit, a total of six. The entrance and the central tree hole are connected by tunnels gnawed by ants under the bark.
Since the stationed pavement ant barbarian army had lost a lot of strength in the field battle, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force was able to easily enter the core area from six entrances and exits, and quickly killed all the remaining pavement ants in the hollow tree holes. Ant eggs, larvae and pupae were all destroyed.
In this way, the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force has basically destroyed the enemy's effective resistance in "Linshui City", but this does not mean the end of the battle.
In the dense canopy of the banyan tree, there may be sporadic pavement ant troops on every branch and leaf. These troops are defended in legions and squads, and even three or two pavement ant workers who have lost their organization can also be seen. He spontaneously hid on the back of a leaf, ready to sneak attack the passing Big-headed Ant Warrior at any time.
This kind of stubborn resistance has appeared in countless previous wars of recovery, and the big-headed ants have also been psychologically prepared based on the experience passed down from generation to generation by their ancestors.
After basically clearing out the resistance in the core area of the tree trunks of "Linshui City", several legions spontaneously charged towards the canopy.
There are too many branches and more leaves here. In order to completely eliminate the enemy forces and prevent the trapped enemies from threatening the safety of the sub-nest in the future, every branch and leaf needs to be inspected. The complete legion was forced to disperse into detachments, and then into small squads, fighting for branch after branch, sweeping away leaf by leaf.
More and more legions devoted themselves to the attack on the canopy, and soon twenty legions on the island entered here. Even if there are a total of 30,000 big-headed ants, when they are scattered on the dense and lush canopy of the banyan tree, they still seem to have insufficient strength.
The suppression operation was suspended at night, and all forty legions entered "Linshui City" to rest, leaving only a small number of security forces outside the tree trunks.
The defenders of pavement ants can only endure a night in small tree holes in the canopy or even on leaves in the open air. Based on the constraints of tradition and experience, these pavement ants have no intention of counterattacking or escaping at night.
After sunrise the next day, the battle continued. The army of pavement ants was already gone, and the sporadic fighting was just a desperate struggle. On this day, the entire "Linshui City" completely announced that it had changed hands.
In the conference room, the kings of the Big-headed Ant Expeditionary Force played their crowns to celebrate their early victory in this year's counteroffensive war, and also congratulated the Divine Envoy King for his illustrious military exploits.
No ant noticed that at the end of the battle, a pavement ant king and a few worker ant guards were forced onto a banyan leaf by the big-headed ant warriors.
The king ordered the worker ants to bite off the petioles. He would rather drown in the river than be humiliated by the big-headed ant barbarians.
But when the leaves tumbled in the air a few times and then fell on the river, the king, who had been so unlucky that he was defeated twice by the public security corps on the banyan tree, was still lying firmly on the leaves.
Only one of the worker ants beside him was still there, and another one fell into the water and swam up the leaf. The other worker ants disappeared in the process of falling.
With the help of the breeze, this fallen leaf was quietly blown to the north bank of the river.
There is the territory of the pavement ant kingdom.
