The tactics used to attack enemy troops hidden in underground fortifications can be seen in many battle examples in world history. The more feasible ones include the following: earth attack, hole attack, water attack, fire attack, and smoke attack (poison attack).
Let’s talk about soil attack first.
Earth attack is a tactic that uses earthwork or other materials to completely bury the enemy's underground fortifications, trapping the enemies hidden in the fortifications to death underground. This avoids direct combat and contention with the enemy and can greatly reduce our casualties.
In the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, the US military dispatched more than 900 warships, more than 2,000 aircraft, and a huge force of 220,000 people to launch an attack on the 20 square kilometers of Iwo Jima guarded by only 20,000 Japanese troops.
Judging from paper data, the US military has an absolute advantage. However, in actual combat, the Japanese army was very well prepared. They built a large number of defense fortifications on the island, which were mainly underground tunnel positions, concrete fortifications and natural caves. This made the U.S. military fighting on the island very difficult.
The U.S. military paid a price of 26,000 casualties and fought hard for 36 days, but it was still difficult to completely clear the Japanese fortress.
Later, the US military changed its tactics. They transported batches of quick-drying cement and other building materials ashore. They also converted many tanks into bulldozers and delivered tons of concrete to the entrances of volcanic rock caves built into bunkers. These cave entrances were completely blocked, and the Japanese troops inside were completely trapped.
In this way, the US military easily turned 180 bunkers into Japanese tombs. The fortresses that were almost impossible to conquer were now conquered with just a few hundred tons of cement. After that, the U.S. military quickly wiped out the Japanese troops on the island and won the final victory in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
This is a standard example of using soil attack to deal with enemy forces in underground fortifications. Of course, its success is inseparable from the support of the strong logistical capabilities of the US military.
The second is point attack.
A hole attack is to dig a passage into an underground fortification guarded by the enemy, so as to avoid the enemy's tightly fortified front. However, in addition to the initial surprise effect of point attack, it still requires fierce hand-to-hand combat with the enemy later on.
In this year's recapture campaign of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Expeditionary Force, the protagonist once suggested and implemented the cave attack tactic. He dug a tunnel directly to the bottom of the pavement ant barbarian army's nest, and the protagonist took action to kill the opponent's queen ant in one fell swoop. Afterwards, this passage turned into a floodway during heavy rains, completely submerging the enemy's nest, and turning the cave attack into a water attack.
The third is water attack.
The location of the underground fortifications must be lower than the ground level. As long as water diversion channels are properly dug, the Seventh Army can be flooded. Unless there are reasonable and sufficient drainage facilities in the underground works, water hazards can be avoided.
The example of the protagonist's water attack on the lair of the ant barbarian army mentioned just now is a successful case.
But there are also cases of failure. For example, in the classic movie "Tunnel Warfare", the Japanese army wanted to pump well water and flood it with water to attack the guerrillas in the tunnels. However, the drainage outlet of the tunnel was also connected to the well, and all the accumulated water was drained back into the well, which also made the enemy's conspiracy go bankrupt.
The fourth is fire attack.
The tactic of using fire to attack the enemy has been around since ancient times. There is even a special "Fire Attack Chapter" in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, which says: "There are five ordinary fire attacks: the first is fire man, the second is fire accumulation, and the third is fire. Baggage, the fourth day is called the fire depot, and the fifth day is called the fire team." It can be seen that at that time, fire attack tactics already had theoretical guidance, and there were subdivided tactics and equipment.
During World War II, the U.S. military was heavily equipped with M2A1-7 and M2-2 flamethrowers. During the Pacific War, the U.S. military often used flamethrowers to kill large numbers of Japanese soldiers (unlucky Japanese soldiers) hidden in trenches and fortifications.
In many cruel battles for islands, many Japanese troops hid in twists and turns of tunnels and resisted. In order to eliminate the remaining enemies, the US military used flamethrowers. Even if the flames sprayed by the flamethrowers could not directly contact the hiding Japanese troops, the burning fuel would also consume Depleting the oxygen in caves or fortifications, suffocating Japanese soldiers.
Modern cloud explosive bombs are also excellent weapons for killing people in confined spaces such as underground fortifications. Cloud bombs are fuel-air munitions that contain fuel instead of explosives. The destructive effect on the target after the explosion is mainly due to the overpressure and temperature field effects generated by the detonation, as well as the scouring effect of high-temperature and high-pressure detonation products. Its killing effect is greater in confined spaces, so individual cloud burst bombs are commonly used to attack living targets in buildings and bunkers.
Finally, there is the smoke attack (poison attack).
This tactic relies on choking or even poisonous smoke to weaken the enemy, and can even force the enemy to abandon strong underground fortifications and flee.
Many gunpowder formulas in ancient China contained poisonous substances such as croton and arsenic, which relied on the poisonous smoke produced to enhance additional lethality.
During World War I, both sides built a large number of trenches and underground fortifications in defensive positions. In order to break this trench defense system, both warring parties used poisonous gases such as chlorine gas and mustard gas. Even though gas masks appeared later, the effect of poison gas was amazing. In addition to causing massive casualties, gas bombs can also weaken the enemy's fighting spirit. So much so that after the war, international treaties explicitly prohibited the use of poison gas and other chemical weapons in war.
Before this battle, the protagonist planned to attack the new nest of parasitic ants at night. These five tactical protagonists have also been studied in turn.
When it comes to soil attack, ants are inherently good at digging the soil to build their nests. Even if the entrance and exit of the nest are blocked, the parasitic ants can dig it out again without much effort, or they can find another place to build a new entrance and exit.
Cave attack, in addition to a surprise attack at the beginning, will still have to fall into street fighting with the parasitic ant warriors. The enemy's individual combat effectiveness is obviously stronger. Even if they win in the end, the losses to the God's Angel King's army will be huge. big.
If you don't consider the terrain, water attack is a good idea. Unfortunately, the location of the parasitic ant nest is too good. It is located on the hillside at a high altitude, and there is no suitable water source nearby. Even if it rains heavily, it is difficult for this parasitic ant nest to get water.
In terms of fire attack, with the technical conditions of ants, except for natural materials such as dry branches and insect grease, there is no other fuel available, and even the original "Greek fire" cannot be made. The protagonist can't order his subordinate soldiers to rush in holding a ball of fire. That way he will kill a hundred enemies and lose three thousand to himself.
After thinking about it, the protagonist still feels that the smoke attack is more reliable.
There are no technical restrictions on the smoke attack. The ants have already mastered the use and preservation of fire. They just need to light a fire and pile smoking materials on it. The simplest smoking material is plants containing moisture. If you add some insect droppings, the effect will be even better.
The protagonist looked at the entrance of the dark parasitic ant nest: "This time, I have prepared something good for you!"
