According to previous years' plans, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom will transport the queen, eggs, larvae and pupae, as well as food and other materials in the secondary nest that may be attacked, back to the main nest, or to a relatively safe secondary nest in the rear. nest. Then mobilize some troops from the main nest to assist the defense of the secondary nest.
Each sub-nest will receive roughly ten to twenty squads of reinforcements. This kind of reinforcement intensity is particular.
Generally, the scale of the sub-nest is not large. If you add one or two thousand troops, the capacity of the sub-nest has basically been reached. There is no such huge sub-nest like "Dongyang City".
Of course, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom can choose to expand the size of the sub-nest so that it can accommodate more defenders.
However, no matter how many defenders there are, in a season like winter that is extremely unsuitable for the movement of big-headed ants, simply huddled in the slightly warm underground and passively defended with half-frozen warriors, no matter how many troops there are, it will be difficult to resist paving the way. The ant barbarian army is constantly consumed.
After all, the defenders still have to be scattered among several sub-nests, and they are isolated from each other and unable to support each other. However, the enemy can freely assemble their forces and choose attack targets at will, and their flexibility in winter is far better than that of the defenders.
Moreover, if the scale of the construction of the sub-nest is large, once it is lost, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army can station more troops in it. If the secondary nests are small, the pavement ant barbarian army can only station a small number of troops, and it will be easier to regain these secondary nests in the coming spring.
Some people may wonder, after occupying the sub-nest, couldn't the Pavement Ant barbarian army expand its size to station more troops for defense?
At least not in winter. The soil in winter is frozen extremely hard, and the small bodies of the ants are basically powerless against the hard frozen soil. Even if they put in a lot of work, it is difficult to achieve obvious results.
Therefore, throughout the winter, even the pavement ant barbarians who were able to move freely in the wild during the day were unwilling to expend too much ant power on projects that were half the result with half the effort.
Only after the ground temperature warms up in spring, especially after the first rainfall, will the soil become soft and suitable for construction projects. But at this time, it often means that the counterattack of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is about to begin.
Therefore, around the beginning of spring, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army will decide their defensive strategy based on the results of the winter.
What if the pavement ant barbarian army did not progress smoothly in the winter and only captured the secondary nests along the river and failed to penetrate deep into the interior. They will take advantage of the fact that the river ice has not melted to withdraw the main force to the north bank, leaving only part of the defensive force in the sub-nest on the south bank. They hope that they can survive the whole year, so that they will have a bridgehead when they attack next year. However, this situation has never happened in hundreds of years. Often before the summer is over, the last sub-nest occupied by the barbarian army of pavement ants will be recaptured by the army of the big-headed ant kingdom.
But if the pavement ant barbarian army progresses smoothly and penetrates deep into the sub-nest in the hinterland of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, their main force will often not have time to withdraw in time. At this time, they will expand the size of the last occupied sub-nest as soon as possible after the beginning of spring. Then station the main force inside and wait for the decisive battle with the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army. Just like they did this spring.
Usually, facing the secondary nest guarded by the main force of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, and facing the geographical advantages of the defenders, even if the soldiers of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army have strong individual combat effectiveness, they still have to consume a lot of troops to conquer it.
However, this year, under the leadership of the Divine Envoy King, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army won very easily. This also made the kings of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom have great hopes for the defensive battle this winter - there will definitely be very few secondary nests lost this year.
Before the beginning of winter, each secondary nest that may be attacked will transport most of the stored food back to the main nest or a safe secondary nest in the rear. The food left behind is only enough to support the defenders until the beginning of spring. In this way, once the war goes bad and the secondary nest is captured, the enemy will not be able to obtain sufficient supplies, and must transport military supplies all the way from the home country.
After the beginning of spring, the paving ant barbarian army had to send out their precious ant forces to forage, slowing down the progress of building defense facilities. Sometimes even if the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army fails to attack smoothly, they can often defeat the enemy with their logistical advantages.
Since everyone is relatively confident, this winter, the King's Council will still discuss the defense of the sub-nest as usual.
The protagonist has a bold idea, which is to abandon a large number of sub-nests, forcing the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army to send more troops to the "conquered" sub-nests on the south bank of the river.
In this way, after the beginning of spring, there will be many pavement ants trapped on the south bank of the river. And according to the habits of the pavement ant barbarians, not only the male ants and worker ants, they will even send the queen ants.
When the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army counterattacks after the spring, the protagonist believes that with the assistance of the Divine Envoy King's army, no amount of paving ant barbarian army can resist the offensive. The more pavement ants that die on the south bank of the river, the faster their strength will be depleted.
In the summer, by building a pontoon bridge using wood, leaves, etc., the Big-headed Ant Kingdom army can burn the flames of war into the enemy's territory. In the winter, the pavement ant barbarians who have suffered huge losses will have no time to recuperate and will inevitably be unable to withstand the elite Big-headed Ant army. attack.
However, the protagonist did not dare to announce this plan. You know, the big-headed ants have fully inherited the aggressive and aggressive genes of their ancestors. Any member who dares to speak of retreat will be regarded as an alien and a coward, even if it is just a plan to lure the enemy deeper. Even if the protagonist is the King of Gods, he does not dare to go against the public opinion, otherwise the prestige he has finally accumulated may be greatly damaged.
When discussing the issue of winter defense, the first half of the discussion basically follows the rules, asking how many ants and supplies each sub-nest is required to move away from, etc. The protagonist can't get in the conversation and doesn't need to make any comments - after hundreds of years of war, The big-headed ants have developed a set of proven experiences.
But when discussing which troops should be deployed to garrison the auxiliary nest in the second stage, the plan discussed by the kings made the protagonist unable to sit still, and he had to stand up.
Because, the King's Council actually discussed that the most powerful troops should be dispatched to station in various sub-nests. These include: the Public Security Legion, the Western Legion, the Divine Envoy King's Legion stationed in "Dongyang City" and several other legions.
Because the Divine Envoy King's Army had shown extremely strong combat effectiveness in the previous recapture battles, they were assigned to the most difficult and dangerous "Linshui City" that fell first every year.
This is the last secondary nest recovered by the Big-headed Ant Kingdom during the Reconquest War. It was built on a banyan tree on a small island in the river. There is only a natural bridge made of rotten wood connected to the land.
Because it is surrounded by water on three sides and is very close to the north bank of the river, the defenders here often fail to hold on for a few weeks every winter before falling. It can be called a "deadline".
