The reason why the Fourth Army of the Divine Envoy King suffered such heavy casualties in the first battle was not only due to the terrain.
Although the fourth legion of the God Envoy King was established at the same time as the second and third legions, it actually has less combat experience than other friendly armies. It only participated in part of the battle during the second attack on the parasitic ant nest, and was not the main force. , so the overall combat experience of this legion is not too rich.
Moreover, when establishing the "Dongyang City" garrison, some troops were transferred from the Fourth Army to serve as the backbone of the garrison. After arriving in "Linshui City", in order to enhance the strength of the "Linshui City" garrison, Once again, some troops were transferred from the Fourth Army Corps.
As a result, although the Fourth Army is currently at full strength, at least half of its soldiers are new recruits and have not participated in any battles. And even veterans don't have much combat experience. This will lead to an unsightly exchange ratio in today's battle.
However, this is because the protagonist has strict requirements. If any commander from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom or the Pavement Ant Barbarian Tribe can lead his army to an exchange ratio of 1 to 5 with an enemy army of similar strength, he can be called a famous general. .
The protagonist convened senior officers to discuss future defense ideas. Although Rambotu said that he and his regiment could firmly block the enemy and prevent them from moving forward, the protagonist still felt that it was necessary to take some measures to avoid unnecessary losses among the soldiers. casualties.
The protagonist first decided to have the second legion replace the first legion in defense on the frontal flat battlefield. Because the First Army Corps had been holding on for several days and suffered more than a hundred casualties one after another, many soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally and should take turns to rest.
Moreover, the Second Army is the same as the Fourth Army. Currently, many veterans have been transferred to the "Dongyang City" garrison and the "Linshui City" garrison, and half of the recruits have never been on the battlefield. The protagonist wants the Second Army to conduct actual combat in a flat nest that is relatively easy to defend, so that they can accumulate actual combat experience to avoid the situation like the Fourth Army that suffered heavy casualties as soon as they started fighting.
As for the two tunnels, the protagonist inspected the defensive area on the spot and felt that the only defense tactic could be to block the door. There was no room for razor tactics, and the nearby wood was too hard to be modified.
In the end, the protagonist decided to let the Fourth Army defend. After all, this unit was on the battlefield on the first day. If it was replaced immediately, it would have a blow to the morale of the commanders and soldiers, and it would appear that they did not trust them enough.
Moreover, the protagonist does not have many troops on hand for rotation - the first army has just been rotated out, and the second army has taken over the defense line. The "Linshui City" garrison is still in the training stage, and its combat effectiveness is even more worrying.
However, the protagonist has more or less thought of the measure. Other ants can't help with this measure, so the protagonist will not discuss it with them. He can just go into battle himself the next day.
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, when the sun just rose, the protagonist put on his coat, braved the coldest morning wind, and left the warm nest.
This is earlier than the protagonist's usual departure time, and the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army has not yet left its starting base to bask in the sun to recharge.
Taking advantage of this time, the protagonist climbed under the banyan tree and found two stones of suitable size. Then he climbed back to the entrance of the two wormholes that were dug yesterday and stuffed the stones deeply into them.
The entrances of these two wormholes have indeed been dug out a lot, but the passages not far inside still maintain their original diameter, which is just enough for stones to be stuffed in. The protagonist checked and found that although there were still many rotten places around, the pavement ants would definitely have to spend more effort than yesterday if they wanted to dig another hole and lift out the stones.
The pavement ant barbarian army still lined up to bask in the sun to recharge, and then divided into four full-sized legions along the wider road to the river bank. They came to the island from the cleared river ice that was not covered with snow, and headed towards The "Linshui City" on the big banyan tree launched its fourth attack.
The protagonist briefly observed the enemy's mediocre offensive for a while: the enemy still focused on attacking the main entrance, and then tried to dig out two tunnels of stones, without any new tactical changes.
The protagonist made an estimate based on the enemy's digging speed. The paving ants should not be able to pry open the stones blocking the passage today, and the defensive pressure on the defenders today should not be very great.
Therefore, the protagonist, who was in a relaxed mood, simply moved back to his observation position on the branches to the north and began to study the movements of the enemy's main force.
Possibly they realized that with the defense setup of "Linshui City", the Pavillion Ant Barbarian Army's strength advantage could not be brought into play. Therefore, both times, the Pavillion Ant Barbarian Army only sent four legions to attack, while the rest of the large forces remained behind. The north bank of the river.
So many troops staying at the starting base are not idle. They are divided into small groups and go out. The protagonist has noticed this situation before, but has never had time to see what they are doing. It wasn't until today that the protagonist was free that he began to study the enemy's behavior.
After a long time of observation, the protagonist finally realized the reason why the enemy was doing this - they were looking for food.
This surprised the protagonist, because the big-headed ants always nest in warm underground nests in winter and survive the winter relying on the food they have saved previously. Unexpectedly, pavement ants are still looking for food in winter.
In fact, there is nothing that can be done about it. The main force of the Pavilion Ant Barbarian Army has forty legions and a hundred thousand troops. In addition, the weather is cold, and the amount of food they consume every day is not a small amount.
Although there is food stored in the departure base, the size of the departure base itself is not very large. It is a temporary camp that has just been built. After cramming in an army of 100,000 people, the food stored in the remaining space is not enough to sustain the consumption of the army for a long time.
According to the experience of previous years, the army should have invaded "Linshui City" in the first few days, and then can use the captured grain stores to support it for a day or two, and then wait for the pavement ant main nest to store the transported military grain in "Linshui City" , as rations for the next phase of the offensive.
But now, the defense of "Linshui City" far exceeds the imagination of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, and the situation has developed in a different direction than in previous years.
The main nest of pavement ants has to send transportation teams every now and then to replenish military supplies to the front line. This is not an easy task. Once it is cloudy, the transportation team cannot recharge and cannot perform its mission. If there is bad weather for several days in a row, the frontline troops will go hungry. Fortunately, with the physiological structure of ants, starving for several days will not cause serious problems.
But the losses along the way made the paving ants complain endlessly.
