While the development of the sub-base here in "Linshui City" is in full swing, the protagonist does not forget to keep an eye on the situation of the "Stump Fortress" in the hilly area to the south.
Every day, a flying knight sets out from "Dongyang City" to "Stump Fortress", and then delivers the latest information reported by Rambo Wan to the protagonist in "Linshui City". Of course, the flying knights who performed the mission of delivering messages thought that they were consulting on military affairs and were very enthusiastic...
According to Rambovan’s report:
After the supplies and reinforcements from "Dongyang City" arrived, the "Stump Fortress" finally had sufficient troops and the supply of supplies was guaranteed.
With Lambo Wan's temperament, of course he was not willing to hide in the fortress and be besieged by the enemy in a show of force. Previously, he had to do this due to lack of troops. Now, Rambovan felt it was time to counterattack.
So, one morning when the sky was just beginning to light up, Rambovan led most of the Fourth Army and set off - Speaking of which, this tactic of not having an open and honest decisive battle in the daytime, but sneak attacks at sunrise or dusk was still deeply Influenced by the protagonist. If other ants hadn't had poor night vision, they might have wanted to try this trick themselves.
There are currently more than ten tribes of hunting ants surrounding the "Stump Fortress", with less than a thousand warriors. There used to be more people than this, but after a few days, some tribes have moved away and disappeared.
The weakening of the enemy's strength is a good thing for the Fourth Army that launched the sneak attack. They now have the upper hand in the sneak attack and have more advantages in quantity and organization.
Therefore, when the Fourth Legion came out of the morning light, these tribes were instantly stunned.
Rambo Wan did not spread his forces to attack multiple ant tribes at the same time, but swept across them from east to west. I don’t know if this offensive direction was a deliberate or unintentional choice by Rambo Wan, but the actual effect was very good.
It is now the time of sunrise, and the dazzling light shines from the southeast to everything on the earth. Pheasant ants have excellent vision, but their compound eyes are more sensitive to light and have no eyelids to cover them, so they always try to avoid facing the rising sun at this time.
In addition, ants are generally accustomed to being active after it is completely light. Therefore, the hunter ants with better eyesight were not able to detect in advance the fourth legion of the God Envoy King that was dispatched from the "Stump Fortress" and detoured.
When they were attacked, facing the well-organized and well-organized Fourth Army Corps, the individual combat effectiveness of the Scythe Ant Hunters that they were proud of could not be fully utilized.
Most of the scythe-hunting ant tribes were quickly defeated and fled in all directions. The Fourth Army was like a big broom, sweeping across from east to west, invincible.
The battle ended quickly. The ant-hunting coalition forces outside the "Stump Fortress" were completely defeated, and the siege that lasted for several days was broken.
What makes Rambo Wan dissatisfied is that the enemy has good eyesight and runs fast. In fact, not many enemies were killed in this battle. Most of the enemies escaped into the vegetation with ease, and the Divine Envoy King's army did not Dare to easily send out a small force to pursue at the risk of being ambushed.
In addition, at the temporary base of these besiegers, Rambovan captured almost no useful supplies, especially grain. These besiegers seemed to be living a miserable life. There was only a very small amount of insect meat in the camp and a lot of leftover insect carapace. It seems that their life is not very good.
What particularly angered Rambovan was that in several of the besieger camps, the carapace of some scale insects that had eaten all their flesh was found. Rambowan immediately asked people to check the nearby vegetation where scale insects gathered. Sure enough, there was not a single scale insect left here.
The scale insect resources in "Stump Fortress" were discovered by the protagonist during his expedition to the south for parasitic ants. After winning the victory, the protagonist moved some of the scale insects to "East Yang City" and left the other part in place.
Before winter, both "Stump Fortress" and "East Yangcheng" put aphid eggs and scale insect eggs into underground nests, and then moved them to the wild in the next spring.
As a result, these scale insect eggs just hatched and caught up with the late spring cold.
Unlike other insects, the adults of aphids and scale insects have better resistance to late spring cold when the temperature is not too low. Aphids begin to reproduce when the temperature is above 12°C, and the most suitable temperature is when the temperature is 16 to 22°C; while the suitable temperature for the normal activities of scale insect nymphs is 22 to 28°C, and they begin to die when it exceeds 32°C. Above 40°C or -12 A large number of people die when the temperature is below ℃.
Although the late spring cold is severe, the temperature can still remain above zero, which is not enough to seriously threaten the survival of aphids and scale insects.
Therefore, when "Stump Fortress" faced enemy threats, it did not think of moving these important honey sources in time. Now he found out that he had been killed by the enemy and eaten them all. How could he not make Lambo Wan angry?
This important information was also passed on to the protagonist, making the protagonist feel unusual.
Although the big-headed ant is an omnivorous ant, the hunter ant is purely carnivorous. But ants all have an almost fanatical love for honey sources. Honeydew, nectar and some sugary plant juices secreted by insects such as scale insects or aphids have always been the luxury food that ants love.
The hunter ants are now uncharacteristically killing all the scale insects as meat. This can only be due to one situation - their food is extremely scarce, so that they have to reject the temptation of honeydew and prioritize the need for basic food.
The protagonist's guess is correct.
The late spring cold had a far more negative impact on the predatory ants than it did on the big-headed ants.
On the one hand, late spring cold damages insects more than plants.
Ants that live on the plains, such as big-headed ants and pavement ants, are omnivorous. When prey is insufficient, they can make up for it by collecting. For tribes such as the Hunters, who rely on hunting as their only source of food, the late spring cold will lead to a large reduction in prey, which will lead to great famine.
On the other hand, predator ants live in hilly areas where spring comes late.
When the late spring cold occurs, spring has already begun in the plain areas for some time. Most of the insects hatched in early spring are already adults and have relatively strong resistance to bad weather. For example, some beetles can dig holes or hide under fallen leaves to avoid the cold.
In hilly areas, most insects are still in the larval stage, unable to withstand the cold and move slowly. Encountering this extremely powerful late spring cold, there will naturally be heavy casualties.
Due to multiple factors, the hunter ants were short of food, so they were attracted to the "Stump Fortress".
It is not only a small number of scale insects that attract them, but also the thousands of big-headed ants in the dry tree stump are delicious prey for the hunting ants...
