Currently stationed at the "Bridgehead" is Rambotu's Fourth Army.
According to the instructions of the protagonist, the Fourth Army has been continuously reinforcing the "bridgehead" fortress, and has not even organized manpower to go out to forage. All food and material supplies have to be transported from the south bank of the river.
In addition to the construction team, most of the soldiers of the Fourth Legion patrol in small groups near the "bridgehead", attacking and killing all pavement ant barbarian warriors they encounter.
This arrangement achieved good results in the early stage. Since the "Bridgehead" is far away from the sub-nest of the Pavement Ant Barbarians, only occasionally the Pavement Ant Barbarians warriors will come here, and then they cannot go back.
However, as the disasters caused by the late spring cold intensified, the territory of the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom on the north bank of the river was also affected by disasters. Like the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the Pavement Ant Barbarians are now also worried about food.
Each sub-nest is expanding the scope of searching for food, and areas where pavement ants were previously rarely active are beginning to appear frequently.
Under such circumstances, the patrol pressure on the "Bridgehead" has greatly increased, and no one can guarantee that every pavement ant barbarian warrior who comes here will be discovered and killed. As long as any fish slips through the net, whether he discovers the bridgehead or the patrolling Angel King warriors, the secrets here will be exposed.
The protagonist is very pessimistic. He believes that this will happen sooner or later, so he orders the Fourth Army to start formal preparations for war.
A steady stream of grain has been filled into the "Bridgehead" granary, and materials such as pottery bombs and plant fibers have also been prepared. The walls of the "Bridgehead" are being raised every day, the trenches are being widened, and the defensive capabilities are being improved little by little.
However, what the protagonist is waiting for first is not the barbarian army of pavement ants coming like a tide as imagined, but the plum rain.
——I am the dividing line——
The sky was clear and clear the day before. Today, when the protagonist got up and looked at the sky, he found that the sky seemed to have been covered by clouds overnight.
These clouds are not broken into patterns, and they outline different lines and patterns in the sky. The temperature and humidity this morning are very different from those of the past few days. The warm wind from the south is blowing across the surface, bringing a comfortable atmosphere.
Now, the protagonist who has already experienced it does not need other ants to tell him, he has noticed the change in the weather - it seems to be raining.
The clouds and warm wind did not dissipate as the sun rose. In the morning, the clouds became thicker and slowly gathered into groups, covering large areas of land in shadow. The wind came and went, but the air began to Became dull and damp.
There were still some big-headed ants going out in the morning, but after noon, as the temperature and humidity in the air changed, the working ants began to return to their nests one after another.
That afternoon, a light raindrop fell, and fine raindrops fell on the ground and leaves. This amount of rain was too small to even wet the ground, and it was impossible for the many ants to start their wedding flight.
But this is a signal, a signal that the rainy season is coming.
It didn't rain again that day.
Until the next day, in the morning, the clouds dissipated a lot, and the sun once again covered the ground, but the humidity in the air did not decrease.
The ants still haven't gone out in large numbers. Although there is sunshine, experience tells them that the current humidity is not safe.
Sure enough, after a while, when the sun was shining brightly, a solar rain began to fall in the sky.
At first it was just fine raindrops, but soon the clouds began to gather again in the sky, and the rain turned into large raindrops, pattering enthusiastically across the world. Half an hour later, the heavy raindrops turned into endless raindrops without anyone noticing, and continued until the evening.
This spring rain lasted for a long time and the rainfall was heavy. It was raining continuously, and the fog was heavy. There was too much rainwater collected on the leaves, and the water droplets began to fall to the ground, making small holes in the soil. The flowing water gathers together and forms a mooring in the low-lying areas along the natural ditch.
For trees and other plants, this is a timely spring rain, and it is also a season of moisture. Their tall and straight bodies and green leaves dance lightly and show off in the rain. The twigs catch the abundant rain and stretch wildly, and the tender green color looks childish and cute.
Herbaceous plants appear a little weak in this heavy rain. Excessive rain will soak them. If the rain lasts for too long, the leaves under the plants will wither and turn yellow.
Rattans like this kind of climate very much. They seem to be engaged in a competition. Everyone stretches their necks to compete with the sky and strives to climb up the host.
——I am the dividing line——
At nightfall, the rain gradually subsided.
The protagonist hasn't fallen asleep yet. He knows that this spring rain is not the only one. There will be rain from time to time in the next half month or so. In this kind of weather, large-scale military operations cannot be carried out. Both the "Bridgehead" and the "Stump Fortress" will have a chance to rest peacefully.
After the spring rain, the teams participating in the wedding flight ceremony of each sub-nest are about to set off.
The protagonist's "Dongyang City" and "Linshui City" will not participate in this year's wedding flight ceremony.
There is no queen ant in "Linshui City" this year, so naturally there will be no new male and female ants to participate in the wedding flight.
Before winter last year, the queen ants from the original "Linshui City" returned to the main nest as usual to avoid losses to the queen if the place collapsed. After the beginning of spring, considering that "Linshui City" still had the possibility of becoming a battlefield, after the queens from other sub-nests returned one after another, there was still no queen staying here.
However, "Dongyang City" did not participate in the wedding flight ceremony, which was entirely due to the selfishness of the protagonist. Last year, "Dongyang City" itself held two temporary wedding flights, and a group of ant kings and queens grew up on their own.
Through this method, the protagonist firmly controls all the rights over the birth, education, marriage and adulthood of the ant kings and queens in "Dongyang City". All the new kings are extremely obedient to the protagonist, and the protagonist has thus consolidated himself. Supreme authority.
In this case, the protagonist certainly does not want any ant king under his command to come of age through the wedding flight ceremony of the main nest. This will make them feel a sense of belonging to the main nest and thus shake their status as the leader.
Moreover, due to the bad weather this year and lack of food, the protagonist has no plans to expand the size of the ant colony under his control this year. Now the queen ant has very few production tasks, just constantly replenishing the normal loss of the ant colony. Until now, there are no new male or female ant larvae in "Dongyang City", so naturally there are no candidates to participate in the nuptial flight.
The protagonist is not worried that the main nest will be blamed for this. Every year, the deputy nest fails to catch up with the wedding ceremony, and the main nest does not know what the situation is - especially the protagonist's situation, which is tantamount to rebellion, in the history of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom never had.
——I am the dividing line——
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