The protagonist flies all the way south.
A long flight is not easy and pleasant, but is a tiring job. The protagonist has no time to appreciate the beautiful rivers and mountains along the way. He not only has to identify the direction and control the course of the mount, but also always pay attention to the surrounding airspace.
Flying in the air is not a very safe thing. Predators such as dragonflies and wasps are everywhere. Especially when the flight range is long, encountering fierce insects is very common.
However, the protagonist's eyesight is better than that of all insects. As long as he flies in an airspace with a wide field of vision and avoids areas with complex terrain and limited vision, such as dense forests, he can control Xiao Qing II to avoid most dangers in advance.
Even if he is occasionally discovered by a predator that suddenly appears, Xiaoqing II's mobility and flexibility as a fly can still escape pursuit.
By the time the protagonist arrives at the camp of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom army, it is already dusk.
On the battlefield, corpses strewn all over the field are no longer enough to describe the cruelty of the war. Countless corpses and wreckage are like a layer of carpet, covering a large area of land. The light green tissue fluid gushing out from the small bodies of countless ants also covers the land. The original background color is covered.
Both armies were retreating. While retreating, the pavement ant barbarian army was still seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the twilight to carry the corpses of both the enemy and ourselves back to their nests.
The Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army is not so eager to transport corpses. Their food is not so tight and they do not need to rely on corpses as supplements.
Most of the actions of snatching corpses are spontaneous actions of the retreating Big-headed Ant soldiers. Their idea is very simple, they just want to take the corpses of their comrades back and place them in the cemetery. Although the cemetery is also a simple and temporary cemetery, it is still better than entering the belly of the pavement ant barbarian warriors.
The efficiency of such spontaneous behavior is definitely not as good as the organized robbery by the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army. Most of the corpses were taken away by the Pavement Ant Barbarians.
Sometimes, in order to fight for one or two corpses, small conflicts would break out between the nearby big-headed ant warriors and the pavement ant barbarian warriors.
This kind of conflict usually breaks out around the corpse of the male ant commander. Although the corpse is not taken seriously, the corpse of the male ant commander is still relatively important. This is due to the male ants' sense of honor. They are usually brought back by the army. Buried in the cemetery.
The protagonist found the public security king, and by this time the army had returned to the temporary camp one after another.
This is an underground nest established in the southwest of the lost secondary nest. It is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of Big-headed Ant Kingdom soldiers and corresponding food. However, compared with the formal nest, it lacks key facilities such as the queen's dormitory and nursery.
But a small conference room was still established here, and some fragmented white pebbles were spread on the ground. Although the information transmission efficiency was not as good as that of a whole piece of cobblestone, it was still barely enough.
The protagonist has always been curious about how ordinary pebbles can transmit the information sent by ants' tentacles like telephone wires, and after thinking for a long time, he came to no conclusion.
Maybe it's because the main component of cobblestones is silica. Early radios also used some ores or silicon-containing materials to make them. There may be some similarities between the two.
Because the conference room was too small, with the help of the public security king, some highly respected kings rushed to the conference room to participate in an impromptu military meeting.
This kind of temporary military meeting was also held yesterday and the night before yesterday. The difference is that today there is the participation of the protagonist.
Due to the strong performance of the Divine Envoy King's army in the past, the Divine Envoy King's right to speak on military issues was recognized by all the kings present.
The protagonist also understands the thinking and communication habits of ants. He did not be polite before the meeting like in the human world, but went straight to the point and pointed out the difficulties facing the current battle.
After three days of fierce fighting, even the dullest legion commanders can see the situation clearly and realize that what is happening on the battlefield is far less optimistic than expected before the expedition. They can easily agree with the protagonist's statement.
So, next, the protagonist strikes while the iron is hot and comes up with his own solution.
This plan naturally avoids the proposal of sending troops from the Divine Envoy King's army.
The protagonist suggested that ten legions be drawn from the existing troops, divided into two partial divisions, bypassing the current battlefield, and heading north to seize the two sub-nests behind the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army.
The defenders of these two fallen sub-nests only have one legion, and their defense strength is weak.
However, although these two partial divisions have three times the strength advantage, they must achieve the effect of a surprise attack and capture the secondary nest in the shortest possible time.
Otherwise, given the reproduction speed of the queens in these two sub-nests, once they are dragged into a tug of war, these two partial divisions with insufficient strength may even be at risk of being eaten by counterattacks.
Therefore, when forming the ten legions of partial divisions, we should try our best to select units with strong combat effectiveness, and other legions will need to transfer manpower to make up for the shortfall.
Once the two sub-nests in the north can be captured, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army will be surrounded in the only sub-nest and lose the only source of food in the rear. Even if the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army does not launch a general attack, they will starve to death. Sleepy to death.
The kings quickly started talking about this proposal.
From a human perspective, this is a very common tactic to avoid the real situation, strike at the weak point, and cut off the enemy's supply line. However, ants are accustomed to fighting in a straight forward and frontal manner. This practice of copying the back approach is the first time for most kings to have heard of it.
But its advantages are obvious. The kings are not fools. Once someone shows them the way, they will quickly understand the benefits.
Soon, the respected kings discussed the results and not only supported the protagonist's combat plan, but also selected the ten legions to form the partial division.
These kings still know which legions have strong combat effectiveness.
As the saying goes, "A soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest." This saying also applies to the ant world.
The Legion of the God Envoy King is already close to the concept of a standing army, but all the legions of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the Pavement Ant Barbarians are temporarily formed before the war. The members are ordinary worker ants and soldier ants in peacetime. The differences between the various legions The personnel structure is almost the same.
However, after the establishment of the legion, a short period of running-in and immediate command, the level of tactics and training methods in the head of the legion commander will cause a huge difference in the combat effectiveness of the legion.
Therefore, the combat effectiveness of a legion is basically equivalent to the military ability of the legion commander, the king.
Ten legions including the Public Security Legion were selected, and some legions with lower combat effectiveness and greater losses in the battles in the previous few days were mobilized to supplement the strength of the partial divisions.
These two partial divisions planned to set off early the next morning, make a large circle to avoid the scouts of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, and secretly rush northward to attack.
But now a new problem has arisen on the frontal battlefield - insufficient troops and not even enough reserves.
