After some troop mobilization, the commanders of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army suddenly discovered that they did not have enough troops on hand, not even enough to complete the task of containing the frontal battlefield for several days.
This has to be said to be a kind of irony. Before the expedition, all the kings believed that their own forces would have an advantage in any battlefield where they fell into the sub-nest. They did not expect that the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army would not divide their troops to guard this time, but stick to one place. at. This has led to the current predicament.
At the time of the expedition, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army had sixty legions and 90,000 troops. After three days of fierce fighting, there are now more than 70,000 soldiers left.
After transferring ten full-strength legions, there were only fifty under-strength legions with less than 60,000 soldiers left on the frontal battlefield, and the legion with the most severe shortages had only about half of its strength.
The kings have sent messengers to ask for help from the main nest. There are not many troops left in the main nest itself, and it will take time to mobilize reinforcements to the various sub-nests. This Big-headed Ant Kingdom army must persist for a week before it can receive reinforcements from the rear.
On the frontal battlefield, the same number of enemy troops would emerge from the fallen sub-nest every day as on the first day.
The Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army generally invests forty legions on the front line, each with 1,500 soldiers, while the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army invests thirty legions, with each legion having 2,500 soldiers.
Although the losses suffered by the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army in recent days are not lighter than those of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army, the exchange ratio of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army is even higher.
But no matter how many troops the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army puts into the front line, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army can send thirty legions to fight.
The strength of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army on the frontal battlefield has gradually surpassed that of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army. The secret lies in the queen ant stationed in the fallen sub-nest.
Because the wedding ceremony of the Pavement Ant Barbarians and the Big-headed Ant Kingdom was close to each other, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kings who lost their nest had already made preliminary estimates of when they would encounter a counterattack.
Half a month ago, the queen ants stationed here had begun to receive sufficient food supply and began to lay eggs in large numbers.
Now, it happens to be the time when the newly born pavement ant warriors reach adulthood in large numbers.
The new warriors can partially make up for the damage on the battlefield, and the two auxiliary nests at the rear are also continuously providing supplementary soldiers and food.
Calculated in this way, the net loss of troops of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army every day is only half of that of the opposing Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army.
One side is blindly arrogant, while the other side is calculating carefully. This is "the one with more calculations wins."
Even if the thirty legions sent by the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army to the front line were not enough, the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army did not dare to take it lightly. Once the number of troops invested in the front line is reduced, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army will boldly prepare to outflank the army on both sides in an attempt to counterattack and eat the Big Head Ant Kingdom Army on the front line.
In the past, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army was always able to maintain a reserve of twenty legions. In the event that the enemy's flanks spread out, or a gap formed after a local area was breached, they would be able to maintain the balance of power on the front.
However, after allocating ten full-strength legions, the current Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army could only keep the ten legions with the greatest losses in the rear as reserves. The total strength of the reserve force was only 9,000 soldiers.
A reserve force of this size is completely insufficient. As long as the battle continues for one or two days, the losses on the front line will exceed the total number of reserves. At that time, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army can only put its reserve team into the front line.
The loss of the reserve team means that the last resort is lost, which is very detrimental to the entire war situation.
According to the protagonist's calculations, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army must hold off the enemy for at least four to five days on the frontal battlefield before two partial divisions can capture the target and rush back to support it. A week later, the second wave of reinforcements sent by the main nest will arrive.
How can we help the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army survive these days when its military strength is at a disadvantage?
First of all, in terms of the length of the front line, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army cannot shorten the length, otherwise the enemy will discover the dilemma of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army, and then try to counterattack, forming a semi-encirclement or encirclement favorable battlefield situation.
But the strength disadvantage of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army was already obvious. Therefore, making full use of the existing forces while maintaining the existing formation has become a contradiction that must be resolved.
The plan given by the protagonist is to maintain the frontal width of each legion, but reduce the depth of each legion.
In the past, a full army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom had 30 squads and 1,500 soldiers.
They usually put 10 squads of 500 warriors on the front line, of which only 100 warriors are in combat status, occupying a battle line width of about one-third of a meter.
Eighty percent of the soldiers in the front-line team waited for their comrades in front to die before stepping forward to take their place.
The remaining teams were arranged behind the first line, and they would rotate forward when the losses of the first line team were too great.
Based on this calculation, only one-fifteenth of the soldiers in a fully-equipped regiment are in combat status, and the rest are waiting to engage in battle. This is a huge waste of military resources.
When the legion is lost, the soldiers on the front line will still be allocated at a ratio of one-fifteenth, which will shorten the front line.
The plan given by the protagonist is not to reduce the front line, but to maintain a width of one-third of a meter, allowing the rear teams to make up for the losses on the front line, and shorten the strategic depth of the entire legion.
In this way, at least for a short period of time, existing troops can be used to maintain the width of the front.
But there is obviously a price. The time for combat warriors to rotate to the rear to rest will be shortened, which will affect their physical strength and combat effectiveness over time.
And the width of the battle line remains unchanged, which means that the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army will suffer thousands of battle losses every day.
When the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army can replenish its troops nearby, but reinforcements from the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army are still far away, this kind of battle loss seems unacceptable.
Therefore, the protagonist also needs to improve the overall combat effectiveness of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army to reduce battle losses and avoid the worst case scenario.
The so-called worst-case scenario is that the partial division fails to capture the target, and the reinforcements from the main nest cannot arrive in time to support them a week later.
In this case, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom's army will lose its ability to protect itself unless it retreats.
The most direct way to improve the combat effectiveness of the entire army is to improve the tactical thinking of the legion commanders - the kings.
The King of Public Security and the deceased King of the West took the initiative to learn the tactics of the Angel King's Legion. Although they could not fully understand them, they developed a simplified version of the tactics of concentrated use of soldier ants based on their own understanding.
Subsequently, both the Public Security Legion and the Western Legion became the first-class powerful armies of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom in a short period of time.
What the protagonist wants to do is to teach the other kings the existing tactics of the Public Security Corps. But it's not easy either.
