The protagonist's idea of the beetle's positioning and role in the Archangel King's legion is to regard the beetle as an ancient chariot or a modern tank, as the main force of the assault and the core of the small force.
Regarding some tactical ideas such as infantry and tank coordination, the protagonist also revealed it to some high-level commanders, but most of the male ants did not understand this idea. After all, without actual experience, it is indeed difficult for these ants to imagine it out of thin air.
The protagonist can only be less anxious, after all, there are not even beetles now.
In his plan, he planned to reorganize the newly formed Sixth Army into the Beetle Army. This army was newly established, had more recruits, and was not yet bound by the old tactical thinking. Although Commander Ramboser is not outstanding, he is also the "old brother" who came out of pupa with the protagonist, and is loyal and reliable.
In fact, there are still many specific things that the protagonist has not figured out about the Beetle Legion, and he needs to continue to explore. At the beginning, the Big-headed Ant survivors did not inform the protagonist of the corresponding organization and tactics of the beetle army. Perhaps in their view, this is their greatest military advantage. It is inconvenient to disclose it. This kind of thinking is completely understandable. No one is willing to give up their life-saving trump card. Tell others, even temporary allies.
These things are very specific. For example: various beetles are of different sizes and can carry different numbers of warriors. How to group large and small beetles? How to configure the number of ant warriors attached to it? How to coordinate the two? How to ensure that the infantry can promptly receive and obey the command of the commander on the beetle?
According to the brief information packet scene sent by the Queen of the Big-headed Ant Survivor before, the Big-headed Ant Survivor has a large number of beetles in their hometown, and the army uses a mixture of large and small beetles.
Among them, the beetles have commanders, a few guards and drivers on their backs, and the infantry accompanying the beetles varies according to the size of the beetle. Large beetles have more accompanying infantry, some close to a hundred; while the number of accompanying infantry for small and medium-sized beetles decreases. Even some small beetles are not equipped with accompanying infantry.
Since he has not seen the battle scenes, the protagonist does not know how these mixed beetles fight. He can only continue to explore based on his understanding of ancient chariots and modern tanks.
In terms of compilation alone, the protagonist thinks that he can also follow the method of the big-headed ant survivors and mix different beetles. But equipping attached infantry is a troublesome matter.
For example, the survivors of the big-headed ants can equip their largest stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles with eighty or ninety ant infantry. However, the male ants under the protagonist can command up to fifty men according to tradition. Any more will exceed their calculations and command. Ability seems to be in a hurry.
The protagonist doesn't know how the survivors of the big-headed ants overcome this natural racial disadvantage. According to the protagonist's observation, most of the male ants cannot mentally calculate more than fifty four arithmetic operations. The few who can do it are almost geniuses, such as Lan Bo Fei, King Fuye, and that special little secret.
The protagonist's idea is to equip large and medium-sized beetles with a squad of fifty infantry warriors, but these infantry are commanded by a separate male ant commander. There are also beetle commanders on the beetle, including drivers and warriors. Depending on the size of the beetle, their number ranges from a few to fifty.
The attached infantry commander must accompany the beetle in action, and the beetle commander is the core of this two-team organization, deciding specific tactics. The ant warriors on the back of the beetle are not just escort commanders and drivers. In the protagonist's imagination, they can also participate in long-range attacks, using naturally the sling weapons unique to the Legion of the Divine Envoy King. This is also a weapon that the big-headed ant survivors do not have, so the warriors on the beetle backs of the big-headed ant survivors can only play a protective role.
As for the small beetle, the protagonist does not intend to equip it with infantry. Instead, it will use its fast and agile characteristics as a vehicle for hunting sickle ants and scouts, as a reconnaissance vehicle or a rapid support unit.
Now that the specific tactical prototype has been thought out, all the protagonist needs to wait for is the hatching and domestication of the beetles. At that time, the strong beetles will join the army, the ones that are brushed off will be used as beasts of burden to participate in production, and the weakest and sickest ones will be killed to ensure the genetic health of the subsequent beetle population.
Everything is ready, all you need is the beetle!
——I am the dividing line——
This may be the longest time the protagonist has stayed in "Dongyang City" in recent times.
Previously, he was busy fighting everywhere, so the protagonist could only travel back and forth between the north bank of the river, "Linshui City", the southern hills or other places. He lived in both "Linshui City" and "Southern City" for a short period of time.
But compared with these temporary residences, "Dongyang City", which has been transformed by the protagonist for a long time, is undoubtedly the most comfortable place to live.
In the days of carrying out military reforms and waiting for the beetles to hatch, the protagonist can finally continue his plan to improve his life. This is also the implementation of the concept of "living like a human being" that the protagonist has been insisting on since traveling as an ant.
Down the main passage of "Dongyang City", deep underground, is the protagonist's bedroom.
This dormitory was the temporary resting place that the protagonist originally found. It was later expanded into two bedrooms and one living room, and now it has been expanded into a dormitory.
This place is solitary, not close to the dormitories of other male ants or queens, which is exactly what the protagonist needs when he wants to be alone.
Turn into a spacious intersection from the main passage, and you can see several soldier ants patrolling the entrance. This is the door to the protagonist's palace.
Entering inside, the first thing you see is a wide underground hall. The space here is enough to accommodate dozens of ants. It is the courtyard of the protagonist's bedroom.
There are a large number of fluorescent fungi planted on the tops of the courtyard and other rooms in the palace, but there are none on the walls, just like hanging chandeliers. Some hyphae that have grown for a long time will try to grow upward again in order to adapt to the new direction of gravity. The entire hyphae are hook-shaped, and the caps emit a faint cold light, more like a chandelier.
Previously, after discovering that fluorescent fungi were grown on ant excrement, the protagonist couldn't stand the fact that these things were everywhere on the roof and walls of the palace.
In particular, the fluorescent bacteria planted on the feces of male ants and queens have better growth and development and more light. They have always been considered to be top-quality and are given priority to be planted in the bedrooms of the king and queen.
This is because the food of male ants and queen ants is rich in fat and protein, but the short digestive tract of ants cannot completely digest these nutrients, so there is still a lot of energy and nutrients in the excrement, which just makes the fluorescent bacteria cheaper. .
However, the smell of the excrement of male ants and queen ants is also stronger, much stronger than that of worker ants with a higher proportion of vegetarian food...
