The troops assembled in "Sitong City" have a total of five legions, namely Gun's 1st legion (Beetle legion), Lambotu's 4th legion, Lamborui's 5th legion, and Mantis Tiger's 7th legion. and the 8th Legion of the Spade Elephant are all full troops. Even the 4th Legion, which has just experienced a battle with the parasitic ants, has been fully replenished.
The five legions have a total of 250 combat squads and 10 scout squads, with a total of 13,000 soldiers. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is already more than five times stronger than the ordinary big-headed ant army or pavement ant army.
Among this army, Gun's 1st Legion and Rambotu's 4th Legion are the absolute main force, and they are the troops where the protagonist started his career. Although Lambori's 5th Army was only formed around last winter, it has already gained experience in wars.
In order to ensure the smooth development of this military operation, the protagonist also spent a lot of money to dispatch such a large and luxurious force.
Originally, the protagonist even planned to lead this army personally, but now the spread of the God Envoy King's army is too large. Only the protagonist himself understands the specific direction and long-term significance of some technological research and development and social reforms, so he must sit in the main nest and coordinate the overall situation. He had to give up command and let Gun take command of this large force.
In addition to Rambo Wan's five legions and Gun's five legions, there is also Ramboser's 6th legion stationed in "Linshui City". The protagonist only has Rambo Fei's 2nd legion as a mobile force in the main nest. .
In addition to the five armies, the Divine Envoy King's army also allocated a lot of food to be transported to "Sitong City" to support the battle.
Most of this batch of grain was shipped from "Dongyang City". Although the protagonist has moved the ruling center to "Qingqiu City", as the earliest base area, "Dongyang City" is still important as a scientific research and production center. At the same time, grain production is also the highest among all territories.
In order to complete the military operation as soon as possible, the first batch of urgently raised and transported food is probably enough for five legions for a week.
However, in order to take the military operation directly into Huanglong as a surprise, the large troops did not carry too many weapons and food with them. The troops all set out after being full, carrying only the most basic weapons and a small number of slings, and marched lightly.
Ant warriors can theoretically go without food for three days after a full meal. However, fierce battles and long marches will definitely consume a lot of energy, and the actual time they can sustain will be shorter. However, as long as the enemy's secondary nest is captured, the God Envoy King's army can get some food supplements to some extent. The food stored in "Sitong City" is more of a preparation. In case of food shortage on the front line, "Sitong City" must organize transportation The army transported the food up.
The current ruling male ant of "Sitong City" is a third-generation male ant from the Angel King's army. The protagonist once rewarded him with a sunflower seed, which was also called "melon seed".
He, Gardenia, Bamboo, Beard and Tuzi are all outstanding third-generation male ants, and their performance has been quite satisfactory since their time in "Sitong City".
After breaking with the Queen Ant Heritage Faction, "Sitong City" also encountered several attacks because it was close to the territory of the Queen Ant Heritage Faction. However, the enemy troops were usually only in double digits, and "Sitong City", which had already formed three small garrison teams, easily repelled the enemy's attack.
This kind of harassment was more of a spontaneous act by the sub-nest of the neighboring ant queen inheritance faction. After the Flying Knight determined that there was no sign of the enemy launching an offensive in "Sitong City", the defensive pressure faced here was not great.
After Gun's army sets off, "Sitong City" will become safer. The enemy's attention will be attracted by Gun and Lambo Wan's two troops, one in the south and one in the north, and they will have no time to take care of this place.
——I am the dividing line——
On the night of April 29, the army stationed in "Sitong City" had a feast. Although there were no combustion chambers and fires in "Sitong City", the main force, who were accustomed to eating cooked food, did not resist eating raw mealworms. Dried meat, paired with the scarce but abundant honeydew today, they ate and drank satisfactorily.
Eating cooked food is the influence of the protagonist, and it is indeed very beneficial to improve the physical fitness of the warrior. However, these ant warriors have not accepted cooked food for a long time and have not become dependent on it. Otherwise, it would be a disaster for logistics supply - the protagonist's transportation team currently has no way to properly transport fire or large amounts of cooked food over long distances.
Early the next morning, the ant army came out of the nest to gather. After drinking some dew on the ground, the army took advantage of the cool weather and set off.
Although it is the end of April, the sun is already very scorching, so the morning is a bit cool.
The ants were heading west along the ant path in the cool morning. There was a sub-nest of the queen's inheritance faction half a day's distance ahead.
At noon, the ant-hunting ant scouts discovered the enemy's worker ants foraging in the wild and captured these worker ants without releasing any fish that slipped through the net.
The Angel King's army sent male ants and gave orders to the captured ants of the same race. These big-headed worker ants followed the instructions of the male ants of the same race and followed the army.
Once the secondary nest is conquered, these worker ants can be put to use to serve the army. Generally, unless there is a very fierce battle, those ants that have been given orders by male ants to regard the Angel King Legion as enemies and refuse to surrender will be killed. Other ants of the same species, the Angel King Legion, are captured and tamed as much as possible.
The rolling army of divine soldiers suddenly appeared at the entrance of the first secondary nest hole, and the enemy did not get any warning at all. Lambori's 5th Legion quickly broke into the ground as the vanguard and quickly killed the two dominant male ants in this sub-nest.
Judging from the number of dominant male ants, this is a medium-sized secondary nest. The ant colony should generally be around 10,000, and there is also a lot of food stored.
But after the war, after clearing out some rebellious ants, the Divine Envoy King's Legion only found more than a thousand ants and an almost bottomless granary in this sub-nest.
After questioning, Gun learned that there were still many ants in this secondary nest after the beginning of spring. Although the specific number was only known by the dead dominant male ants, the number of ants was definitely more than the current one.
After the beginning of spring, the queen ant inheritance faction failed to persuade and assassinate the three ruling male ants here. They sent a large army to besiege and captured the place.
The three ruling male ants and many ants who were originally loyal to the King's Council faction were killed in the decisive battle in the wild. The remaining ants were managed by two newly sent male ants loyal to the queen.
A few days ago, a large number of ants were transferred to the north carrying a large amount of stored food, probably to support the "Trench City" battlefield.
Seeing that an originally medium-sized sub-nest now has only a few ant colonies and a bottomless granary, you can understand the toll the war has had on the economy and ant colonies.
And this situation is not good news for the rolling army. The food supplement they received in this sub-nest is better than nothing, and they still need support from "Sitong City".
