The protagonist saw a series of mobilizations of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army from the returning Flying Knights, and he had to admire it - this was the first time he saw other ant races except the Angel King's Army use the deceptive trick of feint attack. .
The common feint tactics in the human world seem simple, but they are also a manifestation of human wisdom. But this kind of deception is not unique to humans. In fact, some animals also use feint tactics when hunting.
For example, when a pride of lions hunts a herd of bison, they often pretend to attack the adult bison. After the attention of the adult bison is attracted and the herd is dispersed, they turn around and attack the real target - the easier-to-win young bison.
Wolves have better coordination in hunting, and they also like to give priority to hunting young animals that lack the ability to defend themselves. Wolves often have a clear division of labor. Some are responsible for feinting to lure away the rebellious adult prey, others are responsible for taking advantage of the chaos to kill the prey, and there are reserve team members who respond to the feint. If there are no cubs, this tactic will also be used when attacking adult prey to reduce the casualties of the wolf pack itself as much as possible.
It can be seen that feint tactics and the actual deception tactics behind them have been engraved into the genes of animals during the long-term evolution of nature.
Unlike the "camouflage" deception in the appearance of creatures such as dead leaf butterflies, the feints of lions and wolves are conscious behaviors, which means a higher level of intelligence. As a member of the intelligent race of ants in this world, it is natural that the pavement ants have the intelligence level to use this tactic.
The essence of feint means deception. Although the protagonist rarely sees ants cheating, it is mainly because it is unnecessary for others of the same species. It makes people think that ants have almost no awareness of deception. But as intelligent creatures, sometimes there is no need for ants to remain "honest".
There is a kind of ant in Florida, USA - Florida ant (scientific name: Formica archbold). It looks very ordinary, but it can attack and prey on alligator trap ants through "deception".
Florida ants will never declare war on trap ants simply and rudely. Instead, before attacking trap ants, they will use a waxy substance made of a special chemical substance to smear on themselves. Applying the waxy substance to the body can have an effect. Achieving a good "transformation" effect: covering up the original characteristics of one's own species while expressing the characteristics of the trap crocodile ants.
In this way, when Florida ants sneak into the trap ant colony, they will not be detected and fight back. It is not until they sneak into the trap ant colony that the Florida ants suddenly burst out and find a suitable opportunity to violently spray formic acid outwards, causing the trap ants to die in confusion and confusion.
After killing the trap ants, the cruel Florida ants will not immediately hunt the trap ants, but will take them back to their burrows to decompose. They even like to remove the heads of trapped crocodile ants individually for home decoration. As for how to dispose of other parts of the trapped crocodile ants, it all depends on their mood and wishes at the time.
Even among members of the same race, ants also engage in "cheating" behavior: In some ant races, in addition to the queen ants, some female worker ants are also fertile, but are not allowed to give birth.
In order to leave their own offspring, these worker ants will secretly lay eggs and find ways to mix their own eggs with those laid by the queen. Other worker ants will try to destroy these eggs that "should not exist" by smelling the pheromones of the egg-laying worker ants.
In short, this time, the ant barbarian army under the command of Suzaku used simple feint and deception tactics, which also made the protagonist realize that he had underestimated the wisdom of the ant race before.
The mysterious ants symbolize unrivaled "power", while the paving ants are using "wisdom". The duel between the two determines the final outcome of the battle [Purple Leaf Licheng].
——I am the dividing line——
After the reinforcements arrived, Suzaku, who had been holding on hard, finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the defense line in the lower half of the nest was riddled with holes. If the reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, they might not have been able to hold on for long.
Now, it seems that the entire battle situation is beginning to develop in a direction that is beneficial to the Pavement Ant defenders.
A large number of pavement ant warriors suddenly appeared in the upper part of the fallen [Purple Leaf Licheng]. At this time, the mysterious ants had gathered at the connection between the upper and lower half of the nest, attacking these connecting passages with all their strength.
The pavement ants appeared behind the mysterious ant army, and there were a large number of them, and a steady stream of troops were coming.
The mysterious ants were already difficult to turn around in the narrow underground, and they were attacked by surprise. Many ants were unable to find a spacious place to turn around in time in the chaos, and could only let the pavement ant warriors climb up their joints, backs, and heads. It even hung upside down on its own belly. Its compound eyes, antennae and neck were attacked, but it was unable to fight back.
Moreover, because a large number of mysterious ants are crowding together, the chaos is aggravated. Even if these mysterious ants are well commanded, it is difficult to turn around in time in this chaotic and narrow environment.
Since most of the fallen nests were not guarded by mysterious ants, the pavement ant reinforcements that launched the surprise attack were able to cooperate with the friendly forces in the lower half of the nest to surround the mysterious ants near the connection between the two half-nests.
After a fierce battle, the front line took advantage of the chaos and killed hundreds of mysterious ants. This was an unprecedented killing since the battle with the mysterious ants.
At this moment, Suzaku even rekindled his hope of victory.
But hopes are dashed very quickly.
As the pursuing mysterious ant army on the ground successively eliminated two legions of pavement ant cannon fodder responsible for the feint attack, this enemy army followed the footsteps of the pavement ant reinforcements, defeated the troops left behind on the ground, and followed them in. underground.
Now, it was the turn of the reinforcements from the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army to be attacked from both sides.
This support army had to continue to step up the attack on the main force of the mysterious ants, while working hard to resist the reinforcements of the mysterious ants. The mysterious ant reinforcements came well prepared and quickly broke through several lines of defense.
As the main force of the mysterious ants finally completed the turn with difficulty, the failure of the Pavement Ant reinforcements was inevitable.
The secret passage through which these reinforcements entered the underground had been lost, and they were unable to open up the connection with the friendly forces in the lower half of the nest. They were trapped in the upper half of the nest and were massacred bit by bit. Although these reinforcements fought extremely bravely, even the male ant commander persisted in fighting to the end after knowing that there was no hope of escape.
But with the arrival of the second half of the night, the fighting in the first half of the nest became calm-the reinforcements were wiped out.
The arrival of this support force only temporarily relieved the pressure on the lower half of the nest defenders. At sunrise on the third day, the mysterious ants began to retreat, but they did not retreat too far. They just rested on the ground of [Purple Leaf Licheng].
When the mysterious ants finish resting, the general attack on [Purple Leaf Licheng], which has no external reinforcements, will be launched! ! !
