Faced with the obscene dragon louse that kept spraying water cannons in the water, the warriors of the God Envoy King certainly did not want to go into the water to compete with each other. Since the ants were unable to fight in close combat, they had no choice but to repeat their old tricks and began to use their only long-range attack method - slings to counterattack.
However, the sling has shown its shortcomings in armor-breaking ability when facing dragonflies, relying more on the entanglement of the rope to affect the opponent's actions.
The shortcomings of the sling are even more exposed when faced with enemies never faced before in these waters.
The water spider can swing very far and easily to escape the attack range of the sling. The carapace of the dragon louse is hard, and most of its body is hidden under the water. Most of the slings are mistakenly thrown into the water. A small number of them cannot break the defense even if they are hit on the dragon louse. At the same time, they cannot play a winding role and float on the water. It sank quickly.
The protagonist also tried to fire stone bullets from the platform on top of the ant mound in [Swamp City]. His strength was enough for the stone bullets to penetrate the dragonfly's carapace, but this time the effect was also ineffective.
When the protagonist counterattacks the dragonfly, he must wait until the opponent is flying close to launch it, so that it can be more accurate and have stronger penetrating power.
But the dragon louse is hiding in the water half a meter away and keeps spraying. The difficulty of the protagonist's throwing is equivalent to asking a 1.8-meter human man to accurately hit the target more than 100 meters away by throwing a shot put. The difficulty can be imagined. Know.
In addition to Dragon Louse, a strong long-range attacker, most of his body is still hidden under the water, leaving only a small butt exposed in the water to fire water cannons.
Stone or clay bullets whose kinetic energy has been weakened by air resistance after passing such a long distance are simply unable to cause damage to most of the parasitic dragon lice whose bodies are underwater.
You must know that the resistance of water is very high. The small number of pottery pellets and stone bullets that hit the water surface around the dragon louse lost most of their energy the moment they entered the water and slowly sank. Even if they sank to the dragon louse, they would not be affected at all. There is no lethality at all.
To compare, military rifles that rely on propellant-driven warheads with an effective range of several hundred meters in the human world. Once placed underwater, the killing distance is generally no more than two or three meters... This distance is not as good as a knife. The killing effect is good. Even the specialized underwater pistols that only a few countries in the world can develop have a maximum effective range of only a few meters to tens of meters. The resistance of water and the weakening of long-range weapons can be seen.
The ants' long-range counterattack was completely ineffective, and the dragon louse continued to spray water cannons, causing casualties to the passively beaten ant army. If this kind of attack didn't require a pause to store up water and power, I'm afraid the ant army would have been severely impacted.
Just like some Western countries like to use water cannon trucks when encountering group movements, this method of attack is really effective against large groups of targets.
(I really hope that a certain port will also light up the water cannon truck as soon as possible, aim at the yellow corpse, and fire!)
The protagonist sees that the situation is not good, and his side can only be beaten passively, so he has to quickly let the messenger order the retreat.
Under constant water cannon attacks and water stains all over the ground, the Angel King's army retreated into [Swamp City] with difficulty, relying on ant mounds to resist the water cannons.
In the battle just now, the Legion of God's Envoy King lost double digits of warriors. Most of them were washed away by the current before they could be rescued. They fell to the water and were killed by parasitic water spiders. A few of them were trapped in puddles. Drowned.
After successive battles with the parasitic bacteria, the air force and the navy, the number of the Fourth Army today was reduced to about two squads. The loss ratio was not large, but the combat effect was not good either, with only two digits killed. of enemy parasitic beasts.
After the Angel King's army retreated into the ant mound, the parasitic dragon louse continued to spray water cannons at [Swamp City], but it seemed to be in vain.
The foundation of [Swamp City] is rotten tree stumps. Although it looks very rotten, the bark shell is close to carbonization and cannot be shaken by a few water cannons. Although the upper part of the ant mound is made of soil as the main building material, after being processed into ant concrete and dried for a period of time, it is similar to real cement concrete and is not afraid of water impact in a short period of time.
The few entrances and exits connected to the outside are either set up on the top of the ant mound, or there are waterproof channels sloping upward inside. Coupled with the internal drainage system, they are not afraid of frontal attacks from water cannons.
The parasitic dragon lice were stubborn, and even though the attack was ineffective, they still persisted until dusk before withdrawing. The day's fighting finally came to an end with the removal of all enemies in the air, water, and land.
In the evening, the protagonist takes Rambotu and the commanders of the Fourth Army to discuss today's battle. This is an unprecedented battle. Facing an unprecedented enemy, there are many experiences and lessons worth summarizing. .
Generally speaking, the Legion of the God's Envoy has withstood the test with its strict discipline and good adaptability. But in the battle, many problems were also exposed. After all, the main combat targets of the Divine Envoy King's Army before were all kinds of ants. Today, they faced all kinds of parasitic beasts, and their attack methods were greatly restricted.
The most outstanding thing is the lack of long-range firepower. Today's sling is weak against the enemy's parasitic beasts in the air and water. After all, this kind of long-range weapon that relies on the strength of the ant's neck to obtain rotational acceleration cannot directly hit a small ant. It can definitely kill people, not to mention those large insects whose carapace is generally very strong.
The restraint ability brought by the long rope of the sling also does not work well against large enemies or enemies hiding in the water.
At this time, the protagonist seems to be suffering from the phobia of insufficient firepower that was common in the army of his previous life, and feels that there is an urgent need for some weapons with stronger firepower and more power that can cope with the current situation.
In the history of mankind, crossbows eventually eliminated long-range weapons such as slings and javelins that relied solely on physical strength. Later, chemical energy weapons such as gunpowder weapons replaced human-wound crossbows. The protagonist feels that the improvement of the long-range weapons of the God Envoy King's Legion must also follow this development law.
However, both crossbows and gunpowder weapons are too complex and cannot be easily solved. Now that the war situation is urgent, the scientific research team of [Dongyang City] will definitely not be able to complete the research and development without the protagonist.
The new weapon is still a painting, and the protagonist must find a way to deal with the next day's war. From the protagonist's point of view, the enemy will obviously not give us a chance to breathe.
At present, the ant mounds in [Swamp City] are not afraid of water cannons for the time being, but no one can say whether the ant mounds will suddenly be destroyed by the continuous impact of water flow. After all, even modern buildings with reinforced concrete have been soaked and impacted by water for a long time. It may collapse in the end!
Crisis has come to [Swamp City]!