In the evening of the same day, the protagonist asked the fly knight who came to contact him to risk returning overnight and ask for reinforcements.
Now there is only one legion holding firm in [Swamp City], and two squads were lost in one day's battle. This small number of troops makes the protagonist feel really uneasy, and he urges reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible.
Currently, the Walnut Ship Fleet has been carrying the second batch of troops for two days, and it will take at least three or four days to arrive at [Swamp City]. In fact, the speed of the walnut boat fleet is greatly affected by wind direction and current. The traction provided by the bees is better than nothing. Even if the protagonist urges him, it will not be changed by his will.
The protagonist did this even though he knew it was useless, which also shows that he was indeed a little anxious. After all, if the army of parasitic beasts attacks like this every day, he will have no way to fight back and will face damage from the battle. If he stays behind closed doors, he is really afraid that the ant-concrete exterior wall of [Swamp City] will no longer be able to support it, and the parasitic beasts will be able to march straight in.
On the other hand, the reason why the protagonist is so anxious to urge reinforcements is to cheer up his subordinates. After today's battle, the male ant commanders of the Fourth Legion had an internal meeting and were a little confused, not knowing how to deal with such an enemy. After all, even the protagonist has no better way, let alone other male ants.
In order to cheer up these commanders and prevent them from losing their fighting spirit because they are unable to fight back, the protagonist publicly asked for reinforcements to arrive faster, so that the Fourth Army would realize that they had reinforcements, which would help boost morale.
In addition, the protagonist also has a separate information package for the little secretary II in [Dongyang City]. Xiaomi II has now taken over his mother's mantle and has become an important member of the scientific research team, directly responsible for the protagonist.
Previously, the protagonist had prepared some guidance on the research and development of crossbows by members of Xiao Mi II's group in his spare time, but the progress was slow. In addition, the slinging weapons were usable before, so the protagonist didn't care about them.
Now, he asked the Second Secretary and the others to step up research and development and give priority to the supply of all materials. They must first make one or two samples of crossbow weapons according to the drawings taught by the protagonist. It is best to board the ship before the departure of the third batch of reinforcements. , while experimenting and solving urgent needs.
Finally, the protagonist also requested that fire be transported from [Dongyang City] to [Swamp City].
Previously, with the help of the protagonist, the ants had learned to use the smoldering ashes inside nut shells to spread fire. Now some important nests in the territory of the Angel King's Legion have fires, which is of great help to increase productivity.
But to use nuts to spread fire, nut containers were larger and had only been transported by land before. Now [Swamp City] needs fire, which can only be transported by water or air.
As for the waterway, the transportation period is too long. Even if the fire is stored in nuts, it will most likely go out in more than a week. And if there is a fire, it will be a devastating blow to the walnut ship fleet.
The material reserves and time of the Divine Envoy Army are not enough to build another walnut ship fleet this year. If the only fleet is lost, the troops trapped in [Swamp City] will be completely alone, lacking both troops and supplies. , there are still enemy troops waiting eagerly outside, and there is almost no hope of holding on until the second year.
At that time, the protagonist can only use the flying knight to rescue the male ant commanders as much as possible, and ordinary ant warriors can only give up. Even for the Divine Envoy King's Legion, losing so many elite warriors at once would definitely be debilitating.
Therefore, the protagonist requires that the fire be delivered by air as soon as possible. His plan is to hang the fire nuts on six bees with ropes, escorted by twelve bee flying knights, and deliver them together in the early morning or dusk when there is no air threat. [Swamp City].
——I am the dividing line——
The next day, the army of parasitic beasts came to the city again.
The legion of the God's Envoy King is holding the battle-free card and cannot hold on. Only the protagonist observes the enemy's movements through the small window.
The enemy's troops are still composed of sea, land and air forces, but facing the ants huddled in the ant mound, the enemy has no good solution.
There are no parasitic tiger beetles in the enemy's army today. Except for a few parasitic locusts and parasitic grasshoppers that are good at jumping, they cannot reach the island where [Swamp City] is located.
The parasitic beast air force kept circling in the sky but could not find its target.
Only those nasty dragon lice are still spraying water cannons towards the ant mound.
The protagonist watched anxiously as some walls hit by water cannons began to flow with muddy water, which was a sign that the ants' concrete had been washed away and dissolved. Although the exterior wall has a certain thickness, once the damage exceeds the critical point, it is likely to break.
The reason why the protagonist is anxious to transport the fire to [Swamp City] is to have a way to repair the damage.
Ants can use ant concrete to repair the gap at night when the enemy retreats. However, in the humid and sunny climate of swamp areas, it often takes five or six days for the ant concrete to dry out and have sufficient strength.
The enemy will obviously not give the ants time to repair the drying gaps. At this time, if there is a fire to bake and repair the wall, it only takes one night to get a solid outer wall, which greatly increases the chance of winning the defensive battle.
Seeing that the ants did not come out, some parasitic dragonflies landed and tried to get in through the entrance or ventilation opening. But these passages for ants to enter and exit are obviously not suitable for dragonflies to crawl into.
The only trouble caused was that a huge dragonfly head blocked the window of the protagonist's bedroom, blocking his view.
It was quite stressful to see the dragonfly's huge compound eyes at close range. The complex and twisted mouthparts of this dragonfly made the protagonist feel nauseous.
Several parasitic fungi crawled in through the bush window, and their size could fit through the gap in the wooden fence window of the protagonist's bedroom.
But the parasitic bacteria alone do not pose any threat, and the protagonist's guards can easily kill them.
The protagonist was impatient with the parasitic dragonfly blocking his window, so he picked up a stone and threw it hard. It went directly through the dragonfly's compound eyes and flew out from the back of its head, bringing out a large piece of brain tissue and carapace fragments. The parasitic dragonfly immediately died and fell into the water, leaving only its body still twisting unconsciously.
Some parasitic locusts jumped on the ant mound and tried to bite the ant mound with their big jaws. I have to say that the mouthparts of these locusts are really strong and sharp, and the ants' concrete was actually chewed by them. However, these parasitic locusts are also uncomfortable. Many locusts have broken mouthparts and are bleeding all the time, but they don't care.
The "click, click, click" sound of parasitic locusts gnawing at the outer wall, and the "pop, pop, pop, pop," sound of water cannons made by parasitic dragon lice, both made the protagonist extremely irritable and on pins and needles.
