After the Divine Envoy King's army withdrew overnight, they finally got a chance to breathe after two days of fierce fighting.
After entering the bridgehead, after just two days of fighting, the Angel King's Army lost a large number of troops, and the Fourth Army was almost crippled.
The large amount of ant force materials consumed in building the bridgehead, and the potential losses caused by the delay in collecting food materials, were a huge burden for [Swamp City], which had insufficient inventory. But now, this bridgehead has to be abandoned.
After returning to [Swamp City], there was no trouble. After dawn, the parasitic army appeared again.
However, without the rope bridge, the parasitic armies that came like black clouds lost their target, and most of the parasitic war beasts were unable to cross the water to reach [Swamp City].
The parasitic air force has no way to deal with the God-Envoy King's army, which is unable to escape from its lair. A small number of parasitic dragon lice kept spraying water cannons with persistent "puff puff" sounds, soaking a small section of the outer wall of the ant mound into mud.
A few parasitic war beasts jumped onto the island and began to gnaw at the outer wall of the ant mound. The protagonist could hear terrifying gnawing sounds from the wall all day long, as if the wall would collapse in the next second.
But [Swamp City] is generally safe, and the wide water area can eliminate more than 90% of threats.
The protagonist spent the whole day thinking about future countermeasures: the current environmental situation is undoubtedly very bad, almost "no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside", but the number of enemies is much more desperate, and the entire swamp seems to be lurking With endless enemies.
Dragonflies, dragon lice, tiger beetles, centipedes, spiders, ants, it seems that all creatures in the entire swamp are enemy warriors, but the warriors of the God's Envoy King appear to be weak. This is the horror of this parasitic swamp, this is the enemy's home ground!
But the protagonist and the Angel King's Army are not without a glimmer of hope. [Swamp City] is like an unsinkable battleship. It is difficult for the enemy to conquer it no matter what. As long as this base is there, the God's Angel King's Army can take root. root.
That night, after the enemy withdrew, the protagonist commanded the troops to go out and start repairing the city wall and foraging.
A few days ago, due to the construction of the bridgehead, the foraging work was put on hold. After a few days, the granary was already in a hurry.
Previously, I thought that I could make up for the shortfall by severely damaging the parasitic bacteria's troops in the bridgehead defense battle, and then seizing a larger area of actual control to obtain resources.
Now, the Angel King Legion still has to obtain urgently needed food around the small [Swamp City].
Since there were so many enemies surrounding [Swamp City] today, some insects that jumped to the island, flew over and landed on the island were accidentally entangled in the rope trap. At the end of the day, these rope loops controlled six prey, and the meat of the prey temporarily filled the empty granary.
While the ants were busy mending the prey in the rope loops and hunting aquatic insects in fish cages in the water, the protagonist was thoughtful.
In addition to the hunting ones, another group of ants were sent out to harvest some of the only plants on the island, including calamus and aquatic plants near the shore.
In the previous battle, the supplies in [Swamp City] were severely depleted, and now they even lack ropes. The ant silk needed to make ropes can be secreted by the ants themselves. The other raw material is plant fiber, which can only be harvested on site.
The warriors of the God Envoy King are generally equipped with copper jaw knives, which can be used to harvest plants with twice the result with half the effort.
——I am the dividing line——
In the next few days, the parasitic army still came every day, but the scale became smaller and smaller.
There is also a small group of parasitic ants, just as the protagonist feared, they have settled in the abandoned bridgehead of the Angel King's Legion. However, due to the severe damage here, the limited scale, and the lack of food nearby, these parasitic ants that settled in left after two days, which made the protagonist sigh a lot of relief.
During these days, during the day, the Divine Envoy King's army endured the humiliation and held on, while at night they were actively hoarding supplies and weaving ropes.
In addition, under the order of the protagonist, a large number of the Warriors of the God Envoy King participated in a huge project. They worked together to weave a large number of ropes and then hung these ropes outside the ant mound.
These ropes were woven in a criss-cross pattern, taking shape day by day, slowly forming a huge rope net, covering the entire [Swamp City] under the rope net.
This is the "air defense net" that the protagonist came up with to build for [Swamp City].
With this net in place, parasitic beasts from the air or jumping over from the other side cannot threaten the ants moving under the rope net, and may even get entangled in the net.
The ropes of these rope nets are woven with a mixture of ant silk and plant fibers. The raw materials are easy to obtain, the output is high, and even if they are damaged, they can be easily repaired.
After the air defense net was built, the soldiers of the God's Envoy King were finally able to go out and move around during the day. The parasitic beasts were unable to tear open the air defense net made of thick ropes and could only stare angrily at the net.
The air defense net can also weaken the water cannons of parasitic dragon lice. These water cannons, which are quite lethal to the outer walls of the ant mound, will be weakened by the soft and elastic net when shot on the air defense net. The grid near the bottom of the air defense net is especially It is so dense that it is difficult for the water cannon to avoid the rope and launch it through the hole.
At night, the parasitic beast entangled in the air defense net became the prey of the ants again, and the hunting efficiency was much better than a simple rope trap.
In this way, a seemingly simple air defense network greatly strengthened the defense of [Swamp City], and also allowed the Divine Envoy King's army to recover from the embarrassing situation of being short of soldiers and food.
——I am the dividing line——
After passing the most dangerous situation, the protagonist is planning a counterattack.
Now, the protagonist can clearly notice that the weather is getting cooler, especially the difference between the temperature in the morning and evening and the temperature at noon is getting bigger and bigger, and the fog in the morning and evening is also very thick. This is a sign of autumn, and there is not much time left for the protagonist.
In about a week, the third batch of reinforcements will arrive. The protagonist is going to let Lambertu take the fourth legion back by boat to reorganize the legion in [Dongyang City]. By then, the protagonist will have two more legions of troops in his hands.
At the same time, this time the scientific research team also brought some new weapons with the ship, including ballistae, which will greatly enhance the long-range firepower and air defense power of the Divine Envoy King's army.
This time, the protagonist plans to rebuild the bridgehead and build an air defense network in the local area. Coupled with the ballistae, the defense will be qualitatively improved compared to last time.
The ropes required for the air defense net have been woven in [Swamp City], and it is estimated that it will be completed in one night.
This time, the protagonist is very cautious and repeatedly simulates the plan in his mind - this may be the last chance before winter. Even if the swamp cannot be conquered this year, the Angel King's army needs to kill the enemy as much as possible to prepare for further military development after next spring. Action lays the foundation.
