The remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army broke through, and when hundreds of ants finally escaped through the waterway, the rain in the sky had not completely stopped, and sporadic raindrops fell from time to time, as if to add to the atmosphere of the escape battle.
The remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army who broke through in the rain and the Destroyer troops who pursued in the rain both paid a heavy price in this sporadic rain.
Although the heavy rain is coming to an end, the raindrops at the end are the biggest. Huge raindrops falling at high speed are no less important to ants than cannonballs falling from the sky. If they hit the ants directly, they are enough to stun them.
Even if it just falls next to it, the impact is enough to knock the ants away.
Those ants that are unfortunate enough to be blown away into stagnant water and submerged, or trapped by water droplets on rocks or grass blades, can hardly escape the tension of the water film by their own strength. After all, their six limbs have no place to exert force in the water, even if they are extremely powerful. The big destroyer is also too weak to use it.
Without the help of their companions, these trapped ants will soon drown. In the face of rain disaster, the weak big-headed ants and the fierce destroyers are equal to all living beings.
Both the remnants of the retreating Northern Expeditionary Army and the desperately pursuing Destroyers were busy marching and rarely paid attention to those who were trapped, so many soldiers on both sides drowned.
This is just a small part of the brutal pursuit.
——I am the dividing line——
Since sporadic rain was still falling in the sky, the flying knights in [Bridgehead] did not go out to conduct reconnaissance. The damage caused by these raindrops to flies or bee mounts was even greater than the threat to ants.
Even if they are not hit by raindrops, as long as their wings are wet, neither the fly mount nor the bee mount will be able to continue flying. If it falls on the ground, raindrops, destroyers and other dangers can take the lives of the flying knights and mounts who have nowhere to hide at any time. .
When the heavy rain stopped completely and the Flying Knights finally took off to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of [Target A], they saw the scene of the reorganized Destroyers walking in and out of [Target A], and there was no trace of the Northern Expeditionary Army. .
After receiving the information, the protagonist naturally thought that the Northern Expeditionary Army had been completely wiped out. Although he regretted the passing of several of his old friends, he never thought that these objects of his memory had already moved away from the river under his eyes to the east.
Among the remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army who hid on the floating objects and sailed downstream were the King of Public Security, the King of Senior Brother, the Flying Eagle and its mount, a dozen other male ants, the only queen, hundreds of surviving worker ants and Soldier ants.
Although the number is small, the most elite members have been preserved, and the organization is as complete as a small ant nest.
An unknown future awaits the remnants of the Northern Expeditionary Army who are drifting with the tide. As for the legion of the Divine Envoy King stationed in the [Bridgehead], the short-term future is already foreseeable.
Shortly after [Target A] was "lost", the weather cleared up at noon, and after the crisp autumn air and slightly cold autumn air returned, the Flying Knights discovered that the Destroyers were once again gathering and moving forward.
They moved forward along the old ant road that existed during the ant barbarian period, and headed east. In front of them was the [bridgehead] stationed by the Angel King's legion, and there would be no other targets.
The enemy's threat is very close, and [Bridgehead] is very close to [Target A], only half a day's journey away. The Northern Expedition of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom started from [Bridgehead], first conquered [Target A], and then continued to attack the rest of the north bank of the river.
Now the Destroyer comes in the opposite direction.
After successive battles, division of troops, and rain disaster in [Target A], the number of the Destroyer army now assembled to march towards [Bridgehead] is only about seven or eight thousand, although it is smaller than the tens of thousands of troops at the beginning of the southern expedition. It has been reduced, but it is still a force that is enough to "destroy the heaven and the earth".
In the previous battle to ambush the radar destroyers, the 1st Legion had more than two thousand soldiers and dozens of beetles. They faced only fifty destroyers in the field. Although they won, they suffered heavy losses.
Now facing thousands of enemies, the protagonist wisely chooses to rely on city defense and not prepare for field battles.
It’s frustrating to say that the God’s Envoy Army is extremely powerful in field battles. Whether it’s the old army of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army, or the indigenous sickle-hunting ferocious ant tribe, they are not the God’s Envoy Army in field battles. opponent.
However, the two main enemies that the Divine Envoy King's Army has recently faced are the parasitic ants with a large number of parasitic war beasts and the Destroyers, all of which are like "giant gods". Neither of them can be defeated by the same number of Divine Envoy King's Legion in a field battle. .
As a last resort, the Divine Envoy King's army had to rely on city defenses on two fronts, one south and one north.
In the swamp area, relying on the nests with protective nets and ballistae, the Angel King's army made full use of its strengths and circumvented its weaknesses, and achieved good results. Although it failed to achieve the strategic goal of conquering the swamp and completely eradicating parasitic ants, it at least achieved a considerable victory.
The Destroyer will be a brand new enemy, and its fighting method is very different from that of the Parasitic Ant. The defensive combat capabilities of the God's Envoy Army will be tested again.
——I am the dividing line——
After reconstruction, [the bridgehead] has formed a complete defense system.
The outermost is a circle of trenches surrounding the fortress. After being expanded many times by the Angel King's Legion, the trenches are one decimeter wide and one decimeter deep.
Although when dry, these trenches can only slightly delay the progress of attacking ants, but cannot stop the progress of ants who are good at climbing.
But after a heavy rain, the trench was full of water, and any ant with normal intelligence would obviously not choose to pass through here.
When the temperature is low in autumn, it will take at least several days for the accumulated water to completely dry out. Before it dries out, even if it is semi-dry and muddy, it will be enough to prevent the Destroyer from passing through.
In other words, in the past few days, if the Destroyers want to cross the trenches and attack the [bridgehead], except that they can fly over, they can only pass through the only three reserved passages between the trenches.
These reserved passages facilitate the entry and exit of the ants in the [Bridgehead] during the rainy season. The more advanced design is of course the retractable suspension bridge.
However, the suspension bridge requires a certain amount of technical content. Although the scientific research team in [Dongyang City] can currently make it, when the production of crossbows is stepped up, the protagonist obviously does not want to waste productivity on the suspension bridge.
Moreover, the strength of the ants requires many ants to work together to pull up the suspension bridge. The folded suspension bridge is easily damaged by wind and rain in the open air, so the protagonist gave up the idea.
However, the reserved passages between trenches are not undefended and allow the enemy to pass easily.
Behind the passage, on the high ant mound, a ballista has been aimed at this place.
