After being transferred to [Linshui City], the protagonist is temporarily away from the frontline battlefield and is temporarily safe.
But the [Bridgehead] is not yet safe. The Destroyers will definitely attack the [Bridgehead] during the winter. This is the season when the Destroyers completely take the initiative, and it is also the season when the enemy has the greatest advantage. They will not miss this winter. They will definitely imagine Just like how they dealt with the barbarian country that paved the way, they broke the deadlock in winter and gained an advantage.
But the protagonist has confidence in the defense of the [Bridgehead]. There are five legions there, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the main force of the Angel King's legion. There are also solid city defense support and sharp crossbows to rely on.
Although messengers cannot come and go in winter, as long as the Destroyers do not attack [Linshui City] through the rope bridge, you can know that the [Bridgehead] is still in the hands of the Divine Envoy King's army.
If the opposite is true, it means that the [bridgehead] has been lost and the five major armies have been completely wiped out. Hope this doesn't come true!
In the following days, stronger cold waves followed, giving the earth almost no chance to warm up. The sky was always gloomy, and the wind and snow were as fierce as a typhoon passing through. However, with the blessing of low temperatures, it was more destructive than a typhoon. force.
In such weather, even sunlight is a luxury, and even the Destroyers dare not go out. After all, they also need the protection of the sun during winter activities.
This is a good thing for the defenders hiding in the warm underground. Anyway, the cold cannot threaten them, and the enemy cannot launch an attack.
With the help of the bad weather, the Angel King's army was safe for the time being, and the protagonist also slept well for a few days, making up for the sleepiness of the previous expeditions in the north and south.
I am the dividing line
After taking a break, the protagonist quickly entered workaholic mode again. This time, he planned to use destroyers and parasitic war beasts as imaginary enemies to develop new equipment to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King's army.
Previously, the Angel King's army had undergone many military reforms and equipment upgrades, and it had become a new army that was very different from the traditional ant army.
Traditional ants basically rely on their innate instincts to "fight hand-to-hand". Their weapons are jaws, stingers, and formic acid, and their armor is a chitin exoskeleton. However, the Legion of the God Envoy King has weapons, including long-range attack methods such as ballistae and slings, which can kill the enemy before they get close. For close combat, there are sharp copper jaw knives that can easily pierce the carapace of most ants.
In addition, there are beetle war beasts in the legion to assist the army in breaking out, flying knights to provide reconnaissance in the air, and walnut boats to perform water maneuvers. This is already a complete army with sea, land and air forces.
Even the remnants of the Big-headed Ants, the original teachers of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, only had a large number of excellent army beetle war beasts during their period of victory. They were not as comprehensive as the three-dimensional and comprehensive mix of arms like the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
In addition, the Divine Envoy King's Army also has flexible tactics in offensive battles, such as smoke attacks and water attacks. In defensive warfare, trenches, ant mounds, protective nets, and underground fortifications will be built. There are no shortcomings on both offense and defense.
This kind of troop deployment, equipment and tactics have made the Legion of the God's Envoy King invincible on both sides of the river, until the parasitic war beasts and destroyers appeared one after another.
The number of parasitic war beasts appearing in swamp areas is far greater than that in flat areas, and transportation in swamp areas is difficult, so the Legion of the God's Envoy King is always in a state of insufficient strength. This makes the God Envoy King's army dare not engage in a decisive battle in the wild with the parasitic fungus forces with many war beasts.
Instead, the Divine Envoy Army began to use new equipment such as protective nets and ballistae, and began to use defensive warfare to continuously weaken the enemy, and then wait for opportunities to counterattack. This tactic was successful in the swamp.
When dealing with the Destroyers, who did not have war beasts but were equally powerful in field combat, the God's Envoy Army naturally adopted this set of tactics. In the defensive battle of the [Bridgehead] before winter, they also achieved great success. There will be results.
In order to adapt to the tactics of the Destroyer, which are very different from those of the parasitic war beasts, the Divine Envoy King Legion has improved the protective net and underground fortifications to further strengthen its defense capabilities.
But against the Destroyer, defense alone is not enough.
It is true that in the defensive battle, the Divine Envoy King's legion can kill more enemies, and can also receive continuous support from the mainland on the south bank of the river.
However, don’t forget that the Destroyers are different from the previous Pavement Ant Barbarians. Not only are they more powerful, they have almost unified the north bank of the river. The area on the north bank of the river is wider than the south bank, and has greater war potential. The Divine Envoy King's Army cannot expect that the defensive battle of a single fortress can exhaust the resources of the entire north bank of the river.
If you want to completely defeat the Destroyers, you need to attack, constantly seize the Destroyer's territory, annihilate the main force of the Destroyer, so that their war potential will be weakened and consumed, and our side will become stronger as we fight.
Nowadays, the Destroyers still have the remnants of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom that have not been wiped out, and many of the newly occupied lands are in ruins, waiting to be revitalized. The foundation of their rule on the north bank of the river is still very fragile, and their war potential is insufficient. But once they recover and integrate the resources on the north bank of the river, it will be very difficult for the Divine Envoy King's army to win.
Therefore, the protagonist plans to carry out the Northern Expedition after the beginning of next spring, while defending, occupying as much land as possible on the north bank of the river, and at the worst, plundering a large number of areas, destroying the enemy's economy, and bleeding the Destroyer.
However, the Destroyer's field combat capability was too strong. Except for the Beetle Legion, the other legions in the Angel King's legion were unable to compete in a field battle with only one-tenth of the number of enemies.
This is caused by the huge difference in the physical talents of the two ants. The Big-headed Ant Soldier Ant and the Destroyer stood side by side, and the difference in size and strength was as obvious as that of a wolf and a bear.
The slings of the God Envoy King Legion can effectively kill pavement ants and big-headed ants, and can also entangle some larger prey, but they cannot break the defense of the destroyers. Even if they are entangled, they can be easily broken. .
The copper jaw knife of the warrior of the Angel King can directly pierce the carapace of other ants, but when faced with the Destroyer, it can only break through the gaps and joints of the carapace.
But the Destroyer can easily cut off, bite, and tear apart the warriors of the God Envoy King.
The most effective weapon currently used by the Divine Envoy King Legion against the Destroyers is the ballistae.
There are not many ballistae at the moment, but the protagonist can expand the production scale and obtain a large number of ballistae. However, the ballista is inconvenient to move and is only suitable as a defensive weapon. Even if wheels are added, it cannot maneuver in the complex terrain of the insect world.
You know, even an easy-to-walk ant track has a lot of cliffs that cannot be passed by wheels. In the world of ants, six legs are far more useful than wheels.
Therefore, the protagonist plans to improve the ballistae, fix them on a mobile platform, and become a large-scale killing weapon that can be used in field battles!
