The number of these 10 planned "tanks" consisting of two-pronged rhinoceros beetles carrying ballistas on their backs was not randomly determined by the protagonist. The protagonist finally set the target number based on the existing 12 bifurcated rhinoceros beetle eggs in the ant nest and taking into account possible unexpected situations such as failure to hatch or death.
After these tanks are formed, they will all be under the command of Gun's 1st Army Corps. At the same time, there will also be 10 stag armors in place to serve as a close combat assault force to achieve complementarity between far and near.
Although the small and medium-sized beetles were exposed to problems such as insufficient power in the battle with the Destroyer, the number of beetles owned by the Angel King's army did not increase so fast, and they could only continue to retain a large number of small and medium-sized beetles.
According to the method of taming beetles learned from the ant queen inheritance faction, taming can only be done before and after the beetles emerge from their pupae. Therefore, adult beetles captured in the wild cannot be domesticated. Only domesticated beetles raised in specialized farms can be used.
The reproduction rate of beetles in the farm is not high and they lay few eggs, so the protagonist always lacks enough large beetles.
In the protagonist's plan, thirty medium-sized beetle squads must still be equipped as auxiliary forces in the formation of the first army. Although these medium-sized beetles are not so easy to deal with Destroyers, they can serve as human shields to protect tanks. In the human army, infantry fighting vehicles are also needed to cover tanks. It is the same reason.
As for the other small and medium-sized beetles that were abolished from the 1st Army, they will be received by Rambovan's 3rd Army.
The 3rd Legion also plans to upgrade to the Beetle Legion to deal with the large number of parasitic war beasts in the swamp area. However, the 3rd Army Corps is still stationed in [Bread City], and they will have to wait until next year to change their uniforms.
In addition, the protagonist is also planning to upgrade an army to a beetle army, but has not yet selected a specific target.
Next year will be a critical year, and the protagonist knows it.
Now the two major threats facing the Angel King's army come from the north and the south. Although the Destroyer in the north has only been in contact for a short time and has not had many fights, the enemy's strength and aggressive nature have already made the protagonist very afraid.
If the Destroyer can't be hit hard next year when it hasn't completely digested the north bank of the river and its strength is not yet at its peak.
Then after the Destroyer takes over the vast land on the north bank of the river, with its strong strength and the resources on the north bank of the river, it will be difficult for the Divine Envoy King's Army to complete the great cause of unifying the basin.
At that time, the Angel King's Army may repeat the same mistakes as the Big-headed Ant Kingdom: they can only settle on the south bank of the river and face the threat of invasion every winter.
Dense ice has appeared on the river now, and it will only take about a week for it to freeze completely. Once the river freezes, it means the arrival of the season that is most unfavorable to the Angel King's army and most beneficial to the Destroyer.
The protagonist cannot bear to spend the New Year in fear every year.
Looking at my calendar, it's already October 31st. This year's winter has come earlier than usual, and the temperature is also lower. There are exactly two months left before the Chinese New Year.
In addition to the threats on the north bank of the river, the Angel King Legion also has opponents in the swamp area.
The forces of parasitic bacteria are like ghosts hovering on both sides of the river, and their figures have appeared on both sides. For example, the original [Dongyang City] was destroyed by parasitic bacteria, and parasitic katydids also appeared in [Purple Leaf Licheng] on the north bank of the river.
If the power of parasitic bacteria cannot be completely destroyed, they may become infected and break out at any time like a plague.
This autumn's military operations in the swamp area were generally smooth. The Angel King's Legion has established a firm foothold in the swamp area and built four fortresses: [Swamp City], [Bridgehead], [Round City] and [Bread City]. They also discovered The mysterious skull stone.
The swamp, like the world, is full of secrets.
Although the protagonist has won a certain victory over the parasitic ants and found a way to restrain the parasitic war beast, he has not yet completely destroyed the parasitic ants, nor has he discovered the secrets about the skull stone and the world.
So military operations in the swamp area will continue next year.
If the war against the Destroyer is more about self-preservation, then the war against the parasitic fungus forces is like a journey of solving puzzles. The protagonist is convinced that the obviously intelligent parasitic fungus queen ant will know something about the skull stone, Secrets about humanity.
I am the dividing line
In order to cope with the larger-scale war next year, the protagonist plans to further expand the army.
Previously, when the Big-headed Ant Kingdom occupied the south bank of the river, more than 300 sub-nests were set up. More than 70 of these sub-nests are large in size, with tens of thousands of ant colonies, and the other small sub-nests are less than 10,000 in size.
Most of the secondary nests are distributed in an irregular circle two or three days away from the main nest [Qingqiu City], and are mainly responsible for providing food for the large main nest. Other remote sub-nests either have military defense tasks or are in border areas.
In the era of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the total number of ant colonies in so many nests amounted to more than one million to less than two million ant colonies. Therefore, the maximum number of troops that the Big-headed Ant Kingdom could mobilize for the annual recapture war was about 600 legions10 With a scale of 10,000 soldiers, no matter how many more troops are recruited, production will be affected, and it will be difficult to ensure logistics. 100,000 soldiers will require 300,000 workers to ensure logistics and transportation.
Facing the powerful Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom, it's no wonder that the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, which is short of troops, has never been able to gain an advantage.
After the protagonist pacified the entire south bank of the river, although it only took half a year, he had already spread planting and mealworm breeding to every sub-nest.
The development of agriculture and the sharp increase in food harvests have brought about the explosion of ant colonies. Now the ant colonies in most sub-nests throughout the kingdom have doubled. Some key nests, such as [Qingqiu City] [Spin Over] Flower City] [Sitong City] and other ant colonies increased even more. And it is far from the upper limit of food carrying capacity.
The protagonist estimates that there are about four million ant colonies under his command.
However, the army that protects so many ant colonies and vast land has only 32 legions (excluding local garrison legions), totaling 80,000 soldiers.
It's okay to hold on to such a small number of troops, but it's definitely not enough to take the initiative on both the northern and southern fronts.
After repeatedly calculating the complex relationship between food, ant colonies and military strength, the protagonist determines an army expansion plan. The new army size can ensure that food supply will not be in short supply, the territory of ant colonies will be sufficient to support it, and it can cope with new fierce wars.
The protagonist's army expansion goal is to create 68 new legions, bringing the total field force size of the Angel King's legion to 100 legions, including 3 beetle legions.
In this way, the expanded Divine Envoy King's Army will have a mobile strength of 250,000, and its strength will increase dramatically.
