After realizing that the enemy's troops on both flanks were moving toward the center, the ant-hunting warriors of Kite's 14th Legion immediately increased their pace of harassment in an attempt to stop the enemy's actions.
But when faced with the tall Destroyers, the Scythe Hunter Ants, which were also known for their huge size, did not dare to show their strength easily. Therefore, when the Destroyers desperately changed their direction, their harassing effect became very limited.
Once the two armies of Destroyers and thousands of ants join the battle group, it will be a devastating blow to the 1st Legion that is fighting on the hillside in the middle. No matter how brave the beetle army is, it will be difficult to penetrate the thick military formation composed of thousands of Destroyers. Once the conflict goes unfavorably, the 1st Army will be forced into hand-to-hand combat where it least expects it to be.
The 7th Army and the 8th Army, under the leadership of their commanders, immediately gathered the forces of some of the fighting teams. Their main force was not involved in the fighting in the first place, just to guard against enemy reinforcements.
At this moment, the two legions rushed forward and set up blocking positions on the flanks of the 1st legion in the melee.
The Destroyer's flank troops soon arrived in front of the blocking position of the Angel King's Legion. After enduring a painless baptism of slings, the Destroyers, who were almost unscathed, rushed directly into the gap between the two legions. position.
But the 7th Legion and the 8th Legion have been rehearsing the tactics developed by the protagonist to deal with the Destroyer all winter. They are not as fragile as the Destroyer imagined.
I saw that on the positions of the two legions, the various squads were arranged very dispersedly. They were not crowded together head to head and body to body like the "razor tactics".
Each team is also divided into several detachments, with a certain distance between them.
The defensive positions set up by these two legions were twice as wide as before, but three times as thick as before, and the battlefield area was six times as much as before, which shows how loose they are.
The loose but thick formation was like a sponge, neutralizing the Destroyer's first wave of assault.
The Destroyers who broke into the formation found that the enemies in front of them had flexibly avoided their frontal impact, and then the God's Envoy King warriors continued to attack from the flanks, forcing the Destroyers to slow down to deal with counterattacks from all directions.
The one who besieges a Destroyer is usually a small team of ten Big-headed Ant Soldiers. If more warriors are added, they will only be able to fight on the periphery due to the limited combat range. Ten warriors are the most efficient number to face the enemy.
Therefore, each team of the God Envoy King deals with three or four Destroyers at the same time, and the team commander still has a certain amount of reserve power in hand to reinforce at any time to deal with emergencies.
Such tactics made it impossible for the vicious Destroyers to break through the blockade for a while. The two sides fought repeatedly on the battlefield. No matter how many troops the Destroyers invested, they were all trapped in the battlefield and unable to extricate themselves.
The soldiers of these two legions are well-trained and equipped with complete copper jaw knives. In the battle, they achieved a good exchange ratio of three to one, that is, by sacrificing three Big-headed Ant warriors, one Destroyer can be eliminated. , this is already the best record of the Angel King Legion against the Destroyer in the field. If replaced by other legions that are not the main force of the first line, such an exchange ratio cannot be achieved. The previous exchange ratio between the two sides was more than five to one. Between one and ten to one.
With both wings safe, the 1st Army Corps in the center no longer had any worries and could concentrate on dealing with the enemy who had been beaten to pieces. With some ant-hunting warriors arriving for reinforcements, the 1st Legion has firmly taken control of the battle situation in the middle.
At this time, the battlefield was divided into three small battlefields, roughly arranged in a finished shape.
The one to the east is the battlefield on the hillside. The Legion of the God's Envoy King is taking advantage. The Destroyers are unable to resist and are just resisting.
To the west, almost due north and south, are two blocking battlefields. Two groups of Destroyer troops are fighting while trying to get closer. The 7th Army and the 8th Army also had to move their positions closer to each other to prevent the enemy from entering the gap between the positions. Get in and interfere with the 1st Army Corps' encirclement and annihilation battle.
Finally, after the battle continued for a while, the 1st Legion completely eliminated the enemy in front of them, while the other two Destroyer forces merged, but still failed to achieve a breakthrough.
The 1st Legion and the Sickle Ant Hunter troops immediately rushed to reinforce and soon surrounded the Destroyers.
The Destroyer's commander was obviously aware of the danger, and the remaining two commanders gathered their troops into a dense formation.
At this time, the 1st Army did not dare to attack the dense enemy formation with about seven to eight hundred people. The two sides could only rely on infantry to fight repeatedly along the battle line.
Such a dense front made the new tactics of the Divine Envoy King's Army ineffective to a certain extent, failing to achieve the effects of division and siege.
The two sides faced off like this for a while. The Destroyers obviously wanted to wait until dusk for the Divine Envoy King's army to retreat. The cold nights of early spring were not something that the Big-headed Ants could survive.
It wasn't until the protagonist arrived with reinforcements that the situation of the battle turned for the better.
Although the protagonist had issued the order to attack a long time ago, the defenders of [Trench City] were obviously under-trained, and it took a lot of time to complete the transition from defense to attack. When the army finally came to the ground, the protagonist had already contacted them from the front The ant-hunting warrior learned about the battle situation.
At that time, [Trench City] had no time to cooperate with the ground troops to attack the Destroyers from both front and rear, and the Destroyers had already gathered together to hold on.
The protagonist climbed up a dry plant nearby to inspect the battle situation. Seeing that it was difficult to annihilate the enemy in a group, he asked his subordinates to go to [Trench City] to bring two ballistae.
The two ballistae were quickly disassembled and then assembled on a nearby high ground. The protagonist ordered the besieging troops to keep a certain distance. The Destroyers did not take the opportunity to counterattack. Their purpose was to delay time.
The protagonist personally commands the ballista unit and fires at the assembled Destroyers. From the beginning, the ballista used giant arrows that he had been reluctant to use. Anyway, the siege has been rescued, the communication line has been restored, and the protagonist will no longer be stingy with ammunition.
The huge crossbow arrows can shoot through several in the Destroyer team at one time, immediately frightening the Destroyers. This is the instinct of creatures. The Destroyer commander struggled to suppress it and stabilized the situation.
Without any threat, the ballista freely vented the anger accumulated in the past few days of siege. A dozen giant arrows were quickly shot. Seeing that the enemy had not yet collapsed, the ballista began to fire huge stones again.
Because the distance was very close, there was no need to pursue a high range. The stone projectiles fired by the ballista this time were three times larger than usual. The huge stones rushed through the enemy formation, and the death of the Destroyer who was hit was horrific.
Finally, the Destroyer could no longer hold up under the hail of bullets.
