In the afternoon of April 7th, after two days of trekking, the army of the Divine Envoy King finally arrived at a place about an hour away from [Xuanfu Huacheng], and then stopped temporarily.
The protagonist is not in a hurry to directly attack the enemies in [Swiveling Flower City].
According to reports from the Flying Knights, most of the Destroyers in [Twisted Flower City] were huddled underground, while a small number were wandering aimlessly outdoors. No security forces were sent out, and it seemed that the arrival of the Divine Envoy King's army was not noticed.
But this is just an illusion. The protagonist knows that the enemy must have some kind of detection and early warning means, and this is definitely not an opportunity for a surprise attack.
After confirming that the Destroyers had not taken any action, the protagonist ordered the troops to build a camp on the spot.
It is already afternoon. If you go directly to the [Twister Flower City], you can only enter the [Twister Flower City] to spend the night unless you can defeat the enemy quickly. But once a stalemate occurs in the field and the situation is very unfavorable, the army cannot camp on a cold spring night!
After the battle in the thick fog of [Sitong City], the protagonist has realized that it is not possible to directly crush the ants on his side. The difficulties in command and dispatch caused by the huge army will always exist and shackles The display of the army’s combat effectiveness.
However, the power of the Divine Envoy King's army is overwhelming. Now in the southern theater, the offensive and defensive positions of both sides have changed. As long as they fight steadily, they can definitely defeat the enemy.
Therefore, the protagonist asked his subordinates to build a camp, which can support the army in the battle with the enemy forces of [Swiveling Flower City]. It can advance, attack, retreat or defend.
The protagonist's emphasis on soil work is very similar to the ancient Romans, who built military camps wherever their legions went. The defenses of the ancient Roman legion camp mainly consisted of trenches, earth walls, fences and four camp gates. It is usually built in sections with squadrons as units, and each legion is responsible for one side of the fortifications. Generally, two legions of Rome are responsible for the front and rear of the camp, and two legions of the allies are responsible for the left and right. Under normal circumstances, the trench is only dug 1 meter deep. If there is a possibility of enemy attack nearby, the trench will be dug deeper and wider. The excavated soil was placed beside the trench to build an earth wall, with wooden stakes inserted on top of the earth wall. Form a fence. All wooden pillars have several branches, which are sharpened and pointed outward, making it difficult for attackers to pull out the wooden pillars. Many generals often punished soldiers by building camps. For example, during the Jugurthus War, Metellus punished soldiers who were afraid of the enemy by building camps every day. In the end, the soldier actually said that he would rather fight to the death than build a camp. But this kind of camp did effectively protect the ancient Roman legionnaires camping in the wild.
The protagonist previously led the Divine Envoy King's legion and also experienced the benefits of building a camp. Earlier, by strengthening the defense of [Linshui City], it blocked the southward invasion of pavement ants every winter, solving the long-standing winter defense problem of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom; during the civil war last year, the Angel King’s Legion attacked [Trench City] and [Meat Grinder]. The city] relied on city defense to consume a large number of troops from the King's Council Faction and the Queen Ant Heritage Faction; last year, when they faced off against parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts in the swamp area, they worked step by step to gradually suppress the powerful parasitic bacteria forces.
Now, facing the Destroyers who are no less ferocious than the parasitic war beasts and more numerous, the protagonist naturally has to show off his special skills.
The camp dug by the Divine Envoy King's Army today is not just a temporary cave across the river, but a huge ant nest connected vertically and horizontally underground in accordance with the standards of a fortress. There are more than ten entrances and exits on the ground, and the entrances and exits are piled high. The high ant mounds are connected to each other by walls of mounds of earth for protection. Outside the walls, there are trenches that serve as both defense and drainage.
But this camp is different from the permanent fortress. The ant mounds and city walls are not made of ant concrete, but are simply made of soil. There is no protective net on the ground, and there are no ballista positions under the ground that are more suitable for defense.
After all, the role of this camp is as an offensive base, which needs to give more consideration to the free entry and exit of the army, rather than reducing entrances and exits and increasing obstacles to enter the underground lair for defensive purposes.
On the construction site of the camp, many soldiers of the God Envoy King were working enthusiastically and in an orderly manner.
The protagonist looks at the sky. It will be dark in about two hours. The camp is probably in a state of repair by then. It can be completed by catching up on the work in the evening without delaying the attack on the next day. ].
But at this moment, a squad of flying knights suddenly landed and anxiously delivered an information package to the protagonist.
The protagonist reads the information packet and sees this scene:
From the originally peaceful [Twisting Flower City] nest, a large group of destroyers suddenly surged out. After joining some troops on the ground, they passed through the bushes and rushed towards the east.
This large group of Destroyers numbered two to three thousand, and among them were the radar destroyers with huge bodies and extremely long tentacles.
Their direction of action is to the east, where the Angel King's army is building a camp. Even the stupidest worker ants would not believe it that the enemy only sent large groups of troops to move here due to occasional convulsions. The enemy had obviously discovered that defeated the army of the God's Envoy King.
There was still about an hour before the Destroyer arrived, and the protagonist immediately sent out a large number of messengers to order the troops to prepare for battle.
Since there is still one hour to prepare, the protagonist must make full use of it.
Each legion entered the predetermined position according to the field formation. After arranging a concave formation, they immediately piled soil in their respective areas. Before the enemy arrived, they piled up an arc-shaped city wall about three centimeters high and more than ten meters long.
The first-line troops were stationed on the city wall, giving them a commanding advantage, while other troops were on standby behind the city wall, ready to respond at any time.
Ten ballistae carried with the army were also assembled and arranged on both wings of the line, with five ballistae on each side. Because they did not carry giant crossbow arrows, the warriors of the God Envoy King also collected a lot of stone bullets and piled them next to the crossbow.
Three hundred of the one thousand fire bomb slings carried by the army were also divided and placed in the center of the position.
In this battle, except for the fact that there are no tank troops participating in the battle, the God's Envoy Army has already brought out the most advanced weapons.
The protagonist felt a little excited. Although he was already a "veteran" who had experienced hundreds of battles, this battle was of great significance and still made his adrenaline surge.
In addition to testing new equipment in actual combat, the strategic significance of this battle is also very important. If this group of two to three thousand enemies were completely wiped out in the battle, then it would be a matter of course to recover [Swiveling Flower City] and even the entire southern lost territory.
The Angel King's Legion might be able to completely eliminate the enemies on the south bank of the river before summer arrives, and then the protagonist will have at least half a year to plan a plan to pacify the swamp area and counterattack on the north bank of the river.
