After two days of underground fighting, the Destroyers had left behind thousands of corpses, and the defenders had suffered thousands of casualties in order to protect the ballistae.
The enemy was never able to gain a foothold underground and was always forced to retreat before nightfall. One night, the Destroyer tried to occupy a nest near the entrance and refused to retreat, but the defenders' death squads managed to regain the lost ground with huge casualties.
However, the number of Destroyers surrounding [Qingqiu City] has continued to increase in the past few days. The flying knights found that enemy reinforcements came from the north every day. This is the consequence of losing the great river and natural moat. The Divine Envoy King's army has to fight against the huge enemy army.
The flying knights who go out in the early morning will wander over the battlefield to conduct reconnaissance during the day, hide in the tall tree canopy to avoid the enemy, and then return at night after the enemy retreats. They will report the detected enemy situation to the God Envoy King.
There are also flying knights who will go to other parts of the territory during the day. This is the only means of contact between the isolated city [Qingqiu City] and other nests.
Under the cover of [Qingqiu City], most of the nests in the original core area have completed their relocation and are reorganizing production in preparation for a protracted war, but it will take time to fully restore production.
What is disturbing is that on April 25, at dusk, the Flying Knights discovered that thousands of White-bellied Destroyers, escorted by some ordinary Great Destroyers, were coming from the north and had arrived at the outskirts of the battlefield.
Everyone in the Divine Envoy King's army knew that it was these white-bellied destroyers who could self-destruct, causing the army's painstaking defense line to completely collapse. The male ants gnashed their teeth at the thought of these enemies.
Several flying knights swooped towards this wave of enemies and attacked with the fire bomb slings they carried. This was a spontaneous act and was not directed by the protagonist.
The flying knights use fire slings in a very different way than the ground troops.
The soldier ant warriors on the ground are stronger. They will hold the rope with their jaws, rotate the fire bomb to a higher speed and then throw it out to obtain a longer range.
In the air, the mount's flight was unstable and the wind resistance was large. The male ant flying knights were unable to rotate the fire bomb slings. The ropes of the fire bombs they used simply became shorter and directly pierced the outer membrane. Drop the fire bomb vertically and rely on inertia and gravity to attack.
The fire bombs dropped by several flying knights were scattered in the air, like a few small sparks flickering on and off, drifting, swaying and slowly falling into the White Belly Destroyer team.
Because the hit rate of this attack method is worrying, the flying knights dive to a lower altitude before dropping bombs, and then immediately pull up to avoid being accidentally injured by fire bombs dropped by friendly forces in front. The attack method is very similar to a dive bomber.
Because a flying knight dived too low, he was accidentally caught by the escorting Great Destroyer and was killed immediately.
But they were not without success. The fire bombs directly hit two White-bellied Destroyers. The fire bombs were extremely sticky after being heated. Once they stick to the enemy, they will never be shaken off. Even if they are dropped on the ground and touched, they will not be shaken off. It will stick to it like a maggot attached to a bone.
A White-bellied Destroyer was shot in the head, and the hot and long-lasting fire bombs directly burned the shell of its head. The Destroyer's nerve center was damaged and it immediately fell to the ground and died.
The other one was shot in the abdomen, and the temperature of the fire bomb caused the mysterious ball in its body to detonate, and the body was completely destroyed.
However, the single explosion did not trigger a chain explosion of the mysterious balls in the other White-Belly Destroyers. Otherwise, perhaps these flying knights would have completely eliminated the White-Belly Destroyers by themselves, which would have changed the situation of the subsequent battle.
In the evening, after receiving a report from the returning flying knight, the protagonist knew that the most difficult stage of the defensive battle had arrived. The painstakingly managed underground fortifications were also vulnerable to the enemy's self-destruction.
what to do? The Legion of God's Envoy King cannot sit still and wait for death!
——I am the dividing line——
The sun has risen in the morning. It has been good weather for many days in a row. The crystal dewdrops on the grass blades reflect the sunlight into colorful rays.
The Destroyers awoke from a night's hibernation, bathed in the energy of the sun, and sucked in the dew to replenish their moisture.
They began to gather around the commander, walked out of hiding places in groups, and gathered in an orderly manner towards the target [Qingqiu City].
Another day of siege warfare is about to begin, and the Destroyers have no mood swings. They have conquered countless such nests, most of which are much smaller than this ant nest, but some are even larger than this ant nest. The largest ones even have millions of ant colonies.
No nest can remain unconquered and destroyed. To conquer, kill and then destroy, this is the Destroyer's natural mission.
But today, the battle is different.
The Destroyers had just gathered, and the White-bellied Destroyers were alone in a group at the front of the encirclement, preparing to take the lead and use self-explosion to open the solid shell of the nest.
At this time, from the top of the anthill hill, the Destroyers with good eyesight suddenly discovered that a large group of God's King warriors and beetles were swarming out. They formed an orderly formation and immediately charged downwards, pointing directly at White Belly. The location of the Destroyer.
In the air behind him, a sudden and intensive sound of flapping wings sounded. Looking back, he saw hundreds of bees swarming in a big tree behind him, flying towards the White-bellied Destroyer's position.
This was a fierce counterattack from the Divine Envoy King's army.
According to the protagonist's plan, the Angel King's Legion will launch a counterattack early this morning before the enemy attacks, with the goal of wiping out the group of white-bellied destroyers.
Among the enemies, the White-bellied Destroyers pose the greatest threat to the defensive positions, but their numbers are very small, and they do not seem to be able to support them at any time.
As long as this white-bellied destroyer can be eliminated, the enemy may not have this unit to participate in the siege in a short period of time. With the strength of [Qingqiu City], if the food and grass can solve it, it is enough to hold on for a long time and provide support for the rear. Provide more time to complete the integration.
Today's counterattack was divided into two forces, air and ground, carried out simultaneously. This was also the first joint air-ground operation of the God's Envoy King's Legion.
After having the fire bomb sling, the flying knights had a certain ground attack power, which made this cooperative tactic possible.
In the air was an attack force of 150 flying knights, carrying 600 fire bombs and slings. This is already more than 70% of the flying cavalry force in the entire [Qingqiu City].
Their mission was to attack the Whitebelly Destroyers directly from the air, while creating chaos through bombing in the direction of the Army's attack, creating opportunities for the Army.
After all, this is the first time that the Flying Knights have gone into battle on a large scale, and the protagonist still places greater hope on the army.
The troops that attacked this time, including the tank troops of the 1st Corps and the remaining nine infantry regiments, were all veteran troops with rich combat experience.
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