Ever since he led the remnant army back to his lair from the ground battlefield like Shura Field, Gun had been very depressed and stayed in his dormitory without coming out.
It is said to be a dormitory, but because the entire nest has been improved in the direction of a fortress, even deep underground where the male ants and queens live, a large number of nest rooms have been converted into workshops and granaries.
Most of Gun's original dormitory has also been requisitioned, leaving him with only a single, larger nest room, which is not as luxurious as the dormitory built by the protagonist for several trusted male ants in [Dongyang City].
Even though the God Envoy King came to visit in person, Gun's mood did not get any better. The protagonist could also understand that it was indeed difficult to accept the loss of a unit that he had put a lot of effort into and could not recover in a short period of time. This is a knot that all commanders will have.
The protagonist also knows another reason for Gun's depression: the queen ant who participated in the first wedding flight ceremony organized by the Angel King's Legion with Gun and became the girl's partner; Gun and his party also came from [Dongyang City] The brave little female ant who was attacked on the way to [Qingqiu City] and fought side by side with Gun.
She is dead!
And he died under the claws of the Destroyer!
Originally, after mating with Gun, the queen ant stayed in [Dongyang City] for a long time, and was later transferred to [Linshui City] as needed.
With the fall of [Linshui City] some time ago, all the ants inside obviously suffered misfortune, and this queen ant was no exception.
Unlike the male ants in the past who would just pat their butts after mating and pursue their own careers, Gun's experience of sharing hardships gave Gun a different feeling for his one-time mating partner.
Within the Angel King's Legion, the status of each class is relatively more equal than in the old Big-headed Ant Kingdom. After all, the protagonist has always pushed for class equality and single-handedly supported the big-headed ant class, and even did not hesitate to fight with Flying Eagle for this purpose. The male ants with different paths eventually parted ways.
Gun was obviously affected to a certain extent. He had special feelings for the queen ant.
So when he learned about the death of the ant queen, although Gun didn't show it, the protagonist could understand her mood. The emotions in the human world are much more complicated than the ant world. The protagonist looked at Gun, just like an adult seeing the emotional world of a child. Very transparent.
Gun hoped to avenge the ant queen in the battle, but today's battle made him sadly find that he did not even have the ability to take revenge.
The protagonist can't persuade him too much. Even the ant's emotions are not black and white after gaining wisdom, but present quantum uncertainty.
After a brief comfort, the protagonist, who was already exhausted mentally and physically from the war, couldn't bear it anymore and hurried back to rest.
——I am the dividing line——
In the following days, the Destroyers launched a tidal wave of offensives.
They attacked along all the entrances, exits and passages, but were shut out one after another by defense lines dominated by ballistae.
The few surviving Whitebelly Destroyers launched some sporadic blasting offensives.
Some of these blasts were carried out outside the ant mound. The Destroyers opened a new hole and got in. They did catch the defenders off guard at first.
However, after discovering that the White Belly Destroyers have not been completely wiped out, and that there are still a few fish that have slipped through the net, and that the enemy's explosions will inevitably come sooner or later, the protagonist has already formulated a response strategy.
All preset positions guarded by ballistae are traffic arteries where two, three or even more passages converge.
Once a new gap appears due to an explosion, the nearby defenders will resist for a period of time to facilitate the retreat of non-combatant ants carrying supplies and young ants.
Then the defenders will retreat, retreating to the intersection to build a new line of defense with ballistae, instead of blindly fighting to the end.
Therefore, even if the Destroyers opened several breaches, they still could not penetrate too far into the underground lair.
There are also some explosions that cause greater losses. The Destroyer army will send White-bellied Destroyers deep underground to explode themselves in front of the impenetrable ballista positions.
Although the ballistas of the defenders would give priority to attacking the White-bellied Destroyers, there were also a few enemies that rushed forward to a suitable distance under the cover of the escort and exploded.
In the narrow underground chamber, the power of the explosion shock wave is multiplied, and the shock wave can even affect several subsequent chambers.
Even if the ballista position was protected by obstacles such as parapets, it was completely destroyed in the explosion.
On April 26 alone, four ballistas were destroyed.
Fortunately, the underground defenses of [Qingqiu City] have been deployed in depth. Even if one or two lines of defense are lost, the positions behind them can still block the Destroyer's attack.
As for the lost ballista, most of its parts were salvaged and repaired in workshops deep underground.
There is also a specialized ballista workshop that uses materials such as wood, ant glue, ant silk, insect tendons and other materials that were urgently stored before the war to speed up production at a rate of one per day, replenishing battle damage and making the defense line deeper.
The Destroyers tried their best but failed to achieve a big victory. This nest seemed different from any ant nest they had conquered before. It was so tough that the Destroyers seemed to lose sight of the hope of victory.
However, starting from April 26, the Destroyers also changed their tactics. They no longer retreated from the underground at dusk, but left the underground space occupied by the troops to defend themselves.
By the night of April 26, the defensive battle of [Qingqiu City] had lasted for four days.
The Destroyer's new tactics brought some troubles to the defenders. Originally, they could retake the lost positions every night and repair the fortifications damaged during the day, so the Destroyer's daily attack could only start from scratch.
But now, the warriors of the Nightbringer King cannot retake their lost ground from their formidable foes unless they are willing to pay unbearable sacrifices.
In this way, the Destroyer paid at least more than 5,000 casualties, but finally controlled scattered areas with only a dozen nests underground in [Qingqiu City], and made initial progress.
——I am the dividing line——
The battle lasted for three more days, and finally came to the last day of April.
Throughout April, the Army of the Divine Envoy King encountered a sharp deterioration in the war. From a complacent counterattack to the loss of the city and territory after the collapse of the Dahe defense line, it finally managed to stabilize the defense line in [Qingqiu City] and win the battle for the evacuation of the rear. time.
But today, [Qingqiu City] encountered crisis again.
The flying knights who set out early in the morning found that thousands of white-bellied destroyers were once again coming from the north.
The flying knights planned to report this information when they returned to their nest at night, and asked the God Envoy King to decide how to respond.
But this time, the White-bellied Destroyer came very quickly. It was only discovered far away from [Qingqiu City] in the early morning, but it had already arrived on the battlefield at noon, and then went into battle without stopping.
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