Shortly after the battle started in the middle, the left and right wings of the leaf-cutter ant army also hit the red fire ant army's position one after another.
Compared with the strategic defensive position in the center, the red fire ant army on the left and right wings lacks front cover, but there are many messy gravels on the sides, which can limit the movement of the leaf-cutter ant army. Although the leaf-cutter ant army has no intention of maneuvering back further to outflank them.
Both sides were in a head-on confrontation. The fire ant army on the two wings was stronger and had a thicker formation. The leaf-cutter ant army found that the two wings were hard carapace and not easy to chew.
The leafcutter ant army is a mixture of large leafcutter ant warriors and small leafcutter ant warriors. The large leafcutter ant warriors are responsible for direct confrontation when the battle lines are entangled, using their size and strength to withstand the enemy.
The small leaf-cutting ants are fierce and flexible, and are good at seizing the fighting opportunities created by the large leaf-cutting ants, and promptly destroy the enemies dragged out of the enemy's formation by the large leaf-cutting ants.
On the side of the fire ant army formation, the auxiliary troops composed mainly of burrowing ants, supplemented by Japanese black brown ants and abdominal ants are placed in the middle of the two wings.
The burrowing ant warriors are no match for the leaf-cutting ants, but with the long-range shooting support of the bellied ants and the assistance of the Japanese black and brown ants, although they have suffered heavy losses and the front has retreated step by step, they are not worried about collapse for the time being.
The soldiers of the fire ant family are arranged on both wings. Like the overall layout of this battle, the left and right wing positions themselves are also a formation with a weak center and strong sides.
The leaf-cutting ant army that faced off against the fire ant warriors on both sides was no match for the tough and tough fire ants, and was gradually suppressed.
After about half an hour of fighting between the two armies, thousands of corpses were piled on the ground. Both sides effectively displayed their killing methods, fighting while moving the corpses out of the way to avoid blocking the way.
The soil on the battlefield was soaked with blood, stumps were scattered everywhere, and the half-dead wounded soldiers were wailing silently!
At this time, in the middle battlefield, the leaf-cutter ant army was restricted by stone wall obstacles and found it difficult to advance. Every time the leaf-cutter ant warriors managed to gain a valuable foothold on the stone wall, they had no time to consolidate and expand, and were overrun by the defenders. The elite death squads were repelled.
The fighting on the left and right wings became more intense. The red fire ants military front cleared the ground nearby, making it more open and more suitable for fighting and killing. Most of the casualties on both sides occurred on the wings.
The leafcutter ant army was just like the fire ant army calculated. The middle road gradually pressed the slave auxiliary soldiers of the red fire ant army and kept retreating. However, the two sides were pushed back by the red fire ants. A large group of troops was about to be surrounded and cut off from the rear. Large force connections.
The military capabilities of the fire ants are not only reflected in their powerful individual combat effectiveness, but also in their tried and tested outflanking tactics when dealing with other ants.
But this time the red fire ant army failed to outflank the leaf-cutting ant army that devoured tens of thousands of people in front of them, and an accident interrupted the war.
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The soldiers on both sides, the four ants from the ant tribe, suddenly slowed down in unison. Even if the enemy was in front of them, their desire to fight was reduced.
The ants' antennae are very sensitive, and the changes in air pressure and humidity in the air, as well as the unique smell before a sudden thunderstorm in midsummer, make the ants afraid.
Except for some ants that were already fighting and entangled and could not be separated, the other ants began to retreat back spontaneously.
The commanders on both sides did not stop their men from retreating spontaneously, but also hurriedly retreated. The battle between the two armies came to an abrupt end, leaving only blood, corpses and wounded soldiers on the ground.
There are also a few ants whose eyes are red from killing or whose antennae are injured, but they are still killing themselves in place.
Several seriously injured ants crawled back, dragging their torn abdomens. Even the ants with only half their bodies and two limbs left were struggling to retreat, trying to survive and survive the coming natural disaster. .
The army of fire ants retreated into [Slippery Rock City] in a hurry but in an orderly manner. Although the city was narrow and crowded, it was still possible for many soldiers to squeeze in and take shelter from the rain.
Leaf-cutting ants have no nest to rely on, so their instinct allows them to climb trees spontaneously. The high-status female and male ants hide in the tree holes they find, or they are protected under the leaves by layers of layers.
Some leafcutter ants began to urgently modify leaves, pulling several leaves together and bundling them with extracted fibers to create temporary ball-shaped shelters.
Most leaf-cutting ants don't have time to do this, or can't find a suitable site, so they can only hide in groups under the wide leaves and resign themselves to their fate.
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Thick clouds drifted in from the distance, blocking the sun, thunder rumbled, and the world fell into darkness, as if it suddenly fell from noon to midnight.
This is a summer thunderstorm, a natural disaster that all living creatures fear.
The chirping of insects suddenly stopped, and all life was busy escaping. There was only the shrill sound of wind and fierce thunder in the whole world.
As if in an instant, raindrops as big as soybeans suddenly fell without warning. This is not a lingering rain that gradually grows from small to large like a spring rain, but a heavy rain that shows extremely lethal power from the beginning, covering the sky and the earth instantly like a curtain.
The leaves crackled after being beaten, and the grass blades were bent and could not straighten up. The rainwater flowed along the rocks and the ground, and quickly gathered in the low-lying areas. The pools that quickly appeared were under the heavy rain. There appeared hemispherical bubbles floating on the water that would soon burst.
On the battlefield where the fighting was fierce just now, the blood was quickly diluted and washed away by the rain. The few ants that did not retreat were attacked by large raindrops without any shielding.
A small leaf-cutter ant bit the abdomen of a ant and refused to let go. But the bombardment of a drop of rain forced them to separate. The ant was wrapped in a drop of water and struggled to break free. More and more water flow gathered, and the water drop turned into a puddle. The ant was very difficult to escape. Soon to be drowned.
The leaf-cutter ant was blown away by falling raindrops. Fortunately, it was not injured for the time being. She suddenly realized that her tentacles were injured and hurriedly ran back.
Along the way, she passed several of her fellow soldiers who were seriously injured and walking slowly, and passed countless corpses. These wounded soldiers and corpses were bombarded by raindrops, and ants and corpses were flying everywhere, like a scene from a ridiculous magic drama.
In the end, this little leaf-cutting ant did not escape. With her antennae injured, she stumbled like a blind person, but was pushed into the water flow by the raindrops. The water flowed happily towards the low-lying areas. The power of the flood made her powerless. Resistance was quickly overwhelmed.
There was also water in [Slippery Rock City], and the ants inside had to relocate and try to fight the flooding.
The leaf-cutting ants on the trees were even worse. The leaves were crackling and shaking violently due to the rain. Some leaf-cutting ants that had not caught on were thrown away and entered the rainy world with a narrow escape.
Even a whole leaf or a whole branch was destroyed and knocked down by the heavy rain. Thousands of ants immediately lost their cover and suffered heavy losses under the rain!
