Summer thunderstorms come and go even faster.
For about half an hour, it was stormy and rainy like hell just now, but soon the clouds cleared and the rain dispersed. The thick clouds continued to rumble forward, but the sun began to shine on the earth again.
The floods that were flowing turbulently just now were quickly sucked up or drained away by the ground in the blink of an eye. The local weather had been dry a while ago, and this heavy rain just quenched the thirst of the soil.
Except for the remaining mud in some low-lying areas and scattered drowned bodies everywhere, the traces of the heavy rain were instantly erased by nature.
Leaf-cutting ants hiding everywhere crawl out from hiding places such as tree holes and behind leaves, shake themselves off, shake off the water droplets on their bodies, and stretch their limbs in the sun. The high temperature in summer quickly dries them out. .
When it rained, the leafcutter ant army lost thousands of warriors, which was much more than the number lost in the battle with the fire ants just now.
But these losses were not much compared to the total strength of the leaf-cutter ant army of nearly 400,000. The commander of the leaf-cutter ants did not care about the losses just now.
Troops of leafcutter ant warriors climbed down the trees and regrouped, preparing to continue their attack.
The fire ants and slave auxiliaries hid in the caves and did not suffer much losses. As soon as the rain stopped, they returned to the position to set up defenses, leaving no opportunity for the leaf-cutter ant army to take advantage of.
After adjustments, the two sides resumed the battle, but neither side knew that the heavy rain just now had changed the course of the battle on different levels.
Both sides still devoted themselves to the battle. One side wanted to open the way to the enemy's main nest, and the other side wanted to defend the territory to the death.
A fierce battle that was rare in the history of both sides and a decisive battle entered the second stage after the rain.
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The frontline army of more than 100,000 leaf-cutting ants charged forward along the recent attack route.
This time, their charge was even more difficult. There was a low-lying part of the land just under the stone wall. During the rain just now, the nearby running water gathered together, and even formed a small waterfall at the stone wall.
Although there was no water on the ground at this time, it was still very muddy. Leaf-cutting ants passing by had to fight with the mud in the mire before they could reach the stone wall covered in dirt.
From time to time, ants would get stuck in the quagmire and be trampled by unsuspecting comrades in the rear. If they did not break free in time, their blowholes would soon be blocked and they would die in the quagmire.
The terrain of the middle battlefield forced the leaf-cutter ant army to give up their main attack from here.
The leafcutter ant army's command system is relatively different. The commanders of each unit on the front line have considerable autonomy.
So the troops in the middle, led by the commander, moved to the two wings. Although the leaf-cutting ant army on both wings was very crowded and dense, it also enhanced the assault power here.
Such a change was not expected by the fire ant army. In their years of fighting with the leaf-cutting ant army, they were accustomed to the enemy's even distribution of troops. The two-wing detour tactics of the fire ant army could just restrain this style of play.
The evolution of tactics in the ant world is very slow. The accident caused by the heavy rain this time caused the leaf-cutting ant army to accidentally implement tactics similar to those of the red fire ant army. But it also caused the fire ant army to lose a major advantage.
Compared with the leaf-cutter ant army, which has more autonomy as frontline troops, the red fire ant army pays attention to a top-down, command-and-forbidden command system. Subordinate troops will never dare to step outside the boundaries without receiving orders from their superiors.
The elders of the fire ant army were not yet aware of the possible consequences of the changes in the enemy's actions and were slow to respond.
At this time, in the middle line of defense of the fire ant army, only sporadic leaf-cutting ant warriors climbed up the stone wall and launched painless attacks. This is an attack by a handful of tenacious legions of leaf-cutter ants.
But on both wings, the fighting between the two sides gradually became more intense.
A red fire ant warrior accidentally bit her head by a large leafcutter ant opposite her. The big leafcutter ant forced her head to the ground, and the carapace of the red fire ant's skull was dented visibly to the naked eye.
Severe pain penetrated the fire ant's brain, and it struggled hard but could not get rid of it.
On the side, two small leaf-cutting ants wanted to take advantage of the chaos and cut off the red fire ant's head. However, several other fire ants came to support in time, forcing away the surrounding small leaf-cutting ants and isolating the large leaf-cutting ants.
Now it was the big leaf-cutting ant's turn to be surrounded. The other ants around her were retreating. Before she could do it, five or six fire ants immediately swarmed up. Some bit the legs to control the big leaf-cutting ant's movements, and some directly Climbing up her back, cutting and biting her slender waist.
A giant leafcutter ant is more powerful than a fire ant, but if several fire ants swarm, the giant leafcutter ant cannot match it.
The fire ant that had just been restrained finally broke free. There was a shocking pit in her head, and the compound eye on the left side had been broken and viscous liquid was leaking out.
But she was not dead yet. She struggled to avoid the giant leaf-cutting ant's jaws, climbed up on her head from the side, and stabbed its enemy's compound eyes with its jaws. This was an eye for an eye revenge.
The red fire ant warrior, who had been severely injured, was so fierce in her revenge that she stabbed the giant leaf-cutter ant's compound eye with all her strength. Regardless of the giant leaf-cutting ant's violent rolling and struggling, she refused to let go, and even penetrated her entire head into the giant leaf-cutting ant's compound eye. go.
The big leafcutter ant rolled over, and the other fire ant on her body was thrown away, but the fire ant warrior biting her leg never let go.
The fire ant that got into her eye had two of its limbs crushed by the leaf-cutting ant's rolling, and its abdomen was also injured by the friction, but she continued to bite and bite deeper.
The brutal fight ended only when the giant leafcutter ant's brain tissue was crushed by the fire ant and died. The victorious red fire ant no longer had the strength to crawl out from the giant leafcutter ant's body.
Her body gradually cooled down in the enemy's corpse and turned into a corpse, entangled with the enemy until her death...
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Fierce battles broke out everywhere on the front line, with ants biting and fighting each other as if they were dead.
A female leafcutter ant commanded three legions under her command. She ordered her subordinates to rush forward, only to be beaten back again and again.
After several rounds, one of the legions has been disabled, and the other two legions have also suffered heavy losses.
The female ant commander was furious and ordered his subordinates to continue the attack, but the legions under his command sent messengers one after another to express that they were unable to fight anymore.
Leaf-cutting ants are not like fire ants that can fight to the death. Their commanders are more timid, which creates a relatively timid temperament for the army.
Countless legions of leaf-cutting ants rushed forward with dense footsteps, then collided in front of the defense line and retreated with bloody heads. This scene repeated itself.
It wasn't until the leaf-cutting ant army on the front line could no longer bear the casualties that they retreated.
At this time, it was getting dark!
