After half a day of fighting and heavy rains, the leaf-cutter ant army lost nearly 30,000 soldiers today, accounting for about 8% of the total force.
And before they even saw the main nest [Hive City] of the Fire Ant Kingdom, they were already defeated, which made the commanders of the Leaf Cutter Ant Army very dissatisfied.
At this time, after being informed by the God Envoy King's Legion, the Leaf-Cutter Ant Army already knew that its main target [Hive City] had already changed hands, but their obsession made them agree to the God Envoy King's Legion's request to join forces and continue to advance towards [Hive City]. .
Historically, the leafcutter ant army has never entered the main nest of the red fire ant country. This time the protagonist invited their army to go there and hold a meeting to discuss how to carve up the land of the red fire ant country, so that they finally had a chance to avenge their shame. Chance.
But today's battle made the leaf-cutter ant army realize that the red fire ant army is still difficult to deal with.
Today, the enemy's fire ant clan, including the slave auxiliaries, suffered only more than 10,000 losses, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was between 2:1 and 3:1.
The leafcutter ant army was obviously very dissatisfied with today's battle. They came with the residual power of the two previous victories and had several times the advantage over the enemy. However, they attacked for a day without achieving anything, and instead lost troops and generals.
Although the leaf-cutting ant army is not good at tactics, its commanders are still very clear-headed and know that the army is deep into the enemy's territory. If they cannot break through the enemy's defense line as soon as possible, they are afraid that they will have trouble with supplies, and the enemy can also deploy troops to lay a trap for them. trap.
At this time, the red fire ant army still maintains a force of nearly 40,000 behind the leaf-cutter ant army. Although the scale is small, its whereabouts are unknown and the threat is particularly great. The leaf-cutting ant army does not want to repeat the kind of defeat in last year's "Unparalleled Battle" in which their retreat was cut off and resulted in the near-annihilation of the entire army.
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The next day, the formation of the leaf-cutting ant army changed, and it seemed that today's victory was inevitable.
Because of the terrain, the leaf-cutting ant army simply gave up the attack on the stone wall position. This was the result of the discussion between the leaf-cutting ant commanders last night.
The leaf-cutter ant army still divided its troops into three lines, with more than 100,000 soldiers in each line. Except for leaving a small number of troops in the middle, most of the soldiers were assigned to the two wings, so the formation on the two wings was thicker than yesterday.
The biggest change in the leaf-cutter ant army today is that 30 star beetles have also been thrown into the battle line. The three-line and six-wing leaf-cutter ant army has divided the 30 star beetle war beasts equally.
On the other hand, the fire ant army's defense line was the same as yesterday, with no changes.
Therefore, when the leaf-cutter ant army began to charge, although the red fire ant warriors on the two flanks fought desperately, and the slave auxiliary soldiers such as the digging ants supervised by the red fire ants also had high morale, the front of the red fire ant army experienced an unprecedented impact.
Especially after the huge and burly Star Beetle arrived on the battlefield, the pressure on the red fire ant army increased dramatically.
Facing the star beetles with thick carapace and sharp mouthparts, the red fire ant army's front was easily thrown into chaos by these beasts. After losing the fixed and tight front line, the two armies and four tribes of ants on the front line fought together, causing the defenders to suffer heavy casualties.
In the melee, the Star Beef Beast was still at home, and under the control of its driver, it ran like a tank.
The red fire ant commander organized an elite team and tried to surround a sudden star beetle.
This star beetle was running rampant, with its mouthparts opening and closing widely. It was like an ant-free land among the red fire ant army. The fire ants and slave ants were in chaos or retreated under its attack. Some leaf-cutting ant warriors followed. These openings flooded in.
The defense line of the red fire ant army was crumbling because of the existence of this star beetle, and the situation was extremely critical.
After a lot of fighting, the red fire ant warriors and the auxiliary soldiers suffered huge casualties, and finally killed or forced the leafcutter ant warriors around the star beetle to retreat, first isolating the star beetle.
A part of the red fire ant army struggled to resist the leaf-cutter ant warriors who were trying to support them, while another group of nearly a hundred warriors besieged the star beetles.
12 belly-lifting ants spray acid at the head of the star beetle. The star beetle has a thick carapace and is not afraid of acid attacks, but the compound eyes and antennae on its head are fragile. After being splashed by the acid, it is as powerful as a star. The beetle also struggled painfully and had no time to take care of the other ants surrounding it.
The red fire ant warriors and other slave auxiliaries took the opportunity to swarm up, some biting the legs; some got under the belly of the star beetle, biting the anus, carapace gaps and other weak parts; more climbed up the back of the star beetle and killed them. A leafcutter ant driver and a small number of leafcutter ant warriors on his back.
The star beetle, which lost its command, instinctively spread its wings and wanted to fly away.
The outer sheath of the star beetle suddenly opened, knocking off several red fire ants on its back. But the other fire ants reacted extremely quickly. They immediately abandoned the part they were currently attacking, swarmed up and surrounded the base of the star beetle's membrane wings, biting the base of the wings and the tender meat.
The star beetle couldn't bear the pain, struggled and rolled violently, and was unable to take off.
All the slave ambushers were thrown away by the star beetle's roll, but a few tough red fire ants still bit the star beetle's wings and refused to let go.
In just a few strokes, the fire ants bit off the pair of membrane wings of the star beetle. This star beetle, trapped alone in the enemy, without external support, with damaged membrane wings and no way out, was doomed.
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However, the fierce counterattack of the fire ant army on local battlefields cannot reverse the current overall defeat.
The leaf-cutter ant army lost a total of 3 star beetles on both wings, but 7 are still fighting. The fire ant army's defense line is no longer strict, and many places are falling into melee, just like the most primitive ant war. It has become a chaotic battle between individuals.
Such a battle situation is extremely unfavorable to the numerically inferior defenders.
Finally, the fire ant army on the front line received the order and prepared to retreat.
Retreating during a melee is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, it will lead to a rout. The leaf-cutter ant army has suffered from this disadvantage in its history.
However, the Red Fire Ant Army is obviously more experienced and better organized in this regard. They left a small number of Red Fire Ant soldiers to supervise the battle, and monitored the tens of thousands of slave auxiliary soldiers who remained in place, using their flesh and blood to fight for the retreat of the large army. time.
The fire ant soldiers covered each other from the front line and withdrew, and together with the still intact fire ant and slave auxiliary troops at the rear of the battle line, they quickly retreated to the rear.
The fire ant army in the middle still did not give up the stone wall defense line, but the left and right wings quickly rushed to the rear to set up defenses.
These retreating fire ant troops retreated in countless criss-crossing lines, which seemed to be avoiding something along the pheromones.
If the leaf-cutter ant army takes off to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance, they will see that the retreating fire ant army avoids conical pits on the ground.
This is a trap group that once made the leaf-cutter ant army hate [Hive City] in history!
