The army of leaf-cutting ants came like a summer flood, but sank like stagnant water in a quagmire before the trap.
At this time, the fire ant army's counterattack was like the tide hitting the cliff on the seaside, the waves crashed onto the shore and returned fiercely!
The returning tide is often more violent than the incoming tide. The fire ant army's counterattack, although the number of ants is much smaller than that of the leaf-cutter ant army, is more powerful.
A star beetle has crossed the trap group one step at a time, but in front of it are tens of thousands of enemies looking at it eagerly.
With no infantry accompanying it, and no other star beetles around, this star beetle and a few leaf-cutting ants on its back looked extremely isolated.
The enemy will have no mercy on you! The red fire ant warriors and slave auxiliaries swarmed forward. A single star beetle, no matter how huge it was or how fierce the resistance was, was no match at all.
The leafcutter ants on the back of the star beetle were quick to see the opportunity and hurriedly drove the star beetle to take off. Unlike its previous companion, whose wings were bitten off and died miserably and could not fly, this star beetle fluttered its wings and began to fly.
But it still didn't escape. Dozens of ants were already waiting for it. As soon as the star beetle flew up a little, the ants sprayed acid into the air.
The belly-lifting ants didn't care at all that most of the acid fell back to the ground, accidentally injuring many friendly forces.
The weak abdomen of the Star Beetle was suddenly concentrated, and the acid corroded the carapace, causing a burning pain. It rolled and fell, and all the leaf-cutter ants on its back flew off and fell into the red fire ant army, and it was quickly surrounded and killed.
At this time, other fire ant troops had entered the trap group from a safe road. While using their tentacles to explore the ground and obtain the secrets hidden in the pheromones, they quickly surrounded the trapped group at a high speed and were unable to advance or retreat. of other stars longhorned.
These star beetles are also very vulnerable due to losing the cover of the accompanying infantry, and they are at a loss on the ground densely covered with traps. .
In the end, 8 of the 10 sacred animal star beetles on the front line of the leaf-cutter ant army were killed, and only 2 on the southern right wing successfully flew away.
After the fire ant army eliminated the leaf-cutting ant army stranded in the trap group, it continued to fight back.
However, the army of leaf-cutter ants huddled together at the edge of the trap group, completely losing their formation. They were entangled and interfering with each other, like a mess.
The counterattack of the fire ant army became a heavy hammer to defeat them. Due to the fear of the ant lions and the chain reaction caused by the defeat of the holy beast, the leafcutter ant warriors at the front had no intention of resisting and collapsed at the first touch, and were brutally beaten by the fire ant army. Slaughtering.
Troops that have lost their fighting spirit are defenseless. The leafcutter ant warriors who were still attacking desperately not long ago are now as cowardly as worms that suddenly see sunlight under an open stone.
The fire ant army's counterattacks were launched on the left and right wings at the same time. Just three hours later, the leaf-cutting ant army's first-line troops of more than 100,000 troops were already littered with corpses and on the verge of collapse.
The red fire ant army not only completely regained the positions on the left and right wings, but even chased the leaf-cutter ant army all the way forward, showing the momentum of a decisive battle.
These red fire ant warriors are very good at killing enemy commanders first during pursuit, making it difficult for the defeated leafcutter ant army to establish effective command even if they want to regroup.
Aggressive and alert, fierce and agile, quick and strong, the fire ant family possesses almost perfect warrior genes, and their advantages were fully demonstrated in this battle.
In the end, the leaf-cutter ant army had no choice but to invest in the second line of troops. With great difficulty, they were able to push back the red fire ant army on the chaotic and crowded battlefield and rescued part of the defeated army.
It was already around five o'clock in the afternoon, which was still early, but the leaf-cutting ant army had already lost the will to fight. They gathered their troops, carried the wounded soldiers, and retreated for about an hour to build a camp that was sheltered from the wind and rain.
The red fire ant army sent a small number of troops to monitor the movements of the leaf-cutting ant army. The large army also returned to the nest to rest, and some slave auxiliary troops were left to clean the battlefield.
Countless corpses of leaf-cutting ants who died in today's battle were deliberately piled into cone-shaped piles of corpses on the battlefield, just like "Jingguan"!
One hundred thousand corpses built up the capital, and God wept and dried his blood!
After today's battle, the leaf-cutter ant army suffered as many as 100,000 casualties, while the red fire ant army lost more than 20,000 soldiers.
The morale of the commanders of the leaf-cutter ant army was demoralized. The few female ants in charge held a meeting but failed to reach a consensus, so they sent the star beetle back to the main nest [Holy Tree City] to consult the female ant assembly and the queen. Opinions of the General Assembly.
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The next morning, the leaf-cutter ant army did not attack for the time being.
It wasn't until the messenger from [Holy Tree City] arrived on the Star Beetle and ordered the army to continue attacking [Slippery Rock City] and must conquer this place that the leaf-cutter ant army took action again.
After resting all night, [Holy Tree City] said that it was deploying troops to form reinforcements and would support them as soon as possible. The leaf-cutting ant army finally regained some of its fighting spirit, and the morale of the commanders also improved.
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Having learned the lesson from yesterday, today the leaf-cutter ant army sent out several star beetles for early reconnaissance.
Braving the acid fire from the ants, the star beetles did not dare to fly too low or too far. The detection effect was not good, but they also had a rough idea of the layout of the red fire ant army.
Today, the Red Fire Ant Army is still divided into three wings: left, center and right. The center formation is the weakest and the left and right wings are very thick.
Behind the formation, hundreds of ant lion traps were connected in a line, guarding the rear of the left and right wings and the sides of the center. They also formed a semicircle to guard [Slippery Rock City].
Outside the nest of [Slippery Rock City], there is an enemy reserve force that has been ignored by the leaf-cutter ant army. It is a force composed of [Slippery Rock City] defenders.
[Slippery Rock City], as an important defense hub in the territory of the red fire ant country, has stationed a force for a long time. At this time, all the best members of the nest were mobilized. The force formed has about 20,000 ants, about one third of which are ants. Two-thirds of the fire ant's own warriors are slave ambush soldiers.
Their presence was obscured by the terrain on the ground, and the leaf-cutter ant army had never known the existence of this force before.
And this force is the general reserve force of the fire ant army, allowing them to dare to deploy all the troops brought from the main nest to the front line.
During the Star Beetle's reconnaissance, they attracted most of the anti-aircraft firepower of the ants because of their obvious targets.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the flying knights of the Divine Envoy King's Legion also conducted a reconnaissance here. The flying knights come here almost every day, but they always hide far away from the periphery, guarding against the elusive ants.
Today, the Flying Knight's investigations are intensive and frequent, and they no longer deliberately hide in order to reduce casualties.
The commander of the leaf-cutter ant army received the relevant report, but she had not yet realized that her reinforcements, the Angel King's army, were about to arrive on the battlefield.
Otherwise, the leaf-cutting ant army would not be so desperate today!
