With the assistance of the Star Beetle's reconnaissance intelligence, today's leaf-cutting ant army's offensive finally had a clear target, and its command seemed more organized.
This time, the leaf-cutting ant army divided the remaining troops into two lines, with more than 100,000 soldiers in each line. They were the first to launch the attack. The first line still launched attacks from three directions at the same time, while the second line served as a reserve.
The two-line arrangement can avoid a swarm. The battlefield is too crowded.
This time, the focus of the leaf-cutting ant army's attack shifted to the middle, where the largest number of offensive troops were deployed. All 12 star beetles on the front line were also placed in this direction.
After two days, the high temperature in summer made the muddy situation on the middle road much better. The area of the mire was greatly reduced, and most of the ground had been dried. At least there was a layer of hard mud crust sealing the mud underneath.
Although the attack route in the middle has to face stone wall obstacles, the ant lion traps behind the middle are the least and weakest. From the commander to the soldiers, the leaf-cutter ant army no longer wants to face densely packed traps that stretch over a large area!
They would rather choose the middle road with unfavorable terrain as the main direction of attack, which shows how deeply the Ant Lion left a deep impression on them.
After the leaf-cutter ant army launched the attack, the troops on both wings became more cautious. Under the intentional control of the grassroots commanders, the leaf-cutter ant army on both wings were not eager to rush in, but stuck to the enemy forces in front of them to prevent them from reinforcing them. Middle road.
On the battlefield in the middle, with dust flying and corpses lying everywhere, it was a different bloody scene.
The leafcutter ant army was well prepared for this offensive. They collected a lot of grass leaves and branches from near the camp and carried them to the battlefield.
When the ground was muddy, they would spread twigs and grass blades over it and continue their march unhindered.
After escaping the long-range attack of the belly-lifting ants on the cliff and entering the shooting blind spot under the cliff, some of the leaf-cutting ant warriors climbed directly onto the rock wall to attack from above.
More leaf-cutting ant warriors were busy supporting the thick branches they had carried all the way up the cliff, and they were actually preparing to use these branches as ladders.
These branch "ladders" vary in length. Some can only reach two-thirds of the height of the cliff, or even only half of the waist. They cannot be climbed directly to the top, but at least they can allow leaf-cutter ant warriors to climb. Save a lot of effort and time.
Leafcutter ant warriors who are good at climbing trees can climb these branches as if they were walking on flat ground, which is much easier than climbing a nearly vertical smooth cliff.
More branches can be set up directly on the top of the low cliff. As soon as they are set up, a large number of leaf-cutter ant warriors climb up the poles and quickly attack the top of the cliff.
The army of red fire ants on the top of the cliff originally took advantage of the danger and took advantage of it. The leaf-cutter ant army now used the ladder, which greatly eliminated the enemy's geographical advantage.
The leaf-cutting ant army continued to rush up along the tree branch ladder. In the fire ant army, fire ant warriors mixed with slave auxiliaries also rushed to the cliff to organize resistance.
Under the heroic counterattack of the defenders, corpses of leaf-cutting ants continued to fall from the top of the cliff or branches. Some leaf-cutting ant warriors even bit their enemies, jumped with all their might, and then fell off the cliff with the enemy warriors. The corpses at the bottom of the cliff continued to bite and fight for life and death.
The fire ant army also tried to overthrow several branches, but to no avail. The leaf cutter ant army was able to quickly re-erect the fallen branches.
The bottom of the cliff was soon covered with corpses. In an instant, there was a thick layer of half a centimeter. Corpses and debris from both sides continued to fall like snowflakes, as if a line of corpses would soon be formed under the cliff leading to the top of the cliff. Slope!
Some ants that were not completely dead also fell into the pile of corpses and were still struggling, but soon more ants fell down and completely covered the living ants in the blink of an eye. Most of the injured ants had difficulty struggling out of the increasingly thick mountain of corpses by their own strength, and could only suffocate to death inside.
War is so cruel, and individual lives are so insignificant that they seem not to exist.
The leaf-cutter ant army concentrated in the middle road finally had a numerical advantage of three to four times. Although the cliff still restricted the troop projection of the leaf-cutter ant army, the leaf-cutter ant army continued to charge forward with a steady stream of soldiers. At a considerable cost, he finally occupied one foothold after another on the top of the cliff.
The defense line of the fire ant army in the middle is tight, and as the leaf-cutting ant army's sacred animal, the star beetle, also flaps its wings and flies up the cliff to attack, the fire ant army's defense line is in danger of collapsing at any time.
The defense in the center of the defenders was extremely tight, while the troops on both wings were intact. However, the commander of the Red Fire Ant Army did not choose to deploy troops from both wings for support.
The red fire ant army in the middle, with its slave auxiliary soldiers, clings to the leaf-cutting ant army that has completely occupied the edge of the cliff. Even the cowardly ants and Japanese black ant warriors are moved by the existence of the red fire ant supervisory team. He had to fight to the end.
The fire ant army organized its elite warriors to form a death squad, and after killing five sacred beasts, the star beetles, they finally ran out of energy.
Seeing that the defenders in the middle had almost lost their last drop of blood and the defense line was crumbling, the top commanders of the Red Fire Ant Army finally used their reserves.
More than 20,000 local troops who were waiting at the rear of the front and outside [Slippery Rock City] immediately accelerated and rushed into the battlefield.
Their arrival stabilized the central defense line, which was about to collapse, and also allowed the front-line troops of the Red Fire Ants, who had lost their formation and were fighting independently, to regroup.
However, the leaf-cutter ant army's offensive has declined at this time. They clearly have a huge military advantage and are assisted by the star beetle. However, in this attack, the leaf-cutter ant army could not even break into the trap area.
Of course, the red fire ant army's traps were mainly placed on the two wings, and there were very few traps behind the cliff. The defenders did not want to rely on trap tricks to withstand the leaf-cutter ant army's attack, so they deployed the reserve team in advance. This was also a major reason .
At this time, not only the offensive of the leaf-cutter ant army was exhausted, but even the star longhorn beetles were dying and fleeing. Only four of them were left to cooperate in the battle, and all of them were injured.
When fire ant reinforcements came with great momentum, some leaf-cutter ant team commanders turned around and ran away, retreating with the surrounding troops, completely shaking the leaf-cutter ant army's front.
Seeing this offensive, the leaf-cutting ant army is about to retreat again.
But this time, the leaf-cutter ant army received strict orders from the queen ant conference in [Holy Tree City] and did not dare to give up halfway.
As a result, the leaf-cutting ant army threw its third line of troops into the battlefield. More than 100,000 troops attacked the left, middle and right routes like a roaring tsunami, still focusing on the middle route.
The last 10 intact star beetles were also sent to the middle by the leaf-cutting ant army, which was bound to penetrate here.
The leaf-cutter ant army no longer has any reserves available, and the red fire ant army also has no reserves. Both sides have invested all their strength.
All bets have been placed, and the dice of victory and defeat have been cast and are spinning. When the dice stop, the outcome will be clear!
