On November 2, a coalition of Siberian ants and Siberian stink ants took the lead in launching the attack, and two other small tribes of Erythropod ants and Hairy ants also sent hundreds of ants to help.
It is very interesting to talk about the alliance between the ant and the Siberian ant.
The two tribes were established in the same year by the queen ant in different parts of the same pine tree. They were not far apart, and they met and fought each other in the first year.
Regardless of the fact that the bellied ants are synonymous with weak combat power in the Red Fire Ant Country and the Ant Alliance, this tribe of bellied ants belongs to a different species from "Old Heart" and the others, and they fight very fiercely.
However, the Siberian stinky ant tribe is not easy to mess with. Although its combat power is not as good as that of the abdominal ants, it is very adaptable, good at collecting food, able to reproduce more ant colonies, and has the ability to secrete smelly liquid to deter enemies.
The two tribes fought for two years, and neither tribe could do anything to the other. They could only coexist on the same tree, one occupying the northeastern territory, and the other occupying the southwest territory.
Later, a tribe of forest ants migrated and attacked the pine trees where the ants and Siberian ants lived together, hoping to occupy this tree that produced many pine nuts and was rich in food resources.
This tribe of forest ants is stronger than the tribe of ants or Siberian ants, and the wood ants have strong tree-fighting abilities. Under the threat of external forces, the two tribes of ants and Siberian ants had to join forces to fight, and finally repelled the enemy. .
After that, the two ant tribes had a very good relationship and no longer attacked each other. They even hunted and went on expeditions together, slowly developing towards a tribal alliance.
This time, the fire burned down the trees where the ants and the Siberian ants lived. Fortunately, the two groups hid in their underground winter nests. Although there were losses, there was no fear of annihilation.
In the chaos after the fire, although the alliance of the two tribes was forced to migrate, it successfully ensured that the ant population of the tribe was not reduced too much along the way.
This time the various ethnic groups besieged [Pioneer City]. The allied forces of the two ethnic groups were dispatched. There were about 3,000 ants, of which more than 2,000 were young and strong ants who could fight. Most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled during the arduous migration. has been eliminated.
The strength of the two tribes' coalition was about average among all the indigenous ants besieging [Pioneering City], but their food reserves were very tight. They ignored the proposal of the Argentine Ant Tribe Alliance and decided to act alone.
This two-community alliance regarded [Pioneer City] as the other tribes they had plundered before, and they thought that if they robbed them, they would make money, and if they couldn't defeat them, they could still escape.
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When the flying knights urgently reported that the enemy troops were dispatched, the four legions in [Pioneer City] came out of the city to prepare for the battle.
After learning that only 3 groups of enemy troops were attacking and 2 groups of enemy troops were still very weak, only the 9th Army Corps moved forward to meet the enemy, while the other legions rested in place to prepare for subsequent enemy movements.
Although the air transport team has not recently transported large-scale transportation to the south coast, it has also transported some key supplies on a small scale, mainly artillery and ammunition.
On the city wall tower of [Pioneer City], there are now 24 mung bean cannons and 36 millet cannons. There are also 16 millet cannons that have been modified into movable ones and mounted on a sedan-like chassis. They are manned by 40 soldier ants in turn. It is carried, operated by 10 gun crew members, and can move with the regiment.
This time, the 9th Army Corps brought 4 millet cannons with them.
The two armies fought in an open field about an hour southwest of [Pioneer City].
The 9th Legion commanded by "Nai" arrived here in advance under the guidance of the Flying Knight and chose a slightly higher ridge to set up their formation.
Four millet cannons were unloaded and placed at the highest point of the ridge. The regiment was on the ridge, with the artillery position as the center, lined up like a long centipede, and two ant-hunting ant scout teams were covering the left and right sides of the battlefield.
This road is blocking the marching route of the ants and the Siberian ants. The armies of the other two small tribes are still behind, and they are also coming along this road.
On the ground here, scattered traces of the original fire can still be seen in the loess. Gray-black vegetation ash has accumulated in some places, and burned branches and grass roots are everywhere.
In this wasteland-like wilderness, four tribes of indigenous ants are gradually entering the land of death.
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The vanguard of the allied forces of the Belly Ants and the Siberian Stinky Ants arrived at the battlefield. After discovering the warriors of the God's Envoy King who were waiting in full formation, they immediately reported back to the formation and did not rush to launch an attack.
At this time, the enemy has entered the artillery range. I don't know if "Nai" and his legion lack combat experience with artillery support, or if they lack confidence in such a strange weapon as "artillery".
After all, the 9th Army was a newly formed force, and it did not wait for the enemy to get close to the optimal shooting range before starting to shoot.
The artillery team accompanying the army was also newly formed. It had undergone a lot of live-fire training, but this was the first time it had participated in actual combat.
The four millet cannons fired at the same time, but the enemy formation 5 meters away was not harmed at all. The four shells fell to the ground one after another at the front position, stirring up the smoke of vegetation ash and loess that settled on the ground. This is because the firing angle of the artillery was not adjusted correctly.
The coalition forces of the two tribes did not even realize that they were being attacked. The dull sound of the artillery was regarded as noise by them. The smoke and dust rising not far in front of them, maybe something fell from a high place?
Seeing this, "Nai" lost confidence in the artillery. There were few soldiers on the opposite side, so he directly ordered 20 squads to attack, leaving 30 squads as reserves.
The warriors of the Divine Envoy King charged fiercely, and quickly withstood a round of acid shots from the opponent's belly-lifting ants, and got close to melee combat. With the cover of iron armor, as long as the compound eye is not directly hit, the warriors of the God Envoy King are not easily injured by the enemy's long-range attacks.
The legions of the God Envoy King and the coalition forces of the two races were strangled together. After a few minutes, the enemy could no longer hold on. The barbarian ants, who were poorly equipped and had no courage at all, faced the soldiers of the God Envoy King who were armed to the teeth and marched forward in array. So vulnerable most of the time.
When the warriors of the God Envoy King pursued, they encountered trouble. The Siberian stinky ants stayed behind. Their eye-catching bellies with two large, two small and four yellow spots bulged and smeared a large amount of extremely smelly liquid on their bodies and the ground. and nearby objects.
This stench is unbearable to the well-trained warriors of the God's Envoy King. Even if the Siberian stinky ants are trembling in front of them, they cannot kill them with their mouths. It is really stinky.
Fortunately, the enemy just wanted to retreat. The ants in the coalition could not stand the stench and did not take the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
At this time, the flying knight reported that the enemy's main force was approaching, and "Nai" hurriedly sent an order for the attacking troops to come back.
The troops who stayed behind in Tulong smelled the smell of Siberian ant secretions drifting over from a distance, but it was not unpleasant. It didn't have an extremely bad smell, but it was a bit fragrant! ?
