On September 5th, amid the constant harassment and counter-attacks between the Angel King's Army and the Pavement Ant Empire's Army, the situation on the Eastern Front, which had been dormant for a long time, first changed.
The Flying Knight's reconnaissance report revealed that the main force of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army on the Eastern Front had already moved out of camp and was stationed about two days north of [Hive City].
After the Divine Envoy King's army moved thousands of miles away from [Panxia City], the Pavement Ant Empire Army did not immediately launch a long-distance pursuit, but rested on the spot. The protagonist's fire caused heavy losses to the enemy. Although they received reinforcements, they were unable to sustain supplies and were forced to stay for a long time.
After that, the red fire ant nation, eager to regain its land, sent a large number of small troops to occupy the empty areas after the withdrawal of the God Envoy King's army, and rebuilt many nests. The red fire ant colonization force advanced to a position very close to the north of [Hive City] before being stopped by the patrol of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
Since then, the two sides have been living in peace. Only today did the Pavement Ant Imperial Army finally move over and establish an advance base for the next large-scale attack.
Their actions obviously sounded the clarion call for the upcoming attack on [Hive City].
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The next day, September 6, the war broke out on the western front of the battlefield, only one day separated from the changes on the eastern front.
The protagonist highly suspects that the enemy's east and west fronts have agreed to attack at the same time. This will cause the God's Envoy King's army to fight on two fronts, which will be extremely stressful!
Early on the morning of the 6th, the flying knights who were routinely dispatched for reconnaissance reported urgently that the enemy troops had been dispatched in large numbers.
From the information package, the protagonist saw tens of thousands of enemy ground troops pulling out from scattered camps and gathering in a large open space among the woods.
Thousands of "mosquitoes" also took off collectively and gathered together, shrouding the ground troops like billowing smoke.
The protagonist orders all the combat flying knights to dispatch to meet the enemy. Over the past few days, the Angel King's army has gradually gained control of the air. The enemy is preparing for a massive counterattack this time, but the protagonist does not want to lose it again when the army is of inferior quality. Air superiority.
At this time, because there are very few air battles on the eastern front, the combat flying knights of the All-God Envoy King Corps have been concentrated on the western front [Red Iron City], with a total of 10 squads. Currently, there are less than 500 knights due to battle losses.
The war on the Western Front began with a large-scale air battle.
Hundreds of combat flying knights, plus more than a hundred auxiliary reconnaissance flying knights, occupied the high altitude and charged into the forest in a mighty manner.
Enemy troops respond!
I saw insect shadows flying in the woods, as if countless clouds and mist were swaying in the forest, fireballs flying in all directions, blood and flesh seemed to dye the black forest red, and countless lives fell like a black rain.
The flying knights had strong combat power and firmly controlled the mid-air, while the "mosquito" troops had the upper hand in numbers. They repeatedly launched upward attacks from low altitudes, and retreated in time when disadvantages were encountered, accepting the cover of the ground belly ants and the yellow ants on the trees.
The air battle reached a stalemate after a fierce battle. The flying knights lost nearly a hundred knights and the "Mosquitoes" lost nearly half of their troops. The Angel King's Army finally managed to control the airspace, but could not enter the low altitude to pursue them. The enemy "Mosquitoes" lost the capture. Strength at high altitude.
Subsequently, after ensuring air superiority, the Giant Dragonfly bombing force immediately dispatched, pouring a lot of firepower at the enemy's gathering place. The huge explosion and small-scale fires caused tens of thousands of enemy troops to be killed and injured.
Such firepower was not enough to prevent the enemy's accumulation and advancement.
There are too many pavement ant empire troops, and they must move out every time they assemble a group, otherwise the ground at the assembly area will not be able to accommodate so many warriors.
The first batch of about 50,000 to 60,000 enemy troops, as the vanguard, rushed directly to the [Red 4 Fortress] without being hit by aerial fire, and subsequent troops were still dispatched in sequence.
[Red 4 Fortress] The defenders only have 1 legion and 12 artillery batteries, and less than 3,000 Angel King warriors. This time the enemy was attacking on a large scale. They would not let go of the stronghold and directly climb over the city wall like the silver ant attack. Instead, they chose to attack by force.
The defenders faced the pressure, and a fierce offensive and defensive battle began.
At this time, the Divine Envoy King's Army finally sent batches of half-trained artillery crews and cover troops to the towers of the city wall, but there were still no troops stationed on the wall between the towers. The Divine Envoy King's Army did not have enough troops to defend everywhere.
What's more, except for the 6 fortresses in the first line of defense, they were not the key points that had to be defended in the plan.
The enemy's attack was met with concentrated fire from the front [Red 4 Fortress], the side [Red 3 Fortress] and [Red 5 Fortress], as well as the towers on the city wall. Forty or fifty artillery pieces fired repeatedly, paving the way for the advancing troops. The Ant Empire army caused heavy losses.
But the enemy didn't care about the losses at all.
As always, half of this group of enemy troops were vassal armies, and only the troops from the Pavement Ant Empire were holding the line at the rear.
Countless burrowing ants, burrowing ants, red fire ants, Ehrlich's ants, and yellow ants formed an attack formation and charged under gunfire. Most of the dead were vassals. When the Pavement Ant Commander saw the heavy losses, he didn't even bother to move his tentacles.
The cowardly burrowing ants couldn't bear it at first and planned to retreat. However, they were scared out of their wits by the killing spree of the pavement ant imperial army supervising the battle, so they could only turn around again.
When the enemy troops rushed to the trench, the ants began to shoot at the warriors of the Angel King on the city wall. The large amounts of acid they shot burned the walls and the carapace of the defenders, leaving traces of acid.
The defenders immediately fired back with fire bomb slings. The unprotected Ants suffered heavy losses. In addition, the intensive shooting caused the acid reserves to be exhausted, and they quickly stopped shooting.
Under the cover of the belly-lifting ants, other melee warriors from all races had climbed over the ditch and began to climb the city wall to attack from above.
The defending Angel King warriors lined up in a dense formation on the city wall to fight, while the rear artillery groups and long-range throwing troops continued to fire to weaken the enemy.
In this first battle, both sides fought extremely fiercely. The warriors of the God's Envoy King protect their homes and their country. They are full of fighting spirit and anger, and they pour it out on the invaders. The enemy forces also showed no signs of weakness, especially the fire ant warriors and their vassals. Most of them fought to the death with the ambition of restoring the country.
But the biggest threat to the defenders was the small number of Aiman ant warriors.
These hundreds of soldiers did not mix with other enemy troops, nor did they attack [Red 4 Fortress] directly. Instead, they grouped together to attack a section of the nearby city wall, and then captured a tower, killing all the artillery crews and covering soldiers above. .
Afterwards, the Ai Shi Man Ants advanced along the city wall towards the [Red 4 Fortress] and captured the second tower. Seeing that they only needed to capture one more tower, they could directly threaten the [Red 4 Fortress] itself!
The defenders of [Red 4 Fortress] were mostly fighting from the front at this time, with only a few covering troops on the sides!
