After clarifying their strategies, the countries in the Civilized Ant Alliance took action separately.
The Divine Messenger King's Legion has expanded as planned to 60 field legions and 100 field artillery groups since the beginning of spring. Including local garrison troops in various places, the total strength reaches 80 regiments and 200 artillery groups, and the strength is greatly improved compared with previous years.
Among them, 20 field legions are temporarily stationed in Qinghai, 20 legions are temporarily stationed in Qinghe, 10 legions are scattered in other areas on the north bank of Qinghe River, and 10 legions are scattered on the south bank of Qinghe River.
The protagonist ordered the deployment of 10 field regiments from each of the two regions to go north, and at the same time strengthened 20 artillery squads to assemble at the northernmost end of the territory to participate in this military operation.
Among the 20 field armies transferred, there are also the only two tank units in the army: the 1st Tank Army commanded by "Gun II", and the 2nd Tank Army commanded by "Rambovan II" which was just formed later that year. .
Over in the Leafcutter Ant Country, due to the shortage of food after the beginning of spring, they only temporarily assembled about 200,000 troops at the border, of which 50,000 new and veteran troops were directly involved in the operation.
Expeditionary armies from other civilized ant tribes all participated in the operation, including approximately 6,000 soldiers from the Black Fire Ant Army, approximately 5,000 warriors from the Marching Ant Army, approximately 4,000 warriors from the Sand's Flat-headed Ant Army, approximately 2,000 warriors from the Bullet Ant Army, and approximately 2,000 warriors from the Sharp-tailed Ant Army. There are about 2,000 soldiers in the army of thin-footed ants, and about 2,000 soldiers in the army of completely different blind leaf-cutting ants. Its food is supplied jointly by the Leafcutter Ant Nation and the Ant Alliance Nation.
As a result, among the two armies participating in the attack on the red fire ant country, the west route army has about 70,000 troops, including the leaf cutter ant army and other civilized ant tribe troops; the south route army has about 60,000 troops, all of which are soldiers of the God Envoy King.
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March 14th.
This year's spring came earlier than in previous years. In early March, the daytime was already very warm. By mid-March, the ants could already go out and be active for five or six hours during the day.
This is the season of vitality, when the earth is filled with traces of new life and prosperity.
On this day, the civilized ant coalition forces agreed in advance marched from the west and south directions at the same time and quickly attacked.
Along the way, there was no trace of enemy ants in most of the areas the coalition troops passed through. Last year, the coalition forces occupied a large amount of land along the route. Although they temporarily evacuated before winter, the red fire ant country, which had been severely weakened by the war, was still unable to regain and manage these lost lands in the short period of time after the beginning of spring.
Along the way, what the coalition forces saw most were some secondary nests of fire ants that had just been established in the spring. When faced with the pressure of the coalition forces, they either fled cowardly, or in vain, dozens or hundreds of them rushed forward to die.
Among the enemy ants that escaped, in addition to the slave ants of several tribes that accounted for the majority, there were also red fire ants. These red fire ants, usually fearless of death, have now joined the escape queue, which also reveals the current predicament of the red fire ant country.
Both the Western Route Army and the Southern Route Army of the coalition pursued and killed the enemy's defeated troops, but there were always ants that slipped through the net, and the Red Fire Ant Nation soon learned the information.
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Inside.
In a dark and narrow underground room, in a simple nest room, 19 male red imported fire ants are meeting.
They are the only remaining elders from the once huge group of elders in the Red Fire Ant Kingdom, and most of them are young elders who were promoted before and after the restoration of the country.
The once powerful country of red fire ants is no longer visible. This group is like this shabby and dilapidated underground nest, so dark that there is no way out.
Looking at the young elders in the conference room who were angry in vain, cowardly, or ignorant of the enemy's attack, the mind of the "wise elder" was filled with desolate emotions.
At this moment, he seemed to be falling into a spider web, struggling hard but unable to escape, while a huge spider was slowly but surely approaching along the web.
The country of red fire ants is facing a major crisis. Even if the elders are arrogant and domineering in normal times, they now know that their country's military strength is not enough to fight against the incoming enemy forces.
If not for this, the "wise elder" who was forced to be idle again in the winter would not have been invited to attend the meeting. He has not held military power for three months. Both the senior elders and the younger elders were surprisingly consistent in ostracizing him. !
The "wisdom elders" know best the current military strength of their country. The troops that can be assembled are only about 10,000 soldiers of their own race, including a large number of old, weak, sick and disabled. Slave ants can gather 40,000 to 50,000, and the burrowing ants are not good at fighting. and abdominal ants are the main species.
Such a force is obviously unable to win in a field battle. The enemy is no longer the enemy that did not know what "tactics" was two or three years ago.
The "wisdom elder" has experienced many years of war with the leaf-cutting ant army, and he is fully aware of the changes in the battlefield. The red fire ant country is now facing not only the leaf-cutting ant army that is very dull in fighting, but also some very powerful ones. opponent.
The elders discussed and discussed, but still could not decide how to respond, so the "wisdom elder" was pushed out to serve as the temporary top military officer. This is the result of a compromise!
Last year, when the coalition forces pressed on, the "wise elder" who was also unemployed was appointed as the highest military officer, leading the army and civilians to defend resolutely. With reasonable tactics and desperate determination, he successfully dragged the war into winter and into the The enemy retreated. Then he was dismissed.
At this time, facing a similar situation, the younger generation of elders naturally felt that the "wisdom elders" could continue to create miracles.
However, the "wisdom elder" himself knew that the environment was no longer the same.
On the one hand, the number of troops that could be assembled last year was larger than now, and the combat effectiveness was also stronger.
Due to the continuous fighting before winter last year, the supplies stored in the city were almost exhausted. During the winter, they even relied on eating corpses for a long time. The consequences of this are that the disease that spread from winter to today is still prevalent in the city.
The disease not only destroys a large number of ant eggs and young ants, but also makes adult ants weak and sickly. Even if the red imported fire ant country has tried its best to eliminate diseased eggs and drive adult soldier ants outside to build secondary nests, it has only contained the epidemic, but has not eliminated it.
In addition, the fire ant country has not been able to raise enough food since the beginning of spring, and the troops and materials that the "wisdom elders" can now control are not as good as last year.
In addition, as long as we persisted last year, we would be able to get reinforcements from the overlord country. When the cold winds of winter come, time will be on the side of the red fire ant country.
This year, both of these favorable conditions no longer exist.
The "wise elder" who once again became the top military commander issued the first military order after calm calculation in his mind.
The other elders were in an uproar, and various emotions continued to pour out of the tentacles, mixed together!
