Four medium-sized beetles belonging to the 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Tank Corps of the King of Angels are moving forward quickly.
The organization of this team includes 2 medium-sized dung beetles, 2 medium-sized infantry, as well as 1 squad leader, 3 tank commanders, 8 drivers, 16 escort warriors, and 20 accompanying infantry.
At this time, together with other squads of their own legion, they maintained two roughly level fronts, front and rear, and quickly charged towards the enemy camp.
According to the Flying Knight's reconnaissance, the enemy camp was completely unprepared for a surprise attack. It was approaching dusk at this time, which was the time when the enemy camp was most relaxed.
On the south side, the 4th Tank Corps has already invaded another camp of the opponent, and the 3rd Tank Corps is about to launch a general offensive.
Because of the delay on the road, the 3rd Tank Corps had already abandoned the two infantry regiments it had originally been cooperating with and was moving quickly with light equipment to ensure that it would attack at approximately the same time as the friendly forces.
The 50 squads under the 3rd Tank Corps include 6 large beetle squads, 6 support beetle squads, 18 medium beetle squads, 18 small beetle squads, and 2 logistics squads.
This legion has many beetles and powerful assault capabilities, so the whole legion has already been rubbing its limbs, just waiting for a big kill.
At the beginning, the 3rd Tank Corps only encountered resistance from a small number of enemy burrowing ant scouts on the ground, as well as from the abdominal ants that jumped out from time to time and shot sporadically on the plants.
This resistance was not enough to slow down the tank army. The various beetles continued to move forward without paying any attention to them, leaving it to the accompanying infantry to eliminate these enemy ants.
The 3rd Tank Corps' front quickly entered a small bush where the vegetation was complex. The regiment commander saw it on the command beetle and ordered the messengers to put up signal flags: each team speeded through.
This set of signal flags is a newly invented and implemented command system. The tank troops are too fast, and it has long been exposed that the traditional command methods that rely on signal troops or smells and friction sounds cannot keep up with the pace. The current signal flag system can use flags of different shapes and colors to combine 6 common commands. It is only available on the legion command tank. After receiving the command, the squad leader and tank commander on each tank use smells and friction sounds to convey the command in a small area. , which can basically meet the order-passing needs of the tank corps.
When many tanks and accompanying infantry drove into this bush, the formation was forced to become somewhat distorted due to terrain restrictions, but it remained generally intact.
The tank troops of the first front quickly emerged from the bushes, and the second front was passing, followed by the logistics troops and some accompanying infantry who had fallen behind in clearing out scattered resistance.
At this moment, in the bushes, as the right front leg of the No. 1 Infantry Armor of the 2nd Team stepped on the air, a hole suddenly appeared on the otherwise normal ground! ?
Before the accompanying infantrymen of the second team could check, suddenly two big-headed ant soldiers with stone jaws attached to their jaws and wearing leather cloaks sprang out!
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by slight and rhythmic ground vibrations, countless small holes instantly appeared on the ground, and the elite "Leather Armor Army" commanded by the "Stubborn King" of the Northern Expeditionary Army were fighting out of the holes.
There is an ambush! ! !
Previously, the "Leather Army" used the time bought by the scouts such as the burrowing ants and the bellied ants, and quickly got into the bushes very close to the camp according to the plan.
Small holes have been dug in the ground here, and each small hole can only accommodate about a dozen ants. After the "Leather Armor Army" soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army got in, they immediately blocked the hole with a thin layer of soil from the inside. It was difficult to see anything strange from the outside.
The sudden attack of the "leather armor army" that had completed its ambush did catch the tank troops of the God's Envoy King's Army by surprise for a moment, but soon the well-trained tank troops recovered.
These 1,500 "Leather Army" soldiers alone are not enough to pose a major threat to the fully armed tank troops.
These "leather-armored troops" were no match for various types of beetles. When the tank troops came to their senses, the commanders commanded various types of beetles to launch counterattacks with their mandibles and iron cannons. These enemy ants, even with "leather armor", were unable to withstand them. one strike.
The soldiers of the "Leather Armor Army" continued to fight without fear. They tried their best to avoid the attacks of the beetles and maneuvered flexibly on the ground, all the while restraining the infantry accompanying the tank troops of the Angel King's Legion.
They persisted for a while, and finally waited with considerable casualties, until their reinforcements arrived on the battlefield!
The "Stubborn King" who was responding nearby, commanded two Northern Expedition Army regiments and 3,000 soldiers joined the battle group from the south.
The commander of the 3rd Tank Corps was not afraid. In his opinion, with such a small enemy force, when the tank troops gathered to launch an attack, they would be completely vulnerable.
Even if each team is still locked in a melee and losing speed due to terrain and attacks, this is not something that enemy ants can stop. At this time, the first front line that had left the bushes had also turned back, and was fully capable of defeating the enemy!
Moreover, there are two friendly infantry corps behind the 3rd Tank Corps, which are only half an hour away. They are not far away and can come for reinforcements.
But when the troops of the "Stubborn King" joined the battle group, the tanks of the God Envoy King's army were attacked one after another. The enemy obviously had a premeditated plan!
Some lightly-armed soldiers and worker ants, unlike the enemy ants encountered by the tank troops before, focus on dealing with various types of beetles with obvious targets but hard shells - such enemy ants are often quickly killed by the beetles. Destroyed together with the accompanying infantry.
I saw that the opponent used the "leather armor army" to contain the accompanying infantry, nimbly avoiding the front of the beetle, dexterously climbing up the beetle's body from the side and back, and began to attack the commander and driver above.
There are usually only a few covering warriors on the beetle, which is not enough to cover the commander and driver.
Some tank commanders died heroically, some guard soldiers on the backs of beetles had to face the siege of three to five enemy ants, and some drivers jumped off the ground in panic and were beheaded by the "leather armor army".
Some of the beetles soon lost their command and began to rush around! The remaining beetles can't help - a fierce battle is going on on their backs just out of reach!
Normally, such a situation would never happen. Tank troops always maintain high speed when engaging the enemy, and are accompanied by infantry and other infantry regiments for cover.
But the timing and terrain of this battle caused the tank troops to lose their speed and cover, and they fell into such a passive situation. In addition, the enemy was well prepared!
This gave the 3rd Tank Corps the feeling of being unable to use its strength and being led by the opponent's tentacles!
