After the war, the commander of the 3rd Tank Corps stood on his car in a serious mood.
After a hard fight, the regiment finally repulsed the Northern Expeditionary Army. However, this tank regiment, which had just formed an army, also suffered a lot of losses. The tank commanders, drivers and guard soldiers on more than 20 small and medium-sized beetles were all killed and wounded. They fled in all directions, and there were also some casualties among the ants on the beetles.
These tank commanders and drivers are all technical talents, and they need long-term training to graduate. It takes more resources to train one than to train 10 ordinary soldiers. Hundreds of them were lost in this battle...
Even though thousands of enemy ants were eliminated in this battle, at such a price, this battle was already a failure, and it was even enough for the army commander to be reprimanded by his superiors after the war.
After all, the "Stubborn King" had too few troops. He took advantage of the opportunity and various coincidences to inflict some casualties on the 3rd Tank Corps at the beginning. However, when the accompanying infantry of the corps began to close close to the tanks to provide cover, the large-scale tanks commanded by the corps commander After the stag armor began to accelerate its assault, the targeted tactics of the Northern Expeditionary Army failed, and the situation began to deteriorate.
Soon after, the "Stubborn King" received a report from the bellied ants who fled from the trees and were on guard outside, saying that a large number of minions of the Fallen Angel King were approaching.
Having obtained the desired experimental results, the "Stubborn King" immediately retreated with his Northern Expeditionary Army soldiers, leaving only a small number of burrowing ants and belly-lifting ants who had not received orders and were forced to cut off the rear.
When the 3rd Tank Corps dispersed the enemy rear troops, they were busy retrieving the beetle mounts that were scattered out of control, wasting time.
At this time, the infantry of the 16th Army also arrived on the battlefield. They went to pursue them until they reached the stone camp established by the Northern Expeditionary Army.
But the Northern Expeditionary Army did not return to the camp at all. Instead, they followed the marked pheromones and left the battlefield far away in a circle.
The 16th Legion made a strong attack and captured the stone camp. They found that there were only a few hundred burrowing ants and belly-lifting ants inside, and there were no Northern Expeditionary Forces. Otherwise, such a camp would not be easy to conquer.
After that, the 3rd Tank Corps, together with the 16th and 17th Corps, attacked the Zhengdong Camp of the Black Fire Ant Army as originally planned. They launched the attack much later than originally planned.
Almost all the black fire ant troops in the Zhengdong Camp rushed out to the Southeast Camp, which was attacked first, and fought fiercely with the Army of the God Envoy King attacking there.
The 3rd Tank Corps and other troops quickly captured the empty Zhengdong Camp, then rushed to the rear of the enemy's main force, and completed the siege of the Black Fire Ant Army with the other two armies.
This can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, because the enemy army is six or seven times as many as the God's Envoy King's legion. The original plan of the God's Envoy King's legion was to defeat the enemy troops one by one and then pursue them. Now the enemy troops have gathered together and are surrounded, and they can't escape even if they want to.
Although the black fire ant army fights bravely, it is not as easy to defeat and lose fighting spirit as the burrowing ants and other client ants. But facing the heavy rain of fire from the iron artillery of the Angel King's army, the torrent of assault by the tank troops, and the sharp jaws of the infantry soldiers of the God Angel King, after a night of fierce fighting, when the east is white and the fire is black, The ant army has been completely defeated.
The army of more than 200,000 black fire ants was almost completely wiped out. Only a few thousand ants escaped from the encirclement by accident due to the darkness of the night. They had to face the pursuit of flying knights the next day, and even fewer managed to escape back to their home countries.
Most of the remaining ones died in the battle, and those who were lucky enough to survive were also very difficult to escape: according to the prior order of the God Envoy King, after the God Envoy King's army completely defeated the enemy, they executed all the vassal ants of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom who were captured due to exhaustion. , ordinary black fire ant warriors were also executed. Only a few hundred black fire ant male ant nobles were given a chance to survive and were imprisoned in [Western City].
These prisoners and hostages of the Ant Alliance even include several members of the "King's Conference" of the Black Fire Ant Nation. The protagonist decides to use these chips to have a good talk with the Black Fire Ant Nation.
Until now, the protagonist has not made up his mind to fight with the opponent. This idea has passed through his mind many times and has been suppressed by practical interests.
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The day before this annihilation war, a mediation meeting organized by the Leaf-Cutter Ant Nation was held. "Xiaohua", the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Ant Alliance Nation, attended the meeting as the special envoy of the God Envoy King.
The protagonist was very uncomfortable due to sudden physical illness, so he canceled his plan to attend in person.
The protagonist was originally very hopeful about this meeting, so he planned to attend in person. He still hoped to restore the situation before the war. Even if the relationship was not good, the business could still be done.
The protagonist has already made clear the new expansion direction among the domestic high-level officials. After the south bank of Qinghe River is stabilized, he will concentrate his efforts on dealing with the Pavement Ant Empire, which has no time to look south. Therefore, he needs a stable rear and a group of allies who can provide support.
But this meeting disappointed him. The Black Fire Ant Kingdom sent an envoy headed by "Flying Eagle". The other party showed the information package of the so-called "Vulcan Monument Oracle". His "performance" impressed many people from all walks of life. clan representative.
Although "Little Flower" continued to expose "Flying Eagle"'s performance in accordance with the instructions of the protagonist, representatives of various ethnic groups had preconceived ideas. The prestige of the Black Fire Ant Nation within the civilized ant tribe for many years was not comparable to that of the upstart Ant United Nation.
In the end, some Thin-footed Ants, Sharp-tailed Ants, Hairy Forest Ants, and Honeypot Ants expressed their support for the Black Fire Ant Nation's proposal and believed that the Ant Alliance Nation should be expelled from the ranks of the civilized ant tribe.
Other tribes are opposed or cautious, believing that it is unfair to use the God of Fire's oracle to punish the Big-headed Ant tribe who inherited the Thunder God.
The decision-making power still lies with the leaf-cutter ants who are the guardians of the sacred tree. The Ant Alliance has a good relationship with them, so the protagonist and "Little Flower" were originally confident.
But unexpectedly, the leaf-cutter ant clan was using public weapons for private purposes at this time. At the meeting, they stated that if the Ant Alliance was willing to execute all the leaf-cutting ants in the country as the Leaf-cutter Ant Nation proposed last time, then the Leaf-cutter Ant Nation would Will support the Ant Alliance.
This seems very ridiculous to the protagonist, but other ants don't care. "Little Flower" didn't dare to agree, so she could only report to the protagonist.
The protagonist, who was in pain, was already in a bad mood and refused in anger.
In the evening of the same day, the meeting resolution came: the leaf cutter ant country supports the black fire ant country, but it does not kick the ant alliance country out of the civilized ant team. It also retains the ant alliance country's Thor inheritance title, but only lists it as a "fire ant country". Ant tribe not welcomed by God."
According to the resolution of the meeting, all ethnic groups are not allowed to trade Vulcan-related goods with the Ant United Kingdom, that is, any goods related to fire. The list was drawn up by "Flying Eagle" who is familiar with the Ant Alliance's domestic Qing Dynasty, including coal, metal products, various Ore, etc.
Many of these products are resources that are very much needed by the Ant Alliance. Compared with the hundreds of snail shells and honeydew that were required to be paid, this ban made the protagonist even more angry!
