While the parasitic army in the North is seeking revenge because of the death of a cherished parasitic brain, a decisive battle is about to take place in the West.
The front line of the black fire ant army has arrived at the stream. This "black stream" that passes through the hinterland of the black fire ant country, the western border, and the southern border is a typical landmark and geographical dividing line. After crossing this stream, you reach the ground of the western border.
Although there is a stream as a natural moat, there are many rocks out of the water on this stream, which can be used by ants or insects for wading. At this time, the water level of the stream is slowly rising, but generally it is still in the dry season, and there are more places for fording.
The 400,000-strong army of the Black Fire Ant Nation has gradually gathered on the east bank of the Black Creek and begun to make arrangements for crossing the river.
The place they chose to cross the river was the road that the Western Fortress defenders took when they retreated. Using a few large rocks on the stream and small pebbles in the middle as the base points, it was easy to build a temporary bridge using wood, fiber, etc.
Some insects that are good at jumping can use these stone springboards to easily cross the river banks. Insects with long legs can also directly wade across the river during the dry season.
Ants don't have this ability, they must use external objects. When the Western Fortress retreated, it took several hours to build a simple bridge, and then dismantled it after crossing the river to prevent the fallen ants from chasing after them.
After the vanguard of the black fire ant army arrived at the stream, they searched for materials nearby and began to build a bridge.
When the main force arrived, the first bridge had already been erected. Different from the elegant rope bridge of the Ant Alliance, this temporary bridge was very rough in style, consisting of large and small unprocessed log branches covered with fibers and ants. The glue was wrapped into several thicker, irregular sticks of different lengths, placed between the rocks in the stream, and temporarily fixed with soil burial and ant glue adhesion. There were no guardrails, no Bridge plate, simple but practical.
The black fire ant clan is a fighting ant clan, but their talents in construction are a bit skewed. Ant mounds must be built by slave ants, and bridges must be built by slaves or vassals. The black fire ants themselves can only dig simple nests.
The vanguard of the bridge construction team soon arrived at the west bank of Black Creek from the completed bridge and set up a cordon here. Among the majority of those who arrived later, some began to line up to cross the river, while others were collecting materials to build new bridges to expand traffic capacity.
Just one bridge is not enough for the 400,000 troops to cross the river as soon as possible. It is very dangerous for all the hedgehogs to gather by the stream. Since yesterday, parasitic flying insects have been appearing over the army. Apparently they have been discovered!
The operation to cross the river was carried out in an orderly manner, which made the supreme commander "Black Coal" who arrived at the stream with the Chinese army blameless. He is a strict general. He once executed more than 100 warriors and 3 male ants of his own clan due to military law. He became famous in one fell swoop after that.
Of course, his record is also real. He has conquered hundreds of aliens on the border, plundered hundreds of thousands of slaves, and slowly accumulated achievements.
He also has noble blood, and the queen who gave birth to him is a direct descendant of the queens who gave birth to several famous generals in history.
With multiple auras, "Black Coal" naturally commands the absolute main force of this black fire ant country.
This army has brought together the elites of the Black Fire Ant Army. The national strength of the Black Fire Ant Nation may be enough to support the continued assembly of one or even two armies of similar size, but that would only be an empty effort. Troops with real combat experience and excellent commanders are already under the command of "Black Coal". An army of this size is rarely recorded in memory ants, and it is the dream of all generals to command.
This is a large army and the best hope for victory for the Black Fire Ant Nation. If they cannot drive away the invading fallen ants, then the Black Fire Ant Nation will have to use internal defense tactics that consume a lot of money to survive the difficulties.
King "Black Coal" obviously did not want his home country to fall into such a situation. Before and after the army set off, he had been actively analyzing and guessing the movements, tactics, and... intentions of the fallen ants from various intelligences...
Even bellicose ants don't start fights for no reason. On the contrary, most ants tend to have simple but relatively accurate calculations before the war, and can decide whether to fight or draw based on the probability of winning and the amount of loot, as well as how much force to invest and when to stop losses.
Fallen ants are also ants and living creatures. It is their instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. King "Black Coal" thought of this keenly. They must have a plan to appear here and to focus their attacks on the northern and southern borders.
But the "Black Coal" King has not been able to guess the purpose of the parasitic army because he has too little information in his mind.
The King's Council of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom had made some estimates and believed that even if the 400,000-strong army could not win, it would not be completely defeated. If it was not possible, they could still rely on the Black Creek natural barrier to protect the core hinterland, so they were willing to fight to the death.
Huge pressure is on the "black coal" king!
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When he remembered the "buzzing" sound of wings in the sky, the "black coal" king who was thinking on a mound suddenly woke up. This voice had appeared in his intelligence, it was...
Parasitic flying insects!
Almost instantly, a large number of parasitic wasps, parasitic dragonflies, parasitic damselflies, parasitic locusts, parasitic moths and other flying insects rose from the grass line on the west bank of the Black Creek, like black clouds, quickly towards the black fire ant army crossing the river. Press it away!
King "Black Coal" immediately issued an order to respond with breath and friction, but it would take time for his order to reach all the legions through transmission or transmission.
Fortunately, the entire army is well-trained. With the black fire ant army as the core, the army commanders and squad leaders have already issued combat orders.
The legions on both sides of the river formed a circular formation and stood firm. Warriors with the ability to spray formic acid, such as ants and red forest ants, prepared to shoot in the air. The troops crossing the river quickly left the fragile bridge.
However, the black clouds came too quickly, and the fastest parasitic dragonflies and parasitic wasps arrived above the black fire ant army almost in the time it took for the leaves to sway a few times.
The target of the first wave of air strikes was the black fire ant army that had not yet completed crossing the stream. This was the army that was least able to fight back. The parasitic flying insects obviously knew that persimmons were weak.
As the parasitic flying insects swooped down, two sections of the makeshift bridge were knocked into the water. Dozens of ants of all races also fell into the water, struggling and being rushed downstream.
There are also some ants that are pierced by the mouthparts of parasitic flying insects, and will be caught by the mandibles and front legs, taken up to the sky and thrown down.
In one encounter, the black fire ant army lost more than a hundred ants, and some of the middle sections of the three newly built bridges were also destroyed.
The black fire ant army was divided on both sides of the Black Creek by a sudden air raid!
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