The sunshine today is very good, shining brightly on this land where the vegetation is not dense. With the breeze raising dust, this highland wilderness exudes a vast and majestic momentum.
This is a piece of land in the southern part of the western border of the Black Fire Ant Country. The terrain is high, the soil is shallow, and there are large areas of exposed rocks on the surface. Only a few stubborn vegetation grow tenaciously in the cracks of the rocks and a small amount of accumulated soil. Most places have It's open space.
There is also very little life here. The few herbivorous arthropods that are unwilling to compete fiercely with other creatures in the fertile lowlands struggle to survive by foraging on this land, supporting even rarer advanced predators.
At this time, the largest group of organisms on this land is the army of various races of the Black Fire Ant Nation advancing in formation.
The army of black fire ants climbed up from the gentle slope on the west bank of Black Creek to this high ground, and then headed west. There are not many ups and downs along this highland, and there are no obstacles such as ponds and swamps. It is just the right place to avoid the aquatic beasts of fallen ants. Following the high ground, one can reach the hinterland of the Western Territory, and then launch an attack from a high position. This is a marching route carefully chosen by King "Black Coal".
Of course, this road is not without its shortcomings. The biggest trouble is the inconvenience of supplies.
Because the environment is very barren, there are not many secondary nests of the black fire ant kingdom here, and there are not many ant colonies, so it is difficult to raise food on the spot, and it is also far away from bridges and local supply lines.
King "Black Coal" chose to take all the food and grass in the camp with him, which was probably enough for six days, and it would be difficult to count on supplies after that.
The troops left behind to guard the bridge did not have enough troops to transport food and fodder, and it was difficult to ensure delivery of long supply lines under the surveillance of ubiquitous parasitic flying insects. Therefore, the "Black Coal" King did not count on transportation from the rear at all. The remaining troops are not required to participate in the transportation.
It can be said that the "Black Coal" King is desperate to defeat the fallen ants in one battle. If not, he has to find a way to defeat the enemy with food or seize a resource-rich supply base, otherwise this army will soon fall into a dilemma of lack of food.
The "Black Coal" King did this very riskyly, but he had his own considerations. He knew that Fallen Ant still had two partial divisions in the south and north. However, the troops sent by his country to the south and north were very few and might not be able to withstand them. The "Black Coal" King himself was very helpless to the South and North Route Army. confidence.
If the southern and northern borders are lost, and the western border cannot achieve a decisive victory, the black fire ant army will have no choice but to retreat to the homeland and face a three-sided attack by the enemy's superior forces, falling into a huge strategic disadvantage.
And if he commands the Black Fire Ant Army on the west route and can win a big victory while the enemy's troops are not concentrated, he can attract the fallen ants' partial troops to return for reinforcements, reduce the pressure on the southern and northern borders, and ensure the core hinterland. safety.
The "Black Coal" King had to take a gamble, and he also took some measures to ensure the supply and safety of the army as much as possible.
In this highland, most of the sub-nests have fallen, but there is still a remote sub-nest that has not been targeted by the fallen ants. The search team sent by King "Black Coal" contacted them on the day the army crossed the Black Creek. The army could take a slight detour and rest and replenish themselves in this secondary nest.
This secondary nest is small in scale and cannot provide much food and supplies, but it has sufficient underground water resources to ensure vital drinking water, so that the army will not fall into thirst in the arid highlands.
You can also drink a small amount of dew when marching in the early morning. The supplies in the secondary nest and hunting along the way can provide a small amount of food. King "Black Coal" has calculated that it will take about 3 days for the army to cross this highland. After excluding replenishment, it will consume about 2 days of supplies. The remaining supplies are enough to support a decisive battle. Even if the war is unfavorable, there will be enough supplies to ensure that it can Retreat the same way.
It has to be said that King "Black Coal"'s calculations have pushed his brain power to the extreme!
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Also using brain power to the extreme is "parasitic rolling".
On the day after the "Second Rock Face Battle", "Parasite Roll" was very surprised to learn that the black fire ant army had broken camp and headed south. For a while, he couldn't guess the intention of King "Black Coal".
It did not allow the parasitic ants and insect beasts under its command to move easily, but instead figured out the opponent's movements and moved forward to adapt to any changes.
Other brain-controlled parasitic flying insects under "Parasite Roll" are out in force. The movement of more than 300,000 black fire ant army ants of various races cannot escape the detection of these ubiquitous flying insects.
When the black fire ant army entered the southern highlands along the Black Creek, "Parasite Roll" immediately ordered the flying insects to investigate the terrain near the highlands.
It was not familiar with the nearby geography, but the habits he retained before purification allowed him to easily share the aerial maps brought by flying insects, just as he was as familiar with receiving intelligence from flying knights as the commander of the 1st Army.
This allowed it to quickly understand the local topography. The movement of the black fire ant army was roughly clear, and the parasitic army also began to move out of camp.
At this time, most of the parasitic troops gathered from various places had rushed to the rock face camp. As the most evolved brain, "Parasite Roll" already has a huge force of more than 20 brains, hundreds of golden parasitic ants (beasts) that have failed to evolve, 3,000 parasitic beasts, and 500,000 parasitic ants under his command.
In addition to leaving 50,000 parasitic ants and a small number of insect beasts to guard the nest west of the rock face, most of the parasitic combat forces followed the "parasitic roll".
Their opponents, the 400,000 black fire ant army, left 20,000 soldiers to guard the bridge. They lost 20,000 in the "Second Battle of the Rock Face" and left another 10,000 soldiers to guard the secondary nest in the highlands and stockpile them there. Two days' worth of food. The Black Fire Ant Army now only has 350,000 mobile troops left, and is already at a numerical disadvantage!
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On April 13, the black fire ant army set off from the secondary nest and continued to advance. It is expected to leave the high ground the day after tomorrow.
King "Black Coal" didn't know it yet, but his opponent had also arrived at the high ground and was quickly approaching his troops.
Parasitic ants and insect beasts do not like this kind of environment exposed to the sun. If it is summer, the parasitic fungi will not dare to control the host into such terrain, otherwise the mycelium will be easily dried out.
It was still spring, and the parasitic army overcame difficulties and climbed to the high ground. King "Black Coal" feels that the terrain here is spacious. If it can be used as a battlefield to take advantage of formation and troop strength, "Parasite Roll" would not think so.
Now that the parasitic army has the upper hand, fighting here is more advantageous than in the dense bushes under the highlands. In particular, the insect beast attack that "Parasite Roll" likes is more suitable for exerting its full power in the open field!
The two armies have their own thoughts, one is not yet aware of it but is prepared, the other is ready, and they are moving towards somewhere on the high ground, and are about to collide fiercely!
