This black fire ant army’s return journey is not smooth...
After they set off, more figures slowly followed them in the sky. They were parasitic flying insects.
Some of them were parasitic wasps that had been wandering near the oasis and attacked the messenger, and some were parasitic moths that were attracted.
The parasitic flying insects are obviously deliberately delaying the speed of this army. They swoop down from time to time, stinging or grabbing lone ants when they have the chance. If they don't have the chance, the ants will have to stop and form formations in order to cope with the air attack. Battle formation.
After several rounds, the leader of the male black fire ant army realized that this was not going to work. He initially ordered the black fire ant warriors to form a dense formation and move forward regardless of their heads, because it is difficult for parasitic flying insects to attack targets gathered together, just like fish. The school will form a fish pillar to confuse the predatory fish.
But soon, he discovered a new problem. You were squeezing me, and I was squeezing you. He was walking too slowly. He couldn't pick up the speed without being harassed by parasitic flying insects. He didn't know how long it would take him to arrive at this rate. war zone.
The leader of the black fire ant army clenched his jaws and issued an order: He ordered the slave ants following the army to disperse into small groups of three to five and run away in all directions.
Sure enough, these scattered slave ants immediately attracted the attention of the parasitic flying insects, and the parasitic flying insects instinctively chased the slave ants and flew away.
Not far away, slave ants were constantly being attacked and turned into corpses, lying dead on the road. The rest followed the order and fled away, luring away the small number of parasitic flying insects.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the black fire ant army converted into a marching column and accelerated towards the war zone along the pheromones.
As for the slave ants, if they can survive the pursuit of the parasitic flying insects, they will chase the large army as required by the second order. But no one can guarantee how many will survive.
On the road that followed, parasitic flying insects still appeared from time to time, but other units of the black fire ant army also began to appear, moving closer to this well-organized native army to form a mixed force.
This black fire ant army that set out from the oasis quickly put under its command a burrowing ant army, several red forest ants, and ant ant teams they encountered, and moved forward together.
With the air defense force in place, it is difficult for scattered parasitic flying insects to pose a threat to them, so they no longer entangle the mixed forces and switch to other targets.
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun was clearly setting in the west, this mixed force encountered the first wave of enemy ants.
Thousands of parasitic ants were chasing a group of collapsing ants. The leader of the black fire ant army commanded his men to rush forward and kill hundreds of parasitic ants in a fierce battle, while the other parasitic ants were driven away.
The leader of the black fire ant army asked the ants who had lost their commander for information. Ordinary soldiers could not explain why. Fortunately, the information packets in the ant's memory showed that they were originally responsible for protecting an army of black fire ants. Air defense force, this legion was disrupted by a group of parasitic scorpions, earwigs, etc. The captain of the Belly Ant team was also killed on the spot. The rest of the army was separated from the main army and fled all the way here.
The leader of the black fire ant army asked for the location of the friendly army, then incorporated the belly-lifting ant warriors into his own army's belly-lifting ant squad, and hurriedly led the army in that direction.
Along the way, various corpses began to appear from time to time on the dry and barren highland ground, including those of ants, parasitized creatures, and a few affected local creatures.
As this mixed army gets closer and closer to the decisive battlefield, corpses become more and more common and denser. They are all left behind by the black fire ant army's returning reinforcements and the parasitic ant peripheral interception force.
At this time, the scout reported that there were many fallen ants in front of them besieging a group of friendly troops. Judging from the distance and position, they were the legions followed by the previously defeated ants.
The mixed legion formed a battle formation, with the black fire ant warrior in the center and the vassal warriors on both wings, and charged towards this battle group.
Parasitic flying insects in the sky discovered this army of black fire ants. There is a method of long-distance communication between the parasitic individual and the brain, but at this time, the entire battlefield is in chaos and a mess. There are large and small battle groups everywhere. The parasitic brain needs to process too much information, and there are too many different brains. Communication is also limited.
In short, the parasitic ants in this battle group were not warned in advance.
When the mixed army raided into the battle group, it successfully broke through a corner of the encirclement and merged with the surrounded black fire ant army, which had lost more than half of its troops.
The two troops merged into one place and fought fiercely with the parasitic ants that reacted. These are parasitic corn ants. They are not weak in fighting ability and have a strong will to fight. They are also assisted by more than 10 parasitic beasts.
The generals at all levels of the Black Fire Ant Army also realized that this was a decisive battle and got angry. Many of the male ant commanders were injured and refused to retreat.
The battle was fierce and long, and the two sides continued to fight until the sun had already hung on the mountain ridge line in the west. Three more vassal legions of the black fire ant army came from nearby to help in the battle. The parasitic ants retreated after being unable to support them.
After this mixed force won with difficulty, the losses were not small. Fortunately, reinforcements joined in, and the strength of the troops increased instead of decreasing. The original commander of the black fire ant army, who was more senior than the elder of the other army, continued to command this mixed force and moved closer to the center of the war zone along the pheromones.
On the way, they encountered two more waves of messengers, and learned that the center of the battlefield was still an hour away, and that this was just the periphery of the battlefield.
The battle situation on the central battlefield seemed not to be optimistic. The messengers sent out by King "Black Coal" in waves were all calling for reinforcements, and they became more and more urgent each time.
The mixed army rushed back anxiously. It was going to be dark soon, and they didn't know how far the war situation had progressed. Whether the Chinese army could hold on, or even whether the Chinese army still existed - these reinforcements had received too little information. .
After traveling a certain distance, the mixed force encountered another group of parasitic ants. The opponent numbered tens of thousands and was more powerful than the mixed force, but there were no parasite beasts.
The two sides fought again, but this time the parasitic ants did not want to fight. Seeing that they could not eat the black fire ant army in a short time, they took the initiative to break away from the contact and evacuated towards the north. The mixed force did not pursue it and continued to the east in the direction of the Chinese army.
On the road, more and more friendly troops and parasitic bacteria troops appeared one after another. Most of the fallen ants were heading north, and the black fire ant army was heading west. Except for some low-intensity entanglements, both sides had a tacit understanding and did not fight endlessly. Go all the way.
This is also thanks to the fact that the sun has set, and only the returning light is still barely illuminating the sky. The ants and the parasitic bacteria obviously do not intend to fight all night.
When the mixed force arrived at the location designated by King "Black Coal", the battle here was basically over, leaving only a pile of corpses...
