The leader of the Black Fire Ant Army of the mixed force finally found the "Black Coal" King on the messy battlefield. Fortunately, he was still alive.
King "Black Coal" met with some commanders under a miniature rock mountain under the dim afterglow. He seemed very tired.
Underfoot, there were corpses, blood and organs everywhere. Some slave ants were busy, carrying away the friendly soldiers who were still alive, throwing the corpses aside, and at the same time applying wounds to the enemy ants and mycelium that were not dead yet.
In this temporary command center, the commanders of the mixed forces participated in the meeting and finally understood the entire process of today's highland battle.
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In the morning of that day, the black fire ant army marched from east to west on the high ground in a marching column. The forward troops—that is, the unit of the leader of the black fire ant army in the mixed force—were about to arrive at the oasis.
At this time, the parasitic army launched a long-planned surprise attack.
The scouts sent out by the black fire ant army did find the enemy's traces, but they were either killed by the parasitic flying insects on the way back, or they could not outrun the attack speed of the parasitic beasts.
"Parasite Roll" ensures the concealment of this raid in a targeted manner, and it does exactly that!
The parasitic army suddenly appeared and attacked the center of the Black Fire Ant Army. The target was obviously to go straight to the command center of King "Black Coal". At this time, the black fire ant army was still in a marching formation and was basically defenseless.
The "parasitic roll" concentrated thousands of large and medium-sized insect beasts suitable for assault to serve as arrows, followed by tens of thousands of parasitic ants to expand the breakthrough point. In the second formation, there are thousands of small and medium-sized parasitic beasts, as well as more parasitic ants, as a supplement to the attack power. In addition, relief troops were deployed on the periphery, including nearly a thousand parasitic beasts and tens of thousands of parasitic ants, responsible for blocking and delaying the rescue of the front and rear armies of the Black Fire Ant Army.
This kind of arrangement has clear layers, showing the determination of "Parasite Roll" to win!
As soon as the war started, the black fire ant army was caught off guard. Many peripheral legions collapsed, especially the vassal legions of burrowing ants and harvest ants, which were already weak in combat effectiveness. Without the supervision of the black fire ant army in the chaos, After a few moments, they scattered and fled.
Some of the black fire ant legions fought very tenaciously, and were taken care of by the parasite beasts. After several rounds of back and forth attacks, these stubborn infantry legions could only disintegrate. It is very difficult to use infantry to fight against parasitic beasts with strong impact and like tanks. In the war in the ant world, it is very difficult.
After King "Black Coal" was surprised at the beginning, his rich war experience allowed him to quickly react and immediately moved his formation to a nearby raised rock. Then King "Black Coal" sent a large number of messengers to ask for help from afar, while remotely commanding nearby legions to adjust their formations to deal with the surprise attack.
The remote control command of the brain is limited. After the Parasite Beast rushed in smoothly at the beginning, it instinctively wanted to hunt down the defeated Black Fire Ant Army soldiers, or it was obsessed with attacking the resisting legions, which wasted a lot of time.
By the time "Parasite Roll" woke up and began to concentrate on ordering the attacking insect beasts to regroup and attack King "Black Coal"'s main formation, many fighter opportunities had been delayed.
King "Black Coal" had taken the opportunity to quickly gather more than 30 legions and set up a circular formation. He used the thick formation and relatively favorable terrain to continuously offset the impact of the parasite beast, and the two sides fell into a melee.
The parasitic flying insects in the air also simultaneously launched attacks on the "Black Coal" King's main formation. The main formation's air defense troops sprayed formic acid to resist, making his aerial "decapitation" tactics ineffective.
In the melee, although King "Black Coal" dealt with it well, the black fire ant army was still at a disadvantage. The parasitic army came well prepared, with more troops invested than the central black fire ant army, and it was well commanded.
Except for the 30,000 to 40,000 troops around him, King "Black Coal" basically lost control of the other troops. Either they were too far away, or they were unable to convey orders smoothly due to the suppression of parasitic flying insects.
"Parasite Roll" concentrated several times its superior force and besieged the stone mountain where King "Black Coal"'s main formation was located. By the time the battle reached the afternoon, the outer defense line of Shishan's black fire ant army had been breached in many places.
At the most dangerous moment, a parasitic snail rushed to a place very close to the "Black Coal" King and exploded. A large number of parasitic bacteria ejected from the snail's body like raindrops, and several of them even crawled towards the "Black Coal" King. .
This is the first time these parasitic snails have appeared on the battlefield. They have no lethality in themselves, but they seem to have hundreds of parasitic bacteria hidden in their bodies. Often, a single self-destruction spray can kill an entire unsuspecting legion.
The guards around King "Black Coal" were well-trained and responsive. They were not deceived by the characteristics of the parasitic bacteria and quickly killed the parasitic hyphae that were close to the commander.
At this time, with the chaos caused by the parasitic snails spraying mycelium, more and more parasitic beasts and ants approached the core area of the formation.
Guarding this area are the nine most elite legions of the Black Fire Ant Army, equipped with leather armor and stone jaw knives.
It was these nine legions that held on to the last line of defense, preventing the "Parasite Roll" from succeeding in their planned raid.
These black fire ant veterans are not only as brave as young warriors, but also have rich experience and are skilled in cooperating with each other. Their ability to fight in array is no less than that of races such as big-headed ants or pavement ants.
Facing the parasitic beasts that may be huge, ferocious, or have weird skills, these black fire ant veterans dare to alternately cover and take the initiative to attack, exchanging lives for injuries and constantly attrition, so that the large insect beasts under the command of "Parasite Roll" can fight. One by one, they were wounded, killed, or forced to withdraw from the battle.
After the sun set, "Parasite Roll" realized that it was too late to defeat the command center of the black fire ant army, and the parasite beasts suffered too many casualties, so they chose to withdraw from the battle.
At this time, the various units of the Black Fire Ant Army finally gathered closer to the main formation, bringing continuous pressure to the periphery of the Parasitic Army and confirming the idea of "Parasite Roll" withdrawal.
In this battle, the parasitic army lost more than 400 parasitic beasts, more than 100 parasitic flying insects, and nearly 40,000 parasitic ants.
The black fire ant army suffered greater losses in raids and melees. About 60,000 to 70,000 ants were killed or separated. The most elite veteran legions also suffered heavy losses. Many legions have not yet returned to the formation to assemble.
King "Black Coal" convened a temporary military meeting while reorganizing his troops. Faced with the fact that the troops suffered serious losses, no matter how reckless the commander was, he knew it was not the time to continue the advance.
When it gets dark, the assembled black fire ant army begins to return to the secondary nest on the high ground in the dark, leaving a large amount of pheromones along the way to summon the stragglers and broken warriors to return along the pheromones.
The black fire ant army was like a wounded giant beast, curling back and licking its wounds.
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