A large number of parasitic dragon lice who were the first to cross the river and log in boldly climbed onto the shore, aimed their butts at the fortress group, and started spraying water cannons.
The distance from the creek to the first line of ant mounds in the fortress group is about 1-2 meters. Most of the dragon lice's water cannons have insufficient range and miss, and only a few hit the area where the fortress is located.
Because the distance is too far, the impact of the water cannon is not very lethal. It is mostly splashing and flowing momentum. Most of the gun emplacements have reinforced positions or are hidden in the forts. Only some exposed ants are covered with water, or Was knocked to the ground.
Seeing that the first wave of shooting was ineffective, the parasitic dragon lice returned to the stream, drank enough water, and then used their oar-like jointed limbs to climb ashore again and approach the fortress group, intending to get closer and shoot.
At this time, the anti-aircraft artillery of the fortress defenders was still busy shooting in the air. The field artillery and the fortress artillery were mainly firing intensively at the crossing point of the parasitic army, ignoring these parasitic dragon lice that were slowly approaching.
Ants and ordinary insect beasts, which have the largest number of parasites in the army, can neither fly nor swim. They can only choose to use branches, sticks, and grass blades to build bridges in the densest parts of streams and reefs.
This reef area is facing the front of the Xinan Fortress Group, with a width of about one meter to less than two meters and a length of about two to three meters. The shortest route only requires crossing four rocks and building three one-two-minute routes. A long simple bridge can reach the south bank directly.
The number of the parasitic army is extremely large. The first batch of more than 100,000 parasitic ants and thousands of parasitic beasts are already crowded at the North Bank Ferry. A large number of ants hold long and short grass tendons in their mouths, or work together to carry large and small wooden logs. Building materials are being pushed to the front to build bridges urgently.
The parasitic ants do not have the technology to build a lightweight bridge in advance and then transport it and erect it directly. They use various materials to build it on site just like building a nest, which inevitably delays time.
In addition, the crowded and dense parasites interfere with each other, and even the brains behind the scenes cannot control it carefully, so that the gathered army is limited to explore the path for the ants building the bridge.
After working for a long time, several bridges were finally built, but before they were completely extended to the other side, a large number of parasitic organisms that could not wait had already swarmed from the bridges to the rocks in the middle of the stream.
After Zhu Jue saw this scene, he thought with regret that if the previous rope bridge was still there, it could be kept. When the parasitic army passed by, it would be lit on fire and hundreds of parasitic creatures could be burned to death. Unfortunately, by mistake, many allies were burned to death.
However, with Zhu Jue's increasingly cautious command style, he probably won't keep the pontoon bridge until now. The parasitic flying insects in the air are too rampant. The detonating troops at the bridgehead may not be able to persist. I'm afraid they will really become enemies by then. , giving enemy ants a ready-made bridge.
There are more than 800 artillery pieces in total, including the fortress guns arranged in the fort mouth of the fortress ant mound, and the field guns arranged in the open air positions and covered with simple facilities, and about 100 rockets. At this time, they are firing in succession.
For a moment, the battlefield, which was originally filled with noisy flapping wings and dense noise, seemed to be lit with non-stop firecrackers, crackling and crackling without stopping.
Most of the cannon muzzles were pointed in the direction of the ferry. The mung bean-sized iron bullets fired by the mung bean cannon were enough to cover a small area on the north bank of Black Creek. The large group of parasites crowded at the ferry on the north bank became the best target.
One after another, the shells cut through the swarms of parasitic ants and insects like iron plows, causing a large number of deaths and injuries. The ground was covered with corpses and dripping with blood.
Some parasites that were wounded or enraged angrily launched useless bites at the iron cannon shells that had fallen to the ground and lost their kinetic energy, even ignoring that some of the iron bullets still carried scorching heat. More parasitic creatures were almost driven crazy by the body parts and the smell of blood on the ground, roaring in vain.
The range of the millet cannon, as well as the peanut cannon that fires millet shells, are mainly used to deal with fortifications. The shotgun has a short range. At this time, dozens of millet shells are loaded at a time, which can have the effect of scattering shells. The range is also equivalent to that of the millet cannon. , the ferry was blocked with fire nets.
The precise coverage area of the rocket is closer, and it is necessary to wait until a large number of parasites are about to set foot on the south bank of Black Creek before launching the attack. At this time, the loading is completed and there is no order to fire.
Just the two field artillery regiments and the fortress artillery, and the dense rain of bullets fired by hundreds of artillery pieces in turn, were like strong winds blowing through, sweeping away the parasitic ants that were building the bridge and the simple bridge that had just been formed.
The furthest the parasites have reached is a few rocks in the middle of the stream. These parasites that have climbed onto the rocks in the middle of the stream are spinning anxiously and confusedly. They are unable to move forward, and their retreat has been destroyed. They have become a target for the artillery of the Angel King's Legion. A living target.
Zhu Jue was very satisfied with the firepower effect. Even without high-explosive bombs, the dense solid bombs used to block a narrow area were very powerful and had excellent killing effects. It was indeed a weapon that had long been hailed as the God of War.
Of course, this is also because the terrain on the battlefield is very conducive to defense this time, and the parasites have not seen the power of artillery, so they still attack in a dense formation.
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The parasitic dragon lice's approach to the fortress group finally caught Zhu Jue's attention, and Zhu Jue immediately ordered some artillery to fire at the parasitic dragon lice.
Originally, some artillery pieces were unable to attack the reef ferry due to the firing boundary, and they have been returning sporadic fire. As dozens of artillery pieces were turned around, the firepower of the counterattack was greatly increased.
The parasitic dragon louse, which did not move very fast, soon suffered heavy casualties under direct artillery fire. Some coalition infantry deployed outside the air defense net of the fortress group also launched simultaneous attacks.
After being attacked, the parasitic dragon lice turned around and fired water cannons from their buttocks to fight back.
Many coalition soldiers of all ethnic groups who rushed up were scattered and washed away by water cannons. Some peripheral field artillery positions that were not well covered were also attacked. Some artillery pieces were soaked in water and temporarily unable to fire, but the casualties were not large.
In the exchange of water cannons and artillery fire, it was the parasitic dragon lice's water cannons that suffered the loss. There were less than a hundred artillery pieces fired at the Dragon Louse Group. In order to deal with the approaching coalition infantry, the Dragon Louse Group only had a comparable number of water cannons fired at the fortress.
At this time, the advantages of artillery such as faster fire rate, easy loading, fortification cover, strong penetration and lethality are reflected.
After a few minutes of firing, 6 field guns lost on the fortress side could be easily repaired or dried out before they could rejoin the battle. Unfortunately, 1 fortress gun was hit by a water cannon in the middle of the fort's nozzle and a large amount of water was poured into the fort's nozzle. It was extinguished. It can also be repaired quickly. At the cost of dozens of ant artillery casualties, more than 30 parasitic dragon lice were killed and nearly a hundred were injured.
As the coalition infantry also approached to fight, the isolated parasitic dragon lice finally couldn't resist, and summoned some parasitic flying insects to cover them, and hurriedly retreated into the stream, moving much faster than during the attack.
