The parasitic army slowly retreated, giving way to the ground and sky, returning to the ground to lie dormant.
Only the last small group of parasitic troops has not been withdrawn. They are trapped in the reef ferry area, their retreat is cut off, and all friendly forces have withdrawn. The coalition of civilized ants did not relent. The cannons kept firing like targets, and the flying knights also swooped down to drop bombs. These parasitic ants were soon killed or injured, or were swept away in the water.
When there were no more standing ants on the reef, the first battle between the civilized ant coalition and the parasitic army around the Black Creek defense line finally came to an end.
I saw that most of the corpses on the water surface of the Black Creek had been washed downstream. A few corpses were not washed away on the water surface near the shore or rocks. Instead, they continued to rise and fall with the flow of the water waves, seeming to rise and fall every time. Washed ashore, only to be brought back into the water by the waves again and again.
On both sides of the Black River, especially the north bank, the ground was covered with corpses of various sizes, especially at the ferry on the north bank and on the rocks in the stream. The corpses resting on their pillows seemed to give the earth a dark background.
After the war, as the main force of the civilized ant alliance, the God Envoy King Army quickly began to count the battle losses.
Today, the main force of the parasitic army on land cannot cross the river. The coalition forces on the south bank are mainly composed of air force and artillery units. These technical arms are all affiliated to the Divine Envoy King's Legion, and other tribes are only providing assistance on the ground.
In the evening, Zhu Jue got the battle damage report and felt heartbroken and headache.
The Flying Knights lost as many as 270 flying knights and more than 240 mounts in this battle. In addition, more than 20 flying knights and more than 40 mounts were seriously injured and could not return to the sky even if they recovered.
In just one day of fierce fighting, the Angel King's Legion lost six flying knight squads, accounting for one-tenth of the air power deployed on the front line. Fortunately, the strength of the Air Force is still there, and a new batch of young flying knights from the Flying Knights Military Academy in the rear are about to graduate and can make up for the losses.
The artillery also suffered losses. Although they were in a relatively safe fortress, they also suffered battle damage due to close-range shooting by parasitic dragon lice, as well as explosions and other accidents.
Especially the latter reason is the main reason for the loss of more than 20 artillery pieces and hundreds of artillerymen today.
The artillery currently used by the Angel King's Army is all cast iron cannons. Due to technical reasons, these cast irons are more brittle than cast copper and can easily explode after being fired for a long time.
This was a hidden danger that had not been discovered before. The Angel King's Army had never invested so many artillery pieces in a battle, causing the death and injury of tens of thousands of parasitic organisms with such long-term shooting and such strong firepower density. This also exposed hidden dangers that were not discovered before.
After the war, Zhu Jue asked each unit to routinely summarize the problems discovered and report them to the rear according to procedures, and the responsible departments would solve the problems in their own fields.
Among them, regarding the problem of iron cannons exploding, Zhu Jue suggested that the Scientific Research Department experiment on whether adding iron hoops to the barrels would be effective. In his image, early artillery in the human world either did not use bronze or were reinforced with iron hoops. At present, the Ant Alliance has no source of copper ore, so it can only use the latter method.
If it is effective, the iron-making blast furnace will be instructed to make a batch of iron hoops as soon as possible and transport them to the front line to strengthen the artillery in use to meet the urgent need.
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The post-war joint meeting has not been held that day, and they are waiting for Zhu Jue to attend the meeting. Zhu Jue arrived at the venue very late after finishing the post-war aftermath of the Divine Envoy King's Legion.
However, the participating commanders who had been waiting for a long time did not complain. Not to mention the commanders who belonged to the Ant Alliance, even the commanders of the leaf-cutting ant clan and the black fire ant clan were waiting obediently.
Today's battle performance of the Angel King's army was sent back through the cobblestone telegraph line. From the information packets, the commanders of other races were shocked to discover that the military strength of the Ant Alliance was so terrifying.
Many commanders simulated it in their minds, putting their own troops in the position of the parasitic army, and concluded that they had no power to fight back.
The ants respect the strong, especially the earth-shattering and continuous artillery firepower. In this battle, they proved their status as the God of War, and also brought great shock to the commanders of all races.
At this time, as long as Zhu Jue does not harm the core interests of these allies for no reason, the frightened allies will agree to any of his conditions. They are in a period of psychological syndrome, how can they be just for a long time? dissatisfied with the waiting.
Zhu Jue looked around, and his vision was not affected even in the dark light. The respectful body postures of the commanders of various tribes made him very happy. The various emotions of obedience, respect, or flattery coming from the tentacles also made him feel happy. .
Zhu Jue was not carried away. After ten years of training, he had grown from a novice to a qualified commander and leader. He just took advantage of this opportunity to once again strengthen the position of the Ant Alliance in the coalition, strengthen his authority, and gain deeper control over the command of the coalition.
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The day after the initial battle, the parasitic army tried to attack again.
This time, the parasitic flying insects did not act as the vanguard of the attack. Yesterday, the parasitic flying insects dropped a total of more than a thousand corpses. Most of the losses were the most combat-effective parasitic wasps, dragonflies and other large and medium-sized flying insects.
At this time, there are still several thousand parasitic flying insects left, most of which are small and medium-sized flying insects, mostly moths, mosquitoes and other species with weak fighting ability. They are temporarily unable to compete with the flying knights for air supremacy.
After a brief air battle, the flying knights quickly drove the parasitic flying insects away from the battlefield and seized air superiority.
Under the control of the brain, the parasitic flying insects chose to avoid the sharp edge temporarily and scattered away, but they did not stay away, as if they were brewing something.
At this time, on the ground, the parasitic army once again gathered more than 100,000 troops, approaching the bank of Black Creek.
After entering the artillery range, the artillery began to fire. The firing frequency of the artillery of the King of Gods Legion today was much lower than yesterday. In addition to the loss of artillery yesterday, it was also because of the summary of experience, at the expense of reducing the firepower density in exchange for artillery firing. longevity and safety.
Today, the main force of the parasitic army is on standby outside the range of the artillery, and the troops in the front are relatively scattered. It seems that they have learned their lesson, and it is difficult to see a mung bean cannon rolling and killing dozens of parasitic organisms again.
Zhu Jue was not worried. Sooner or later, the parasitic army would have to gather at the narrow ferry, which was the only place to cross the river and also the Shura field.
But then, the movement of the parasitic army was very strange. I saw a large group of parasites. They did not crowd into the narrow reef crossing, but moved downstream, collecting various grass branches and branches along the way, and also transported a large amount of building materials from far away places.
Zhu Jue realized that the enemy wanted to change the place to cross the river in order to bypass our fortress, so he urgently ordered the flying knights to monitor closely, and at the same time, all troops were ready to break camp.
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