After the war, it was routine to clean the battlefield, treat the wounded, and count battle losses.
Due to the close combat today, many corpses and wounded were left on the south bank. The enemy's corpses were originally planned to be thrown directly into the Black Creek nearby, but the current front line found that a few corpses still contained parasitic buds that could not be separated. It would be possible to dispose of them rashly. This move was stopped after it would cause new parasitic bacterial infections downstream.
Subsequently, the corpses of both the enemy and the enemy were gathered together, set up with firewood, and burned. The area near the battlefield was also carefully burned by ants holding torches to kill potential strains.
Our injured soldiers were evacuated for treatment, and all participating ants were asked to line up and approach the fire for inspection - this was a measure to detect whether they were infected by parasitic bacteria. In close combat, there were always soldiers who were accidentally infected. Examples of parasitic bacteria burrowing into the body but not being discovered in time afterwards.
The Black Fire Ant Nation has provided a lot of help in this regard. As a descendant of the Fire God, they have the ability to restrain corrupted bacteria. This is the experience passed down from the last holy war. They have also encountered parasitic bacteria in previous battles. This lurking cunning strategy is enough to arouse the vigilance of the coalition forces.
The soldiers of the Divine Envoy Army have strictly complied with the testing requirements. Zhu Jue, the other participating armies of all races, cannot directly control it and can only ask its top commander to strictly implement it. Special testing points and treatment rooms have been established in the three fortress groups. .
The joint meeting of the civilized ant alliance did not end until today's battle damage statistics were compiled. Zhu Jue has been here for more than half a day and more than ten hours, from early morning to late at night.
Before the battle damage came out, the representatives of the commanders at the joint meeting were idle and exchanging useless information. They were very relaxed. The two consecutive days of victory made them tend to look down on the fallen ants.
Zhu Jue himself did not take this former defeated general seriously. At least, it was not as stressful as facing the Destroyer. However, he still followed the principle of attaching importance to the enemy in tactics. As the supreme commander, he tried his best to ensure that the three armies did not relax and underestimate the enemy. .
The results of that day's battle finally came out: According to the corpses, it was estimated that the parasites had lost more than 20,000 parasitic ants and hundreds of parasitic beasts.
On the side of the Civilized Ant Tribe Alliance, the Angel King Legion lost approximately 300 soldiers due to casualties, and more than 1,000 soldiers had to recuperate due to infection and were temporarily unable to participate in the battle.
The combined forces of other ethnic groups also suffered more than 3,000 battle losses. Overall, the exchange ratio was good. No wonder the commanders of each army were very optimistic.
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May 27 was the third day that the parasitic army launched its official attack on the Black Creek defense line.
Today, the parasite army did not continue its large-scale attack from the reef crossing or yesterday's pontoon area, but small-scale trials continued.
The parasitic army, with small groups of parasitic ants on the north bank of Black Creek, dispersed up and down the river, trying to find a new suitable place to cross the river to avoid the central fortress group with heavy troops and powerful firepower on the south bank.
On the water, the parasitic dragon lice and other water insects that were unable to support the pontoon battlefield yesterday due to the obstruction of the reef also appeared from upstream again, assisting the parasitic ants in searching, and landing from time to time to test the reaction of the defenders.
On the side of the civilized ant coalition, they use static tactics. The reconnaissance flying knights closely monitor the movements of the parasites, and the combat flying knights continue to harass and contain them. At the same time, more than 100,000 coalition soldiers left the three fortress groups in the east, west, and middle, and were temporarily stationed in the middle area, about an hour's walk away from each other, to prevent the enemy from rushing to build pontoon bridges in undefended areas.
This is all a precautionary arrangement. In fact, the local residents, the black fire ants, know the topography of Black Creek very well. The three places where it is easiest to build bridges to cross the river have been guarded by three fortress groups. The other places are either rapids or water. If it is too open, or the terrain on the shore is rugged, it is not suitable for a large army to force a crossing, and only a small group of troops can be landed.
After two days of continuous exploration, the parasitic brains finally realized this.
On May 29, the parasitic army launched another large-scale attack. They built ferry bridges at the center reef ferry and ferry bridges, as well as four locations near the east and west fortresses, and divided their troops into six routes to attack.
On this day, the sky was filled with war, mourning ants were everywhere, corpses were floating in the river, and blood flowed into the river.
The parasitic army finally failed, leaving as many as 50,000 corpses on this day, and there was still no hope of breaking through the Black Creek defense line.
The civilized ant coalition has invested a large amount of troops and artillery in the three fortress groups. They can also reinforce each other, and there are no obvious weaknesses to exploit.
The parasitic army cannot attack them. If they retreat, there will no longer be enough forces nearby to support the continued purification of the parasitic organisms and the support of war. In addition, their target is Zhu Jue himself. For a while, it seems to be in a dilemma.
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On May 30, the parasites made new moves.
The large group of parasitic flying insects that retreated to the rear rejoined the battlefield today. They seemed to have taken advantage of these few days to infect a new batch of insects and replenish their strength.
The flying knights once again experienced a fierce battle for most of the day, and at the cost of losing three full squadrons, more than 500 large and small parasitic flying insects were eliminated, forcing the remaining parasitic flying insects to evacuate the combat zone again and give up the fight for air supremacy.
While the air battle was fierce, the parasitic organisms on the ground were not idle either. They did not attack in a large scale this time. Instead, a small number of parasitic ants were carried by parasitic water bugs and moved quickly on the water surface.
The speed of the defenders mobilizing on the ground is obviously not as fast as those parasitic dragon lice and water striders with excellent water properties, and there are always some gaps among the scattered garrison troops. Parasitic water bugs take advantage of these gaps to send hundreds of parasitic burrowing ants, Nicobar ants and other faster parasitic ants to the south bank.
After these parasitic ants came ashore, they moved quickly, trying to hide in the dense vegetation nearby. Their intentions were unknown, but they clearly had evil intentions.
After all, the parasitic army takes the initiative to attack, and the defender needs to constantly find ways to exploit them.
The flying knights in the air kept surveillance on this, guiding the nearby defenders to quickly surround them, trying to encircle and annihilate the small groups of enemy ants.
The parasitic ants were not willing to fight. They relied on the complex terrain to constantly try to escape. They also tried to pass through the Black Creek defense line and rush to the rear.
If such a small number of parasitic ants were to fight head-on, they would not pose much of a threat. But if they entered a dense area of ant colonies and lay dormant and continued to infect, the trouble would be big. Zhu Jue finally understood the parasite's intentions.
These parasitic ants are relatively fast and good at taking advantage of complex terrain. They are still active even after dark, leaving many coalition soldiers participating in the encirclement and suppression campaign exhausted.
Zhu Jue saw that these enemy ants had not been completely eliminated until nightfall, and parasitic ants were even being secretly sent ashore from various places, so he released his secret troops!
