The training of the civilized ant coalition forces on the south bank is in full swing. Zhu Jue plans to launch a counterattack in late June and cross the Black River to officially make the northern expedition.
The time for this counterattack was determined after repeated weighing. By then, the next batch of reinforcements from the God Envoy King’s Army will have completed their training in the mainland and arrived at the front line. By then, the total strength of the civilized ant coalition will reach 800,000, among which the God Envoy With nearly 600,000 soldiers, the king has the strength to fight the parasitic army head-on and win.
Moreover, the flood season is coming soon. Even the Black Creek, which has a narrow water surface, will turn into a roaring turbid current in a month or two. If you want to fight back, you must occupy the position on the north bank before July, and then build a higher and higher A strong bridge to establish a solid line of communication across Black Creek to the north and south.
Otherwise, the counterattack of the civilized ant coalition can only be postponed until after the flood season, which is already autumn. This will give the parasitic army two or three months of rest and recuperation. They can get more information through infection from the indigenous ant tribe and local insects. More supplementary strength.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the Northern Expedition can start as scheduled, Zhu Jue has recently been strictly requiring armies of all ethnic groups to conduct training and complete various combat preparations.
A large amount of food supplies are also being sent from the rear of the Ant Alliance. At present, 90% of the supplies for the coalition forces are dependent on the Ant Alliance, which will be a huge burden in the long run. For this reason alone, Zhu Jue hopes that the war can be won as soon as possible.
Under the strict control, many ant soldiers also complained. After all, they are not vassals or slave ants of the Ant Alliance. Some ant tribes have a loose nature and find it difficult to accept such strict management.
Except for the Angel King's Army, currently only the Black Fire Ant Army sincerely hopes to counterattack as soon as possible and regain its homeland, including its old home base [Black Fire City]. Others, such as the leaf-cutting ant army, although they sent troops but did not want to make much effort, their desire for counterattack was not very strong.
All kinds of internal disputes and constraints made Zhu Jue feel that commanding a coalition with complex composition was not an easy task. If he was careless, just like the former Qin army in the Battle of Feishui, the advantages would be wiped out. The army collapsed on its own...
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On June 14, the parasitic army that had been silent for a long time on the north bank of Black Creek suddenly made some changes.
Two or three days before this day, the flying knights had noticed that a large number of parasitic flying insects had returned to the north bank of Black Creek, and many small-scale battles broke out with the flying knights who controlled the airspace, forcing the flying knights to control the airspace even though they still controlled the airspace. The air superiority of some airspace must also avoid these dangerous areas above the parasitic army's camps.
In addition, there are also very fast parasitic dragonflies rushing to the south bank of Black Creek alone, and even lowering their altitude despite anti-aircraft fire, as if they are conducting reconnaissance or search. Zhu Jue was worried that the other party would take the opportunity to throw parasitic mycelium, but the rapid troops on the ground arrived to check, and no such signs were found every time.
In addition, the parasitic beasts and parasitic ants scattered on the ground have also begun to regroup towards the camp on the north bank, which is opposite the reef ferry and where they launched a large-scale attack before.
After discussing with his staff, Zhu Jue felt that the parasites were likely to launch a new offensive, and immediately ordered the armies of all ethnic groups to end their training and return to the three fortresses according to their original configuration to prepare for the battle.
Sure enough, today, all the elites of the parasitic army came out and launched a massive attack on the north bank.
In the sky, the parasitic flying insects that had been dormant for a long time once again dispatched thousands of troops to fight with the flying knights, competing for air supremacy.
At the same time, the parasitic water bugs, carrying a small number of elite parasitic ants and parasitic beasts, continued to land in areas where the defense strength of the civilized ant coalition was weak. This time, the landing troops did not hide, but tried to gather to defend the beach and cover it. Reinforcements for subsequent landings.
The parasitic ants are also simultaneously building pontoons at the reef ferry and as many as five pontoons on the west side. They are also threatening the three fortresses on the east, middle and west coast of the south coast. Nearly a million parasitic ants have almost come out of their nests, divided into three fronts and arranged in echelons. , once the passage is opened, you can launch an attack at any time.
In this battle, the parasitic creature used all its main forces, land, water, and air, as if it was desperately trying to finish the battle.
The civilized ant coalition forces also mobilized quickly according to the last arrangement, and this sophisticated war machine was operating at full speed.
The forts in the three fortress groups fired continuously, focusing on attacking the parasitic water bugs that continued to land, as well as the reef ferry and pontoon areas.
At the same time, in addition to the troops guarding the fortress group, more than 500,000 troops were deployed. Most of them were scattered to guard the reef ferry and the bridgehead area, while other troops were scattered to guard the landing area of the enemy water bugs. Although it is impossible to set up defenses everywhere on a wide battlefield, the arrangement of the defenders is a reasonable key defense.
A large number of field artillery units of the King of Gods Legion also left the fortress and were dispersed to various army groups to provide close artillery support.
The roaring explosions of giant cannons, the continuous firing of various crackling artillery pieces, the sound of rushing streams, the whistling wind, and the dense and gentle sounds of the collision of ants' jaws and carapace, now mixed into a scene full of blood and gunpowder smoke. A symphony of smells.
In this battle, the parasitic creatures went into attack like crazy. One group of troops died and the next wave came back with no intention of evacuating. They all fought to the death under the tight control of their brains.
However, at the main battlefields at the reef ferry and the pontoon bridge, the civilized ant coalition still firmly held their positions. Even if the simple bridges and pontoons built urgently by the parasites continued to widen, they would still be bottlenecks on the way to launch the attack. This made the parasites The army has always been unable to take advantage of its strength and often failed in front of the defense line.
The small number of elite parasitic troops that landed everywhere caused some trouble. They mobilized the civilized ant coalition forces responsible for dealing with them back and forth, and even took advantage of the loophole to sneak attack on an artillery position, killing a team of 50 artillerymen and capturing 8 They even tried to carry the millet cannon onto the parasitic field turtle and transport it to the north bank.
The reconnaissance flying knight discovered this situation in time in the fierce open space battlefield, and guided the nearby flying tiger knight to come to support. After a fight, he recaptured the artillery without falling into the enemy's hands.
The sun has moved to noon, and the parasitic army, which has left behind an estimated 100,000 corpses, still shows no sign of stopping its seemingly hopeless offensive, and is still rushing towards several ferries like crazy.
On the surface of the Black Creek, from the battlefield to a hundred meters downstream, the water was densely covered with corpses and wounded people who were still struggling, most of which were parasites.
Just when he saw that the parasitic army was unable to break the deadlock, Zhu Jue was shocked to hear that abnormalities appeared on the front and rear of the civilized ant coalition almost at the same time!
