Every offensive launched by the parasitic army against the Black Creek defense line started with an air battle without exception.
The aerial battle on this day was in full swing, but on the ground, the parasitic army did not launch a large-scale attack simultaneously. This was a tactical coordination error.
The ground camp of the parasitic army had previously retreated too far to avoid the rocket launchers, and now it had to be relocated to the bank of Black Creek to obtain a starting position.
During the relocation of the camp, the rocket artillery of the Divine Envoy Army took the opportunity to fire two rounds of volleys, which scared the parasitic creatures. Even the parasitic flying insects in the air were affected for a time, further delaying the speed of the parasitic army on the ground.
In short, due to multiple factors, the main force of the parasitic army only completed the move of camp before nightfall, and failed to take advantage of the opportunity of the air battle to forcefully cross the Black River.
The small number of troops that carried parasitic field turtles across the Black Creek was too small and was quickly defeated by the guerrilla fly tiger knights, failing to make any waves.
Both in the air and on the ground, Zhu Jue won, but Zhu Jue still did not dare to take it lightly. He knew that the parasitic army had a good understanding of the tactics of the civilized ant coalition this time. It was not as clueless as it was during the first battle. There would definitely be targeted arrangements this time. Zhu Jue could feel that the commander behind this parasitic army was smarter and more difficult to deal with than the parasitic creatures he encountered in his homeland.
He thought of the pale golden parasitic ants he encountered in his homeland. Are these the commanders of the parasitic army? Have they evolved?
He thought again of the ferocious-looking parasitized queen ant. There were too many mysteries behind parasitic creatures, but never underestimate them!
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On the night of August 14, the losses in the air combat that day were calculated. More than 400 of the Flying Knights of the King of God's Legion were killed, more than 200 of them lost their combat effectiveness, and more than 200 of them were slightly injured. The losses accounted for the total strength of the flying knights on the front line. A quarter of the total is a real strain.
As for the allies, the leaf-cutter ants lost 11 star beetles, the thief ants also lost 3 giant locusts, and some coalition soldiers on the ground were also affected and injured.
Today, the civilized ant coalition forces caused even more astonishing damage to the parasitic flying insects, but Zhu Jue was not happy.
It takes 10-12 months for the Divine Envoy King's Army to train a flying knight, starting from the ant egg. The flying knight military academy cannot train more than 3,000 people at one time.
It is easy to replenish parasitic flying insects. As long as there is a suitable parasitic target, a single hyphae can infect a flying insect, and you can immediately enter the battle without any adaptation time. It is simply a zero-cost army expansion.
The civilized ant coalition had won all the previous air battles, and today they even achieved a great victory, but how long can such a heavy-loss "Epirus-style victory" last! ? Zhu Jue is already worried about the future.
The other coalition commanders were very happy with today's victory. In their opinion, the flood season was over and the day of counterattack was about to begin.
Especially the Black Fire Ant clan, who are eager to restore their country, are the most eager. The "Black Fire Ant King" has met with Zhu Jue many times to inquire about the specific date of launching a counterattack. The King's Conference of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom has also sent special envoys to urge him many times. Zhu Jue pushed him back.
Zhu Jue's counterattack date in his mind was the end of August, but he planned to continue to weaken the parasitic army at the Black River defense line before crossing the river to the north. Otherwise, with the current scale of the parasitic army, if he forced a decisive battle, the obstacles of the natural dangers of Black River would be reversed. Restricting the attack of the civilized ant coalition is just like restricting the parasitic army now.
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The leader of the thief ant clan, "Crazy", came looking for Zhu Jue late at night. He came here lying on the head of a magical worker ant. Otherwise, with his size, he would easily be stepped on by other running ants in the nest. , Zhu Jue did not want to cause a farce in which the commander-in-chief of his ally was trampled to death, so he had previously appointed a special magic worker ant to be responsible for the reception.
"Madman" personally piloted a giant locust to participate in an aerial battle today. He performed very bravely by killing many parasitic flying insects.
Zhu Jue did not know about this in advance, otherwise he would definitely find a way to stop it. If such an ally commander who was friendly to the Ant United Nations accidentally died of a fever on the battlefield, he would not be harmed by the Ant United States and the Civilized Ants. The ethnic alliance is not a good thing.
Look at Zhu Jue himself. Nowadays, he rarely takes personal risks and goes to the front line. He is the commander-in-chief and is responsible for the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. There is no need to kill the enemy personally to show his value.
Although the matter has passed at this time, Zhu Jue still intends to give a few reminders.
But before he could speak, as soon as he saw the "madman", the other party's tentacles came close to him, and a long list of messages was sent over, which made Zhu Jue's head buzz and hurt - this little thief ant is a chatterbox! He's seen it before!
"Madman" first praised his heroic appearance in today's battle and expressed his hope that there would be such passionate battles every day.
Before Zhu Jue could finish what he said to persuade him, he was interrupted by the impatient "madman". He had no response to Zhu Jue's talk about the division of labor between commanders and soldiers and why the commander should not go to the battlefield.
He directly stated the purpose of his visit today: he hoped to obtain the weapons of the Flying Knights that could shoot fire bombs, as well as other weapons equipped by the Flying Knights.
Today, the giant locusts controlled by the thief ants performed outstandingly in the battle, but it was the thousands of flying knights who made the greatest contribution in the air battle.
The "moves" of these flying knights were gorgeous, especially the fire bomb sling, which was as bright as a shooting star. At that time, the "madman" who watched it at close range was fascinated, and he had to catch it quickly!
"Madman" was born with a love of flying, especially after experiencing a wedding flight. If he hadn't been trying to capture and tame an ideal flying insect and beast, he would not have encountered the Megalodon and become famous by accident.
He was very satisfied with the giant locust mount, but the giant locust, which could only fight with its mouthparts and kicking on its hind legs, was a bit unsatisfactory compared to the flying knight whose attack range could be near or far.
Zhu Jue is also interested in this proposal. He said that if the thief ants are willing to provide giant locusts and domestication technology, the flying knight's weapons can be chosen.
Now the "madman" is in trouble. It's not that he is unwilling to hand over the giant locusts and their domestication technology, but this set of domestication technology can only be used by ant tribes like thief ants who can invade the mind of controlling beasts. In the past, the thief ant tribe taught it to other allies. All have failed without exception.
After hearing this, Zhu Jue thought for a while and reached an agreement with the "madman". The other party presented 6 giant locust eggs and allowed the Ant Alliance to experiment with the method of domesticating beetles.
The "Madman" also saw the Flying Knight's equipment up close as he wished, and could choose any of them. But at this time, he felt that he had fallen into a pit:
With his size, he can't use any of these weapons and equipment! ! !
