Each of the fire bombs and slings is bigger than the "madman's" head; the lance, the "madman" can lie on the gun barrel as a bed; the spider silk bombs, even if the "madman" bites the "madman", he will not have the strength to throw it out, and even more Maybe stick yourself first.
The "madman" was unwilling to crawl around among the piles of special weapons for flying knights. He kept touching them with his tentacles and looked back at Zhu Jue resentfully from time to time.
Zhu Jue was amused. He didn't want to trick this simple thief ant, but he didn't think of this level at first, and then he didn't say anything when he thought about it. After all, the eggs of giant locusts are important!
Zhu Jue comforted the "madman" and said that he would let the craftsmen tailor a set of aerial equipment for him, and drew a big pie to cheer up the "madman" again.
After some discussion, Zhu Jue felt that fire bombs and spider silk bombs could not be made small enough for "madmen" to throw them. The lance could be made into a mini version for "madmen", but it was not expected to be used in actual combat. , just for decoration.
What Zhu Jue recommended to the "madman" was to install protruding iron thorns on the giant locust's head, as if it had an iron horn. Then install a horizontal scraper on the giant locust's body and iron saw teeth on its hind legs. As long as it flies into the enemy group and cooperates with the giant locust's strength, speed and pedaling, it can cause damage.
"Madman" turned his grievance into joy and was already looking forward to seeing his mount's new equipment. The next day, the thief ant clan anxiously sent over the eggs of the giant locust!
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The next day, August 15th, not only giant locust eggs were delivered, but also a great gift from the parasitic army!
Early that morning, the patrolling flying knights suddenly discovered that before it was fully lighted, the parasitic army had already left the nest to assemble. It was almost finished. It was obvious that they were mobilized in the dark before dawn.
If the flying knights had not patrolled early and had not discovered it until the sun had fully risen, the parasitic army would have already prepared to cross the river in advance, and the civilized ant coalition would have been passive.
At this time, hundreds of thousands of parasitic organisms were arranged in a dense formation on the north bank of Black Creek. A large number of parasitic ants held materials that could be used to build a pontoon in their jaws, and they were in a posture to force the crossing.
In the eastern fortress group, battle information was quickly sent out through smell, friction and cobblestone telegraph wires, and ants on standby entered the fighting position one by one.
This time, the parasitic army chose to cross the river at the mouth of the downstream river, which bifurcated into three streams. The water surfaces were all wide, but because the water flow was dispersed, the flow rate was slow.
At the beginning, the parasitic army sent out a large number of parasitic ants, carrying various things in their mouths, such as sawdust, cut grass tendons, cut branches, sand, and dry leaf fragments, first on the semi-dry tidal flat left by the flood on the north bank of the Black Creek Estuary. , a wide dry road was quickly paved.
In this way, even the heaviest beetle will not be sucked into the mud at all if it steps on it. Parasitic ants are lightweight and can walk on flat ground.
Afterwards, a large number of parasitic ants began to throw debris into the gentle first stream. Some parasitic ants jumped into the water and used their six limbs as connectors to fix various floating objects together. The building was much wider than before. The pontoon gradually takes shape and is more than 3 meters wide!
Zhu Jue clearly saw the intelligence sent back from the front line through the telegraph line. The parasitic army changed its tactics of building pontoon bridges and chose to use wider pontoon bridges on the lower reaches of the river with gentle water flow to pass more troops at once!
On the side of the civilized ant coalition, the artillery in the fortress group began to fire, and the field artillery was also in position, trying to use firepower to slow down the enemy's speed of building a pontoon bridge.
Such a wide pontoon bridge could not be built in a short time. The parasitic ants had to cross three streams in total, which gave the defenders an opportunity to mobilize their troops.
However, the location chosen by the parasites to cross the river this time was also very particular. The location here avoided the firepower range of two of the three fortress groups, making it impossible for the civilized ant coalition's firepower advantage to be fully utilized.
Zhu Jue did not dare to mobilize most of the artillery in the western fortress group and the central fortress group. The parasitic army also set up a formation on the opposite bank of the two fortresses. There were tens of thousands to one hundred thousand parasitic creatures in each place, and they were also setting up The floating bridge may turn into an assist and become the main attacker at any time.
The millions of parasitic armies are divided into three groups, giving full play to their superiority in military strength, trying to make the civilized ant coalition lose sight of one thing. The civilized ant tribe's coalition forces also faced each other tit for tat and divided their forces to fight!
Zhu Jue still firmly believed that the parasitic army at the farthest downstream was the real main attack. There were much more parasitic organisms gathered here than in the other two places. Therefore, the Civilized Ant Alliance has the largest number of troops here, and the rocket launcher units are also concentrated in the launching positions behind the eastern fortress group, ready to support the front line at any time.
Despite continuous artillery fire, the parasitic ants are still building the pontoon bridge regardless of their own safety. Countless ants are running on the paved road on the north bank and on the pontoon bridge on the water, as easily as running on hard ground.
The water jets and dust that exploded from time to time became the background music of the running parasitic ants, giving an extremely exciting prelude to the battle that was about to break out!
When the pontoon bridges were built over the two streams at the mouth of Black Creek, the last and widest stream remained standing in front of the parasite army.
Zhu Jue estimated that it would take at least half an hour for the pontoon bridge to extend to the shore. There was still time to mobilize troops. He was trying to get the ground troops to put into the most suitable defensive formation and occupy the most favorable terrain through the messengers!
The parasitic army suddenly went crazy. Just when the final pontoon bridge was being built, the entire army suddenly mobilized!
The parasitic flying insects that survived yesterday's fierce air battle suddenly appeared from all directions, killing the flying knights, and even rushed to the south bank without hesitation, trying to attack the field artillery positions.
The flying knights hurriedly fought. They had a numerical advantage, but they were distracted from protecting the precious ground artillery and had no time to launch air strikes to prevent the parasitic organisms on the ground from moving.
Parasitic creatures, large and small, swarmed across the muddy ground quickly, even trampling on their companions' bodies. They all swarmed onto the pontoon, quickly crossed two streams, and arrived at the last stream.
However, the pontoon bridge that had just started to be built on the last stream suddenly accelerated its "growth" speed. Thanks to the ingenious plan of the parasite, it quickly approached the south bank!
The scene that happened in front of him was beyond Zhu Jue's expectation! I didn’t expect these parasitic creatures to have such intelligence! After Zhu Jue calmed down, he couldn't help but admire.
There are only 10 minutes left, and in 10 minutes at most, the first batch of parasites will step onto the land on the south bank from the pontoon.
The civilized ant coalition forces still in formation are not yet stable and are about to undergo the test of blood and fire!
