Zhu Jue had heard of the myth of large-scale mobile operations by army ants, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. He also didn't understand the mobile combat method used by the Thin-footed Ant Clan.
In the battle with the parasites in the Black Fire Ant Kingdom war zone, whether it was the Thin-footed Ant or the Army Ant, Zhu Jue was more impressed by his tenacious will to fight, even no less than the warriors of the God Envoy King. However, the individual combat effectiveness of the two is not outstanding. Only the formic acid weapon of the Thin-footed Ant Warrior is slightly outstanding.
After seeing the arrangement of the Thin-legged Ant army, Zhu Jue was full of interest in the strategies and tactics that the Thin-legged Ant army would adopt next.
At this time, the Thousand Foot Ant Nation has assembled about 600,000 troops, 90% of which are gathered in a large earthen nest located in the hinterland of the border. This earthen nest is built under 6 trees. It has a large area and an important location, a large distance from the border. Some nests are within about a three-day walk of normal ants, but the army of thin-legged ants, known for their fast movement, can even reach this distance within the next day.
Near the nest in the assembly area, the remaining Thin-footed Ant warriors were scattered into small clusters of one to two hundred and three to five hundred, stationed at various nests on the border and in the hinterland, serving only as a warning and delay. This is a tactical arrangement that is both real and virtual.
The nests of the Thin-footed Ant clan are generally relatively simple. Even in the large earthen nests used as gathering places, there are no towering buildings on the ground. All structures are underground, and the underground part is also very primitive, with huge, open, and Rough beauty.
Other small nests are even more bizarre. There are soil nests at the roots of plants, and tree nests on plants; there are nests built using natural stone holes and tree holes, there are also nests in bamboo joints with obvious signs of construction, and there are even nests that only exist in summer and autumn. A simple temporary nest under the litter layer; there are as many as hundreds of thousands of ant residents in the giant nest, and even more small nests with thousands of residents.
All nests are adapted to local conditions and do not even have a unified artistic style. It is hard to imagine that so many types of ant nests were built by the same species and family of ants.
In the military deployment of the Thin-legged Ant Army, except for a few large nests that must be defended, most of the small nests in the Thin-legged Ant Kingdom that are accustomed to living in scattered areas can be abandoned and sacrificed.
After understanding, compared to other ant tribes, Zhu Jue felt that the small-footed ants have obvious hunting characteristics, but compared to the army ants that specialize in hunting, the small-footed ants are more settled. A mixture of the dual characteristics of the settled ant tribe and the nomadic ant tribe.
Zhu Jue gradually realized that the mobile tactics of the ant army were inseparable from their hunting habits and the way most of them lived in small or even temporary settlements in the countryside.
But Zhu Jue thinks it remains to be seen how powerful this tactic is and whether it can be effective against a vicious enemy like the Destroyer.
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Soon, on May 10th, just when Zhu Jue was about to return to the temporary base of the God Envoy King's Army, a small-scale battle allowed Zhu Jue to see the powerful combat effectiveness of the Thin-footed Ant Army when they used their good tactics!
On the same day, the flying knights of the God Envoy King Corps who assisted the Thin-legged Ant Army flew back to report that they found that a group of destroyers had broken into the territory of the Thin-legged Ant Army and was besieging a nest.
The Angel King's Legion has sent as many as 48 flying knight squads to the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom, with half of them being reconnaissance and combat flying knight squads. Zhu Jue assigned half of the flying knights to assist the Thin-footed Ant Army, leaving only the remaining half of the flying knights under his command.
The Thin-legged Ant Army also quickly became dependent on the aerial intelligence of the flying knights, which could be transmitted much faster than the Thin-legged Ant Scouts with the fastest legs and feet. Wherever the Flying Knights go, they provide accurate and timely support for the intelligence that commanders care about most.
It was reported that there were about 3,000 destroyers who came to hunt down a fleeing indigenous group of spiny ants.
These two-toothed spiny ants were one of the most powerful indigenous tribes in the buffer zone between the original sharp-tailed ant country and the thin-legged ant country. However, due to the barren habitat, they were unable to develop and threaten the two major civilized ant tribes.
Unlike some other indigenous tribes that often become powerful and then invade the civilized ant tribe, eventually leading to their annihilation, the Spiny Ant tribe is more peaceful. They occasionally trade some special products with the two civilized ant tribes, so the relationship between the two parties is acceptable.
After the Destroyer invaded, the Two-toothed Spiny Ant tribe could not resist. They had already sent envoys to express their surrender to the Thin-footed Ant Kingdom. After the Thousand Foot Ant Nation agreed, the whole tribe planned to move into the territory of the sovereign nation. Unexpectedly, they were chased by the Destroyer on the way, killing most of the tribe's ants.
The remaining several thousand spiny ants managed to escape into the territory of the Thin-legged Ants. More than 300 Thin-legged Ant warriors from a border nest went out to protect these client ants. After a battle, the entire army was wiped out. Fortunately, the two-toothed spiny ants escaped into a nearby bamboo tube nest and fought side by side with the defenders, temporarily blocking the first wave of the Destroyer's offensive.
Now 3,000 Destroyers are surrounding this bamboo tube nest and are also being restrained. After hearing the news, "Long Horn", the supreme military leader of the Thin-legged Ant Army, after consulting with other military leaders, ordered the dispatch of about 10,000 Thin-legged Ant soldiers to rescue and prepare to eat this destroyer.
Zhu Jue felt that the troops dispatched were not enough, so he suggested that the Thin-footed Ant Army increase its troops. He now had a good relationship with the other party's senior officials such as "Changjiao", so "Changjiao" sent a second batch of about 20,000 Thin-footed Ants. Soldiers went to reinforce them.
Early the next morning, Zhu Jue watched the battle from the air, and his mood was agitated as he watched.
I saw that the first batch of the Thin-footed Ant Army did not wait for reinforcements. After marching overnight and arriving at the battlefield, they took advantage of the morning fog to launch a surprise attack.
If this were an ordinary ant army, they would definitely not have expected that the other party's reinforcements would arrive so quickly. In addition, they were resting at night and had not yet organized their army in the morning, so they could easily be caught off guard.
However, the Destroyers did not withdraw their troops last night. They maintained an encirclement formation and violently attacked the bamboo tube nest. If the bamboo was not hard, the Destroyers would not be able to open a new breach. The nest has fallen and is currently only barely holding on.
The Destroyer faced the surprise attack of the Thin-legged Ant Army without any panic. He quickly changed his formation to fight. The change was extremely quick and natural. The Thin-legged Ant Army lost the advantage of surprise and fell into a melee. Soon, the Destroyer gained the upper hand in the melee with its inferior force.
The fighting power of these destroyers was too terrifying. The formic acid shots that the slender-footed ant warriors were proud of hardly achieved any results. They could only fight with hand-to-hand tactics, resulting in great losses. If the second batch of thin-footed ants hadn't arrived in time, the Destroyer might have turned defeat into victory!
Seeing the large number of enemy troops, the Destroyers began to retreat, and the Thin-footed Ant Army also began their best pursuit tactics!
