Under the heavy rain of bullets, the arrogant Destroyers' attack momentum was temporarily blocked, and they scattered in panic to avoid the attack. They no longer had the momentum to charge, and they lacked the ferocious energy they had when they bullied honeypot ants and double-toothed spiny ants.
Since their "birth", the only mission of this group of destroyers has been to fight and plunder. They have slaughtered dozens of ant tribes, but they have never seen such powerful long-range firepower, leaving them unable to fight back.
In the past, most of the Destroyer's opponents did not have long-range attack methods, and mainly relied on their jaws and stingers for close combat. Such opponents could be easily suppressed by the Destroyer's own size and strength.
The few ants with long-range attack methods mostly spray formic acid, which not only has a limited range, but also poses no threat to the Destroyer with its acid-resistant carapace.
These destroyers were accustomed to fighting with favorable winds, and when they suddenly encountered such fierce resistance and unprecedented firepower, panic was inevitable.
Countless rocks, large and small, were smashed down, creating pits on the ground, sending up bursts of dust, and even creating pools of flesh and blood. Some rocks that were even bigger than the Destroyer's body were easily thrown over a meter away, and they could be accurately smashed into the dense Destroyer formation!
The first salvo of the ballistae caused dozens of Destroyer casualties. Although the Destroyers were not afraid, their instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages still made them choose to disperse when faced with unknown threats, and the attack momentum This was also a meal.
Just when the Destroyer was hesitating, in less than half a minute, scattered ballistae shells struck again. Although not dense, they were continuous - the ballistae troops in the fortress had switched to free fire after firing a salvo. .
The rain of crossbow shells changed from a downpour to a steady drizzle. The Destroyers had nowhere to hide on the ground outside the specially cleaned fortress, and the shells were always chasing them. Under such firepower, the Destroyers finally withdrew in dejection after leaving hundreds of corpses behind.
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Looking at the retreating Destroyer, Zhu Jue stood on the high ant mound, his heart was filled with excitement!
6 years, it has been 6 years since I was forced to flee from my hometown. In the past six years, Zhu Jue has been thinking about revenge against the Destroyer all the time.
Now, the Destroyer finally appeared in front of him again, and the God Envoy King's army finally defeated this vicious enemy ant in a majestic formation. Even if it was just a small victory, Zhu Jue was still excited.
This is the beginning of his war of revenge, the beginning of the war of revenge of the God Envoy King’s Legion, and the beginning of the counterattack of all the ants against the destroyers of civilization!
Although excited, Zhu Jue did not lose his mind. He was also carefully evaluating the battle.
The Destroyer in front of him looked different from the Destroyer he had seen in his homeland before. The most numerous Destroyers are smaller than the Destroyers seen in their homeland, but larger than the smaller Destroyers. Considering that the Thin-footed Ant Army faced the most destroyers of this type, Zhu Jue decided to temporarily name it the "Standard Destroyer"!
In addition to the standard Destroyers, there are a few Destroyers with big bellies with patterns of different colors. The Destroyers with black patterns can spit sticky silk, while the Destroyers with yellow patterns can spit acid. Zhu Jue called these two similar destroyers "big-bellied destroyers"!
In addition, there are two types of Destroyer Zhu Jue have seen before. Although they did not appear in the Destroyer Striker this time, they appeared on the other side of the stone seam. They are the "White-bellied Destroyer" who can self-destruct and the one with reconnaissance and command capabilities. "Radar Destroyer".
Looking at these familiar or unfamiliar enemy ants, Zhu Jue once again confirmed that the internal morphological differentiation of Destroyers is estimated to be complicated, with different main types in different regions.
Fortunately, at present, the largest number of standard destroyers in this region are a decent variety of destroyers that have no particularly outstanding strengths but are not weak in strength. They are not particularly difficult to deal with. Even if the warriors of the God Envoy King fight against them, they will not be able to deal with them in hand-to-hand combat. It would be too much of a disadvantage.
But I don’t know whether it’s good or bad. These standard destroyers are different from the big destroyers in their hometown who are not afraid of death. They are obviously smarter and know how to conserve their strength at the right time. As a result, although it loses the ferocity of ordinary destroyers, it becomes more cunning and difficult to deal with.
Among the Destroyers detected so far, the number of White-bellied Destroyers with the strongest attack ability is not large, and the fortress defense system of the God's Envoy King's Army can sustain it. Even if a large number of White Belly Destroyers appear in the future, the fortress is prepared to deal with them.
What Zhu Jue is most afraid of is the sudden appearance of a new unknown destroyer with magical powers!
After assessing the Destroyer at close range, Zhu Jue also felt the lack of firepower in the fortress during actual combat.
These ballistae in the fortress are reinforced with iron components, which can support more powerful firing force. This makes these ballistae no less powerful than artillery that fires shells of the same weight, and it is powerful enough.
However, compared to the firing speed and continuity of firepower of artillery, the ballistae is not good enough.
This is understandable. These ballistas are much larger than artillery. Even with auxiliary loading facilities, loading is very difficult. Moreover, the ballista must be wound before firing. The huge torsion spring requires a dozen honeypot ants to use the lever system to complete the winding. This is obviously much more difficult than the artillery which only needs to load a small propellant pack into the barrel.
Zhu Jue has been thinking about how to improve the firing speed of the existing ballistae and enhance the continuity of the fortress's defensive firepower. Otherwise, if tens of thousands of Destroyers attack in large numbers, the current firepower will be far from enough.
In fact, there is a ready-made method to increase the rate of fire.
In the past, in the homeland, the torsion springs of the crossbows of the Divine Envoy King's Legion were all made of the leg tendons of locusts and other insects that are good at jumping. A small torsion spring can provide huge kinetic energy.
But when we collected materials to build crossbows in the country of the Thin-legged Ants, we couldn't collect much leg tendons at all. These were eaten directly by the Thin-legged Ants as food, and the few tendons in stock were all used for manufacturing. The most powerful peanut ballistae is not enough.
Other ballistae can only use plant fibers to make torsion springs. To obtain the same firing force, the torsion springs of plant fibers are larger and bulkier than the torsion springs of insect tendons, and it is more difficult to control, aim and wind.
These ballistas manufactured by the Divine Envoy Army are all modular structures. If tendon torsion springs can be manufactured in large quantities in a short period of time, the bulky plant fiber torsion springs can be quickly replaced, greatly increasing the firing speed.
So Zhu Jue decided to step up the collection of raw materials such as insect tendons!
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