When the order to attack came from the sky, the ants of the artillery unit immediately moved or carried the artillery pieces to the ridges, and an artillery position was set up in a short time.
When on the mainland, the artillery troops used a large number of beetles as beasts of burden to carry artillery and ammunition, and also carried artillery to save physical strength. However, in the country of Thin-legged Ants, beetles cannot arrive in large quantities by air, and there is no local tradition of domesticating beetles. The artillery force can only use honeypot ants and Thin-legged Ants to "replace the insects and lose soldiers." Fortunately, ants are strong, and as long as there are enough strong men, the mobility of the artillery unit will not be reduced too much.
The artillery positions were quietly arranged. Although the Destroyer was close at hand, due to the obstruction of vegetation, its line of sight could not directly see the civilized ant coalition. The Radar Destroyer's reconnaissance ignored this area, forming a blind spot.
After about a quarter of an hour of preparation, all the artillery was ready, and all long-range firepower was aimed in the direction of the Destroyer closest to the position.
As the commander issued the firing order, the artillerymen, who also could not see the Destroyer, completely relied on the observation and azimuth guidance of the flying knights in the air to adjust the firing direction.
The flying knights' guidance method is also very primitive. They think where the artillery should fire, and they slightly lower the altitude of this airspace and keep wandering up and down.
In the first wave of shooting, although the shells cut a few paths of flesh and blood into the Destroyer, they basically did not cause too serious damage to the Radar Destroyer. When the second wave of shots was fired, the shells had already enveloped the three radar destroyers, and the flying sand and gravel hit the radar destroyers, causing the fragile ones to struggle back.
Seeing that the Radar Destroyer was injured, the surrounding Destroyers were angry, but they were at a loss what to do. They could not see the enemy ants, and their poor hearing made it difficult for them to lock on to the artillery position on their own. The Radar Destroyer was in a panic and could not take care of it for the time being. reconnaissance.
This gives the civilized ant coalition a short period of free fire. Their goal is to take the opportunity to kill as many radar destroyers as possible!
However, since the field artillery's artillery calibers are all cannons with straight trajectories, facing the Radar Destroyer surrounded by a large number of Destroyers for personal protection, unless it hits the Radar Destroyer directly at close range or hits the body of the Radar Destroyer by bouncing, it will be very difficult. Deals damage to the Radar Destroyer.
Just the thick carapace and huge body of the surrounding Destroyer can quickly exhaust the kinetic energy of the cannonball, making it a perfect flesh and blood shield.
The combat flying knights in the sky also tried to take advantage of the chaos to swoop and bomb the radar destroyers, but the destroyers always knew that there were enemy ants in the sky. As soon as the flying knights made a move, the sticky silk and acid of the big-bellied destroyers came. All the jets came.
Fortunately, the Destroyer's anti-aircraft fire was fired too early, and the Flying Knights were always on high alert, and there was no loss. However, the Flying Knights could only raise their altitude again and gave up the bombing.
After the field artillery on the ground fired seven or eight rounds, the Destroyers finally figured out the direction of the attack. Thousands of Destroyers bared their teeth and claws, and there was no formation. They came over in a scattered, chaotic, and ferocious manner.
The Destroyer teams were widely separated, and there was not much alternate cover between them. Upon seeing this, the civilized ant coalition forces on the ground insisted on not retreating, but took advantage of the gaps to launch a counterattack.
The field artillery continued to fire in the direction of the radar destroyers, and a group of fast-moving thin-footed ant warriors stepped forward to harass and contain several groups of incoming destroyers. The Divine Envoy King's Legion and some other elite ant warriors rushed back towards the frontmost group of thousands of Destroyers.
After a fierce battle, the field troops of the civilized ant alliance eliminated the destroyers. Seeing the massive reinforcements of the destroyers, they retreated while covering each other.
With the help of the strong men, the field artillerymen quickly put away the artillery and ammunition, put the artillery and ammunition on the backs of the strong men, and retreated first, followed by the main force. Some of the Thin-footed Ant warriors stayed behind and led the Destroyer in other directions. After confirming that the main force was safe, they used their speed advantage to get rid of the pursuers.
This surprise attack by the civilized ant alliance field force was not very effective, killing and wounding only two to three thousand Destroyers in total. However, they verified that the radar jamming tactics formulated by Zhu Jue were effective, and also injured two radar destroyers. One of them had a pair of antennae broken off and lost its detection ability, causing the destroyer army to be extremely chaotic for a time.
At the same time, the field troops' attack also cooperated with the defenders' fighting. When the Destroyers fell into chaos and were busy destroying the artillery positions, the defenders decisively followed the planned plan and dispatched large forces to counterattack, driving the Destroyers out of the fortress, regaining the city wall, and killing one or two thousand Destroyers. Together with the killing effect of the previous defense, the total casualties of the Destroyer were four to five thousand.
The destroyers who were attacking the city were also adversely affected by the surprise attack on their own formation. After the radar destroyers failed to take command, most of these front-line destroyers chose to retreat after confusion. Otherwise, the defenders would not have been able to defeat them so quickly. Tens of thousands of destroyers.
The Destroyer Army's first daytime offensive came to an abrupt end. After confirming that they had expelled the field troops of the Civilized Ant Alliance, it was already afternoon. The unwilling Destroyers launched another assault, this time even the city wall. We didn’t even get on board, so we retreated in despair!
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That night, the Destroyers did not attack overnight. The defenders used the cover of darkness to repair the city defenses. Some of the ballistae were damaged after being fired for a long time. Fortunately, they are all assembled with standard parts. There is a lot of inventory in the fortress warehouse, and it can be repaired all in one night.
The next day, June 5, the Destroyers attacked the city again. This time by noon, the Destroyers had completely captured the city wall and completely besieged the Anthill defense line.
Threads of fire continued to explode in the fortress, and the ant mounds of the fortress suffered as many as a dozen rounds of blasts. However, the walls of the anthill have been reinforced, especially the bottom, and the thickness of the walls is up to 2 centimeters. Most of the White Belly Destroyer's scattered blasts were ineffective. Occasionally, a gap opened would be immediately filled by the defenders.
In the afternoon, the field troops of the civilized ant alliance were estimated to be lurking somewhere quietly, and while the Destroyer was busy attacking the city and unprepared, they once again launched a long-range surprise attack on the location of the Radar Destroyer.
This time both sides had experience. The civilized ant coalition's field artillery fired more accurately and successfully killed a radar destroyer after three rounds of salvos.
The Destroyer also reacted quickly and quickly organized troops to counterattack wildly. However, the civilized ant coalition field troops did not hesitate to fight and quickly withdrew without being caught up by the Destroyer!
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