[West Stone Fort] The civilized ant coalition forces in the fortress, plus the defenders, there are more than 500,000 people. However, this army is now empty in numbers, but has little combat effectiveness due to low morale, hunger, injuries, and loss of heavy weapons.
Therefore, rather than saying that this operation was a breakout, it would be more accurate to say that it was an evacuation or even an escape. But for ordinary soldiers, Zhu Jue still insisted that this was a breakout, so as not to further weaken the military morale!
Under such a harsh situation, if they encounter a large-scale pursuit by the Destroyer during the breakout process, the coalition's actions are likely to turn into a rout out of control. In order to avoid such incidents as much as possible, Zhu Jue made a relatively reasonable plan in a hurry.
For this evacuation, Zhu Jue planned to leave about 20,000 troops to stay at the [Xishibao] fortress to contain the destroyers attacking the city and buy time for the army to evacuate. This remaining force is mainly composed of the original defenders and some soldiers who were seriously injured and unable to evacuate. They are destined to die here...
The troops left behind had no complaints. This is the valuable thing about ant warriors. If it is a human army, it is rare to have such a sacrificial spirit.
Among the troops breaking through, a blocking force of about 40,000 composed of the infantry of the Divine Envoy Army and the elites of the Thin-footed Ant Army will first withdraw from the secret passage to the ground, and then occupy several dangerous terrains nearby to build a A defensive line to hold back when the Destroyer comes, buying time for other troops to retreat via the ground.
Zhu Jue planned to strengthen the redundant ballistae in the [West Stone Fort] fortress that had not been used in the defensive battle to them. The only weapons such as fire bombs, slings, and incendiary bombs were also given to this blocking force with the heaviest task.
The commander of this blocking force is "Broken Horn", a highly respected male ant leader of the Thin-legged Ant Clan, who has volunteered to command this blocking battle that is bound to be extremely difficult and even doomed to death.
He said that soldiers would rather die in a heroic battle and have their bodies eaten by ferocious enemy ants than end up so old that they paralyze on the ground slowly secreting oleic acid and be thrown into the garbage by lowly worker ants!
Another leader of the male ants "Changjiao" was also willing to participate in the blockade. However, the army of ants still needed a commander. He was not as qualified as "Broken Horn", so he finally agreed to stay and be responsible for commanding the ants. Evacuate.
The large force that needed to be evacuated was divided into two waves.
The number of ants in one wave is small, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of evacuated ant colonies. They are mainly composed of injured soldiers who can move and slow-moving old and weak ants. They will pass through connecting the [West Stone Fort] Fortress and [ The long-distance underground passage of the Houshibao fortress was evacuated, and at the same time, the excess materials in the [West Stonebao] fortress were moved away.
This retreat channel is very safe and can avoid the Destroyers on the ground. However, due to the narrow road and slow traffic, it is impossible for all the soldiers to evacuate here in time.
A group of messengers have already rushed to the [Houshibao] Fortress through this long underground passage in advance, conveying Zhu Jue's order, so that the remaining troops in the [Houshibao] Fortress can be dispatched to meet the army's breakout.
The breakout troops with the largest number of ants climbed to the ground through relatively spacious secret passages, and then quickly evacuated from the ground. Therefore, most of these troops were healthy warriors, mainly composed of fast-moving slender-legged ants and army ants.
Both "Broken Angle" and "Long Angle" have raised objections. According to their ideas, the most elite troops should be evacuated through safe long-distance underground passages to ensure that at least a group of elite troops can return to the [Hou Shibao] fortress alive. , leaving the seeds for future armies. As for the ground breakout troops, they are inherently dangerous. The old and the weak should be allowed to take this route. Even if the entire army is annihilated, the losses will be minimal.
Zhu Jue still hoped to break out more effective forces, rejected the suggestions of "breaking horns" and "growing horns", and persuaded them. The two male leaders of the Thin-legged Ants soon figured it out - even if more than 100,000 elite warriors safely evacuated to the [Hou Shibao] fortress, they would not be able to withstand the next wave of invasion by the Destroyers. Only by finding a way for most of the remaining 500,000 warriors to successfully break through can the civilized ant coalition have the capital to continue to resist in the next battle!
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A tragic breakout battle breaks out!
The main battle takes place between ground breaking forces and the Destroyers.
The initial breakout went smoothly. The blocking troops quickly occupied the designated position and set up a hasty, simple but firm defense line before the Destroyer could react.
At this time, the sky has become colder, and most of the fog has dissipated in the morning light of the new day, no longer seriously blocking the view. When Zhu Jue landed on the ground, he climbed up to a high place and looked not far away. He almost fell down in shock.
The shadowy figures on the ground in the distance are all Destroyers, like a black ocean, which has completely covered the [West Stone Castle] Fortress and the ground nearby. There must be nearly a million in number!
With so many Destroyers, it is definitely not just the group of Destroyers that attacked the [East Stone Castle] Fortress before. There must be a main force of Destroyers that the civilized ant alliance army did not know beforehand. They took advantage of the foggy weather to quickly arrive at the war zone, perhaps making a surprise attack. It was this destroyer that caused the coalition of civilized ants to collapse!
There are so many destroyers, and the power of the civilized ant coalition in the Xizhujie Ant Kingdom is absolutely irresistible!
Zhu Jue immediately made a judgment in his heart!
The enemy army was too powerful and completely unmatched at this time. Zhu Jue could only urge the breakout troops to speed up their pace.
Wave after wave of troops filed out of the secret passage. They couldn't wait to gather and quickly moved in a long formation towards the [Hou Shibao] fortress in the southeast. The thin-footed warrior ants slowly overtook the slower-moving army ants and even slower honeypot ants, and the long line gradually disintegrated and dispersed!
Such a large-scale operation finally alerted the Destroyers, and a large group of Destroyers attacked. Although the blocking troops fought bravely, they were eventually wiped out. Commander "Broken Horn" died heroically in battle, realizing his long-cherished wish of being buried on the battlefield. …
Tens of thousands of the breakout troops did not have time to evacuate from the secret passage in time. They were surrounded by the Destroyers and were completely wiped out. Fortunately, most of the breakout troops had already set off, moving very quickly and out of the radar Destroyer's detection range. The Destroyer Army did not continue to pursue!
In the end, this coalition army had as many as 650,000 soldiers when it set off. When it returned to the [Hou Shibao] fortress, there were only 480,000 soldiers left. Most of them were injured and injured, and all their heavy weapons were lost.
That night, the Destroyer launched an attack on the [West Stone Castle] fortress through a secret passage. The fortress fell and all the defenders died heroically.
However, before the entire army was annihilated, the defenders desperately blocked the entrance to the long-distance underground passage and removed the nearby pheromones, preventing the Destroyer from discovering the clues. The defenders made their final contribution to the friendly forces with their sacrifice...
