The next day, the sun was warm and there was still no obvious hint of autumn. However, the clouds in the sky were changing and the humidity in the air was getting thicker, indicating that an autumn rain was inevitable.
Under the sun, the civilized ant coalition forces and the pavement ant empire forces each took their positions and continued their confrontation.
After the Pavement Ant Imperial Army left camp today, they did not launch a direct attack. Instead, they first set up a formation, and then frequently approached, retreated, and moved sideways in front of the coalition forces commanded by Zhu Jue. They often showed off their power before retreating. Sometimes if you accidentally enter the artillery range, you can only retreat in disgrace under the shelling.
Zhu Jue saw that the other party had no intention of fighting with real swords and guns for the time being, so he ignored the provocation of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army and ordered to stabilize the position and wait for his deployment to be in place.
Unexpectedly, not long after, an army of leaf-cutter ants disobeyed orders and pursued a group of silver ants that retreated under the bombardment!
Zhu Jue hurriedly used friction sounds to call back the army, but it was too far away to hear, and it was too late to send a messenger. I saw this group of hundreds of leaf-cutter ant warriors breaking out of formation to pursue them. They were just outside the range of the artillery. They were surrounded by silver ants and green beetles who had reacted and were unable to escape.
Zhu Jue weighed the situation and received a report from the flying knight that the enemy's main force was still far away, so he ordered the entire army to move forward.
First, artillery covered the area, and then with the infantry of the Divine Envoy Army as the main force, and other armies of other tribes as auxiliary, they advanced together to force the enemy back, and then rescued the leaf-cutter ant army that had been destroyed by more than half. Then the army took turns covering and slowly retreated to its original position.
Zhu Jue then personally interrogated the leaf-cutter ant commander who violated the order and learned that he was from the occupied area. He was eager for revenge in this battle. Seeing the enemy's retreat, he thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he ignored Zhu Jue's order and went to fight. Unexpectedly, he was surrounded and killed. Losing troops and losing generals.
This leafcutter ant commander is compassionate, but military law is the most ruthless!
Zhu Jue immediately announced to all the armies that it was the duty of the allies to dispatch the army to rescue friendly forces. However, the commander of the leaf cutter ants disobeyed the military order and ordered the execution. It was his right as the supreme commander of the civilized ant alliance to order the execution of this commander. .
After this incident, all the tribes were impressed, and even the other nobles of the leaf-cutter ant tribe didn't think it was too much. After all, it is a duty to save you, and it is a duty to kill you.
Zhu Jue lamented that every time he went to a new battlefield, he had to establish his authority first before he could command the armies more satisfactorily. He was also very tired. Fortunately, the coalition forces under his command are now ready.
After the Pavement Ant Imperial Army retreated, they did not continue their futile provocation. Soon the two armies returned to their camps to avoid the too harsh midday sun.
In the afternoon, a main force of the Pavement Ant Empire Army arrived. This pavement ant imperial army is made up of mostly pavement ant warriors of its own race, with a few vassal warriors such as Aiman ants and yellow ants. It comes in a mighty torrent and has a strength of more than 100,000. There is also a considerable number of enemy troops still on their way to the battlefield.
The Pavement Ant Empire army could have arrived in the morning, but as the Ant Alliance's war preparations strengthened, the number of flying knights departing from the Ant Alliance's homeland doubled today, and a large number of bombs and incendiary bombs poured down, leaving For a time, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army could hardly move.
It wasn't until they escaped into a high-density grassland that they saw many yellow ants occupying the upper part of the tall grass with their bellies sticking out and looking at the insects eagerly. The flying knights were afraid of the formic acid shots and did not dare to fly in to pursue them rashly. The army of the Pavement Ant Empire speeded up and arrived. battlefield.
After the reinforcements arrived and the sun was not so fierce, the Pavement Ant Empire troops re-entered the formation. It took more than half an hour to reorganize the team and get into battle formation. In order to prevent the fire suppression from the flying knights from the air, their formation moved to the right near a bush, and yellow ants, red forest ants, etc. occupied high places and sprayed formic acid as air defense.
Soon, the formation of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was formed, with the elite Pavement Ant warriors as the core, the Aiman ants as the vanguard, the Silver Ants and Green Walkers as the wings, and the rest of the troops as the rear troops, generally forming a horizontal formation. Slowly pressed towards Zhu Jue's troops.
Seeing that the enemy had escaped from the air defense cover, the Flying Knights resumed their bombing. The Pavement Ant Imperial Army braved the bombs to stabilize their formation and accelerate their advance. At the same time, they constantly adjusted their formation to ensure that all armies were coordinated, showing good discipline.
Zhu Jue watched carefully from a high place and felt that the formation of the pavement ant imperial army was quite remarkable: the one in the middle was obviously a group of elite pavement ants, with the highest armor rate, closely following the burly and powerful Aiman ants. . The troops on both wings are relatively weak. The Silver Ants and Green Bujia are both good at speed, and they mainly perform the tasks of fighting and containing.
Obviously, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was aiming for a breakthrough in the center. They used the powerful Aiman ants and armored elite Pavement Ants as arrows, and the fast troops on both wings could cooperate to outflank them. This is obviously a practical tactic that has matured in long wars.
This time, with the exception of a few rear troops as reserves, almost the entire Pavement Ant Empire army was deployed. They wanted to win in one go. This was also their long-term experience in fighting the Destroyers. They knew that it was not advisable to add fuel to the fire on the battlefield, so they used all their strength to win. Only by going will you have a chance to win.
However, in the face of air suppression that made ground reconnaissance unfavorable, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army did not know Zhu Jue's specific arrangements, and it seemed rash to rush the entire army to attack.
When the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was halfway forward and speeding up despite the frontal artillery fire from Zhu Jue's command, suddenly, there was a dense abnormal sound coming from the right rear.
The sound of "咻廻咻" was like the roar of death. Rockets with white smoke trails penetrated into the pavement ant empire army, making huge explosions, bursts of smoke, and large swaths of smoke and dust.
Zhu Jue had secretly deployed the few rocket launchers he had on hand here in advance, and suddenly launched a fatal blow when the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was unaware.
We can't blame the Pavement Ant Imperial Army for being careless. In fact, their scouts were blocked and attacked by flying knights as soon as they were dispatched. It was difficult to detect all the nearby terrain clearly, and their senior commanders were almost half-blind.
The right wing of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army, which was suddenly attacked, showed signs of collapse, and Zhu Jue took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. In desperation, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army withdrew from the cannon fodder range and braved the firepower of the Flying Knights to reorganize their formation.
At the same time, a group of silver ants and green beetles had finished reorganizing themselves and were quickly approaching the location of the rocket launcher.
But when the silver ants and the green beetles arrived under the hidden shade of the trees, there was no trace of the rocket launchers - the artillerymen of the God's Envoy Army did not reload after firing the salvo, and directly lifted the gun mount onto the dung beetle. The beast master has already evacuated under the protection of a group of infantry of the Divine Envoy King's legion!
