Relying on more than twice the strength advantage, the Pavement Ant Empire Army quickly extended the warning range far away. In this way, even without air superiority, it was enough to contain the penetration of the Divine Envoy King's army.
If the rocket artillery troops insist on interspersing, it will be difficult to find a hidden route. Even if there is a route, suitable launching locations, such as grass and bushes, will still be alerted by enemy troops. If you want to retreat after launching, you will face interception by enemy troops coming from all directions.
Zhu Jue saw that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, so he asked the flying knight to summon the rocket launcher troops back and prepare for a head-on attack.
A fierce battle is coming!
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At this time, around three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was hanging in the sky at an angle of about 45 degrees. The sky was a bit gloomy, and white clouds as dense as fish scales filled the sky like neat military formations on the ground.
This was a sign that strong cold air was coming. Zhu Jue had been observing the weather for three consecutive days. Even if he didn't know how to read clouds, the ant's instinct had already noticed the obvious changes in air pressure and temperature.
In normal times, the ants in each nest are already preparing to return to the nest and avoid rain. One autumn rain and another cold. With the size and physiological characteristics of ants, being exposed to cold wind and rain for a long time is tantamount to suicide.
But now, on this battlefield where the two armies are confronting each other, neither side has any intention of giving in.
Cold front rainfall in autumn is different from thunderstorms in summer. The intensity is not that strong and lasts longer. From the prelude of light rain to the heavier rain, there will be a period of change in the middle, so that the heavy rain will not cause a disaster at the beginning.
It is based on this understanding that the "King" of the Pavement Ant Empire Army is unwilling to give up the opportunity to gain an advantage now and wants to achieve a decisive victory before the rain comes.
The Pavement Ant Empire Army is also confident of winning. Many of the troops arriving on the battlefield with the "King" are directly under his command. They have fought fiercely with the Destroyer for many years and are the best among the elites who are well-known in the Pavement Ant Empire!
If the enemy troops do not withdraw, the civilized ant coalition forces commanded by Zhu Jue can only stick to their posts. But Zhu Jue was not in a hurry. The fortress and underground camp he relied on were much better protected against cold and rain than the temporary field camps set up by the Pavement Ant Imperial Army. If it really drags on until it rains, the enemy's losses will be even more severe!
But for now, seeing the large-scale enemy troops pressing up in an orderly manner, the pressure is still very high.
Even facing this enemy force, Zhu Jue felt that the pressure was no less than that faced by the Destroyer of the same size.
On the one hand, most of the troops under his command are leaf-cutting ants with weak combat effectiveness, and the God Envoy King's army does not have many troops. On the other hand, compared to the Destroyer's aggressive style of play that relies on numbers and individual strength advantages, the tactics and coordination of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army are equally threatening, not to mention these elite Pavement Ant warriors. All of them are murderous.
In front of the front line of the civilized ant alliance, the paving ant empire army moved forward again and launched an offensive.
This time, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army quickly entered the field in column formation. The bulletproof effect of such a formation is obviously much better than that of a dense horizontal formation. The artillery starts shooting after the enemy enters the maximum range, with few results and the killing effect is significantly lower than before.
Zhu Jue had never seen the Pavement Ant Imperial Army in such a formation before. This was obviously a new change in dealing with artillery threats. The opposing commander was very smart and good at learning from war.
Such a formation change does not seem difficult. The ant army is in a column formation when it is marching, and will also change into a horizontal formation before officially entering the battlefield. But thinking of such changes in tactics requires a brain that knows how to adapt to changes, and most ant commanders only know how to follow the rules.
Zhu Jue ordered the rocket launchers and mung bean cannons to suspend firing. Only a few fast-loading millet cannons were still firing sparsely.
Seeing that the artillery fire was weak, the columns of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army moved faster. The leaders of these columns are armored elite pavement ant warriors, as well as powerful vassal ant warriors such as Aiman ants and yellow ants.
When the columns of the Pavement Ant Empire Army approached the formation of the Civilized Ant Alliance, as the friction sounds and pheromone signals spread, the soldiers began to disperse, replacing the columns with horizontal formations!
This is the time!
Zhu Jue was staying in the artillery position to take command and personally issued firing instructions!
There was almost no delay. Following the order, the sound of the mung bean cannon was "crackling", and the huge cannonballs turned into black shadows and sprayed out. Those artillery shells, whose trajectories were almost visible to the naked eye, seemed to hit slowly and quickly into the enemy army, which was slightly confused due to the change of formation.
The cannonball shredded the flesh it hit. Just a slight graze, or a hit after hitting the ground and rebounding, was enough to crush the seemingly hard outer carapace of the ant warrior like a dry leaf. Cannonballs plowed bloody gorges in the ant team that had just dispersed, until the kinetic energy was exhausted!
The rocket launcher hit the rear of the column of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army that had not yet changed formation to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces. Its sharp roar alone made many Pavement Ant soldiers who had been hit before lose their minds.
Under the double blow of artillery and rockets, the changing formation of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army suddenly became chaotic, and the front-line commanders also fell into panic, just as Zhu Jue expected.
You must know that even during a march, it is easy to cause confusion when converting columns into horizontal formations. Front-line commanders often do not receive instructions in time, or hesitate after receiving instructions. In addition, different teams interfere with each other, and it often takes a period of time. It takes time for self-adjustment to complete the transformation.
So Zhu Jue let the firepower be activated at the most critical moment, and sure enough, the enemy army was confused! The civilized ant coalition also seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, paving the way for the ant empire army to be defeated again!
In terms of actual combat experience, the "King" of the opposite side of the Ant Empire Army is quite rich. He has been fighting the Destroyer for 2 years.
But compared with Zhu Jue, he still pales into insignificance. Zhu Jue had fought against the Pavement Ant Barbarian Kingdom not long after he had just crossed over, and he had rich experience in fighting the Pavement Ant clan. There are also records of fighting against different ant tribes such as parasitic ants and destroyers. Even though he was only a commander with mediocre qualifications at first, his experience has already been upgraded to the top level.
When the Pao Dao Ant Imperial Army changed its formation, Zhu Jue immediately noticed the possible hidden dangers and took advantage of them!
The Pavement Ant Imperial Army still did not give up and prepared for a second wave of offensive.
This time, they still entered the field in columns, but they were divided into two waves. They probably planned to use the first wave as cannon fodder to buy time for the second wave of attacking troops to deploy and attack!
The enemy troops were still in formation. Standing in the artillery position high up, Zhu Jue looked up at the sky. It was almost dusk, and the gloomy clouds were thickening.
Zhu Jue felt that the time was almost up, so he summoned a group of flying knights to send orders!
