The Imperial Army of Pavement Ants, which had completed their formation, attacked again.
In accordance with the established tactics, the civilized ant coalition suddenly bombarded the first batch of enemy columns with fierce firepower when they formed their formation, and then used the initiative of infantry to defeat these enemy troops.
However, the second column of the Pavement Ant Empire Army only received a small amount of firepower, mainly from the covering fire of rocket launchers. Under the pressure of commanders at all levels, this time the elite of the Pavement Ant Empire Army did not collapse due to the roar and explosion, and still completed the tactical actions.
The second batch of Pavement Ant Imperial Army attack troops successfully completed their deployment, quickly passing over the defeated first batch of troops, and even coerced some soldiers who had lost their command to turn back and fight.
The civilized ant coalition forces also immediately returned to their original front line, relying on this position to engage in close hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Zhu Jue still stayed at the high artillery position. At this time, the two armies were in close combat, and the artillery lost its effect. He just completed the loading silently and waited for the next shooting window.
What Zhu Jue didn't expect was that the battle this time was very hard. The front line wavered frequently, and the position was crumbling like a walnut boat hit by floods.
Different from the pavement ant warriors they fought against in the past, this army of pavement ants has a more distinctive fighting style. They have a higher proportion of armor. In addition to fighting in denser arrays than the Big-headed Ant Warriors of the Angel King's legion, they are also good at flexible strangulation tactics in groups of three to five.
In particular, there are some weird-looking pavement ant warriors. Each of them has a special skill. They are either strong enough to be compared with big-headed soldier ants, or they are as agile as cockroaches, or their carapace is covered with knobs and bumps, which greatly enhances their jaw resistance. The ability of a knife to pierce.
In addition, there are also some difficult Ehrlich's ants and yellow ants to assist. The former's poisonous sting is terrifying. Once a small or medium-sized ant is stung, it will be painful until death. The latter contains formic acid and also carries tough ant silk ropes and rope nets. They are good at using rope nets to restrain targets and then surround and kill them.
The fighting styles of different ant tribes are very different. The frontline civilized ant coalition forces need time to adapt, or they can use training, equipment and numerical advantages to resist head-on.
It is a pity that the civilized ant coalition is currently at a disadvantage. Except for the Angel King's army, the training of the leaf cutter ants or other ant tribes is not very good, and the equipment is better than nothing.
Under such circumstances, it was inevitable that the front line of the civilized ant alliance would be in a bitter battle. At the same time, the front lines on both wings were forced to bend backwards, exposing the army of the God Envoy King in the center!
If the commanders hadn't been able to suppress the attack, Zhu Jue promptly deployed several reserve units to launch a counterattack, but the troops on both wings would have been defeated.
At this time, there were four infantry regiments of the King of Gods fighting in the middle. They were alone and exposed at the forefront of the position. They refused to retreat like the mainstay, fighting bravely with the enemy troops attacking from three sides.
The entire defense line of the Civilized Ant Tribe Alliance is centered on the Chinese Army's Divine Envoy King Legion. They occupy a gentle low hill, cut off the weeds on it, and dig a shallow ditch in front of the formation to hinder the enemy. military.
The empty yellow land surface was exposed on the low hills, which glowed with blood-red luster in the setting sun. This is not only the color of the sunset, but also the color of dripping blood.
As the corpses of both armies gathered more and more, until it affected the battle, the defenders threw corpses down the hill like raindrops while fighting, almost filling up the shallow ravine in front of the formation. The blood and tissue fluid dyed the soil into messy and beautiful colors, and the corpses were splashed on the ground like paint.
I don’t know how many corpses both sides dropped in front of this gentle and small hill. After the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was finally contained from the outflanking on both wings, they continued to gather their forces in the center, or tried to use the usual central breakthrough tactics. goal achieved.
In the rear, there were also several groups of reinforcements from the Pavement Ant Empire Army, braving artillery fire in column formation, and quickly advanced to join the battle.
The artillery bombardment of the Angel King's legion could not stop the enemy's reinforcements. Zhu Jue also took action to control the ants, and successively sent two of the Angel King's infantry legions as reserves to replace the two disabled front-line legions, leaving behind the enemy. The soldiers were able to withdraw to rest and consolidate the precarious front-line position.
The sun gradually disappeared amidst the endless fighting, bloodshed, dismemberment and death. A incomplete but bright moon rose up, and was soon shrouded by the lowering clouds. Only a blur could be seen from behind the clouds. A pale group of light with unclear boundaries.
There was no strategy or command left in this battle, and it lasted until nightfall. Both sides could only continue to invest their reserves. The battle was to exhaust their troops in the bloody time, and the bet was who could not hold on first.
The "King" of the Pavement Ant Empire Army has confidence in his elite soldiers. Although these Divine Envoy Infantry Corps under Zhu Jue are not entirely composed of veterans, but are formed with some veterans as the backbone and a large number of new recruits, the training is equally strict and the equipment is well-equipped, and Zhu Jue is equally confident.
The performance of the soldiers of the Divine Envoy King was also worthy of Zhu Jue's trust. The central position never took a step back and defended the defense line.
Finally, the cold wind at night became stronger and stronger, and the Pavement Ant Empire Army saw that the stalemate could not be broken. Freezing patients began to appear among the troops on standby, and they were forced to evacuate first!
The civilized ant coalition did not care about the pursuit, and hurriedly cleaned the battlefield, leaving behind the corpses that rolled everywhere in the strong winds, looking for the wounded who were still alive, and hurriedly retreated to the underground camp together.
I don't know when, the fine and cold raindrops fell like silk strings, quickly depriving all objects on the ground of heat. In the already cold autumn night, the temperature plummeted. It was still more than 20 degrees at dusk. At this time, it quickly dropped to about 10 degrees.
Under the cold wind and rain, most of the civilized ant coalition forces and the pavement ant empire army had already got into the shelter. However, those seriously injured people who were still struggling on the battlefield gradually stiffened in the suffocation and low temperature brought by the rain, and lost their last strength. Precious life.
That night, except for the guards on duty at several entrances and exits of the fortress, all the troops under Zhu Jue rested in the warm and dry underground camp. There is plenty of drinking water and medicinal herbs here, which can restore the health of the lightly wounded and replenish the strength of the exhausted soldiers.
On the side of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army, the situation is much worse. The shallow camp is not enough to isolate the low temperature and penetrating rain from the outside. They can only continue to expand the camp space downwards while placing the lowest-status slaves. The upper part of the camp acts as a thermal layer of ant flesh.
At the same time, due to insufficient food carried with the army, most of the soldiers of the Pavement Ant Empire Army could only starve overnight.
