After nightfall on the 16th, there was no big movement in the Pavement Ant Empire Army camp. Except for the sentries at the entrance and exit, other troops were resting. Those who did not take a nap also reduced their activities in order to save as much energy as possible before the food was delivered.
The supplies carried by this pavement ant empire army have been exhausted, and they broke down like a car without oil, losing most of the threat.
In the camp of the civilized ant alliance, the plight of the paving ant imperial army has long been foreseen, and a mobilization is quietly taking advantage of the opportunity.
Taking advantage of the high terrain of the camp and the opportunity that the enemy troops did not go out to guard, more than 30,000 reinforcements from [Liu San City] entered the camp under the moonlight to take over Zhu Jue's defense.
This support force is commanded by a leafcutter ant princess and is mainly composed of warriors of the leafcutter ant clan. Although its combat effectiveness is not very strong, it is certainly no match against the nearly 200,000 Pavement Ant Imperial Army. However, their mission does not require frontal combat. Zhu Jue warned them not to take the initiative, and once the enemy troops start to retreat, they will be far behind them, so the enemy troops should not care about them.
Afterwards, Zhu Jue led his troops to leave the camp quietly, passed through the wet and cold ground overnight, and returned to [Liu San City] not far behind.
After half a night's rest here, Zhu Jue's troops gathered reinforcements from [Panxia City] of about 10,000 Divine Envoy King warriors, including a tank regiment. After dawn, this army marched south .
The main force of the Pavement Ant Empire Army on the front line at this time totaled about 700,000 people. They looked strong, but they were divided into 4 large armies and several small armies. Each army only had a maximum of 200,000 people, so its strength was greatly dispersed.
Zhu Jue intended to defeat them one by one, but the enemy force that faced him before was the largest, with nearly 200,000 people, and it was difficult to eliminate them quickly. Zhu Jue planned to start with the enemy forces on the southern route, which had fewer troops. Later, as reinforcements continued to arrive and the strength of the civilized ant coalition increased, he would then try to eliminate the main force of the paving ant empire.
The South Road Paving Ant Army has about 60,000 troops, and there are also several small-scale troops nearby, adding up to a total of about 80,000 troops. This is the only main force of the enemy that Zhu Jue can quickly capture with his current strength. .
At this time, the paving ant empire army along this road has completed the outflanking of the south side of [Liu San City], and even cut off the ant road leading directly from [Panellia City] to [Liu San City], coming from the mainland of the Ant Alliance The reinforcements and supplies had to circle westward to reach the front line.
Opening up the communication line to [Panxia City] was also an important reason why Zhu Jue decided to give priority to attacking the enemy forces on the south road.
The enemy troops on the southern route did not realize that a disaster was coming, because they had abundant seizures along the way and they were not short of supplies, so they planned to continue advancing. If yesterday's rain hadn't blocked the pace of the South Road Paving Ant Empire Army, this fast-moving force might have launched a new offensive in the direction of [Panxia City].
After daybreak, the paving ant imperial army on the south road began to march southward, marching in a procession along the ant road. There were scouts nearby to form a warning net, and there were also a small number of "mosquitoes" in the air.
Under the guidance of the Flying Knight, Zhu Jue's more than 70,000 soldiers first joined the Rangers, and the total strength increased to about 90,000, occupying a numerical advantage.
At noon on September 17, Zhu Jue's troops approached the Pavement Ant Imperial Army moving south-east.
At this time, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was in a marching state, and the side of the long marching column was almost undefended and exposed to the civilized ant coalition soldiers under Zhu Jue.
Zhu Jue felt that the opportunity was too good to miss and immediately ordered the vanguard troops that had arrived on the battlefield to attack, and at the same time ordered the following troops to speed up.
The civilized ant coalition was also in a marching state at this time. Even though Zhu Jue urged them in many ways and even with the guidance of the flying knight, the team was still getting longer and longer during the maneuver due to the terrain and objective laws, and they were unable to enter the battlefield at the same time.
The opportunity was not to be missed. Under the surveillance of surrounding scouts and a small number of "mosquitoes" in the air, the Pavement Ant Imperial Army had noticed the approach of Zhu Jue's troops and was trying to adjust their formation. Zhu Jue could only launch an attack first.
Duke, the commander of the Ant Empire Army along the road, had already realized the danger from the scouts and "Mosquitoes", but before he could complete the order, the rear position of the Chinese Army had already been attacked.
The Pavement Ant Imperial Army, which was caught off guard, was split into two by the attacking Archangel King Tank Corps from a third of the rear of the entire formation. The Archangel King Infantry Corps that followed up consolidated the breach and cut it into two pieces. The enemy forces were completely separated.
In the air, the flying knights have driven away a few "mosquitoes", and the enemy scouts on the ground have also retreated.
At this time, Zhu Jue ordered some of the Divine Envoy King's infantry, together with troops from other ethnic groups, to surround a large group of enemy troops in the north. He continued to weaken the enemy troops with field artillery fire, but did not launch an immediate attack.
At the same time, Zhu Jue's elite troops, mainly the warriors of the Divine Envoy King, took the lead in launching a general attack on the small group of 20,000 enemy troops in the south.
Even though the Pavement Ant Imperial Army was suddenly attacked, they did not lose their fighting spirit and resisted very tenaciously. When the soldiers of the Pavement Ant Empire formed a solid square formation, even the fully armed infantry of the God Envoy King would have a hard time destroying them quickly.
But Zhu Jue could not let his troops be held back by the enemy like this, and he had already made plans for the enemy's stubborn resistance. With the impact of tanks, close-range bombardment of artillery, the throwing of fire bombs by infantry, and the bombing support of flying knights, the formations of the Pavement Ant Imperial Army were broken one by one and were immediately massacred.
The vassals and slave troops of the Pavement Ant Empire Army had already been defeated in such a brutal battle, and only a few strong and lucky individuals could take advantage of the chaos to escape from the encirclement.
During the three hours when the small group of enemy troops were completely wiped out, the large group of enemy troops did not sit idle and repeatedly launched attacks to the north in an attempt to join up with friendly forces.
The blocking force of the civilized ant alliance repeatedly repelled the enemy's offensive, making it impossible for the two enemy forces to converge. After the small group of enemy troops were completely destroyed, Zhu Jue's troops immediately launched a general attack on the remaining enemy troops.
This time, the field artillery of the Divine Envoy Army used its trump card and actually pushed the rocket launcher to the front line and fired directly at the enemy formation at close range.
Rockets in the face! The whistling sounds and violent explosions finally caused the collapse of the paving ant empire army that dared to fight in the face of the destroyers. The civilized ant coalition forces took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and the outcome of the battle was already determined.
It took Zhu Jue's troops most of the day to completely annihilate this enemy force of more than 60,000 troops. They did not give up until nightfall when the visibility was poor and a thin drizzle began to fall.
After this battle, more than 60,000 enemy troops were almost wiped out, and only less than a thousand enemy troops scattered and fled. Zhu Jue's troops suffered nearly 10,000 casualties and achieved a good start in internal mobile operations.
