Although this hind-leg destroyer has been eliminated, the crisis faced by "Turnip" and its mount has not been resolved yet on the battlefield filled with chaos and chaos!
There was a strange sound behind him, and "Tulip" stood on the platform on the back of his mount. He looked back and was horrified!
I saw an ordinary Destroyer, somehow avoiding the dense military formations and flying artillery shells, crawling on the back of the Palawan giant spade, climbing along the folds on the inverted triangular ventral and dorsal carapace. , advancing towards the platform located on the chest and back. Even if the mount beneath him was bumpy, the speed of this destroyer was not slow, and a pair of large jaws stained with blood and residual meat shone coldly.
All mounts in the tank corps have platforms strapped to their backs for the commander and several to dozens of guards to ride on. The platform on the back of most beetles is located on the highest arched ventral and dorsal carapace. However, the Palawan giant stag beetle has a special body shape, which gradually shrinks from head to tail. The highest point of the lower back of the normal body is on the thorax and dorsum. , so the platform is located here, a few centimeters away from the abdomen.
The platform is divided into two layers. The bottom layer is the largest and is a combat platform. 24 warriors throw slings here to fight while protecting the back of their mounts and the legion commander on the command seat on the second layer of the platform!
The climbing Destroyer's jointed limbs were firmly hooked on the back shell of the Palawan giant spade. Seeing that it was about to cross the mere few centimeters, the warrior of the God Envoy King who was guarding him on his mount realized and hurriedly Counterattack with a sling!
The Destroyer was hit in the head by several slings, but was not fatally injured and was still struggling to get closer to the platform.
Because they were on top of their mounts, the soldiers did not dare to throw incendiary slings with greater lethality rashly. They were afraid that accidentally injuring their mounts would cause them to get injured and go crazy and lose control. It was also impossible for the second-line tanks to fire at friendly mounts. Time has nothing to do with this destroyer.
Seeing that the Destroyer had climbed to the platform, his jaws clamped the edge of the wooden platform, shaking it hard!
The platform is fixed to the mount's back with multiple ropes. The bottom is concave to fit the mount's back armor. Although it is detachable, it is usually very stable. However, the platform was no match for the huge force of the Destroyer. It was shaken left and right for a while, and coupled with the bumps of the mount itself, several soldiers were shaken to the ground.
The "Turkip", located in an independent space on the second floor of the platform, was firmly fixed on the flagpole with its mandibles and jointed limbs - the colorful ant silk spikes symbolizing the army on the flagpole were fluttering in the wind - and it only narrowly escaped falling.
The mount was also under the control of the driver at this time. He wanted to get rid of the Destroyer on his back and rotated his body on the spot, but there was no way to do it. The soldiers on the platform were shaken and couldn't care about themselves. The Destroyer cannot destroy a solid platform.
Seeing the stalemate, a medium-sized beetle from the second line finally approached quickly. It suddenly stood up and lay directly on the back of the Palawan giant spade. Its big jaws grabbed the unprepared Destroyer in the direction behind it.
The Destroyer struggled with great strength and managed to escape from the mouthparts of the large beetle, but it had injured its joints and abdomen and was limping. The infantry of the Divine Envoy King accompanying him immediately swarmed up and killed the wounded Destroyer.
The crisis was over. Turnip looked gratefully at the squad leader on the back of the medium-sized beetle and remembered its appearance in his mind.
Subsequently, "Tulip" ignored the tilt of the platform and hurriedly sent out a sound signal to recall the soldiers who had fallen to the ground, and also transferred some of the accompanying infantry to climb onto the platform to replenish the battle damage. Then the legion continued to move forward and continued to pursue at a faster speed!
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On the battlefield, there are always countless lucky ones and unlucky ones!
This captain "Crabgrass" who belongs to another tank corps, I don't know if he is lucky or unlucky!
The medium-sized beetle he commanded had been having problems since the very beginning when it entered the battlefield. Before the battle began, a sudden strong wind blew away an ant beside him that was not firmly grasped. Although it was not far away, it could not catch up with the mount. .
Later in the battle, the millet cannon on the mount's back repeatedly malfunctioned and jammed. The artillerymen had to wait for the barrel to cool down, then find a way to remove the malfunctioning ammunition, clear the barrel, and reload and fire.
After firing only 4 rounds, the millet cannon exploded, killing several surrounding artillerymen. The mount was also injured and went crazy before escaping on its own, and even the driver could not control it.
Fortunately, "Beet" was not killed in the near-explosion accident, and was not even injured. He was just pushed off his mount by the shock wave, and then watched helplessly as his mount ran away.
I don't know if this is luck or misfortune. The battlefield is deserted and the lone "Beet" has no chance of escaping even if he encounters a lone Destroyer. If he doesn't find the team in time, he will be in danger of death.
So after a brief pause, he immediately found the accompanying infantrymen around him and followed them to seek shelter.
Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, the medium-sized beetle that the accompanying infantry was following rose up for some reason and separated the accompanying infantry from other friendly forces. Then they encountered and fought five or six Destroyers in a bush. stand up.
Because the weeds obscured the view, other friendly forces did not notice the fighting in the grass. The medium tanks and their accompanying infantry had to fight alone. After wiping out most of the Destroyers, and with all the infantry dead and wounded, the squad leader on the medium-sized beetle saw that the situation was not good, and ignored the walking "beet", and hurriedly ordered the driver to pull the mount's tentacles, turn around and flee.
"Beet" just poked his head out from the grass roots and saw this scene, and next to him, there was a Destroyer rushing towards him following the line of sight!
"Beet" hurriedly escaped from the grass and wanted to seek support, but at this time the tank troops had already advanced. There was an open space within half a meter of this place, and there was no trace of friendly troops except the corpses. Most of the ants in the distance can't see clearly what's going on here, and they have no time to rescue them.
The Destroyer was chasing after him very quickly, and "Beet" was exhausted and collapsed to the ground. As a commander, he did not have as much physical energy as an ordinary soldier. At this time, he could no longer muster any strength to escape. I could only watch the Destroyer approaching with compound eyes and opened his jaws in despair!
Suddenly, half a decimeter away, a point of light flashed down, and the Destroyer's head immediately burst into flames. The hot fire quickly damaged the Destroyer's brain nerves, and it fell to the ground and died. Not far in front of me, I could even feel the heat of the fire.
In the air, a combat flying knight and his bee mount, who had just finished diving and climbed back up, flew away "buzzing"!
She just saved Crabgrass' life!
