Under the command of Zhu Jue, the civilized ant coalition won the first battle of spring, which greatly boosted the morale of the coalition.
However, on the battlefield of Marching Ant Kingdom, the total strength of the Destroyers has not decreased but increased due to the continuous arrival of reinforcements, so the pressure on the frontal battlefield has not been relieved.
After the previous battle, Zhu Jue's troops suffered a considerable loss in strength, mainly due to excessive material consumption. They could only rely on slow replenishment by air and land transportation, and temporarily lost the ability to launch a large-scale attack. The army of army ants focuses on defense, and the Destroyers still control the initiative on the battlefield. The Civilized Ant Alliance still faces tremendous military pressure.
After the previous battle, Zhu Jue has realized that the civilized ant coalition forces under his command, especially the Angel King Army, rely heavily on artillery firepower when confronting the Destroyers, so that they can defeat a comparable number of Destroyers. If there is no artillery firepower, and the civilized ant coalition wants to win, the number of troops invested and the losses suffered will be greatly increased.
The contradiction between firepower and logistics is currently a major constraint on the civilized ant alliance, but there is no way to solve it for the time being.
Zhu Jue could only do his best to mobilize long-distance transportation forces to ensure the material supply of the coalition forces. The good news that cannot be said to be good is that as the battlefield gradually retreats from the honeypot ant country and the thin-legged ant country to the marching ant country, and is getting closer and closer to the homeland of the ant alliance, the efficiency of logistics supply is constantly improving.
If the marching ant country also falls and the battlefield retreats to the leaf-cutting ant country and the black fire ant country, then it will be more convenient to supplement them from the mainland of the ant alliance country. But Zhu Jue would rather maintain the current scale of logistics supply than hope that the war situation will continue to deteriorate.
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On May 1st, shortly after winning the first battle of spring, the civilized ant coalition suffered a disastrous defeat, and the situation became increasingly serious.
Defeated were the three-nation coalition army of the army ants and the reinforced bullet ants and blind leaf-cutting ants, numbering about 600,000. The northern defense line that had previously been stationed on the frontal battlefield with the destroyers had mutual offensive and defensive positions with the destroyers. The front remained generally stable.
After Zhu Jue's troops won the victory, the marching ant "King Khan" who commanded the army saw the frequent movements of the Destroyers on the opposite side. After analyzing the intelligence sent by the scouts, he came to the wrong conclusion that the Destroyers were destroyed. The destroyers are moving south for reinforcements, and there are not many Destroyers on the opposite side.
As a result, this army thought they saw a fighter plane, and except for a small number of defensive troops, they almost rushed out. In particular, the main force of the army of marching ants, commanded by "King Khan", consisted of about 300,000 soldiers. With the advantages of speed and endurance, they left behind the allies and rear troops and rushed to a ditch to set up an ambush.
This furrow is only half a meter to a meter wide, with an average depth of about a few centimeters. It was washed out by rainwater. The topography is similar to the wheel grooves pressed by car wheels in wet mud, and is relatively regular. It's not the rainy season yet, so the ditch is dry, there aren't many plants, and it's very spacious and flat. The army ants use this as an ant tunnel when they travel through this place every day. The Destroyers who are good at tracking pheromones also use this road. The Flying Knights have repeatedly observed the Destroyers maneuvering through this road.
The army of army ants set up an ambush here, hoping to destroy the destroyers heading south and win a victory. Seeing that the Destroyer didn't seem to be on guard, the army ant "King Khan" thought he had a plan.
At this time, the flying knights of the Angel King's Legion needed to rest because they had participated in the previous battle. There were not many flying knights in the sky, and the Destroyer's actions were not observed in time. The army of marching ants did not know that their ambush had been exposed.
When a group of Destroyers entered the ambush circle, the army of army ants launched an attack, blocking both ends of the ditch and attacking from top to bottom.
They first kicked up a large amount of sand and threw it into the ditch. The bursts of smoke blocked the Destroyer's blowholes and covered its compound eyes and tentacles, causing many Destroyers to lose their combat effectiveness and even start killing each other without distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy.
Then the army of marching ants launched a general attack from a front line of tens of meters long. A large number of marching ant warriors climbed down from the top of the ridge and jumped down, fighting to the death with the Destroyer.
The battle lasted from noon to sunset, and there was still no winner. However, the balance of the battle was already tilting towards the army of army ants. The Destroyer's troops were no longer organized. Due to the dual factors of terrain and attacks, they were divided into sections of their own. war.
If the Destroyer reinforcements hadn't suddenly appeared, the army of marching ants could have achieved their tactical goals, completely won and evacuated calmly after sunrise the next day.
The "King Khans" of the army ant clan are still unaware of the strange detection capabilities of the "Radar Destroyer". Large-scale troop movements will be discovered by the "Radar Destroyer" within a few days. When the army of marching ants set off, there were already four groups of destroyers of varying sizes rushing to the battlefield.
The ambushed group of Destroyers only numbered 60,000, and there were no Radar Destroyers among them. They were the only unsuspecting Fire Destroyers, but they managed to contain the army of marching ants for half a day and half a night, buying time for the friendly forces. .
As the first Destroyer reinforcements arrived, the army of marching ants had to separate the troops blocking the ditch to meet them - the tactics of the army of marching ants were the same as that of most ant armies, and they would not intentionally leave a reserve team. Yes, only those troops who did not take part in the battle due to various reasons act as reserve forces.
After the second Destroyer reinforcements arrived, the marching ants "King Khan" mobilized another blocking army to meet them. As a result, before they could get into position, this Destroyer broke into the trench from the side in the middle.
Two more Destroyer reinforcements arrived soon after, taking advantage of the ravines. Now more than 200,000 army ant warriors were surrounded in the trench, surrounded by enemies both inside and outside, and faced a pincer attack by 300,000 destroyers.
Seeing that the momentum was not good, the marching ant Khan King led his troops to break through the mouth of the northern ditch. In the end, only less than 10,000 soldiers escaped, and they merged with the remnants of the two troops blocking the mouth of the ditch that were scattered outside the ditch. Less than 30,000 soldiers marched. The ant warriors fled northward in embarrassment. The rest of the marching ant warriors were all destroyed in the ditch, and only a few escaped alive.
The large army of Destroyers stayed behind to encircle and annihilate the surrounded army ant warriors. At the same time, they separated about 60,000 people and headed north to pursue the defeated army of marching ants along the pheromones. If it hadn't been for the rear group of the army and about 200,000 reinforcements from two tribes of bullet ants and blind leaf-cutter ants, the marching ant "King Khan" and the defeated army would have been completely wiped out.
The army of army ants tried to return to meet the besieged friendly forces, but after the scouts detected that there was no chance on the battlefield, the army of army ants and the allied forces had to retreat to the base. Two days later, the victorious Destroyer army launched a massive attack on these bases.
After this disastrous defeat, nearly half of the marching ant army and allied forces on the northern defense line were lost. Most of them were elite. They were unable to withstand the Destroyer's offensive. Many nests fell and the defenders retreated steadily.
In shame and anger, the army ant "King Khan" sent a messenger to the "King's Court" asking for help. Later, according to the tradition passed down by the earth god, the "King Khan" was buried alive by his men in the soil, taking responsibility for the defeat!
