As the flying knights who conveyed Zhu Jue's orders quickly landed on the giant bamboo ships and walnut boats, all the troops quickly executed the orders, and an unprecedented landing quickly unfolded.
The giant bamboo-tube ships were approaching the west bank of the tributary water surface one after another, but they did not get too close to the shore, otherwise they would easily run aground. The Water Spider Knight and the Flying Knight pulled several ropes close to the shore and quickly fixed them on the plants or rocks on the shore. The other side of the rope was fixed to the side bracket of the giant bamboo ship.
Then, a team of worker ants climbed the ropes while carrying wider rope bridges to the shore, and fixed several rope bridges. The ant infantry can quickly climb half a meter along the somewhat bumpy rope bridge to land.
The landing of walnut ships is more convenient. Relying on the traction of bees and wind power, the shallow-draft walnut fleet can wash the beach as a whole, and then send the soldiers on board directly to the ground. At this time, most of the walnut ships in Zhu Jue's fleet were carrying supplies, and the soldiers were mainly concentrated on the giant bamboo ships, so there were not many walnut ships that needed to be washed ashore.
It took about more than an hour for about 30,000 infantry soldiers of the Civilized Ant Alliance to successfully complete a landing without a dock. There were only dozens of ants drowning casualties, and the overall situation was smooth. However, this was still slower than Zhu Jue expected. It only took an hour and a half for 80,000 troops to board the ship.
But when boarding the ship, the fleet is docked on the shore, and the ants on the shore board the empty ship in order. At this time, the landing was more troublesome and complicated, and the coalition forces also lacked experience. They were already well-trained to achieve this speed.
Among the infantry who landed, most were the infantry soldiers of the Angel King's Legion, and the rest were mainly soldiers of the black fire ant clan. If it weren't for the fact that the Black Fire Ant warriors had boarded the ship and were at the top, and other troops could not get off the ship without them getting off first, Zhu Jue originally wanted to send out an army composed of all the warriors of the Divine Envoy King.
Originally, Zhu Jue wanted to land a group of tank troops or fly-tiger knights, but he failed to do so. Thanks to Zhu Jue's order to land infantry, it would be really difficult for tank troops or fly-tiger knights to climb over the bumpy and narrow rope bridge across the water and get ashore in such crude conditions.
After the coalition infantry landed, with the Angel King's Army as the front line and the Black Fire Ant Army as the rear line, the Scythe Hunting Ant warriors and a few landed Thin-legged Ant warriors dispersed as scouts, and the army followed the river bank in a marching formation. go ahead.
The fleet sailed forward simultaneously. In order to keep pace with the army, the ships were only half-sailed, and the paddle wheels and bee engines were also rested.
At this time, the battlefield situation was very favorable. After taking a boat to get rid of the pursuers sent by the Destroyers, the Destroyers in this area are currently concentrated in the north to attack the marching ant defenders. When Zhu Jue's troops quickly approached by boat, the "Radar Destroyer" seemed to realize that, Some Destroyers are trying to leave the battlefield and gather in the rear, but it is not that easy in the chaos.
Zhu Jue was keenly aware of the fighter opportunity. The Destroyer's mobile forces were now left behind, and the main force was entangled by the marching ant army. There were no other Destroyer troops around to delay them. As long as you seize the time to attack the Destroyer's rear team, you may be able to repel the Destroyer in one go!
Although it took some time to land, only landing at this location can ensure safety. Otherwise, the Destroyer may be blocked on the beachhead by the incoming Destroyer.
The fully formed and rapidly advancing army only needed two hours to engage the enemy, and by then it was already night. The Destroyer often fights all night long, which makes it difficult for most ant tribes to adapt. Many ant tribe troops adhere to the tradition of truce at sunset. However, under the command of Zhu Jue, the Divine Envoy King's army was also good at night fighting.
This is a contest between two night fighting masters!
If the Destroyer withdraws its troops, Zhu Jue's civilized ant coalition plans to pursue them one after another and directly attack the Destroyer's camp. If the Destroyer does not withdraw, the coalition forces plan to take advantage of the chaos to break into the enemy's rear and, together with the army of marching ants, severely damage the Destroyer in the field.
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At dusk in mid-May, half of the sky was covered with sunset glow, and the red glow was shining everywhere, making it extremely beautiful.
On the ground dyed by the rays of light, the dark ants marched rapidly, constantly moving in and out of shadows and rays of light. They shuttled between bright and dark from time to time, and seemed to be constantly traveling between the world of the sun and the underworld.
The battlefield is the intersection of the Yang world and the underworld! One moment is life, the next moment is death, the brave one lives, the timid one dies, the hesitant one lives, the decisive one dies, the one who stands on the left lives, the one who stands on the right dies.
Life and death on the battlefield blend into each other like the ever-changing light and shadow, inseparable and irregular!
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, Zhu Jue's coalition army approached the battlefield, and the scouts in front were already engaged in battle with the Destroyers. But the main force of the army was not in a hurry to step forward to take over.
At this time, Zhu Jue already knew that the Destroyer had not retreated from the battlefield, but was still attacking the defense line of the marching ants, seemingly without end. But at the same time, the Destroyer also organized a small number of troops in the rear and took the initiative to attack the coalition's position. The coalition's scouts were trying to contain this force of destroyers.
Zhu Jue didn't want to get entangled with this group of destroyers who were blocking the attack. He ordered the black fire ant army in the rear to speed up and catch up to meet the incoming destroyers. Under the cover of the scouts, the front group of the Divine Envoy King's Legion got into the reeds on the river bank, relying on the guidance of the flying knights under the moonlight to avoid the blocking Destroyer.
On the river, the troops on the giant bamboo ship were also ready for battle.
After the 30,000 soldiers disembarked, there was a lot of space on the ship, allowing the artillery units that were originally blocked at the bottom to slowly move up. Once the battle takes over, the artillery units will be ready to land under cover to provide fire support to the army.
At this time, the giant bamboo ship was not a gunboat, but Zhu Jue had an idea and had already arranged a layer of artillery on the deck, all facing the west bank. They were large-caliber cannons such as mung bean cannons that were inconvenient to land. There were dozens of them in total, which could Guest naval guns provide fire support to the Army.
At this time, the black fire ant army on the ground has entangled the incoming Destroyers. They have a great advantage in numbers. They themselves have been armed and trained by the "Black Carbon King" according to the method of the God Envoy King's army. Their combat effectiveness is far higher than before. It is only a matter of time before this enemy force is destroyed.
The more than 20,000 infantrymen of the God's Envoy King's Legion finally maneuvered into place. Even if the Destroyers who were fighting on the river bank knew that the rear was about to be attacked, they would have no mobile troops to send to resist.
Under the tenacious resistance of the marching ant warriors, these destroyers were all dragged into the melee without any organized formation. In front of the eyeing legion of the God Envoy King, they seemed like a fake with its burrs removed and being targeted by the ants!
