Although Zhu Jue's civilized ant coalition successfully broke through, the initial plan to rescue the army of marching ants failed.
Compared to the small number of army ants rescued by the coalition forces, the main army of 600,000 army ants was eventually besieged by the Destroyer from all sides and was completely destroyed in this waterside place.
This disastrous defeat was a huge defeat for the coalition of civilized ant tribes, and it also dealt a huge blow to the coalition's determination to continue resisting the Destroyer. Even Zhu Jue, and all the ant leaders of the ant tribe did not know this. In this almost desperate war against the Destroyer, where is the way out?
The army ants are famous for their ability to conquer and fight in the civilized ant alliance. Now they have lost consecutive battles at home. Now the army has lost millions of people, most of them are veterans and elites. Even the army of ants with a large number of ants is frail. bone.
To make matters worse, the Destroyer seemed to have awakened new skills when pursuing the coalition fleet. In the next few battles, he repeatedly used the tactic of physical pontoons to cross water obstacles, which stalled the coalition's next attempts to rely on several streams and ponds. The Destroyer's plans went bankrupt, and he fought and retreated repeatedly.
At this time, due to the disastrous defeat, the coalition forces were also facing an unprecedented danger of division.
The anxious Marching Ant Nation desperately wanted to put all its bets on the table and formed an army of up to 3 million people to rush to the front line, hoping to have another decisive battle with the Destroyer. However, Zhu Jue and other coalition forces wanted to be cautious and wanted to build a new line of defense to stabilize the situation in order to consume the Destroyer's strength and wait until autumn to regain their strength before fighting again.
Zhu Jue also lacked confidence in his heart. He didn't know whether the new line of defense could sustain it until autumn. Even in autumn, whether the coalition forces would have enough strength to defeat the Destroyers who had a steady stream of reinforcements. But for the coalition forces, they must fight in the autumn, no matter they win or lose, they can only fight once, otherwise it will be delayed until winter. At this time, the Destroyer is the existence that makes all civilized ant tribes despair! No matter what, something must be done in the autumn, even if it is just to weaken the Destroyer, it is the only feasible strategy.
At present, with the panic situation of the coalition forces, Zhu Jue knew that a hasty decisive battle was never advisable.
It is a pity that even though Zhu Jue has the title of supreme commander of the civilized ant alliance, he ultimately lacks rigid restraint on all tribes. At the end of May, the army of marching ants attacked rashly from multiple fronts despite Zhu Jue's repeated obstructions.
At this time, all the people in the Marching Ant Kingdom were in arms, which greatly damaged the production capacity. Food was no longer sustainable. If we continued to wait without seeking a decisive battle, we would only be dragged down. Zhu Jue knew this, but the food supplemented by water transportation and air transportation was only a drop in the bucket compared to the huge size of the Marching Ant Kingdom, and ultimately could not stop the Marching Ant Kingdom's desperate military adventure.
The adventurous attack of the army of marching ants was disastrous. After a month-long tug-of-war, the army of 3 million was defeated miserably in several decisive battles. Only more than 100,000 of them fled back to the defense line controlled by the coalition forces. Even the army ants "King Khan" "Half of them died in service.
During the battle, Zhu Jue led the coalition forces to try to cooperate with the army of marching ants. Relying on the tactics of advancing on land and water, using water to control land, and the reconnaissance advantages of flying knights, they fought several beautiful rescue battles and annihilation battles, and wiped out about 50,000 destroyed ants. By. However, the Destroyer troops ultimately put into the battle millions of people. This small victory for the coalition forces was obviously unable to change the outcome of the disastrous defeat of the main army of marching ants. Zhu Jue was surrounded by a deep sense of powerlessness from beginning to end...
After the disastrous defeat of the Marching Ant Kingdom, a chain reaction was triggered.
First, the coalition forces were forced to abandon their previous defense line and retreat in large strides, and the Destroyer took the opportunity to attack the city and seize territory. It was not until mid-June that the coalition forces retreated to the southern territory of the original marching ant country, relying on a small area of undulating and rugged terrain to stabilize the defense line. At this time, three-quarters of the territory of the marching ant country and two-thirds of the ant colony have been lost.
This line of defense is now the last line of defense in the army ant country. The army ant refugees pouring in from all over the country can only rely on the protection of this thin line of defense. Once this line of defense is broken through, there will be no danger behind it. The destruction of the army ant nation is inevitable. The best situation is just to maintain the lineage in a small colony in [Liuyi City] like honeypot ants and other tribes. That’s all.
And if the army ant clan is also destroyed and forced into exile, then one-third of all civilized ant clans in the region will perish. Such a tragic ending will undoubtedly add to the despair of the war of resistance.
In addition, after breaking through this line of defense, the Destroyer can drive straight in, going south to the border of the Black Fire Ant Nation, threatening the Ant Alliance's territory on the south bank of the Qing River, and going east to the Qing River bank, threatening the Leafcutter Ant Nation and the Ant Alliance's territory on the north bank of the Qing River. territory.
Zhu Jue never wanted the flames of war to burn to the mainland of the Ant United Kingdom and destroy the production capacity of the Ant Alliance Country. But the paradox is that as the battlefield gets closer to the mainland of the Ant Alliance, the coalition forces, dominated by the God Envoy King's Legion, receive more and faster supplies, and are finally able to exert their due strength.
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In the blink of an eye, it’s June 23rd.
Zhu Jue had just flown back to the battlefield from the Ant United Kingdom and was currently inspecting the defense line.
This section of the defense line is guarded by the Divine Envoy King's Legion and faces the Destroyer's offensive. It is also the area that has been attacked the most in recent days. The defense line is built on a natural stone foundation, using ant concrete and gravel particles to form city walls and watchtowers. It stretches together for a long time, more than 10 meters from east to west, like a "Great Wall".
This "Great Wall" was actually built by hundreds of thousands of ants in just one week. It was attacked almost immediately after it was built, and finally withstood the test.
The terrain on both sides of the "Great Wall" gradually rises, and the defense line becomes a combination of above and below ground, guarded by troops such as marching ants. The slope facing the enemy in the north is steep, and the Destroyer obviously does not want to expend a lot of energy on the climb every time. , so the military pressure here is much smaller.
In front of the "Great Wall", there were densely packed corpses. The destroyers dropped more than 20,000 corpses here, most of which were destroyed by artillery fire. This line of defense is also backed by a tributary of the Qing River, making it easy to transport. The artillery troops that came from the Ant Alliance for emergency support have built a large number of artillery positions behind the line of defense. The entire line of defense has three layers of fire support, near, middle and far, and the firepower intensity far exceeds previous ones. battle.
In order to mobilize so many artillery to reach the battlefield, the Ant Alliance used almost all its air and water transportation forces, and the dispatched artillery and artillery almost completely wiped out the local forces. Even the artillery of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was fighting the remnants of the Pavement Ant Empire, had mostly been transferred away.
Fortunately, the battlefield of the Northern Expedition has been roughly determined at this time, and the remnants of the Pavilion Ant Empire are unable to recover. They even (in the Ant Civilization) took the initiative to express their willingness to surrender to the Ant Alliance, which is rare.
It was for this reason that Zhu Jue returned to his homeland and met with the envoys from the Pavement Ant Empire.
