Zhu Jue returned to the battlefield of Marching Ant Country on July 14th.
Half a month has passed since he left. When he returned to the defense line, the appearance of the entire defense line was no longer what it used to be. A long and majestic city wall lay in front of him, as if a line split the earth into two. Half.
Zhu Jue mobilized elite soldiers and ants who are good at engineering from the mainland of the Ant Alliance to come for reinforcements. The person currently in charge of the defense construction of the entire defense line is the famous general "Rambotu II" who is good at defense. During the time that Zhu Jue left, Here, a large number of elite coalition forces were mobilized, working day and night, and finally completed the construction of this spectacular "Great Wall Defense Line" in a short period of time.
The core of the entire defense line is a city wall and tower made of ant concrete and gravel particles built on a stone foundation. This "Great Wall" was only a few meters long before Zhu Jue left, but now it is more than 50 meters long. meters, the entire civilized ant coalition camp and the defense bases of nearby friendly forces were tightly covered.
The entire defense line does not only rely on the core Great Wall. In front of the Great Wall, there are independent bunkers at regular intervals. They are built on terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. They are equipped with artillery or ballistae, which can be used when the enemy attacks the Great Wall. When attacking the enemy, they were within the fire cover of the Great Wall. Behind the Great Wall, there are military garrison nests, artillery positions and other facilities to provide support for the defense line.
The entire "Great Wall" extends from northeast to southwest, with the southernmost end close to a stream. There is a natural water surface to protect the flanks. A dock is also built on the stream, where the fleet of the Ant Alliance is moored. The northernmost end extends to the defense line responsible for the marching ant country. Due to the loose geology and dense vegetation here, coupled with the tight construction period and tight ant strength, the "Great Wall" is unable to continue to extend northward.
The army of army ants has also built a local defense line, which is composed of a large number of small nests and foxhole-like ambush pits. This is also the defense system that their clan is good at. However, judging from previous combat experience, this defense system is Still unable to deal with the Destroyer!
In order to cover the relatively weak northern defense line, "Rambotu II" deployed two-thirds of its artillery force on this side. In addition to fixed artillery firepower points, there are also many mobile field artillery and field infantry. , ready to rush to support the position of the marching army ants at any time.
Zhu Jue looked at the "Great Wall" defense line in front of him with joy. After meeting and admiring the obviously exhausted "Ramboto II", Zhu Jue flew non-stop to the outside of the defense line.
On the river outside the defense line, a battle is about to break out, and Zhu Jue rushes to take command personally!
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These days, the Flying Knights have detected that the Destroyer is ready to launch a new round of attacks.
The Destroyer's tactics have always been to surge in with a large number of troops. With their dual advantages in military strength and individual combat power, they often drown all resistance in front of them like a tsunami.
But the Destroyer's offensive was not as blind and disorderly as it seemed. It was still methodical and efficient. Like the battle in the Marching Ant Kingdom, after the Destroyer suffered an initial setback, it promptly mobilized more troops to come for reinforcements. And if the resistance is not fierce, part of the force will be transferred to fight elsewhere. This arrangement allows the Destroyer to achieve maximum results and expand the maximum territory within a unit of time with a fixed force.
This time, the Destroyers obviously felt that the defense of the Marching Ant Nation and the Civilized Ant Alliance was very difficult, so the total force mobilized was more than 2 million. With so many Destroyers maneuvering, it was impossible to conceal the detection of the flying knights in the air.
A large number of Destroyers are still in relatively distant places and cannot take the initiative in a short period of time. Before gathering at the starting position, the first obstacle the Destroyers had to overcome was to cross a tributary of the Qing River. It was also the river that Zhu Jue led the fleet to break through the pursuit and interception of the Destroyers.
Their method of crossing the river was as simple and crude as ever. At the cost of drowning a large number of Destroyers, they built several physical pontoons. Countless Destroyers crossed the river day and night and reached the east bank, only two or three days' walk from the "Great Wall" defense line. Gather at the location.
In order to interfere with the assembly of Destroyers and gain time to prepare for war, the navy of the God's Envoy King Corps set sail yesterday and is expected to arrive at the scheduled location today, and then launch a water battle aimed at destroying the pontoon bridge and killing the Destroyers crossing the river.
The current commander of the navy fleet is "Lambori II".
"Lambori II" is not a full-time navy commander. In fact, the navy force of the God's Envoy Army was established not long ago. It was mainly engaged in transportation before. After the last breakout war, some of the giant bamboo ships were hurriedly carried out. For combat modification, a group of leaf-cutter ant and belly-lifting ant warriors were dispatched to the ship.
Because the composition of the sailors on the ship was complex, a high-prestige commander was needed to take charge. At that time, "Rambo Tu II" and "Rambo Rui II" led artillery and infantry reinforcements to come for reinforcements, so Zhu Jue asked "Rambo to "Tu II" is responsible for ground defense and land forces, while "Lambori II" is responsible for naval forces.
This naval attack was ordered by Zhu Jue. Although "Lambo Rui II" has been actively learning from previous naval battles during this period, he is not yet a qualified naval commander. In fact, The sailors themselves are also inexperienced. If they just rely on their own exploration, the navy troops of the God's Envoy Army may have to take many detours.
But with the existence of "plug-in" Zhu Jue, many detours can be avoided.
Zhu Jue rode a fly mount to catch up with the fleet later that day, landed in the afternoon, and took over the command of the navy. "Lambori II" followed him closely, diligently learning the command experience.
The navy fleet that attacked this time was much smaller than the fleet that escaped last time. There were only three giant bamboo ships that attacked, and there was no large string of slow-moving walnut boats behind them. Driven by the sails and paddle wheels, the giant bamboo ship quickly cut through the water and sailed upstream!
After the last battle, the three giant bamboo ships stayed in the war zone because they needed to repair battle damage and did not return to the transportation sequence. After the repairs were completed, Zhu Jue ordered these giant bamboo ships to be simply modified and used as special warships.
Each giant bamboo ship has 40 mung bean cannons fixedly installed on both sides of the deck, a rocket launcher on the bow, and 4 crossbow cannons on the stern to fire incendiary bombs. Horizontal rails were set up on the bulwarks to prevent enemy soldiers from climbing up. The cabins inside the ship have also been adjusted. Some semi-open cabins have been expanded on the balance beams on both sides to accommodate the water spider riders.
Although today's giant bamboo ship has only undergone simple modifications, its combat effectiveness is far from the same as before!
