Outside the main wall of the "Great Wall" defense line, countless Destroyers, just like the dark side to the west of the twilight line that extends before night, quickly press on the defenders and their positions.
It was clearly a sunny morning at this time, and the darkness of last night had gone far away, but as the Destroyer launched its offensive, darkness returned to the earth like a solar eclipse!
At first glance, the Destroyer's attack formation seems to be disorganized, with no focus and no reserves. An evenly dispersed attack should be very conducive to the defenders taking full advantage of their firepower, and will also cause the siege side to suffer additional losses.
In terms of organization, the Destroyer's offensive is inferior to the parasites with brain command, and also inferior to the ordinary ants. The latter two at least know the key points of attack and will divide the attacking troops into different waves and arrays.
But it is precisely this simple tactic of swarming the Destroyers, with the blessing of their numbers and combat power, and the blessing of countless past achievements, that is the one that best displays its advantages and is the most frightening to the defenders' commanders - in When they saw the surging Destroyers, some of the commanders of the Thin-footed Ants and Honeypot Ants who had had painful experiences were so frightened that they almost collapsed!
Outside the "Great Wall" defense line, there is a terrain that has been deliberately cleared. All the grass blades on the surface have been cut off, and the shrubs have been shaved into bare branches. The attacking destroyers can be seen at a glance, and there is no hiding place. There are also squares drawn on the chalk soil on the ground - these are the firing areas that the artillery will preset and mark in the future, which will help the artillery quickly adjust the design direction and give full play to its firepower advantage under the guidance of the flying knight.
Cannonballs smashed into the midst of the destroyers, and some unlucky shrubs were even in the area covered by artillery fire. Their branches broken by solid bullets fell like raindrops, or they were ignited by incendiary bombs and turned into a bunch of torches.
Amidst the smoke and smoke caused by artillery fire and aerial bombing, and the thick smoke and smoke, the "dark side" composed of the Destroyers took the lead in contacting individual strongholds outside the "Great Wall", and seemed to want to blacken these strongholds as well. .
Each of these strongholds only covers an area the size of a football, but they are often built on natural or ant-constructed highlands, with cliffs or huge rocks on two or three sides. They are also surrounded by dry trenches and ant lion traps. The ant lion trap method uses fine sand to create a V-shaped trench.
Most Destroyers chose to bypass these small independent strongholds and continue towards the main city wall. However, some of the Destroyers who stayed behind to attack were unable to do anything about these independent strongholds after some operations.
After paying a certain amount of casualties, the Destroyers quickly killed the few ant lions in the ant lion traps outside the independent stronghold. But in the trench, the Destroyer who fell in first had no way to climb up - the trench was like an enlarged and elongated ant lion trap, and the walls of the trench were made of soft gravel that rolled off at the first touch, making it almost impossible to climb!
It wasn't until more Destroyers filled the trenches with their flesh and blood that the subsequent Destroyers stepped on the bodies of their companions and crossed the trenches to directly attack the stronghold.
Strongholds are often built very high, usually thirty to forty centimeters high, with a circular cross-section and vertical and smooth walls. Even Destroyers who are good at climbing have a hard time climbing up. When they climbed close to the top, the top platform shrank sharply. The platform was only half the area of the foundation, so the Destroyers had to become more crowded.
Each independent stronghold is only guarded by 3-6 squads, half of which are elite Angel King squads, and the rest are vassal ant tribes or allied troops. Thanks to the exquisite fortifications, it would be extremely difficult for the Destroyers to capture these strongholds unless they gradually depleted the defenders under unfavorable conditions.
The Destroyers who were attacking the main wall of the "Great Wall" defense line were facing fire from three sides: bombing from the sky, fire coverage from the artillery behind the front wall, and backstabbing from the independent stronghold behind.
Each independent stronghold has a team of artillery. The artillery position is on the second floor platform at the top of the stronghold. It has a wide shooting range and can shoot 360 degrees without blind spots. At this time, the artillery mainly fired at the destroyers who were attacking the main city wall with their backs turned. They used artillery to fire shotguns, or used ballistae to fire solid shells.
Since the attack comes from the back, many Destroyers have hard heads, but the carapace on the back and abdomen is not that thick. The firepower from independent strongholds causes considerable damage to the Destroyers attacking the city.
This is the subtlety of the "Great Wall" defense line. As long as the independent strongholds outside the main city wall are not lost, the destroyers attacking the city will be attacked from both sides and suffer huge losses. But if the Destroyer turns around and attacks the independent stronghold, the firepower of the main city wall generation can still cover the enemy, and the Destroyer is still under attack from both sides.
If Zhu Jue were the commander of the Destroyer, facing this defense, he would choose to conquer all independent strongholds at all costs, and then plan to attack the main city wall, launching an attack step by step.
However, the Destroyers did not do this. They were superstitious about their own strength and combat power. After paying a lot of losses, they still adhered to the established tactics of attacking independent strongholds and the main city wall at the same time. Perhaps this is also because the Destroyers attacked in full force in the first wave, and they had no reserves to mobilize, so they could not temporarily adjust their offensive in the chaos.
The Destroyers were in a disadvantageous situation, but the Destroyers in the front team still fought tenaciously to reach not far from the main city wall.
There is only a simple trench outside the main city wall, and there is no fine sand arranged like an ant lion trap. It is also filled with hay mixed with grease. The purpose of Zhu Jue's arrangement is obvious, but the destroyer does not understand. They are undoubtedly there. He crept across the ditch filled with fuel and began to climb the wall.
Zhu Jue was not in a hurry to ignite the trench, and there were no explosive shells fired near the trench. The solid shells or shotshells that occasionally fell in would not ignite in advance. This was a winning weapon that had not yet been used.
The Destroyer who tried to climb the main city wall was shocked to find that starting from half the height of the main city wall, the wall gradually became tilted outward, which was completely opposite to the inward shrinking shape of the independent stronghold wall.
This is because the independent stronghold is circular in shape, and the inward contraction of the wall is conducive to shortening the defenders' front line, making it easier for the small number of defenders to hold on for a longer period of time. The main city wall is linear and cannot shorten the defense line. It is better to make the wall outward to increase the difficulty of the Destroyer's climb.
Due to the characteristics of the main city wall's outward leaning wall, the densely packed Destroyers are more likely to collide with each other when climbing. Many Destroyers accidentally slipped and fell while climbing the outward leaning city wall. Although they were not injured, they could only Climb back up despite the pressure of stones, rolling logs and fire bombs dropped by the defenders.
The construction of the outward-facing city wall, which was so labor-intensive and time-consuming that it had not been understood by other ant tribes before, now fully reflects its modeling value.
Chapter 153 "Great Wall" Defense War (1)
