Seeing that the Destroyer was difficult to fight, the low-level generals cared about their own strength and refused to let their warriors go up to die.
Seeing that they could not defeat them in hand-to-hand combat, the Maolin ant warriors consciously changed their weapons - they can also spray formic acid. Although the range and acid concentration are far inferior to some ants that are famous for long-range attacks, they are used in this situation. is enough.
However, I saw that there were only one team of hairy forest ant warriors. The front team finished spraying and the other team took over. After taking turns to shoot, the two destroyers soon had acid all over their heads and faces. The formic acid also poured into the small sentinel hole. Here, thick acid mist rose from the bark and xylem of the surrounding trees, which was very choking to the tentacles.
The two Destroyers couldn't stand and got out one after another. No matter how thick the carapace was on their heads and faces, they were already full of traces of corrosion. Their compound eyes were also injured and they couldn't see the battlefield clearly. The warrior ant warriors swarmed up and killed one of the two injured Destroyers. The other one was forced to fall off the branch and its whereabouts were unknown.
Then other hairy forest ants picked up some dead branches, dry leaves and dry bark chips, and placed them on the branches full of formic acid, so that the following troops did not have to step on the acid to cross.
Finally, the "Aquatic" soldiers reached behind the tree's destroyer array, and the "Crystal" troops also launched a supporting offensive on the other end, attacking each other from the side.
Previously, a small number of Destroyers happened to be on the rope bridge and wanted to fight back. However, as the wind increased, the rope bridge shook violently. The Destroyers were very uncomfortable with it. They hugged the rope tightly and found it difficult to move. , they have stopped attacking a long time ago, let alone reorganizing their formation to defend.
So the Maolin ant army moved forward one after another, and the Destroyer's situation became even more tight!
The Maolin Ant warrior used formic acid from a distance and his jaws from a short distance to pick off the Destroyers who were lying on the rope bridge and had difficulty turning around. Most of these destroyers were not fatally injured. Each one of them was forced by the swing of the rope bridge and the hairy forest ant warriors, and jumped off accidentally or actively.
If they fall like the previous Destroyer, there will be land under the tree. These Destroyers must have made the right choice and can regroup on the ground and go into battle. But there was a water moor under the rope bridge, and the Destroyers were very heavy. When they fell under the strong wind, few of them were blown to the shore. Most of them fell into the water and drowned after a short struggle on the water. .
The Maolin ant warriors saw that they had the upper hand. They were good at fighting against the wind and became more and more courageous as they fought. They quickly eliminated all the hundreds of Destroyers on the rope bridge.
Then "Crystal" repeated its old tricks and organized several more airdrops behind enemy lines. The generals under his command took turns to go into battle, cooperating with the army's pincer attacks to defeat the scattered Destroyers one by one.
After clearing away the Destroyers outdoors, there were still more than a hundred Destroyers hiding in the largest tree hole nest, allowing the Maolin Ant Army to attack the enemy several times but failed. Finally, they sprayed formic acid to fill the entire nest with sour gas. With all the compound eyes burning, the Destroyer couldn't hide and was forced to get out, only to be finally defeated and killed.
At this point, the Maolin Ant Army led by "Crystal" has basically won the victory, but the battle to hunt down the scattered Destroyers on the ground or in small tree holes continued until night.
Counting the battle losses, it was found that about 1,200 Destroyers were wiped out in this battle, and the Maulin Ant warriors suffered more than 1,500 casualties. The battle loss ratio was acceptable. As for the deaths and injuries of more than 2,000 slave ants, the nobles of the hairy forest ants did not pay attention at all. Some slave ants with limited mobility who only suffered non-fatal injuries were also abandoned on the battlefield without receiving treatment. Most of them died after one night. Thoroughly.
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When news of the victory of the Maolin Ant Army reached the main battlefield on the Western Front, it was when the "Great Wall" defense line was forced to be abandoned. Dozens or millions of civilized ants were moving with difficulty under the cover of the rear guard.
The previous heavy rain, although it delayed the Destroyer's offensive, also shook the facilities of the "Great Wall" defense line. The Destroyers struck immediately after the heavy rain. The outer bunkers of the "Great Wall" defense line were almost non-existent. The main city wall was as soft as mud. The Destroyers soon opened many holes, even if the artillery and air force poured firepower into the gaps desperately. It can't stop the Destroyer from breaking through.
In addition, the Marching Ant Army's positions on the northern defense line were also heavily attacked at the same time. After resisting heroically for four days, the Marching Ant Army had almost lost all its main force. As the Khans retreated one after another, the defense system finally collapsed, and " The flanks of the "Great Wall" defense line were exposed.
Fortunately, the marching ants managed to gain four days after all. Zhu Jue had already seen the signs and made a retreat plan in advance.
On the one hand, he ordered the troops who were still on the way from the Ant United Kingdom to stop advancing, but to gather in the dangerous areas on the border of the Black Fire Ant Country to build a new line of defense based on the terrain. On the other hand, he used the main city wall and the rear on the battlefield. With the camp as a base, the rear troops were left behind, and the rest of the army was arranged to alternately cover the retreat.
It can be imagined how difficult it is to evacuate the millions of civilized ant coalition troops and the remnants of the marching ant nation under the crazy pursuit of the Destroyer. The large influx of remnants of the self-propelled army from the north further aggravated the chaos of the evacuation operation.
Fortunately, the troops at the rear were very brave, and there had been several rains in the past few days, which hindered the Destroyer's pursuit. The day before the victory of the Maolin Ant Army, the evacuated troops finally succeeded in crossing a stream from the temporary pontoon, despite the huge losses caused by the rain. They were safe for the time being.
When the Destroyer pursuers arrived shortly after, the Angel King's army immediately demolished the pontoon bridge built with three giant bamboo ships as piers, and fired thousands of cannons at the same time. At this time, the stream flow was very fast, and the Destroyer could not build a physical pontoon to cross the river. Seeing the fierce firepower on the other side, he turned around and returned under the control of the "Radar Destroyer".
One day later, the last few rear-guard troops stranded on the other side of the stream tried to break out but were trapped. Seeing that the situation was not good, the supporting troops on the other side of the stream had to withdraw. The air force could only pick up some middle and senior commanders by airlift, and watched helplessly. Watching the besieged friendly forces destroyed.
At this point, the rear troops numbering as many as 100,000 were wiped out. The remnants of the honeypot ants, thin-footed ants, and sharp-tailed ants were completely wiped out except for a few generals. Even the "Sun God" of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Empire was wiped out. The "artifact" was also left among the rebels.
The civilized ant coalition that had just evacuated continued to retreat. The narrow stream soon ceased to be a natural chasm after losing the rainwater, and could not stop the pace of the destroyer. Millions of soldiers and civilians slept in the open through the indigenous ant territory between the marching ant country and the black fire ant country, retreating to the next line of defense, and evacuating towards tomorrow, who knows how long they will be safe.
The chaotic retreat from the main battlefield on the western front made the modest victory of the woolly forest ants on the eastern front valuable, and the latter won widespread praise within the civilized ant clan.
