In the encirclement and counter-encirclement of the original base area, the expansion and expansion of the new base area, and the offensive, defensive and counterattack around the border defense line of the Black Fire Ant Nation, the short autumn of the 13th year of the New Calendar ended quickly.
With the early arrival of the first wave of cold wave, the familiar but long-lost cruel winter has arrived. This is the winter of the 13th year of the New Calendar, an ordinary but special winter!
When Zhu Jue briefly recovered after the first wave of cold wave, he immediately flew back to the Ant United Kingdom to take charge. This year, I have been leading troops in battles abroad for almost the entire year. Although there are special cavalry flying to report major military and political matters in the country every day for the judgment of the Divine Envoy King, there are still many things accumulated and hidden dangers. This winter, Zhu Jue must personally sit in the country and suppress heretics to prevent the rebellion of the Crow Honey elements from happening in the spring of this year!
Of course, although they have left the Black Fire Ant Defense Line, the Western Front battlefield here is still a top priority and cannot be taken lightly. Before leaving the war zone, Zhu Jue's winter defense construction that he had started early had come to an end.
According to Zhu Jue's request, since the ground facilities on the entire Black Fire Ant Kingdom border defense line are useless in winter, the defense will be mainly underground. Countless independent strongholds will be connected together through underground passages, forming a continuous underground network. Great Wall.
This is a defense system built to prevent the Destroyers from defeating them one by one. Each stronghold has an underground preset battlefield based on the mature experience of the God's Envoy King's Legion. It is guarded by artillery and ballistae, and will use positional firepower to suppress the Destroyer's assault. strength.
The entire underground Great Wall is also planned to be connected to the main nest of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom [Black Fire City] through a long underground tunnel, and [Black Fire City] already has a tunnel connected to [Western City] in the Ant United Kingdom. Then connect to the main nest of the Ant Alliance [Pioneer City]. In this way, even in winter, a steady stream of assistance from the Ant Alliance and the Black Fire Ant Nation will reach the defense line. The defense line will not have to fight alone. With the support of the two countries, the defense line defenders will be able to withstand the destruction in winter. Those who fight for a wave of consumption!
It's just that this section of the project has not been completely completed. Currently, there is still a quarter of the project volume. With the cold wind, ice and snow flying, more ants have been invested in the underground project. If it goes well, it will be ahead of the 14th year of the New Calendar. Completed before New Year's Day.
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His eyes left the western front and turned to the eastern front of the Ant Alliance.
The former governor of the Eastern Territory here died suddenly due to fungal infection in the autumn. The new governor "Dong Mao" has just taken office, but preparations for winter here have already begun.
[Dongjing City] itself has long-distance tunnels connecting [Pioneer City]. This year, a new cableway was built across the Qinghe River (it has been folded before winter), further increasing the importance of transportation. There are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the area, which is second only to the Black Fire Ant Defense Line and the Legion in the North. It is the third largest standing force group in the Ant Alliance.
The local area also has a large amount of food and supplies, which is enough to support the legion's needs for half a year. However, there is a slight shortage of artillery and ammunition because priority is given to supplying the Western Front.
"Dong Mao" had received Zhu Jue's instructions before taking office. In addition to the obvious defense against the invasion of the Destroyer, which had begun to take shape on the eastern front, another important defense target of the Eastern Front Army was the "ally" Maolin Ant clan.
In the 13th year of the New Calendar, the ambitions of the Maolin ant clan have been fully revealed, and Zhu Jue believes that there should not be such a thorn in the civilized ant clan in this region to undermine the holy war against the Destroyer. If there is, it must be cut off! For example, the Black Fire Ant Kingdom that was previously instigated by "Flying Eagle" has now been completely subdued by Zhu Jue using various light and dark means.
Especially when the Destroyer has been oppressing heavily, Zhu Jue does not have much power for internal friction, so with his diplomatic efforts, now, except for the Bullet Ant and Harvest Ant tribes of Xianyun Yehe who are generally not interested in worldly affairs, the Black Fire The five tribes of ants, slender-footed ants, army ants, sharp-tailed ants, and honeypot ants have been de facto subordinated to the Ant Alliance. The two tribes of flat-headed ants and dissimilar blind leaf-cutting ants also obeyed. Only Mao The forest ants became the only thorn in the side, and even got involved in Zhu Jue's military command - this is the most intolerable!
Fortunately, although the Maolin Ant clan is good at trade and has accumulated a lot of wealth, its military system is very primitive and its military strength is not strong. The Eastern Front Legion alone is enough to suppress them.
What "Dongmao" has to do is if there is a major military provocation from the Maulin ants after next spring, they will lead their troops across the river, attack their main nest, use force to force the Maulin ants to accept the leadership of the Ant Alliance, and will The finances accumulated by the plundered hairy forest ants for thousands of years will be used to finance future military operations.
This is the final warning. As long as the Hairy Forest Ants don't commit suicide, Zhu Jue can still tolerate it. With the Hairy Forest Ants standing in front of them, especially since they are good at swamp warfare, they can still contain the Destroyer. For a period of time, try to postpone as much as possible the time when the Ant Alliance will face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts in the future.
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The sight is turning to the north. The legions here are currently the second largest standing army in the Ant Alliance. They have faced the threat of the Destroyer from paving the way to the homeland of the Ant Empire since this spring. They are the only ones in the four realms that have faced the Destroyer directly. Unlike Beyond the western border is the black fire ant country, and beyond the eastern border is the buffer ant country of hairy forest ants.
However, throughout this year, there has been no large-scale fighting here, only sporadic conflicts - this is all thanks to the Nuclear God Paving Ant Clan!
For a whole year, the main force of the Destroyers has been busy wiping out the remaining forces of the Path-Paper Ant Empire, as if they were stuck in a quagmire and unable to move south at all.
It has to be said that these pavement ant soldiers are extremely tenacious. After the main nest [Withered Tree City] fell, and after several larger remaining forces were wiped out, those remote and lonely nests only had the titles of Viscount and Baron. Led by low-level nobles, they still continued to resist, with no intention of compromising or escaping. They even often take advantage of the Destroyer's withdrawal to regain the old nest, and station new queens to breed, so that the Destroyer has to go back and forth to clean up the weeds in vain, just like weeds in rainy areas that cannot be killed by any powerful herbicide!
The Nuclear God Pavement Ant Group that had surrendered to the Ant Alliance, with Zhu Jue's permission, also continued to send envoys from the northern border, under the banners of the Pavement Ant Wise Man and the Original Emperor, to contact these forces behind enemy lines, and successfully brought some forces together. Income under his command.
Although the main nest was lost, because the wise men were still alive, and the Nuclear Sacred Land was not captured by the Destroyer under some mysterious influence, the Ant Alliance could continue to exert influence on the original Pavement Ant Empire with the help of the Nuclear God Pavement Ants. influence, and then give full play to the capabilities of these forces through intelligence support and reasonable planning. This is also the reason why the Destroyers outside the northern border have been more exhausted since the summer, but the effectiveness of the suppression is getting worse and worse.
The Governor of the North is "Rambofo III". In addition to defense in the winter, he will continue to send pavement ants that can be active outdoors in winter to cause more trouble for the destroyers in front of him!
