Although the most ant manpower and material resources were invested in the defense of the main nest of the Maolin Ant Kingdom, it was another nest that was completed first.
The nest is located on a tall willow tree, which stands alone on a raised piece of land in the swamp that is only the size of a ping pong table in the human world. If it is a wet season, there will not be an inch of dry land at the roots of the trees. In the dry season, the swamps will turn into quagmire, and the water surface will disperse into small puddles.
Now is the time when the dry season changes to the wet season, and it is also the most beautiful time of the year. Look at the willow leaves hanging low, close to the water, and the breeze blows from time to time. The willow branches are like little fingers, playfully ruffling the water, and then the fallen petals floating from the other side of the shore ripple. The ripples play countless line scores. On the other side of the pool, there are large clumps of February orchids, purple and white, which are already the most brilliant wildflowers in this season. They are full of the beauty of late spring and the tenacity of wild grasses.
This nest used to be an important transit point for the hairy forest ants to trade to the East. Some native products were also produced nearby, so it was relatively prosperous. However, the ant population was less than 100,000, which was far smaller than the main nest.
Thanks to the small scale of this lair, the main structure of the fortifications surrounding it, the dam, does not need to be built too vast. Therefore, even though there are only tens of thousands of slaves working here, it is the earliest of the three construction sites to be completed.
Surrounding the willow trees and the island, an oval dyke with a diameter of about 3-4 meters appears suddenly like a crop circle, completely surrounding the island. This circle of embankments is very low, currently only about 2 decimeters higher than the water surface. In normal flood seasons, it may only be barely a few centimeters above the water surface. When the waves are big, the waves can go directly over the embankment surface, let alone In flood years, the entire embankment will definitely be submerged.
However, this circle of dykes was not really intended to store water and prevent floods. This year's rain is expected to be normal according to Lao Yi, and the current construction scale is sufficient. If there really is a flood, it will be protected by the water god. There is no need for fortifications and there is no need to worry about the destroyers being able to overcome the waves and floods and invade.
The embankment is not only not high, but also not very spacious. The width at the top is only 1 cm and the width at the bottom is only 5 cm. If the foundation was not solidified with gum, it would be destroyed by wind and water in a few days. . But if ants carefully maintain it, this dam may seem thin, but it will be strong enough to stand for a long time - the power of civilization is the only force that can resist the invasion of time!
It is difficult to deploy troops and fortify the top of such a narrow embankment. However, among the water defense lines of the Maulin ants, although the embankment has the largest amount of work, it is not the core in the defensive battle.
The core is above the head, on the tree, full of ant-like wisdom!
Overhead, countless low-hanging willow branches descended until they touched the water, like a dense spider web, while branches with hanging branches led directly to the nest. Now countless ants are coming to the top of the hanging branches and cutting off part of all the branches that touch the water until the new end is 1-2 decimeters away from the water.
These willow branches not far from the water are the real line of defense for the hairy forest ants!
Once upon a time, there was an attack by a powerful barbarian ant tribe. It was the most serious crisis in the history of the Maolin Ant Kingdom. The original main nest fell and all the magic symbols were lost for a time. However, the remnant army of hairy wood ants that retreated to a willow tree nest survived thanks to the water, mudflats and weeping willow branches surrounding the nest!
When the enemy bypassed the water and chose to attack from the muddy but only channel, the Maolin ant army was condescending. First, it relied on the long-range attacks of slave warriors on the willow branches to disrupt the enemy's deployment. Then, elite warriors dropped from the sky and directly killed the enemy. The supreme commander established victory.
After this battle, the Maolin Ant clan recovered the Water God Talisman and attributed the credit to the Water God's protection. After regaining the land, they abandoned those dry nests. From now on, all nests are tree nests near water. Other tribes call them "water nests".
Just like the current main nest of the Maulin Ant Kingdom, it was also built after this war due to its superior geographical location and vast water area. It quickly developed into the most important, resource-rich, and largest ant nest in the Maulin Ant Kingdom.
If the water in a nest completely dries up and cannot be restored, the hairy forest ants who believe deeply in the water god will abandon it without hesitation and move to another place.
Now, the hairy forest ants are once again seeking the protection of the water god. Not only are the weekly water god sacrifices in the main nest becoming more and more grand, but the ancient memories that have been sealed in the minds of the memory ants have not been read for a long time. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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The experience contained in the information packets of the old war has also been re-carried forward. _o_m
If the Destroyers came, their pontoons would be hit not only by air force but also from the willow branches overhead before approaching the dikes. Perhaps the acid poison of the slave warriors is not as powerful as the artillery fire of the God Envoy King's legion, but due to the extremely close distance, the shooting frequency and hit rate will obviously be much higher, and the defenders do not have to worry about the Destroyer being able to counterattack - even if The Destroyer also has long-range troops, but the threat of low-shooting and high-shooting is extremely low, and the defenders can simply climb a little higher to avoid it.
Even if the Destroyers boarded the embankment despite the blow, they would not be able to rest on the narrow embankment surface and could only build pontoons in the waters inside the embankment. In this section of water, the number of willow branches and the firepower of the defenders will be denser.
Even if the Destroyer rushes over again, there is a third line of defense waiting at the waist of the trunk of the tree nest. The third line of defense is a low version of the tower built with clay on the tree trunks. It borrows the shape of the fortifications from the allies on the Western Front. It is enough to seal the tree trunks tightly and intercept the exhausted Destroyer.
The dam is the largest construction project, but the effect seems to be insignificant. This is not a design error of the hairy forest ants. This embankment actually objectively allows the Destroyer to move along the embankment based on instinct after landing, instead of directly building a pontoon bridge. It will not re-build the bridge until it finds that there is no way, which can play a delayed and misleading role.
In strong winds and waves, the Destroyer who had just climbed onto the embankment would be washed away before he could even build the second section of the pontoon.
Moreover, in the event of a severe drought, the water stored in the dam can at least ensure the role of the second line of defense, and will not be completely unable to rely on the water. For the hairy forest ants who believe in the water god, the complete drying up of the water will be psychologically It was a catastrophic blow, which meant that the Water God had completely abandoned this place!
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In another sub-nest under construction, the structure of the fortifications has been slightly changed, because the tree where this sub-nest is located is not a willow tree, but a low pecan tree.
The hairy forest ants imitate low-hanging willow branches by hanging thick braided ropes from low peach branches. They also tie stones to the ends of the ropes as weights to prevent the ropes from swaying in the wind.
Other structures are basically the same. .
Chapter 230 Water Nest
