In the Maolin Ant Kingdom, half a day's journey north of the main nest, a large army stretches back and forth, appearing and disappearing under the lush vegetation. On this empty rocky beach, the thick "trunk" dispersed into five relatively "slender" branches, heading in five different directions.
This multi-ethnic mixed army of the Maolin Ant Kingdom is now breaking into pieces here, moving forward along different paths towards the same goal.
This army is the Northern Route Army of the main force of the Maolin Ant Nation's counterattack this time. Its goal is to meet the destroyers invading from the northeast. The total strength is about 500,000. This huge army consists of nearly 400 legions, coming from about 100 different nests. Half of them are from the main nest circle. The overall commander is also the leader of the young and strong nobles of the main nest, "Shui Jing". Counting the slave ant clan, the army is composed of 30 different ant clans. The ants of all kinds, large and small, huddle together and move together as a whole, which is also a wonderful sight.
So many legions have been gathering near the main nest one after another. The longest group of troops has arrived for a month. The food they brought with them has long been eaten and they are completely dependent on the supplies from the main nest and other nests. Only the capital region can supply so much military food. Although the share is gradually decreasing, it is not a feasible solution in the long run.
Therefore, even if the Destroyer hadn't suddenly broken through the two fronts, the dispatch of this army would only be a matter of the past few days. Otherwise, if they stayed there any longer, the northern and southern armies would be able to overwhelm the reportedly bottomless main nest granary in less than a month. Eating empty food is not allowed by the elders.
"Dongmao" watched such a huge army set off one after another. The South Route Army set off first. They were further away from the battlefield and it took a day to complete their departure. The next day, the North Route Army broke out of camp and set off. After the two armies set off, only dense holes were left on the high ground on the lake shore of the main nest.
Because there were too many troops gathered, the nests in the main nest circle could not accommodate them, and the nobles did not want to be crowded with noisy worker ants or slaves that would affect their lives. Therefore, only half of the high-status nobles from the outer nest were able to enter the nest to rest, while the lower nobles could only stay in the damp soil cave with their troops. As time went by, the disease continued to spread before troops were sent out, but fortunately it did not spread on a large scale.
Unlike the tree nests that have been operating for a long time, which have complete ventilation and drainage facilities, and the indoor humidity is well controlled, the hairy forest ants, who are not good at digging burrows, have an extremely crude temporary burrow camp, making it difficult to provide adequate shelter in this humid and rainy summer. .
Fortunately, as the two armies set out one after another, the elders and officers of the main nest no longer had to worry about trivial matters such as supply, treatment, and overcrowding every day.
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Neither the Southern Route Army nor the Northern Route Army carried much supplies when they set off.
On the one hand, a lot of supplies in the main nest circle have been consumed, and the elders do not intend to consume additional inventory. This is the wealth accumulated by the Maolin Ant Nation for hundreds of years. On the one hand, most of the previous wars in the Maolin Ant Kingdom did not last long, the pressure on logistical supplies was not that great, and there was a lack of relevant experience, so they were still following old routines.
It is rare in the history of the Maolin Ant Kingdom to gather an army of millions of people and dispatch it at the same time like this. Fortunately, "Shui Jing" and other commanders were still awake. Although the army only carried very few or even less than half of the supplies needed for six days when they set off, they had their own methods.
Before entering the battlefield, supplies can be supplied from local nests along the way. This is the tradition of the Maolin Ant Kingdom, and this time is no exception. However, even if they were just passing by and not stationed, no nest could supply the needs of an army of 500,000 people at once, so the northern and southern armies split up their operations, with a force of 60,000 to 120,000. This also meets the reasonable level of supplies that can be used by any medium-sized nest, which is generally enough to support an army of this size for 1-2 days.
After the troops were divided, the logistics problem was temporarily solved, but when the war with the Destroyer began, the supplies were not yet available. "Water Spirit" and other officers imagined that part of the supplies could be supplied from the recovered Lost Land Lair. After all, the Destroyer did not need or consume these supplies, and the supplies were still stored in the warehouse of the Lost Land Lair. In addition, several important lairs close to the frontline battlefield can provide part of the supply. Strong fortresses like [Willow Coast City] still have relatively sufficient food. In addition, the supplies that Ant Alliance promised to provide can also be used when the time comes.
"Shui Jing" is more worried about whether the various armies can converge in time after the division. After all, he can only directly control the movement and progress of one of the armies. The other four armies are handed over to the adjutants, although the time and place for the rendezvous have been agreed upon. , but once something unexpected happens along the way - which is inevitable - the plan to gather and launch a counterattack as scheduled will have to be greatly adjusted.
But even the "Water Spirit", with his limited brain capacity, can consider this problem based on his special intelligence and rich experience. He has no idea how to solve this problem, so he simply ignores it in a free and easy manner. Everything depends on the Water Spirit. Bless!
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On the second day of August, the first unit of the Northern Route Army took the lead in approaching the periphery of the battlefield.
At this time, the Destroyer's troops had advanced further than a week ago and arrived at the second line of defense that was being hurriedly constructed by the Maolin Ant Nation. The pincer offensive from the south to the north has completely surrounded as many as 2 million ants in hundreds of nests on the first line of defense, including [Willow Coast City], which is still resisting. Now they have no hope of even breaking out. We can only hope that the counterattacks from the north and south will proceed smoothly and arrive to relieve the siege.
But at present, only an army of 120,000 soldiers under the personal supervision of "Shui Jing" has arrived at the meeting point. The other four northern route armies are still 2-4 days away according to reports from messengers riding flying insects. "Previous fears have become a reality.
As for the Southern Route Army, it was even worse. Not only was there not a single unit in place, the six groups were even far apart from each other. The distance between the two groups with the greatest disparity in marching speed was almost double.
The "water spirit" who arrived first didn't know it at this time. He hurried all the way and was afraid of being late, but he was the first to arrive, which would put himself in danger!
The Destroyers invading from the northeast had already quickly transmitted the warning after the outermost Radar Destroyer detected the dense and huge signal from the "Water Spirit" army. For a time, the Destroyers in this direction who were divided into four groups were gathering at an extremely efficient speed.
They didn't know that there were reinforcements behind the "Water Spirit" unit, but their goal was very clear, that is, they wanted to eat the biggest target currently discovered in one go!
