The Maolin Ant Army is powerful and has mobilized a total of 2 million troops for this battle, which is evident from the large number of ant colonies. But at this moment, under the almost desperate attack of the Destroyer all the way to the west, the Maolin Ant Kingdom has no army but cannot rely on it. The blocking force that can be mobilized at this time is only 50,000, which is simply pitiful and weak.
This last mobile force formed a linear formation on the ground about 3 meters wide east of the main nest. To the north of the position was a water moor, and to the south of the position was a muddy depression recently formed by rainfall. It was barely a place. The terrain is defensible, but there is no time to build fortifications, and there is no high ground to rely on.
Therefore, even the elders of the Maulin ants are not optimistic about this blockade, so the necessary troops are maintained in the main nest of the Maulin ant kingdom. If they cannot withstand it in the field, the defenders can still fight to the death in the city, which is enough to hold on until reinforcements arrive. . But in this way, not only would the entire outer area of the main nest be abandoned and suffer heavy losses, but even the water god's sacrificial place would be defiled by the Destroyer. The elders would not dare to take this risk unless it was absolutely necessary.
Due to the contradictory mentality and deployment of the elders, such a small amount of blocking force was invested here. This army that was destined to be abandoned but shouldered a heavy responsibility was the hope of the Maolin ant clan cobbled together from here and there.
Among them, there are 30,000 main troops in the middle route. The military appearance is very neat. Some of them are the elite veteran legions of the north and south route armies that have been rushed back by air transport teams in the past few days, including the native army of hairy forest ants and powerful red forest ants, red imported fire ants, etc. Slave Legion.
In addition, there is the Imperial Guard Corps of the main nest. They are all strong ants of the hairy forest ant family. They are equipped with a full set of imported iron weapons and armor. They are all majestic in the sun, but the only shortcoming is that they have no combat experience. After all, On weekdays, this forbidden army acts as a guard of honor and a combat readiness deterrent.
If the central route army is considered worthy of a battle based on its military appearance and order organization, then the flanks of the north and south routes are really a mixed bag.
The strong slaves who were hastily drawn from the main nest did not even have an army before. They were hastily organized into legions, commanded by some young male ants who had never been in battle. They were really cannon fodder in battle, and they were used to fill the lines with ten points. reluctantly.
The troops on the flanks that have some combat effectiveness are all foreign legions. There are 2 legions of the God Envoy King on each wing, with a total strength of 10,000 troops. These legions of the Divine Envoy King did not appear here suddenly. They were subordinates of the Eastern Territory Governor "Dong Mao" and were ordered to transport and escort a batch of grain and supplies to the main force of the Maolin Ant Kingdom. Some of these legions happened to be nearby. Participating in the war was an action at the request of the elders of the Maolin ants and the permission of "Dong Mao".
In addition, the flanking troops also included some troops of bullet ants, army ants, Sang's flat-headed ants and thin-legged ants. Each numbered from dozens to hundreds, but they were private soldiers brought by the nobles of various races who were invited to visit.
What's interesting is that, had it not been exposed due to military threats, the Ant Alliance would not have known until now that the Maolin ants actually bypassed the civilized ant conference and met with these allies privately in their own territory, not knowing what was discussed.
But Zhu Jue didn't know about this at this moment. He suddenly left the western defense line the day before yesterday and only led a small number of flying knights to go north. "Dongmao" couldn't contact them for several days. He even allowed the Quasi-God Envoy King's army to join the battle out of desperation. of self-assertion.
At the rear, the Maolin Ant Army also deployed some legions to supervise the battle. They were strictly ordered not to allow the frontline soldiers to withdraw from the battlefield, otherwise they could be killed without mercy!
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This motley army gathered from all over the place was almost hastily deployed, and the vanguard of the Destroyer had already arrived.
About a thousand Destroyers took the lead in launching an attack on the center. The elite veterans from the northern and southern armies who defended the front line and returned to support stabilized their position and repelled this wave of tentative offensives, thus beginning the battle. the prologue.
Soon, the Destroyer Brigade officially arrived and launched the Taotao Offensive. Approximately ten thousand Destroyers pressed down like a huge wave, and subsequent Destroyers kept coming. From the air, we could see the Destroyer's undulating but continuous formation due to its rapid movement, quickly hitting the smooth string-like defenders' defense line, like dark clouds penetrating the blue sky and sewage soaking the blue waves.
After just a short and fierce confrontation, the defenders' defense line quickly became in disarray.
The first line troops in the middle are all veteran legions. They were strictly ordered to fight to the death and not retreat. Even if the formation of the legions was broken, they still fought to the death. Therefore, the middle line generally stood firm under the offensive, and the second line legions also blocked a few gaps. , the front is still stable for the time being.
But on the north and south wings, the miscellaneous legions composed of hastily recruited slaves refused to listen to the commanders' orders with their smells and voices. They still quickly collapsed, fled to the rear, and even disrupted some friendly troops. Only the fighting force of the God's Envoy King's army and the reinforcements of the other tribes were left, unable to retreat and being surrounded by the Destroyers. These armies were unable to protect themselves and could only form a square formation to hold on in place.
Some of the Destroyers stayed behind to continue attacking the entrenched defenders, while many of the Destroyers slipped through the opened gaps and began to circle around the sides and rear of the defenders in the middle. The pressure forced the defenders in the middle to form formations and shrink, so the gap became wider and wider. . Some radar destroyers were so anxious that they didn't even wait for the battle to come to an end, so they directed some small and medium-sized groups of destroyers to head towards the main nest of the Maulin Ant Kingdom not far away, as if there was something inside that was attracting them.
The left and right wings collapsed at the first touch. Fortunately, the Maolin ant army's own war supervising troops in the rear played a role. These war supervising warriors immediately killed some fleeing slaves and "helped" these defeated troops restore order with stings and bites. Among them, The male ant officers also emitted the scent of their glands almost to the strongest, and their vocal organs kept issuing instructions, and then they reluctantly gathered their troops.
The Destroyers who followed closely fought with the slave warriors and war supervisors. After a while, the defenders were still defeated and were gradually forced to retreat.
At this time, the Supervisory Team had no choice but to release the white-flowered pyrethrum poison weapons. These weapons were also urgently transported by air. In addition to the recent production of the main nest, about half of them were allocated to the Supervisory Team, while the other half were left in the main nest to deal with the worst. Condition.
As soon as the white poisonous fog came out, the radar destroyers who knew its power were frightened into giving up the attack and hurriedly ordered their troops to retreat. The Maolin ant army in the melee also struggled in the fog until they escaped or died.
At this time, there was a westerly wind again, and the poisonous mist was quickly blown toward the center of the battlefield, covering the southern quarter of the battlefield. Although the poisonous mist has turned pale, some of the defenders in the middle, the defenders on the southern wing who were still holding on, and the Destroyers who had no time to retreat were all indiscriminately attacked by the poisonous mist!
