Three years later, in the 17th year of the New Calendar, it was early summer.
In the far south, there is a scenery that is very different from that on both sides of the river but equally beautiful. The continuous mountains and gentle hills occupy the entire field of vision, boundless and boundless. Part of the mountaintops are covered with white ice and snow even in the hottest summer, while the mountainside is covered with dark coniferous forests that remain unchanged all year round. The vegetation that changes with the seasons at the foot of the mountain and on the hills is now lush and green. Between the hills, there are also gurgling springs and clear lakes. The rich and diverse scenery is integrated here, but it is very harmonious. The scenery is similar but ever-changing, and you will not get tired of it for a long time.
This is the forefront of the new southern territory of the Ant Alliance. It was conquered just before winter last year. It is 2 months away from the main nest [Pioneer City] by road traffic. Air communication also requires 3-5 flights depending on weather conditions. Days long.
Three years ago, since Zhu Jue authorized the Southern Governor "Lamboser III" to carry out southern conquest and colonization in order to expand the living space and strategic rear of the Ant Alliance, no ant at that time expected what a magnificent development this would be. action.
At the beginning, the development seemed cautious and slow. The Ant Alliance was committed to completely conquering or controlling the indigenous tribes within the control area. By building strong and fortified nests step by step, it ensured the stability of the new territory and smooth transportation lines, and brought the colony to the mainland. Chemical management.
However, as the pressure of the war in the north increases, the United Nations and its allies urgently need more slaves, as well as the conquered areas to provide various urgently needed materials and soldiers as soon as possible. Coupled with the accumulation of pioneering experience, in the 15th year of the New Calendar At that time, Zhu Jue signed several important laws to loosen and speed up the development activities.
Since then, the Southern Territory has been divided into three governor-general areas, namely the Southern Governor-General, the Southeast Governor-General and the Southwest Governor-General, with "Ramboser III", "Daxiong III" and Centipede Python III serving as governors respectively. Not only were the conquered lands divided, but even the large "virgin lands" detected by the Flying Knights were cut along the terrain in advance and handed over to the three governor-general areas to conquer, colonize, and develop.
This southern mountainous area is much larger than previously expected. The flying reconnaissance team has organized several large-scale long-distance reconnaissances. The shortest route requires a continuous flight of a week to leave the mountainous area and reach a hot, densely forested plain. So far, the area of mountainous areas controlled by the Ant Alliance is only an insignificant part, accounting for less than one-tenth of the total area.
Although this mountainous area is not as productive as the plains of the same area that can support as many ant colonies, it is still rich and contains many important resources. In addition, there is no threat from the Destroyer in this direction, and the indigenous ants have not formed a unified and powerful force, so this is still the most important expansion direction of the Ant Alliance.
In addition to setting up three major governor areas, Zhu Jue also authorized the three major governors to carry out pioneering and conquest operations on their own. Any measures can be taken in this regard, as long as there is no independent split, the main nest will not interfere.
In fact, because the scale of the war with the Destroyers is getting larger and larger. Recently, there have been long-term confrontations and battles with tens of millions of super-large legions. The regular troops of the Ant Alliance no longer have the energy to invest in the south. The three southern governors have a small amount of The army is basically composed of retired veterans with mild disabilities. The number of young and middle-aged service ants in the country is very small, and production almost relies heavily on slaves and vassal ants, which also makes the traditional development method unsustainable.
So the three governors each thought of some methods and learned from each other, and achieved good results.
For example, "Ramboser III" continued to use the trade and force threats he was good at to control many senior leaders of the indigenous ant tribes through crow honey, and forced their entire clan to join the Ant Alliance without any bloodshed, and his tribe became Free pioneers, these ants who have only joined for a short period of time and cannot be fully trusted will be moved to the rear after being weakened to a sufficient extent and receiving enough "vouchers of name" through sacrifice of flesh and blood.
As for the precious big-headed ants in the Ant Alliance, they are stationed in some of the most important nests for guarding, and most other places are occupied by trusted ant clans. Relying on this hand, the development speed of the southern governorate was relatively fast.
Faster is the Southeast Governor "Nobita III". He has also learned from the experience of "Ramboser III", but he is more iron-blooded and determined: in addition to military conquest and trade control, in the past three years, every spring, "Nobita III" will Order thousands of pairs of newly married male and female ants to venture deep outside the control area to establish new strongholds.
Not only the nobles of the big-headed ant clan will be sent out, but also the nobles of the pavement ants, belly-lifting ants, leaf-cutting ants and other clans who have been trusted by the Ant Alliance for a long time. They will choose flat land and waterfronts according to local conditions. Operate new bases in , woodland and other places. Although the mortality rate of such behavior is much higher than living in the base, it is the fastest way for the younger generation of nobles to improve their status, and has become the choice of young nobles with an adventurous spirit.
These marriage flight pioneering points will initially be armed with flying knights to escort them to their destinations smoothly. The destinations are all ones that have been noted during aerial reconnaissance. They are either important locations, contain precious and urgent resources, or can contain and suppress some tenacious indigenous ant tribes. After the male and female ants move in, the flying transport team will also transport necessary supplies and two teams of ants, serving as both soldiers and farmers.
With these initial resources, the Marriage Flight pioneering team sent by the Southeast Governor was able to stabilize in the most difficult stage of establishing a foothold. As long as they could survive without being discovered and wiped out by nearby indigenous ant tribes in the first half year, these new strongholds would have the ability to self-generate blood and The ability to defend. After that, it can be connected to the Southeast Governor's Region through air or ground transportation lines.
After that, the expansion of "Nobita III" can be supported by these marriage flying strongholds nearby, which offsets many advantages of the indigenous ant tribes in terms of intelligence and supplies, and has a far higher success rate than sending troops for expeditions. So this approach was quickly adopted by the other two governors.
The Southwest Governor "Centiper Python III" was relatively mediocre and did not take many new initiatives. He just followed the other two governors, but the development progress also satisfied Zhu Jue.
Nowadays, the new southern territory of the Ant Alliance is several times the size of the original old territory on the south bank of the Qinghe River. The size of the ant colony is also close (if you count the vassal and supervised indigenous ant tribes, it is far larger), and the material output is even There is also Beyond, which is already an important strategic rear area of the Ant Alliance.
The south bank of the Qinghe River, the new territory in the south, and trade with the civilized ant tribes in other areas are the three major economic pillars of today's Ant Alliance!
