The night is quiet, the wind is gentle, and the moonlight is hazy.
But not all places are soaked in the dead silence of darkness. Near the Qinghe River, the sound of rushing water constitutes the background noise at this time, covering up the occasional sound of wind, grass, and other subtle movements.
Under the cover of the sound of water flowing and under the moonlight, in front of the entrance that had been destroyed to the point of being left with only the bare iron ropes, a group of ants were approaching secretly. Their small bodies were cast by the moonlight on the soil, plants and stones, one by one quickly. Flashing blurry silhouette.
These ants are the local transportation team of the Ant Alliance on the south bank of the Qinghe River, and their mission is to transport supplies to the country.
This is already their third mission. Compared with the previous two uneasiness, the commander is more confident this time. As a pavement ant nobleman, the leader of the transport team obeyed the words of his immediate boss and the pride of the clan "Floating Leaf III". For the first time, he still carried out the mission with a death wish in order to fulfill his duties loyally. Today he felt much more relaxed and knew that the danger of the mission was not that high.
The transport team is composed of workers and hard-working ants from all races in the Ant Alliance. There are various ant species, from the big Japanese ants and Sickle ants to the petite pavement ants and small leaf-cutting ants. They have only one thing in common. Only breath can unite this ragtag group of people and obey the orders of the leader commander. Most of these ants carry supplies to be transported to the war zone, and some of the ants themselves will stay there as reinforcements.
Under the leadership of the leader, the mixed ants of all races followed the scented path marked during the day, passed through the vegetation, and then quickly climbed up the tree and arrived at the entrance where the rope bridge was tied to the branches. In front of their compound eyes, a thick iron cable stretched toward the depths of the night like a giant earthworm, like an ancient behemoth poking its head out of the endless abyss.
After reaching the bridge, the next step is the most dangerous part of the mission.
The leader of the team asked a few unweighted ants to go onto the bridge first as scouts and guides, and then the transport team followed them onto the bridge in a long worm formation. The bridge deck on the iron cables has become damaged in several days of fierce fighting, and the iron cables underneath are exposed in many places. However, the wind is not strong today, so as long as the ants are careful to place their feet, they will not fall into the river.
The most troublesome and dangerous ones are the flying destroyers staying on the bridge!
After basically completely destroying the protective net of the rope bridge, the Destroyers found that even if they concentrated multiple White-bellied Destroyers, they could not blast through the smooth and solid iron ring, so they continued to send hundreds of flying Destroyers to the rope bridge day and night. Patrolling, causing normal transportation to be interrupted.
Because the fighting at the bastion is fierce, the Destroyer also needs more air power to suppress the defenders' artillery fire and aerial reconnaissance command. The number of troops that can be assigned to the rope bridge is limited. If "Floating Leaf III" can mobilize all combat flying knights, There is still a chance to annihilate or expel it. But "Rambo Flying III" is reluctant to use its precious air force, and even if it wins this battle, the Destroyer can still mobilize other flying Destroyers to fill the vacancy, so it is of little significance.
So after careful observation, "Floating Leaf III" decided to use the cover of night to secretly transport supplies at night instead of trying to drive away the flying destroyers.
Although the eyesight of flying destroyers during the day is not bad, at night, unless it is a full moon night with extremely bright night light, these guys can only vaguely see targets less than a few centimeters away, and their perception ability is greatly reduced. Down, almost cage blind. The flying destroyers in the sky could only conduct meaningless flight inspections at a very slow speed under the dim light of the crescent moon, and most of the flying destroyers simply landed on the rope bridge and stood dumbfounded.
But now the flying destroyers on these rope bridges are like smart roadblocks blocking the transport team. Once they are alerted, more destroyers will get the news and then follow the ropes to eliminate the transport team. There was a transport team that was completely wiped out due to carelessness!
But the transport team had no intention of alarming them in the first place. The leading ants were very experienced. As long as it was not a moonless night, their night vision was much better than that of the Flying Destroyer, and they could confirm the situation from one to two decimeters away. After leaving a pheromone reminder of its location, he climbed down along the iron rope and walked around lightly. The transport team will also roll under the bridge at the location of the information sign, crawl under the bridge without alerting the Destroyer, and then return to the bridge after being away from the enemy ants on the bridge.
The noisy sound of water and the constant swaying of the rope bridge made the movements of thousands of ant transport teams undetectable by the flying destroyers that were just around the corner.
But the danger is still there! Due to the heavy burdens of many worker ants, most of the Japanese ants carry a gun or metal ammunition, and other workers also carry grass fiber rucksacks filled with food supplies, sometimes weighing dozens of times more than their body weight. . Therefore, when these worker ants are marching under the bridge, they must firmly hook on all the places on the iron cables that they can put their strength on. Once they lose their footing, the ants and their belongings will fall into the water and disappear into the river without even hearing a splash.
At that time, when the first batch of transport teams tried for the first time, as many as a hundred ants fell into the water. Later, "Floating Leaf III" asked subsequent transport teams to make some "ant glue" and fiber under the bridge deck that were not easy to be found. With the help of "handle", the losses of the transportation team dropped significantly.
Following the established policy, the transport team arrived at the north end of the rope bridge without any danger, avoiding 22 flying destroyers along the way, and only 6 ants fell into the water. The mission progressed smoothly.
But soon, bad news came from the leading scythe-hunting ant: there was a flying destroyer lying down at the entrance. Because the rope bridge was tied to a tree, the rope bridge could only be left from the bridge deck. The method is to walk under the bridge. Now this flying destroyer is just blocking it there, and will definitely be discovered if it gets close.
The leader of the team also had an idea. He sent a scythe ant as a bait. He showed up and was discovered by the flying destroyer. He then lured the opponent to run towards the middle of the rope bridge, while the transport team quietly hid below and waited. This movement attracted several Destroyers nearby. In the end, the bait-hunting ant was surrounded from the front and rear with no way to escape, and died gloriously. But the transport team had already taken the opportunity to quickly get off the bridge and deliver another batch of supplies and soldiers to the battlefield.
This secret transportation line operates almost every night, and will only be suspended during the two days when the moonlight is the brightest and completely disappears. This transportation continued until the final sound of the battle.
