After Zhu Jue received the battle report from "Under the Tree", he immediately ordered to squeeze out the precious air transport capacity and send these nuclear weapons to the western theater where he was located to serve.
At the same time, Zhu Jue also received a report from the "Secretary III" who was in charge of the main nest about the new generation of nuclear weapons. The breeding ants of these nuclear weapons had all been concentrated in a heavily guarded satellite city on the southeastern outskirts of the main nest. , and "Xiao Mi III" will be responsible for conducting a comprehensive evaluation. Her evaluation of the new generation of nuclear magic soldiers is: the individual combat power is strong, the nuclear magic soldiers are skilled in coordination, and they are very effective in small-scale battles. However, the cost of training is too high, and their role in large-scale battles will be limited. In addition, most nobles Ants are wary of nuclear magic soldiers, and it is difficult for nuclear magic soldiers to fight under the command of non-nuclear magic weapon leaders.
Zhu Jue agreed with this. He studied the two information packages in depth and felt that these nuclear weapons could be used as special forces or attack troops. It was unrealistic to use them to replace ordinary infantry. However, he currently needs such a force on hand, so he ordered "Secretary III" to try to expand the total size of the new nuclear weapons to a legion within half a year.
This order is quite challenging for "Little Secretary III". As the "Prime Minister" of the Ant Alliance, "Little Secretary III" has tried his best to raise funds from various sources to ensure that the Western Front Army can recover as soon as possible after the flood disaster. War preparation. Although the Ant Alliance produces a lot now, the family has a big business. The army, nobles, and industry all need massive supplies. Rescue and supplies for allies are also indispensable. How can "Secretary III" give it a headache and squeeze it out? A batch of materials to cultivate nuclear weapons depends on her long-sleeved skills!
After thinking deeply, Zhu Jue came back to his senses. He was standing on a tower of the Great Wall. Under his feet, countless ant warriors gathered into a torrent, crossing the Great Wall and the highlands, striding towards the wilderness under the sunset in the west. The ground was covered with black ants. Bathed in the sunshine, they looked like a field of sunflowers facing the light!
After the successful convening of the Civilized Ant Tribe Conference yesterday, Zhu Jue received the authorization without any suspense, and also won the title of "Guardian of Civilization" for the first time, officially leading a million-strong army to launch a long-awaited counterattack.
From morning to night, the army left the camp in a steady stream and marched in multiple formations towards the occupied areas occupied by the Western Destroyers. The scale of the coalition army was unprecedented in the region, so that all the soldiers had not left the camp throughout the day.
According to the plan, the Western Expedition Army consists of 1.5 million soldiers and the same number of auxiliary troops. Among the soldiers, the Angel King warriors from the Ant Alliance account for 80%. The remaining coalition forces mainly come from the Black Fire Ant Nation and the Leaf Cutter Ant Nation. In addition, foreign reinforcements and occupied countries also sent more or less troops to participate in the war. As for the auxiliary soldiers, they include workers and slaves from all races.
Zhu Jue had spent a lot of money for this decisive battle. As the undisputed leader of the surviving civilized ants in the region, the Ant Alliance almost had to single-handedly supply more than 80% of the food and grass and almost all of the ammunition and weapons. Zhu Jue deployed almost all the domestic technical arms and equipped this army with as many as 120 tank regiments, 160 flying knight regiments and almost all naval combat forces as support.
On September 9th of the New Calendar, the second day after the army embarked on the Western Expedition, the vanguard troops and the Destroyers had already engaged in battle.
This Destroyer force is the remnant of the Destroyer force that attacked the Great Wall defense line and the Black Fire Ant Kingdom last winter. After being partially replenished, there are about 100,000 people scattered along a long defense line to occupy More than 30 former black fire ant country nests are used as bases to block the front line. Under normal circumstances, it is enough to reach the attack of hundreds of thousands of ordinary ants.
But in this Western Expedition, the coalition's vanguard force alone had 300,000 troops. Although the ammunition inventory was lower than the planned reserve level due to flood losses, there was no need to worry about the lack of ammunition in the early stages of the war.
Therefore, after a fierce artillery attack by the coalition forces, the Destroyer's defense line was fully attacked. A large number of elite infantry stormed its underground lairs. By sunset that day, 15 lairs had been recovered.
After leaving some troops to continue besieging the Destroyers who were still resisting, the Western Expedition army continued to advance rapidly from the road that had been opened, heading straight to the northwest.
Based on careful investigation in advance, Zhu Jue knew that as long as this line of defense was broken through, the subsequent large areas of land, including all the lost land of the Black Fire Ant Kingdom and the southern third of the original Marching Ant Kingdom, would be roughly equivalent to the area excluding the southern new area. Only less than 500,000 Destroyers occupy the vast territory of the Ant Alliance on the south bank of the Qinghe River. Moreover, most of these Destroyers exist in patrol teams of hundreds or thousands. There are only 10 concentrated mobile forces of tens of thousands of Destroyers.
In addition, due to the limited number of Destroyers, their control areas also leave a large number of blank spaces like the Northeast Guerrilla Zone. Many of these empty spaces are occupied by remnants of the army ant kingdom and black fire ant kingdom, and some are occupied by indigenous ants who take the opportunity to expand.
This also means that as long as the Destroyer does not react and receives support, the Western Expedition army can push the front to the territory of the original marching ant country in a short period of time. Such a smooth operation to regain the lost territory will greatly inspire the civilized ant tribe. and coalition morale.
Zhu Jue has already drafted the strategy for the next stage. By then, the coalition forces may need to face the challenge of the main force of the Destroyers who have heard the news. The enemy force may reach one million. This time, the coalition forces had no pre-built strongholds to rely on and had to defeat the opponent in a field battle.
Zhu Jue also worked hard and planned in many ways for this. Under his instigation, the parasitic brains agreed to assist in this battle and would send the main force to attack and contain some of the Destroyers from the northwest. Zhu Jue has also proposed and received approval at the Civilized Ant Tribe Conference. All tribes will form a joint pioneer team, follow behind the army, select those nests with rich resources or important locations, recover them and quickly take over, and then begin to clear the roads and restore production to shorten the army's logistics supply line. At the same time, both the Marching Ant Nation and the Black Fire Ant Nation also sent high-status nobles to airdrop to the rear of the Destroyer in advance with the assistance of the God Envoy King's Air Force, to collect the surviving remnants of their own clans and lead their troops to cooperate with the main force in the battle. .
According to Zhu Jue's plan, with this two-pronged approach, the pressure from the destroyers faced by the Western Expeditionary Army will be greatly reduced. Due to the rapid recovery of the recovery area and the shortening of the logistics supply line, the army will also be able to gain more conveniences and opportunities like fighting on the inside. .
But two days ago, Zhu Jue suddenly received a secret messenger from the parasitic brains, and got a reply he didn't want to face!
