Breaking out of camp the next day, the stone desert ant army carried sufficient supplies and guarded the Sun God Artifact before leaving camp, leaving only traces of the backs of the logistics troops who took over the nest camp.
There are a large number of ant warriors accompanying the army in the logistics force. They did not rest last night. When the Stone Desert ant soldiers were resting, they took the time to renovate the nest inside and out. Next, they not only had to expand or open up the inside of the nest The nest is used as a granary, and the waterproofing, ventilation and other infrastructure that were damaged during the Destroyer's occupation also need to be repaired, and necessary warning and defenses need to be built outside the nest.
This nest camp is now a medium-sized transportation node directly controlled by the logistics force and an important grain storage stronghold in the region. As the root canal extended by the Western Expedition, it is continuously delivering nutrients to the "luxuriant branches" of the campaign.
In the following time, basically every few days, a large and medium-sized transportation team will transport the materials here, and the local strong men will also transport most of the materials to the next medium-sized node with considerable frequency, and at the same time, Some supplies are dispersed and transported to nearby small nodes, or the supplies are sent directly to dispersed troops to support nearby wars. When the nearby area is completely pacified, the scale of this node will be reduced, and only the function of simple transportation to the front line will be retained.
However, it was said that the Stone Desert Archback Ant Army marched along the road marked by the scouts, passing through several recaptured nests. Some nests were controlled and transformed into logistics strongholds by the logistics troops of the God Envoy King Legion, while other nests were handed over to Ant clan operators in various civilizations are rushing to resume production as much as possible during the last warm weather of autumn after receiving the production materials delivered.
What makes "Lion" and "Ao" a little strange is that the strongholds assigned to each ant clan are intertwined. Whether it is army ants, honeypot ants or other ant clans, there are only a few contiguous nests that are connected to each other's territories. Basically scattered everywhere.
Zhu Jue's plan for this is obvious, because the internal pressure of the alliance and the ability of the Ant Alliance are certainly not enough to bring all the large amounts of territory recovered and expanded in this Western Expedition under the direct jurisdiction of the Ant Alliance. Several restoration efforts must be made. Destroy part of the territory of the country's allies. But Zhu Jue does not intend to let each tribe return to the past state of fragmentation and limited communication. He intends to completely integrate all allies into a new, more efficient and centralized governance system in the name of the Civilized Ant Tribe Alliance. In human terms, it is to establish a federation that is higher than the ant tribes in each ant country.
If Zhu Jue wants to have absolute say in this federation, he still has to rely on the power of the Ant Alliance as his foundation, so the say of other allies needs to be weakened in disguise. Therefore, the new territories of these civilized ant tribes that have lost their territory are separated from each other, making their internal transportation connections inconvenient. Over time, they can easily become a mess. The Ant Alliance has occupied and controlled the nests with the most important terrain and richest resources in the form of logistics strongholds. Over time, it can radiate, assimilate and control the lifeblood of nearby allied nests. In this way, the future federation dominated by the Ant Alliance can be formally formed, and Zhu Jue will also control the power.
Naturally, "Lion" and "Ao" couldn't see such a deep-level plan. Even "Ao", who is good at intelligence and scheming, couldn't understand this almost sinister conspiracy. He just felt it was strange and vaguely aware of the slightest hint of it. Appropriate.
Confused and even more confused after communicating with each other, "Lion" was the first to stop the communication. He would rather lead his troops to fight with the Destroyer instead of discussing such an extremely complicated issue.
Soon the troops left the actual control area of the Western Expeditionary Army and entered a rugged terrain where forces were mixed. There was no pheromone to guide the way forward. The "Lion" could only let the vanguard troops search and advance in the direction of the setting sun according to the mission instructions. Open roads and build bridges while leaving guidance for the larger forces.
After the vanguard troops suffered several attacks and suffered casualties, the Stone Desert Archback Ant Army raised the alert level. Those who launched the attacks were indigenous ants. They were not the target of the army. The "Lions" just launched the attack. After several punitive attacks, they gave up venting because of time constraints and continued to supervise the army's westward march.
It wasn't until the afternoon before the mission ended that the Stone Desert Archipelago ant army arrived at a nest controlled by the remnants of the original Black Fire Ant Kingdom that had been summoned by airborne envoys. Finally, I could take a break and replenish food.
Land transportation to this nest
It has not been opened yet. In addition to locally produced resources, all resources consumed must be solved by precious air transport capacity. The logistics pressure is very high. The Stone Desert Archback Ant Army must end the battle here as soon as possible and return to the starting camp.
In this nest, "Lion" and "Ao" were surprised to see an old ant - "Crazy".
This small but hot-tempered and brave male ant noble has a much calmer temperament now than when he was young. When the thieves ant clan and the stone desert humpback ant clan arrived here at the same time as foreign reinforcements, they both took root in the area, so they were very emotionally close to each other. However, due to the development of the war situation and their respective tasks, the three ants have not seen each other for two years. It is inevitable to be a little surprised to see each other now.
After communicating with each other, "Lion" and "Ao" realized that the next battle was not going to be easy. Not to mention that they only have one day left to reach the mission deadline, let's talk about their target, a group of Destroyers occupying a nearby tree nest. There are also a dozen flying Destroyers in the nest, they are not crawling slowly on the ground. The stony desert ant army can handle it.
It is for this purpose that the "Madmen" came to support. Nowadays, most of the God Envoy King Air Force in the Western Expedition are assigned to the main force or responsible for communication tasks. Rangers like the Stone Desert Archback Ant Army mostly rely on other ants if necessary. With the help of the clan's air power, the giant locusts commanded by "Madman" are already considered the strongest combat power among them.
The thief ant's air force was divided into three operations. "Madman" personally led 24 giant locusts, and the other two groups each had 12 or 18 giant locusts. The commanders were both his own sons.
Just dealing with a dozen flying destroyers, "Madman" thought that it was no problem, but the flying destroyers hid in the narrow and strong tree holes of the tree nests, and his giant locusts could not get in. The thief ant knight dismounted and was pure. It is a food delivery, so it requires the cooperation of the Stone Desert Archback Ant Army to drive it out.
"Lion" and "Ao" were naturally happy. With the air force, they no longer had to worry about the damage the flying destroyers might cause to the sun god's artifact, so the two sides made a plan and prepared to go to war as soon as the sun rose early the next morning.
