Chapter 152: One Night City (1)

A large number of worker ants formed two transport teams, which flowed endlessly between "Dongyang City" - the southern fortress - the transit station.

The supplies stored in the Southern Fortress were first transported to the transit station, and then the space in the underground warehouse vacated was soon filled with supplies from "Dongyang City".

Transporting supplies in the dark is a risky process, and as daytime insects, ants don't like to move in the dark.

In the darkness of the night, where you can't see your fingers, there may be a threat lurking not far away. Hungry nocturnal predators are overwhelmed by the temptation of ants' flesh. And the worker ants who carried the weight forward also temporarily lost their sharpest weapon - the big jaw.

However, these worker ants are not so easy to bully, and there are a large number of escort soldier ants around them. Except for the hungry and dizzy, no predator wants to risk being besieged by a swarm of ants to catch these thorny ants.

So although there were sporadic attacks, they were quickly repelled by the escort group, and the transport work was still carried out in an orderly manner.

The Fourth Legion of the Divine Angel King was split into three groups of ten squads each.

The first group is responsible for escorting the transport team from "Dongyang Fortress" to the Southern Fortress, the second group is guarding the Southern Fortress, and the third group is escorting the transportation team from the Southern Fortress to the transit station.

By the end of the night, half of the war materiel had been delivered to the transit station, and the other half had been left in the southern fortress.

At dawn the next day, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd legions of the Divine Envoy King also began a large-scale movement.

The main force of the 1st Army joined the rest of the troops that had arrived from Dongyang Fortress at the southern fortress and completed the consolidation. And in the first night, the First Army had already handed over the defense of the southern fortress to ten squads of the Fourth Army that had arrived in advance.

Subsequently, the First Army Corps, together with the Third Corps, set off for the transit station. The ten squads that had previously escorted the worker ants back from the Second Legion had also returned.

Three legions were assembled at the staging station, which was the combat unit that attacked the parasitic ant nest. The three legions have ninety squads under their jurisdiction, and there is also one Praetorian Guard squad. The offensive troops assembled by the protagonist this time, excluding the protagonist, have a total of 4,644 soldiers, including 90 male ants and 4,554 soldier ants.

At this time, it was already about nine o'clock in the morning, and the second and third groups of the Fourth Legion, escorting five hundred worker ants, also arrived at the transit station.

The convoy was busy last night for most of the night, and then rested for a while at the Southern Fortress (the protagonist now forces all ants to sleep for more than four hours at night).

According to the usual attack pattern of parasitic ants, they should arrive near the transit station around eleven o'clock.

The protagonist estimates the time and decides that the large army will wait in place, recuperate and wait for the arrival of the enemy army.

- I'm the dividing line -

Just before the sun rises to the highest point of the day, the parasitic ants arrive.

The soldiers of the Divine Envoy King Legion, who had been waiting for a long time, did not rely on the fort's defenses as usual, but opened their formation, and the second and third new legions were responsible for destroying this small group of parasitic ants in the field battle.

Although the Divine Envoy Legion has to suffer higher casualties in the field than in the defensive battle, the protagonist finds it worth it. In the future, the legion will always have to fight the enemy in the field, and it is always beneficial to practice with a small group of enemies now, so that the troops that have not had field experience with parasitic ants can adapt.

After destroying this enemy army, after cleaning up the battlefield and sending the wounded back to "Dongyang Castle", the protagonist orders a large army to be dispatched.

In addition to the 1st Corps as the vanguard, both the 2nd and 3rd Corps carried food and ammunition with them. In the very center of the protection of the three legions was the third group of the fourth legion and five hundred worker ants, who also carried supplies.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the army was already approaching the northern slope of the hill. However, they did not continue to approach, but gathered together, hiding in the bushes, waiting for the right moment.

The protagonist asked Roll to temporarily control the whole army, and he rode Xiaoqing and flew to the back of the hills, scouting the movements of the parasitic ants.

From the sky, the protagonist can clearly see the movement of the parasitic ants: most of the enemies are foraging in the valley, and a few parasitic ants are wandering in the northern hills, which are very close to the predetermined fortress stakes, and if the army starts to forcibly build the fortress at this time, it will inevitably be discovered by the enemy.

After the protagonist turns around, he returns to the army and signals the troops to remain on standby, waiting for the planned moment to come.

The only ones who were not idle were the convoy group of the Fourth Legion and a transport convoy of five hundred worker ants. They temporarily housed the supplies carried by the army in a cave on a boulder and returned to the transit point.

By the time the convoy arrived with another shipment, the sun was approaching the horizon, and the army remained in the bushes.

However, soon, the protagonist who landed again ordered the whole army to act according to the plan.

During the investigation just now, the protagonist notices that the parasitic ants that forage and graze scale insects on the hills have begun to return to their nests one after another, and there are few parasitic ants on the hills.

At this time, there is still half an hour before the sun sets, and the parasitic ants are ready to return to their nests for the night.

The Divine Envoy King's legion immediately took advantage of this gap to create a perfect time gap.

The 1st and 2nd Legions escorted 500 worker ants up the hill and arrived at the reserved place for the construction of the fortress. The escort groups of the 3rd and 4th Corps remained in place and were responsible for guarding the supplies of the army.

The ants who came to the hills did not find the enemy, and there was no danger of being exposed for the time being. Now, the Divine King's legion has been given a night to build the fortress, and this is a crucial night.

The First Legion has spread a defensive net around it, and as the daylight gets darker, it is no longer possible to control the battlefield by relying on the protagonist to fly in the sky. Although it is known that parasitic ants should be inactive at night, just like ordinary big-headed ants, it is still necessary to be precautionary.

The First Legion of the Divine Envoy King meticulously set up a guard position, and if an enemy appeared, they had to make sure that the enemy could not run back to warn them, so as to buy enough time for the fortress to be built.

The Second Legion and 500 worker ants were responsible for building the fortress, and this stump was such a large area, and the construction of a full 2,000 ants was already the limit.

The ants of the construction were divided into different groups.

Some dig in the ground and then provide it to the construction team on the stump. The construction team mixed the soil and gravel dug up from the ground with ant glue and ant dung, and smeared it everywhere. There are also some ants that burrow into the stumps that are riddled with holes and clean up the stagnant water and sludge inside.

Due to the clear division of labor and sufficient manpower, the construction of the fortress went very smoothly, and there was no blind enemy who crashed into the construction site.

For now, the plans of the Divine King's Legion are going well.