Chapter 286: Tentative Attack
The purpose of this legion led by the Praying Tiger was to reconnoiter by firepower.
Relying solely on the results of aerial reconnaissance and analysis, it can only be used as a reference, and before there is a face-to-face fight, everything is on paper, and no one knows what kind of opponent the bees are.
Therefore, a tentative attack is necessary before the official attack.
The protagonist and his troops waited for two days, and after another cold north wind passed, it finally ushered in a sunny day.
On April 10, the Praying Tiger led his troops in a tentative offensive against the hive. The protagonists and the Flying Knights are watching the battle from the sidelines.
The Mantis Tiger Legion's scythe hunting ant scout team was in front, marking pheromones along the way, and guiding the large army to a place not far from the hive tree hole.
The praying tiger sat in the middle army, and the thirty big-headed ant squads were waiting for the battle, falling in the rear, while the two hunting sickle ant scout squads began to attack, they were the main force of this tentative attack, and the large army was only used as a rear.
At the mouth of the hive tree, there are some worker bees in charge of guarding at all times, and these worker bees quickly spot the scythe ants that have pounced.
The two worker bees immediately flew over and did their duty.
At first, the worker bees just wanted to drive away the ants that were close to their nests, thinking that they were similar to the ants that had come here by accident before, and that they were not trying to hit the hive.
So, these worker bees flew to land in front of the scythe ants, and quickly vibrated their wings to warn.
In the past, the ants would realize that they were not welcome, and they would not have the intention of dealing with these bees that were bigger than themselves, and they would turn around and leave.
But this time, the scythe ants were prepared, and quickly swarmed up and bit the worker bees in front of them.
The two worker bees that came to expel the ants were quickly bitten before they could react, and after each was dragged by seven or eight hunting sickle ants, these worker ants could not take off at all.
The worker bee was taken aback, and in addition to flapping its wings desperately to get rid of it, it also tried to attack the ants in front of it with its large jaws.
However, the scythe ants are natural hunters, especially good at cooperating to hunt some large insects, they dexterously avoid the large jaws on the front of the bee and the bee needles on the abdomen, and quickly pierce the carapace of the bee with their large jaws and tear off its wings.
The two vigilant worker bees soon separated and whimpered for their lives.
However, this brief battle attracted the attention of the other bees.
It was the time for the bees to take advantage of the good weather to go in and out to feed for nectar, and the bees had good eyesight, and the battle that took place not far from the entrance of the cave was soon seen by the other bees.
A worker bee with pollen on its legs flew nearby, saw what was happening, and immediately fled and flew back to the hive.
Since the worker bee did not land, the scythe ants could not attack it, but could only watch it escape.
However, the plan of the Divine Envoy King's army is to see how the bees respond to the attack of the ants, and the behavior of the bee who returned to report the news is exactly what he wants.
The main force led by the Praying Tiger still did not move, and the Scythe Hunter Ant Squad also stopped advancing not far from the hole in the hive tree, and their goal was not to directly attack the hive.
Soon, the hive tree hole began to crowd, and more than a dozen bee worker bees poured out of the tree hole, led by the worker bee whose legs were covered with pollen.
Reinforcements from the bees arrived, and although they were too late to save their companions, the scythe ants killed the two worker bees and dropped their bodies directly into the tree.
More than a dozen bees came violently under the guidance of the guide, and came straight to hunt sickle fierce ants.
This time, the bees already knew that the ants had bad intentions towards them, but they still didn't guess that the ants' idea had actually hit their nest.
After all, in the experience of bees, there is no precedent for ants to attack a hive, and they need to be more protected from predators such as wasps or wasps.
These bees think that the goal of the ants is to hunt a few bees as prey, and although there are many worker bees, they don't care about losing a few worker bees. But the hive obviously won't allow predators to be arrogant in the immediate vicinity of the nest.
These bees instinctively wanted to drive away dozens of scythe ants.
The bees obviously knew that if they landed, they might not be able to get a good advantage from the ants who were better at fighting on the ground.
Therefore, the worker bees chose to stay in the air, formed swarms, and swooped down on the scythe ants over and over again, and then quickly turned away, hitting the ants on the trunk with the air current.
The scythe ants hook the bark of the aspen tree tightly with their six limbs, and although the bark of the aspen tree is smooth, there are many bumps that can be used, and the ants have strong limbs and frictional toe foot structures. Prepared for this, these scythe ants withstood the impact of the bees' air currents several times and did not flinch.
Bees are also depressed, and in general, ground-crawling insects such as spiders also catch bees, but when faced with a prepared bee colony, they also quickly flee because there is no benefit in a stalemate.
But these ants in front of them just don't retreat, and the bees obviously can't let the ants stay so close to their hometown.
Seeing that the air impact was ineffective, the bees no longer blindly dived, but followed the leader worker bee with pollen on its legs, flew close to the ant, and began to hover and fly.
This is a technique unique to bees, and only a few insects, such as dragonflies and bees, can hover in the air in this way.
The bees were not far from the scythe, frantically vibrating their wings, and the cacophony of screeching noises flocked to the ants.
This noise is unbearable for most insects, and it is also difficult for hunting sickle ants. The discipline of the scout troops of this newly formed legion was far inferior to that of the other old legions, and soon there were sickle hunters who could not stand it anymore.
A scythe ant was the first to disobey the military order, and with a sharp leap, it bounced at the bees in mid-air.
The bees obviously didn't expect the ants in front of them to bounce so strongly, and the big-headed ants they had seen before were not good at jumping.
The scythe ant didn't manage to jump on a bee, she was directly flapped by the high-speed vibrating wings, and fell to the ground fluttering.
Fortunately, there is no strong wind today, and it is estimated that she will not fall too far away from "Dongyang City", and she will still be able to return to the team on her own.
The bees were startled by the movements of the scythe, unaware that the other scythes were still obeying orders and not leaving the trunk without permission.
The bees swooped away from the ants to avoid what they thought was danger.
After a failed expulsion, the bees finally decided to get real!