Chapter 194: "The River Opening Plan"
The most feasible way to cut off the Destroyer's steady stream of reinforcements from the north bank of the river to the south bank of the Great River is to block the enemy's passage on the frozen surface of the river.
The protagonist has an initial idea, and he calls the commander of the 7th Legion, the Mantis, the commander of the 9th Legion, the Dung Rhino, the commander of the 19th and 21st Legions, and the ruling male ant of [Trench City].
At first, the protagonist does not state his plan to them, he just proposes the mission objectives, and then wants to see what his subordinates have to propose, which is also a kind of exercise, an exercise that allows the legion-level commander to grow as soon as possible.
Several males stayed on the cobblestone floor of the conference room for a long time, without any meaningful information, and the males were silent for a long time, and only after the protagonist asked that they must speak, the males took turns proposing according to seniority.
The Mantis Tiger said that he could send a force from [Trench City] all the way to [to Xicheng], and recover all the secondary nests along the big rivers along the way, and establish a defensive line, so that he could stop the enemy.
Protagonist's comments: Our army simply does not have enough troops to counterattack and fortify everywhere along the river, and the offensive operation process is also very dangerous, most of the legions do not have the strength to face a large-scale enemy army in the field, and the proposal of the mantis tiger is decent but not feasible.
Dung Rhino proposes to send troops on patrol along the ice of the frozen river, where soldiers can carry mystery balls to keep warm, and then fight to stop the enemy from moving south.
Protagonist Comments: There are only about 2,000 mystery balls in the whole territory, which can only support the activities of 2,000 warriors for a few hours, and some of them must be reserved for the priority supply of flying knights. It was impossible for these soldiers to reach [to the West City] in a short time, nor could they prevent the enemy from continuing to cross the river.
However, the protagonist praises the dung rhinoceros for coming up with the idea of using the Mystery Ball.
The proposals of the commanders of the 19th and 21st Legions were even less feasible, one proposed to wait for the river to open naturally, and the other proposed to leave the enemy army alone and destroy the nearby army of Destroyers.
None of this is the answer the protagonist wants, and the protagonist would rather they, like the praying tiger and dung rhino, at least have a solution to the problem, although it is not feasible, it is better than running away from the problem and being short-sighted.
The protagonist has no hope for the ruling males of [Trench City], who lack war experience, and most of their proposals are similar to the former, but one of the males is somewhat impressed by his speech.
He suggested that he could send the Flying Knights to seize the important place of [Zhixicheng].
Although it overestimates the strength and combat effectiveness of the Flying Knights, it is a male ant that the protagonist rarely sees is able to think outside of the traditional combat mode and use the strengths of the Divine Angel King Legion to think about how to solve the problem.
The protagonist points out the flaws in this plan, but also affirms his imagination. The protagonist made a note in his heart of this male ant with aura, and gave him the code name "Yixiu".
The protagonist then tells his plan and asks his subordinates to send messengers to other lairs to deliver orders.
This plan caused several males to look at each other, and they did not understand the rationale at all, and they did not report much hope.
Soon, as the Courier delivered orders, the entire Legion of the Divine Envoy King was mobilized.
In the evening, the protagonist returns to the main nest [Qingqiu City], leaving the Mantis Tiger temporarily in charge of directing the defense of [Trench City].
Rambo Fei has already prepared supplies according to the messenger sent by the protagonist, and has also sent the Flying Knights to inform the other lair of the troops that need to go into battle.
Before dusk, one Bee Flying Knight team stationed in [Linshui City] and [Dongyang City] was ordered to arrive at the main nest [Qingqiu City], and they would be the main force on the mission.
The protagonist himself lays out a battle plan to the flying knights at night, and then arranges various sub-tasks, and then eats a sumptuous meal, and then goes to the fly stable to exchange with his mount, Xiaoqing II and Tempest.
Early the next morning, Rambo Fei sent a herald to report that the supplies had been prepared, and the protagonist went to inspect it.
I saw that on the top of the tall ant mound in [Qingqiu City], near the entrance and exit of a flying knight near the sacred passage, snow-white nut shells were placed all over the ground.
These nut shells can be used to preserve the tinder, so the various nests have specially collected some. At this time, the flesh inside the nut shell has been hollowed out from the soft umbilicus, and there is no fire in it, but it is stuffed with black charcoal ash.
These charcoal ashes are all produced in the combustion chamber in [Qingqiu City], and they are not used much on weekdays, except for the protagonist who occasionally uses them to filter some impurities-containing liquids or use them as paints, they are basically poured out.
Rambo Fei was instructing the worker ants to prepare nut shells and charcoal ash last night, and stuffed the black charcoal ash into the nut shells. At the end of the work, the worker ants also became black, not looking like big-headed ants, but like paving ants.
The bee riders of the two teams also took their mounts into position, and the worker ants who assisted helped the flying knights to step on their mounts, tie the fixed ant silk, and then hang the nut shells under the bees.
A heavy nut shell stuffed with charcoal ash was the size of a peanut, and it required the combined efforts of four bees to lift it, and it was tied to the bag of the four bees' saddles by ropes.
The protagonist checks it and thinks there is no problem, so he gives the order to go.
This operation was called "Operation Open River".
The protagonist also participates in the action, and he still rides Xiaoqing II, carrying a mysterious ball to warm the baby.
The Bee Flying Riders also brought the Mystery Ball to warm the baby.
Large swarms of bees take turns to take off from the huge purpose-built entrance, and the dense buzzing of their wings resounds through the sky. At this time, due to the cold spring, the shadow of flying insects could not be seen in the air at all, so the action force was still very eye-catching.
A large swarm of bees gathered together and flew magnificently, like a black cloud flying westward, and beneath the black cloud hung a pile of snow-white nut shells.
It takes about an hour for the Flying Knights to reach the top of the river [to the West City], and the protagonist looks down to see that thousands of Destroyers are crossing the river.
They did not cross the river in a row and climb over the ice one after another, but gathered in a group of about 500 and crossed the river one by one, clearly distinguishing themselves from each other.
The protagonist also thinks of the hillside battle the day before yesterday, and the Destroyers are also a group of 500, which seems to be similar to the Legion of the Divine Envoy King's Legion with a fixed establishment of 2500 warriors, and the Destroyers are organized in a formation of 500 soldiers.
In the air, the protagonist can only be commanded by flying movements, and he directs Xiaoqing II to draw a figure-eight in the air, and the bee flying knights immediately understand and begin to reduce their altitude.