Chapter 2: The Stalemate (2)
The big-headed ant kingdom army did not form an encirclement of the lost secondary nest, but fought a zigzag with the paving ant barbarian army, which illustrated a problem - in terms of military strength, the big-headed ant kingdom army was not as dominant as expected.
Sure enough, after meeting the public security king, the protagonist's guess was verified.
At that time, the Public Security Corps was repairing in the rear as part of the reserve of the Great Army.
According to the confession of the public security king, the army of the big-headed ant kingdom arrived near the auxiliary nest three days ago, and was soon discovered by the scouts of the paving ant barbarians.
Subsequently, the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army spread out a front step by step, advancing all the way to the garrison of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.
As expected, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army poured out of the lost secondary nest and built a defensive line not far from the entrance and exit of the secondary nest.
According to the assumption of the Great King Council before the war, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army should have a numerical advantage, so it only needs to continuously send legions to both sides of the front to extend the front, so sooner or later the Paving Ant Barbarian Army will not have enough troops to deal with it.
At this time, the paving ant barbarian army could only be forced to form a circle formation to cover the entrance and exit of the secondary nest.
And the big-headed ant kingdom army with a longer front line can complete the encirclement.
The Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army on the periphery has a longer front, and the troops invested in the unit length are also more advantageous, and the single combat effectiveness of the Big-headed Ant Soldier Ant is stronger, in this kind of encirclement battle, the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army will achieve a good exchange ratio, and expand the advantage in a snowballing way, and finally win.
But what the big-headed ant kingdom army didn't expect was that no matter how many legions the kingdom army sent to both sides, the paving ant barbarian army could send the same number of warriors to deal with it.
When the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army sent a full fifty legions into the battle line, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army also invested thirty legions, considering that the Paving Ant Barbarian Army was larger, the total strength of the two sides in the front line was the same, about 75,000 soldiers.
In the lost secondary nest, the paving ant barbarian warriors seemed to surge outward as if they were endless.
And the reserves of the last ten legions of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army no longer dare to invest in the two wings, otherwise if the battle line is broken through somewhere, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army will not even have troops to fill the gap.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and at all times, it is necessary to have a reserve in hand. This military adage is not only valid for the human world, but also for the commanders of the ant world.
The Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army stopped extending its front, and new paving ant legions no longer poured out of the fallen secondary nest.
But in this way, the encirclement battle expected by the big-headed ant kingdom army did not appear, and the two armies instead lined up in a nearly straight line to confront each other. In this way, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army will not be able to give full play to the advantage of the length of the front.
And even the individual combat strength advantage of the big-headed ant soldier ant was offset by the new tactics of the paving ant barbarian army.
The public security corps was fighting on the front at that time, and this elite unit found that the enemy on the opposite side did not fight as before, but tried to take advantage of its small size to squeeze its body into the front line of the big-headed ant kingdom army, thereby destroying the originally intact front, and then focusing on dividing and besieging a small number of big-headed ant soldiers.
This method of warfare made it very difficult for the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army to deal with, after all, except for the Divine Envoy King Legion, no legion was composed of pure soldier ants. In these legions, the ratio of soldier ants to worker ants is one to four, soldier ants are the well-deserved main force, and worker ants are more of a support role.
Except for the public security corps, which uses soldier ants intensively, the soldier ants of other legions are evenly distributed on the battle line, and when encountering this tactic, inexperienced worker ants and soldier ants can easily fall into a situation of fighting separately.
When the elite soldier ants are divided and eliminated, the remaining big-headed ant worker ants will have no advantage in individual combat power in the face of the paving ant barbarian warriors.
The Public Security Legion is one of the very few legions that learn from the Divine Envoy King's Legion, and they use the soldiers in a concentrated manner, and the soldiers and ants can still cover each other to avoid being divided and surrounded.
However, after a full day of fighting, all regiments, including the Public Security Corps, suffered heavy losses.
Each legion had an average of 300 soldiers and 1,200 workers, and after a day's fighting, they lost about 200 warriors, half of whom were soldiers. If the fight continues like this, within two or three days, the soldiers will be wiped out.
The Public Security Corps was slightly better, also losing fifty soldier ant warriors.
Although the Paving Ant Barbarian Army suffered greater losses, if there was a Paving Ant Queen stationed in the Lost Secondary Nest, their lost worker ants would soon be able to replenish it.
By the second day, the kings of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army didn't find any good way to deal with it, so they let the troops go into the battlefield like this.
On this day, the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army put forty legions into the front line, leaving twenty legions as reserves. The paving ant barbarian army on the opposite side also invested a considerable number of troops, and the two sides continued to fight for attrition.
It was on this afternoon that the police lord realized that the battle would be extremely difficult, and sent a messenger to ask the protagonist for help.
On the third day, the kings of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army decided to send only twenty legions into battle, and let the forty legions with large losses rest in the rear, and at the same time asked the main nest and other secondary nests to provide reinforcements.
At this time, these pre-war proud and complacent kings had realized the difficulty of the war.
However, to the surprise of all the kings, the paving ant barbarian army in the lost secondary nest was not as willing to hold on as in the past.
After discovering that the troops invested by the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army today had been greatly reduced, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army boldly launched a counteroffensive and invested as many troops as yesterday, wanting to surround and eat the troops on the front line of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army.
In the case of basically equal strength, the encircled side has an advantage over the encircled side in the length of the front, and can also obtain a better battlefield exchange ratio.
Realizing the danger facing the front line, the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army had to send the legions that were resting in the rear.
In the end, the paving ant barbarian army failed to form an encirclement, and the big-headed ant kingdom army was not able to let the legion rest.
It is at this time that the protagonist arrives on the battlefield.
After listening to the description of the new tactics of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, the protagonist feels very familiar - isn't this the tactic used by the Paving Ant Barbarian Army when it first attacked the Divine Envoy King's army stationed there during the defensive battle of the "Waterfront City" in winter.
It seems that this targeted new tactic is not only used against the Divine Envoy King Army, but the entire Big-Headed Ant Kingdom Army is their target.
The Paving Ant Barbarian Army was able to adjust its tactics so quickly?