Chapter 222: Conquering [Spiral Flower City]
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- I'm the dividing line -
The protagonist is indeed surprised to learn that the enemy has suddenly appeared in the hinterland of the territory and has captured [Grain Castle].
He presented a map of the south bank of the Great River in his mind, and after a little thought, he quickly understood where the enemy was coming from.
It was the swampy jungle that was obviously impenetrable in the eyes of the big-headed ants, although he had never been here, but had only seen it from afar, but he subconsciously regarded it as a natural barrier like a big river or a mountain, and did not consider that this place could also become a thoroughfare.
But the Destroyers made it through by surprise, and even evaded the detection of the Flying Knights, killing the almost undefended hinterland.
This surprise attack was no less effective than the shock caused by Hannibal when he crossed the Alps and suddenly appeared in northern Italy.
For a time, the area around the main nest [Qingqiu City] and [Linshui City] were all threatened by the enemy's troops.
The main nest [Qingqiu City] is the core of the south bank of the river, surrounded by many auxiliary nests and dense ant populations, and is the most important economic center and grain producing area. The protagonist has been heavily defended in [Trench City] and [Sitong City] before, just to prevent the enemy from entering the core area.
[Linshui City] is the core of the defense of the transportation arteries on both sides of the river, and it is also the rear support of the [bridgehead] on the north bank of the river, and once the enemy is lost, the energy will continue to kill the south bank of the river.
Both of these places are very important and must not be missed.
Fortunately, the protagonist had a back hand back then, and after noticing that there was a main force of the Destroyer that was uncertain, he left 20 legions in the main nest [Qingqiu City] to contend with the strength of the army, including the first-class main force such as the 1st legion, as well as many veteran legions, and the combat effectiveness of this force is very strong.
The protagonist immediately asks the Flying Knight to give an order, so that the troops in the main nest [Qingqiu City] are immediately ready to attack, and must be dispatched as soon as possible to stop the enemy from continuing to invade.
- I'm the dividing line -
The protagonist looks at the [Swirling Flower City] that is in the midst of a fierce battle, where the battle has reached a fever pitch.
Within the walls, the earth was full of craters as if it had been ravaged by monsters, eruptions of volcanoes, and baptism of meteorites.
The entire nest had lost its structure, and the ground was littered with openings. The Divine Envoy King warriors persevered to attack from any entrance, and the Destroyers, who were already in no danger to defend, could no longer hold on to the area they occupied, and continued to organize small-scale counterattacks, killing the ground from time to time, entangled with the Divine Envoy King warriors.
No matter how stubborn the enemy resists, he can't hold out for two days, but it is in these last two days that the protagonist has to swallow the bitter fruit of the fall of [Grain Castle].
There must be no abandonment here, otherwise the time and troops lost before will be wasted.
But [Grain Straw City] is more important there, and only 20 legions against three or five thousand destroyers don't have much advantage.
The protagonist thinks about it and makes a decision. He ordered the whole army to storm ahead of time, and be sure to end the battle at [Spiral Flower City] as soon as possible, and then this army was handed over to Lan Bofei to take command and continue to recover [Stone Pillar City] and other places after a short rest.
The protagonist, on the other hand, is ready to fly back to [Qingqiu City] immediately after conquering [Spiral Flower City] and command the battle on the northern front.
That night, the Divine Envoy King warriors braved the night cold to continue the attack, at this time, the blasting was useless, and the ground was full of Divine Envoy King warriors who were blocked together, and they had no way to advance or retreat into the passages, attacking from countless roads at the same time.
This kind of attack, in the face of a destroyer with strong individual combat effectiveness, is almost filling with his life, consuming the enemy's strength, trying to squeeze into a gap and then bite a small bite on the enemy's thick carapace.
The protagonist is indeed in a hurry at this time.
In just half a night, three legions had already been filled into the battlefield like a black hole of ants, and thousands of soldiers never came out of the ground again, never to see the next day's sun.
One squad after another filled in, and one regiment after another came in to reinforce it.
All the soldiers were like waiting in line to be tortured, knowing that there was death and no life ahead. When the warrior was dead, the originally cowardly male ant captain did not retreat, staring at the destroyer's jaw as if he were dead.
This was the worst war of attrition the Legion of the Divine King's had ever experienced.
When it gets dark, the fourth and fifth legions are pressed up, and the protagonist finally gets the good news.
After a continuous day and a night of onslaught, the Divine Envoy King's army regained [Spiral Flower City] at great cost.
In this battle, the Divine Envoy King's legion wiped out 2,000 destroyers, its own losses were as high as 18,000, and there were more than 2,000 wounded, not only those who were hypothermic and frostbitten at night, but a total of five legions completely lost their formation.
In addition, the [Spiral Flower City] was also razed to the ground, and Lan Bofei, who took over the command, had to build a new [New Swirling Flower City] based on the besieged camp and completely abandon the old city.
The army needed some time to recuperate, and because the siege was so brutal, the entire lair was destroyed in the explosions and fighting, and the army of the Divine Messenger King did not capture much-needed food.
Before launching the next campaign, Rambofei's troops had to wait for new food to arrive in the rear, and now they had to rely on frugality and hunting nearby to barely supply their troops.
The protagonist ignores the southern battlefield, and after learning that he has conquered [Swirling Flower City], he flies back to [Qingqiu City] as soon as it is dawn, and the Praetorian Guard team also sets off from the ground with maces, and is expected to return in three or four days.
Anyway, in the southern theater of operations, the Destroyers have lost their main force, and only a few hundred Destroyers are scattered in various secondary nests, and Rambofei's troops still have more than 60,000 troops, which is enough to wipe out the enemy.
If it weren't for the lack of food, which made it difficult for the army to maneuver on a large scale, the protagonist would have wanted to transfer half of the troops to the northern battlefield.
- I'm the dividing line -
The protagonist arrives at the main nest [Qingqiu City] early in the morning of April 16 and immediately holds a pre-war meeting in the conference room.
The Flying Knights reported that the Destroyers had not launched a new offensive after the capture of [Grain Castle] yesterday, which was good news, giving the Divine Envoy King's legion time to react.
The protagonist is afraid that the enemy will have a time difference, and has poisoned a large area of territory before the Divine Envoy King's legion has not reacted.
In addition, the [bridgehead] on the north bank of the Great River reported that the enemy had begun a major offensive yesterday, and the defenders had already had to abandon the defensive line on the ground and move to the underground defense.
The enemy's offensive in two places seems to have an echo, and the cooperation is very tacit.
But as long as the [Bridgehead] and [Waterfront City] are not lost, no matter how much the enemy cooperates, they will not be able to support the south bank of the Great River!
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