Chapter 308: Say No to a War of Attrition (2)
As a military enthusiast, the protagonist once had infinite sympathy for the Song Dynasty, which died at the hands of the Mongols. He once felt that if he could choose to travel through the ages, the two songs would be a good choice.
As for now......
Not only in ancient wars, but also in the period of World War II, it reached the peak of the war mode of national strength competition. The outcome of one or two battles does not matter, and the defeat of one or two battles can be tolerated, so the Soviet Union was able to hold on when it was on the verge of collapse in the early stage, and Germany finally hollowed out its own funds little by little in the face of the continuous national strength advantage of the anti-*** alliance.
The opponent that the protagonist faces this time, at present, the territory and ant mouth under control are on par with himself, and once the competition is consumed, it is easy to fall into a situation that makes him embarrassed.
The Divine Envoy King's legion has always taken the route of elite soldiers, but the route of elite soldiers requires no less materials than the troops that win by quantity.
Moreover, what the elite troops are most afraid of is senseless attrition, which was so embarrassing when the more elite German troops faced the almost endless Soviet manpower in World War II. When the original elite troops were exhausted, and the new troops were thrown into the battlefield before they had time to get enough training, they faced the opposing army that was becoming more and more adaptable to the rhythm of war, and the outcome could be imagined.
After thinking about it, the protagonist still feels that he should avoid stepping into the quagmire of a war of attrition, and the opponent he needs to pay attention to is not only the queen of ants inheritance faction, but also the family that he has saved so hard.
- I'm the dividing line -
At the end of April, it is the tail of the brilliant spring, the climate of the basin on both sides of the river is relatively warm, all kinds of early spring flowers have come to an end, only some late ripening and late flowers are still brilliant.
For both sides of the river, this year, the dominant creatures that occupy this place, all kinds of ants, are inseparable in the spring light.
Not to mention the last remnant of the Great Ant's King Conference on the north bank of the Great River, the Northern Expeditionary Army, has begun to attack the nest of the Paving Ant Barbarian Kingdom in the southern region, and finally attracted some reinforcements from the enemy.
It was on the south bank of the Great River that the two major factions in the Big-headed Ant Kingdom, the Divine Envoy King Legion and the Queen Ant Inheritance faction, finally broke up.
After Rambovan's forces surrounded the first army of the Queen Ant's Legacy faction, attracting more enemy forces to try to break the siege, the two sides fought each other near the side nest named "Trench City" by the protagonist.
The reason why this sub-nest, which is still controlled by the Queen Ant Inheritance faction army, was named "Trench City" because this side nest was crisscrossed by the ant path expanded by a large number of Queen Ant Inheritance faction troops inside, and it was not easy to overcome.
The Divine Envoy King's legion built a large number of bases and sub-bases on the ground for encirclement, forming a group of fortifications that can attack and defend, which can not only encircle the "Trench City", but also defend against enemy reinforcements. The situation between the two sides resembles that of the trench warfare of the First World War.
Rambovan's troops have attracted the attention of more than 50,000 enemy reinforcements, more enemy reinforcements are still being gathered, and all kinds of supplies are also converging on the base of enemy reinforcements.
Although Rambovan's troops were only one-third of the enemy's troops, they firmly controlled the perimeter of the "Trench City" and besieged it unhurriedly, consuming supplies in the city while attracting enemy reinforcements to break their heads and bleed in front of the fortifications every day.
In the dug fortifications, the Divine King's legion took advantage of the defensive advantage to bleed the enemy's reinforcements in the underground nest that was most suitable for the "razor tactic" to play.
In order to cooperate with Rambovan's army and relieve its pressure, the protagonist also formed a group of independent squads to hunt sickle and fierce ants, under the guidance of the flying knights, bypassing the enemy army, attacking around the enemy's assembly site, attacking the enemy's convoys, and the results were very fruitful, and the capture was even enough to supply the consumption of Rambovan's army.
However, although Rambovan's troops are currently fighting a good fight, the protagonist does not intend to fight a decisive battle in "Trench City", the territory and ant mouths controlled by the enemy are considerable, even if the reinforcements that are being assembled eventually exceed 100,000, the army of the Divine Envoy King will have to pay a large price to wipe them out.
Even if the decisive battle is won, as long as the enemy drags down the Divine Envoy King's legion, which has been weakened by the decisive battle, in one or two strong secondary nests, he can rely on the new generation of ants to recover and regroup his troops within a month or two.
In the absence of a way to quickly capture most of the enemy's sub-nest after a decisive battle – which made it difficult to divide too many capable forces into separate operations – a rash decisive battle was not a good option, and it was possible to fall into the quagmire of the German army in the early days of World War II that had won many battles but could not win the final victory.
The final plan made by the protagonist is to "smash the Yellow Dragon".
The core of the ant society lies in the leadership, whether it is the male ants of the Great King Conference, or the queen ant and male ants of the queen ant inheritance faction, they are the heads and hearts of the entire power faction.
Previously, after breaking with the old king's meeting, the protagonist took advantage of the enemy's main force on the north bank of the river to be unable to return to help, and did not have time to gather all the forces of the sub-nest, suddenly launched a surprise attack, took a straight route, and after conquering five weak defenses, he came to the main nest "Qingqiu City", and swept the opponent into the historical garbage heap.
Now, naturally, the protagonist wants to repeat his old tricks.
The current unfavorable situation is that the Queen Ant Inheritance faction has begun to mobilize the whole territory, and the main force still exists, which is different from the previous situation faced by the faction of the Great King's Conference with a lack of troops and major generals and no time to mobilize.
However, the good news is that the main forces of the enemy army are attracted by the five legions of Rambovan, and the protagonist still has seven legions in his hands, of which there are five mobile legions that can be called on immediately, including the absolute main force such as the rolling beetle legion.
At this time, there are not a large number of troops in the "real sub-nest", the ruling center of the queen inheritance faction.
This was confirmed by the Flying Knights' long-range reconnaissance, with triple-digit troops rushing to the front line of the "Trench City" every day from the "True Main Lair", and it seemed that the enemy did not care about the defense of the Lair.
After all, the ants are used to fighting the dull main battle, and they don't realize that the protagonist is already planning to decapitate him.
According to the information brought back by the flying knight, the narration of some of the male ants who are already familiar with the old territory of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom is that the route chosen by the protagonist from his own territory to the "real main nest" is from the "Sitong City", passing through the six secondary nests, and you can go straight to the "real main nest".
On April 30, more than a week after the frontal battle had begun, a large army was assembled in the "Sitong City".