Chapter 6: Breakthrough (2)

The protagonist flies all the way south.

The long flight is not easy and enjoyable, but rather a laborious task, and the protagonist has no time to enjoy the great rivers and mountains along the way, he must not only identify the direction and control the course of the mount, but also keep an eye on the surrounding airspace.

Flying in the air is not a very safe thing to do, predators such as dragonflies and wasps are everywhere, especially when flying long distances, it is common to encounter predators.

However, the protagonist's eyesight is better than all insects, as long as he flies in the airspace with a wide field of vision, avoiding areas with complex terrain and limited vision such as dense forests, he can manipulate Xiaoqing II to avoid most of the dangers in advance.

Even if he is occasionally spotted by a predator that suddenly escapes, Xiaoqing II's maneuverability as a fly can escape the pursuit.

By the time the protagonist arrives at the camp of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom's army, it's already dusk.

On the battlefield, the corpses are everywhere is no longer enough to describe the tragedy of the war, countless corpses and wreckage are like a carpet, covering a large area of land, and the pale green tissue fluid gushing out of the small bodies of countless ants also covers the original background color of the land.

Both armies are retreating, and while retreating, the Paving Ant Barbarian Army is still hurrying to take advantage of Twilight to carry the corpses of both sides back to the nest.

The big-headed ant kingdom army did not have such a thirst for rushing corpses, and their food was not so tight, so they did not need to rely on corpses as supplements.

Most of the rush to transport the corpses was the spontaneous behavior of the retreating big-headed ant warriors, who had the simple idea of bringing the corpses of their comrades back and placing them in the cemetery. Although the cemetery is also a makeshift and simple cemetery, it is better than entering the belly of a paving ant barbarian warrior.

The efficiency of such a spontaneous act is certainly not comparable to the organized looting of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and most of the corpses were taken by the Paving Ant Barbarian.

Sometimes, in order to fight for one or two corpses, there will be a small conflict between the nearby big-headed ant warrior and the paving ant barbarian warrior.

This kind of conflict generally breaks out around the corpse of the male ant commander, although the corpse is not valued, but the corpse of the male ant commander is still more important, this is due to the sense of honor of the male ants, they will generally be brought back by the army to be buried in the cemetery.

The protagonist finds the Public Security King, and by this time the army has returned to the temporary camp one after another.

This is an underground nest built in the southwest of the Fallen Auxiliary Nest, which is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of Big-headed Ant Kingdom soldiers and corresponding grain straw. However, compared to the official nest, it lacks key facilities such as the queen's dormitory and nursery.

Still, a small conference room was set up, and some fragments of white pebbles were laid on the floor, which was barely enough, although the information was not as efficient as the whole pebble.

The protagonist has always wondered how ordinary pebbles can transmit messages from ants' tentacles like telephone lines, and he has been thinking about it for a long time without coming to a conclusion.

Perhaps because the main ingredient of pebbles is silica, early radios also used some ore or silicon-containing materials, and there may be some similarities between the two.

Because the size of the conference room was too small, under the supervision of the public security king, some respected kings rushed to the conference room to participate in a temporary military meeting.

This kind of temporary military meeting was also held yesterday and the night before yesterday, but today it was with the participation of the protagonists.

Due to the previous achievements of the Divine Envoy King's legion, the Divine Envoy King's right to speak on military issues was recognized by all the kings present.

The protagonist also understands the thinking and communication habits of ants, and he does not be polite before the meeting as the human world does, and points out the dilemma facing the current battle.

After three days of fierce fighting, even the sluggish Legion Commander could see the situation clearly, and realized that what was happening on the battlefield was far less optimistic than he had expected before the expedition, and they could quite agree with the protagonist's statement.

So, next, the protagonist comes up with his own solution while the iron is hot.

This plan naturally avoided the proposal to send troops to the Divine Envoy King's army.

The protagonist suggests that ten legions be drawn from the existing troops, divided into two partial divisions, bypassing the current battlefield and heading north to capture the two secondary nests in the rear of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army.

The defenders of the two Fallen Vice-Hives had only one legion and were weakly defended.

However, although these two partial divisions have a threefold superiority in strength, they must achieve the effect of a surprise attack and capture the secondary nest in the shortest possible time.

Otherwise, with the reproduction rate of the queen ants in these two secondary nests, once dragged into a tug-of-war, these two partial divisions with insufficient troops may even be eaten back.

Therefore, the 10 corps that formed the partial division should try to select units with strong combat effectiveness, and it is necessary for other corps to transfer manpower to make up for the shortfall.

Once the two secondary nests in the north can be conquered, then the Paving Ant Barbarian Army will be surrounded in the only secondary nest, losing the only source of food in the rear, even if the Big-headed Ant Kingdom Army does not launch a general attack, it can starve to death and trap it to death.

The kings soon began to talk about the proposal.

In the eyes of human beings, this is a very common tactic to avoid the real and attack the weak, and cut off the enemy's supply line. However, the ants are accustomed to fighting straight and pushing head-on, and this kind of plagiarism is the first time most kings have heard of it.

But the advantages are obvious, the kings are not fools, and once someone gives them guidance, they quickly understand the benefits.

Soon, the respected kings discussed the results, not only supporting the protagonist's battle plan, but also selecting the ten legions that would form a partial division.

Which legions are strong in combat, these kings still know in their hearts.

As the saying goes, "one soldier bears, one bear, one bear", and this is also true in the ant world.

The Legion of the Divine Envoy King is already close to the concept of a standing army, but all the legions of the Big-Headed Ant Kingdom and the Paving Ant Barbarian were temporarily formed before the war, and the members were ordinary worker ants and soldier ants in peacetime, and the personnel composition of each legion was almost the same.

However, after the establishment of the corps, the level of tactics and training methods in the minds of the corps commanders will cause a vastly different difference in the combat effectiveness of the corps during a short period of running-in and on-the-spot command.

Therefore, the combat effectiveness of a legion is basically equivalent to the military ability of the legion commander, the king.

Ten corps, including the Public Security Corps, were selected, and some corps with low combat effectiveness and large losses in the previous few days of fighting were transferred to make up for the strength of the partial divisions.

The two detachments planned to set off early the next morning, make a large circle to avoid the scouts of the Paving Ant Barbarian Army, and secretly rush north.

But now a new problem has arisen on the frontal battlefield - there are not enough troops, and even not enough reserves.