Chapter 139: The Battle of [Bridgehead] (5)
The first Destroyers to climb to the top of the anthill, the edge of the net, tried to burrow through the holes in the nets and attack the defenders inside.
But the holes in the netting were so small that the Destroyers' large, slick heads barely managed to get in, but their limbs and bodies were stuck, and they struggled in vain, their jaws clicking and biting.
Ants are not as agile as mammals, and the same holes can be easily drilled by a cat or monkey of the same size. But the Destroyer either had his arthropods tangled in the ropes, or his bloated abdomen was stuck, and it was difficult to get through smoothly anyway.
The defenders inside the net immediately began to fight back against the immobile destroyers.
The slings were used first, but were powerless against the Destroyer's thick armor, and have recently shown a fatal weakness of lack of power against a variety of enemies.
Some of the Divine Envoy King warriors rushed forward, trying to use the usual siege tactics against large enemies.
Although the Destroyer was trapped, their necks could still rotate flexibly, and their massive sharp jaws were still a very threatening weapon, and several of the Divine Envoy King warriors who were accidentally bitten were quickly killed under the jaws.
Although the protective net covered the defenders, so did the trapped Destroyers, who only had their strongest heads facing the defenders, and the weaknesses of their bodies and joints were hiding outside the protective net.
The Divine Angel King warriors soon found themselves powerless against the half-burrowed Destroyer.
Instead, the ballista units were replaced with shotguns, which were very effective at point-blank range for those who could not move the destroyers. At such a close firing distance, the shells have almost no energy decay, and even scattered bullets can deal damage to the Destroyer.
But as soon as the ballistas stopped suppressing the trench paths, more and more Destroyers began to arrive in front of the protective nets, trying to drill through every hole.
The Destroyers struggled, their heads forming a "wall of ant heads" on the net, the living Destroyers baring their teeth and claws, the dead hanging their heads.
In some places, the holes in the protective nets were stretched so wide that half of The Destroyer had penetrated into them, leaving only the bloated abdomen and the last pair of arthropods trapped.
When the protagonist sees this, he immediately thinks that it is not good, and if this continues, the Destroyers will be able to get in sooner or later. As far as the eye can see, the Destroyer has climbed higher holes in the protective net, and they can even cover the entire [bridgehead] outside of it.
The defenders were now plagued by the inability to inflict damage on the enemy, and the number of ballistae was too small and infrequent to be able to cope with the Destroyers who climbed the protective nets in layers.
Previously, in the battle of the 1st Legion ambushing the Radar Destroyer, because it was a field battle, although the Divine Envoy King Legion with a numerical advantage paid a lot of sacrifices, it could attack the weak points beyond the head of the Destroyer, and with the assistance of the beetle, the defects in attack power had not been so seriously exposed.
Now in the defensive war, this shortcoming has been exposed.
At this time, almost all the holes in the bottom layer of the protective net had the huge head and dancing jaws of the Destroyer, and the defenders did not dare to step forward at all, otherwise they would be torn apart by the jaws.
Fortunately, although the ballista is very close to the protective net, it is not yet within the reach of the Destroyer, and it can still fight back for the time being, so there is no need to evacuate.
Now it seems that the only way to do this is to wait for the Destroyer to break free and then besiege it.
But the protagonist doesn't want to do this, so he loses the advantage of defensive battles and turns into a dogfight.
In particular, if the Destroyer breaks through some of the nets in the process, a large group of Destroyers can pour in through the gap, which is a disaster for the defenders.
The protagonist leaves the monitoring room on the top floor and prepares to go to the front line. Not long after he left, a voice came from the bottom hole in the tentacles of the Radar Destroyer...
Unbeknownst to the protagonist, he soon arrives at the top platform of the anthill, where the defenders are fortified.
The visible battle situation seemed to be very oppressive, the head and body of the destroyer on the dense ant head wall were wriggling, and the ant head wall was still spreading towards the top of the protective net at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the overall height of the protective net was reduced a lot.
The protagonist immediately orders the ballista to be withdrawn to a high platform in the center. This is the originally designed ballista security point, the shooting range is better, and it can take into account the entire defense line without dead ends.
After all, the current position of the ballista was chosen to facilitate firing at the trench communication lane, and now there is no point in shooting, and the firing range of the enemy at close range is not wide enough.
The ants were so powerful that the ballistas quickly retreated into position and began to prioritize attacks on the destroyers who were about to break free from the protective net, and at such a close distance, the ballista quickly eliminated many of the most threatening enemies.
But there were too many enemies, and soon, at last, a destroyer came in, he fell to the ground from a height of a few centimeters, quickly turned to his feet, and then, regardless of whether there were no other companions around him, he attacked the defenders of the Divine Envoy King who were waiting not far away.
At this time, the Divine Envoy King warriors had moved away from the protective net and lined up in the center of the platform.
The lone Destroyer crashed into the formation in an indomitable formation, and several big-headed ants were knocked out. However, the layered formation eventually dissipated the impact of the Destroyer, and he had to stop.
The Big-Headed Ant Warriors rushed forward heroically and quickly buried the lone destroyer. With the exception of its head, the Destroyer was covered in the Divine Envoy King's warriors, and countless large-headed ants were attacking whatever part they could bite.
But the Destroyer was still struggling, and although his body was completely suppressed and unable to move, before he died, he tilted his head and bit the squad commander who was too close to him, and then threw the male ant onto the protective net with a forceful flick.
The heads of the three destroyers on the protective net all bit the male ant, and with all their efforts, the unlucky male ant was dismembered in an instant, and the internal organs and blood were drenched on the ground.
The Destroyers, who came into contact with the blood, became even more agitated and began to wriggle frantically in an attempt to break free from the protective net.
The first Destroyer to rush in had been beaten to death, but one after another Destroyer had crept in, and even the ballista could no longer cope with the current situation.
The solitary rush of the Destroyer had already killed and injured several Divine Messenger King warriors and a male ant commander, and the threat of more and more Destroyers coming in was clearly increasing, and the real test of the 13th Legion was imminent.
The protagonist has ordered the 1st Legion to roll on standby, and his beetles are ready to come out of the wide main passage to support. Only the Beetle Legion has the power to fight the enemy in close combat.