Chapter 189: Tanks (1)
The protagonist did not show anxiety because of being surrounded, both to appease the military heart of his subordinate commanders, and because he still had hole cards.
The ants around me have sensed from the changes in the temperature and humidity of the soil that the cold has passed, the temperature is rising, and spring is returning to the normal track of spring.
This is a good thing, the temperature has risen, which means that the warriors of the Divine Envoy King can go outdoors, and the day of the counterattack is not far away.
The next day, the protagonist sends a small force to the ground before the enemy can attack, and although the team suffers heavy losses, only the male ant commander and a few fighters are able to return safely, but the protagonist also has some information on the ground.
The Destroyers' forces on the ground are not small, according to the rough estimate of the death squads there are hundreds of enemies surrounding the entrance and exit alone, and they are closely arrayed around the entrance and exit of [Trench City], and it is not real to see from a distance, but the shadows and buildings seem to be full of enemies.
At the same time, the death squad also proved that even if it is the temperature in the early hours of the morning, it is already above zero, and it is estimated that the temperature during the day can rise to about ten degrees, although the temperature that the ants feel is different from the temperature system that the protagonist knows, but the protagonist also roughly converted it according to the feedback that it is already a temperature suitable for big-headed ants to go out during the day!
I'm the dividing line
As the daredevils retreated, the Destroyer's offensive soon followed, with the defenders resolutely resisting with the aid of pre-set positions and ballistas.
The Destroyer's offensive routine and progress today are similar to yesterday's, and it seems that the Destroyer's clever commanders have not come up with a better way, and their wisdom also has a ceiling, and it has not reached the protagonist.
With the completion of the second line of defense, the third line of defense is also being built, and the defenders have a more flexible defense system, no need to desperately defend certain areas, and they can deal with it more calmly, and the battle damage is greatly reduced.
After about noon, the Destroyers paid a double-digit price to barely reach the second line of defense, and this was the result of the fact that the defenders did not use the blockstone again and the protagonist did not finish the battle himself. And the defenders' casualty data is similar to that of the attackers, so the greatly reduced exchange ratio also makes the protagonist finally a lot more satisfied.
In the afternoon, the offensive and defensive situation changed abruptly, and the Destroyer, who was attacking the fortification, suddenly retreated, and it was still very early before dusk.
After receiving the military information, the protagonist knows that the opportunity he has been waiting for to counterattack has finally arrived, and immediately orders the whole army to prepare for a counterattack!
I'm the dividing line
On the ground, the reinforcements led by Rolling quickly defeated the resistance of hundreds of destroyers and advanced to a place less than half an hour away from [Trench City], where the army climbed a gentle slope and looked down on [Trench City] and the enemy.
And not far below him, thousands of destroyers were gathering.
Roll was originally stationed in [Linshui City], but after the beginning of spring, he received an order from the protagonist and immediately led four legions to come to support.
The four legions are the 1st Legion directly under Roll, the 7th Legion of the Praying Tiger, the 8th Legion of the Dung Rhino, and the 14th Legion of the Kite.
This support army had arrived at the main nest [Qingqiu City] the day before yesterday, but then encountered the cold weather of the spring and had to stay in [Qingqiu City] for two days.
Today, the weather improved, and the flying knights who had been suspended for two days in [Qingqiu City] immediately went out to investigate, and after confirming that there were still enemies surrounding [Trench City], proving that this place had not fallen, rolling on the one hand breathed a sigh of relief, and on the other hand, immediately organized a large army to pull out.
The Legion of Scythe Hunters led by Kite led the front, building a vast network of scouts, and Roll led three legions to follow.
The Destroyers do not have scout troops, and it is theorized that the scout nets formed by the Scythe Hunters can effectively block enemy detection.
However, when the army traveled for half a day to about an hour away from [Trench City], the Destroyer learned of the arrival of the reinforcements through unknown means.
Subsequently, the flying knights in the air took the lead in giving warnings, and then the scythe hunters also sent back the warning.
The number of destroyers who rushed to stop them was small, only a hundred, and the scouts of the hunting sickles and fierce ants fought and retreated, nimbly dodging the enemy's attack, avoiding the enemy's encirclement, and gradually leading the enemy to the front of the army.
If it weren't for the military order, Kite felt that even if it cost a certain price, his legion would be able to completely wipe out this small group of enemies.
But he wanted to test the power of his legion's new weapon, the Tank, with this small group of enemies.
Last winter, the protagonist embarked on a plan to transform the 1st Legion's double-pronged rhinoceros into a tank.
Although the rolling army was stranded in [Qingqiu City] for two days due to the weather, it was a blessing in disguise, and in these two days, the 1st Legion received the newly hatched and tamed beetles in [Qingqiu City] after the beginning of spring, and now there are seven large beetles, including three stag beetles and four double-pronged rhinoceros beetles.
Two of the four two-pronged rhino beetles have been converted into tanks, and two of them have to be kept in place for the time being because there are not enough accessories from [Dongyang City].
The ballista unit on the double-pronged rhino turtle had already completed training in [Dongyang City] and directly joined the First Legion, but it had not yet conducted joint training and had not participated in actual combat.
Therefore, in the face of a small number of destroyer troops that are bound to win, Roll intends to let the troops practice their hands.
When the Destroyer's troops resisted the front, the rolling 1st Legion was already in full position, with the other two legions guarding the two flanks, and behind the Destroyer, the Kite Scythe Ants had blocked the enemy's retreat and completely surrounded the enemy.
The Destroyers didn't care if they were surrounded, they rallied a little, and swooped down on the rolling army like hornets out of a hole.
When the enemy came into range, the ballistas on the two "tanks" fired a round and achieved some success, but the rain of bullets was too sparse, and the results were better than nothing.
The 1st Legion, which counter-charged, then destroyed the enemy in front of them with a devastating force, and after fighting the Destroyer last year, the 1st Legion had a wealth of experience in fighting the Destroyer, and knew how to crush the enemy with the power of a large beetle without getting bogged down in the kind of attrition melee that it had used to be.
The large beetles trampled the Destroyer's ranks without slowing down, and the medium beetle troops stepped forward to assault the remaining huddled enemies.
The final sweep was done by the accompanying infantry and other legion allies, and the beetles rushed out of enemy line without slowing down. In battle, once these beetles slow down, they are a live target, which is the experience summed up by the Divine Envoy King Legion in blood and fire.
The previous battle was just an appetizer, and the roll standing on the hillside estimated that the destroyers opposite him were about fifteen hundred, and this was the main force of the enemy!