When the leaf-cutting ant army attacked the black press, it was visually shocking. Even if it is a small creature like ants in the eyes of humans, once the number is tens of thousands, it will occupy a large area densely.

Hundreds of thousands of leaf-cutting ants are rushing like a torrent, and even the protagonist who has been in battle for a long time rarely faces so many enemies at once.

At this time, the rope bridge of the leaf-cutting ants on the tree has not yet been erected, and it looks like it is still too early to be erected.

It was already early, and the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, which had rejected the proposal of the Divine Envoy King's army, couldn't wait for the rope bridge to be completed, ready to seize the last opportunity of the day to launch a wave of attacks.

On the wall of the [Red Iron City], the cannon muzzle of the black hole is facing the direction of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army.

The Iron Cannons that the Divine Envoy King Legion now has are much longer than the ballistas, and the starting position of the Leaf Cutting Ant Army before launching the attack is about three meters away from the periphery of the [Red Iron City], which is already within the range of the iron cannons.

The iron cannon squad received the firing order one after another, and the already loaded iron cannon was stuffed with propellant and punctured the ignition.

"Bang", ......"bang", "bang"...

The explosions that had never resounded on the battlefield of the ant world came one after another, announcing the advent of a new weapon and a new era, and also giving a huge shock to both the offensive and defensive sides.

There were 12 iron cannons of different calibers in the [Red Iron City], some of which were large-caliber cannons designed according to the city defense artillery, some of which were small-caliber cannons of field battles, and even half of the artillery pieces were tested in winter, and they all participated in the battle at this time.

The ants operating the iron cannon don't know how to aim, and it's basically just that the male ant commander just looks at the position where the muzzle of the cannon is pointing.

But it was such a primitive iron cannon and such a rudimentary aiming technique, and the first round of shooting achieved results that the protagonist did not expect.

The dynamic eyesight of the ants is not good, and in the eyes of the leaf-cutting ant commander, he saw that in the surging ranks, suddenly several long hollows appeared, and in these long spaces, all the ants were left with stumps and broken arms.

They had no idea what was running through the formation.

It wasn't until the cannonball slowed down and saw the phantom and stopped bouncing on the ground that the leafcutter ants saw that the things that had caused them great damage were nothing more than black stones. They didn't know it was an iron bullet.

Of the 12 guns, only half of them hit in the first shot, and the enemy was so dense that there was almost no need to aim, and the hit rate was really low, and the rest of the iron guns were either high, low or missed.

The shooting caused hundreds of casualties among the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, and such casualties were not enough to shake the Leaf Cutting Ant Army.

However, the iron cannon was accompanied by a detoxifying explosion that sounded extremely shocking at close range, like a thunderbolt on a dry day.

The tentacles of the leaf-cutting ant warriors clearly received a manic, lethal sound from the air, and for a while, the leaf-cutting ant army surging forward stopped their steps in unison, and they all became suspicious on the spot.

The Star Bull in the sky did not join the first wave of attacks, and under the threat of a loud noise, they immediately flew far away. In particular, the few Star Bulls that had set up a rope bridge above the head of [Red Iron City] seemed to disappear in an instant. The sky around [Red Iron City] was clean in one fell swoop.

Ants rely heavily on their antennae's sense of smell, touch and hearing, which give them more delicate and real contact than sight, and hearing has a wider range of observation than visual search.

Instinct told these leafcutter ants that there was a deadly danger hidden in the huge "bang bang" sound that their tentacles had just received, making them hesitate and not even remember to continue attacking.

Not only the Leaf Cutting Ant Army, but also the Divine Envoy King Warriors, who were closer to the iron cannon, although they were told in advance that there would be a loud noise, they also became chaotic at the moment when the iron cannon exploded, and many ants rushed like wolves and flies, and they were finally suppressed.

If the leaf-cutting ant army took the opportunity to attack, I was afraid that the defenders would be in a bitter battle at that time, and they would not be able to organize effective resistance.

Thanks to the iron cannon, both the offensive and defensive sides fell into doubt and confusion.

The protagonist sends the Praetorian Guard down to help control the chaos, and now there is no chaos except for the trained Iron Cannon Squad and some of the veterans who have been exposed to Iron Cannon in the winter.

The protagonist thinks to himself that in the future, all troops must be trained to become familiar with the sound of the iron cannon, otherwise the chaos caused by the iron cannon will be far greater than the damage to the enemy.

When it took more than three minutes for the iron cannon team to reload and fire again, the Divine Angel King's legion had stabilized and began to slowly become familiar with the loud sound of the shot.

And the Leafcutter Ant Army, which was still in a panic, began to retreat frantically in the second round of fire, loud noises, and casualties caused by some reason.

If it weren't for the small and light size of the ants, it would be fine to trample on each other, but I am afraid that they would have suffered heavy casualties in this rout.

The Leaf Cutting Ant Army even abandoned the temporary camp that had been dug up very close to [Red Iron City], and retreated a few dozen meters north before regrouping.

On that day, the leaf-cutting ants, who were shaken by the army's heart, did not retreat and did not continue to attack, and they camped on the spot for the night.

The protagonist, on his side, began to take the commanders and summarize some of the experiences and mistakes of today's battle.

In fact, the Divine Envoy King Legion itself was not ready to enter the age of firearms, and they did not expect to usher in battle as soon as spring began.

The protagonist personally teaches the iron cannon team and tells them some methods of aiming and shooting, although it is the simplest two-point and one-line direct aiming shooting method, it is much stronger than the character shooting method just now.

The other units were required to adapt to the sound of the iron cannons, and gradually learn to cooperate with the fire and charge of the iron cannons, and not to make jokes about the shells hitting their own formations.

That night, at the ground position of [Red Iron City], 12 iron guns took turns firing air guns, and while allowing the gunners to continue to operate skillfully, they pulled different troops to the ground and became familiar with the sound of the guns at close range.

I don't know how the leaf-cutting ant army camp in the distance feels when I listen to the sound of cannons one after another at night.

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The next day, the Leaf Cutting Ant Army did not attack, a Star Bull brought a new mission, landed five meters away, and the group of 15 ants arrived outside the [Red Iron City] on foot and were allowed to enter.

This time, the Leaf Cutter Army sent 1 female ant and 2 male ants, and there were only 12 females in their army, so they obviously valued this negotiation very much.

The leaf-cutting ants did not peep around this time, and they looked very honest.

When the leaf-cutting ant messenger saw the protagonist, he humbly bowed his body, threw his limbs to the ground, and his tentacles were also close to the ground, making a great gift in the ant world.

The protagonist is a little puzzled, is yesterday's artillery shooting so powerful? What is it that looks like the leafcutter ants have been completely conquered?