Chapter 232: First Battle "Mosquito"
In the afternoon, the tank units of the Divine Envoy King's army turned into heavy-duty military vehicles, carrying infantry units several times and crossing the quagmire from the east side of the battlefield.
A whole corps of 2,600 soldiers, plus the tank unit's own accompanying infantry, made an average of 6 trips back and forth for all the ants of the entire tank corps, and it took more than an hour to complete the transport.
During this time, in order to prevent the enemy's scouts from detecting, the flying knights in the sky were always escorting.
Whenever they spotted an enemy approaching, the Flying Knights used a tactic of diving and slingling fire to drive away enemy patrols near the wading site.
These patrols are not smart either, and as long as I don't see them, no enemy is wading. They were driven many times without understanding what that meant.
This roundabout action of the Divine Envoy King's legion was not successful, and it was finally discovered by the enemy.
In the afternoon, when the tank troops resting on the spot and the elite Divine Envoy King soldiers of an entire army suddenly appeared on the east side of the Red Fire Ant Army, the left army of the first line of the Red Fire Ant Army was attacked from both sides, and they were still defeated after a hard battle, so they could only retreat and give way to the natural danger of the bridge position.
Finally seized the beachhead, seeing that the army of the king of the gods continued to drive from the road in the mire to the other side, the Red Fire Ant Army saw this and decisively left 10,000 cannon fodder, mainly slave ants, and the large army quickly turned north.
Even in the direction of the Leaf-cutting Ant Army, which has been unable to break through, the Red Fire Ant Army has withdrawn the main force, leaving only cannon fodder.
The Leaf Cutting Ant Army and the Divine Envoy King Legion finally broke through the temporary defense line built by the Red Fire Ant Army on the spring mud.
As long as the coalition forces continue to advance, they will be getting closer and closer to [North Pine City], and the pine forest in the distance seems to be in sight!
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10 Horsemen flew in the air, closely monitoring the fleeing Red Fire Ant Army on the ground.
The Leaf Cutter Ant Army and the Divine Envoy King Legion in the back had no time to pursue because they had to transport the follow-up troops and necessary supplies through the quagmire from the narrow road, so they could only let the Red Fire Ant Army escape.
This group of flying knights came to monitor the Red Fire Ant Army, preventing it from killing a horse gun or setting up an ambush position, causing unnecessary casualties to the coalition forces.
The red fire ants on the ground were very annoyed by the flying knights flying "buzzing" and "buzzing" overhead, and the "wise elders" organized several anti-air shots of bellied ants, and even climbed trees to ambush and shoot.
But the Flying Knights had been vigilantly avoiding low altitudes and near vulnerable trees, and had not allowed the enemy to succeed.
The Red Fire Ant Army could only continue to retreat north, they still didn't know if the Leaf Cutting Ant Army and the Divine Envoy King Legion had caught up under the guidance of the Flying Knight, and they were afraid of a surprise attack.
In fact, at this time, the Divine Angel King's legions were in some trouble, and their cannons and cakes were carried across by the beetles, because of the infantry marching on the road, and they had to go through the mud puddles.
As a result, mud fell into the barrels of several cannons, and after reaching the opposite bank, they had to be cleaned and wiped again, which delayed a lot of work. Fortunately, there was no major damage to the artillery, and the propellant of the mysterious liquid was stable and uncontaminated.
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In the distance, a black mist suddenly rose in the sky.
The temporary commander of the Flying Knight team, a god worker ant, looked ahead vigilantly, the black mist seemed to be approaching his side!?
The Commander of the Divine Ant Commander's mount suddenly slowed down, and the other flying knights who followed on both wings also slowed down, and they immediately prepared for battle when they saw the head rider fly out of a trajectory that symbolized vigilance.
The black mist was really approaching, very fast, from far to near, from small to large, straight towards the flying knights, or at the red fire ant army on the ground.
When the distance was pulled to within 10 meters, the flying knights recognized that it was the "mosquito" air force of the Paving Ant Imperial Army.
Before the expedition, the Divine Envoy King's Legion conducted surprise training for the Flying Knights, and handed over the information of the "mosquitoes" in the enemy army to the Flying Knights, reminding them to pay attention to this group of enemies.
In the past, the Flying Knights had never encountered hostile forces with air forces (except for parasitic forces), and had always dominated the skies, at most occasionally encountering fierce insects in the air or ambushes on the ground.
This time, the enemy also has an air force, but after reading the intelligence, the flying knights did not feel how powerful these "mosquitoes" were.
There were about sixty or seventy "mosquitoes" flying in, and they had not yet spotted the flying knights, but after seeing the fleeing red fire ant army in front, they tried to land down and contact the ground troops.
On the ground, several of the red fire ants began to perform strange dances, marking marks on the ground
Seeing this, the "mosquito" troops immediately stopped descending, re-elevated, and then moved closer together to continue the search south.
The ground troops were alerting the "mosquitoes" that there was an enemy nearby, and when the "mosquitoes" approached the flying knight for more than 1 meter, they finally confirmed that the "flies" in front of them were not natural creatures, but enemies.
A battle between "flies" and "mosquitoes" broke out!
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The flying knights were ready for battle in advance, and at this time they already had a height advantage and were not slow.
"Buzzing" fly knights flew over the heads of the "mosquito" swarm, followed by 10 shiny fire bombs falling down.
The "mosquitoes" reacted quickly, quickly dispersed, dodged most of the fire bombs, and only two unlucky eggs were not in a hurry to dodge, and were stuck to their bodies by the fire bombs, and were immediately scalded to death and scorched.
Only then did the "mosquito" swarm realize that they had been attacked, and the "mosquito swarm", which did not need to be commanded and could not be directed, turned around and chased after the flying knight's instinctive tail.
The flying knights made a big turn in the distance, and when they saw that the "mosquito swarm" was chasing after them, they immediately raised their altitude and flew diagonally, trying to continue to seize the top of the enemy's head.
The most lethal weapon of the Flying Knight is the fire bomb sling, but this weapon is too light to throw far, so it can only be dropped from the rear with the flight speed, relying on inertia and gravity to tilt slowly and slowly to damage the enemies it touches. If the enemy is not located below, this weapon cannot hit.
Although the "mosquitoes" did not have any guidance on air combat theory, they instinctively knew the importance of altitude and speed, and they also flapped their wings hard, flew to a high place, and moved closer to the flying knights.
These "mosquitoes" only have carapace blades made from carapace shards on their jaws, which are their only weapons, and they must rely on melee combat to attack enemies.
The armor pieces used for the jaw knives of the "mosquito" are all made by reusing the waste of broken armor, and only a few units are equipped with jaw knives, and the "mosquito" army is part of it.
The two sides approached quickly, and this time the flying knights failed to fully occupy the heights, and were forced to fight hand-to-hand.
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