However, the specialized ants' hard and thick carapaces left the horned beetles in despair, but then the horned beetles remembered another way to fight.
They climbed up the legs of the specialized ants that had stepped down and began to bite at the weak points of the specialized joints.
Meanwhile, the ordinary worker ants on the specialized body also took the opportunity to bite the horned beetles that crawled up.
As the dead horn beetles fall, a steady stream of new horn beetles rush in, and the worker ants launch a new round of defensive battles on their specialized bodies.
As specializations continued to divide the battlefield, the Horned Bugs' formation was constantly fragmented.
The total number of hornworms and ants that came this time was about the same.
There should be around four or five thousand.
The combat strength of ordinary worker ants and ordinary horned beetles is not much different, but the attacks of specialized and soldier ants are unstoppable.
The horned beetle relies on its larger members to barely resist the soldier ants, although there is no differentiation in combat and no specialized combat units have evolved.
However, given that their sizes were not significantly different, they managed to withstand the attack of the soldier ants. With the assistance of some common horned beetles nearby, the soldier ants did not achieve many kills.
In such a large-scale battlefield, the difference in individual combat strength seems insignificant.
Of course, the two specializations are an exception.
They were basically unstoppable, and no one could control them.
Some of the larger horned beetles tried to stop the specialized attack, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
However, it did serve as a slight deterrent, because these large horned beetles cannot be killed in one bite like ordinary horned beetles.
A few small ants are needed to help control these large horned beetles while taking damage, and then a specialized unit can be used to decapitate them.
However, these horned beetles eventually learned their lesson and stopped charging blindly when they saw a specialized insect.
Basically, it's all about constantly using fancy footwork to bully the specialized creatures that are large, slow to react, and not agile.
However, where there's a will, there's a way. The worker ants also control some horned beetles, restricting their movement, and then have them beheaded by specialized agents.
On other battlefields, the battles between ordinary insects are largely a matter of luck, depending on who can bite the other's vital parts.
If you're lucky, you'll bite off the other person's neck first, and then they'll be dead.
Moreover, large-scale battles are not one-on-one duels. In one-on-one duels, you can just engage in gunfights. If you lose, you lose; if you win, you win. It's fun no matter what.
The battlefield is so chaotic. In the middle of a fight, a new enemy can suddenly appear from a corner that no one is paying attention to and take you down in one bite.
There are plenty of old sixes, and some bugs that just lie motionless, pretending to be dead. You think they're dead, but when you walk up to them, they bite you. Who can react to that zero-frame attack?
Zhao Zian, who had a godlike perspective overlooking everything, wanted to try some micro-management, but gave up after taking a quick look at the battlefield.
Playing a game like Warcraft or StarCraft, even with a population of one or two hundred, you're sweating buckets. But in a battlefield with thousands of insects, you can't even see clearly; it's all just black. Sometimes, when the fighting gets intense, you can't even tell which is an ant and which is a horned bug.
However, they are not afraid of direct combat at all. With specialized units and soldier ants leading the way, they are basically unable to lose when outnumbered.
The large horned beetle could initially hold off the soldier ants, but as time went on, it was inevitable that it would fall into a disadvantageous position since it was not a combat unit.
By this time, the battlefield was littered with the corpses of both types of insects.
Some of the corpses were even piled up together, and on some of the fiercest battlegrounds, large numbers of insect corpses had formed small mounds.
However, most of them were the corpses of horned beetles, and the casualty ratio between horned beetles and ants was about 3 to 1.
Of the 60 soldier ants that fought, only about 40 remained. The ones that disappeared weren't necessarily dead; the wounded soldier ants retreated under the cover of the worker ants.
Although the dead ants can be recycled into protein to feed the queen, there is a loss involved. It's best to avoid killing large units like soldier ants.
At this moment, Zhao Zian regretted not building more soldier ants.
They do consume a lot of food to produce, but their combat power is also quite formidable.
Through this practical experience, I feel that the ideal ratio of soldier ants to worker ants is about 1:10.
As soon as Zhao Zian had a thought, some of the worker ants on the battlefield began to drag the corpses back.
The native black ants that were originally searching for food near their home also began to rush to the battlefield, not to fight, but to transport corpses.
These are packed with protein! If you feed them to the queen ant, she'll immediately produce adult ants.
The battle continued, and the ants were now overwhelming the enemy. Two of the specialized ants sustained some damage, but it didn't significantly affect their combat effectiveness.
They continued their relentless attack, routing the horned beetles and leaving them in disarray.
The Horned Bugs also have many injured units, and they are also constantly retreating the injured units.
Although the situation was very unfavorable for them, they still appeared to be in good order and did not flee.
Meanwhile, some horned beetles also came from their nests to fill the gaps and support the front lines.
Just as the battle was at its most intense, the small group of ant soldiers that Zhao Zian had initially retreated had already circled around to the rear of the Horned Worm battlefield.
They charged straight into the rear of the Horned Worm's battlefield.
At this time, most of the old, weak, sick and disabled people gathered behind the horned beetle.
Most of them had their legs broken or their shells chewed through while fighting on the front lines, leaving them with almost no fighting ability.
The initial 40 soldier ants and hundreds of worker ants that circled around suffered no losses whatsoever.
He's been in perfect condition from the beginning until now, with unbelievable energy.
Facing these elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people, it's simply killing chickens.
There were also some normal hornworms nearby protecting these old, weak, sick, and disabled creatures.
But who would have thought that 40 soldier ants and hundreds of worker ants would launch a surprise attack?
It was instantly destroyed, and the soldier ants, wielding their enormous mandibles, relentlessly strangled these horned beetles.
Worker ants also engage in killing. When faced with intact horned beetles protecting their kind, they will try to restrain them and then let the soldier ants behead them.
The pheromones in the rear were in complete disarray, and this disarray also affected the horned beetles in front.
When they sensed distress signals from their kind behind them, they panicked.
Already at a significant disadvantage, and then ambushed from the rear by the enemy, a small number of horned beetles began to flee.
Once a rout occurs, like an avalanche, the remaining horned beetles will almost certainly perish.
The fleeing horned beetles grew like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and the remaining beetles found it increasingly difficult to resist.
Finally, the specialized ants at the front, leading a massive army of ants, along with the soldier ants that launched a surprise attack from the rear, completely annihilated the horned beetle formation.
The fleeing beetles also died one after another in the mouths of the ants, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were not spared.
Although there are still a steady stream of horned insects coming from behind, unaware of the truth of the battlefield ahead, they are still filling in the gaps, but it's just like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather.
They send one away as soon as it arrives, which does nothing to help the battle on the front lines.
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