John only had time to let the soldiers simply deploy the fortifications, replenish some ammunition, and set up the repeating magic crystal gun again, when 20,000 Terror Beasts and Venom Beasts rushed over from the left wing.
People who are not Astrologers' Association don't want to charge together, and they really can't cooperate. They have just adjusted Neural Thorn, and they are not good at coordinated command.
In order to prevent the Swarm controlled by each from colliding with each other, they could only invest their troops little by little. This is the impact of not having an excellent organizational system on the war.
Unexpectedly, the number of enemies was so small. John was very pleasantly surprised. At least he didn't have to worry about being bombarded by his own people.
Because the battle just now was too fierce, the bombardment intensity of the magic crystal cannon was significantly reduced, and a large number of Association Swarm rushed into the trenches.
However, after experiencing the baptism of trench strangulation, most of the surviving soldiers gained a lot of experience. Sometimes the birth of an iron army is the tempering of one or two battles.
The soldiers found that the Terror Beast looked scary and powerful, but it was a bit dull.
They are only accustomed to attacking enemies from the front, and even if they kill soldiers with the spikes on their backs, they will habitually bite back to hit enemies. It seems that they cannot control their Consume instinct.
So a new tactic developed to deal with the terrifying beasts was born. Two heavy infantrymen holding large shields attracted attention, and the remaining soldiers used magic crystal weapons to kill them from behind.
It is easier to deal with the venom beast. The venom beast will stand still and squat when spitting venom. Isn't that the best target? Just use magic crystal bombs or continuous magic crystal guns to greet them.
Psionics mages and high-level Knight were led by John and became the fire brigade in the trenches, appearing wherever needed.
After overcoming their fear of Swarm, these human elites also discovered that there was not much difference between these seemingly terrifying monsters and instinct-driven beasts, except that they were not afraid of death.
The mage's Psionics Shock, the high-level Knight's Psionics slash, and the newly invented magic crystal bomb can all deal with these monsters very well.
After an hour and a half of fierce fighting this time, almost all the 20,000 members of the Association Swarm were killed, and the Croland defenders only suffered casualties of more than 10,000 people.
Senator Isabella also sent reinforcements, 50,000 well-equipped Crowland soldiers, and the entire defense line seemed to have become impregnable.
Now Joanna has discovered an astonishing fact. She does not have enough troops on hand, and there are only 150,000 Swarm troops that can be mobilized.
In order to make up for the losses as soon as possible, she ordered Typhon through the communication ring to hatch the combat bugs as soon as possible and send them to the front line.
But this takes time. It is impossible for Typhon to hatch the units and send them to the battlefield as soon as he orders Hatchery.
Hundreds of thousands of insect eggs are insect eggs, and fighting bugs are fighting bugs. These are two different concepts.
So Joanna, who lacked military experience, made the biggest mistake in the entire battle. She planned to let 300,000 highlanders to wear down the enemy.
At first, Joanna did not plan to consume the Highlander troops, because unlike Swarm, they could be replenished and consumed as they were consumed, but now she could not control so many.
150,000 Highlanders went to support the suppressed 70,000 right-wing Swarm, and 150,000 continued to attack the dilapidated and dilapidated trenches.
She planned to retreat some distance with Swarm first, and then counterattack after Hatchery's support arrived. Anyway, she had enough eggs and could afford to lose.
So her 100,000 Swarm began to retreat, and the 50,000 Swarm controlled by the association personnel who were ready to charge also began to retreat, preparing to join her Swarm.
The army of 300,000 Highlanders solidly divided into two waves, marching onto the battlefield like two giant pliers.
When Cam conveyed Jonathan's plan to Chloe, surprise was not enough to describe her mood.
"We have to hurry up. I don't want my nominal 'uncle' to really die."
At this moment, Chloe was leading all the fighting bugs and siege beasts to attack the Gale Valley. Not long after the battle in the Endless Grassland started, Chloe launched her ambush.
She never wanted to defeat the Association's troops head-on. That was to use her own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths. Her intention was to let the human troops attract the attention of the Association Swarm.
He used flying insects to jump over the battlefield, directly kill Hatchery of the Astrologers' Association, and then turned around to attack the association Swarm, annihilating it in one fell swoop.
She doesn't think Jonathan can defeat the Association's Swarm. She just hopes that he can last long enough. The Swarm controlled by the Association has very poor combat effectiveness, but it is still Swarm.
Chloe, who has been with Swarm for a long time, also has the impression that no matter how hard humans try, they will only be tortured and killed by Swarm.
Facts have proved that she overestimated the fighting power of Swarm who lost Swarm Network, and underestimated the courage of ordinary humans to fight bravely.
Level Two Hive, located in the Gale Valley, is desperately resisting. It is constantly catalyzing insect eggs and hatching fighting insects, but it has lost the opportunity.
The newly hatched Terror Beasts and Venom Beasts were sent to the battlefield before their carapace, muscles, and weapons could fully develop.
More than 20,000 combat bugs suppressed Association Swarm's continuous counterattacks. A thousand fire Roachs in the distance lay down, spreading exploding orange-yellow death among Association Swarm like turrets.
Quantity is not worth quality.
The siege beasts are also cooperating with each other, pulling out the huge spiked tentacles around Hatchery little by little. The huge Hatchery is like an angry lion being besieged by hyenas.
Without the protection of a large number of fighting bugs, Hatchery is too fragile. It cannot dodge. Every shot of Psionics Shock fired by the siege beast can definitely damage it.
Being too large is a burden at times like this.
In order to end the battle as soon as possible, Chloe ordered Cam: "Separate some siege beasts to help the fighting insects advance the front. As long as they get inside Hatchery, everything will be fine. Send all the flying insects to Jonathan, they need more support."
Cam glanced at Chloe worriedly.
"Don't worry about my safety." Chloe patted a flying insect sitting down, "It's enough. As long as I don't fall to the ground, I'll be safe."
Kam nodded and carried out the order. The flying insects began to withdraw from the battle and fly into the distance. He and several brothers cooperated with the fighting insects and began to crush the battlefield.
Even if the association Hatchery keeps hatching, it can't stop the impact of Kam and others.
On the battlefield of the endless grassland, Ymir found it a bit difficult, even with the help of flying insects, Behemoth, and the early advantage of the surprise attack.
But the difference in strength is objective.
Every Association Swarm is fighting to the death, fighting to the death. They have advantages over ordinary humans in terms of number, strength, and physical strength.
As time goes by, the battle loss ratio between the two sides is getting closer and closer.
Swarm can withstand casualties and fight to the last one, but humans cannot. Especially on such a wide battlefield, all the bloody killings can be seen clearly, and the screams and death can drive people with poor psychological quality crazy.
Suddenly, a vast and deep horn sound spread across the entire battlefield.
Ymir was stunned for a moment, he understood what it was.
That is the charge horn of the Altia Empire. Blowing this horn means that all Knight must mount their horses and charge, which means that the empire is about to launch a general attack.