Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 179: The Battle of Crotone (5)

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So the awkwardly moving Kurt reinforcements heavy infantry squashed and clashed with each other, and the array became quite chaotic.

However, at this moment, Milon and Cipros are determined to complete the steering of the array, because as the enemy approaches, the two riding horses have already seen the enemy’s offensive direction. If Kurt’s reinforcements cannot match The arrays of the first and second legions remain the same, so the flanks of the Kurt reinforcements protruding in front of the array are completely exposed to the enemy's frontal attack, and only their destruction awaits them.

So the two of them led the brigade of guards, quickly rode around to the front of the formation, one by one shot the stabbing gun horizontally, shouted loudly, and kept moving forward, forcing the soldiers to retreat and turn...

Phoebedas suddenly noticed that the Dionian army in front had stopped advancing on the way forward. When he was wondering, the Dionian left-wing array that was diagonally facing him gradually started to face him... …

Phoebe Das was taken aback: The enemy is making an array turn? ! The enemy dared to turn the array during the battle! !

Phoebidas was so surprised for a reason: once the Greek heavy infantry battle of this era begins, the enemy and us will meet each other according to the previous plan, and it is difficult to make major tactical changes. This is because firstly, heavy infantry with heavy armor and heavy armor is clumsy, and it is difficult for them to make more flexible maneuvers. Secondly, the lack of training characteristics of city-state citizen soldiers also makes them afraid to do complex operations in dense phalanx. Tactical maneuver, so as to avoid chaos in the array, but vulnerable to attack.

This is also one of the reasons why Spartans have an advantage in battles. They can be counted as professional soldiers. Spartans can do tactical maneuvers that other city-state troops cannot do in battles. But even the Spartans used the characteristics of heavy infantry in the big battle to perform left-handed tactics to the extreme. They seldom make temporary tactical changes after the battle begins, just like the opposite now. As the Dionians did, this is because Sparta, like most Greek city-states, the Spartan team officers and generals who command the various armies, according to the Spartan city-state tradition, must be with the soldiers. In the formation, fight with the enemy (Spartan King does not need him, he can take command, but his generals are all in the formation, and his command efficiency is greatly weakened). The democratic city-state even requires the general to be in the forefront of the military and play a leading role so that he will not be criticized in the citizens' assembly. Therefore, when the offensive horn of the battle was sounded and the army marched, the generals almost lost command of the entire army, and the army formation would conduct the battle in accordance with the tactics formulated in advance.

The temporary changes made by Dionia’s left wing apparently directed against Syracuse’s right wing attack really shocked Phoebedas. Of course, he also saw the chaos in Dionia’s army (mainly Croatia). Special Forces), which more or less made up for the loss he might not be able to attack the enemy's flanks.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!!..." Phoebe Das yelled, speeding up his pace. It's a pity that his shouting can only drive a handful of soldiers around him. For a huge square formation of 25,000 people, it is like a stone thrown into a rushing river, and it has no effect.

The right wing of Syracuse is still advancing according to the previous plan, but as the soldiers marched forward, the distance between it and the left wing of Dionia was rapidly narrowing...

The Syracuse light infantry fighting in the middle has begun to evacuate, and the 7th Battalion of the First Army led by Spite and the 7th Battalion of the Second Army of Alpens are still in front of the phalanx, not only because of Dai Onia’s checkerboard grid left them with enough retreat channels, and it was because they wanted to stop the forward speed of Siracusa’s right wing as much as possible, and buy time for the Curt reinforcements to complete the array turn.

The nearby Siracusa army made the Kurt reinforcements nervous, and at the same time forced them to speed up the change.

The efforts of the light infantry of the 1st and 2nd Corps could not stop the Syracuse’s advancement. They only threw an extra round of javelins and shot a round of arrows, so they had to be persecuted in Syracuse. Go down and gradually retreat to the rear.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about 60 meters, and the Kerte reinforcement array barely completed the turn. When Milon and Cipros rushed back to the back of the square, they were already sweating, but their hearts were relaxed. few.

Milon exclaimed: "Now I know how far the army of Crotone is from the Army of Dionia!"

Siplos said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, Master Daves repeatedly asked us to get out of the phalanx and stand at the back of the queue to facilitate the command. Otherwise, even if we see the cunning of the Syracuse There is no way to change his actions, it must be a big loss!"

"Yes! Without the persistence of the Dionians, we would not dare to change the formation because of the fear of difficulties!" Miron sighed again.

At this time, Dionia's left wing and Siracusa's right wing array became almost two parallel lines, but they were almost perpendicular to the Dionia's mid-lane troops, which were still advancing southward.

The right wing army of Syracuse is getting closer and closer to the left wing of Dionia, but the soldiers of Syracuse began to grasp the bucklers in their hands. Yaren's unique tactical play made them remember deeply.

When the Dionian soldiers on the opposite side raised their javelins, they squatted slightly and shielded their bucklers above their heads. The rain of javelins that covered the sky hit the Syracuse army formation, splashing The screams of the flowers of death did not affect their determination to move forward. Instead, they accelerated their progress, forcing the Dionian soldiers to throw the second round of javelins in a hurry. The killing effect was poor. A lot.

Now the two armies are less than 20 meters apart, and even Phoebe Das is panting a little. He can hear the rapid breathing of the surrounding soldiers. This is not only because of the previous shift from retreat to offensive and hasty arrays. As well as the physical exhaustion caused by running for hundreds of meters, there is also the extreme excitement of the body as the killing time is coming.

Through the narrow eyeholes of the helmet, Phoebe Das can see the gleaming long shields, spears and armors of the opposing army. The dark black unique to the Dionian army makes people like it even in the daytime. In the cold night. He knows that the opposite is the main force of the Dionian army, but he is not afraid, but excited, and he is also convinced that the soldiers of Syracuse will not be afraid, not only because they are also the elite of the Syracuse army, And before the war, Dionysius had told every Sicilian soldier,'They can only return to their hometown with victory, otherwise they will have to die in a foreign country! ’

Without the urging of the bugle sound, the Syracuse soldiers shouted "Apollo!!", took a big step, accelerated their speed and started charging, and the entire right-wing phalanx of Syracuse looked like a golden mountain. Crushing towards the enemy.

At the same time, the opposing army also sounded the neat roar of Dionian soldiers "Hades!!!", they also began to charge, they are like the dark tide surging in a sea storm, a wave, and A wave eventually converged into a huge wave, rushing towards the Syracuse.

And the soldiers of the Kurt reinforcements are holding the hatred of the country and the family, roaring, wanting to turn the anger into infinite power, and vowing to kill all the enemies of life and death.

The feet of tens of thousands of people stepped on the ground forcefully, rumbling like thunder, and the earth was shaking.

With a loud noise, the battle of heavy infantry has begun...

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"Your Majesty, the left wing has fully received the enemy!" Tolmeide loudly replied the report from the scout.

Davos nodded, but his eyes were always looking forward. At this time, he fingered the enemy's army formation in the distance, and sneered a few times, and said: "The Syracuse is very slow. It seems that Dionysius wants to wait for his right wing to win first!"

Tormid laughed happily: "But he never expected that the cavalry he was looking forward to has been trapped by the wonderful tactics your Majesty has devised!"

Daves had no intention of taunting the enemy at this time. He said with a serious expression: "Don't let Dionysius be too relaxed! Order the troops to speed up and meet the enemy as soon as possible!"

Tolmead did not take the order immediately, but reminded: "Your Majesty, if our right wing moves forward too fast, I am afraid that we will reach the reach of the Tachnadi River, and the enemy may Send troops to cross the Tachnadi River and attack the back of our right wing!"

Daves has considered this question, and he immediately replied: "From the current situation, Dionysius has invested enough power on the right wing of Syracuse, which shows that his offensive focus is on us. I don’t think that Dionysius will be able to draw enough troops to attack my right wing, let alone I have enough reserves to cope with his detours.” Indeed, in Daves Behind him there are 2,000 light armoured soldiers from various corps and 1,000 mountain reconnaissance brigade led by Izam, with a total of 3,000 as a reserve team, which has not yet come in handy.

"I see, Your Majesty." Tolmeide turned to go.

"Wait a minute!" Daves called to him again: "Go and tell the commanders that the Spear Brigade has gained an advantage over the Syracuse Cavalry under the leadership of Capus. Theirs!"

Tormid laughed. He understood Daves' intention: The spear team that had just been formed for less than ten days had achieved impressive results, how could the other legions fall behind him?

Sure enough, after Daves’s order was communicated to the various troops, the forward speed of the phalanx suddenly increased, whether it was the right wing composed of the sixth and seventh legions, or the middle road composed of the fourth and fifth legions and Bruti fighters. Encouraged and urged by the corps commanders and team officers, they accelerated forward.