Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 210: Ballista Siege

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"Blow the offensive horn and raise the sky star flag!" Sekrian gave the order again.

Although Sekrian is determined to forge ahead, he is not reckless, and he knows that the establishment of the Dionian fleet is short, and the cooperation between the warships is definitely not as good as that of the opponents. Therefore, if you want to win, you must use the Dionian Navy. Successively won the battle. When the sailors were in high morale and in good condition, they marched bravely, fighting one-on-one, and using their high morale to defeat the enemy. If, as the captain of the ship said, it would not only dampen the morale of the sailors, but also the Syracuse fleet would attack. I am afraid there are also Syracuse troops on the land that are launching an offensive against Mearo. Dio The Nia fleet retreated in front of the enemy and ignored the friendly forces. I am afraid that after the war, it will not be the smiling face of His Majesty Daves who waits for him to Sekelian, but the ruthlessness of the "Dionian Military Law"!

Thinking of this, he glanced at the captain fiercely, and said simply: "You are not suitable for the captain's job anymore. Go and be the stern watcher."

Then, he ignored the captain’s excuse, walked to the ship’s gunwale, waved to the Clippers who were closely following the ship to beckon them to approach, and then shouted: "Tell the sailors of every warship, this This is the last battle of our Dionian Navy in this war, and it is also their last chance to earn merits, win alliance honors and rewards. Don't miss this last good opportunity!"

When the captain of each warship relayed Sekrian's words in the bottom compartment, the sailors were all excited and shouted: "For victory, kill the Syracuse!!!..."

In the previous two hours of sailing, the sailors were rowing with low paddle frequency. At this time, they seemed to have just finished warming up. Under the repeated urging of the captain, they finished their rations and were fighting. With enthusiasm, the wooden oar in his hand seemed as light as nothing. Under the command of the piper, the sailors began to gradually increase the pulp frequency...

At this time, someone sang Hades carols, and soon all the sailors sang in unison. The sacred and solemn lyrics were sung extremely excitedly by them, breaking through the bottom cabin, and echoing on the blue sea...

When the Dionia fleet spotted the enemy ship, Syracuse’s fleet naturally saw the opponent too. Paronisus had long been waiting for work and had arranged a "double column" offensive formation, so he The order of "offensive" was immediately issued.

It is reasonable to say that Syracuse’s warship is a preemptive attack. Whether it is an increase in the speed of the paddle or the increase in the speed of the warship, it should be better than the other when the two sides are approaching. But in fact, at the moment of contact, the speed of the Dionian warship was slightly stronger than that of Syracuse, which also shows the difference in fighting enthusiasm between the sailors of the two sides...

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The vast sea surface and the non-stop tidal sound concealed the collision between the warships, making the battle at sea tend to be silent.

On land, Massias led the Syracuse coalition with about 12,000 troops and arrived on the southern bank of the Alcantara River. He did not immediately attack Mearo, as Antonios expected. , But ordered the army to stop advancing and start to line up, and at the same time drove hundreds of pack wagons to the front of the line.

The soldiers on the Meyaro outpost saw so many pack carts, and finally knew why the Siracusa army made such a loud "rumbling" when advancing, and then screamed in a noisy pack beast. Among them, the sentry stared at the sight of Syracuse soldiers laboriously removing one of the ballistas from the trailer.

"You said that the Syracuse army has deployed nearly a hundred ballistas on the south bank of the Alcantara River?!" Antonios heard the news and wanted to keep his expression calm, but his slightly trembling tone could not conceal it. Shocked in his heart.

"Yes, Lord Legionnaire. Not only did they deploy nearly a hundred cannons, but also a small number of abdominal bows!" the sentry replied.

Antonius hasn't spoken yet, and several captains have looked at each other and said: "How come there are so many ballistas?!"

"I'm afraid Syracuse has moved all the ballistas in their city. I have heard your Majesty say that Syracuse was the first to invent the ballista..."

"It seems that the Syracuse people have made up their minds to wipe us out at Meyaro!"

"That happens to let them know how powerful our First Army is!"

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"Where is the Syracuse's ballista? Can our ballista be attacked?" The second captain, Zanteparis, asked a key question.

"...about 500 meters away from the southern wooden wall." The sentry thought for a while to answer.

"In other words, if Syracuse’s ballista used five kilograms of stone bullets, it would just be able to attack the wooden wall south of Meyaro." Geogris immediately said worriedly: "And our ballista If you want to attack them, you need to move the ballistas forward and get close to the southern wooden wall. This is not conducive to the launching of the ballistas, and it is easy to be attacked. We only have six ballistas!"

Originally, the Dionian regiments were equipped with ten ballistas as standard, but during the Battle of Crotone, the ballistas and other equipment were left in the camp on the north bank of the Neto River, and the army quickly marched and surrounded it. Ciliting, therefore, the First Legion didn’t have time to get back the ballistas belonging to his own legion. In the end, Daves considered that the First Legion’s expedition to Sicily would definitely have a siege. This was an emergency from the occupied Syracuse. Six fairly complete ballistas were collected from the camp, and they were urgently repaired by engineers and handed over to the First Corps. Syracuse’s ballista has a larger body and heavy weight. It does not have a range measuring device such as a ruler. The accuracy is relatively poor, but it can fire stone bullets up to about 30 kilograms.

"It seems that the generals of Siracusa’s army are very cautious and have a detailed understanding of our fighting methods." Antonios also felt a little worried. He said: "Let the soldiers conceal first, get through first. The initial ballista bombardment, just wait for the enemy to attack the town..."

Before Antonios finished speaking, he heard "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The loud noise came continuously, causing the senior team officials in the big account to lose their color.

At this moment, the soldiers on the wooden wall south of Meyaluo saw such a terrifying sight: hundreds of stone bullets and short spears sandwiched the strong wind, containing huge kinetic energy, and covering the sky. It struck them like a meteorite rain from the sky, and even they were trembling at this moment, who had experienced many battles.

"Retreat! Quickly pull down the wooden wall, retreat to the back to escape!..." the team officers shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, when seeing the Syracuse people put so many ballistas in front of the formation, the officers of the First Army have already begun to withdraw the soldiers sent to the wooden wall, just because the wooden ladder is small. The enemy deployed the ballista too quickly, which caused a few soldiers to stay on the wooden wall.

At this time, the soldiers simply jumped down from the wooden wall walkway. The height of only three meters would not cause any major damage to them. After landing, these experienced soldiers ignored the pain of their feet and immediately picked them up and threw them. The long shields that came down protected the top of their heads and crawled backwards, not to mention how ugly and embarrassing their posture was, but their self-rescue actions in such a critical situation were correct.

Because the moment they just jumped off the wooden wall, they heard a loud bang, and the whole wooden wall was shaking. Some stone bullets hit the wooden wall, and the thick wooden pillars of their fists broke. And in the diffuse dust and fog, what is even more terrifying is the sawdust flying out because of the fragmentation of the wooden wall. These hundreds of thousands of irregular small sawdust carry the powerful force transferred by the stone bullets and scatter in all directions, easily It penetrated the legs and arms of the few soldiers who had not had time to retreat to the rear, and some even penetrated the thick breastplate...

After one round of bombardment, the entire southern wooden wall was already broken. Part of it was broken at the waist, leaking a surprisingly big hole; part of the entire wall collapsed inward, exposing a gap for the enemy to penetrate; the guard towers behind the curtain wall are also crumbling...

The soldiers rushed forward as the enemy reloaded the stone bullets, and helped the comrades who fell on the ground and moaned to the rear.

At this moment, Leotizides heard crying not far away. As a Spartan, what he hates most is crying in wartime, because it means weakness and affects morale.

"What's going on over there?!" He roared, and immediately a soldier hurried over, and said in a choked voice: "Company Captain, Captain Parmanius Detachment He...he..."

Leotizides' heart sank and hurried over.

When the soldiers saw him coming, they hurriedly made way.

I saw a short spear fired from the abdominal bow directly pierced Parmanius' left chest, nailing him to the wall of the wooden house, and was already breathless.

"Blame me! Blame me! If it weren't for my slow running and a fall, the team leader wouldn't have pulled me by running over..." A soldier beat his chest and feet, crying and scolded himself bitterly.

Leotizides glanced at the soldier, his thigh was pierced by a wooden thorn, and the wound oozes blood, staining the entire calf: "Help him to the back and find the medical camp for him Treatment."

A few soldiers stepped forward to hold the wounded soldier. He didn't want to leave yet, so he wept bitterly.

"Hurry up and heal my legs, come back and kill the enemy, and take revenge on Captain Parmanius!" Leontizides let the soldier stop crying with a deep roar. He immediately wiped away his tears with a firm expression. Said to the corpse of Parmanius: "Squad leader, waiting for me in the Hall of Valor!"

The wounded soldier was helped down.

Leotizides looked at Parmanius with a complicated expression: As his former team leader, Parmanius gave him a lot of care and care when he first joined the army, even though he Outstanding performance, was quickly promoted to company captain, and Parmanius became his subordinate instead. But Parmanius never posed for veteran qualifications, and has always carried out his orders seriously and strictly. This is a respectable and excellent Dionian team officer!