Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 148: New service?

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In fact, although these foreign merchants who auctioned off land in Amendorara to produce and sell specialty goods have benefited a lot from some preferential bills promulgated by the alliance, except for a few such as Tios and Dick Outside of Polis joining the league, most people are still hesitant to wait and see. Especially after the outbreak of the war with Syracuse, the failure of the Yuzhno-Italian coalition battle and even the destruction of the industrial manufacturing area of ​​the Tarantum cavalry rivals made them look down on the prospects of the alliance, if not for Syracuse and the tower. The blockade of the Taranto Gulf by the Rantum Fleet had long since fled by boat.

However, Daves’s return completely wiped out the Tarantum Sea and the army in one day, and defeated the mighty navy of Syracuse, creating a miracle of war in the impossibility, causing these foreign merchants to be Shocked, they were infected by the fanatical Dionian people, and they began to believe that Dionian was indeed blessed by Hades. As these foreign merchants who are doing business in the Mediterranean and daring to invest in Dionia, they do not lack the adventurous spirit, let alone the foresight. When they began to have hope for Dionia’s prospects in this war, They surprisingly discovered that if Dionia really wins the war, then Dionia’s power will inevitably expand as rapidly as after the previous wars, in the southern part of Great Greece and even the eastern part of Sicily. With the involvement of the Dionian forces, then the most important trading circle in the Western Mediterranean is under the control of the Dionian forces. What does this mean for anyone doing business in this area!

So, at the instigation of Dikpolis and Tios, these businessmen made a bold investment, and commissioned Tios to send the list of supplies to Dionia, who they identified as the descendants of Hades. In the hands of the new King Daves.

Daves once again carefully read the huge number of materials recorded on the papyrus. The sincerity of these foreign merchants is unobstructed. Of course, Daves also knows what they desire, so he said: "Theos , You go back and thank them for me, and tell them that the Alliance will never forget the traitor who stabbed us with a dagger behind when we were in trouble! But we will not forget the traitor who helped us when we were in the most difficult time. My friend! There is an old saying in the East, "A drop of water’s kindness must be paid back with a stream of spring water!""

Send Tios away, Daves came to the training ground of the barracks. Here, the freedmen recruited by Capps are training.

Caps hurried to the sidelines when he saw Daves coming.

"Are all the soldiers summoned?" Daves looked at the field. The training ground, which can accommodate more than 30,000 people, was occupied by the freedmen's team, and it still looked very empty.

"Only 2570 people arrived." Capps explained: "Others, because they have to go to Victory Square to donate, they will not be able to come tomorrow morning."

Daves expressed his understanding, then looked at the fairly neat lineup on the field, and asked: "Are they all freedmen who have received more than one year of military training?"

"Your Majesty, there are not so many freemen in the harbor who have been trained by us. I transferred the personnel from the squad to 6,000 people." Capus said truthfully.

"Will there be a problem with the transportation of supplies next?" Daves asked again.

"I retained the management and team officers of the squadron, and recruited freemen from the port to make up the number. Now Siracusa’s maritime superiority has been broken, and there should be no more enemies landing behind us. Attacking our squadron. It shouldn't be a problem to complete the transportation task." Capps explained.

"Oh, tear down the east wall to make up the west wall!" Daves sighed. This war showed him that Dionia's population resources were still in short supply, and he had no better solution in a short time: "Send the spear down and let them practice the queue first. I'll take a look."

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Tapirus used to be a slave of Christoja’s restaurant. After more than four years, he has been freed from slavery and has become a free citizen. He is already a person in charge of restaurants in the city of Turri. , When Caps went to the squad to transfer personnel, he actively asked to participate because it took too long to become a citizen of the Union according to the normal way. Only by participating in the battle can the number of years be shortened as quickly as possible. Therefore, Tapirus believes: This is a rare opportunity. Although life is in danger, this risk is worth taking, because King Davos is back and this force is what he requested!

Many freedmen join the team with this idea.

Tapilus was appointed as the team leader because of his high military quality (participated in military training for a year and a half), arithmetic, and literacy (skills learned in restaurants), but he is standing now The position is the left front of a squad. This is the position of the squad leader. Because the veterans who were supposed to be selected by the corps to serve as the officers of this new team at all levels have disbanded and returned home, they can return to the team tomorrow, so temporarily The recruits replaced.

At this time, the city-state slaves were holding bundles of spears and distributed them to every freedman.

This is the weapon we want to use? ! Tapirus looked at the spear in amazement, it was much longer than the spear used for training.

The freedmen were a little excited after they got their own weapons, and some even wielded them. However, the freemen who are not proficient in using this kind of spears are not connected with other spears, or the ends of the spears are touching. The teammates next to him were chaotic and clamoring for a while.

There was a rapid sound of the bugle on the training ground, and the freedmen hurriedly responded. Although the spears are still colliding with each other, few people make loud noises anymore. Those who have been in military training for a long time know that they don’t follow the orders. , The team officials are about to pull out the offenders and take off their pants in public. That would be too detrimental to dignity!

"You all pay attention!" Several training instructors shouted from the front of the queue: "While standing, hold a gun like this..."

Tapirus sticks the spear to the left according to the posture of the instructor, the tail of the spear touches the ground, the left arm stretches down to hold the gun barrel, and the right hand crosses the left shoulder to hold the spear.

The soldiers did the same one by one. The spears no longer collided, but stood upright one after another, like a neat and dense grove.

Davers is satisfied that the freemen on the field can do so quickly and quickly grasp the essentials of gun holding.

"It seems that their military training for more than a year has not been in vain!" He said with satisfaction.

At this time, the long bugle sounded again, and the flag bearers of each team immediately pointed the black team flag forward.

"Go ahead!" Tapirus shouted, the drummer beat the snare drum rhythmically, and the soldiers started to move forward with guns.

As the footsteps progressed, the originally neat formation became more and more uneven, the array became a bit scattered, and the originally erect spears moved side by side with the movement of the body, the spear heads swayed from side to side, and they collided with each other and issued a "wow! Wow!..." the sound.

Seeing Daves frowning, Capps explained: "Your Majesty, because the veterans have disbanded and returned home, they have control over the entire team and maintain the formation and control the order. The implementation is much worse."

"I understand." Davers said, keeping his eyes on the performance of the freedmen on the court.

The sound of the bugle changed again.

"Defense!" Tapirus shouted.

The soldiers in the detachment where they were advancing stopped and began to gather in the middle: After the soldiers in the first row laid their spears flat, the soldiers in the next rows held their spears obliquely forward until the sixth row. His long spear can still go over the shoulders of the first row of soldiers, forming part of the spear wall. At this time, the entire array that was originally scattered has become a dense and thick square of spears.

Daves' brows were still not stretched, he turned his head and said to Capps: "Do you know why I used the freedmen to use this lengthened lancet?"

"Because we have to deal with the cavalry of the Syracuse." Capps said without hesitation, apparently thinking about Davers's move seriously.

"Yes, our cavalry can't resist those Numibians and Celtics who grew up on horseback. I designed this super long spear to deal with Syracuse. Mercenary cavalry. But what I want is not to use this rigid defensive formation to stop the cavalry attack, what I want is to use the attack to crush the enemy cavalry attack!" Daves stared at Capus with piercing eyes .

Capus was a little surprised: "Let them attack the Syracuse cavalry with a four-meter spear?!"

"Yes." Daves said in a certain tone: "Although they are required to attack at a charging speed, they must try to maintain a dense formation in the attack. Therefore, I am not prepared to equip them with armor. You only need to move and run with your guns in both hands. This should be lighter and more flexible."

The super spear phalanx conceived by Daves is not to learn from the previous Macedonian spear phalanx. He still looks down on the clumsy formation. Dionia already has his own heavy infantry phalanx. Its combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Macedonian phalanx. What he wants to learn from is the famous Swiss spearmen in the Middle Ages in Western Europe. The heavy cavalry launched a group charge of the entire phalanx and defeated the French heavy cavalry many times. It became famous in Western Europe and became an important means of making a living for the Swiss in the Middle Ages. Even the French royal family and the Holy See hired them to serve as court guards.

Your Majesty, if you don’t equip them with armor--" As the responsibility of the leader, Capus had to remind: "Under the blow of bows and arrows and javelins, their casualties may be very large! "

"They just protect the flanks of the entire formation and will not be placed on the front. Besides, at this time, it is too late to make protective armor for them," Davers replied.