Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 182: In Ostia
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"It's not just the troops. I want to evacuate all the people and supplies in Ostia, leaving an empty city for the Romans." Daves said with awkward eyes: "Now the Roman army keeps running away from civilian soldiers. Back to Rome, the number has reached 4,000, but Camelus still led the army to attack Ostia endlessly, because he thought Ostia was very important to us, and we have to tell these Romans with facts, This is just their illusion! After their illusion is disillusioned, I really want to know if they have lost their homes, suffered a lot of casualties, and have little rations, can they continue to fight?!"
Daves' words made everyone present thoughtful.
"Tapirus." Daves looked at the diplomat and continued: "We can't just let us take on the attacks of the Romans alone, we have to make all our allies move! Go out! Wolsey and Helniki, tell them that the city of Rome has been captured by us, and we are attracting the main force of Rome. They can take the opportunity to attack Rome to guard against the emptiness and retake their territory!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Also...the Latin city-states...decades ago they were enemies with Rome. I don’t believe they are as good as brothers to Rome now. I heard that the Latin city-state Tussies a few years ago Tron also rumored that he was going to rebel from Rome and was almost wiped out by Rome... You go back and study it carefully to see if you can win over a few Latin city-states. I can make a promise as long as they are willing to become the alliance of Dionia, our army. I will not commit any crime to them, and will protect their safety, just like Campania and Wolsey..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best to complete the task you gave me!" Tapirus replied excitedly, and he thought he had something to use this time.
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After the meeting was over, everyone dispersed.
Daves called in several Roman reserve team officers headed by Sextus, and announced to them the order to "raid Victory".
Compared with the more excited colleagues, Sextus, who was appointed as the commander, was also a little excited, but he still mustered up the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, how will you deal with the people in the city after occupying the city?"
"Same as Rome."
Daves' answer made Sextus breathe a sigh of relief.
Since the civilians in the city of Vai are all migrating from Rome, Sextus knows a lot of people in Vai, so he is actually very confident in the surprise plan proposed by Daves, and of course he does not. Forget Daves' reminder.
After walking out of the Senate and convening Roman civilian soldiers, Sextus has roughly conceived an offensive plan: he will select 120 Roman civilian soldiers who are most worthy of his trust and who are more familiar with Victoria’s love. Form a squadron, as the vanguard, first go to open the gate of the city. And he personally led 2,000 soldiers in the back, resolutely to prevent anyone from leaving the team privately. Once he saw the vanguard occupying the city gate, he immediately led a raid, which would most likely prevent anyone from telling the truth and causing the operation to fail. danger.
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Plintors is the opposite of Sextus. He doesn’t have to worry about the soldiers, because he first served in the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. Izam respected him very much and said that he was the pride of the Brigade. After learning that he was coming to an important combat mission for the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, I was very happy and actively cooperated with his command to improve the plan for the night attack on Kesrera.
Plintors is worried about two points: First, the attack can only be at night, but Kesreira is more than 60 miles away from Rome, so you must start by land now to be in the evening. He rushed there, but the mountain scout team, who had consumed a lot of energy, still had the strength to climb the steep mountain, which became a problem. Fortunately, they can also take the waterway, which is fast and labor-saving. Therefore, Printors decided to let the soldiers of the Mountain Range Reconnaissance Brigade take the cargo ships anchored in the new port of Rome in batches, first arrive at the port of Ostia, and in the evening, they will be transported by ships to land on the coast near the city of Kesrera. .
Secondly, how to climb over the mountains and the walls of Kesreira in the dark. This may be a big problem for the soldiers of the Dionian Corps, but it is not a big problem for the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. When Davers established this brigade, he hoped that their role in the war would not only be reconnaissance, but also special operations. Therefore, Izam usually formulates training programs according to this need and strictly trains the soldiers. . In addition, the first word in the name of their brigade is "mountain," and crossing the mountains and ridges is their focus of training, of course, it also includes climbing in the dark. Moreover, the careful Plintors also drew the topographical map around Kesrera during the previous investigation. Izam recruited the scout soldiers with the strongest climbing ability. We checked the map together and discussed how to climb the Keith. Leila City.
When the plan was established, Izam immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare supplies and tools.
After noon, the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade marched to the new port of Rome with high spirits, ready to board the ship and set off.
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In the early morning, Amintas was awakened by the guards. His first sentence was to ask: "The Romans are attacking again?!"
"Legislative commander, there is no commander to inform the enemy of the attack. Now it is bright and breakfast is ready."
"No offense?!" Amintas was surprised: You know, the Romans began to attack the city at dawn and fought until dusk. Their fierce offensive made Amintas feel a little bit Palpitations.
He rubbed the beard and scum's face vigorously with his hands. He has been worrying about fighting for a few days, lack of sleep, and always feel a little sleepy, but the words of the guards made him feel a little relaxed.
While eating breakfast, he was still thinking: The Romans did not attack at this time as usual, are they unable to support this kind of attack?
Not long after eating breakfast, taking advantage of the rare free time, Ammentas decided to hold a military meeting.
Fourth Army Commander Oliver, Fifth Army Commander Gioglis, and Ostia Chief Executive Theis came one after another (Theis previously served as the military commander of Ostia, so he also participated in military meetings. Right), and Amintas’ lieutenant Aristolos and his personal staff member Croto Kataks were also present at the meeting.
The meeting began with a report on the casualties of the troops yesterday. When the battle ended yesterday, it was already evening, the soldiers were tired and the sky was dim, and it was impossible to accurately calculate the casualty statistics, so it was postponed to today.
The deputy of the First Army, Aristolos, holding the data just collected from the various corps, stood up and said: "The First Army killed 293 people and injured 537 people yesterday, and the Fourth Army killed 558 people and injured. 722 people, 536 people killed and 891 injured in the Fifth Army battle, 1021 people killed and 537 wounded in the Ostia reserve battle Three Legions)..."
In the hall, the expressions of the military officers and Croto Kataks all looked very heavy, because these cold numbers represented a living life.
"One day yesterday...our casualties reached 5,000, which has exceeded the total number of casualties in the previous two days!" After hearing this, Amintas hit the back of the chair with a painful punch.
Clotokatax looked at the angry face of Amintas, thinking about the tragic battlefield that he saw at the top of the city these days, he couldn’t help feeling sad, he even felt that his father had given him some tasks. Superfluous, because under the fierce attack of the Romans today, even the defense in the city is a bit difficult, and there is no way to go out of the city.
He saw Oliver, who was usually humorous, also lingering at this moment and said: "The reason why the casualties were so great yesterday is because the Romans have built a fortress one meter higher than our walls in front of the trench. They arranged a large number of light infantry on the soil fort, and used javelins and arrows to attack the ballistas at the head of our city. This forced our ballistas to move down the city... Afterwards, the Romans pushed their ballistas to The bombardment in front of the city led to the collapse of several sections of the city wall, which further weakened our advantage of relying on the city wall defense. Moreover, they have the advantage of a large number of people, and they continue to attack one after another...
Hades is on! This time, I really saw the small phalanx tactics of the Romans similar to ours. Therefore, when confronting our soldiers head-on in the gap, their formation was almost unaffected by terrain obstacles, and the Roman soldiers were not brave enough. The soldiers who lost to us even had a stronger desire to fight. I saw with my own eyes several Roman soldiers who were stabbed to the ground, still clinging to the legs of our soldiers, giving the soldiers next to them a chance... So they were able to break in through a few gaps in the city wall and eventually be able to repel them. I feel a little lucky..."
"What a fluke! That's because in the melee, our soldiers are more capable, and the short swords have also played a strong killing effect! Olivers, as a legion commander, you are a role model for the legionnaires. You must Always be brave and confident, your soldiers will be full of confidence in victory!" Amintas immediately yelled, his tone was like criticizing Olivers, a small mercenary, as a mercenary squadron captain twenty years ago. Same.
Olivers was taken aback for a while, then he woke up, and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, everyone, I was a little gaffe just now! These years, the Legion has been accustomed to tailwinds. This is the first time I have encountered such a courageous battle. We have lost a lot of brothers because of our organized and skillful enemies! It seems that your Majesty is right. The Romans are indeed a strong enemy. We should abandon the illusion of easy victory and go all out to defeat this enemy!"