Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 194: Develop a super siege tower

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After listening to Damocles, his face changed a lot, and he pleaded loudly: "The ongoing war between Syracuse and Dionia was carried out under the witness of Ares. Any tragedy happened during the war. It is normal. Sparta did not slaughter the citizens of Athens after the victory because the Athenian navy ravaged the coast of its territory. We in Syracuse did not slaughter the Sicilian city-states after Carthage repeatedly slaughtered the city-states of Sicily. All the Taiji people have been wiped out, so Dionia cannot make such a demanding request. This is not a Greek war tradition!"

"Could it be that the ancient Greek tradition allowed Syracuse to hire foreigners and massacre unarmed Greek women, the elderly and children!" Henipolis yelled at him staringly, "Since you said this It is a war, then we Dionia are willing to continue fighting until we conquer the Celite, and then cut off the heads of these aliens whose hands are full of the blood of the Dionia! Otherwise, once the agreement is signed, we can only watch. These murderers swaggered to leave. His Majesty Daves could not accept it! The heroic Legionnaires could not accept it! None of the Dionian people could accept it!"

"...Once the contract is signed, we can only watch them leave..." This sentence moved Damocles, and he pretended to say helplessly: "The conditions you mentioned are too high, can you? Make a slight change, such as only the heads of some of them or the life of the leader?"

"No, this is the most basic requirement!" Hernipolis replied in a strong tone.

Damocles had no choice but to say: "Well, I can't call the shots on this matter. I must report to General Dionysius and let him decide."

After finishing speaking, he and Phoebeidas next to him looked at each other, and then got the permission of Hernipolis, was blindfolded by the guards and sent out of the camp.

Phoebe Das did not leave, he asked to see Daves as a Spartan messenger.

This makes it difficult for Hernipolis to refuse, so he can only let him wait here and notify King Daves by himself.

Phoebe Das has been waiting for a long time, not because Daves deliberately teased him, but because he was not near the big tent, he went to the engineering camp.

When occupying the Syracuse camp, the Dionian army harvested a lot of materials, including some siege equipment.

Needless to say, the ballista was originally copied from Syracuse, but later he made further improvements. Due to the application of the parabolic theory, Dionia’s ballista was instead More precise and precise.

The abdominal bow is another weapon of Siracusa’s siege. Its principle is similar to that of a ballista. Engineers can roughly replicate it by just looking at the structure. After all, the most difficult part of the abdominal bow is the use of pulleys. This happens to be what the Dionian Engineering Camp is best at.

Others such as siege hammers, boat buggies, arrow shields... etc. are all very easy to imitate, but Daves has looked very carefully. He needs to learn about tin from these various siege equipment. The siege methods and ideas of the Lakuda people. You know, when Syracuse conquered the big city of Crotone, Daves was really taken aback. Compared with the countless Syracuse that had attacked the city in Sicily, the Dionian army was fierce in the field. The experience in siege is still quite poor, including Daves himself, so learning from the enemy is the quickest way to improve.

Of course, among these siege equipment, the most eye-catching and hardest to make is the siege tower. Dionia can also make siege towers, but compared to the siege towers made by Syracuse, it's nothing short of the eye. Although the siege tower in front of me only completed the construction of the base and the first floor, its scale is quite amazing: it is 20 meters long and six or seven meters wide. It is not so much a tower as a wall.

Daves circled it several times, turned around and asked Olopus, one of the best engineers in the engineering camp: "Can you copy it?"

Dionia’s Legion Engineering Battalion has a special organization. Its team officers do not need to understand engineering and construction, as long as they can manage and lead troops and have some battlefield experience. Their duty is to serve engineers, ensure their safety, and provide all kinds of materials they need, when the army gives construction orders. It is also responsible for coordinating with other troops and recruiting soldiers to serve as labor. Therefore, most of the team officers of the engineering battalion are veterans who have been injured on the battlefield and have some disabilities.

The real valuables in the engineering camp are the engineers. If Davers just established the engineering camp when the system was still relatively rough, it has now formed a fixed engineer evaluation system, which not only requires engineers to be able to read and draw pictures, have strong hands-on production capabilities, but also requires a deeper mathematical theory. Knowledge, only in this way can you pass the assessment and become a Legion Engineer. In addition to plowing their own land, these engineers have also become a sought-after product for Union citizens to hire. They build houses, workshops, and make furniture, appliances, etc., and their salaries are not low. When large-scale public projects are built in various cities, they will be invited to participate. Although they are paid less, their names will be engraved on the completed stone tablets. This is a great honor for them.

In addition to engineers, there are skilled craftsmen, carpenters, and blacksmiths in the engineering camp. They are the assistants of the engineers and assist them in making various war tools. In addition, there were some slaves in the camp, mainly for engineers.

As the army’s requirements for engineers are getting higher and higher, and after the evaluation of engineers is standardized, because of its higher requirements for learning and practical ability, most of the engineers of each corps come from the Dionian Academy laboratory. But Oropps was different. He was originally a mercenary on an expedition to Persia. He was called in after Davers established an engineering camp because he knew some carpenters. However, he studied hard and eventually became a skilled carpenter. He also took the initiative to participate in the adult class of Dionia School, and through hard work, he quickly got rid of the illiteracy hat. Then, because of the agreement between Daves and Mentotik Els, there was a period of time when the artisans of the legion entered the laboratory of the Mathematics Academy and became the garrison of the scholars, but Oropus took the opportunity to learn advanced mathematics. And finally got the appreciation of Matikoris, became his disciple, and passed the examination to become an engineer. Therefore, Oropus is a self-taught model who is highly respected by Dionian craftsmen and inspired them to learn from him.

"Your Majesty, copying is possible, but it will take some time." Oropus said cautiously, squatting down, and struggling to pick up a large wooden wheel: "This siege tower is the most difficult to make. On these wooden wheels and axles. Such a large engineering tower and such a heavy weight will eventually rely on these wooden wheels and axles to support them. The requirements for them are very high. How big is the diameter of the axle? How thick and much should the wooden wheels be? Wide? How many sets of axles and wooden wheels can ensure that the siege tower can be pushed smoothly?...These all need to go through repeated trials before they can be finalized.

And you see, your majesty, the size and width of so many wooden wheels can basically be kept the same, it is difficult to do without a large number of skilled carpenters, otherwise these wooden wheels will have a little difference in size, and the siege tower will be It may tilt and collapse due to imbalance while pushing! With our current engineering battalion capabilities, it is still somewhat difficult to achieve this. "

Oropps said this with a little regret. He stood up and looked at the siege tower in front of him obsessively. The wall on the side of the tower is not upright, but inclined inward. Although I can’t see the whole picture, I’m sure it must be a trapezoid, so as to enhance the stability of the base, but the angle of the tower wall’s inclination is the most suitable. How high should the horizontal slab be erected to ensure that the tower wall is evenly stressed and stable?..."

Daves is not too concerned about the technical details that Oropps said. He understands the meaning of Oropps’ narrative: "In short, you need repeated computational experiments to do Build a siege tower that can function normally."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we need time." Oropps answered truthfully. He looked at the others behind him and said: "For such a huge siege tower, we have fewer people, and This is the first time to make..."

Although the total number of siege battalions in the various legions is no less than 500 people, in fact, they are not too few, but Daves heard the implicit meaning in Oropps' words: there are not enough good engineers and craftsmen.

Remembering that the Syracuses built three large siege towers within a few days, Daves was jealous of the thousands of engineering teams in the city of Siliting. That was what Daves really wanted. The wealth gained.

"I give you time to study and try to make this kind of siege tower, but don't be too anxious, you must thoroughly research its technology, and finally master it completely!" Daves encouraged them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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Phoebe Das sitting in the big tent is watched by four guards. He can't walk around and look around. He can only look at the big tent with his eyes. As a result, he discovers a secret: Daves’s. The layout of this large tent is very similar to that of Dionysius’ military tent, except that the space is not as big as Dionysius’s, but the layout is also very simple, except for a few armor and weapon racks, one Outside of the bed covered with straw mats and fur, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the paper rolls, cloth, etc. stacked on the first few wooden tables. This is obviously the same as Dionysius’s big tent. While the consul was marching and fighting, he was also dealing with many affairs in the alliance at any time...

These two tyrants of the Western Mediterranean! An inexplicable feeling rose in Phoebe Das' heart.