Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 211: Naxos Battle

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So Leontizides, who has a cold and arrogant face to everyone, only showed respect on his face when facing Parmanius.

"Help him." Leottizides said, stretched out his hands, grasped the end of the short spear, and yanked it outward.

However, the firing force of the abdominal bow was too strong, and Leontizides could not pull out the short spear.

"One more powerful guy!" As he said, he squatted down and stance, ready to use all his strength.

At this time, another squad leader hurriedly shouted: "Company Captain, listen! The enemy's attack is coming again. After you have avoided this round, come and pack the body of the Parmanius squad leader!"

Leotizides ignored it.

The team leader shouted helplessly: "Shield defense!"

The soldiers hurriedly and skillfully stacked together long shields to form a shield formation, protecting Leotizides in the center.

"The Captain of Heitbarus Company!" With this shout, Heterballus squeezed in and stood opposite Leotizides, who was once also a soldier under Parmanius. The company captain also held the short spear with both hands.

Amidst the shock of stone bullets hitting the wooden wall, the two of them worked hard at the same time and finally pulled out the short spear. Fortunately, the abdominal bow did not fire the short spear in this direction this time, otherwise the long shield might not be able to block it.

Leotizides laid the body of Parmanius flat, took off his helmet, stretched out his hand to close his painful eyes, and whispered: "May Elysee Paradise be open for you."

After speaking, he stood up and said: "Sitharsis, you take over the position of Captain of Parmanius, and send two people to send Parmanius' body to the rear."

"Yes!" Sitarsis, who was once the direct commander of Leotichides, replied in a salute.

"Prossous, we will use the blood of countless Syracuses to pay tribute to Parmanius!" Heterbalus said bitterly.

Leotizides did not speak, but his face was equally gloomy and terrifying.

After this round of stone bombing was over, the sentry ran forward to observe the enemy's situation. The wooden wall had basically collapsed, and the front view was wide: "Report, the enemy's ballista has moved forward!"

As soon as his voice fell, he heard a "...creak...boom!" The crumbling post finally collapsed and the dust was flying.

Leotizides glanced at the densely packed Syracuse army on the south bank of the Alcantara River, and issued an order: "The whole group of soldiers should withdraw immediately!"

Not only his company, other companies are doing the same thing.

Mathias on the South Bank is giving an order to the ballista unit: "Move the ballista 10 meters forward!...".

As a general appointed by Dionysius to guard the city of Syracuse, Marcias, who was once the leader of a mercenary, not only has rich combat experience, but also has a strong military force. He once asked the messenger who came back for help to learn more about Tin The battle history of Rakuza's army in Great Greece, so he has some understanding of the combat characteristics of the Dionian army, and has paid enough attention to the combat effectiveness of the Dionian army. Although Felistos urged him to eliminate the invaders as soon as possible and relieve the anxiety of the Sicilian Allies, he still decided to proceed step by step in accordance with his own combat plan.

According to the information sent back by the spies, Macias estimated that the Syracuses had about 6,000 soldiers, plus those exiles, and the total force might be 7,000 or 8,000. Although the number of troops he led was much larger than that of the opponent, he did not intend to attack rashly. Instead, according to the method that Syracuse had summed up in the continuous siege battle, first concentrated the ballistas and continued bombardment to weaken the defense of the opponent's city. Attack the morale of the defenders, and finally send troops to attack.

Mearo’s poor city defenses further demonstrated the power of the Syracuse Ballista troops. Even though the southern wooden walls and towers had been swept away, Macias did not launch an army attack. His plan was to continue to use it. The ballista bombarded the town of Meyaro for a day, completely turning the town of Meyaro into ruins, allowing the Dionians and the Sicilian exiles to consume their energy amidst anxiety and panic, waiting for tomorrow's Gela, Camanlina, etc. on the south coast of Sicily Allied reinforcements came, and after their troops were strengthened again, they once again annihilated these Dionians in one fell swoop. Therefore, one of the most frequently said words of Marcias this day is "Move forward! Keep moving forward! Give me a blow to Meyaro!..."

Syracuse’s style of play was beyond Antonius’ expectations. He did not wait for the Syracuse’s army to attack. Instead, leaders of the exile frequently came to complain, because it was not only Dio who kept retreating. Nia’s soldiers, as well as these exiles and their families, the whole town was filled with the cry of children and the screams of women amidst the rumbling of the blast. Tollilaus even hoped that Antonios would take the initiative to take the initiative to the tin. The Rakuza attacked.

After being flatly rejected by Antonios, he was so angry that he scolded the Dionian as a coward.

Antonius didn’t care too much. Although Syracuse’s ballistas gave him a headache, their non-attack also bought time for the First Army. Antrapolis’s suggestion made him see the opponent. What he was planning, this gave him hope, but he would not pin his hopes on these secret spies who are hiding in the dark like a mouse and spying on secrets.

These Sicilian exiles gave Antonios a surprise. In addition to young children and women, these young and middle-aged exiles were able to remain calm, maintain order, and not panic in the face of the Hittite bombardment, and they also actively demanded to go to war. After being rejected by him, he can continue to execute his orders, which is commendable.

After Laodixian’s explanation, he learned that these Sicilian exiles fled to the inland mountains after their homes were destroyed, and gradually built settlements, but they faced the Syracuse allies. Looting and harassment by the Cykers from time to time. In the past few years, these surviving exiles have exercised their courage, improved their fighting skills, and have also developed the habit of obeying the collective, because in the danger of surrounding enemies, they can only be destroyed if they are not united.

The performance of the exile gave Antonio Os more confidence. He now worries most about two things.

The first is food. Antonios will collect all the grains collected after the capture of Mayaro and transported by Lijim's fleet in a barn near the center of the town. Now the stone bombs are moving forward. In the near future, the barn will probably also enter its strike range. He can only order Laodixian, Lacey Peratus and others to organize the exiles to urgently transport the grain to the north of Meyaro Town.

The second is the Dionian fleet...

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Compared with the beginning of the land battle, the sea battle is intensifying.

Syracuse originally had 50 three-tiered paddle warships. On the way north, they gathered warships from city-states such as Taunis and Katane. A total of 65 three-tiered paddle warships looked like Dionysian. The 60 three-tiered warships in Asia are not much different, but the Siracusa Navy also has 16 other small and medium warships, which surpassed the 21 warships of the Dionian fleet, which should have been in this engagement. Have the upper hand, but judging from the battlefield situation, the two sides are actually evenly matched.

Although there are few ships in the Dionia fleet, under the leadership of Sekrian’s own ships and pioneers, other warships have launched a crazy attack on the Syracuse fleet, whether it is warships. Both the speed and the response are much faster than Siracusa's fleet, especially since Siracusa's own warship appears to be desolate, relying only on ship handling experience to be richer than the opponent, and is passively dealing with it.

Paronisus, who was at the rear of the fleet, saw this situation, and was in a hurry, but there was no way. What he was worried about finally happened: During this time, the resentment of the people in the port of Syracuse against the city-state seriously affected the fighting spirit of the sailors. !

At this time, the looker on the mast exclaimed excitedly: "My lord, the enemy's flagship was hit by our ship. It is about to sink!"

"Great!" Paronisus shouted excitedly.

Although naval warfare is different from land warfare, due to the vast combat area, it is more about catching and fighting. The sinking of a flagship is not like the killing of a land army chief, which will lead to a brittle defeat of the unit, but it will also have a certain impact. , Perhaps this is the turning point of this naval battle! Paronisus excitedly ordered loudly: "Blow the offensive horn and urge all warships to step up their offensive!"

The sound of the bugle pierced the fog of war on the sea. The first thing that stimulated was not the warships of Syracuse and its allies, but the sailors of Dionian, the red war fluttering high in their eyes. The flag is slowly falling...

Master Sekrian is in danger! Whether it was the captain or the sailor, such a thought came to mind.

Sekrian, as the hero of the Bruti war and the first sailor to carry the flag in the triumphal style, can be said to make the sailors proud and regarded as the pride of the navy! Later, Sekrian served as the navy commander. Although young and vigorous, he sometimes yelled at him because his subordinates performed poorly. However, he was cheerful and straightforward. He was able to mingle with sailors, and for the benefit of the navy, he dared to ask Daves many times. His Majesty fights, so he won the support of sailors and generals.

Therefore, each of Dionia’s warships successively started more frantic attacks, because every sailor knew very well: It’s impossible to get to the flagship crash site immediately, only the fastest The speed hits the enemy ship in front of you, wins this naval battle, and forces the enemy to retreat. Only then can you have a chance to rescue Sekelian who fell into the sea!

Inspired by such mental power, the sailors seemed to forget their exhaustion, and the speed of the paddle returned to the peak level of the first battle. Short sprints, emergency stops, reverse strokes, circling... Dionian sailors We work together to control the ship as freely as our own body.

The sudden increase in speed and agility of the Dionian warship made the Syracuse warship too late to respond, "Boom!...Boom! Bang!..." One after another, the Syracuse warship was hit by an opponent or After the oars were pinched, and some time after the sinking of the Dionian flagship, the situation of the Syracuse fleet did not improve, but became worse.

As Paronisus was in a state of desperation, the watchman exclaimed: "My lord, there is a warship...a ​​warship is running away!"

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"Tesitis, I order you to turn the rudder back immediately! Otherwise, I will sue General Paronisus for fleeing, wait for the military punishment!" The captain shouted towards the helmsman of the warship Tesitis roar.