Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 248: The Seventh Army comes to help

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Leotizides showed a rare smile at this moment, and asked: "How is the situation in the barracks today?"

Since the occupation of Silinus, Leonidzides has temporarily assumed the responsibility of managing the entire city (although most of the people in Silinus have been escorted to Katane), naturally He didn't have a lot of time and energy to invest in the army, so he usually asked Calcidis to manage the barracks for him, so far there has been no major mistakes.

"Everything is okay. The defeat of the navy has not affected the morale of the brothers. On the contrary, they hope that the adults can let them raid the enemy camp and make a few more battles." Calcidis replied.

Leotizides shook his head lightly: "The Carthaginians have already been deceived once, and the same strategy is difficult to work out again, but I am going to carry out a major military operation—"

Speaking of which, he looked at Calcidis.

Calcidis stood steadily, without showing any eagerness.

Leotizides applauded in his heart, with the same indifference on his face: "Now the Carthaginians have divided their army into four parts. Attacking Enna, and some of them are attacking Jera. The situation is very serious. If you were me, what would you do at this time?"

For senior team officials like Calcidis, the information obtained by the spies and the Clippers is generally open to them, so Calcidis understands the current battlefield situation better and has his own thinking, so He thought for a while and said: "The number of Carthage's troops is far greater than ours, but since they are scattered offensive, we can take advantage of the sea to defeat them individually."

"Defend each...well..." Leottizides asked again calmly: "Where do you think you should do it first?"

"Jera." Calcidis said without hesitation: "The Carthage army there is said to have not many troops, and they are lonely and deep, and they are still close to the coast. They are the best targets for attack!"

Leotizides nodded: "You and I want to go together. I am going to lead the Eighth Army and the 4th Cavalry Army to Gela by boat to defeat this Carthaginian army as soon as possible. After I leave, you will lead 5000 legion reserve soldiers to stay here."

Calcidis did not respond immediately, but hesitated, which surprised Leotizides who knew him.

After a while, Calcidis resolutely said: "Commander, 5,000 soldiers are too many, 3,000 are enough. Then, sir, you have more soldiers to defeat the Carthaginian army. I Have the confidence to stick to it until you lead the team to victory!"

Leotizides looked a little surprised, sat on the wooden chair, looked straight at Calcidis for a while, then stood up, walked in front of him, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "After I left Silinus this time, I was not just to defeat the Carthage army in Gela, I am afraid that I will not come back for a long time, and Silinus is very important to us. You must do your best to guard it, so that you have so many soldiers left. You don’t have to worry about the lack of troops under my leadership. When I get to the east, I have soldiers available."

After hearing these words, Karsidis immediately solemnly said: "Commander, please rest assured, as long as I am here, the city of Silinus will be there, and I will swear to defend Silinus!"

Leotizides twitched his face, and his tone was rare and gentle: "If you can't hold on to it, you don't need to guard it. There is a navy fleet in the port to bring the soldiers home safely. This war It will be very long. In the future, we will have the opportunity to take Silinus back again..."

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Katana's fleet arrived at the port of Serinus, and Leotizides led the army to prepare to board the ship, just in time for a messenger sent by Minoa to ask for help.

It turned out that Pomilka led the Carthage army to Minoan territory and set up a camp, and then began to attack Minoan City. Unlike Monte Adeno, Pomilka came to the front and urged the siege. Coupled with the iron-blooded command from the Iberian army generals, the soldiers did not dare to slack off and attacked fiercely, which brought a lot to the Minoan defenders. pressure.

At this time, when Leottizides got the news, there was no good way. He could only relieve the Minoans for holding on for a while, and he would lead the army to rescue as soon as possible.

Under the **** of the Sicilian fleet, the fleet of Leonid Zides’s army successfully entered the port of Gela.

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At the same time, the commander of the 7th Army Brayru in the Lockley Barracks received an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs: The 7th Army will go to Katane today. Urgent!

"Finally it's our turn!" Brelu's strong body leaped up from the seat, and shouted excitedly to the adjutant: "Hurry up and send someone to inform Chief Lockley and ask them to prepare for the expedition. Prepare. And... to inform the brigade of this news, let them immediately recall the soldiers who went out!"

"Yes, commander of the legion!"

It didn't take long for a continuous cheering from the barracks.

Breru smiled when he heard it.

Breru, used to be the chief of Bruti of Bisignia, and later Bisignia was merged into Dionia. He became a veteran, but he did not engage in government affairs like Bajilippi, and chose to join The Dionian Legion. During the Yugoslavia War, he was the first captain of the Fourth Army. As a result, he was captured by Dionysius along with the commander of the Army Dracos. Dracos was killed, but he was imprisoned because of his former status as the leader of Bruti. And finally rescued. As the only senior officer of the Dionian Corps who was captured by the Syracuse in the Yugoslavian War and survived, he regarded this as the greatest shame, and he always fought bravely in the subsequent wars. He was promoted to commander of the Seventh Army Corps.

In this war, other regiments participated in the war. Only the Seventh Corps was still idle. Breru wrote to the Military Affairs Department many times to complain about injustice. Not long ago, the Ministry of Military Affairs sent a message saying that the Carthage army had landed in Sicily again, reminding him to make preparations.

Breru began to issue the 7th Legion summoning orders to the surrounding towns. Now the 7th Legion is full in the barracks. The morale of the soldiers is very high.

But soon, the reply from Lockley City Hall poured a can of cold water on Breru first, because there were not enough passenger ships to transport troops in Lockley Harbor, and it would take another day or two to make preparations.

Breru felt depressed.

At this time, the adjutant reminded: "There is no boat in Lockley, isn't it still advantageous to Jim!"

Breru’s eyes lit up: In the past, the soldiers of the 7th Legion came from Lokri, Hibernian, and Colonia, but last year, after Lijim and his son Bontarina were completely merged into the kingdom, these two The city was also classified as the source of the Seventh Army by the Ministry of Military Affairs, but because the relationship has not been straightened out, and the outbreak of war, the Seventh Army has not issued a notice for Lijim and Taurena’s military trainers to arrange their citizens. Participating in rotation training at Lockley Barracks. Although there are no Lijim citizens in the Seventh Army for the time being, Lijim, as a port city that guards the Strait of Messina, has many ships and can completely help transport the army.

Breru said immediately: "Send a messenger to Lijim as soon as possible and ask them for support!"

The next day, Lijim responded to the 7th Army’s request, and nearly two hundred passenger ships sailed into Lochry Harbor at dusk.

In the early morning of the third day, Breru led the 7th Corps with more than 8,000 people to leave the barracks and enter the city of Lockley. The people of Lockley gathered on both sides of the street to bid farewell to their loved ones. It is different from the people in other cities in the kingdom when they say goodbye to the army. They seldom yell, are not overly excited, and will not rush into the streets to obstruct the march. Instead, they stand by the streets in a more orderly manner and wave their hands. .

Although after joining the Kingdom of Dionia, Lokri no longer applies the cruel laws enacted by Zaleukus, and no more disabled people appear in more than 10 years, but the citizens of this city have become restrained Harmony and obedience have been integrated into his own blood, and at the same time, Lockry, who was originally an enemy of Dionian, has hardly added any trouble to King Davos and the Senate after he merged into the kingdom. Of course, Lori citizens who believe in Polsephone and pay attention to the rule of law are easy to identify with the Kingdom of Dionia, which is also an important reason.

Before entering the port, the army also passed through the shipbuilding workshop in Lockley: Seven or eight large dry docks are juxtaposed by the beach, and many boat craftsmen are building three-layer paddle warships inside; the surrounding open-air sand On the ground are piles of thick tree trunks that have been cut down, and from time to time there are teams of horse-drawn carriages carrying trees into the workshop on the periphery; in a number of temporary wooden sheds, carpenters are constantly processing the rough tree trunks. A piece of flat and smooth boat plates...The people in the entire workshop are focusing on their work, and few people are distracted to watch the Seventh Army passing here.

This kind of lively and orderly shipbuilding scene is not only found in Lokri, but also in other coastal towns with shipbuilding capabilities, such as Turriy, Crotone, Trina, Siritin, and Liberty. Jim, Tarantum, Katana, Naxos... The entire Kingdom of Dionia is doing its best to build more warships as soon as possible, so as to continue to gain maritime superiority in the war with Carthage. .

In the morning, the fleet, carrying 7th Legion soldiers, left the port of Lokri and sailed towards Katane on the eastern coast of Sicily.

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After receiving the order from King Daves, Midolades was very excited, but he did not immediately lead the fleet to attack Corsica, because he aimed at the first target. Alenia, compared to the small villages of Phoenicians scattered on Corsica, Alenia is the only Phoenician town in Corsica with small but fertile farmland, The rich mining industry and the larger port undoubtedly let Midolades hang three feet.