Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 278: Ballista offense and defense

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Not only was a small fortress built in just three months, but also a new military camp was built not far north of Leottini.

Palagonia Fortress is not a Rahe Fortress. It is only used to set up card charges. It is a real defensive fortress.

A 5-meter-wide and 5-meter-deep trench surrounds Paragoria. The bottom of the trench is covered with pointed stakes. The two sides of the trench are full of dense deer villages, which makes the siege equipment want to reach the city. It becomes quite difficult.

Although the outer city wall is only 4 meters high, its structure is composed of rammed earth, stone bricks, slabs and cement from the inside to the outside. It is not only thick and firm, but also smooth and flat. No obvious gaps are visible. The walls are still thick. The thick lime powder is not for aesthetics, but has a certain tactical effect. The white wall will reflect light under the sun, which will affect the attacking soldiers, and it will make it more difficult for the ants to attach to the city. Reduce the impact of stone bullets on the city wall.

The circular outer city wall allows the defenders to better concentrate their defenses, and it also allows the reinforcements sent by the city to reach the city head more conveniently.

Every section of the city wall, there are circular wall towers protruding from the wall, which can strengthen the side attack against enemies who are huddled under the city or ant-attached to attack the city, and its circular wall can also be weakened. The impact of external forces.

The walkway at the head of the city is not narrow, and the top of the wall tower connected to it is more spacious. At the top of each wall tower is placed a ballista and an abdominal bow side by side, and there are several boxes of stone bullets and With iron pieces, there are many defenders beside the battlements, and they are not crowded.

Leotizides gathered all the ballistas and abdominal bows in the Katane barracks in Paragonia, not only on the towers of the outer walls, but also on the towers in the center of the city. Roof. This 6-meter-high tower is also a circular building with a diameter of 50 meters. Not only is there a number of ballistas and abdominal bows placed on the top of the tower, but also a large number of soldiers can be deployed. They are protected by battlements and can be condescending. Attack enemies who have boarded the outer wall or entered the city. There are also multiple windows under the tower, which can also be used by soldiers to attack the enemy under the tower.

What Margo didn’t see was that between the outer city wall and the central tower, there was a wall that was as high as the outer city wall. It surrounded the central tower. Once the outer city wall was broken by the Carthaginians, Dionia The garrison soldiers can quickly retreat to the second wall for defense. If the Carthaginians think that they can take Paragonia by breaking the outer wall, and relax their vigilance, they will undoubtedly suffer a big loss.

The captain who spoke to the soldiers operating the ballistas on the wall was the commander in charge of the defense of Palagonia. His name was Teminides, a Lokri, the captain of the First Battalion of the Seventh Army. , It didn’t take long to take over this fortress. Seeing that the fortress that can only be accessed during training is actually used for actual combat, and the fortress is larger and the facilities are more complete, he is very excited, and he is very excited about defending Palagoni Ya is full of confidence, and the soldiers who have been leading the Seventh Army these days are familiar with the structure and facilities of this fortress, so that they will not be busy in battle.

Now there are nearly 4000 soldiers in the fortress. They are the First Heavy Infantry Brigade and the Seventh Light Infantry Brigade of the 7th Legion. There are also a heavy infantry reserve brigade and a light infantry reserve brigade in Sicily. Infantry, 2,000 light infantry (excluding ballista units and medical battalions). Teminides felt that the number of defenders and the ratio of troops were just right for this small fortress.

Although there are 4 captains in the fortress and Teminides is a newcomer, the first captain of the official legion has a higher status than the other captains of the same legion, usually the future captain, according to The "Dionian Military Law" stipulates that "in battle, if the corps commander is unfortunately killed, the first squadron must act as the corps leader." Therefore, the other three squadrons respect him and he can do it in the fortress. Prohibited to the order.

Teminides walked along the aisles of the city, inspecting the defense work of the soldiers, and chatted with them from time to time. The main object of the conversation was the Sicilian soldiers. The purpose of the conversation was not only to understand their status, but also to let them know. The Dionian Citizens of Sicily knew him as a commander, so he could easily command operations in the future.

The Lockley soldiers of the 7th Army are serious, hard-working, but reserved and reserved. The exception is Teminides. He is outgoing, very friendly, and good at interacting with the soldiers. This is why Breru sent One of the reasons he came to Paragonia as a commander was because he was able to pinch Lokri and Sicilian soldiers together well.

"Captain, the enemy may be attacking!" A soldier pointed to the outside of the city and said loudly.

"That's great! The Carthaginians are ready to give us credit!" Teminides said with a smile.

The surrounding soldiers also burst into laughter, their faces filled with excitement, and the tension in their hearts dissipated in the laughter.

The team officials began to urge them to prepare for defense, and Temenides also stood behind the battlements and carefully observed the situation of the Carthaginians.

Obviously, the Carthaginians had realized that they could no longer follow the previous method. Under the long-range attack of the city’s defenders, they would send a large number of soldiers to clear the ground, and have been close to the city, so Margot asked the engineers to Dozens of archery vehicles were made in advance, and Carthage soldiers put them side by side to form a wooden wall and began to push down the city. His plan is-every time the arrow-shield advances a section, the Numibian soldiers will follow up with the soil and fill the road.

But things were not so easy. After a while, either the cart soldiers’ legs and feet were stabbed by the wooden thorns and iron hooks buried in the ground, or the arrow-shielding cart fell into the trap and couldn’t move forward. The "wall" soon fell to pieces, completely shapeless.

Dionia’s ballistas and belly bows on the city’s head also began to show off. The stone bullets hit the arrow cart, and the broken sawdust flew around, becoming a nightmare for the surrounding soldiers. When faced with the thick and long iron arrow that flew, not only was a big hole broken in the thick plank, but the surviving iron arrow also nailed the soldiers in the rear cart to the ground, and the death was miserable...not only The soldiers on the carts, including those in the rear who were preparing to fill the ground, were all frightened and fled back, leaving only the wounded soldiers struggling and groaning in place.

Marco was not reconciled, and ordered the army to push the ballistas out and suppress the ballistas in the city.

However, Dionia’s ballista occupies a high place and has a longer range than the opponent. Therefore, the Carthaginian ballista has not been advanced to the proper position, and it has been continuously attacked by the Dionia ballista. They tend to bombard one of three or four in a concentrated manner, which increases the hit rate.

Mag was cruel, and simply pushed out all the ballistas and let them spread out completely, spreading across the northern periphery of Paragonia City, trying to reduce it with the advantage of quantity and angle deviation. The threat of the Dionian Ballista has gained a certain advantage.

But then he was surprised to see that not only did stone bullets continue to fire from the towers of the semicircular city wall to the north, but soon stone bullets started to fire from the high tower in the center of the city. After a while, more than a dozen stone bullets were fired from the semicircular city wall on the south, and they crossed the entire city and landed near the various Carthaginian ballistas. The accuracy rate was not low.

This was a large-scale ballista battle. While the soldiers on both sides were frightened, they also experienced an eye addiction, but the thrilling scene of dozens of stone bullets roaring in the air and constantly interlacing only lasted more than 10 minutes. Now, nine ballistas of the Carthaginian army were destroyed, and dozens of people were killed or injured. In addition to the outer walls of the Palagoria fortress, several small pits were blasted out, and almost no one was injured.

Margo's face was blue. He realized that he still underestimated the difficulty of Paragonia. He had to suspend the attack, return to the camp, and gather his generals to discuss together how to take this difficult piece. The stone?

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In October, the weather started to turn cooler, but the temperature in the African continent was still a bit hot. At this time in the past, the citizens of Carthage like to take their families to the inland of Numibia for leisure. There is a series of In the salt lake, you can swim in the lake, or sit by the lake, enjoy the scenery, taste all kinds of freshly harvested melons and fruits, and enjoy the service of Numibian slaves.

But this year, few citizens have done this again. Because the Dionian warship has been patrolling the western waters of Sicily for a long time, it has attacked the merchant ships between Carthage and Sicily from time to time, which not only caused the city’s port trade to be depressed. Many, also made Carthage merchants become cautious when setting up ships to sea. Although the Carthage citizens had a good harvest in the land of Numibia, the recovered wheat and other crops were kept for their own use. Almost all were purchased by the Carthaginian government at a cheap price as a preparation for the Carthage army. Army food...

Although the war between Carthage and Dionia lasted only a few months, ordinary people in Carthage have felt the impact of this huge war on their lives. They not only contributed to their family income. They were more worried about their relatives on the expedition to Sicily, so they watched the progress of the war on Sicily every day. The Greek kingdom that was originally far north of Sicily had nothing to do with them has now become their day and night curse. Object.

Some time ago, when the people of Carthage learned that "Marco led an army and captured many Greek city-states on the south coast of Sicily, and invaded the Sicilian territory of Dionia", the city was full of cheers and everyone shouted In the name of Margot, they blessed him one after another, hoping that he could expel the Dionians from Sicily as soon as possible, so that the Sicilian waters could once again become a harbor for the free trade of Carthage merchant ships.