Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 388: Battle of Addis (2)

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"No, Plintors, you are not only a good staff officer, you are also a good commander! The reason I say so much is to get your approval and help me win this A battle!" Alexis said sincerely.

Plintors froze for a moment, then looked forward, and said after a moment: "Commander, you see... the Carthaginians seem to be stretching their array, so that their wings may exceed the bottom of the valley. , And close to the mountains, which limits the power of the Numibian cavalry. Since the Carthaginians are eager to fight with us, can we directly ask them to line up and stay away from the mountains?"

Alexis' eyes lit up and a smile appeared: "This is a good idea. Let's also try to command the army of Carthage."

Just do it, he immediately selected a Carthage-speaking soldier from the guards, let him act as a messenger, went to meet the Carthage army commander, and made this request to him.

Ten minutes later, the soldiers returned safely and conveyed the words of Carthage Commander Samos: He agreed to move the army forward.

Actually, Summers did not feel angry after hearing the request made by the Dionian messenger. Instead, he was a little pleased, because he led the army out of the city to attract the Dionian army and engage in a battle. If the Dionian army simply ignores this, everything he has done will be in vain. Now the Dionian’s request shows that they have the willingness to engage in battle. In order to achieve this goal, even if it can only temporarily give up A little tactical advantage is also acceptable.

When Summers ordered the entire array to move eastward, Alexis had already returned to the camp. He called Amintas, Matonis, and Lizaru, and ordered them to talk to Jiatai. The three legion commanders were excited about the order of the base army for a battle.

Alexis then said solemnly: "Amintas, Matonis, Lizaru, please go and tell the soldiers of the legion that this may be the last battle in this long war, the Carthaginians In order to defend their homeland, they will fight to the death! If the kingdom wins in the end, they will win the supreme honor! If they fail, we will all have no way back! The victory or defeat of the battle will ultimately depend on whether they are exhausted. Do your best!"

Amintas immediately said confidently: Don't worry, the soldiers of the First Army have experienced many battles and don't need us to mobilize. They know what to do when.

Martonis and Lizaru also expressed the same opinion.

Before landing in Africa, all three regiments had experienced battles and had casualties, especially the First Corps’ defense against Silinus. The casualties were close to one-fourth of the total number of regiments. If not supplemented, it would be very It is difficult to exert combat effectiveness again, but it is undoubtedly too time-consuming to transfer reserve soldiers from Turey, so Diverster allowed these three legions to draw soldiers from other legions to make up for their establishment.

The three corps commanders took Davers’s instruction and were excited to appoint elite and powerful generals in each corps. Except for the Fourth Army, the other corps commanders actively cooperated. After all, most of the team officers under his command. Both the soldiers and the soldiers eagerly wanted to go to Africa to make new achievements and get another honor. Therefore, the three legions that were almost fully staffed at this time were much stronger than they were at the beginning of the war, both in terms of experience and combat effectiveness, which gave Amintas enough self-confidence.

In 378 BC (the 16th year of the Kingdom of Dionian), on February 6th, the weather in the area of ​​Addis and Hadrummentum was sunny. Although it was still winter, it was windy at noon in this seaside area. Refreshing, suitable for traveling, the armies of Dionia and Carthage set the battlefield here.

In the Carthage army, there are 6000 Carthage heavy infantry, 4000 Carthage Holy Legion infantry, 2500 Carthage light armour, 1500 Carthage light infantry, 600 Holy Legion cavalry, and There are 3,000 newly added reinforcements composed of old and young Carthages, plus 6,200 Phoenician reinforcements (including 3,000 heavy infantry, 1,000 light infantry, 2,000 light infantry, and 200 cavalry. ), the total strength is 23,800 soldiers.

The Dionian army against it is composed of three legions and the West Namibian cavalry. Among them, the Dionian regiment has 18,000 heavy infantry, 3,000 light infantry, 3,000 light armor, and 2,500. The West Namibian cavalry, a total of 26,500 soldiers.

The Carthage army had formed a formation long ago. Later, after observing the formation of the Dionian army, Summers made some adjustments. The final formation is: The middle road is located with 4000 soldiers of the Holy Corps. In the front row, 3,000 new reinforcements composed of old and young men are arranged in the rear; the left wing is 6,000 Carthage heavy infantry, the left wing is 600 holy regiment cavalry; the right wing front is 3,000 Phoenician heavy infantry, the rear The Ministry is 2500 light armored soldiers, and the right flank is 200 Phoenician cavalry. In addition, Summers placed 4,500 light infantry evenly behind the array.

If Carthage’s formation is relatively balanced among the left, center, and right, and the left wing is relatively strong, the strength of the left, center, and right of the Dionian array is exactly the same: first The regiment was in the middle, the second regiment was on the left, and the third regiment was on the right. The 2500 Sinumibian cavalry were evenly distributed on the outer sides of the two wings. Alexis only left 3,000 light armoured soldiers as a reserve.

There is nothing surprising about the formation of the two sides, that is, the most common formation of heavy infantry in the early Greek city-state battles, even in the mainland of Greece where wars are frequent now, but such a mediocre formation The battle will determine the rise and fall of a city-state that once had a glorious history.

The soldiers on both sides who finished the array seemed to realize the importance of this battle. They stopped all the noise and stood quietly. The dust and fog that had been stirred up before gradually dispersed, and the soldiers could see clearly Faces of opponents hundreds of meters away.

On this broad, flat, brown-yellow land, the mile-long array formed by the Carthage and Dionian armies is like two parallel lines, one black and one white. The contrast between black and white is so Vivid, like day and night, are destined to not coexist.

"Woo!!!!!..." The bugle rang, and the Dionian army first launched an attack. The slingers, javelins, and archers rushed through the checkerboard formation like flowing water and rushed towards Carthage. Military formation.

The Carthage army also blew the offensive bugle afterwards, but they did not let the light infantry march forward to fight against the Dionian light infantry, but the entire formation was accelerating.

When the Dionian light infantry had just rushed out of the array, the East Numibian cavalry on the two wings had already approached the two wings of Carthage.

However, the cavalry in the Carthaginian array did not attack, and instead withdrew to the rear. After all, the Carthaginians had too many dealings with the Sinumibian cavalry and knew its characteristics.

As the Sinumibian cavalry continued to approach forward and began to prepare to shoot arrows, the light infantry archers at the back of the Carthage array, relying on the long range of their bows, began to attack Sinumi on both wings. The Biya cavalry shot a rain of arrows.

At the same time, the lead pellets thrown by the slingers of the Dionian First Legion have flown over the Carthaginian formation...

Arrows, javelins, and lead shots continued to fly into the Carthage formation, and the screams continued, but the Carthage soldiers remained unmoved. They charged forward firmly, and soon screamed. The Dionian soldiers fought together.

The spear and spear are broken, the shield is shattered, the flesh and blood fly all over, and the killing sound shook the sky...

One side is a new force rising in the Western Mediterranean. The soldiers are all well-trained elites, with passion and pride, vowing to win more glorious glory; the other side is an old and powerful country with hundreds of years of history. Although pride and glory are in the past, now that powerful enemies are invading, the soldiers have only one idea in their hearts to "defend the homeland and drive away the enemy", for which they are not afraid of sacrifice.

Therefore, although the Dionian army has an advantage in military strength, it is also stronger than the opponent in terms of the quality of its soldiers, is more efficient than the opponent in terms of army organization, and is also in a tacit agreement with the opponent in terms of the cooperation of the soldiers... After fighting for more than two hours, Carthage's entire line retreated somewhat, but the two sides still basically maintained a balance.

Even the Carthaginians had the upper hand in the cavalry. Summers used light infantry to fight against the windy Sinumibian cavalry. After a long battle, the Sinumibian cavalry was tired and exhausted, and they ran out of arrows. In addition, they had never Direct confrontation with the enemy, so it can basically be said to have lost combat effectiveness.

At this time, Summers sent out the Holy Corps cavalry and Phoenician cavalry, who had been replenishing their energies in the rear, so that they could unite and attack the flank of Dionia's left wing.

Alexis had to send three thousand light armored soldiers as a reserve to the left to eliminate the threat.

Learning that the cavalry unit's offensive was stopped by the enemy, and seeing the soldiers who had been fighting for a long time was sweating and exhausted, the whole line was slowly retreating...Samors's worry was gradually increasing.

Before this, he had never fought against the Dionian army. For most of his military commanding career, he had conquered and suppressed the Numibians. He has always been smooth and without failure. Although he heard a lot of terrifying claims about the power of the Dionian army, he didn't quite agree with it. Based on what he had learned about the battle, he believed that the reason why Carthage faced the current predicament in this war was. The main reason was the power of the Dionian navy, which caused the Carthage navy to be defeated. In terms of the army, the strength of the two sides should not be much different.

Because in the view of Summers, the real test of the army’s combat effectiveness is to conduct battles, and there are not many battles in this war.