Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 53: Sicily’s strategic deployment (1)

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At this moment, Felicius strode into the venue, nodded to everyone, smiled, and declined Cipros to give up the main position, but stood beside him.

Milon frowned slightly when he saw this.

Philipsius glanced around at the crowd and said humbly: "Before I came, His Majesty once solemnly told me,'Go to Sicily, you can only bring your eyes and ears!'. Therefore, I am not here to supervise. Yours will not interfere with any of your deployments, and any needs and suggestions you have can be conveyed to your majesty and the Senate through me.

But before your meeting, I have your Majesty and the Senate signed two important public appointments to announce! "After Phillips said this, his expression became serious, and his right hand raised a papyrus scroll tied with black rope.

Everyone's eyes focused on it immediately, and only Cipros and Leottizides remained calm, because they had known the content beforehand.

Philipsius unfolded the Shakespeare scroll and read aloud: "In view of the possibility that Carthage may launch a major attack on Sicily, in order to better concentrate all the forces of the cities and allies in Sicily, it will be more effective and faster. Provide logistical assistance and support for combat troops, and better coordinate the defense between the cities. After discussion with the Senate, I decided to appoint Cypros as the war governor of the Sicily region of the Kingdom of Dionian and concurrently as Kata. The chief executive of Chennai is responsible for all administrative affairs in Sicily, and actively cooperates with the combat troops to fight the Carthaginians, and hopes that the chief executives of all cities in Sicily will obey the governor’s administrative orders. The summer name-King Daves!"

As soon as Philipius finished reading, a slight sigh and breathing sounded in the hall: Wartime Governor! This is a top official position with power far greater than that of the Chief Executive. This is the second time Dionia has appeared since the founding of the country, which shows its preciousness. The last wartime governor, Sedorum, was already one of the five rotating chairmen of the Senate, and he often participated in important matters of the palace, which can be described as a prominent position.

Everyone looked at Cipros with envious eyes, and Phillips handed the appointment letter to Miron on the right of Cipros, and asked him to pass it down to determine the authenticity.

Milon glanced at the papyrus scroll with a complicated mood, and the two seals of King Daves and the Senate clearly came into view. Although he was jealous, he had to admit: Cipros and Compared with himself, the advantage of becoming a wartime governor is even greater. After all, the population and land under his control of Katane have far surpassed other towns in Sicily. Katane has replaced Syracuse and became the island of Sicily. The largest city. Moreover, Cipros has been in Sicily for almost seven years, and he is more familiar with the situation here than he is.

After all, Miron had fought side by side with Cipros, and they had a good relationship with each other. After taking office in Naxos, he also received a lot of help from Cipros, so he sighed softly and said softly, "I No objections."

Even Miron, who is the chief executive of Dionia in Sicily's second largest city, has outstanding qualifications and achievements, and others will not object.

Philipsius took out a papyrus roll again.

The eyes of everyone suddenly heated up again: Who will it be this time? ! What position will it be? !

"The 8th Army Corps commander Prosous was appointed as the commander of Sicily, responsible for commanding all the Dionian land armies and allied forces in Sicily, fighting against the Carthaginians. Signed-Daves. "

The content of this appointment is very brief. It is because it is a military appointment. Daves can make a decision directly without going through the Senate. In Sicily, there is only a senior army general, Prosous, and other administrative officials. Nor will it fight with him, Daves needn't elaborate.

So, after listening, everyone didn't have any strange emotions, just a slight sense of loss: this is the end of the appointment?

After finishing reading, Felicius turned to look at Leonidzides. He was the first high-ranking general to be appointed as a commander, but the failure of the Battle of Ramato gave him a military career. Cast a shadow, facing the latecomers, his eyes only have hope and encouragement: "Congratulations, Captain Prosous! I hope you will win the war in Sicily under the blessing of Hades!"

Prosius nodded and expressed his gratitude. After receiving the appointment letter, there was still no expression on his face, but his heart was surging: after more than ten years in Dionia, he finally became the regional commander. ——This is the highest position in the Dionian army (the commander-in-chief and commander can only be held by King Daves), capable of commanding tens of thousands of soldiers to fight, and will never be inferior to a Spartan king!

"Thank your Majesty and the Senate for trusting me! Now, as Carthage tears up the friendly agreement, Sicily, not only the territory of Dionian, but also other Greek city-states will suffer a huge crisis! I hope , Can get the full help of the adults and their friendly city-states to assist the Proseus Commander, and defeat the Carthaginians’ ambition to get involved in Sicily!” The newly appointed wartime governor Cipros expressed his inauguration passionately. Statement: "Next, I would like to ask Commander Plossous to conduct a pre-war military analysis."

Leotizides immediately stood up, walked to the wall where the large map of Sicily had been hung up long ago, picked up the long slender stick by the wall, and said: "Everyone, according to the analysis of the Ministry of Military Affairs, according to With the current national strength of Carthage, it can send at least 100,000 troops. If you count the army in the hands of the Governor of the Iberian Peninsula, Margo, at least it can put 150,000 troops on Sicily—"

150,000 people? ! Everyone present, including Miron, couldn't help being stunned.

"Of course, although the number of the Carthaginian army is large, their soldiers are far less powerful than our army. I am afraid that more than half of their soldiers are Numibians, Mauritanians, Iberians, and Mercenaries from other places..." Leotizides continued: "I think it is impossible for Carthage to invest so many troops at once, no more than 100,000 people at most!"

This figure is the conclusion drawn by Leotizides referring to the two previous Syracuse wars between Carthage and Dionysius. He used a stick to point the western end of Sicily on the map: “Carthage’s army is likely to land at Lilibal or Eryx. There are two offensive routes. One is to march along the northern coastline of Sicily towards Messina. There are not many Greek city-states along the way. The strength is not strong, but the northern mountains are densely forested, the coastline is narrow, and the troops cannot be deployed. The Carthaginians cannot take advantage of the large numbers of people. When Dionysius had a great advantage in military strength, he moved along the northern When the coastline attacked Carthage, it took a long time, so I don’t think the northern coastline will be the main direction of the Carthaginian attack.

The other offensive route is the coastline of southern Sicily, where the terrain is relatively flat and can accommodate the expansion of the army. In the past, it was the main offensive route of the Carthage and Syracuse armies. I don’t think this time. exception. "

Leotizides said affirmatively. The sticks in his hand were tapped on the map one by one: "Minoa, Agrigento, Gela, Kamanlina... Although Greece is on the southern coast There are many city-states and their strength is relatively strong, but I don’t think they can withstand the attacks of Siracusa’s army for a long time, and I am not going to send troops to reinforce these city-states."

As soon as I said this, there were quiet discussions in the venue.

The chief executive of Messina, Guan Amiklis, raised objections: "Although these Greek city-states have not established an alliance with us, Dionia, they have always maintained friendly exchanges with our kingdom, frequent trade, and We have actively cooperated with some of our actions in Sicily for many times, such as targeting the Sikelians and isolating Syracuse... so they can be regarded as de facto alliances. Once a war breaks out, they will definitely attack our Dionysian Ya ask for help, according to the kingdom’s traditional practices, how can we let go!"

Amiklis' words expressed the aspirations of the chief executives present. After all, during their tenure, they got along well with the high-levels of these Greek city-states.

Leotizides was unmoved, and said coldly: "Since there is no alliance agreement, there is no breach of the alliance agreement. Our army in Sicily is not large, and the Eighth Army plus reserve troops There are more than 20,000 people. If emergency mobilization is carried out, the number can increase to about 50,000. But if that happens, the kingdom’s young and middle-aged people in the Sicilian Territory will be almost wiped out, which will seriously affect the upcoming winter planting and the entire area. The daily order, I think this is not what the Chief Executives want to see, let alone what His Majesty wants to see!

What's more, even if you gather so many troops and go to reinforce Gela or Agrigento, it is easy to form a stalemate with Carthage's army. On the one hand, can our cities in Sicily bear the food supply pressure caused by long-term stalemate? ; On the other hand, the grain transportation line is stretched, and the troops in the territory are empty. Once we encounter a surprise attack by foreign enemies, it will be a disaster for the troops we send out and the cities in the territory! "

Everyone was touched by Leontizides' heavy tone, and what attracted their attention was that the wooden stick in Leontizides's hand pointed to a city icon on the map-Syracuse.

"Syracuse, the only city-state among the Greek city-states in Sicily that does not communicate with us, but has not weak strength, and occupies an important strategic position in the east. A few days ago, it sent us to request an alliance. The messenger did not respond, which shows that he has resentment towards Dionia in his heart. According to the information we received, we have seen Carthaginians appearing in the port area of ​​Syracuse in the past two days. Be vigilant! We must be careful that Syracuse became the Tarantum of the South-Italian War!"