Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 75: The first battle in Syracuse (1)

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At dusk, Syracuse’s vanguard actually arrived at the city of Hibernian one after another, from Lokri through Medema to Hibernian, the journey was more than 100 miles, Dionysius The army used more than one day to force the march, and it actually completed this period of the journey, which is considered to have created a miracle.

The nature of the movement caused by the successive arrival of Siracusa’s army alarmed Trina’s spies who had been watching the movement of Hibernian for this period of time, and they quickly returned to a distance of more than 50 miles from Hibernian. The city of Trina on the north bank of the Ramato River.

The army of Syracuse is here! ! !

This shocking news shocked the entire city of Trina. Both ordinary people and members of the council were panicked. They never expected that the Syracuse would approach Trina on the third day after landing. Satisfied.

According to the original plan made by the South Italian League, the troops of Crotone, the most important main force for defense of the Ramato River, have not yet arrived, and Siriting has only sent a few thousand civilian soldiers to garrison. On the upper reaches of the Mato River, the entire Ramato River defense line has not been established at all, and it can be said to be riddled with holes. If the Syracuse launches an offensive tomorrow, it will easily break through the Ramato River and enter the Oufemia Plain, and Trina will be the first to suffer from the war.

The situation is urgent. The Trina Council did not have time to argue. They quickly made a decision under the leadership of the chief general Cipoulos elected last year: First, send people to Crotone immediately and urge them to Quickly send the main force to the Ramato River; second, send people to Siriting immediately, asking him to go all out to defend the Ramato River; third, send people to Knapetia immediately to Dionia asks for help; fourth, sends people to Corenia immediately and asks the Fourth and Fifth Legions of Dionia to divide their troops to rescue...

For Cypros, who has always admired Dionia, he relied more on the well-trained Dionia’s legionary than the procrastinating citizen soldiers of Siriting and Crotone, so Terry Half of the emergency measures taken by Namibia are related to Dionia.

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On this day, the soldiers outside the Dionian camp in Corenia continued to work hard to improve the defense, but as the scout returned quickly, the warning horn of the camp was sounded. The soldiers immediately returned to the camp with pickaxes, shovel, wooden baskets and other equipment, and closed the camp door.

"The Syracuses finally attacked!" While excited, Dracos quickly put on his armor with the help of the guards, and asked the adjutant: "What instructions are there for Felicius?"

"Let us defend ourselves." The adjutant replied.

"It's pretty interesting!" Dracos murmured a few times, putting on the purple crown helmet symbolizing the status of the legionnaire, and tightening the ear protectors on his cheeks: "Go, let's see how powerful Syracuse is. !"

The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army of Dionia actually built two camps. The Fourth Army was on the west and the Fifth Army was on the east, with a tunnel connecting them in the middle.

Therefore, for the convenience of command, the Syracuse-Lorri coalition forces also divided the troops into two parts. The Syracuse army led by Fascipesas attacked the East Camp, and General Diopantos Lorri led the army. Attack Xiying.

Due to the rush of time, the Syracuses did not build a siege tower, and did not even prepare much for the ladder. However, Diopantos still had the confidence to turn the temptation into a storm, in return for his The shame of being pushed back by the Dionian army without fighting in Crotone.

The well swayed Rocky Twenty Thousand Offensive Troops slowly moved forward under the rhythm of the brass trumpet. When they approached about 500 meters from the Dionian Camp, Diopantos raised his arm and trumpeted. The sound stopped, the army stopped moving one after another, and the array became uneven.

"Push the ballista!" Diopantos ordered loudly. Yes, his reliance is the siege weapon brought by the Syracuse—the ballista.

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The Dionian regiment had a busy day yesterday. It just dug trenches, built earth fortresses and wooden fences. There was no time to dig traps outside the camp, and even the deer village did not even have a layout. The engineers and engineers of the engineering battalion Craftsmen are also racing against time to build outposts.

When the first outpost was built, Felicius and Epithenis immediately climbed up to the outpost and looked out, just in time to see the Rockree pushing a dozen ballistas out of the team. .

Epiteans was not surprised at all, because in the camp just below the guard tower were also neatly placed ten ballistas that were one size smaller than the Syracuse. He frowned slightly, pointed forward, turned around and asked the young man who was on the outpost with them: "Kuldorod, do you think our ballista can destroy them?"

Kurdorod comes from the Mathematics Academy of Dionian Academy. According to the newly revised "Dionian Military Law" in the previous two years, each legion must be equipped with ten ballistas when going out. The sights must be served by outstanding students from Dionia Academy, because they can quickly calculate the appropriate landing point according to the parabolic equation to improve the accuracy of its launch.

Although Kurdorod has participated in military training many times, this is the first time he has been on the battlefield. Looking at the densely packed enemies in the distance, he was a little nervous: "Too...too far, I'm afraid it's...hard."

Filisius patted his shoulder kindly and comforted him: "Relax, young man. It's normal to feel nervous the first time on the battlefield. Don't worry, no matter how many enemies come, we are brave. Legionnaires will drive them away."

Kuldorod nodded, he swallowed, looked forward again, and then he plucked up the courage and said, "I...I suggest that the enemy be closer, so that the power of our ballista can be increased. Great play."

"Same as I thought!" Epithenis praised, and looked at the delicate young man earnestly, with a strange light shining in his eyes: "You are very good, young man."

When Felicius saw this, he coughed lightly.

At this time, the messenger of the Fifth Army rushed to the outpost: "Your Excellency Commander, Commander Dracos asked to wait for the enemy to enter 200 meters before firing the ballista, so as not to scare them away." /

"200 meters?!" Epithenis shrugged: "This Dracos is really greedy!"

"He is the same as we thought!" Felicius laughed.

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As the team leader, Aifiart and his teammates stood behind the soil base, watching huge stone bullets roaring from the enemy's front, slamming in front of the camp, making a loud noise and setting off a floor. Dust and fog, they did not show much anxiety, because in the usual military training, they did not know how many times they had practiced with the ballista unit. They knew this amazing long-range weapon quite well, so despite the enemy's ballista outside the camp The resulting momentum was shocking, and the soldiers were still in the mood to laugh.

They asked Efiart about the details of attending the Hera celebration, and they were envious of the special experience their newlyweds enjoyed at the celebration. They all said: When they get married, they must also go to Turiyi to participate in the Hera. celebration.

As the enemy array gradually approached, the ballista moved forward, and the impact point also moved forward.

When the stone bullets fell from the sky, smashed in front of the camp, and fell into the trenches, the squad leaders of the legion sent out instructions: "Let the wall cover!"

Just when Effiart led his teammates to rely on the soil and fall down, Kurdorod's voice came down from the guard tower: "250 meters!"

"Not in a hurry, not in a hurry." Epithenis folded his hands on his chest and patted his shoulders, trying to suppress the excitement.

"Boom!" A stone bullet hit the Mucha, and the broken sawdust fell on the heavily armed soldiers without causing any harm.

"Huh!" A few more stone bullets roared over the wooden fence and fell into the camp, smashing a few tents, but there were a few screams and laughter.

Kuldorod stared at the ground ahead from the guard tower. Yesterday, while the soldiers stepped up to build the camp, the ballista team was not idle. They mapped the ground outside the camp and left some marks. This mark may be a transplanted weed or a peculiar piece. Rock, a wooden stick inserted obliquely...

"200 meters!" Kurdorod exclaimed excitedly.

"It's ready to launch." Epithenis waved.

"30-degree elevation angle, medium-sized stone bullets, full string!" Kuldorod quickly reported the data.

The captain of the ballista who had been listening a long time ago immediately repeated Kurdorod’s words aloud. The soldiers quickly turned the pulleys, drew the bowstrings, hooked them with the hooks, and then put about 6 kilograms of stone bullets into the smooth bore ( After several years of further research and improvement on the ballistas, Dionia’s ballistas are divided into two types, one is the siege ballista, which is large in size, and the weight of the fired stone bullets is more than 20 kilograms, and the target is attacked. Mainly city walls, buildings, etc. The other is a defensive ballista, which is small in size, light in weight, and accurate. It can be carried by two or three people. The weight of the fired stone bullets is 3 kg to 10 kg. The target is the army and attack. City Equipment).

Because it is not a battle, the enemy's formation is relatively loose, but the team of 20,000 people is still dense, so the good opportunity to attack in the first round must be seized. For this reason, Kurdollad first set the ballista's impact point in the center of the enemy formation.

"Launch!" The ballista captain waved his right arm vigorously.

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Diopantos watched the stone bullets roaring into the camp of Dionia, and he felt a burst of comfort in his heart.

At the beginning when the army moved to the enemy camp within five hundred meters, he was also worried about being hit by the Dionian slingers, because he heard that most of the Dionian slingers came from Rhode Island, and the flying stones were thrown. To be far and accurate. But when the troops advanced 300 meters from the enemy camp, the Dionians still did not respond, and he was completely relieved.