Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 94: The Battle of Ramato River (3)

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The experienced Syracuse soldiers stared coldly ahead through the narrow helmet eyes. Although they had not fought head-on with the Dionians, they knew that a bigger attack was coming, so they The pace is accelerating.

The Dionian light infantry quickly retreated from the passage between the small phalanxes, and the small infantry phalanx in the back row moved forward quickly, quickly connecting the entire Dionian array.

At this time, the enemy has entered within 50 meters, and there is no need to order from the team officers. Effiart and the heavy infantry have stepped, raised their arms, and threw...

Tens of thousands of javelins flew out of the two-mile battle line in the middle of the Allied Forces, covering the sky and attacking the Syracuse phalanx. The well-prepared Syracuse soldiers put their round shields on their heads. The top and bottom overlapped left and right to form a long copper wall, and the death whirlwind from the javelin rain made the screams of the Syracuse people no longer able to be covered, so the Syracuse soldiers began to speed up and run.

At the forefront of the line, Effiart and his comrades did not have enough time to throw the javelin, so they did not hesitate to throw away another javelin, put the long shield in front of the left hand, and the right hand gripped the javelin tightly. , Accelerate forward together. They must reach the fastest forward speed within a distance of just 30 meters.

There is a huge golden wall on one side, and a black wave on the other.

"Apollo!!!..."

"Hades!!!..."

Amid the deafening shouts, the two sides crashed into each other, and at this moment even the earth was shaking.

At that moment, Effiart felt a huge force hitting the shield, almost smashing his shield-holding hand, causing his body to lean back involuntarily, and at this time, there was a surge of power from behind. The same powerful force pushed him back again, and his forward stabbing spear was blocked by the opposite enemy with a round shield, and his long shield also blocked the opponent’s stabbing spear, because the forward thrust of the two sides was too strong, so Both stabbing guns broke off.

Alphaart held back the pain in his right hand and drew the dagger from his waist.

The soldiers on both sides crowded together in a densely packed manner. The space for each soldier to move was very narrow. The Dionian soldier at the forefront, regardless of whether the lancet in his hand was broken or not, threw it away and replaced it with a short one. Sword, and many Syracuses on the opposite side took up curved sabers, and the close fight began...

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In front of the middle road formed by the Dionian army, the light infantry had the advantage in the light infantry contest, but in the other fronts, the Syracuse light infantry had the advantage.

Because Crotone, Siriting, and Trina did not have the habit of attacking light infantry in front of the heavy infantry phalanx, they suffered a lot. Their solution to this was to speed up their advancement and fight head-on with the Siracusa heavy infantry as soon as possible.

Except for Dionia's light infantry, all the light infantry of the coalition are concentrated on the left end of the left wing of the entire army formation, behind the cavalry. When the two sides were fighting together, only here remained calm.

Philipsius knew that in terms of cavalry, the cavalry of the coalition was far inferior to the cavalry of Siracusa not only in number but also in ability. Therefore, he brought together 500 cavalrymen led by Sauberkos and cavalry from other city-states to form a 1,500 cavalry team, guarding the side of the left wing of the coalition army to prevent the enemy cavalry from turning around the flank (because the right wing of the coalition army is outside the Ramato River, Felicius thought that the Syracuse cavalry could not be placed on this side at all) and warned them: Don’t move out easily. Once the enemy cavalry strikes, let the nearly 4,000 light infantry behind them and use long-range fire to disperse them. , Supplemented by the cavalry impact, should be able to fight against the fierce Syracuse cavalry.

The real ultimate move of Felicius is on the left flank. The formation he set up is similar to the strategy used by Daves when he defeated the Brutis on the Cosenza Plateau, that is, the weaker troops are placed on the right flank. , Relying on the river to ensure the safety of the flanks, and use the enhanced left wing to win the chance. But unlike the Battle of Punat, the left wing of the coalition was weak in cavalry but strong in infantry. 17,000 Crotone infantry and tens of thousands of Siritian infantry (of which a small part of Siritian infantry was close to the center) formed the left wing. , The thickness of the array alone is more than forty columns.

After Phoebedas arrived on the right flank of Syracuse, although he did not know the detailed layout of the enemy on the opposite side, he stood in front of the queue and stood and watched. He only looked at the densely erected lancets that stretched backwards on the opposite side. He immediately realized: Once the bugle blows, the enemy's impact will be very shocking!

He quickly made a decision: also thicken his own array!

But in this way, the right wing, which has fewer troops than the opponent, must have a shorter array length than the opponent, and it is easy for the opponent to wrap around from the flank.

Phoebidas made an amazing decision at the same time. He ordered the right-wing soldiers to immediately arrange in an arc-shaped line, convexly facing outwards. In this way, when the Syracuse soldiers were in the inner circle during the fight, they naturally made up for the lack of array length.

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When the bugle blew, nearly 30,000 infantrymen from the right wing of the Southern Italy Allied Forces took strides and marched violently towards the enemy.

There are many citizens of Crotone’s soldiers who were captured by Dionia twice like Kolbs. They were responsible for the defeat of the war and experienced Crotone’s decline from glory to decline. The enemy of Dionia is rising rapidly, and his heart has always been lost and confused.

So today they have to be like their commander general Ascamas, to prove themselves with a victory, to prove Crotone's glory! Although it is not what it used to be, Crotone’s strength is far behind that of the Dionian City-State Alliance, but this is the pride of Crotone’s people and the nature of the citizens of the sporting nation!

So, even if the arrows in the air are shed like raindrops, they will not be able to slow their progress. While keeping their formation as much as possible, they are gradually accelerating their pace...

The huge team roared terribly, and Crotone soldiers began to charge...

Everyone's eyes are fixed on the enemies that are getting closer and closer, and their faces are intertwined with excitement, only looking forward to that terrible and maddening moment soon!

"Apollo!!!..." They yelled presumptuously, and suddenly collided with the Syracuse.

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Generally speaking, when the heavy infantry corners of the two sides reach each other, the whole array will start to work from the back row forward at this time. Breaking the line led to a rout. The rear infantry on both sides not only kept close to the front comrades, they put the stabbing gun forward as much as possible, hoping to help the front row soldiers increase the threat to the enemy, and at the same time they are also exhausting their strength to push forward. The space occupied by the forefront soldiers is getting smaller and smaller.

Effiart is not worried. He lunges forward as usual, squatting and leaning forward. The half-length shield almost covers the entire leg, torso and neck. From time to time, he draws help from behind. Strength, take advantage of the trend to push the long shield forward suddenly, and the power is concentrated to the copper semi-circular bump corner in the center of the arc long shield. The strength is quite large. If it hits an enemy that does not have enough protection, it will be enough to make his chest concave. Fractures, and slapped on the enemy's round shield, can also cause pits in the hard copper shield.

On the contrary, the buckler of the Syracuse soldier hits the long shield. First, the rounded corners of the long shield will easily cause the buckler to slip off and the top part is not correct. Moreover, the powerful force transmitted by the round shield spreads to the entire arc shield through the round collision angle, and then when it is transmitted to Aifeiart, the power is much smaller, which gives Aifeiart enough time to kick. .

Alphaart uses a long shield to try to disrupt the opponent’s defense, while holding a half-meter long, double-edged, thick-backed dagger in his right hand to check for opportunities, he stabs quickly from the gap between himself and the opponent. In, and out again. It's a pity that the two Syracuse soldiers who were next to him seemed to be experienced and avoided by them many times.

The thickness of the troops in the Dionian Army and in the middle of Syracuse are about the same. When the forces are almost equal, the squeezing into the middle becomes more serious.

Effiart and the enemy on the opposite side are getting closer and closer, and he can even feel the heat coming out of the small slit under the central turbinate of the Corinthian helmet.

When he saw that Shuangsen Leng's eyes suddenly brightened, he instinctively lowered his head and raised his long shield.

"Boom!" The dogleg saber thrown by the opponent was slashing against the shield. But he lowered his head but suddenly saw something, and his heart suddenly became excited.

That's the enemy's foot! Although the Greek buckler is large, it is not as long as the long shield. The enemy's feet in leather sandals are exposed under the buckler. If Effiart had not lifted the long shield, it would be impossible to find this flaw through the gap below.

He immediately used a long shield to withstand the opponent's round shield, head lowered, and his waist bent again (if he is wearing a Corinthian helmet, he cannot make such a large bending and bowing motion). The short sword of his right hand stabs obliquely forward and downward, and the sharp point of the sword directly pierces the instep of the opponent's right foot without hindrance.

As soon as he heard a scream from the enemy on the opposite side, Effiart did not look at the result of the battle, and quickly withdrew his dagger. While the long shield slammed forward, his left foot took a step forward. At the moment when the enemy screamed and fell to the ground and the enemy behind was about to make up, he squeezed forward into a small gap in the opponent's shield wall.

Said it was late, then it was fast, his blood-stained dagger pierced to the right again like lightning, and the enemy next to him was colliding with the shield of Effiart’s teammate, not because of his companion. He fell down to make corresponding precautions, and was immediately pierced by a sword in his right arm that was not covered by armor. He screamed in pain, and even threw a dogleg saber on the ground.