Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The free people of Dionia are different. They come from all over the world, run around for a living, and develop the habit of selfishness. Even before becoming the reserve citizens of Dionia, most of them have not received heavy infantry training since childhood. He has never been on the battlefield, and more than half a year of intensive training cannot completely eliminate the habit that has been cultivated for a long time. When the enemy's stab spear stabs his right chest, he should have left it to his teammates to defend. He used the stab spear to fight back, forcing the opponent to return to the defense and reducing the pressure on his own side. However, out of an instinctive reaction, he retracted his shield and blocked it. Exposing half of the body of the teammates beside him to the enemy's thorns... Such a vicious circle leads everyone to take care of themselves, so that the front line is no longer tight, not only unable to effectively advance together, but also let the The Rotones squeezed in through the gap, using their personal abilities to further disrupt Dionia's line.

The Dionysian First Legion was the legion with the most veterans and the strongest combat effectiveness. It originally had four brigades of veterans, but a large number of veterans were recruited to serve as officers at all levels of the three legions, and Davos also recruited 300 veterans were recruited as a reserve team, so a large number of new recruits had to be replenished, resulting in a sharp drop in combat effectiveness. In the case of occupying a favorable position and winning the first battle, not only did no one take the opportunity to drive all the opponents down the river, but instead After a stalemate for a long time, he actually began to retreat slowly under the crazy counterattack of the Crotone people...

Alsinis's team was located in the second column of the front line. Several soldiers in the front line had fallen. He shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers under him to work together to drive out the rushing enemy and re-fill the gap. The long battle made his arms sore and uncomfortable, and commanding these ignorant recruits made him even more exhausted, but the fierce eyes shot from the enemy's helmet on the opposite side always reminded him: battle! keep fighting! Otherwise, he can only be met with failure and death!

It's the captain's responsibility to lead your soldiers to fight bravely and win! This is the advice given to him by his former squad leader and now as a squad leader, when he congratulated him on becoming a squad leader , he always kept in mind. He shouted out the names of each soldier, leading by example with brave but agile fighting to remind and teach his men how to apply the skills learned on the training ground to the decisive battle.

In the most difficult moments of the battle, these junior officers of Dionia played an important role in the mainstay.

In the battle of heavy infantry, Dionia was at a disadvantage; in the battle of light infantry, Dionia had the upper hand. Not only is the number of light infantry more than 1,000, but more than half of them are veterans from Asia Minor. The three light infantry arms they have: slingers, archers, and light shields are all from the famous Mediterranean light infantry origins of Rhodes Island and Grampus. The Isle of Rete and Thrace, could it be against Crotone, who did not pay attention to the use of light infantry. Even with the heavy infantry on both sides in the middle, Crotone's light infantry was killed by the arrows and stones that were accurately thrown, and was forced to retreat.

Once the protection of the light infantry was weakened, the rear of the Crotone heavy infantry phalanx was attacked by the Dionysian light infantry. It stands to reason that these soldiers in the back row of the phalanx have never been involved in the fight and should be full of energy. But on the contrary, most of them were immersed in the river water for a long time. The cold water in the early spring took away a lot of heat from their bodies, making them hungry and exhausted. Therefore, in the face of the enemy's long-range strikes, their response has become a bit slow. If the heavy infantry's protection is not good enough, the casualties are absolutely heavy.

Just because both sides have their own difficulties and advantages, they have been stalemate and fell into a hard battle.

Miron is not in a hurry in the face of this situation, and he has achieved his goal by being able to hold on to it. The key to Crotone's victory came from the more than 7,000 people in the lower reaches of the Triwento River. He firmly believed that the final victory must belong to Crotone.

With the same idea was the Dionian consul Daves, but he had already received good news from the Ryders cavalry: the troops of Crotone downstream of the Triwento were not annihilated,

That is to surrender, it no longer exists. After Ledes and Epithenes will lead their army to rest for a while, they will cross the Triwento River and attack the back of the Crotone army.

Davos was completely relieved, and looking at Martorres next to him, scratching his ears, scratching his cheeks and looking frustrated, he couldn't help joking, Martonis, do you have an itchy scalp?

Lord Commander!— Matonis complained loudly: Last time we captured Niutum, our first army was unable to fight, and we missed the triumph! This time I was captured by you as a reserve captain, I'm about to win, and it's so unfair that I'm still here idle!

Davos smiled and said, Don't worry, it's time for you to play.

After speaking, he gave an order: Blow the order for the formation change, let the soldiers on the front line retreat, and the soldiers on the second line go up!

Lord Commander, we are about to win, why do we need to make a difficult formation change! Most of them are new recruits. If something goes wrong, the entire phalanx will be caused—— Although Matonis was eager to fight, he He didn't want to see the league fail.

The formation we have trained for so long has never been used in actual combat, and now we are about to win. If we don't accumulate experience at this time, how long will we wait! Davos said seriously: Not to mention that we retreat, Just lure all the enemies to the river bank, and it will be even more difficult for them to escape. Matonis, you have been a recruit instructor, you must have full confidence in the results of the soldiers' long-term training and the command of the team officers!

You are the commander, you have the final say! Next, is it our turn to go to the battlefield?! Matonis no longer struggled with this issue, but took the initiative to fight.

Lead your men to the right flank of the phalanx, at the junction of the second army and the three reserve brigades. In case, the enemy's advance makes them confused, you need to jump up in time to block the enemy's attack and protect the soldiers. Let's rearrange our formations to gain time!

Understood, I'll go! Brothers! Matonis cheered up and began to shout.

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Alcines and his soldiers are still fighting hard against the enemy.

At this time, the rear bugle sounded, which refreshed him. When it sounded the second time, he heard it, it was the horn of formation change.

Brothers, hold on! Soon we can rest! The frontline officers, like Alsinis, loudly reminded the soldiers.

At this time, the second-line array quickly took the company as a unit. One company stayed in place, and its adjacent company had to retreat... After a while, the entire phalanx changed from the original dense snake array to one company by one. A well-proportioned checkerboard formation (that is, a fish scale array) formed by a small square array. Because part of the front-line soldiers in the entire phalanx did not have the strength support of the soldiers in the rear, under the oppression of the enemy, they also began to retreat under the command of the company drums and the army flag... Finally, they quickly retreated between the gaps of the chessboard in the rear. rear.

Before the drums of the company where Alsinis was playing, he knew that the company he belonged to was not very lucky.

At this time, the squad leader Ctipps shouted: Brothers, protect our flanks!

As the neighboring companies retreated, the enemy rushed in. Since the front of the Dionysian phalanx did not retreat as a whole, Crotone's offensive array became uneven, and the fronts of the two sides formed a staggered trend. The company that Alsinis was in was under the pressure of being surrounded on three sides, and the enemy who could pour into the gap was also in such a situation, but the Dionysian troops were prepared to retreat, and every small phalanx that was in short contact with the enemy was in Under the strong control of the company captain, Crotone was unprepared and disorderly. As a result, although Dionia was retreating, Crotone did not seize such an opportunity, causing greater damage to Dionia. of destruction and chaos.

At this moment, the drums of the company sounded, and the 20×10 phalanx formed by the four detachments began to wave rhythmically to the rear along with the military flag in the center, and began to retreat slowly... Alsinis and the others used shields and spears. Defending against the enemy's attack, while following the retreat of the rear company, the company they belonged to also began to retreat in an orderly manner. When the rear company stopped moving, Alsinis and the others were able to withdraw from the gaps between the scattered company phalanxes... After several turns of retreating, the soldiers on the front line retreated smoothly to the rear, and the soldiers on the second line returned to the rear. Arranged in a dense formation, and became the forefront of the entire phalanx of chatting.

The reason why the formation was changed so smoothly and there was no major chaos, so that Davos' fears did not become reality, mainly because the Crotone people had never seen an army dare to do so in a fierce battle. The bold and peculiar arrays switched back and forth, and failed to take effective countermeasures in time; secondly, when fighting in a dense formation, the Crotone army was stronger than Dionia, which had a large number of recruits, but once the array was switched, the two sides' When all the phalanx formations were divided into small squares and small squares, Dionia's long-term targeted training with detachments and companies as tactical units played a role. Their command was more efficient and their actions were more flexible. On the other hand, Crotone's operations and training are mainly based on large square formations, and the command system is originally rough. After the soldiers poured into the gaps, they lost effective command and fell into chaos. They could only fight on their own. In bad situation.

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Miron, who was immersed in the river, first heard the sound of the enemy's trumpets and drums, and was still wondering, and then the array that had been deadlocked for a long time began to advance...