Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The free citizens of Dionysia are different. They come from various places and ran for their livelihoods. They developed the habit of self-interest. Even before becoming a Dionysia reserve citizen, most people have not received heavy infantry training since childhood. I haven't been on the battlefield. Intensive training for more than half a year cannot completely eliminate the habit I have developed for a long time.When the enemy's javelin poked to the right chest, he should have been handed over to his teammates to defend, and he used the javelin to fight back, forcing the opponent to go back to defense, reducing his pressure, but out of instinctive reaction, he retracted the shield and turned back. Exposing half of the body of the teammates next to the enemy's spear... This kind of vicious circle causes everyone to only care for themselves, so that the front is no longer tight, not only can not effectively promote the joint force, but also let The Rotones squeezed through the gap, using their personal abilities to further disrupt the Dionysian front.

The First Army of Dionysia was originally the army with the most veterans and the strongest combat effectiveness. It originally had four veterans, but was recruited by a large number of veterans to serve as team officers at all levels of the three corps, and Daveus was transferred again. With 300 veterans as reserve teams, a large number of recruits have to be added, resulting in a sharp decline in combat effectiveness. In the case of occupying a favorable terrain and grabbing the first hand as soon as the battle begins, not only did no one take the opportunity to drive all the enemies across the river, but instead After a long period of stalemate, he began to slowly retreat under the Crotonians' crazy counterattack...

Alsinis’ squad was in the second line of the front. The front soldiers had fallen several times. He called out loudly, and the soldiers under his command drove out the enemies who had rushed in, and refilled the gap.The prolonged battle made his arms sore and uncomfortable, and the command of these ignorant recruits made him mentally exhausted, but the fierce eyes shot from the enemy's helmet opposite reminded him always: Fight!Continue fighting!Otherwise, it was only failure and death that greeted him!

"Leading your soldiers to fight bravely and win victory is the responsibility of the captain!" This is his original squad captain and now the captain of the team, Captius congratulated him on being a squad captain, giving him advice , He always keeps in mind.He shouted the name of each soldier loudly, and used his brave but flexible combat to remind and teach his men how to apply the skills learned on the training ground to the battle of life and death.

At the most difficult time of the battle, these low-level team officers of Dionysia played an important role as the mainstay.

With heavy infantry fighting, Dionia is at a disadvantage; with light infantry fighting, Dionia is firmly in the upper hand.Not only is the number of light infantry more than a thousand, but more than half of them are veterans from Asia Minor. The three light infantry arms: slingers, archers, and light shields are from the famous light infantry origins in the Mediterranean. The islands of Ritter and Thrace do not pay attention to what Crotone used by the light infantry can resist.Even with heavy infantry between the two sides, Crotone’s light infantry was also killed by precision arrows and stones, and was forced to retreat.

Once the light infantry's protection weakened, the rear of Crotone's heavy infantry phalanx was attacked by the Dionysian light infantry.It stands to reason that these soldiers behind the phalanx have not participated in the fighting and should be energetic.But on the contrary, most of them were immersed in the river water for a long time. The cold water in the early spring bite the bones and took away a lot of heat from them, making them hungry and exhausted.Therefore, in response to the enemy's long-range strike, their response has become a bit sluggish. If the protection of the heavy infantry is not good enough, the casualties will be heavy.

Because both sides have their own difficulties and their own advantages, they have been unable to hold on to each other and have fallen into a bitter battle.

Faced with this situation, Milon was not in a hurry, and he was able to hold on to each other, and he had achieved his goal.The key to Crotone's victory came from the more than 7,000 people who detoured in the lower reaches of the Triminto River. He firmly believed that the final victory must belong to Crotone.

With the same idea, Dionys, the Archon of Dionysia, but he had received a good report from the Leiders Cavalry: The troops in Crotone down the Triminto River were either annihilated or surrendered. Exist, Ledes and Epitanes will take a short break from the army, they will cross the Triminto River, bypass the Crotone army and attack.

Daphes was completely relieved, watching Martores scratching his head and scratching his cheeks, a look of frustration, he could not help jokingly said: "Matonis, do you have itchy scalp?"

"Master Commander!--" Matonis complained loudly: "The last time we captured Niutum, our army failed to fight and missed the triumph! This time I was caught by you as the reserve captain, Winning soon, I’m still idle here, it’s too unfair!"

Daphes laughed: "Relax, it's your turn to play right away."

With that said, he gave the order: "Blow the command of the formation change, and let the first-line soldiers retreat, and the second-line soldiers go up!"

"Master Commander, we are about to win. Why do we have to make a very difficult formation change! They are mostly recruits, in case something goes wrong, causing the entire phalanx--" Matonis was eager to fight, but He didn't want to see the league fail.

"The formation that we have trained for so long has never been used in actual combat, and now we are about to win. At this time, we will not accumulate experience, but when will we wait!" Davers seriously said: "Not to mention our retreat, It just happens to lure all the enemies up to the river bank, and it will be more difficult for them to escape. Matonis, you have been a recruit instructor, and you must have full confidence in the long-term training of the soldiers 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 is no longer entangled in this issue, but takes the initiative to fight.

"Lead your men to the right of the phalanx, just at the junction of the Second Corps and the three reserve brigades. In case the enemy's intrusion makes them chaotic, you need to pounce up in time to block the enemy's attack and serve as soldiers We regroup to win time!"

"Understood, I will go now! Brothers! -" Matonis was excited and began to shout.

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The soldiers led by Alcinis are still fighting hard against the enemy.

At this time, the sound of the rear bugle sounded, and he was refreshed.When it sounded the second time, he could hear it, a trumpet sound of "formation change".

"Brothers, hold on! We will have a rest soon!" The front line officers, like Al Sinice, reminded the soldiers loudly.

At this time, the array of the second line quickly took the company as a unit, one company remained in place, and its adjacent company had to retreat... After a while, the entire square formation changed from the original dense long snake formation to one company after another. The small squares form a patchwork formation (the fish scale formation).Because the frontline soldiers of the entire phalanx did not have the support of the soldiers in the rear, under the pressure of the enemy, they also started to retreat under the command of the company drums and the flag... Finally, they quickly withdrew between the gaps in the "checkerboard" rear.

The drumbeat of the company where Alsinis was not sounded, he knew that the company he belonged to was not very lucky, and the latter company did not withdraw first, so they could not retreat temporarily.

At this time, the team leader Ktips shouted loudly: "Brothers, protect our flanks!"

With the withdrawal of the neighboring companies, the enemy took advantage of the situation. Since the front of the Dionysian formation was not retreating as a whole, Crotone’s offensive array became uneven, and the fronts of the two sides formed a staggered trend.The company where Alsinis is placed is under pressure from three sides to be surrounded. The enemies who can flow into the gap are also in this situation, but the Dionysian forces are prepared to retreat. Every small square that is connected to the enemy’s short soldiers is in Under the strong control of the company captain, on the contrary, Crotone was unprepared and disorderly. As a result, although Dionia was retreating, Crotone did not seize this opportunity, which caused greater damage to Dionia. Killing and chaos.

At this time, the drums of the company sounded, and the 20×10 square formed by the four teams began to swing rhythmically towards the rear with the central flag, and began to retreat slowly... Alsinis used shield spears on one side. To defend against the enemy's attack, as the rear company retreated, the company they belonged to began to retreat in an orderly manner.When the rear company stopped, Alsinis was able to withdraw from the gap between the scattered company squares... After several rounds of retreat, the soldiers of the first line retreated smoothly to the rear, and the soldiers of the second line re-started. Arranged in a dense formation, and become the forefront of chatting the entire square.

The reason for such a smooth transition of the formation, there was no major confusion, so that Davis’s fears did not become a reality, mainly because the Crotonenes had never seen an army dare to engage in such a fierce battle. The bold and peculiar arrays were converted back and forth, failing to take effective countermeasures in time; secondly, when fighting in a dense formation, Crotone’s army was stronger than Dionysia, where most recruits were recruited. When the dense formations are all split into small pieces and small squares, Dionysia’s long-term targeted training with detachments and companies as tactical units has played a role. Their command is more efficient and their actions are more flexible. In contrast, Crotone’s operations and training are mainly based on large phalanx. The command system is already rough. After the soldiers flooded into the gaps, they lost effective command and fell into chaos. They could only fight on their own, instead In bad situation.

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Milon, soaked in the river, first heard the enemy's trumpet drums, and he was still wondering, and then the array that had been deadlocked for a long time began to advance...