Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The experienced Syracuse soldiers stared coldly through the narrow helmet eyes. Although they had not directly confronted the Dionysians, they knew that a larger attack was coming, so their footsteps were Keep speeding up.

The Dionian light infantry quickly retreated from the passage between the small squares, and the small infantry squares in the back moved forward quickly, quickly joining the entire array of Dionia.

At this time, the enemy has entered a distance of 50 meters. There is no need for the team officers to order. Effie Alter and their heavy infantry have stepped, raised their arms, and threw...

Tens of thousands of javelins flew from the coalition's two-mile front, and covered the Siracusa phalanx. The well-prepared soldiers of Syracuse put the round shield on their heads. Stacked to form a long copper wall, and the death whirlwind of the javelin rain made the screams of the Syracuses no longer be covered, so the Syracuse soldiers began to speed up.

Effie Alter and his comrades at the forefront of the front no longer had enough time to throw the javelin, so he threw another javelin without hesitation, put the long shield in front with his left hand, clenched the lance with his right hand, and accelerated together Rush forward.They must mention the fastest forward speed within a short distance of 30 meters.

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

"Apollo!!!!!!"

"Hades!!!!!!"

In the deafening cry, the two sides crashed together, and at this moment even the earth was shaking.

At that moment, Effie Alter felt a huge force hit the shield, almost collapsing his hand holding the shield, causing his body to lean back involuntarily, and then the same powerful coming from the rear The force pushed him back again, and the spear in front of him was blocked by the opposing enemy with a round shield, and his long shield also blocked the spear of the other party. Break.

Effiart, holding back the pain in his right hand, drew his dagger from the waist.

The soldiers on both sides were crowded together, and the space for each soldier's movement was very small. The foremost Dionysian soldiers threw it away and replaced their daggers regardless of whether the spear in their hand was broken or not. Many of the Syracuses on the opposite side also picked up curved sabers, and the close fight began...

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In the middle of the formation of the Dionysian Legion, the light infantry contest was dominated by the Dionysians, but on the other fronts, the Siracusa light infantry took advantage.

Because Crotone, Silitine, and Trina had no habit of attacking the light infantry while the heavy infantry phalanx was advancing, they suffered a lot.Their way to do this is to accelerate the speed of the advance and fight with Siracusa as soon as possible.

The light infantry of the Allied Forces, except for Dionia, were all concentrated on the left end of the left wing of the entire formation, behind the cavalry.When both sides are fighting together, only here is still calm.

Felicius knew that in terms of cavalry, the cavalry of the Allied Forces was far behind the cavalry of Syracuse not only in number but also in capability.Therefore, he brought together the 500 cavalry led by Saubercos and the cavalry of other city-states to form a team of 1500 cavalry, guarding the side of the coalition’s left wing and preventing the enemy from riding the roundabout flank (because the outside of the coalition’s right wing is the Ramato River, Felicius thought that the Syracuse cavalry could not be placed on this side), and warned them: don’t easily dispatch, once the enemy ride strikes, let nearly 4,000 light infantry behind him, and disperse it with long-range firepower , Supplemented by cavalry shocks, should be able to fight the fierce Syracuse cavalry.

Felicius's real move was on the left. His formation was similar to the strategy Davis used to defeat the Brutus on the Cosenza plateau. The weaker troops were placed on the right, relying on the river. To rely on it, the safety of the flanks is ensured, and the enhanced left is used to win the victory.But unlike the Battle of Punat, at this time the coalition’s left wing was weak cavalry and strong infantry. 17,000 Crotone infantry and tens of thousands of Siriting infantry (a small portion of Siriting infantry approached the middle) formed the left wing The array thickness is more than forty columns.

After Pididas arrived at the right flank of Syracuse, although he did not know the detailed layout of the enemy, he stood in front of the queue and watched, just looking at the vertical spurs that were densely spread across the back, and experienced him immediately Realize: Once the bugle sounds, the impact of the enemy will be amazing!

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

But in this way, the right wing with less 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 wing.

Fibidas made an amazing decision at the same time. He ordered the right-wing soldiers to immediately line up in a curved line, protruding outward.In this way, when fighting, the Syracuse soldiers were located in the inner circle, which naturally made up for the lack of array length.

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When the bugle sounded, nearly 30,000 infantrymen of the southern Italian coalition took a big step forward and marched toward the enemy.

Among the Crotonian soldiers, there were many citizens who were captured by Dionysia twice like Colebus. They were blamed for defeat, experienced Crotone from glory to decline, and watched the enemies wearing Onia's rapid rise, his heart has always been lost and confused.

So today they are going to prove themselves, like their commander General Askamas, with a victory to prove the glory of Crotone!Although this is not what it used to be, Crotone's strength is far behind the Dionysian city-state alliance, but this is the pride of Crotone people, the instinct of the citizens of the sports state!

Therefore, even if the arrows in the sky are spattered like raindrops, they will not be able to slow down their advance speed.In keeping with the formation as much as possible, they are gradually accelerating...

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

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

"Apollo!!!..." They roared wildly and suddenly collided with the Syracuse.

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Generally speaking, when the heavy infantry angles of the two sides are brought together, the entire array starts to play forward from the back row at this time. In order to prevent the other party from pushing the other party back and forth, it eventually squeezes through the front line. Defeated, the rear infantry of the two sides not only stayed close to the comrades in front, they tried to advance the bayonet as much as possible, hoping to help the front soldiers increase the threat to the enemy, and they also tried their best to push forward, which made the frontier The space occupied by soldiers is getting smaller and smaller.

Effie Alter is not worried. He lunges forward, squats and leans forward as usual, and the half-length shield almost protects the entire leg, torso and neck. From time to time, he uses the power from behind to take advantage of the situation. Suddenly push the long shield forward, and concentrate the power on the copper semi-circular collision angle in the center of the arc long shield. The power is quite large. If you hit an enemy without enough protection, it will be enough to fracture his chest, and Shooting on the enemy's round shield can also make the hard copper shield appear pits one by one.

On the contrary, the round shield of the soldiers of Syracuse collided with the long shield. First of all, the round impact angle of the long shield would easily cause the round shield to slip off and the top part of the shield was not correct.And the powerful power transmitted by the round shield spreads through the round impact angle to the entire curved shield plate, and then transmitted to Effie Alter, the power is much smaller, which gives Effie Alter enough time to rest .

While Effie Alter tried to disturb the opponent's defense with a long shield, the half-meter long, double-edged thick-backed short sword held in his right hand looked at the opportunity, from time to time, he quickly penetrated through the gap between himself and the opponent. Pull out.It is a pity that the two Syracuse soldiers next to each other seemed to be experienced, and they had been evaded many times.

The forces of Dionysian Army and Syracuse Middle Road are about the same thickness. When the strength is almost equal, the squeeze in the middle becomes more serious.

Effiart and the enemy on the opposite side were getting closer and closer, he could even feel the heat from the other side through the tiny slit in the middle turbinate of the Corinthian helmet.

When he saw the sharp cold eyes, his instinctive head was lowered, and the long shield was raised.

"Boom!" The dogleg saber waved by the opponent was chopped on the shield.But his lowered head suddenly saw something, and his heart suddenly became excited.

That's the enemy's foot!Although the Greek round shield is large, it is not as long as the long shield. After all, the feet of the enemy wearing leather sandals are exposed under the round shield. If Effie Alter lifted the long shield, it is impossible to find this flaw through the gap below.

Immediately, he used a long shield to support the opponent’s buckler, lowered his head down, and then bent his waist down (if wearing a Corinthian helmet, he could not make such a large bend and bow his head), right hand dagger Stabbing forward and downward, the sharp tip of the sword pierced the instep of the opponent's right foot without hindrance.

Hearing the screams of the enemies on the opposite side, Effie Alter quickly drew back the dagger without looking at the results.While the long shield was pushing forward, his left foot took a step forward. At the moment when the enemy screamed and fell, and the enemy behind was about to make up, he squeezed forward into a small gap in the other party's shield wall.

Saying it was late, then fast, his blood-stained dagger once again slammed violently towards the right side, and the enemies next to him were fighting against the shield shield of Effie Alter’s teammate, and had not fallen because of his companion. Prepared accordingly, he was suddenly pierced with a sword to the right arm that was not covered by the armor. He screamed in pain and even the dogleg saber was dropped on the ground.