Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Blow the offensive and raise the star flag!" Seclion gave the order again.

Although Sekerian was determined to forge ahead, he was not reckless, and he knew that the Dionysian fleet was short-lived and the cooperation between warships was certainly not as good as that of his opponents. Therefore, to win, the Dionysian navy must be used in battle In the midst of victory, the sailors made a brave breakthrough when they had high morale and good condition, one-on-one, one-on-one, and one-on-one.If you avoid it temporarily, as the captain of the ship said, it will not only dampen the morale of the sailors, but also the Syracuse fleet strikes. I am afraid that the Syracuse army is also attacking Meyaro on the land. The Niya Fleet retreated in front of the enemy and ignored the friendly army. I am afraid that it would be no longer the smiley face of His Majesty Dapheus but the mercilessness of the "Dionysian Military Law" waiting for him after the war.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the captain viciously and said simply: "You are not suitable for the post of captain, go to be the stern watcher."

Then he ignored the captain's excuses, walked to the side of the ship, beckoned to the fast ship that was closely following the ship, and signaled them to approach, then shouted: "Tell the sailors of each warship that this is what we wear The last battle of the Onia Navy in this war is also the last chance for them to earn merit, win alliance honors and rewards, don't miss this last good opportunity!"

As the sailors of each warship retell Sekerian's words in the bilge, the sailors were all emotional and shouted, "For the sake of victory, kill the Syracuses!!!"

In the previous two hours of sailing, the sailors were rowing at a low pulp frequency. At this time, it seemed that they had just finished warming up. Under the repeated urging of the sailor, they finished the rations, and under the fierce fighting enthusiasm, The wooden paddle in hand seemed to be nothing.Under the direction of the piper, the sailors began to gradually increase the frequency of pulp...

At this time, someone sang the Hades carols, and soon all the sailors sang in unison, and the sacred and solemn lyrics were sung by them so much that they broke through the bilge and echoed on the blue sea...

When the Dionysian fleet found the enemy ship, the Syracuse fleet naturally saw each other. Paronisus had already waited and arranged the "double column" offensive formation, so he immediately issued "Offense" command.

It stands to reason that the warships in Syracuse are rushing for an advanced attack. Whether it is the increase in the speed of the slurry or the increase in the speed of the warship, they should be superior to each other when the two sides approach.But in fact, at the moment of contact, the speed of the Dionysian warship is slightly higher than that of Syracuse, and it can also be seen that the sailors of the two sides have a difference in fighting enthusiasm...

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The vast sea surface and the uninterrupted tidal waves masked the collision between the warships, making the fighting on the sea silent.

On the land, the Siracusa coalition led by Massias, with about 12,000 men, has arrived on the south bank of the Alcantara River. He did not immediately attack the town of Meyaro as expected by Antonios, but Ordered the army to stop advancing and start arraying, while driving hundreds of pack-cars to the front.

Seeing so many pack-carts, the soldiers at the Meyaro outpost finally knew why the Syracuse army had made such a "rumbling" sound before moving forward, and then in a noisy pack-bearing hiss, The sentry widened his eyes when he saw the Syracuse soldiers struggling to remove a ballista from the trailer.

"You said that the Syracuse army deployed nearly a hundred ballistas on the south bank of the Alcantara River?!" Antonios heard the news and wanted to keep his expression calm, but the slightly trembling tone could not conceal his heart. Shocked.

"Yes, Lord of the Legion. Not only did they arrange nearly a hundred guns, but also a small amount of belly bows!" the sentry replied.

Anthony has not spoken yet, and several captains have looked at each other, "How come there are so many ballistas?!"

"I am afraid that Syracuse brought all the ballistas in their city. I heard from Your Majesty that Syracuse was the first to invent the ballista..."

"It seems that the Syracuse people are determined to wipe us out in Meyaro!"

"That just let them know how powerful our First Army is!"

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"Where are the ballistas of Syracuse? Can our ballistas attack?" The second captain, Zantiparis, asked a key question.

"...About 500 meters away from the south wooden wall." The sentry thought for a moment and answered.

"That is to say, if Siracusa's ballista uses five kilograms of stone projectiles, it can just hit the wooden wall south of Meyaro." Georgris immediately worriedly said: "And our ballistas want to attack To reach them, we still need to move the ballista forward to the south wooden wall, which is not conducive to the launch of the ballista and it is easy to be attacked. We only have six ballistas!"

Originally, the Dionysian regiments were equipped with ten ballistas as standard, but during the battle in Crotone, the ballistas and other equipment were left in the large camp on the north bank of the Neto River, and then the army quickly marched around the Siriting, Therefore, the First Army did not have time to retrieve the ballista to which its own Army belonged. Finally, Davers considered that the First Army would expedite Sicily, and there would definitely be a siege. This was an emergency from the occupied camp of Syracuse. It collected six fairly complete ballistas, which were handed over to the First Army after urgent repair by engineers.The ballistic artillery body of Syracuse is relatively large and bulky. There are no distance-measuring devices such as scales. The accuracy is relatively poor, but it can fire stone bullets up to about 30 kg.

"It seems that the generals of the Syracuse army are very cautious and have a detailed understanding of our way of fighting." Antonios also felt a little worried. He said: "Let the soldiers hide first and get through the beginning. The ballista bombardment, just wait for the enemy to attack the town..."

Before Antonios had finished speaking, he heard "Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The loud noise continued to come, which made the senior team officers in the big tent a little eclipsed.

At this moment, the soldiers on the wooden wall south of Meyaro saw such a terrible scene: hundreds of stone bombs and short spears sandwiched a strong wind, containing huge kinetic energy, and attacked them from the sky. Come, it seems to be a meteorite rain falling from the sky, even they are trembling at the moment.

"Retreat! Quickly pull down the wooden wall and back to avoid!" the team officers shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, when I saw the Syracuse people putting so many ballistas in front of them, the officers of the First Army had already begun to pull down the soldiers who sent the wooden wall, only because the wooden ladder was small, and the enemy arranged The ballista was too fast, which caused a few soldiers to stay on the wooden wall.

At this time, the soldiers simply jumped down from the wooden wall walkway. The height of only three meters would not cause great damage to them. These experienced soldiers immediately picked up the long thrown down before disregarding their foot pain. Shield, protect the top of the head, and roll back with crawling, not to mention how ugly and embarrassed the posture, but the self-help actions they made in such a critical situation are correct.

Because the moment they just jumped off the wooden wall, they heard a loud noise and the whole wooden wall was shaking.Some stone bullets hit the wooden wall, and the wooden pillar with thick fists broke off. Some stone bullets crossed the wooden wall and hit the mud, splashing dust and flying.And in the diffuse dust, even more terrifying are the wood chips that have broken off and fluttered from the wooden wall. These hundreds of thousands of irregular small wood chips with the powerful force of stone bullets scattered to the four sides, easily It penetrated the legs and arms of a few soldiers who had not had time to retreat to the rear, and some even penetrated the thick breastplate...

After a round of bombardment, the entire southern wooden wall was already dilapidated.Part of the waist is broken, and a surprisingly large hole is leaked; part of the entire wall collapses inwards, revealing a gap for the enemy to penetrate; the few outposts behind the curtain wall are also crumbling...

The soldiers rushed forward while the enemy was reloading with stone bullets, and helped the moans who fell to the ground and moaned to the rear.

At this moment, Leotizides heard crying not far away. As a Spartan, he hated crying in wartime most because it meant weakness, which would affect morale.

"What's going on there?" He roared, and immediately the soldiers hurriedly rushed over and said in a choked voice: "Captain Company, Captain Parmanius, he...he..."

Leotizides sinks in heart and hurries past.

The soldiers saw him coming and hurried to make way.

I saw a short spear fired from the belly bow directly piercing Parmanius' left chest, nailing him to the wall of the wooden house, and he already swallowed.

"I blame me! I blame me! If it weren't for my slow running and falling, the captain wouldn't just run over and pull me, and..." A soldier scolded himself with a thumping chest and tears.

Leotizides glanced at the soldier. His thigh was pierced with a wooden thorn. The wound oozed out and stained the entire calf: "Help him go back and find a medical camp to treat him."

Several soldiers stepped forward to save the wounded soldier, and he still wept bitterly without wanting to leave.

"Quickly fix my leg, come back to kill the enemy, and avenge Captain Parmanius!" Leotizides gave a low roar, letting the soldier stop crying, and he immediately wiped away his tears, and confronted Par with determination. The body of Manus said: "Team leader, waiting for me in the Hall of Heroes!"

The wounded soldier was helped.

Leotizides looked at Parmanius with a complex expression: as his former captain, Parmanius gave him a lot of care and care when he first joined the legion, although he later because of his outstanding performance, Quickly promoted to company captain, Parmanius became his subordinate instead.But Parmanius has never placed his old qualifications, and has always seriously and strictly carried out his orders. This is a respectable and excellent Dionysian team officer!