Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 543

[Chapter 210 Ballista Siege]

“Blow the attack horn and raise the star flag!” Sekelian gave the order again.

Although Sekelian is determined to forge ahead, he is not reckless, and he is well aware that the Dionysian fleet has been established for a short time, and the cooperation between the warships is definitely not as good as that of the opponent. When the sailors were in high morale and in good condition, they rushed forward bravely, caught and killed one-on-one, and used their high fighting spirit to defeat the enemy.

If you evade temporarily as the captain of the ship said, it will not only dampen the morale of the sailors, but also the Syracuse fleet will attack. I am afraid that there will also be a Syracuse army attacking Mayaro on land. Dio The Nia fleet retreated in front of the enemy, disregarding the friendly forces. I am afraid that after the war, it will no longer be the smiling face of His Majesty Davos, but the ruthlessness of the “Dionysian Military Law”!

Thinking of this, he glanced at the captain viciously, and said simply: “You are not suitable for the position of the captain. Go to the stern watchman.”

Then, he ignored the captain’s defense and went to On the side of the ship, he waved to the clippers that were closely following the ship, beckoning them to approach, and then shouted: “Tell the sailors of each warship that this is the last battle of our Dionysian Navy in this war. , and their last chance to earn merit, to win alliance honor and rewards, don’t miss this last chance!”

When the captain of each warship relayed Sekelian’s words in the bilge, the sailors were all emotional Excited, they shouted: “For victory, kill the Syracuses!!!…”

The sailors were rowing frequently at low slaughter for more than two hours before, as if they had just finished warming up. , Under the repeated urging of the boatswain, they only finished their rations. Under the scorching enthusiasm for fighting, the wooden oars in their hands seemed to be light.

Under the command of the piper, the sailors began to gradually increase the frequency…

At this time, someone sang the Hades ode, and soon all the sailors sang in unison. Broken bilge, echoing on the blue sea…

When the Dionysian fleet found the traces of the enemy ships, the fleet of Syracuse naturally saw the other side, and Paronisus had long waited for work and arranged the “two-column” offensive formation, so he immediately issued the order. “Attack” command.

It stands to reason that Syracuse’s warships are the first to attack. Whether it is an increase in the speed of the paddle or the increase in the speed of the warships, they should be better than the other when the two sides are close.

But in fact, at the moment of contact, the speed of the Dionysian warship was slightly stronger than that of Syracuse, which also shows the difference in the enthusiasm of the sailors on both sides…

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The vast sea and the non-stop sound of the tide cover up the collision between the warships, making the battle at sea tend to be silent.

On land, Marcias led a Syracuse coalition of about 12,000 people and

had reached the south bank of the Alcantara River. He did not immediately attack the town of Meyaro as Antonios expected, but The army was ordered to stop advancing and start forming an array, while driving hundreds of pack trucks to the front of the array.

The soldiers upstairs at Meyaro Sentinel saw so many pack wagons, and finally understood why the Syracuse army made such a loud “rumbling” sound when advancing, and then in the roar of the noisy pack beasts, The sentry’s eyes widened when he saw the Syracuse soldiers laboriously remove the ballistas from the trailer.

“You said that the Syracuse army deployed nearly a hundred ballistas on the south bank of the Alcantara River?!” Antonios wanted to keep his expression calm when he heard the news, but his slightly trembling voice could not hide his heart of shock.

“Yes, Lord Legionnaire. They not only deployed nearly a hundred guns, but also a small number of abdominal bows!” the sentinel replied.

Before Antonios could speak, several captains had already looked at each other and said, “How come there are so many ballistas?!”

“I’m afraid Syracuse has moved all the ballistas in their city. I heard His Majesty say, Syracuse was the first to invent the ballista…”

“It seems that the Syracuses are determined to completely wipe us out in Mayaro!”

“That just lets them know how powerful our First Corps is!”

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“Where are the ballistas in Syracuse? Can our ballistas hit them?” asked Zantiparis, the second captain. a key question.

“…about 500 meters away from the southern wooden wall.” The sentry replied after thinking for a while.

“That is to say, if Syracuse’s ballista uses five kilograms of stone bullets, it can just hit the wooden wall south of Meyaro.” Giorgris said immediately worried: “And our ballista wants to attack. When we reach them, we also need to move the ballista forward and approach the southern wooden wall, which is not conducive to the launch of the ballista, and it is easy to be attacked, we only have six ballistas!” The

original standard equipment of the Dionian legions Ten ballistas, but during the Battle of Crotone, the ballistas and other equipment were left in the camp on the north bank of the Neto River, and then the army quickly marched to surround the Cilitin, so the First Army had no time to get it. Going back to the ballistas belonging to his legion, in the end, Davos considered that the First Legion’s expedition to Sicily would definitely have a siege, so he urgently collected six fairly complete crossbows from the occupied Syracuse camp. The guns, after urgent repairs by engineers, were handed over to the First Corps.

Syracuse’s ballista has a large body and is relatively bulky. There is no measuring device such as a ruler, and the accuracy is relatively poor, but it can fire a maximum of about 30 kilograms of stone bullets.

“It seems that the generals of the Syracuse army are very cautious and have a detailed understanding of our fighting methods.” Antonios also felt a little worried, he said: “Let the soldiers hide first, and get through the beginning first. Just

wait until the enemy starts attacking the town…”

Before Antonios could finish his words, he heard “Boom! Boom! Boom!…” The deafening sound came continuously, causing the inside of the tent. The senior team officers were a little pale.

At this moment, the soldiers on the wooden wall to the south of Meyaro saw such a terrifying sight: hundreds of stone bullets and short spears, with strong wind noise and huge kinetic energy, attacked them all over the sky. Come, it seems like a meteorite rain falling from the sky, even the battle-hardened ones are trembling all over at this moment.

“Retreat! Quickly withdraw from the wooden wall and retreat to the back to avoid!” The team officers shouted anxiously.

Fortunately, when they saw the Syracuses put so many ballistas in front of the battle, the officers of the First Corps had already begun to withdraw the soldiers who had placed the wooden walls down, just because the wooden ladders were narrow and the enemy arranged them. The ballista was too fast, causing a few soldiers to stay on the wooden wall.

At this time, the soldiers simply jumped down from the wooden walkway. The height of only three meters would not cause great damage to them. After these experienced soldiers landed on the ground, they ignored the pain in their feet and immediately picked up the long The shield, covering the top of the head, rolled and crawled back, not to mention how ugly and embarrassing the posture was, but the self-rescue actions they made in such a critical situation were correct.

Because the moment they jumped off the wooden wall, they heard a loud bang, and the whole wooden wall was shaking.

Some of the stone bullets hit the wooden wall, and the fist-thick wooden pillar shattered.

In the diffuse dust and fog, what is even more terrifying are the wood chips that shattered and fluttered out of the wooden walls. These hundreds of irregular small wood chips carry the strong force transferred by the stone bullets and scatter in all directions, easily It penetrated the legs and arms of the very few soldiers who didn’t have time to retreat to the rear, and some even penetrated the thick breastplates…

After a round of bombardment, the entire southern wooden wall was already dilapidated.

Part of it was broken at the waist, revealing an astonishingly large hole; part of the entire wall collapsed inward, revealing a gap for the enemy to break into; several sentry towers behind the curtain wall were also crumbling…

Soldiers took advantage of the enemy to reload stone bombs. , rushed forward, and helped the comrades who fell to the ground and moaned to the rear.

At this moment, Leotides heard a cry not far away. As a Spartan, what he hated most was crying during war, because it meant weakness and would affect morale.

“What’s going on over there?!” He roared angrily

, and immediately a soldier rushed over and said in a choked voice: “Company Captain, Parmanus Division Captain… he… he…”

It sank and hurried over.

The soldiers saw him coming and hurried out of the way.

I saw a short spear fired from the abdominal bow directly pierced Parmanus’ left chest, nailing him to the wall of the wooden house, and he died.

“It’s all my fault! It’s all my fault! If it wasn’t for my running slow, UU Kanshu www.sonicmtl.com fell down, and the squad leader wouldn’t have run over to pull me, and…” A soldier beat his chest and stomped his feet and burst into tears in pain. scold yourself.

Leotides glanced at the soldier. A wooden thorn was pierced in his thigh, and the wound oozes blood, staining the entire calf red: “Help him to the back and find a medical camp to treat him.”

Several soldiers stepped forward to hold the wounded soldier, but he still didn’t want to leave, and was still crying bitterly.

“Hurry up and heal my leg, come back to kill the enemy, and avenge Captain Parmanus!” Leotizides roared in a low voice, making the soldier stop crying, he immediately wiped away his tears, and looked resolutely at Parmanus. The corpse of Manius said: “Squad leader, wait for me in Valhalla!” The

wounded soldier was helped down.

Leotidas looked at Parmanus with a complicated expression: As his former sub-captain, Parmanus gave him a lot of care and care when he first joined the legion, although later he performed well because of his outstanding performance. Quickly promoted to company captain, Parmanius instead became his subordinate.

But Parmanius never showed his old qualifications, and has always carried out his orders seriously and strictly. This is a respectable and excellent Dionysian army team officer!