Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 998

[Chapter 336 Tunnel Warfare]

Amyntas was stunned when he heard this. Just now, he heard this good idea, and was so excited that he forgot that the Carthaginians also had ballistas.

Calsidis clearly thought about this issue, he said calmly: “The Carthaginian ballistas are indeed worthy of our attention, but in fact the accuracy of their ballistas is not very high, and we can still find a way Overcome, for example… cover the outside of the wooden city wall with a taut fishing net, or fill enough soil between the wooden frames…

In addition, since the city wall is made of wood, can we build the camp like we usually use it? Like the outpost, first let the engineering battalion make the frame in the city, and when the construction of the Carthaginian earth mountain is completed, we will move the frame of the wooden city wall to the city wall and quickly build it, and then condescend to suppress Carthage. The Carthaginians suddenly killed and wounded the Carthaginian light infantry on the mountain, so that the Carthaginians spent so much time building the mountain in vain. If they wanted to regain the initiative, they had to rebuild a larger foundation to build more. High earth mountain, it will take more time…”

“Good idea! This is indeed a good idea!” Amintas laughed loudly: “I can’t wait to see the Carthaginians think themselves Proud, but suddenly turned into a face of dismay and disappointment. Aristonos, you immediately call the engineers of the engineering battalion, let them survey this wall, and then follow the suggestion of Karsidis and make it for me Build

such a wooden city wall to resist the attack of the Carthaginians!”

“Yes, Commander.” Aristonos immediately turned around and went down the city.

It didn’t take long for the slingers from the light infantry brigade to arrive at the head of the city. Following Amyntas’ instructions, they began to attack the Carthaginian heavy infantry under the city. On the helmet, the impact can make people dizzy, and it is painful to hit the breastplate…

Soon, the long and orderly dragon lined up by the Carthaginians became chaotic, and the soldiers ignored the captain. He threw down the wooden basket, yelled and jumped to avoid the constantly flying lead pellets, and began to flee back in embarrassment.

The slingers’ attack paid off.

But not long after, the

Dionian soldiers at the head of the city suddenly shouted in panic: “Be careful! Flying stones!…”

Countless tiny black spots appeared.

Now it was the turn of the Dionian soldiers at the top of the city to be nervous. They hurriedly raised their long shields diagonally, trying to form a shield wall to provide shelter for themselves and the slingers.

In a groan of pain, Amintas gritted his teeth: “It must be the slingers of the Balearic!”

After the main army landed in Sicily,

Leotizides once told Davos and other senior leaders of Dionia. The general mentioned that Carthage had thousands of Balearic slingers, and Amintas, the only one with slingers, was concerned and asked how the opponent’s combat effectiveness was, but he did not expect to experience it himself in Serinus.

Of course, the slingers of the 1st Corps fought back, unwilling to be outdone. Countless lead pellets were constantly staggered in the air. The other soldiers at the top of the city could use long shields to avoid them, but the slingers were unable to do anything during the sling. They provide protection, so people keep getting hurt.

After all, the number of Dionia slingers was relatively small, and gradually they could not support it. In order to preserve their strength, Amyntas had to replace them with the city, so he soon saw a long line of Carthaginian heavy infantry. , with a wooden frame on his back, he started to pile up the mountains again.

At this moment, he heard someone shouting: “General Karsidis! General Karsidis!…”

He stared at the shouting man, vaguely remembering that he seemed to be the captain of a reserve team, Immediately, he shouted angrily: “What are you shouting! What’s the matter?!”

The brigade captain hurried to the city, and before he had time to report the situation to Karsidis, he was reprimanded by Amyntas. Seeing the anger on Amintas’ face, he immediately remembered the rumors about him, and suddenly felt flustered.

“Commander Amintas asked you something, just tell me if there is any situation.” Karsidis hurriedly woke him up.

“Oh…refer to…Lord Commander…That’s right, we found something unusual when we were

digging the trenches. The Carthaginians may be digging tunnels!”

shock.

“Where did you find it?! Take me there!” Amintas said eagerly.

It turned out that after Amintas served as the commander of the defense of Serinus City, according to the suggestion of Karsidis, he also began to build inner walls within the city. The wall was built at a distance of less than 50 meters from the outer city wall.

Often the city wall and the trench are built together, so as to ensure that the excavated soil can directly become the rammed earth for the construction of the city wall.

Amyntas also put forward strict requirements: the depth of the trench must reach 4 meters, and the width must be at least 4 meters. The task of digging the trench is mainly undertaken by the original Serinus defenders (in this regard, some reserve soldiers have some complaints, but Calsidis reassured them well).

After these days of hard work, the ditch was basically dug, and then the soldiers had to bury pickets in the ditch. While they were doing this work today, a soldier had just dug a sharp pit and was He was about to bury the stake, but found that the sand was continuously seeping into the pit and sinking. He was startled, thinking that he was in trouble with something, so he jumped out of the ditch in a hurry, knelt on the ground, and went to Hades. Sincere prayer.

Soon, the news spread.

After hearing the news, the captain of the reserve team had more military experience. Seeing this strange phenomenon, he immediately felt uneasy. He immediately asked the soldiers to keep quiet, and then carefully jumped into the trench, keeping his ears close to the soil and constantly sinking. The place where I listened carefully, I heard the sound of digging coming from below.

He immediately came to report.

The place of the accident was not far from the North City Gate. After Amintas and his party arrived in a hurry, he personally climbed down the ditch and confirmed the situation reported by the reserve team captain. scolded: “Cunning Carthaginians!”

He really did not expect that the Carthaginians were building inner walls and building mountains of earth, posing as if they were going to attack the city of Serinus on the ground, but they were digging tunnels secretly, wanting to attack Serinus. city!

Amyntas was completely kept in the dark. Of course, one of the reasons was that after the Carthaginians built the inner wall, they cut off the observation of the Carthaginian camp by the Dionysian defenders on the top of the city. Movement of the Carthaginians in the camp.

“Lord Legionnaire, the Carthaginians may have dug more than this tunnel!” Calsidis stepped forward and reminded in a low voice.

Amintas nodded and ordered immediately: Let all soldiers stop digging trenches, and the mountain reconnaissance team led the light armour brigade to use the trenches built in the inner city to carefully explore whether there are other tunnels.

After a while, the captain of the mountain reconnaissance team came to report that they had also discovered that the Carthaginians were digging tunnels under the east and west city walls.

Although Amintas and others were psychologically prepared, they were still a little shocked when they heard the news. Adjutant Aristonos even speculated: “It seems that the soil that the Carthaginians built these three mountains came from. Digging the soil of the tunnels is really cunning!”

Amyntas’ face was ashen at the moment, and he gave the order sharply: “Hurry up and call the engineers and let them carefully survey the site and estimate the tunnels dug by the Carthaginians. The direction and depth, and then design a tunnel we want to excavate, which can quickly access the Carthaginian tunnel, and then” Amintas waved his hand vigorously: “Destroy all the Carthaginians in the tunnel!” The

command Immediately executed, the engineer determined the route, the reserve soldiers were responsible for the excavation, and the three detachments of the First Corps were responsible for killing the enemy.

Thousands of soldiers dug with all their might, and soon the tunnel was connected, and the legionnaires who were ready rushed into the tunnel immediately.

The Carthaginian soldiers were caught off guard. In order to excavate, they did not wear armor or carry weapons at all. As a result, they were slaughtered, and the Carthaginians who were responsible for transporting soil in the rear fled back in panic.

The legionnaires did not continue to pursue, but retreated to the rear, allowing the reserve soldiers to come in and block the tunnel.

After a while at the beginning, the fully armed Carthaginian soldiers rushed in along the tunnel.

The legionnaires quickly stepped forward to meet the enemy.

As a result, Carthage and Dionia were still engaged in intermittent long-range mutual attacks on the ground, but they were engaged in bloody frontal fights under the ground.

This kind of fighting continued throughout the day, and both sides kept sending soldiers into the tunnel.

In the narrow tunnel, the superior force cannot be deployed, and more depends on the individual ability of the soldier. In this regard, the superb stabbing technique of the Dionysian First Army soldiers is obviously stronger than that of the opponent, coupled with the narrow tunnel It is more suitable for short weapons to play, so Dionian soldiers obviously have an advantage in the fight.

Based on this, Amintas did not hesitate to send the various teams of the First Army to the field.

The Carthaginian army was not without soldiers who were good at making short swords. The Celtic warriors of Lusitania and northern Iberia were masters among them, but when Margo asked them to participate in this battle, these mountain races The leader firmly refused, claiming that their warriors were accustomed to standing on solid ground and fighting valiantly against the enemy in the scorching sun, and hated burrowing into the dark, damp underground like mice.

When the Carthaginian soldiers, the Phoenician soldiers whom Margo relied on, and the southern Iberian soldiers were defeated again and again from the tunnels, he finally realized that, in addition to the natives of Iberia, the main force he relied on might be It is not weaker than the opponent in frontal combat, but is obviously weaker than the opponent in the battle in a small space that relies more on personal ability.