Chapter 38 Dionia vs Rome (7)

After thinking about it again and again, Camelus finally made up his mind: first defeat the enemy in front of him, and then retreat!

Now that the decision had been made, Camelus acted immediately, and he dispatched a messenger to convey his order: the Roman army was to be immediately arranged in three-line formation in the face of the incoming enemy. There are ten Roman squadrons composed of young soldiers, forming the front line of 1,200 people; in the middle line array behind them, there are six Roman squadrons composed of young soldiers, a total of 660 people; and the last column is composed of There are six veteran squadrons, which are also 660 people. The middle road alone is equipped with a total of 2,500 multiple infantry. And on the left and right flanks, he lined up in the same way.

The Romans have been fighting for the past ten years according to new tactics, which they are very familiar with, plus they have already arranged the formation on the basis of squadrons, so they only need to make each squadron. The formed small square arrays were interspersed, moved closer, and spliced ​​together, and it didn't take long to form a huge three-line array that stretched for a mile.

The army brought by Camillous has a total of 9,000 people, all heavy infantry, a total of 75 squadrons, plus the three trapped squadrons, a total of 78 squadrons, of which there are 40 squadrons of young soldiers and 25 of the aged soldiers. Squadron and 13 Veteran Squadrons. In the formation, the number of veteran squadrons was insufficient, and he replaced them with squadrons of senior soldiers. When the formation was completed, a total of 7,600 Roman heavy infantry were put in.

At this time, he still has 12 squadrons under his command, most of which are composed of young soldiers. He arranged them in the fourth column behind him as a reserve team. While guarding the wounded, he also took into account the protection of Dio who was cruising in the rear. Nian cavalry and light infantry.

He then arranged the remaining more than 500 Roman cavalry on both sides of the rear of the array, and distributed more than 1,500 light infantry between the fourth row of reserves, mainly to guard against the opponent's cavalry and light infantry.

While the Romans were setting up the formation, the advance of the Dionysian First Army was slowing down. When it was 200 meters away from the enemy, the entire army stopped advancing, and quickly adjusted according to the opponent's array arrangement.

Armintas put the first, second, and third brigades in the front, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth brigades in the back, and the length of the entire formation was almost the same as that of the Romans.

The two sides finished their formation almost at the same time.

At a distance of 200 meters, the soldiers on both sides were staring at each other curiously and looking at each other.

The common Dionian soldiers were dressed in black and wore bowl-shaped hooded helmets with cheek guards and crowns, some without tassel, and some with more or less black tassel, (according to the Legion's Soldiers are determined by their length of service. The longer the number of years and the denser the cap, they are veterans, and most of them are captains), wearing a black single-layer linen breastplate and a layer of chain mail (this is the establishment of the kingdom. Later, changes were gradually implemented. Compared with the original multi-layer glued linen breastplate, the weight is almost the same, but it increases the hardness of defense, and it is easy to take off when marching), black leather greaves under the legs, and leather feet. Sandals, holding a half-human-high convex long shield in the left, a two-meter-long stab in the right, a sharp dagger on the waist, and two javelins in the back.

The Roman soldiers also wore helmets with cheek guards and tops, with two colored feathers on both sides of the helmet, and the squadron captain with a horsehair-style red tassel in the middle. Soldiers wear red short-sleeved linings and coats of chain mail. Only the squadron leader is wearing a bronze breastplate, bronze greaves over his calves, leather sandals, and a half-human high convex long shield in his left hand, and two in his right hand. Rice spear, dagger on the waist.

in the Romans,

Except for the flag-bearers on the left, center, and right wings, each holding a red military flag embroidered with an eagle spreading its wings, there are no other flags. In Dionia's army formation, detachment flags, company flags, and brigade flags were distributed in small squares in an orderly manner, fluttering in the wind around the central legion flag. Like the stars in the night sky, it is really beautiful.

After the two sides lined up, the entire battlefield was half black and half red. The soldiers on both sides stood like mighty statues. The spears in their hands were arranged in a dense forest, and the shields erected were towering long walls...

Both sides remained silent, but the thick murderous aura that permeated the battlefield was dispelling the pervading dust and fog...

Amintas, who has always been aggressive and brave, did not immediately issue an order to attack. On the one hand, he wanted to let the soldiers who had come all the way to take a breather and regain their strength; on the other hand, he also wanted to delay a little longer and wait for the Wolsey people to arrive. After all, compared with the other party, The number of heavy infantry in the First Corps was reduced by several thousand, and the opponent could quickly arrange a formation similar to Dionia. He felt that this opponent was very different from the previous enemies, so he acted more cautious.

But he could wait, but Camelus couldn't. He could roughly guess why the Dionian army had pursued here, but stopped advancing. Therefore, after waiting for the Roman soldiers to form and stabilize, he immediately gave the order: "All troops attack!"

"Wow!..." The bugle chirped.

The Roman soldiers carried their shields and spears and moved forward slowly. The four fronts basically maintained a relatively neat array and pressed towards the Dionysian army.

Camelus rode behind the center of the formation, occasionally looking back at the Dionian cavalry cruising behind the flanks of the Roman formation.

At this time, Ryders had already rode to Amintas' side.

"Good work, old friend!" Amintas nodded in thanks.

"In order to stop the Romans, my legion paid more than 300 casualties!" Ryders said with a solemn expression.

Amyntas was silent for a while, then asked, "Can your cavalry fight again?"

Ryders shook his head: "The horses are running back and forth, they are very tired, and the cavalry's javelin has been used up, and now they need to restore their horsepower. When the Romans retreat, they can be used again. But... what you have Facing this enemy is not easy!"

"Don't worry, the Romans want to use the tactics they stole from us to defeat the teacher. That can only be a joke!" Amintas said confidently while watching the battle ahead. If Davos heard this, he might feel a little ashamed.

Ryders glanced at the only reserve team of light armoured soldiers behind him, feeling a little uneasy, but he didn't speak any further.

The company captain Steveros (the adopted son of Amyntas), who led the company in the front row, clearly saw that the Roman soldiers in front were marching to a distance of 50 meters, and stopped one after another. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted loudly: "Brothers, prepare the javelin!"

"Javelin preparation!..." The shouts of the squadron officers of the Dionysian Army came one after another.

The soldiers had already held javelins in their hands.

"Mars!!!..." The Roman army let out an earth-shattering roar. The strong young Roman soldiers in their 20s were still full of energy even after running around, and they took great strides. , charge forward.

Stephlos looked carefully. The Romans did not put the long shield on top. Obviously, they did not understand the characteristics of Dionysian heavy infantry fighting. A sneer appeared on his face.

As the pace opened, the speed of the Roman soldier's charge was rapidly accelerating, creating an indomitable momentum.

The soldiers of the Dionian First Legion stood like a mountain, unmoved.

Until the Romans had rushed to a distance of nearly 30 meters, "Javelin!..." In the shouts of the team officers, Dionia's front and rear arrays threw the javelin in their hands at the same time, and the battlefield seemed to blow up. A hurricane, the advance of the Roman youth soldiers in the charge came to an end, and the dense javelin flew over a distance of more than 20 meters and fell into the ten columns of Roman youth soldiers, easily penetrating their Chainmail, pinning them to the ground. The heavy javelin smashed on the wooden shield was deeply embedded in the shield surface, and the spear tip was bent and dragged to the ground.

At this time, most of the young Roman soldiers with little combat experience did not continue to charge forward, but subconsciously pulled up teammates who were struggling on the ground or wanted to pull out the javelin on the long shield. The second round of javelins provided sufficient preparation time, so more Roman soldiers fell when the second round of javelins was thrown.

Camelus, who has always been calm and wise in battle, cried out several times in distress when he saw the scene of the battlefield. He never imagined that the Dionian heavy infantry could throw javelins, and the unsuspecting young Roman soldiers suffered a lot. Of course, what he would not have thought was that "heavy infantry before the battle with tender guns" was a characteristic tactic of the Roman legionary, but in the history of the previous life, this tactic was established because in the war between Rome and the Samonais, The Samonais, who were good at using javelins, made the Romans suffer a lot. They began to learn from their opponents and improved their tactics, so that the Roman heavy infantry, which was almost a single arm, had the ability to strike at medium range.

Just when the Romans were suddenly attacked and temporarily plunged into chaos, all the flags in the Dionysian army pointed in front of the soldiers, shouting the name of "Hades", and fiercely rushed towards the enemy.

"Fight! Fight!..." The uninjured Roman squadron leaders and squad leaders shouted as they took the lead in rushing to the forefront to fill the gaps in the broken front line. The young soldiers in the back row also rushed to the front without hesitation. , they want to avenge their wounded comrades.

But before Rome's front-line array could be refilled, the charge of the Dionian soldiers had already arrived.

The front-line troops of the left, center and right flanks of both sides collided successively. Although the thickness of the front-line troops on both sides was ten columns, compared with the first, second, and third teams of the Dionysian First Corps, which were fully staffed, The Roman youth army, which had just been hit by the javelin and was broken in formation, was obviously unable to confront it in terms of strength.