Chapter 336 Tunnel Warfare

Amyntas was stunned for a moment. He heard this good idea just now, 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 walls with taut fishing nets, or also fill in enough dirt between the wooden frames...

In addition, since the city wall is made of wood, can we first let the engineering battalion make the frame in the city, like the outposts that we usually use to build the camp, and when the construction of the Carthaginian soil mountain is completed, we Then move the frame of the wooden city wall to the city wall and quickly build it, and then condescend to suppress the Carthaginians, suddenly killing the Carthaginian light infantry on the mountain, making the Carthaginians spend so much time building the mountain in vain. If they want to regain the initiative, they will have to re-build a larger foundation to build a higher mountain, which will take more time..."

"Good idea! It's really a good idea!" Amintas laughed hahaha: "I can't wait to see the Carthaginian complacent, but suddenly disappointed and disappointed. Aris Tonos, you immediately call the engineers of the engineering battalion and ask them to survey the city wall, and then follow the suggestion of Kalsidis to make such a wooden city wall for me to resist the Carthaginians. attack!"

"Yes, Lord Commander." Aristonos immediately turned to go 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 hurts to hit the breastplate...

Soon, the long and orderly long dragon lined up by the Carthaginians became chaotic. The soldiers threw down wooden baskets, screaming and jumping to avoid the constantly flying lead pellets, regardless of the team officer's obstruction. flee back.

The slingers' attack paid off.

But it didn't take long for the Dionian soldiers at the head of the city to shout in panic: "Be careful! Flying stones!..."

Amyntas saw countless tiny black dots flying out of the inner wall of the Carthaginian camp a hundred meters in front of him.

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.

Amidst a groan of pain, Amintas gritted his teeth: "It must be the slinger of the Balearic!"

After the main army landed in Sicily,

Leotides once mentioned to Davos and other high-ranking generals of Dionia that Carthage had thousands of Balearic slingers, and Amyntas, the only one with slingers, also asked with concern at the time. How the opponent's fighting power is, I didn't expect to experience it 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 accumulating mountains of dirt again.

Just then, he heard someone shouting: "General Karsidis! General Karsidis!..."

He stared at the person who was shouting, vaguely remembering that he seemed to be the captain of a reserve team, and immediately shouted angrily: "What are you shouting! What's the matter?!"

The brigade captain came to the city in a hurry, and before he had time to report the situation to Karsidis, he was reprimanded by Amyntas. Seeing Amyntas' angry face, he immediately remembered the rumors about him, and suddenly felt panic.

"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!"

Amyntas and those around him were taken aback.

"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 widely.

After hearing the news, the captain of the reserve team had more military experience. Seeing this strange phenomenon, he immediately felt uneasy. He immediately told 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 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!" Calcidis 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 into the earth is really cunning!"

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

The order was immediately carried out, 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 immediately rushed into the tunnel.

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 intermittently engaged in long-range mutual attacks on the ground, but they were engaged in bloody frontal fights under the ground.

This fight continued throughout the day, with both sides 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 soldiers in southern Iberia 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 it is obviously weaker than the opponent in the battle in a small space that relies more on personal ability.