Vol 8 Chapter 38: Dionys vs Rome (7)

Thinking again and again, Camilos finally made up his mind: first defeat the enemy in front, and then retreat!
Now that he had made a decision, Camillas immediately took action. He sent a commander to convey his orders: Ask the Roman army to face the incoming enemy and immediately follow the three-line formation. A total of ten Roman squadrons composed of young soldiers formed the top line, with 1,200 people; in the midline array behind them, there were six squadrons composed of six senior soldiers, totaling 660; the last column was composed of The six veteran squadrons are also composed of 660 people. This road alone has a total of 2,500 multiple infantry. In the left and right wings, he also arrays in the same way.
The Romans have been fighting for new tactics for ten years. They are very familiar with this. Together with the squadrons that have been arranged on the basis of the squadron, they only need to be squadrons. The small squares formed are interspersed, close, and spliced, and it takes a long time to form a huge three-line array stretching one mile.
Camilles brought a total of 9,000 troops, all heavy infantry, a total of 75 squadrons, plus three trapped squadrons, a total of 78 squadrons, including 40 young squadrons and 25 young soldiers. Squadron and 13 veteran squadrons. In the array, the number of veteran squadrons is not enough, he will replace the squadron with the young soldiers. When the array was completed, a total of 7,600 Roman heavy infantry were invested.
At this time, he also had 12 squadrons, most of whom were young soldiers. He arranged them in the fourth column behind him. As a reserve team, he also guarded the wounded soldiers while also taking care of Dai Ao in the rear. Nigerian cavalry and light infantry.
He placed the remaining 500 Roman cavalry on the rear sides of the array, and placed more than 1,500 light infantry among the fourth reserve teams, mainly to guard against the other cavalry and light infantry.
At the same time as the Romans deployed, the progress of the first legion of the Dionynia was slowing down. At 200 meters from the enemy, the entire army stopped moving forward and quickly adjusted according to the array of the other party.
Amintas placed the first, second and third battalions at the forefront, placing the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions behind, and the length of the entire formation was similar to that of the Romans.
The two sides have almost completed the array at the same time.
At a distance of 200 meters, both soldiers were staring intently and looking at each other.
The ordinary soldiers of Dionia are black, wearing a bowl-shaped hooded helmet with a cheek, a crown on the helmet, some without a brim, and some with more or less black bristle. (This is based on the Legion. The length of service of the soldiers depends on the longer the age and the denser the hat, which is the veteran, most of whom are small captains. They wear a black single-layered linen breastplate with a layer of chain mail (this is the establishment of the kingdom). After that, the gradually implemented changes, compared with the original multi-layer glued linen breastplate, the weight is almost the same, but increased the hardness of the defense, and easy to detach during the march), under the legs is the black leather armor, the foot wears the leather Sandals, holding a half-man high-convex long shield on the left, a two-meter-long lancet in the right hand, a sharp dagger in the waist, and two javelins in the back.
The Roman soldiers were also wearing a cheek-covered helmet. Two colored feathers were inserted on both sides of the top of the helmet. The middle of the helmet was a squadron captain with a stable red cap. The soldiers wore red short-sleeved linings and jacketed armor. Only the squadron leader was wearing a bronze breastplate, the calf was covered with bronze armor, the feet were wearing leather sandals, the left hand was holding a half-man high-convex long shield, and the right hand was two. Mi spear, waist and short sword.
In the Roman array, in addition to the left, middle and right wing flags, each of them held a red flag with embroidered wings and eagle, and no other flags. In the military array of Dionia, the team flag, the company flag, and the flag of the brigade are distributed in various small squares. The banner of the central army is waving in the wind, and the statue of the on the top of the flag shines. Like the stars in the night sky, you are beautiful.
After the two sides were arrayed, the whole battlefield was half black and half red. The soldiers on both sides stood like mighty statues. The spears in their hands were arranged in dense forests, and the shields erected were long walls...
Both sides remain silent, but the murderousness that permeates the battlefield is dispelling the dust and fog...
Amintas, who has always been brave and attacked, did not immediately issue an offensive command. On the one hand, he wants to let the soldiers who have come all the way to take a breather and recover their strength; on the other hand, he also wants to delay the time and wait for the Wolsey people to come. After all, compared with the other side, The First Corps has thousands of people in the number of heavy infantry, and the other can quickly arrange a similar formation to Diony. He feels that this opponent is very different from the previous enemy, so the action is more cautious.
But he can wait, but Camillaus can't wait. He can roughly guess the reason why the Dionysian army pursued here but stopped moving forward. Therefore, after he waited for the Roman soldiers to form and stabilize, they immediately issued an order: "All the army attack!"
"Hey!..." The military number rang.
The Roman soldiers put their shields on the spears and marched forward. The four fronts basically maintained a neat array, pressing against the Dionysian army.
Camilles rode on the back of the array and from time to time looked back at the Dionysian cavalry that was cruising behind the wings of the Roman Army.
At this time, Ledes had already rushed to the side of Amintas.
"Working hard, old friend!" Amintas nodded thanks.
"In order to block the Romans, my army has paid more than 300 deaths and injuries!" Ledes said with a dignified expression.
Amintas was silent for a while and asked: "Can your cavalry fight again?"
Ledes shook his head: "The horses are running back and forth, they are very tired, and the cavalry's javelin has been used up. Now it needs to restore horsepower. When the Romans retreat, they can be used again. But... you This enemy is not easy to face!"
"Reassure, the Romans want to defeat the teacher with the tactics of stealing from us. It can only be a joke!" Amintas said with confidence as he watched the war ahead. If Davers heard this, he might feel a bit ashamed.
Ledes looked at the only reserve team consisting of a light armored squad, and he was slightly upset, but he didn't talk anymore.
The company’s leading company leader, Steve Loss (the adopted son of Amintas), clearly saw the Roman soldiers in front of them moving to a distance of 50 meters and stopped. His eyes shrank slightly and shouted: "Brothers, javelin ready!"
"Javelin preparation!..." The shouts of the officers of the Dionysian squadrons came one after another.
The soldiers have already placed a javelin in their hands.
"Malls!!!..." The roaring roar of the Roman army, the 20-year-old Roman youth soldiers who are worthy of their strength, even after they have just traveled, are still full of energy and they are striding. , charge forward.
Steve Loss looked carefully. The Romans did not slant the long shield to the top. Obviously they did not understand the characteristics of the Diaonian heavy infantry fighting, and his face was sneer.
With the pace of the pace, the speed of the Roman soldiers' assault is rapidly accelerating, creating a strong momentum that is going forward.
The soldiers of the First Army of Daionia stood like a mountain and were unmoved.
Until the Romans had already approached a distance of 30 meters, "Javelin!..." In the shouts of the team officers, Dionya’s front and rear two-line arrays simultaneously shot the javelin in the hand, and the battlefield was like a scraping The hurricane of the stock, the forefront of the former Roman youths, came to an abrupt end, the intensive heavy javelin leaped more than 20 meters away, fell into the ranks of the ten columns of the Roman Youth Corps, easily penetrated their Lock the armor and tie them to the ground. The heavy javelin on the wooden shield is deeply embedded in the shield, and the spear is bent and dragged to the ground.
At this time, most of the Roman youths with insufficient combat experience did not continue to charge forward, but subconsciously set off the teammates struggling on the ground or wanted to pull the javelin on the long shield, which was cast for the soldiers of the Dionia. The second round of javelin provided sufficient time for preparation, so when the second round of javelin was thrown out, the fallen Roman soldiers were more ~EbookFREE.me~ always looking cool and wise in the battle, Camilles In the battle scene, I screamed a few times. He never expected that the Diaonian heavy infantry could even throw a javelin, and the unguarded Roman youths suffered a lot. Of course, what he wouldn't think of is that the "heavy infantry before the war," this is a characteristic tactic of the Roman legion, but in the past history, this tactic was established because in the war between Rome and the Samonet, The Samonais, who were good at using javelin, let the Romans suffer a lot. They began to learn from their opponents and improved their tactics. The Roman heavy infantry, who was almost a single unit, had a medium-range strike ability.
Just as the Romans were suddenly hit and temporarily in chaos, all the flags in the Dionysian army were pointing forward. The soldiers shouted the name "Hades" and fiercely rushed to the enemy.
"Battle! Fight!..." The uninjured Roman squadron leader and the captains shouted and took the lead to the forefront to fill the broken line gap. The young soldiers in the back row did not hesitate to rush to the front. They have to avenge their injured comrades.
But Rome's front line array has not been refilled, and the Dionian soldiers' charge has arrived.
The left, middle and right front forces of the two sides have collided one after another. Although the thickness of the first-line units of both sides is ten, it is compared with the first, second and third battalions of the first leg of the Dionynia. The Roman youth soldiers who had just suffered from javelin strikes and broken formations apparently could not compete against them.