Vol 5 Chapter 7: Trionto River Battle (5)

The free people of Dionia are different. They come from various places, rushing for their livelihood, and developing a habit of self-interest. Even before becoming a pre-Citizen of Diaonia, most people have not been heavily trained in infantry since childhood. Have not been on the battlefield, more than half a year of intensive training can not completely eliminate the habits that have been developed for a long time. When the enemy's stab gun poked to the right chest, he should have been handed over to his teammates to defend himself. He used a stab gun to fight back, forcing the other party to return to the defense and relieve his own pressure. However, due to the instinctive reaction, he received the shield and returned. Let the half body of the teammates be exposed to the enemy's thorn gun... This kind of vicious circle leads everyone to take care of themselves, so that the front line is no longer close, not only can not effectively promote the force, but also let gram The Rotonets squeezed in from the gaps and used their personal abilities to further disrupt the Dionysian front.
The first legion of the Dionysian army was the most veteran and most combative legion. It had four veterans of the brigade, but was recruited by a large number of veterans to serve as the officers of the three legions, and Daves took another 300 veterans were used as reserve teams, which forced them to replenish a large number of recruits, resulting in a sharp decline in combat effectiveness. In the case of occupying a favorable position and grabbing the first move in the first battle, no one took the opportunity to take all the opposing enemies to the river. Instead, After a long period of time, I started to slowly retreat under the crazy counterattack of the Crotones...
The team of Alcinis is in the second column of the front line. The soldiers in the front row have fallen down several times. He called out loudly and commanded the soldiers to join forces to drive out the enemies and refill the gap. The long battle made his arms sore and uncomfortable, and the commanding of these ignorant new recruits made him more difficult, but the fierce eyes shot from the enemy helmet in the face reminded him: fighting! keep fighting! Otherwise, he can only meet him with failure and death!
"Leading your soldiers to fight bravely and win is the responsibility of the captain!" This is his original captain, who is now the captain of the team, when he congratulated him on his appointment as a captain. He always remembers it. He shouted the name of each soldier and set an example with a brave but flexible battle to remind and teach his men how to apply the skills learned on the training ground to the battle of life and death.
In the most difficult moments of the battle, these low-level team officers of Dionia played an important role in the mainstay.
In heavy infantry, Diaonia is at a disadvantage; in light infantry, Diaonia has the upper hand. Not only are there more than a thousand light infantry, but more than half are veterans from Asia Minor. The three light infantry units are owned: the stone throwers, the archers, and the light shields are all from the famous light infantry producing areas of the Mediterranean, Rhode Island. Ritter Island, Thrace, and 岂 are not able to fight against Crotone, who is not using light infantry. Even with the heavy infantry between the two sides, Crotone's light infantry was killed by the arrows and stones that were accurately thrown, and forced to retreat.
Once the protection of the light infantry weakened, the rear of the Crotone inner infantry squadron was attacked by the Danish light infantry. It stands to reason that these soldiers in the back of the square have not participated in the killing, and should be energetic. On the contrary, most of them are soaked in river water for a long time. The river in early spring is cold and bitter, taking away a lot of heat from them, making them hungry and exhausted. Therefore, in the face of the enemy's long-range strike, their reaction has become somewhat sluggish. If the protection of the heavy infantry is not good enough, the casualties are absolutely heavy.
Because both sides have their own difficulties and each has its own advantages, it has always been inconsistent and has struggled.
Milon is not in a hurry to face this situation, can hold on to it, has reached his goal. The key to Crotone's victory came from the more than 7,000 people who had returned from the lower Trierto River. He firmly believed that the final victory must belong to Crotone.
The same idea was held by Dionysian Dave, but he had already received a report from the Ryders cavalry: the troops in Crotone, downstream of the Trito River, were either annihilated or surrendered, no longer Existence, Ledes, Epiphanes, they will take the army to take a break, then they will cross the Trito River and attack the back of the Crotone army.
Davers completely let go of his heart, watching the next horse Torres scratching his head and looking depressed, he couldn't help but jokingly said: "Matonis, is your scalp itchy?"
"Commander!" Mattonis complained loudly: "The last time I took Niutum, we didn't get a squad and missed the triumph! This time I was caught by you as the reserve captain. I’m going to win soon, I’m still busy here, it’s too unfair!

Davers laughed: "Don't worry, you should be there soon."
As he said, he issued an order: "Blow the order of the formation, let the soldiers of the front line retreat, and the second-line soldiers go up!"
"Commander, we are almost victorious, why do we have to make a great transformation? They are mostly recruits, and if something goes wrong, it will cause the entire phalanx-"Matonis is eager to fight, but He does not want to see the league fail.
"The formation we have been training for so long has never been used in actual combat. Now it is going to be successful. At this time, we will not accumulate experience and wait until when!" Daves said seriously: "Why let's withdraw, Just to lure all the enemies to the river bank, it is even more difficult for them to escape. Martinis, you have been a recruit instructor, and you have to be confident in the long-term training of the soldiers and the command of the team officers!"
"You are the commander, you have the final say! Next, is it our turn to go to the battlefield?!" Matones no longer struggles with this problem, but volunteers to fight.
"Through your men, rush to the right wing of the square, just in the combination of the Second Army and the three reserve battalions. In case, the rush of the enemy makes them confuse, you need to rush in time to block the enemy's attack, for the soldiers. We regroup and win time!"
"Understood, I will go! Brothers!-" Mattonis cheered and began to shout.
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Alsini led the soldiers to fight the enemy.
At this time, the rear military code sounded, which made him feel refreshed. When the second time sounded, he heard it, and it was the sound of "formation conversion."
"Brothers, hold on! Soon we can rest!" The frontline team officers, like Alsinis, loudly reminded the soldiers.
At this time, the second-line array quickly took the company as a unit, one company did not move in place, and its adjacent company had to retreat... After a while, the entire phalanx changed from the original dense long snake array to one company. The patchwork formed by the small squares has a "checkerboard" formation (ie, a fish scale). Because the soldiers in the entire phalanx did not have the support of the soldiers of the rear, under the pressure of the enemy, they also began to retreat under the command of the company drums and the flag... Finally, they were quickly evacuated between the gaps of the rear "checkerboard". rear.
The drums of the company where Alcini was not playing did not sound. He knew that his company's company was not very lucky. The company in the back row did not withdraw first, so they could not retreat temporarily.
At this time, the captain Krupps shouted: "Brothers, protect our flank!"
With the retreat of the neighboring company, the enemy flocked in. As the front row of the Dionysian squadron did not retreat as a whole, Crotone's offensive array became uneven, and the front lines of the two sides formed a staggered trend. The company in which Alsini is located is under the pressure of being surrounded by three sides, and the enemies that can flow into the gap are also in such a situation, but the Dionysian troops are prepared to retreat, and every small square that is connected with the enemy short-armed forces is in Under the strong control of the captain, Crotone is unprepared and disorderly~EbookFREE.me~ Although Dionia is retreating, Crotone does not seize this opportunity to wear Onia caused more damage and confusion.
At this time, the drums of the company rang, and the 20×10 square formed by the four detachments began to slowly retreat with the central flag and began to slowly retreat... Arsini used shield spears. Defending the enemy's attack, while the rear company's retreat, the company they belonged to began to retreat in an orderly manner. When the rear company stopped, Alsinis had been able to withdraw from the gap between the staggered company squares... After several rounds of retreat, the first line of soldiers successfully retreated to the rear, and the second line of soldiers re-returned. Arranged into dense formations and become the forefront of chatting the entire square.
The reason why the formation was smoothly converted, there was no big confusion, and the fear of Davers did not become a reality, mainly because the Crotones had never seen a military who dared to fight in a fierce battle. The bold and peculiar array of front and rear conversions failed to take effective countermeasures in a timely manner. Secondly, when fighting in a dense formation, the Crotone inner army was stronger than the new recruits in Dionia, but once the array was converted, both sides When the dense formations were all split into a small block and a small block of small squares, Diaonia’s long-term targeted training with detachment and company as a tactical unit played a role. Their command was more efficient and their operations were more flexible. In contrast, Crotone's operations and training are dominated by large squares. The command system is rough. The soldiers flocked into a gap and lost their effective command. They were caught in chaos and could only fight each other. In bad situation.
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Milon, who was soaked in the river, first heard the sound of the enemy's horn sounding into a piece, and his heart was still wondering, and then the array that had been dead for a long time began to move forward...