Vol 8 Chapter 278: Gun attack and defense

Not only did it build a small fortress in just three months, but it also built a new military camp not far from the north of Leo Tiny.

The fortress of Paragogna is not a river fortress, it is only used to charge cards. It is a real defensive fortress.

A 5m wide, 5m deep trench surrounds Paragoria, and the bottom of the ditch is covered with pointed wooden stakes. The sides of the ditch are covered with densely packed deer, which makes the siege equipment want to reach the city and become quite difficult.

Although the outer wall is only 4 meters high, its structure is from earth to stone, stone, stone and cement. It is not only thick and solid, but also the city wall is smooth and flat, there is no obvious gap, and the wall is covered with thick lime. Powder, this is not for the sake of beauty, but has a certain tactical effect. The white wall will reflect in the sunlight, affecting the attacking soldiers, and it will make the ants attach to the city more difficult, and also reduce the stone. The impact of the bomb on the wall.

The circular outer wall can make the defenders better concentrate their defenses, and it can also make the reinforcements dispatched in the city more convenient to reach the city.

Every other section of the city wall, there is a circular wall tower protruding from the wall. It can strengthen the side attacking of the enemies under the city or the enemy of the ants, and the circular wall can also weaken the impact of external forces. .

The walkway of the city is not narrow, and the top of the wall tower connected to it is more spacious. There is a cannon and a belly bow placed side by side at the top of each wall tower. There are several boxes of stone and iron pieces on the ground. There are still many defending soldiers on the edge of the city, and they are not crowded.

Leo Tizides concentrated all the cannons and belly bows in the Katana military camp in Paragonia, not only on the wall tower of the outer wall, but also on the roof of the tower in the center of the city. The tower, which is more than 6 meters high, is also a circular building with a diameter of 50 meters. Not only is there a number of rifles and abdomen bows placed on the top of the tower, but also a large number of soldiers can be deployed. They have the protection of the battlements and can be condescending. Attack on the outer wall or enter the enemy in the city. There are also multiple windows under the tower, which can also be used by soldiers to attack enemies under the tower.

What Marco did not see was that between the outer wall and the central tower, there was a wall that was as high as the outer wall, which surrounded the central tower. Once the outer wall was broken by the Carthage, the Dionian defenders You can quickly retreat to the second wall for defense. If the Carthaginians think that they have captured the outer wall and can capture Paragonia, they will relax their vigilance and will undoubtedly suffer a big loss.

The captain who spoke to the soldiers who manipulated the guns on the wall was the commander responsible for defending Paragonia. He was called Tyminides, the Rocky, the first brigade of the Seventh Corps, and took over. It didn’t take long for the fortress to be seen. The fortress that was only accessible during training was actually used for actual combat, and the fortress was bigger and the facilities were more complete. He was very excited and confident in defending Paragonha. These days, the soldiers of the Seventh Army have been familiar with the structure and facilities of the fortress so that they will not be in a hurry in the battle.

There are nearly 4,000 soldiers in the fortress today, namely the Seventh Army's First Heavy Infantry Brigade, the Seventh Light Infantry Brigade, and one Sicilian army heavy infantry reserve brigade and light infantry reserve brigade. A total of 2,000 heavy infantry, 2000 Light infantry (excluding artillery units, medical camps). Taiminides believes that the number of soldiers and the ratio of troops to the defenders is just right for this small fortress.

Although there are four big captains in the fortress, Taiminides is the first to come, but the first captain of the official legion is higher than the other captains of the same legion, usually the head of the future army, according to "Dae The provisions of the Nigerian Military Law "In the battle, if the head of the army is unfortunately killed, the first captain will be responsible for acting as the head of the army." Therefore, the other three captains are more respectful to him, and he can prohibit the order in the fortress.

Taiminides went along the city walkway, inspected the soldiers' defense work, and chatted with them from time to time. The main object of the conversation was the Sicilian soldiers. The purpose was not only to understand their status, but also to make these Sicilian wear. The Ionian civic is familiar with his commander and will be able to command the battle in the future.

The Lockley soldiers of the Seventh Army were serious, hard-working, but introverted. Only Tingendides was an exception. He was outgoing and very friendly. He was good at merging with the soldiers. This is why Breu sent him to Pa One of the reasons Lagonia served as a commander because he was able to pinch the soldiers of Rocky and Sicily very well.

"The captain, the enemy may have to attack!" Some soldiers pointed out outside the city and said loudly.

"That's great! The Carthaginians are ready to give us credit!" Taiminides said with a smile.

The soldiers around were also smirking, their faces were full of excitement, and the tension in their hearts dissipated in laughter.

The team officers began to urge them to prepare for the defense, and Teminides also stood in the battlements and carefully observed the situation of the Carthaginians.

Apparently the Carthaginians have realized that they can no longer follow the previous method, under the long-range attack of the defenders in the city, directly sent a large number of soldiers to clean the ground, and always approached the city, so Ma Ge let the engineers make in advance With dozens of archers, Carthage soldiers lined them up to form a wooden wall and began to advance down the city. His plan was to keep the arrow guards going forward, and the Numidian soldiers would follow the ground and fill the road.

But things are not so easy. It didn't take long. It wasn't that the strollers' legs and feet were stabbed by wooden thorns and iron hooks buried in the ground, that is, the archery car fell into the trap and could not move forward. The "wooden wall" was very It’s almost gone, it’s not formed at all.

On the head of the city, Dionya’s rifle and abdomen bow also began to spread. The stone bomb hit the arrow car, and the broken wood chips flew around, becoming the nightmare of the soldiers around, and the archery that claimed to block the arrow was facing the disease. When the thick iron arrow flew, not only the thick wooden board was broken into a big hole, but the iron arrow that had not been exhausted could nail the soldiers of the rear cart to the ground, and it was deadly... not only the cart. The soldiers, including the soldiers who were preparing to fill the ground, were all scared and chilled, and fled back, leaving only the wounded soldiers to struggle in the same place.

Marge was unwilling, and ordered the army to launch the rifle and suppress the guns in the city.

However, Deonia's smash guns occupy a high position and have a longer range than the other side. Therefore, the Carthage rifle has not been advanced to the proper position, and has been subjected to continuous attacks by the dynasty guns, and they are often three Four planes bombard one, which increases the hit rate.

When Marco was stunned, he pushed all the rifles out and let them spread completely. It was spread out on the outskirts of the northern part of the city of Paragonia. He wanted to reduce Dyoni by the number and angle deviation. The threat of the Aachen gun has gained certain advantages.

But then he was surprised to see that not only the stone bombs were fired from the towers of the semi-circular walls in the north, but the stone towers in the central tower of the city began to launch. After a while, more than a dozen stone bombs were launched from the semi-circular wall in the south, and the entire city fell near the Carthage guns. The accuracy rate was not low.

This was a large-scale battle of guns, which made the soldiers on both sides frightened and stunned. At the same time, they also had an eye addiction. However, dozens of stone bullets roared in the air, and the intertwined thrilling images only lasted for more than 10 minutes. In the Taiji army, nine artillery pieces were destroyed and dozens of people were killed or injured. In addition to the outer wall of the Paragoria fortress, several small pits were blasted, and the defenders were almost uninjured.

Marco was stunned. He realized that he still underestimated the difficulty of Palagonia. He had to suspend the attack, return to the camp, and summon the generals to discuss and discuss how to attack this difficult stone.

................................................

In October, the weather began to cool, but the temperature in the continent of Afrika was still hot. At this time in the past, citizens of Carthage liked to take their family to the outback of Numibia to relax~EbookFREE.me~ There are a series of salt lakes where you can swim in the lake, or sit by the lake, admire the scenery, taste the fruits you have just harvested, and enjoy the service of Nubianyan slaves.

But this year, few citizens have done so. Because the Diaonian warships have long been patrolling the western Sicilian waters, attacking the merchant ships between Carthage and Sicily from time to time, not only has the port trade in the city been sluggish, but also It made the Carthage merchants ship to the sea and became cautious. Although the Carthage citizens had a bumper harvest in the land of Numidia, the recovered wheat and other crops were purchased by the Carthage government at a cheap price, except for their own use, as a preparation for the Carthage army. Military food...

Although the war between Carthage and Dionya lasted only a few months, the ordinary people of Carthage had already felt the impact of this huge war on their lives. They not only reduced the income of the family. Worrying, and even more distant to Sicily's relatives and worry about day and night, so they pay attention to the progress of the Sicilian battlefield every day, the Greek kingdom that had nothing to do with them in the north of Sicily is now the object of their day and night curse.

Some time ago, when the people of Carthage learned that "Ma Ge led the army and successively captured many Greek city-states on the south coast of Sicily and attacked the Sicilian territory of Dionia", the city was cheering and everyone shouted Ma Ge. The name has been blessed by him, hoping that he will expel the Diaonians from Sicily as soon as possible, so that the Sicilian waters will once again become a harbor for the free trade of Carthage merchant ships.