Chapter 332: "·Roman Army·Up"

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Of the 14,500 soldiers of the Tigers, the regular two elite infantry wing and two longbow wing, as well as three infantry wing have completed special training; only Basil's 500 guard cavalry , No special training has been conducted yet.
The specially trained Tigers and the Governor’s Guard can see their changes from their performances on the march; the silent soldiers and the uniform pace make the two advancing troops look like blacks that are eaten by both people. Beasts in general.
In fact, the barbarian army that has received special training in urban barracks and shooting ranges is no different from the Roman Youth Army in terms of discipline and battle array; especially the elite infantry with better equipment and stronger individual combat effectiveness, their combat power is more It is close to the Roman heavy infantry.
The advantage of the regular Roman youth army and the Roman heavy infantry lies in the three javelins in their equipment; never underestimate the three seemingly chicken javelins, battle arrays, javelins and daggers of the Roman army. It is the true essence of the Roman army!
The reason why the ancient Romans commonly used javelins was because they thought that the weapon of bows and arrows did not meet their nature, and the javelin was not only powerful, but also in line with the nature of the Romans. Daren is very similar.
The history of human warfare advanced to about 300 BC, and the ancient Romans gradually formed a regimental combat system composed of 100-person teams; this is the first time in the history of human military, the soldiers fighting alone have formed a dense formation. Freed from bondage.
However, all this is accompanied by the adoption and improvement of the two weapons, the dagger and the heavy javelin. It is also because of the adoption and improvement of these two weapons that the ancient Roman legionaries could be formed and displayed to the world. Their powerful combat power!
The Roman army's standard dagger is more flexible and more versatile than other weapons. It can be used as a stab weapon to cut off the heads of other arms in the enemy's square, and it can kill the enemy more than the long sword used for assassination. .
In the era of no anti-inflammatory drugs, no matter what kind of injury (especially a slash wound) can cause the life of the injured person; therefore, the role of the sword is very important, and the power is extremely huge!
Li Wei once described Macedonian soldiers
when they saw Spanish soldiers chopping human bodies into pieces with swords, chopping off their arms from human bodies, their necks were stabbed with blood and flesh, and their internal organs were exposed.
The soul is not attached.
And such obvious actual combat value and battlefield deterrent effect is precisely the reason why the Roman army absorbed the Spanish army and equipped the Roman army with daggers on a large scale; the weapons of the Roman Youth Army and the Roman heavy infantry are also of this type dagger.
Among the barbarian army in the Roman city, only the elite infantry wing of each legion was equipped with the most sophisticated weapons and equipment produced by the armor shop, that is, the same armor, square shield, and dagger as the Roman youth army used; other infantry wing The team still uses the long sword.
Although Bai Fengming knows that long swords are not as good at fighting as short swords in battle, he still has not ordered all barbarian warriors to replace short swords; this is mainly based on the barbarian warriors’ habits of using weapons, after all, they have already Used to use long swords.
The dagger, a standard weapon of the Roman army, is too foreign to the barbarian warriors; they neither know how to use the dagger, nor understand the advantage of the dagger over the long sword.
Even the vast majority of barbarian warriors still believe that the long swords they used before are more powerful than the short swords of the Roman city; the reason is that the length of the weapon determines the value of the weapon.
There is no doubt that there are many barbarian warriors who hold this kind of thinking, and their ideas are not wrong; it is just that the combat of the army and the fighting of the guerrillas are completely two concepts, two completely different concepts.
In the battle of the barbarian tribes, the fight between the barbarian warriors is the warriors of the two tribes, with no formation and coordinated fights; and the strength of the Roman army is that it is advancing and retreating, with a die-cut battle. Combat.
The fact that the Roman city has grown stronger and stronger proves that the fighting power of the Roman army is far superior to that of the free and barbaric army; however, it is not easy to completely change the habits of the barbarian warriors using weapons, and Bai Feng can only achieve it by gradually changing the way. .
In fact, the Roman city’s army is not all melee infantry using short swords; the phalanx infantry using ultra-long guns, the long archers using long bows, the cavalry responsible for maneuvering the flanks, and the multi-armed Roman army are the real ones. Roman strong army!
Of course, the short sword commonly used by the Roman army is not a perfect weapon, but it also has its own shortcomings. Because the short sword has a short combat distance, unlike the long weapon, it can’t resist the enemy at a longer distance. The protective function of soldiers is worse.
In order to make up for this defect, the Roman army made a large improvement to the original shield; compared with the Macedonians increased the diameter of the original Greek round shield, the Roman army changed the shield to a strong oblong convex surface body.
Its shape is somewhat similar to the plane of a pipa barrel. It is made of wood, covered with animal skin, and reinforced with narrow strips of metal. With this protective gear, the burden of Roman soldiers is lighter and the protection ability is further improved. .
The system armies recruited by the Roman city, that is, all the square shields used by the Roman Youth Army and the Roman heavy infantry, are these wooden square shields; while the other round shields used by the Roman light infantry are the same as the Macedonian army. The shield is similar.
In addition, when Roman soldiers use daggers, they need about six feet of space right in front of their battle array; they must approach the enemy to stab the enemy. Therefore, such a battle is a veritable short soldier, and it needs to be fearless. Bravery.
The intrepid Roman army and the sturdy and brave barbarian warriors are undoubtedly of this spirit; therefore, the short sword’s shortcomings in this respect can be directly ignored at this time, and Bai Feng has never worried about this. problem.
Another major development of Roman weapons is the heavy javelin, which appeared in the third century BC like the dagger; in the army of other countries, at the beginning of the battle, the auxiliary troops used the javelin to shake the morale of the enemy and open a breakthrough or Harassment of its flanks.
The Roman army had tried many different types of javelins, and it was not officially finalized until the second century BC; this type of javelin was easy to throw and had a great penetrating power. It was half made of metal rods and half made of wood.
That is, a 4.5-foot-long iron rod is inserted into a 4.5-foot-long wooden rod with a total length of about seven feet; in order to connect the two parts of the javelin, it is usually done with two pins This task.
The javelin used by the Roman Youth Army and the Roman heavy infantry in the city of Rome is a reduced version, or half-length version of this type of heavy javelin; but the actual combat power is still powerful!
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