ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 481 New military branch?
In fact, although these foreign merchants who auctioned land in Amendolara to produce and sell specialty goods benefited a lot from some preferential laws promulgated by the alliance, except for a few such as Tios and Dickopolis, After joining the alliance, most people are still hesitant and waiting.Especially after the war with Syracuse broke out, the failure of the South-Italian coalition battle and even the destruction of the industrial manufacturing area by Tarantum cavalry made them even more pessimistic about the prospect of the alliance. If it were not for Syracuse and Tarantum, They had already fled by boat due to the blockade of the Taranto Bay by the Lantum fleet.

However, Davos's return annihilated the Tarentum navy and army in one day, and defeated the powerful navy of Syracuse. He created a miracle of war in an impossible situation, which shocked these foreign merchants. Infected by the fanatical people of Dionia, they also began to believe that Dionia was indeed blessed by Hades.As foreign businessmen who were doing business in the Mediterranean and dared to invest in Dionia, they did not lack the spirit of adventure, let alone vision. When they began to have hope for Dionia's prospects in this war, They suddenly discovered that if Dionia really won the war, then Dionia's power would inevitably expand as rapidly as after the previous wars, in the south of Magna Graecia and even in the east of Sicily. With the involvement of Dionysian forces, the most important trading circle in the Western Mediterranean is under the control of Dionysian forces. What does this mean for anyone doing business in this area?
Therefore, under the instigation of Dicopolis and Theos, this group of businessmen made bold investments and entrusted Theos to send the list of supplies to the new king of Dionia, Dai, who they confirmed was a descendant of Hades. Firth's hands.

Davos once again carefully read the huge amount of supplies recorded on the papyrus. The sincerity of these foreign merchants was clear at a glance. Of course, Davos also knew what they desired, so he said: "Theos, you go back Thank them for me and tell them that the alliance will never forget the traitors who stabbed us in the back when we were in difficulty! But it will never forget the friends who helped us in our most difficult times! East! There is an old saying that goes, 'The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water!'"

After seeing off Theos, Davos came to the training ground of the military camp.Here, the freedmen recruited by Capps are training.

Capps saw Davers coming and hurried to the sidelines.

"Have all the soldiers been summoned?" Davos looked at the field. The training ground, which could accommodate more than 3 people, was occupied by a team of free people, and it still seemed very empty.

"Only 2570 people have arrived." Capps explained: "The others will not be able to arrive until tomorrow morning because they have to donate to Victory Square."

Davos expressed his understanding, then looked at the relatively neat queue on the field, and asked: "Are they all free citizens who have received military training for more than one year?"

"Your Majesty, there are not that many free people in the port who have been trained by us. I transferred people from the baggage train to get enough 6000 people." Capps said truthfully.

"Will there be any problems with the subsequent material transportation?" Davers asked again.

"I retained the managers and officers of the baggage corps, and recruited freemen from the port to supplement the number. Now that Syracuse's maritime superiority has been broken, there should be no more enemies landing in our rear and attacking us. Baggage train. It should not be a problem to complete the transportation task," Capps explained.

"Alas, tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall!" Davos sighed. This war showed him that Dionia's population resources were still short, and he had no better way in a short time: "A long gun Send it down and let them practice lining up first and I’ll take a look.”

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Tapirus used to be a slave at Christoya's restaurant. After more than four years, he has escaped from slavery and became a free citizen. He is also a person in charge of the restaurant in Thurii City. When Si went to the baggage corps to recruit personnel, he volunteered to participate because it would take too long to become an Alliance citizen through the normal path. Only by participating in combat could the life span be shortened the fastest.So Tapirus thought: This is a rare opportunity. Although there is danger to life, the risk is worth taking, because King Davos is back, and this army was formed at his request!
Many free people joined this team with this idea in mind.

Tapirus was appointed squad leader because of his high military quality (having participated in one and a half years of military training), his arithmetic skills, and literacy skills (skills developed in restaurants), but he is currently in a different position. It is the left front of a detachment. This is the position of the detachment leader. Because the veterans who were supposed to be drawn from each legion to serve as the officers of this new team at all levels have been disbanded and gone home and will not return to the team tomorrow, so they are temporarily replaced by recruits. .

At this time, the city-state slaves held bundles of spears and distributed them to every free citizen.

Is this the weapon we are going to use? !Tapirus looked at the spear in his hand in surprise. It was much longer than the spear used for training.

The freedmen were a little excited after getting their own weapons, and some even waved them. Unexpectedly, the freedmen who were not yet proficient in using this kind of spear either had the spearhead connected with other spears, or the tail of the spear touched the teammates next to them. , for a while the formation was chaotic and noisy.

A rapid bugle sound immediately sounded on the training ground, and the freedmen hurriedly took up their positions. Although the spears were still clashing with each other, few people made any loud noises. They have had long-term military training experience and know that if you do not obey the orders, the team officer will be punished. We have to pull out the violators and take off their pants in public and punish them with a cane. That is too degrading!
"You all pay attention!" Several training instructors shouted loudly at the front of the queue: "You must hold the gun like this when standing..."

Following the instructor's posture, Tapirus placed the spear on his left side, with the butt of the spear touching the ground. He stretched his left arm straight down to hold the barrel of the spear, and put his right hand across his left shoulder to hold the spear.

The soldiers did this one by one, and the spears no longer collided, but stood straight one by one, like a neat and dense grove.

Davers was satisfied that the free men on the field were able to follow the rules and regulations so quickly and quickly mastered the essentials of holding a gun.

"It seems that their military training for more than a year was not in vain!" He said happily.

At this time, the long bugle sound sounded again, and the flag bearers of each unit immediately pointed the black team flag forward.

"Forward!" Tapirus shouted, the drummer beat the snare drum rhythmically, and the soldiers began to move forward with guns in hand.

As the pace progressed, the originally neat formation became more and more uneven, and the array became a bit scattered. The spear heads that were originally straight and upright swung left and right as the body moved, and collided with each other, making "Crash! Crash!" !..." the sound.

Capps saw Davos frowning, so he explained: "Your Majesty, because the team officers who were veterans have been disbanded and gone home, the control of the entire team, the maintenance of the formation, and the execution of orders are all important. It’s a lot worse.”

"I understand." Davers said, always looking at the performance of the free men on the field.

The bugle sounds changed again.

"Defense!" Tapyrus shouted.

The soldiers of the advancing unit stopped and began to gather in the middle: after the soldiers in the first column laid down their spears flatly, the soldiers in the next few columns moved forward and raised their spears diagonally forward, until the spears in the sixth column were still It can reach over the shoulders of the first row of soldiers and form part of the spear wall. At this time, the originally scattered array turned into a dense and thick spear phalanx.

Davos' brows still didn't relax. He turned to Capps and said, "Do you know why I mobilized freedmen to use this extended stabbing gun?"

"Because we have to deal with the Syracuse cavalry." Capps said without thinking, obviously thinking seriously about Daves' move.

"Yes, our cavalry cannot resist those Numibians and Celts who have grown up on horses. I designed this super spear to deal with the mercenary cavalry of Syracuse. . However, what I want is not to use this rigid defensive formation to prevent the cavalry's attack. What I want is to use offense to crush the enemy's cavalry's attack!" Davers looked at Capps with bright eyes.

Capps was a little surprised: "Let them attack the Syracuse cavalry with four-meter spears?!"

"Yes." Davos said with certainty: "And they are required to attack at a charge speed and try to maintain a dense formation during the attack. Therefore, I am not planning to equip them with armor, only their hands. Marching and running with a gun should be more brisk and flexible."

The super spear phalanx conceived by Daves was not to learn from the Macedonian spear phalanx of the previous life. He still looked down upon that clumsy formation. Dionia already had its own heavy infantry legion phalanx, and its combat The effectiveness is no worse than the Macedonian phalanx. He wants to learn from the famous Swiss spearmen in the Middle Ages in Western Europe. These tough mountain people from the mountains can even hold 4-meter-long spears and halberds to attack the heavily armored medieval heavy cavalry. The entire phalanx charged as a group and defeated the French heavy cavalry many times, thus becoming famous in Western Europe and becoming an important means of livelihood for the Swiss in the Middle Ages. Even the French royal family and the Vatican hired them as palace guards.

Your Majesty, if they are not equipped with armor -" As a leading general, Capps had to remind: "Under the attack of bows, arrows and javelins, their casualties will probably be huge! "

"They only protect the flanks of the entire formation and will not be placed on the front. Besides, at this time, it is too late to make protective armor for them." Davos answered.

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