Chapter 104: Unstoppable
Macedonian soldiers and barbarian soldiers had fought many battles and found that their opponents were fighting more like hunting or collective bloody brawls, as if they did not understand the battle in formation.
Gradually, these barbarians also learned to use their skills to fight. Especially in the Germanic forests, convoys or small groups of troops are often attacked by ambushes. The soldiers in the Nordic forest were nervous about this.
The Germans frequently used the tactic of attacking transport lines, as it initially had the effect of disturbing the morale of the army. It was clear that there were not a few decent enemy troops, but it turned out that the enemy was everywhere.
When supplies dwindle day by day, supplies become more and more precious. In view of this situation, Oonos specially launched guerrilla and counter-guerrilla warfare. In this series of struggles, his famous special operations unit of the Shenji Battalion showed its skills and played an important role.
In those days of fighting, the Macedonians endured harassment by barbarians, but were not allowed to attack in a big way. In the occupied Germanic towns, the local facilities and resources are backward, and the supplies related to life and military affairs cannot be replenished, and most of them have to be transported from the rear. As a result, the strategy has become passive, and the retreat is unwilling.
Finally, the fighters at the front held out to the stage of a full-scale counteroffensive. Once again, the army was adequately replenished and supplied, and it was time to regain the initiative.
B.C., 243 B.C., Xia.
In Central Europe, two Macedonian armies launched a fierce offensive, slashing and slashing together, and converged on the lower Germans.
Geiras led the Sixth Army from Mainz, intending to move north along the way, crossing the river and taking Badawi to the northwest. It was an important city in the Lower Germanic region, the center of the Western League. Oonos led the Seventh Army from Goths and quickly marched westward to capture Dam. This marked the Macedonians' entry into the territory of the Saxon tribes.
The Sixth Army met the armies of the Germanic tribes on the south bank of the Danube. Fight up.
Gueras glanced at the strength of the enemy forces and saw that there was no cavalry on the opposite side. He knew that this battle would be easy to win, and ordered someone to raise the offensive flag. The king, confident in his spear formation, ordered the archers not to let go of their arrows and watch the battle, and the cavalry to pursue and defeat the enemy for only a short time.
The Macedonian phalanx relied on the advantage of combat capability to decisively press on the whole front, and the Germanic phalanx infantry had no choice but to fight hard. The Macedonian phalanx was well aligned and the attack was fierce, and the Germanic pikemen lacked discipline and combat skills, and they were already intimidated by the position on this side before the battle. Of course, the Macedonian phalanx was not in vain, and the soldiers marched side by side with discipline to the sound of a unified march horn, forming a powerful propulsion force that seemed to crush the enemy.
Soon the Macedonian infantry defeated the Germanic barbarians on all fronts. The cavalry immediately pursued to extend the victory, and the enemy general Rankadis was killed by the light cavalry. After the victory of the Macedonian army, Garas regrouped and continued to advance, then crossed the Danube, defeated the scattered barbarians along the way, and entered Badawi, the heart of the enemy, in Lower Germania.
Oonos led the Seventh Legion to defeat the defenders of the Caddy Border, and since then he has been unstoppable, winning two encounters with a single blow. The rest of the enemy only heard that it was the Seventh Legion, and fled in fear. The army of the kings of Oonos was so majestic that it drove under the city of Dam. So the city was surrounded and the engineers were asked to make engineering equipment. After it was built, the city was attacked on the same day.
Just as the soldiers were setting up barricades, creating rams, and the dry was in full swing, enemy soldiers appeared in the north of the city. Oonos immediately ordered all the soldiers to put down their tools and take up weapons and equipment for battle. On the one hand, he organized his soldiers to prevent the defenders of the city from breaking through, and on the other hand, he sent cavalry to intercept the enemy.
It turned out to be a cavalry guard, the Saxon general Ostina Aduaduka, who had come from Bodenshom to change the guard. The Macedonian cavalry covering the flank of the infantry on this side was none other than the Germanic general Sigimo. He took his guards and squadron of foreign cavalry, the special cavalry formed by Oonnoster's order, all of which were Germanic participating, and went directly to meet the enemy cavalry.
In addition to his own guards, the cavalry of Ostina Aduaduka had two saxon hussars. Sigimo did not reply, and divided the cavalry into two groups, left and right, and charged the enemy, directly flanking the guards of Ostina Aduaduka. The Saxon cavalry found the enemy menacing, and they could not avoid it, so they had to reluctantly respond. After a fight, the Saxon light cavalry did not play a role, and the foreign cavalry rushed and killed the enemy. Ostina Aduaduka was about to turn around and flee when he was stabbed off his horse by a Germanic cavalryman.
Light cavalry and pikemen arrived to support and found that the enemy light cavalry had retreated, and the foreign cavalry performed with distinction. Satisfied, Oonos praised the foreign cavalry for its combat effectiveness equivalent to that of the Horse Guards, and Sigimo once again proved his loyalty to Macedonia. When asked if he would feel uncomfortable dealing with the soldiers of the Germanic Alliance, Sigimo said:
"Civil wars often break out between the Germanic tribes, and it is normal to kill a few Germanic barbarians." Everyone found it interesting and returned to their respective posts to continue the siege.
In the south, the Aegean naval regiment stationed in Salzburg repelled another Gaul attack and was dispatched to expand its range of activities, packing up the scattered Gallic troops in preparation for the next attack.
Aloyos completed the reinforcement of the port of Marseille, allowing the Greek First Army to launch a new offensive and cross the Rhône to the north to capture Lyon. Lyon was an important city in Lugdounancis, north of Gaul outside the mountains.
So Paminien Antigonilla set out with the First Legion, and after they crossed the river, they were met with resistance from a Gallic army, led by a general named Budick. The First Army attacked in full, and the Gallic side was numerically inferior and was eaten by the Macedonian army. Budik was captured alive, and he asked for surrender, but Paminion Antigonilla thought he could provide information and left him behind.
The 1st Corps continued to move on to the right-angle junction, where they needed to choose a direction. Paminien Antigonilla approached Budick for information, and the Gallic rebel said: "From here is Narpun Gaul in the west, where the weak army is the gateway to Iberia; On the right is Lugdounancis, which leads to the north, with its center in Lyon, and the defender of the city is Motius Samarobriva. It was heavily guarded and was the only way to get from Gallic outside the mountains to Alesia the Great. ”
Paminion Antigonilla was suspicious of what he said about the military intelligence and did not attempt to attack the weak links in the East. Just firmly carry out the order of Aloyos - to seize Lyon.