"We should storm every tribe's town by land, so that their fleets don't even have a place to rest. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The Seventh Legion has already stormed the towns of this tribe before, and every time they attack a town of this tribe, they must first let the legion build a seawall dam on the perimeter, and then let the legion enter and storm it. It would take us at least a full year to capture each of our tribe's towns at this rate, with a winter truce in between. Caesar's order to us was to conquer this tribe within three months. How much time do you think we have? ”

After the defeat of the first naval confrontation with the Viniti tribes, serious divisions arose within the Roman legions, and some centurions believed that the Roman legions had always been good at land warfare, and should not be entangled with these barbarians at sea, and should attack from land. But the other centurions offered the opposite opinion, for the Seventh Legion, led by Cota, had already stormed the town of the Venites once before the arrival of Brutus's fleet, and after spending nearly two weeks on it, only an empty city was obtained.

Coupled with the special city-building habits of this tribe, the Roman legions had to waste a lot of time on each town they attacked, and Caesar did not have the patience to let the three legions waste a whole year on this small tribe. At the military meeting, commanders of all ranks, centurions, again expressed their opinions, and quarrels continued, so that Brutus had to hammer the table several times to show his silence.

"Storming this barbarian tribe from the land will definitely not work, the Seventh Legion has already tried. We don't have that much time to consume with these barbarians. Now the first task is to figure out how to defeat this cunning people at sea. There is no need to discuss the plan for a land offensive, it is simply nonsense. ”

In the middle of the meeting, Brutus couldn't help but speak. At this time, the audience was quiet again, because for naval warfare, the Romans were indeed inexperienced, and all the debates just now focused on whether to fight on land or sea, and once this topic was put aside and directly talked about naval warfare, this was simply nothing to comment on for a bunch of landlubber Roman centurions......

"Maybe we can invent a new weapon, the scythe? I found that these barbarians operated their ships with all the power of their sails, and they had no oarsmen, which meant that if they broke their sails, they could not move at sea, so that we could rush up and besiege them with three or four ships, lower the Raven Drawbridge, and board the ships to destroy the barbarians. ”

"He's a liar! Outside the city of Sekati, the way to build a dam and then attack the city is what he came up with, and the result? We have worked hard for half a month, but we have obtained an empty city, Legion Commander, you can no longer listen to this rookie eggy nonsense, he will lead the Legion to a dead end! ”

No sooner had Athan finished speaking, a senior centurion rose up to oppose Abys's suggestion. Also a member of the Seventh Legion, the centurion was at the forefront of the siege of Mokati, killing only one Celtic archer and watching the Venedicts flee like rats to their ships. Let the legion siege for half a month turn into a meaningless attrition.

"He can't be blamed for this, Abyss didn't know that the barbarians of this tribe would be transferred by sea."

When the veteran centurion had finished speaking, Kota stepped forward to speak for his right-hand man.

However, Abys's suggestion seemed to arouse the keen interest of the naval commander Brutus, and regardless of the advice that the young scout had come up with during the previous attack on Sekati, he would make a long-handled scythe and cut the cable from which the enemy hung the sails, and the trick did seem to have an unpredictable effect on the navy of this tribe. For Brutus also observed that the fleets of this tribe were all powered by sails.

"I agree with the suggestion of the captain of this reconnaissance team. We fought against this Gallic tribe, and they were able to move freely in the vast ocean because of their huge sails, and if we broke their sails, these erratic barbarian warships would be like live targets on the sea, but I couldn't think of a way to stop them from moving. Abyss? Ah, I'm not wrong, am I? Your suggestion is very good, but I am thinking that in order to win the next naval battle, we will not only need to equip our ships with long-handled scythes, but also need to improve our warships, and the Endless Sea (Atlantic) is too windy and rough, unlike any of the seas we are familiar with, so in order to adapt to the huge winds and waves at sea, we will definitely thicken and enlarge the hull to withstand strong waves and strong winds. ”

Brutuston's idea was intrigued by Abys, and he spoke eloquently in front of the whole army, and inspiration flowed like a fountain of new life.

Three days later, all the Roman ships that had been towed into the harbor were gathered for refit.

And in the process of refitting, Abyss also introduced the idea of a water compartment for the first time, which was a subversive invention that only existed in Europe in the 18th century, and was used by Abyss on Roman warships, making a qualitative leap in the survivability of Roman warships in naval warfare.

"You are such a genius, Abyss, I don't even know what you have been thinking in your head all day, you can come up with such a wonderful invention, Octavian is right, it is too condescending to place you in the barracks and be the captain of a small reconnaissance team. Perhaps I should suggest to Caesar that you be his assistant, and Caesar would be very happy to hear about your inventions. ”

Cota walked up to Abyss, who was working, and looked at the young man who had been promoted step by step by himself with an appreciative eye. My heart was filled with joy. Although the Siege of Secati resulted in the Seventh Legion eventually obtaining an empty city, the tactic of building a dam and then attacking the city became another regular tactic of the Roman legions.

"Thank you, Commander. But Caesar seems to have a lot of talent around him. There were capable legion commanders like Rabienus, and great cavalry commanders like Antony and Lepida. ”

"Anthony? Mark Anthony is a scumbag, he may have his own unique natural ability to command cavalry battles, but in terms of character and management ability, this guy is a waste. ”

Cota ignored whether the soldiers around him heard it, but told Abyss with indignation about his dissatisfaction with Anthony, although he didn't know what kind of dispute there had been between them, Abyss was still secretly glad that there was one more person who could be used against Antony......