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Quintus is indeed worthy of being the famous general of the Scipio family! His knowledge of the Roman army, and his familiarity with military formations, was definitely better than any of the Augustusian generals; No wonder his father, the Roman general Scipio the Elder, called him the best legionary commander of the Roman Republic!

You know, at the time of Scipio the Elder's assessment of Quintus, the Roman Republic had only five standing legions; And now, the Roman family of Augustus alone had ten legions, not counting the Chengguan legions in North Africa.

Perhaps, if Scipio the Elder had lived in the present, he could even proudly proclaim to the world that his son Quintus would be one of the best military commanders of the Roman Republic, not the best legion!

Although in the last decisive battle, Scipio the Elder adopted a new form of battle that was completely defeated by Hannibal; However, that does not mean that Scipio the Elder was wrong to change his formation. After all, the last decisive battle against the Roman Combined Legion was the defeat of the Greek legions, and the excellent command of Hannibal; And not just a question of the Roman army itself.

It is undeniable that the battle formation used by the Roman legions is an extremely advanced battlefield battle formation, and it is also a formation that is ahead of other countries and nations; But what does this represent? Can it represent that Rome's battle formation has always been ahead of the world?

The Roman Republic was not established in a day, and the army of the Roman Republic could not be formed in three or five years; In fact, both the Roman Republic and the Roman army were built over many years.

When the Romans were still tribal, the Roman army was nothing more than a few brave and aggressive tribal warriors; Later, with the establishment of the Roman city-state, the Roman army really began to be formed. At that time, the Roman army was almost synonymous with weakness and could not be compared with other powers at all.

Even in the time of the Roman kingdom, the Roman army was barely as effective as the Greek city-states; However, the Romans had the most awe-inspiring ability, and that was to be brave and fearless in innovation!

What is Innovation? Innovation refers to the use of existing knowledge and materials based on the existing mode of thinking to put forward insights that are different from conventional or ordinary people's thinking; In a specific environment, the act of improving or creating new things, methods, elements, paths, and environments in order to meet the needs of society in an idealized way, and can obtain certain beneficial effects.

Innovation is a conceptualization process characterized by new thinking, new inventions, and new descriptions. In the consciousness of the Romans, innovation had three meanings: first, renewal; second, to create something new; Third, change.

In the view of the Romans, innovation is the unique cognitive and practical ability of human beings, the high-level expression of human subjective initiative, and the inexhaustible driving force for national progress and social development. If a nation wants to be at the forefront of the times, it cannot do without innovative thinking for a moment, and it cannot stop all kinds of innovation for a moment. Innovation plays an important role in research in the fields of economics, technology, military and architecture.

In essence, innovation is the externalization and materialization of the blueprint of innovative thinking. Undoubtedly, one of the great characteristics of the Romans was that they were good at innovation; Therefore, the ancestors of the Romans did not imitate the advanced civilization of the Greeks, but built their own Roman civilization!

It turned out that the civilization of the Romans was stronger and more enviable than that of the Greeks; Once upon a time, the civilization of the Greeks was synonymous with greatness, but now? The strong rise of the Romans has been unstoppable, and Roman civilization is regarded as synonymous with the most advanced civilization by all countries and nations!

Under such an innovative spirit, there was the glory of the Romans, the Roman civilization admired by the world, and the strong and fearless Roman army; In fact, the Roman army was constantly changing from the day it was born.

Perhaps, some changes are only slight changes, or only minor adjustments; But it was with these changes and adjustments that the Roman legions of today came into being! Perhaps, future generations will think that Marius's military reforms revolutionized the Roman army; But without the accumulation of the previous hundreds of years, could Marius really transform the Roman army on his own?

The Roman army did have its own fixed battle formations, which were also used by the Roman legionaries in their daily training; However, this does not mean that the Roman legions were rigid and unchanging in their way of fighting.

For a true Roman legion, its basic battle formation was nothing more than a battle deployment formation between a hundred-man team and a large battalion; The deployment of the entire legion's battle formation requires the legion master to be arranged according to the actual situation during the battle, rather than being rigid and unchanging.

In the last decisive battle, the reason why Scipio the Elder was able to easily change the traditional battle formation of the Roman legions, and the new battle formation he adopted did not cause confusion in the Roman army, is because of this; It was not difficult for the Roman legions to change the formation of the legions, but it was extremely difficult to change the formation of the hundred-man team and the brigade.

It is for this reason that when Quintus finished speaking his proposal, the generals in the military tent, including Oscar himself and Mary; Immediately lost in thought, he began to ponder the feasibility of Quintus's proposal.

In Oscar's view, if the army is really deployed according to Quintus's idea, it is indeed a very good plan for the decisive battle of the army. As Quintus said, with all the hoplites as the central army, the strong combat effectiveness of the hoplites could stabilize the situation on the entire battlefield and cover all the attacks of Hannibal's army.

After that, the thousands of strong infantry of the Guards Infantry Corps on the right flank could play a greater role; When Hannibal's army was entangled with the hoplites, he attacked Hannibal's army from the right flank to form an overwhelming attack on Hannibal's infantry.

As for the two thousand battle cavalry on the left flank, their task was naturally to guard against the four thousand shield cavalry under Hannibal's command; As long as Hannibal's four thousand elite cavalry did not move, they were always vigilant and did not easily join the battle.

In addition, there are those Numidian javelin cavalry on the outside of the right flank, and their value is not only to defend against Hannibal's long shield cavalry, but also to fight Hannibal's infantry!

In a real decisive battle, Hannibal could not have sent his entire army at once; This meant that it would only be some of Hannibal's infantry that would initially fight the Augustan hoplites. The remaining infantry in Hannibal's hands will be used as reserves and reinforcements.

In order to prevent Hannibal's follow-up forces from reinforcing the battle on the front line in time, the task of the thousands of javelinmen cavalry of the Augustus family was to stand up at a critical moment to block the decisive force of Hannibal's reinforced infantry.

It was naturally unwise to rush Hannibal's infantry army with thousands of javelin cavalry, but if it was only to attack with javelins, Hannibal's reinforcements would have no choice but to endure it.

In this way, it will not only buy enough time for the infantry decisive battle on the front, but also carry out an effective blow to the infantry under Hannibal's command; Although the specific casualties caused may not be significant, the blow to the morale of the enemy is sufficient.

Finally, it was Quintus's arrangement of the equipment troops; Quintus's suggestion deviated considerably from what Oscar had thought before, and it was also slightly different from Luquis's idea. However, it is not an unfounded lie, and it is also a very feasible approach.

After careful consideration, Oscar still had to give up Quintus's arrangement of the equipment troops; Although Quintus's proposal is still very feasible to some extent, it still does not bring out the best in the equipment force.

In Oscar's view, this decisive battle will determine the future and fate of the Augustan family; As long as they can win this battle, no matter how big the price the Augustus family pays, it will be worth it.

Therefore, Oscar will still insist on his use of the equipment force; In that case, there would be a risk of the final annihilation of the armament troops, and the hoplites of the House of Augustus would suffer even heavier casualties. However, the beneficial impact on the war situation cannot be ignored; At the very least, it would have dealt a more severe blow to Hannibal's infantry troops!

After all, the existence of war elephant troops is only a special force, and it is impossible to determine the final outcome of the war. What really determines the outcome of a war is always the face-to-face battle between the infantry units and the cavalry units of both sides.

Eighty war elephants, not too much, not too little; As long as the hoplites of the House of Augustus are willing to fight to the death, they can all be annihilated at the cost of less than 3,000 men at most!

It is indeed not easy to build 3,000 hoplites, and they are also the pillars of their respective families; However, for the sake of the final victory, Oscar can only choose to sacrifice them. You know, this is the decisive battle that will determine the life and death of the House of Augustus and Hannibal; The winner will be the overlord of the Western Mediterranean, and the loser will die, and human life is destined to be just a number in this decisive battle!

After thinking about this, Oscar glanced at Mary, and it just so happened that Mary also looked up at Oscar; The two nodded to each other tacitly, shook their heads again, and everything was silent. After that, Oscar spoke out in favor of Quintus's specific battle formation arrangement; However, due to the arrangement of the equipment unit, Oscar still clearly rejected Quintus's suggestion.

With the successive speeches of Luquis and Quintus, the main disposition of the decisive battle of the entire Augustus army has been outlined; However, in order to truly turn these deployments into practical actions, the generals still need to adjust the armies under their respective commands.

Therefore, after specifically negotiating the tasks of each legion and the position of the formation, Oscar announced the end of tonight's meeting, and asked all the generals to return to their barracks to prepare for the decisive battle the day after tomorrow; Luquis, Quintus, and Licinius were left behind. (To be continued.) )