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- Homer (Homer, the blind poet of ancient Greece)

With the strong national strength of the Kingdom of Egypt as a support, the navy of the Kingdom of Egypt is naturally extremely powerful; No matter what the specific combat effectiveness of the Egyptian navy is, at least they are enough to dominate the entire eastern Mediterranean in terms of the size of their fleet, and even the Greek navy, which was once a strong navy, was forced to suppress the powerful fleet of the Kingdom of Egypt in the Aegean Sea, which can be imagined that the naval strength of the Kingdom of Egypt is strong.

Even in the last few years, the entire focus of the Kingdom of Egypt has been on the development of the army, and the hegemony of the Kingdom of Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean has not been shaken by any force; The Roman Brutus Empire and the Kingdom of Alexander, which were desperately developing their navy, were far from the Kingdom of Egypt in terms of naval size, and they were not even qualified to challenge the maritime supremacy of the Kingdom of Egypt.

In the present-day Kingdom of Egypt, there are three naval fleets, which are stationed in the ports of Cyprus, Phoenicia, and Alexandria. Among them, the fleet stationed in Alexandria, in the Nile Delta region, was a naval fleet loyal to Cleopatra, and it was also the largest and most powerful naval fleet in the Kingdom of Egypt.

This naval fleet, commanded by the famous Admiral Olis of the Kingdom of Egypt, had thirty triremes and eighty duplexes, as well as sixty transports; Such a naval strength is enough to make all the countries on the eastern Mediterranean coast ashamed, but this is only one of the three major fleets of the Egyptian Royal Navy, and the other two fleets of the Egyptian Royal Navy are also very strong.

The fleet of the Egyptian Navy stationed in the port of Cyprus in the province of Cyprus had twelve triplexes and twenty doubles, as well as thirty transports; The Egyptian naval fleet stationed in the Phoenician port of the Phoenician province consisted of eighteen triremes and twenty-four twins, as well as twenty transports.

Although the latter two fleets of the Kingdom of Egypt could not be compared in size with the strongest fleets of the former, it was still possible to maintain the absolute security of the coastline of the Kingdom of Egypt; The navy of the Seleucid Empire has always been weak, and the navy of the Kingdom of Alexander is not strong, and the naval warships of these two forces are not as good as the two weak fleets of the Kingdom of Egypt.

After Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII completely broke their faces, Ptolemy XIII sat on the throne of Pharaoh of Egypt with the support of countless followers; Posinius, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who played an important role in thwarting the coup d'état of Cleopatra, also became Ptolemy XIII's most trusted general, and was appointed supreme commander of all armies in the entire Central Egyptian region.

As for Cleopatra, who fled in a hurry with the fleet, Ptolemy XIII did not take his sister as a lost dog in his eyes at all; Those naval warships that followed Cleopatra would be a waste of a few more years for the Kingdom of Egypt, after which the Kingdom of Egypt's navy would return to its original size.

While Ptolemy XIII was enjoying the power of the pharaoh in Memphis, Cleopatra set out with a huge fleet in the direction of Sicily in the Augustan Empire; This internal strife in the Kingdom of Egypt will soon spread to the Augustan Empire, and what kind of decision will the emperor of the Oscar Empire make?

The chaos in the Eastern Continent was only limited to the Eastern Continent, and the confrontation on the North African continent profoundly affected the decision-making of the Augustan Empire; After five years of their respective developments, the various forces on the North African continent, which had been actively preparing for war, have made great progress, and the growth of their own strength will inevitably lead to further growth in the military strength of all sides.

The military strength of the Carthaginian kingdom has not changed significantly in five years, but the improvement in the quality of the army is an indisputable fact; In particular, the army stationed in the province of Africa has undergone a qualitative change under the careful training of Vimina.

At this time, the army under the direct command of Vimilis reached 75,000 people, Amikas's legion still only had 20,000 infantry, Kelimis's army was still 15,000 cavalry, and even the 5,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry under the command of Sakar were the same number, only the 24,000 infantry directly under Vimy's own command became 30,000 infantry.

Although the number of troops was only increased by 6,000 men, Vimini could guarantee that the 75,000 troops under his command would definitely be able to meet the attack of the 100,000 Numidian kingdom army head-on; This is something that Vitana never dared to guarantee five years ago, and the fact that Vimina's character can say such a thing is enough to prove his confidence in the soldiers under his command.

Compared with the change in the army in Africa, the garrison in Baissasien has not changed in the slightest in number; Abydos's army was still only 20,000 men, and the armies of Himika and Gisken were only 15,000 each.

The real biggest change is actually the question of the ownership of these 50,000 troops, five years ago, these 50,000 troops just belonged to the Hanno family, and many soldiers were loyal to the Carthaginian Senate, but they didn't know what the Hanno family was; Over the course of five years, Tahiti had all the centurions and captains of the 50,000-strong army replaced by officers loyal to the Hanno family, and this was the change.

As for the officers of the Hanno family, who were replaced in the army of 50,000, they were all from the private army of the Hanno family, and they were all loyal officers to the Augustan Empire; At this time, the private army of the Hanno family was not only 10,000 people, but with the strong support of the Augustan Empire, the scale of the private army of the Hanno family had exceeded 30,000.

These new Hanno army has almost become the power of the Hanno family, and the Carthaginian senate also discovered the Hanno family's control of the Baisassion garrison early; After that, the relationship between the Hannos and the Carthaginian Senate also deteriorated rapidly, and all other exchanges between them were restricted except for the lack of direct military confrontation.

That is to say, the kingdom of Carthage, which was left with only the last two provinces, was once again mired in infighting; The provinces of Africa in the north and Baissasien in the south became the capitals of the struggle between the Carthaginian Senate and the Hannos, respectively, but the Kingdom of Numidia to the west of the Carthaginian kingdom has always maintained internal stability and unity.

In fact, even the kingdom of Carthage, when it was left with only the provinces of Afrika and Baisasian, was far richer than the four provinces owned by the kingdom of Numidia; After all, the African and Baisasian regions are the most prosperous core areas of the entire North African continent, and two of the four provinces ruled by the Numidian Kingdom are extremely barren desert provinces, how can they be prosperous?

In five years, the development of the Numidian Kingdom was also obvious to all, and the rapid growth of national strength and army size were the indelible achievements of King Adheba; Even, the current Numidian Kingdom has its own kingdom's naval fleet, which is the biggest improvement of the Numidian Kingdom compared to five years ago.

In addition, the most elite Sarah Legion and Ahmed Legion of the Numidian Kingdom have been expanded to 50,000 men, the Desert Legion and the Cavalry Legion of the Combined Legion have remained at 10,000 men, and the Guards Legion that Adheba has formed for himself has developed by leaps and bounds in terms of weaponry.

In order to use better weapons and equipment for the 20,000 soldiers of the Guards under his command, Adheba even did not hesitate to engage in very unfair trade with the Augustan Empire; With only 20,000 excellent weapons and equipment, the Kingdom of Numidia sent 50,000 war horses and various materials worth 1 million gold coins to the Augustan Empire.

It was such an unfair trade agreement that the Augustan Empire also lowered the price of the materials provided by the Numidian Kingdom, which undoubtedly made the relationship between the Augustan Empire and the Numidian Kingdom even more estranged; If it weren't for the fact that the three legions of the House of Augustus were still stationed in the territory of the Kingdom of Numidia, the alliance between the two countries would have ended long ago.

Even though the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Numidia maintained a superficial alliance, in reality both saw the other as potential major enemies; The logistical supplies needed by the three legions of the Augustan Empire in the territory of the Kingdom of Numidia had already been provided by the Augustan Empire's own transport fleet.

Even the Chengguan Legion, which was nominally a member of the combined legion of the Kingdom of Numidia and the Augustan Empire, was provided by the Augustan Empire itself with all the logistical supplies; However, the cavalry legion and the desert legion in the United Legion still maintained their original posture and still obeyed Spartak's orders, and were stationed in the barracks together with the Chengguan Legion.

Salah's army of 50,000 was still stationed in the Caturia region, confronting the army of the province of Baisasion in the Kingdom of Carthage; Ahmet's army of 50,000 was confronted by the army of Vimina while guarding against the army of the Augustan Empire.

On more than one occasion, Adheba expressed his desire for the Augustan Empire to withdraw Quintus and his two legions, but the Augustan Empire refused in the name of helping its allies; The Augustan Empire did not budge an inch in this regard, and there was no way to make the unwilling Adheba, the gap between the two countries in strength was too big, what could Adheba do?

The two main kingdoms on the North African continent are still engaged in a military confrontation, and the Kingdom of Libya, which is an ally of the Kingdom of Carthage, is naturally not idle; However, since the Kingdom of Libya accepted the defeated Jugudah, the Kingdom of Libya has had several military clashes in the border areas between the province of Tripoli and the Kingdom of Numidia.

The Kingdom of Numidia and the Kingdom of Carthage were always at war, but the Kingdom of Libya, as an ally of the Kingdom of Carthage, never declared war on the Kingdom of Numidia; This in itself is a rather strange situation, and the acceptance of the surrender of Juguda by the Kingdom of Libya further complicates this already strange relationship. (To be continued.) )