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The final battle of the German Total War 046 Encounter outside Nice

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    Because he did not know the actual situation of Aquitaine, Vanius could not give any particularly detailed guidance to his field legion, except for four points.  {net.}

    First, while fully dismantling the Roman military camps, selectively uproot the Roman colonies and expel the Romans while respecting the opinions of the local people - after all, the Romans have stayed in Aquitaine for many years.  Many of them were married to the locals - Vannius did not want the locals to feel offended by indiscriminate expulsions.

    Second, the three infantry field legions were camped separately behind the Pyrenees Pass, forming a dichotomy, which made it impossible for the Romans to concentrate their forces to besiege any field legion with peace of mind.  The cavalry field corps camped alone at the very back, which not only facilitated the reinforcement of the three camps, but also ensured that the Germans' food routes would not be cut off.

    Third, the food for the field legions was supplied by the locals of Aquitaine, but the Germans should pay for the goods from the property taken from the Romans and could not take it by force.  Moreover, the Germans could also focus on winning over some local people who were fiercely opposed to the Romans to form a vassal army to jointly fight against the Romans.

    Fourth, the Germans did not need to fight head-on and defeat the Roman army. They only needed to hold on to the fortress and prevent the Romans from passing the Pyrenees Pass. Victory in the battle was important, but the most important thing was a complete defeat.  Rome, so the Germans must make stopping rather than destroying the Romans their first priority.

    In order to strengthen the defense capabilities of the Germans, Vanius also asked Uncle Goodbye to select a part of the engineering force.  Follow the four field legions to the Aquidanians.  And took away half of the giant ballistae obtained from the city of Massilia.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUT off, there are arrangements for the Macmanny Field Corps and the British Allied Forces.

    Originally, Vanius planned to control the city of Massilia and build his own navy.  But now almost all the ships in Massilia have been destroyed by the attacking Roman fleet. It has become impossible to build a navy in a short period of time, and the city of Massilia has temporarily lost its value.

    " Moreover, since Vanius wants to consider himself a liberator, then garrisoning troops in other people's cities is not the case.

    Even the three military camps currently blocking the city of Massilia are very idle.

    The new and suitable garrison location is the current garrison location of the Sixth Iron Wall Legion, Nice - a colony controlled by the Romans for a long time.  There would be no moral problem with seizing and occupying.

    However, in this way, the Britons and the Macmanian Field Legion will have to hang out with Vannius for a while.

    So Vannius ordered the army to break camp.  Head east.  The four field regiments that received the order also packed various needed supplies and then headed west.

    While leaving, Vanius did something that everyone could not figure out - he released the captured Roman envoy.

    This move not only puzzled the Germans, Gauls and Britons, but also made the Massilians feel wronged - the Romans destroyed all their ships and set fire to the port, causing them huge losses.  ¡ª¡ªAccording to their thinking, the Germans they were protecting should have punished these Romans.

    But Conlinius understood very well what Vannius meant¡ªthis Roman envoy and his guards clearly had conflicts with the commander of the Roman navy, and conflicts would lead to conflicts.  Weakening the power of the Romans - not sure by how much, but better than nothing.

    However, in order to appease the aggrieved Massilians, Vanius said that he would give 10% of the spoils of the Italian war to the Massilians as compensation.

    Of course, at the same time, Vanius also asked the Massilians to seize the time to restore their fleet - whether it is fishing boats, merchant ships or warships.

    In addition, Vannius also asked the Albisci to keep their army's retreat clear and to provide their army with supplies - these supplies would be replenished after he enters Italy.

    After that, Vanius never stopped.  Directly wave the army to Nice.

    Speaking of Nice, Vanius couldn¡¯t help but think about it.

    It is said that Nice is also a port city near the Mediterranean Sea, very close to Genoa. Is there a lake nearby?

    But, if there is no lake near Nice.  So where is Loch Ness?  Even if the Loch Ness Monster is a rumor, surely Loch Ness shouldn¡¯t be?

    When Vanius was thinking about it.  Loch Ness in Great Britain was in tears, and the ancient city of Nice was also in tears.

    Afterwards, Vanius and his army were blocked on a large plain outside Nice.

    Standing opposite them was an army of 30,000 men - butHowever, what surprised Vannius was that among the five eagle flags opposite him, he did not see the logo of the Sixth Legion - forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four,  Forty-five or five legions, no matter how you look at them, they are all newly recruited legions.

    In other words, after he annihilated a legion of Caesar's veterans, even Labienus learned to be cautious and brought five new legions to fight with him, and was dissatisfied with the heavy losses he had suffered due to successive years of battles.  , was disbanded and resettled, and the newly reorganized Sixth Army went into hiding.

    Seeing such a formation, Vanius ordered a halt to the advance. Although the number of enemies was much smaller than his own army, more than half of his own army were Bilgeese and Gauls who were suspected of suffering from Roman phobia.  The army, and not knowing where the Sixth Army was hiding, Vanius decided to find out the information first and then act steadily.

    While letting the northern Gaul and Belgean armies face the enemy head-on, Vannius sent the Macmanians and Britons to the surrounding areas to cut down trees, dig trenches and build forts, and at the same time, he sent the Helvetians and Arologeses to the surrounding areas.  People's cavalry groups were sent out as cavalry to scout the surrounding environment.

    According to Vannius's idea, since Labienus is currently leading a new legion, and since the Romans' purpose is to defend Italy, they should also focus on delaying time, supplemented by the decisive battle with the main force - it is even possible to wait until  Caesar transferred most of his veteran legions from Spain and Africa before the decisive battle - therefore, Labienus probably brought his legions to block the way, just to show off and stall for time.

    However, Labienus showed great courage that Vannius had not expected - he saw the Macmanian field legions, British infantry and charioteers, and the Erwinian cavalry scattered across the street.  Many legions blew their horns and launched an attack.

    Hearing the horn, Vanius slapped his forehead and thought something bad was going on - the enemy was ready to attack and must have high morale, but his side was absent-minded. Except for the army of northern Gaul and the army of Birger,  In addition, no army was in a state of combat readiness - and the two armies that were in a state of combat readiness had poor morale.

    When Vanius hurriedly ordered the Praetorian Guards to prepare for battle, the Gauls and Bilgeans launched a counterattack without hesitation.

    From this distance, Vanius could only see the two armies colliding fiercely, and then he could only hear the din of the battlefield.

    At the same time, there was a cavalry unit on each side of the Roman legion, which quickly rushed towards the teams "arranged" by Vannius on both wings - the left wing was the Macmanian Field Legion and the British troops, and the right wing was  Troops of the Helvetians and the Aroblos.

    In the face of the sudden attack, even before the Macmanian Field Corps took countermeasures, the British chariot troops had already counterattacked against the enemy's cavalry, while the cavalry of the Erves and Aroblos  The troops began to retreat without shame.

    However, before Vannius could get angry, the infantry of the Helvetians and the Aroblogians had already charged forward.

    Immediately afterwards, the cavalry who had been fleeing in a hurry stopped suddenly, turned their horses' heads slowly, and rushed towards the Roman cavalry along with the infantry.

    To be fair, the combat effectiveness of the Gauls is not necessarily much worse than that of the Roman legion¡ªespecially the Roman recruit legion.

    What really limits their combat effectiveness is their morale rather than their ability. Compared with the tenacious and hard-working Roman legionary infantry, the Gallic warriors always have high morale when they start a war, but if they cannot break through for a long time, they will be unable to make progress.  , it is easy to be shaken, and then morale is low, or even collapse.

    Then, after being defeated by the Romans again and again, over time, the Gauls will have the idea that "the Romans are invincible" - just like their view of the Germans.

    In order to achieve Vannius's goal and make Gaul a reliable ally for the Germans to resist Rome, the Gauls' Roman phobia must be broken. The Gauls need to defeat the Romans with their own strength and build confidence.  There is no doubt that these new recruits are also a good opportunity.

    Even so, Vanius was still worried that these Gauls were unreliable, so he reorganized his Guards Corps and slowly moved his battle flag closer to the front line.

    At this time, the infantry battle line was already in chaos.

    Originally, the Gauls' infantry mainly fought with swords and shields, and the Romans also did the same. Both sides used shields to protect themselves, slashed and stabbed each other with swords, and even used shields to slam into the enemy in an attempt to shake the other side.  Shield formation.

    However, the Bilge infantry trained by Vannius??, but they were mainly spearmen-but when facing the Roman infantry equipped with large shields, the dense spears acted as a barrier very well-and, when the spears were pressed against the edge of the shield, the force was  Roman soldiers who were too violent were often pushed away from their shields due to unbalanced force, and were immediately stabbed by the spears of the Bilgees.

    As a result, at the beginning of the battle, the coalition of Gauls and Bilgees managed to draw a tie with the Romans without any external help.  (To be continued)

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