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Germanic Total War Final Battle 047 Partial Victory

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    Theoretically, being able to tie with more than 30,000 Roman soldiers from five legions is already considered a good result.

    The problem is that in this battle, the Belgeans sent 15,000 people, while the Northern Gallic Tribal Alliance sent 20,000 people, for a total of 35,000 people.  .

    Moreover, among the five legions of Romans, Labienus only sent three legions in the center, namely the forty-first, forty-second and forty-third legions.

    Of the remaining two legions, the Forty-fourth legion was on the right wing, directly attacking the British - as mentioned before, the British army also numbered more than 10,000 people.

    The Forty-fifth Legion was on the left, facing the vassal legions organized by Vannius¡ªthis team included the Ervigians, Allobroges, Albisci, Massilians, and the previous  The slaves of the southern Gallic tribe who performed outstandingly during the siege of Massilia¡ªthis army numbered tens of thousands.

    In other words, although the Gauls and the Romans have reached a preliminary tie, they actually used more than 50,000 and nearly 60,000 people to tie with the more than 30,000 Romans.

    However, that was all, Vannius already felt grateful - at least, when they faced the long-planned Roman legions with a lot of slaves and so on, they did not directly collapse.

    However, Vannius knew very well that the current stalemate and confrontation was only a temporary phenomenon - maybe the Belgeans were a little more reliable, but although the untrained Gauls could maintain high morale at the beginning of the war, they had to  Not long.  After suffering a certain amount of casualties.  The defeat would be inevitable - in the eight years of fighting Caesar, the Gauls were defeated again and again in this way.

    Therefore, either the battle must be resolved before the situation changes drastically, or Vannius will have to watch the Gauls collapse.

    However, defeating the Romans is not an easy task - currently, there are only two armies that have not yet entered the battle, the Macmanian field legion, and Vannius' own legion of the Praetorian Guard.

    Among them, the Praetorian Guards guarded all kinds of food and supplies, and also shouldered the responsibility of providing morale boosting to the Gauls.

    Although the soldiers of the Macmany Field Corps came from a relatively southern area.  But compared with the warm and humid Mediterranean, they are still visitors from cold areas, and they have not undergone too long heat-resistant training, and their physical strength is not guaranteed. At the moment, this legion is still inactive because it has not received further orders from Vannius.  In place.  War readiness was maintained, and cavalry was sent to ask Vannius for further orders.

    After hesitating for a moment, Vanius ordered the Macmanian field legion to move to the left, surround the legion fighting the British, and defeat that legion.

    After defeating the enemy, the Macmanney Field Corps rested on the spot, while the Britons were about to attack further towards the center.

    After the Markmani Field Army has rested, if the battle has not ended yet - considering the tragic combat effectiveness of the Gauls and the currently unclear combat effectiveness of the Britons, this is very likely to happen - then Markman  The Nigerian field army will continue to extend backward.  Then attack the Romans from behind.

    After the order was issued, the Macmanian Field Legion quickly began to move. By this time, the cavalry of the Forty-fourth Legion, which was on the Roman right and the British were fighting, had collapsed and hid behind the infantry array, while the infantry had already  Fighting against the British.

    The elite troops of the Britons are noble warriors who use well-made two-handed swords.

    However, although those sharp two-handed swords could even cut off ordinary swords with one blow, they seemed a bit weak when faced with the strong Roman shields. With the efforts of the British warriors to chop, the shields  They were often cut a quarter of the way away, and then the two-handed swords were stuck - if it weren't for the British noble warriors, most of them would have chain armor to protect themselves.  At this time, the Romans' counterattack was enough to kill them.

    After attacking like this for a while, the noble warriors who lost their spirit and lost some men retreated one after another, leaving the front line to the swordsmen equipped with shields, while they used their long swords to launch thrusts in the back row - like this  , the British front stabilized again.

    at the same time.  The Macmanny field regiment formed a neat array, bypassing the fighting front resolutely and steadily.  Made a gesture of outflanking.

    Seeing this scene, the Roman cavalry, which had been defeated not long ago, quickly reorganized their team and fought back, trying to stop the Macmanians' actions.

    But the Macmanians did not hesitate to point the German gun array at the cavalry and launched a charge.

    While the cavalry was forced back, the rest of the infantry had already moved to the 44th Army.?'s flank - As the Forty-fourth Legion wavered, the assault infantry and heavily armored elite axemen launched a charge almost at the same time, slamming into the Roman's flank.

    Although the formation is the same as that of the Britons, with assault infantry holding shields and axes in front, and heavily armored elite axemen holding two-handed axes at the back, it is obvious that when facing a large shield, axes are much more useful than swords -  - This can be determined from the screams and the retreating defense lines of the Romans.

    Facing attacks from two directions at the same time, the recruits of the 44th Legion were obviously shaken.

    However, unlike the rout that Vannius expected, these trained Roman soldiers under the leadership of the centurion did not rout. Instead, they shrank their formation toward the center, trying to unite with their brother legions.

    As the Macmanians continued to advance, the Romans couldn't help but retreat.  The commander of the Macmanian Field Army also found the leader of the British and conveyed Vannius's plan - the British would complete the flanking attack, and the Macmanian would attack from behind.

    The Britons roared and conveyed this order, and then began to take over the Macmanian front line one by one, completely surrounding the Roman right-wing line.

    "The soldiers of the Macmanny Field Corps withdrew, rested under the protection of the German gun array, and replenished the salt water to prepare for a new round of assault.

    Originally, the Birges and Gauls on the central front had been unable to fight for a long time and were already somewhat shaken.

    But the British victory on the left wing greatly encouraged them - seeing that the British had won, and drove the enemy to the center, surrounding the enemy - so that as long as they persisted, victory was bound to come.

    At the same time, the rumbling war drums also sounded behind them, which greatly encouraged them again and inspired them to fight with the Romans on the opposite side.

    Seeing dozens of soldiers beating the huge cowhide drum hard, Vanius sighed helplessly.

    The cowhide war drum is one of the traditional "military instruments" of the Germanic people, and it is the most effective military instrument. When a tribe migrates and encounters enemies, or when enemies come knocking on their doorstep, the Germanic people will  Fighting inspired by the beat of the drum.

    There is no need to look back, as long as you hear the almost crazy beating of the war drums behind them, the Germans will know that their mothers, wives and children are watching their bravery behind them, looking forward to their victory - and if they fail, then  Their mothers, wives and children will be bullied or killed by others.

    Just this thought is enough for the most cowardly person to muster up the courage to fight to the death in the face of an enemy that is ten times more numerous.

    But unfortunately, this is only for the Germans - according to the traditional concept of the Germans, even the most cowardly Germans are braver than the bravest Gauls.

    The actual situation is not much different - at least, after Vannius trained the German army, the German army relied on perseverance and tenacity honed through long and arduous training.  character; while the Gauls still relied on a moment of bloody bravery in battle.

    The so-called one-stop force, then decline, and three failures. If the Gauls' proactive response when facing the Roman attack was regarded as a one-stop effort, then although the Gauls are still fighting bravely, they can be considered to have failed again.  ¡ª¡ª Next, the progress of the war depends on whether the Macmanny Field Army can complete the decisive blow in the back before they are exhausted.

    However, this judgment is based on one condition - Vanius's Guards Corps does not enter the battle.

    Although Vannius hopes that the battle can be resolved without having to invest in the Guards Corps, this does not mean that he will really watch his allies be completely defeated and sit idly by - in fact, until now, Vannius  Wudu was observing the entire battle situation nervously, and all the soldiers of the Guards Corps were ready to fight at any time.

    Just when Vanius was worried that the Macmanian Field Army would not be able to complete the outflanking mission from behind in time, Carlo pointed to the hillside on the right near the Mediterranean Sea and shouted: "Look over there!"

    As soon as Vanius turned his head, he suddenly became nervous - in the direction Carlo pointed, that is, on the right wing of his army, there were the 55th Roman Legion and Helvetia, Allobroges, and Massilia.  A puff of smoke and dust rose in the direction of the battle between the Albisians, the Allied Forces of Freed Slaves.

    Judging from the smoke and dust rising high, it was obvious that what was coming was a large cavalry unit.

    On the left wing, Vanius can already be considered to have won the victory, and the next thing is to defeat the center to achieve a complete victory and annihilate the enemy.

      However, after the three Roman legions in the middle merged with the 44th legion, their formation was still very stable, and there was no sign of defeat for the time being.

    The coalition forces on the right are all Gauls, including those who supported the Romans not long ago. They are not very reliable to begin with. If they are flanked by the newly arrived Roman cavalry troops, they are likely to be defeated//  relative!  If you think this site is good, please remember to help promote it!  This site!

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