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German Total War 5200 Eastern War 063 Confrontation on the Second Front

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    To be fair, the Gauls' performance was not bad.

    First of all, when the Romans launched a charge, they suppressed the oncoming collision and stayed quietly, waiting for Vannius's order.  .

    Then, when Vannius ordered the attack, the Gauls, who had become somewhat lax, were able to immediately launch the charge without hesitation, and implemented Vannius' plan well.

    When the entire front collided with the centurions that the Romans first rushed out, although they failed to destroy all the centurions immediately, the Gauls quickly surrounded these centuries - next, facing the Romans  In a back-to-back defensive formation, some brave Gauls stepped on Roman shields and rushed into the middle of the Romans, launching an attack from the inside. Although none of the warriors who rushed into the formation in the end could come out alive, they succeeded.  The Roman array was destroyed, and the surrounded Romans were quickly slaughtered.

    On the frontal front, the Gallic warriors also showed commendable courage, fighting the Romans fearlessly and killing at least two thousand enemies.

    All in all, during this period of time which is by no means long, the fearless attack of tens of thousands of Gallic warriors has eliminated more than 3,000 Roman legionnaires - which is the size of half a legion - and  Compared with the Gauls' previous achievements, this result is definitely something to be proud of.

    Even so, in fact they still failed to reach the level that Vanius expected.

    According to Vannius¡¯s idea, when the Romans stopped to reorganize their troops.  Tens of thousands of Gallic warriors formed a phalanx and launched a charge.  Only some of the Romans would fight back, while the rest would stay put.

    At this time, the Gauls should quickly crush those enemies who dared to launch a counterattack into powder, and then continue to smash the Roman front with unabated momentum.

    At the same time, because some of the Roman centurions launched a counterattack and were eliminated, there should be gaps in the Roman line at this time - along these gaps, the Gauls could completely attack vertically, penetrate and tear apart the Roman formation.  , causing great damage to the Romans.

    Unfortunately, the Gauls failed to deal a crushing blow to the centurions who took the lead in launching a counterattack.  Instead, they destroyed the momentum of the charge and spent more manpower and time to eliminate those Centuries.

    As a result, when the Gauls, who had slowed down their advance and were also disrupted by their formation, crashed into the Roman front, not only more Romans launched a counterattack.  The Gauls' ranks were disrupted, and later the Romans had restored their array.

    As a result, what should have been a neat battle line in theory became criss-crossed. Everywhere there were advance teams besieged by enemies, some of them Gauls and some of them Romans.

    At this time, the power of the Roman shield and the Roman veteran was revealed.

    These experienced veterans were no stronger than other Romans, and their speed was no faster than other Romans, but their experience made them the toughest and deadliest killers.

    Although those are incorporated into the veteran army.  But they have not experienced several battles. They only know how to strictly abide by military doctrines, use large shields to protect themselves and their teammates, wait until the Gauls' swords hit the shields, and then quickly use their swords to fight back. When they break into the enemy's array,  Facing attacks from all directions, he seemed a little overwhelmed.

    The experienced veterans who have served for many years relaxedly held their shields, shook the Gauls' chops with gentle shaking, and relied on flexible and steady steps and powerful shield blows to destroy the enemy's queues and attacks.  Rhythm, and at the same time, attack quickly before the opponent has even raised the sword completely, seize the opponent's flaw and send the dagger deeply into the opponent's ribs.  Draw out a lot of blood.

    Under the sharp and vicious blows of the veterans, the Gauls who broke into the Roman array were quickly killed, and the gaps in the Roman array were quickly repaired.  The gaps in the Gauls' array created more and more larger gaps, and there were faint signs of being torn and gouged.

    Although more than 3,000 Romans were killed or injured, the Gauls also paid the price of nearly 3,000 people - as the battle progressed.  The Romans were dying slower and slower, the Gauls were dying faster and faster.

    so.  The Gauls could not help but waver.

    Immediately afterwards, the first Gauls thought of what Vannius said, and they could retreat when they could no longer support it.

    So, all the Gauls came up with this idea after being reminded by their companions.

    When the Gauls turned and fled "according to the planned plan", a burst of warm cheers broke out from the Roman array.

    Immediately afterwards, the Roman legion battleThey abandoned their array, threw away their arms and brandished their short swords, and started chasing the fleeing Gauls.

    At this time, the second shield prepared by the far-sighted Vannius for the Gauls and Bilge people showed their value - although every Gaulish man felt that carrying a shield on his back was heavy and inconvenient.  , and made them look like turtles, but at this time it saved many lives - those Roman veterans almost instinctively assassinated, and most of them fell on the shields at the moment, failing to achieve any results.

    After that, the Bilgeans lined up in a dense queue and stepped forward to meet the Gauls with their spears drawn.  The Gauls scrambled to escape through the passage between the spear phalanxes.

    The dense phalanx of spears also made it difficult for the Roman veterans.

    Several particularly brave veterans held their shields at an angle and tried to break into the spear phalanx from below to start the massacre. However, they were stabbed in the instep by a spear because of a careless movement.  Immediately afterwards, the Romans discovered that several Bil and warriors holding small shields and long swords crawled over from under the dense spears, and killed the wounded under the spears with their swords without ceremony.

    Some other veterans tried to chase the Gauls through the passage between the spear phalanxes.  But before they could cover half the distance, they found a group of Bilge warriors wielding bucklers, sledgehammers, and battle axes. They pushed down the Gauls and rushed towards them.  The Romans who rushed too deep were all killed in the passage.

    In this way, the Belgeans successfully took over the remaining more than 6,000 Gauls, and then took on the Romans again.

    The Gauls retreated in a hurry, and did not settle down until they ran past the formation of the German field legions.  After that, Vannius sent people over to straighten them up, transport the wounded back, organize the uninjured people into a team of hundreds, distribute them new weapons and shields, and let them sit down and rest - in this way, Vannius  Wusi got another 5,000 warriors - although these warriors were not very reliable.

    While Vannius was rectifying the remnants of the Gauls, the Belgeans also began to advance in a neat formation. Although their spear formations could not launch short-distance assaults like the Germans, the neat advancement also seemed  Very powerful.

    Facing the dense spears, the Romans had to retreat.

    But in those areas that were originally intended to provide passage for the Gauls to retreat, the Romans did not have to retreat.

    In this way, more and more Romans entered the passage, and then formed an array to fight with the Belgeans who used tomahawks and sledgehammers.

    Under the blows of heavy battle axes and sledgehammers, the large shields of the Romans became less effective.

    When Vanius was training the Bilge troops, he had already equipped the Bilge troops with additional cloth armor with leather pads on both ribs, which greatly reduced the killing efficiency of Roman veterans.

    As a result, on one side was the spear phalanx of the Bilgeans, which basically played no role other than blocking the enemy, and on the other side were the Bilge warriors and Roman legion veterans who were fiercely attacking each other. The entire front was once again in a stalemate.

    The current stalemate can be said to be beneficial to Vanius.  Therefore, Vanius was in no hurry to issue new orders.

    What makes Vannius strange is that Caesar seems to be satisfied with the current situation and has not made new arrangements.

    This situation seems unscientific to Vannius - the Romans have three lines of defense and a reserve force; he has four lines of defense and a reserve force. Caesar should not intend to spend it with him like this.  .

    Although Caesar could not see the Dunckderry Cavalry Field Regiment placed at the end from this distance, his Guards Regiment in the last line numbered 30,000, and Caesar's final reserve only had one legion without cavalry.  There are less than 6,000 people. No matter how you look at it, Caesar should take some measures to reverse the decline, right?

    Just as Vanius was thinking about this, the situation on the field changed again - as if receiving some order, most of the Romans on the front line began to squeeze towards the channel in the middle of the spear array.

    At the same time, the second line of Roman legions also pressed forward, slowly approaching the spear phalanx.

    Seeing this scene, Vanius became nervous.

    He has seen the Romans' intentions, but there is no good way to crack it - after all, it is obviously too late to mobilize the army at this time.

    As more and more Romans entered the passage, the passage became denser and more crowded. In the end, no one could wield a weapon, and the original battle turned into a competition of strength.

    At the same time, due to the presence of Roman soldiers on the front, the soldiers in the spear phalanx did not dare to rashly turn their spear heads to attack those who passed through from both sides.The Romans in the road, otherwise the Romans on the opposite side may take the opportunity to rush into the spear formation - and once the enemy gets close, the soldiers in the spear formation will obviously be unable to win.

    As a result, after Caesar invested the second line of troops, the balance of victory once again tilted towards the Romans.  [(m) No pop-up window reading]

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