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Volume 1: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 524: Battle for supremacy at sea

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    (I went to the hospital to check the incision. It was red and swollen. I couldn¡¯t clean it easily, so I had to keep it. Please forgive me!) 182 BC.  It is spring, the nineteenth year of the Qin Dynasty, and the two hundred and ninety-sixth year of the Roman Republic.  The flames of war are raging across the entire Eurasian and African continent. This all-out war for hegemony between the Qin Dynasty and Rome is like a sudden hurricane, involving one nation after another.  Throughout the winter.  The battle lines of the two sides were intertwined. In the middle direction, although the Cinque Fortress had been captured by the Qin army, the Romans did not give up. The Thracian barbarians of Skedax suffered heavy casualties and took over his role as the first to ascend.  , has been replaced by Cao Xin's main force on the eastern front. This Qin army is well-equipped, rigorously disciplined, and yet brave. They are more difficult to deal with than the Thracians. The Romans gradually revealed their strength in the successive struggles.  Losing appearance.  However, Scipio showed great tenacity. Determined to give it a try, he unleashed his unprecedented potential. Teams of fresh troops drawn from the country took turns to replace the tired soldiers, using their strong arms and fearless  Sacrifice, blocking the Qin army's attacks wave after wave.  When the republican system entered the imperial system, Scipio's reform of the army gradually became apparent. The original conscription system of compulsory military service was abandoned. Soldiers' weapons and armor would no longer be provided by themselves, but by themselves.  The supplies are uniformly distributed by the state and government. What soldiers have to do is obey orders, pick up weapons, fight and kill the enemy, and win the necessary victory on the battlefield.  Under the suppression of the Qin State, the Roman army in the imperial era gradually took shape, with infantry pike teams and batches of professional soldiers equipped with armor. The freedom and rigorous personality of the Romans gradually emerged. They were in the initial stage.  They may be a little behind and were caught off guard by the Qin army, but now, the Romans are catching up in great strides.  The northeastern foothills of the Alps.  The snow line undulates between the bushes in the low valleys and the exposed rocks.  In some places leeward, snow still filled the valley, and groups of Roman soldiers were patrolling nervously, hoping to find some traces of the enemy, then eliminate them and report their merits to their superiors.  In early summer, the weather here was still cold. After the fall of the Cinque Fortress, the Roman army's front gradually retreated. The highest mountain in Europe located in the northern Apennine Peninsula was the last barrier for the Romans.  The Roman legions guarding this high mountain area are building fortifications nervously.  For them, guarding the openings between the snow lines in these valleys also means guarding their homeland.  ¡ª¡ª.  On the Western Front battlefield.  The battle for Bell Port is going on in full swing.  The Qin fleet commanded by Gan Yong and the new Roman fleet launched one sea chase after another around the ports and waterways. The commander of the new Roman fleet was a close confidant of Scipio. In the absence of confidence, this  Crassus's successor wisely chose to avoid fighting.  Even if they are sometimes entangled by the Qin fleet, they usually resort to cutting off their tails to survive. Losing one or two warships is nothing.  As long as they can hold back Qin's fleet, the Roman Republic's sea transportation lines are now very short, namely these ports in the western Mediterranean, as long as they are careful.  can avoid the interception of the Qin fleet.  Indeed, on the vast and vast sea, the chance of two fleets meeting is very low, but if one party has the initiative in intelligence.  Then just stay on the route a few days in advance and wait for the other party to surrender.  Port of Genoa.  An important port town in the northern part of the Apennine Peninsula, it connects the triangle of Iberia, Gaul, and the Apennines.  In the small sea area, sea trade was developed, and it was also an important town for the Romans to obtain supplies.  On the pier.  The dotted sails lined the seabirds flying by. The fish foraging on the sea were picked up by the seabirds, and they were struggling and unwilling to move towards the cliff not far away, where the new generation was waiting.  In the feeding world, the survival laws of the animal world have evolved unchanged from ancient times to the present, and as the rulers of this world, humans are not far away, engaged in a grand battle for hegemony.  Turning around the corner of the bay.  More than a dozen merchant ships flying the flag of the Hellenic Free Trade Association are setting sail. Their final destination is the war-torn Bell Port. The baggage on these merchant ships is very important. They are supporting the Roman province of Iberia.  Important supplies for the army to continue fighting.  Under the constant attacks of the Qin army and the Carthaginian coalition, the Roman army on the western front was retreating steadily. If there was no strong support, the fall of Bell Port was not far away. In order to continue to maintain the western front, Xibei  Under A's strict order, the Roman fleet, which had been huddled in the port of Genoa, finally went to sea.  This time, they chose to hang hope carefully and cautiously.The flag of the merchant group sailed, and the Greeks remained neutral in the war between Qin and Rome. However, due to the defection of important figures from the Lyceum Academy such as Gemisius and Dikar to Qin, the relationship between Greece and Qin remained stable.  Yes, the new commander of the Roman fleet hoped to use this to confuse his opponents and gain himself a chance to return home smoothly.  However, he did not know that in the waters of Corsica not far from Genoa, more than thirty warships of Gan Yong's Qin fleet were already like big sharks with their huge mouths, waiting for the Romans to surrender.  Snare.  This is an era of the weak and the strong.  This is an era where the strong is king.  Once you become weak, you may be rounded up by invisible killers from different levels. Although the Romans' news in the port of Genoa was tightly sealed, the Gallic sailors they hired still leaked information about the fleet's voyage.  Although Petereus, a Roman mercenary surrendered general, could not break into the hinterland of the Apennine Peninsula, his surrender still caused cracks to appear within the Roman Republic.  The Romans, who had insufficient local population and relied heavily on mercenaries in the occupied areas, saw their centripetal force gradually weaken under the unfavorable situation on the battlefield. The Gauls were an obvious example.  It¡¯s early morning on the second day of October.  The strong rotating Mediterranean trade winds on the sea sent the Roman mixed fleet disguised as a Greek caravan to the vicinity of Corsica. This rocky sea area also became a cemetery for the burial of the new Roman fleet.  Thirty ships versus twelve.  In terms of quantity, the Qin fleet has an absolute advantage, and in terms of morale, the Qin fleet sailors with experience in the battle of Andre Island are not comparable to the soldiers of the new Roman fleet recruited from merchant sailors.  .  When the sun set, the last two surviving ships of the Roman fleet had to withdraw from the battlefield sadly. They failed, and they failed miserably. Scipio's cronies, who had been the commander of the new fleet for less than two years, also fought in this battle.  He was buried in the sea, and the next Mediterranean Sea will be the place where the Qin army fleet roams.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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