Chapter 823

A complete Roman army includes its infantry, cavalry, javelin and instrument soldiers. They form a basic organization based on small teams, and up there are regiments, battalions and brigades. For example, the standard infantry is 13 people as a small team, 40 to 50 people as a regiment, and there is a centurion at the level of 100 people, There are battalion commanders (thousand captains) for thousands of people. The commander of the brigade is the flag officer, and the Legion is the head of the army.

In fact, the commander of a Roman Legion only has the right to command operations. In the army, there will be roles such as civil protector, judge and treasurer. In fact, those all play the role of military supervisor to some extent. It's all right not to interfere. Once interfering, it represents the will of Rome (capital Senate and so on), and usually the commander can only give in.

The Roman military system has been changing. Almost every dynasty has its own set. As a result, the military establishment of each Roman Dynasty is different, but one core has not changed, that is, every 100 people form a tactical team.

What Wang Meng sees now is the most basic state of the Roman army. Every 100 people form a square array. If they are infantry, each soldier will hold a shield and a short sword in his hand. The soldiers in front, left and right will erect the tower shield in his hand, and the soldiers in the second order will raise the tower shield in his hand, One tower and another buckled each other to form a shield wall, and all the people stepped forward in the sound of neat trumpets.

"It's not much different from our shield array." Doua observed again and said, "the difference is that our tower shield is bigger than them, and the weapons in our hands are longer than them."

The Tower Shield of the Han army is larger than that of the Roman army, which is determined by the height and physique itself. In short, the basic height of the Tower Shield soldiers of the Han army is 1.8 meters, while that of the Roman soldiers is generally 1.6 meters. Different heights can't be shields of the same area. It's hard to mention that the shields are too big and short.

"Your shields are much bigger than ours." Marcus Of course, Maka also knew this, and said in an envious tone, "you Chinese have too strong congenital advantages."

According to relevant historical records, the average height of the Romans is about 1.6 meters, which is much shorter than some barbarians named by them, but they hang and beat those nations whose physique is taller than themselves for a long time.

In fact, it is quite simple. Rome is ahead of the barbarians in terms of science and technology, military system and tactical level. In addition, there is really no grassland around Rome. Most of them are forests and mountains. It is difficult to give full play to the cavalry advantages of the barbarians.

"You have a lot of infantry, really too many." Marcus Maka didn't think he was flattering: "it also shows that your generals are excellent and can command so many and miscellaneous troops to fight."

There are really many types of infantry in the Han army. There are simple sword soldiers, sword soldiers, bow soldiers, spearmen, short spearmen and shield soldiers. With shields, they are sword shield soldiers, sword shield soldiers, gun shield soldiers and shield armed short spearmen. Different arms have their own advantages, such as terrain and war situation needs.

There are many types of arms. When arranging the formation, we need to reasonably arrange where each arm should stay. Any mistake in deployment will make the formation lose its original function. It's better not to put the formation.

Marcus Maka thought about how to command the Han Army countless times. As a result, he was stunned when he thought of so many arms in his head, not to mention the arrangement of formation and the deployment of troops.

There has been a strange phenomenon in Zhuxia for a long time, that is, what to do always likes to change from difficulty to ease. For example, in terms of smelting technology, it has clearly found two methods: Casting and forging. You can choose to play casting which is more difficult for the process at that time.

In terms of military affairs, most ethnic groups except Zhuxia emphasize that the more monotonous the arms, the better. Even if it is necessary, they can't have too many arms. One of the reasons is that the arms are too complex to command.

Why did the generals of the various Xia dynasties take it for granted that there was nothing wrong with commanding too many arms? It's not like that when they come into contact with the military, and then there are most systematic military books that can be learned.

For a long time, there was no such thing as military books among nationalities other than Zhuxia. Even if there was something about military, it could only be written under the name of letters. Take Europa for example. The war books with serious children are in the era of hot weapons. Previously, they were basically passed on by close relatives with experience, and usually only taught to their eldest son (the first in order successor).

Of course, there are geniuses in the world. They can do anything without systematic learning, but the reason why geniuses are geniuses is that the generation rate of geniuses is too low.

Most people still need to learn, and after learning such knowledge, they may not be able to use it, or even there will be no difference between learning and not learning.

"They have no paper." Cai Mian tried to keep his voice down: "Your Majesty also forbids the spread of paper technology."

In fact, it doesn't matter if there is no paper. That's not a restriction on the dissemination of knowledge. Without paper, you can also have stone molds and parchment, which is also a tool for carrying words, but it's too troublesome to make.

"They are in the most primitive stage of the feudal system." What Wang Meng said is the key: "in their society, the nobles are the nobles. They don't want to be replaced by transactions, but can only be forcibly seized by force. Usually, no one is willing to spread their knowledge. If someone wants to share, it is everyone who offends."

Dou a understood. In fact, those who master knowledge restrict the dissemination of knowledge. They mainly want to form a monopoly so as to form a favorable position all the time.

Wang Meng only mentioned the nobility. The non nobility has no ability to protect themselves. It is equal to the nobility robbing the civilians. Even if it is not legal and reasonable, they can detour until they get what they want. But once the civilians want to get something from the nobility, they are equal to being enemies with all the nobility.

Cai Mian didn't need too complicated thinking. He said bluntly, "collective repression! We have also had such a stage."

In the ancient pre-Qin period, the aristocrats who mastered knowledge also formed a monopoly. In fact, this is also the case for a long time in the future. It only slowly opens the channels for ordinary people to study, but some people can always master exclusive knowledge.

It must be said that whether you are willing to share is one thing, but if you force people who master knowledge to share, it is robbery. Strangely, for a long time in Zhuxia, sharing (robbing) culture was considered correct in public opinion. Anyone who could not protect his intellectual property rights could not be spared. If his things were robbed, there was nowhere to redress his grievances. The general public would applaud.

For them, the Romans show their strength as they like! It seems that only the infantry form an array and some instruments are busy assembling. For the time being, nothing can arouse their interest.

In terms of war, the Han Army has fought for more than ten years. Even Wang Meng, who has been on the battlefield at least, has watched a lot with Liu Yan on the Yandi battlefield. He has put in an array and fought, and rushed up as soon as he encountered an encounter. Simply speaking from the scene, he saw only a few thousand people in Rome, and then saw those enemies who did not respond to Rome. There was really no place where the word "fierce" could be used.

In any war, there will be formation arrangement in the process, and then the soldiers on both sides will compete with their body, blood, will and courage. The ultimate goal is to kill the enemy and survive. After waiting for the emergence of firearms, the war will become more cruel and complex.

"Tortoise shell array, isn't it?" Dou a didn't hide his disdain at all: "if you meet us, gather a few guns and shoot, you'll have to burp all farts."

Come on, now the only one with firearms is the Han state. Even the Han state is only a small number of firearms troops. The Romans have no artillery against the enemy, even the catapult.

The army surrounded by the Romans (?), they have been making noise all the time. They have no real action from beginning to end, and they also begin to enter the defense line.

The Han people watching the war saw people in colorful clothes running into the ditch. They didn't understand what it meant to squeeze people into the ditch.

"I thought it was to prevent the trench dug by the cavalry..." Dou ah touched his chin: "it seems not?"

They really haven't seen the fighting mode of the Roman Legion. The cavalry in the Roman war has always been a chore. A few Roman generals who can complete a war with the sound of the cavalry are astonished, but they are more used to letting the instrument troops blow continuously, and then the infantry advance solidly to pick the fruits of victory.

Now, all kinds of equipment assembled by the Romans are attacking.

The most used by the Romans were stone catapults. What they threw was not round bullets, but natural stones that they didn't know where to get. Some riprap trucks continue to push forward under the cover of infantry. It seems that they stop at the range and launch when they hit small stones such as pebbles, which means spreading a large-area attack.

After the catapult attack, the battlefield was constantly hit by stones. The Roman attack caused more chaos to the enemy. It was inevitable that the people hit by stones died or were injured, making the battlefield full of screams and howls.

"We really haven't played like this." Dou a said that he was throwing pebbles. He saw a guy hit in the eye by pebbles with a telescope. His eyeballs burst instantly and the man fell straight down, Lying on the ground, he kept twitching his body: "we are playing with an iron sand gun, which is much more fierce than this. If we are hit by an iron sand gun, we will directly disintegrate near. If we are far away, we will not have the strength to kick our legs, and will roll up like shrimp and wail to death."

Marcus Maka suddenly felt that everything was meaningless. He was one of the Romans who knew the state-owned guns of the Han Dynasty. He had not seen the gun launch with his own eyes, but he could know the general power from some people's description.

Olus, who was sent to the state of Han Setus Cicero was the only Roman who had seen artillery fire and saw the power of artillery with his own eyes. He wrote back to his country again and again. In addition to requesting to purchase artillery or obtain technology at all costs, he was telling any Roman about the terrible of artillery. The problem was that even if the vast majority of Romans knew it, they did not believe that it had such power, or even that there would be a sound like thunder when the artillery fired.

Not only the Romans know the existence of artillery, but also the Persians know that only those who have witnessed the power of artillery in the two countries know the horror of artillery as a weapon, and the rest are either ignorant and fearless or don't believe it at all. They have something in common. They all want to get guns. Whether they know the power or don't believe it, they want to see jokes.

Of course, the state of Han wanted to block artillery information, but it had been used on the battlefield. How could it be blocked? It just blocked some information that could be blocked, such as the manufacturing technology of bronze artillery, the formula of military gunpowder, and so on.

Although they didn't think it was interesting or good-looking, Wang Meng and others could not turn around and leave. They waited for a long time and finally waited until the Roman soldiers continued to advance. That was the fortification in the way that had been destroyed by the equipment.

"To be fair, it is rare in the world to be able to use so many instruments." Doua looks down on things like catapults and crossbows, but he won't open his eyes and tell lies: "in today's world, there are very few people who can make instruments, and the Romans are proud."

"If we can make it, it won't match every army. Do Roman legions have it?" Cai Mian saw that the encircled forces finally sent troops to charge: "it's really great to rush with steps and horses."

That's right. The counterattack of the surrounded people was that the cavalry and infantry mixed together to launch an assault on the Roman army, which was both funny and sad. People in the same camp were knocked down by their own horses and trampled by their hoofs.

"Why don't we have such an enemy?" Cai Mian said somewhat speechless, "the Huns, Xianbei, Jie people, Qiang people, Di people... Even if we are stupid, we will not give in and ride together to charge?"

East Asia has always been a monster house. If the civilization produced is too stupid, it will never survive the second year. What is left is civilization with merit, and it has learned the nutrition it wants from repeated exchanges. Not only one side is making progress.

Marcus, who left just now Marca came back with Marcus, the Roman protector Utansis.

"I'm very sorry to say that our opponent seems too weak." Marus Utansis really apologized: "I didn't let the guests see the wonderful performance. In order to show my sincerity, I will ask Constantinople for a grand fight."

Wang Meng and Cai Mian looked at each other in an instant. They knew that the Romans were extremely enthusiastic about fighting. They also knew that the fighting held by the monarch would usually be very grand. They really felt the sincerity of the Romans.

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There was no electricity all day yesterday. I couldn't even ask for leave.