Chapter 10 The Serial Ambush of Labinus (Part 2)
The so-called trapezoidal warehouse group was specially created to target the supply weaknesses of the Roman legion. After commanding many battles, Li Bida always felt that the Roman camp was the best in that world, but it was not yet a transcendent thing. The Roman army was superior to other kings in the camp, not the camp itself, (for example, the Gauls could do better in fortification construction and fortress construction), but the iron discipline of the legion "step by step".
Therefore, after entering the camp, the legion, except for the orderly garrison, divided scientific areas, and arranged tight patrols, there were several inherent advantages of Li Bida. One was that logistics supplies were difficult to dispatch. If the soldiers were engaged in a long-term battle, it was difficult to move with the team, which was the biggest weakness. The second was that the camp itself was square and flat. Every time they went out to fight, the soldiers were accustomed to pile all their luggage into a hill in the center. It was said that this could effectively prevent the enemy from raiding and robbing. However, Li Bida was kind enough - if the enemy broke into the decisive action, there was no need to rob the whole scattered, but set fire on the "Lucky Mountain" - Previously, the small camp in Celester was defeated and defeated, which is a typical evidence.
Of course, there is a more important reason, which makes Li Bida, who is as careful as a child, dare not place some supplies in the soldiers' camp, otherwise, if he is a little careless, he will cause a devastating disaster.
Now, Li Bida officially separated the military camp and the warehouse. He may be the general who valued logistics the most in that world. Five Romania places away from the soldiers' camp, a semi-permanent warehouse was built into trapezoidal and inverted fans. At the front were two large warehouses confronting each other. On the left, they were reserved lead balls, stone bullets, arrows, and on the right, they were reserved weapons, armor and shields. These two warehouses were on the "trapezoidal" "top the "trapezoidal"
",Their front is connected to the road, with backup trenches, arrow towers and chest walls, and then there are more and more warehouses. The materials stored are mostly clay pots, iron nails, wood, military shoes, clothing, blankets, linens and other inconspicuous but very important things. On the "bottom edge" of the trapezoid, there are sixteen warehouse buildings lined up in a row, with brick walls particularly thick. Each of them has additional high walls and asbestos hangs to isolate and protect.
Around the warehouse, facilities such as stables, lifting towers, wooden fences and reservoirs were built and dug, and the roads inside were also fan-shaped, which means that the more you go back, the more different roads there were.
In this case, the trapezoidal warehouse group can not only provide strong support for the army's forward attacks, but also after the front line army retreats, its "top" can effectively defend the enemy with its fortifications and left-behind troops. The scattered "tree-shaped" roads inside can also effectively allow one's side to retreat and stop the enemy's pursuit. It can also allow subsequent reserve reinforcements to quickly rush from all sides to gather, and have a rapid effect of turning the situation around the war.
"All legions are natural engineers, so I specially pulled out a brigade from each of the six legions to guide the recruited personnel to build roads and warehouses." Li Bida, standing on the high hill outside the camp and inspecting the fortifications and warehouse progress, said proudly to the people around him, "Rabinus believed that he captured Waga City and guarded the mountains and remnants, and then our army could not cross the barren land on the left and right rivers, posing a threat to him. But his final plan was definitely not here." As he said, Li Bida confidently pointed to the west with his baton and pointed to the south. "The current geographical situation is fair to both the enemy and us. There is a large desert without water and plants in the middle. The water of the Tumu River is extremely turbid and difficult to provide for people and horses.
Drinking water. But it should be thought of this - it is difficult for us to cross over. On the other hand, even if Rabinus defeated Vaga, it is difficult for him to cross over and attack our army - so he must have another killer weapon, and this army is the bargaining for his decisive victory. In our army still has the Port of Hippo, and the enemy did not fully siege there to infer that it is difficult for them to detour along the coast in the north. On the contrary, Zama City in the south is the most important thing to pay attention to, because it has abundant assets and supplies, and has a wide and convenient road to Utica, or can directly detour to my back flank. Therefore, I can be sure that Rabinus sent a powerful striking army to follow the desert in the southern Numidia and heading towards Zama City, but what is uncertain is how much money Rabinus spent in this decisive direction."
"Doesn't you want to draw out powerful cavalry, join the subsequent legions, go to the Zama area first, and annihilate the silence army that drove Rabinus?" Angandinus asked.
Li Bida shook his head easily, "No, what I want is an annihilation battle, against Rabinus, no, the entire Pompeii remnant party's excellent annihilation battle, as long as we use the enemy's arrogance and precise layout here to cut off all the front and back roads that Rabin angrily complained. I have handed over the several legions in the rear to Petternius to command, and have other uses. As for the direction of Zama City, just leave appropriate security forces. In the end, I must save Vaga City. If I sit still and wait and let Vaga fall, I will be passive strategically. If I am controlled by the enemy, the soldiers' fighting spirit will plummet."
On the second day of the morning of the second day, while the weather was still cool, all the follow-up personnel of the 15th Legion were led by General Seerha, led by Hanske's scout cavalry and formed a warning column that could change the front at any time. A large number of pack horses collected from Afilica or Cyrene were sandwiched in the middle of the team, and passed through the desert areas in front, back and left and right. This was familiar to the soldiers of the 15th Legion. In this geographical environment, the power they exerted was not smaller than those of the desert barbarian mercenaries in Rabinus.
Following behind was the 12th Legion holding the mountain falcon flag. They were also brave and habitual warfare troops. In the past, Caesar's tent was no less famous than the 10th Legion. However, this time, in order to adapt to desert combat, the troops were specially lightened.
Paruma walked at the end with about 3,000 troops from the new cavalry army. He faithfully implemented his adoptive father's strategy, "Remember, this advance battle, your role is not a sword, but a shield, not a front line, but ready to fill the gap and act as a defensive force. That Rabinus will definitely play tricks."
Soon, the front troops of the 15th Legion who had crossed the river saw the enemy blocking camps across the flanks of the city of Waga. "Don't worry about those camps, if the enemy is huddled inside, we will drive directly to Vaga to rescue the siege; if there is an ambush outside the camp, there is no need to be afraid. Now the flags of the two columns point completely opposite. Once there is an enemy situation, they will turn to two sides to prepare for the enemy to attack us. Many of them are Mauritanian barbarians who may appear at any time, so everyone must be careful." Seerha stressed the reminder untiringly. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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