MHAG :: Volume #5

#453: Crotone siege warfare ( 3 )

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Thinks of here, he deeply inspires, was calmed down by oneself, in the mind after the fast operation, his sinking sound said: „Elevation angle is invariable, the barrel deflected to the left once, the firing distance reduced a standard, but also with original live round weight.” 想到这里,他深吸了口气,让自己冷静下来,脑海里经过快速的运算,他沉声说道:“仰角不变,炮身向左偏转一度,射程减一格,还用原来的实弹重量。” The cannoneers operate immediately according to this. 炮手立刻照此操作。 „Launch!” “发射！” The marbles howl to go, then the marbles fly to go out of town outside...... 石弹呼啸而去,接着一颗又一颗石弹紧接着飞出城外…… But has more marbles to fly from the city, „bang! Bang! Bang!......” The deafening sound, mixes with is calling out in alarm and calling out pitifully. And the marbles fall nearby crossbow artillery that in Kuldo Rhode is , the stone chip scatters, momentum to be astonishing. Kuldo Rhode actually remains unmoved, after these days exercise, he just does not have/leave the scholars of school( regiment soldiers to his nickname), but became a qualified soldier. 但有更多的石弹从城外飞进来,“轰！轰！轰！……”的震响,夹杂着惊呼和惨叫。其中有一颗石弹就落在库尔多罗德所在的弩炮附近,石屑四溅、声势惊人。库尔多罗德却不为所动,经过这段时间的锻炼,他已经不是刚出学院的学者(军团士兵对他的昵称),而成为一名合格的士兵了。 Before the Syracuse attacking a city tower is not Theonia , when breaks through Kerner Petija the attacking a city tower that uses can compare, it is 20 meters fully, ten meters wide, 12 meters high, the shape assumes the trapezoid, there are seven. Most top layer for the ring-like wooden vertebra small dish, inside has five archers, may occupy a commanding position to top release arrow ; The lowest level also hangs the attacking a city hammer, can rumble directly the hit city wall ; Second from the bottom almost with city wall contour, can put down the hanging bridge, lets enter the soldier in tower to rush to the top ; But third from the bottom slightly is lower than the top, then lays aside another horrifying weapon that the Syracuse person is inventing- abdomen bow......, therefore, this is a super attacking a city tower, needs over a hundred people makes an effort to promote it after the towers and both sides. 锡拉库扎的攻城塔远不是戴奥尼亚之前攻破克纳佩提亚时所使用的攻城塔所能比拟的,它足有20米长、十米宽、12米高,形状呈梯形,共有七层。最顶层为环状木制椎碟,里面有五名弓箭手,可居高临下向城头放箭;最底层还吊有攻城锤,可以直接轰撞击城墙;倒数第二层几乎与城墙等高,可以放下吊桥,让进入塔内的士兵冲上城头;而倒数第三层略低于城头,其中则放置着锡拉库扎人发明的另一件可怕的武器-腹弓……因此,这是一个超级攻城塔,需要上百人在塔后和两侧用力推动它。 Marbles unceasing falling of Theonia in its surroundings, splashes flying mud one after another, splashes to combine the soil of rainwater to hit, rustle fresh pain. But by marbles hit is the dead shape fearsome, is scared the surrounding soldier to avoid. In densely covered advance the situation of attacking a city soldier under city, only then nearby the attacking a city tower vacates the big piece the place. 戴奥尼亚的石弹不断的落在它的周围,溅起一朵又一朵的泥花,溅起混杂着雨水的泥土打在人身上,簌簌生痛。而被石弹击中者更是死状可怖,吓着周围的士兵纷纷躲避。在城下密布前进的攻城士兵的情况下,只有攻城塔附近空出大片的地方。 The direction team officer in this attacking a city tower also felt certainly several points of danger, he urged that the labor forces after tower promote the attacking a city tower to speed up going forward, so long as arrives in the city wall , there is nothing can threaten the attacking a city tower. 这座攻城塔的指挥队官当然也感到了几分危险,他催促塔后的劳力们推动攻城塔加快前进,只要抵达城墙,就没有什么能够威胁到攻城塔的了。 But at this time in the attacking a city tower the third outer layer plank from the bottom has opened, two abdomen bows revealed the true body, its structure similar crossbow artillery, but is used in the installment of launch is a giant bow is fixed by the keep flat on the discharger. The rotation pulley that the operators make an effort, after the sturdy bowstring will pull open is fixed, puts in a similarly giant iron arrow. 而此时攻城塔上倒数第三层的外层木板已经打开,两架腹弓露出了真身,它的构造类似弩炮,只不过用于发射的装置是一把巨大的弓被平放固定在发射架上。操作人员用力的转动滑轮,将粗壮的弓弦拉开固定后,放入一只同样巨大的铁箭。 30 meters distance is very good to aim to the abdomen bow, the right side abdomen bowman even aimed in the top that helmet to withstand/top the crown to decorate color Ying's general the iron arrow. 30米的距离对腹弓来说是很好瞄准的,右侧的腹弓手甚至将铁箭对准了城头上那位头盔顶冠缀有彩缨的将领。 „Hū!!......” Follows the giant bowstring sound, the iron arrow brings the wailing sound to flash, fled the top. “呼！！……”伴随巨大的弓弦响,铁箭带着尖啸声一闪,就窜到了城头。 Askamas when attacking a city tower „windowing”, many years of battlefield experiences made him feel anxious, therefore subconscious sat toward the embattlement, heard two sad and shrill pitiful yells, is lifting the round shield blocking is passed through the chest in him behind from the earthen rampart and soldier of attacking a city tower bow and arrow attack by the iron arrow, and powerful kinetic energy also passed through his behind soldier, finally sewed on behind wall, but in addition a dally device arrow shot through three people one time, periphery soldier, included Askamas to see this, revealed the panic-stricken color. 阿斯卡玛斯在攻城塔“开窗”的时候,多年的战场经验就让他感到了不安,所以下意识的朝城垛下一坐,就听见两声凄厉的惨叫,在他身后正举着圆盾遮挡来自土垒和攻城塔弓箭袭击的士兵被铁箭贯穿胸部,并且强大的动能还将他身后的士兵同时贯穿,最后钉在身后的墙上,而另一支铁箭则一次射穿了三人,周围的士兵、包括阿斯卡玛斯见此,都露出了惊恐之色。 When Sicily attacks and captures Carthage strategic place Tia played the crucial role the Syracuse giant attacking a city tower to reveal its fierce appearance, it looked like a giant beast to make threatening gestures, compelled slowly to the city wall, more and more nearly, more and more nearly, the defense soldiers were much more startled...... 在西西里攻克迦太基重镇摩提亚时起到关键作用的锡拉库扎巨型攻城塔露出了它狰狞的面目,它像一只巨兽张牙舞爪,缓缓向城墙逼来,越来越近,越来越近,守城士兵们都惊慌得手足无措了…… In this urgent time, a sunspot such as the meteor general has delimited above the city wall rapidly, having the strong kinetic energy to smash top level of the attacking a city tower archer's tower, only listened „bang!” A sound, hard thick plank easily was broken open a hole, the face of sawdust of scattering like the steel needle on Syracuse archer to the archer's tower, making them send out the sad and shrill pitiful yell. But this has not ended, falls into the marbles of turret to pound to fall following Mutikou to attacking a city tower third one from the bottom to the soldier foot of abdomen bracing on, his pitiful yell, causes the flurry of other soldiers, delayed the launch of abdomen bow. 在此紧急的时刻,一个黑点如流星一般飞速划过城墙上方,带着强劲的动能砸中了攻城塔顶层的箭楼,只听“嘭！”的一声响,坚硬厚实的木板轻易的被破开了一个洞,四溅的木屑像钢针一样扎向箭楼内锡拉库扎弓箭手的脸上和身上,使他们发出凄厉的惨叫。但这还没完,落入塔楼的石弹顺着木梯口又砸落到攻城塔倒数第三层一位正在给腹弓上弦的士兵脚上,他一声惨叫,引起其他士兵的慌乱,延缓了腹弓的发射。 „Hit! Hit! Our crossbow artillery hit!!......” Defense soldier is cheering, as if won entire victory, drives to relax fear with such action. “打中了！打中了！我们的弩炮打中了！！……”守城士兵欢呼着,仿佛赢得了整个胜利似的,用这样的举动来驱散心中的畏惧。 Lancet Tamasi sigh in heart: Compared with the marbles and giant attacking a city tower of crossbow artillery, simply is a drop in the bucket, is not enough to cause the big harm. 阿斯塔马斯在心中一声叹息:弩炮的石弹和巨大的攻城塔相比,简直是九牛一毛,不足以对它造成大的损害。 Askamas just sighed, sees marbles one after another to fly one after another, pounds to the attacking a city tower. 阿斯卡玛斯刚叹息完,就看见一颗接一颗的石弹接连飞来,砸向攻城塔。 In the soldiers sighed have not hit, some even to start to Apollo prayed, their prays as if have an effect. 就在士兵们叹息没有打中、有的甚至开始向阿波罗祈祷之时,他们的祈祷似乎起了作用。 Marbles flew to hit from one side the side that attacked a city central Tajikistan, caused calling out in alarm of enemy. 一颗石弹从侧面飞来打中了攻城塔中部的侧面,引起敌人的惊呼。 Then was marbles without bias and without favor flies into was lifting the back plate, to prepare to launch of abdomen bow, the abdomen bow was accordingly crisp, various components and sawdust flew at the narrow space civil strife, what traded was soldier's the blood of pitiful yell and splash. 接着又是一颗石弹不偏不倚的飞进了正掀开挡板、准备发射腹弓的那一层,腹弓应声而脆,各种零件、木屑在狭窄的空间内乱飞,换来的是士兵的惨叫和飞溅的鲜血。 Then another marbles pound to put on the lower part of attacking a city tower. 接着又一颗石弹砸穿攻城塔的下部。 Although the cheers of defense soldier are unceasing, the marbles punctured the attacking a city towers in several large cave/hole as before slowly to the city wall is approached, but is moving, the tower starts to sway, the loose plank pounds to fall unceasingly, lets promote its labor forces to scatter in all directions to evade with effort startled, the attacking a city tower starts to crash from top to bottom...... 尽管守城士兵的欢呼声不断,被石弹打穿了好几个大洞的攻城塔依旧缓缓的向城墙逼近,只是在移动中,塔身开始摇晃,松动的木板不断砸落下来,让正在费力推动它的劳力们惊慌的四散逃避,攻城塔从上至下开始崩塌…… On the earthen rampart outside city, Dionysius complexion pale is looking at this, he knows: Although under own urging, Schiepe Sars concentrated about ten thousand people, steps up to construct the project tower under engineer's direction, and made three in several days, but the extremely hasty time, making the attacking a city tower not quite reliable, the marbles fierce hit decided however destroyed the internal structure of attacking a city tower...... 在城外的土垒上,狄奥尼修斯面色铁青的望着这一幕,他知道:虽然在自己的督促下,法西佩萨斯集中了近万人,在工程师的指挥下加紧建造工程塔,并在几天的时间内就造好了三座,但是太过仓促的时间,使得攻城塔并不太牢固,石弹猛烈的撞击定然是破坏了攻城塔的内部结构…… „Sir, looks quickly! That project tower has crossed the moat!” Damocles exciting shouting, to shift the Dionysius attention. “大人,快看！那座工程塔已经过了护城河！”达摩克利斯兴奋的喊道,以转移狄奥尼修斯的注意力。 „Our attacking a city hammers had gone to under the city, I think that the Crotone city wall will shiver under its hit!” Saying that under another master also refuses to admit being inferior. “我们的攻城锤已经到了城下,我想克罗托内的城墙会在它的撞击下颤抖的！”另一名手下也不甘示弱的说道。 Truly, in the Crotone city wall everywhere is the Syracuse soldier of swarm on, they attracted the most attacks of garrison troops, before causing the attacking a city tower and attacking a city hammer, have to pound the city car(riage)( i.e., to ram moat section wood wheel car(riage), after it arrives in Dacheng next, in car(riage) personnel can use tool such as moyle, the city wall hardest outer covering- stone exhausting and pounding loosen, causes city wall collapsing),...... these large-scale attacking a city instruments arrived under the city smoothly. An attacking a city tower was struck down, could not affect the war. Once these attacking a city instruments assume an awe-inspiring pose together, the Crotone city wall may greatly be troublesome. 确实,克罗托内的城墙上到处是蚁附的锡拉库扎士兵,他们吸引了守军的大部分攻击,使得攻城塔、攻城锤、还有捣城车(即之前夯实护城河段的木轮车,它到达城下后,车内人员可以使用工具如十字镐等,将城墙最坚硬的外壳-石块给挖掉、捣松,使得城墙垮塌),……这些大型攻城器械较顺利的到达了城下。一座攻城塔被击倒,根本影响不了战局。而一旦这些攻城器械一起发威,克罗托内的城墙可就有大麻烦了。 However, Dionysius anxious raising the head looks at the day, in the sky the dark cloud product is thicker, the rain got bigger and bigger, making him be about unable to open eyes: The rain under gets down again like this, but...... 但是,狄奥尼修斯忧虑的抬头望天,天空中乌云越积越厚,雨越下越大,让他都快睁不开眼了:雨再这样下下去,可就…… As if responding his worry, „!!!...... Bang!!!......” In sky flashes through a dazzling bright, is rumble the thunderclap, has covered in the battlefield all noises, feared the both sides many soldiers, in the raising the head bygone days look. 仿佛正是在响应他的担忧,“咔嚓！！！……轰！！！……”天空中闪过一道耀眼的亮光,紧接着是隆隆的雷声,盖过了战场上所有的喧嚣,惊住了双方众多的士兵,纷纷抬头往天上看。 The wind is big...... 风大起来…… The rain was bigger, quickly turns into the torrential downpour...... 雨更大了,很快变成倾盆大雨…… The lightning, thunderclap, strong winds and rainstorm became the lead in this stretch of the world. 闪电、雷声、狂风、暴雨成了这一片天地的主角。 The soldiers no longer slaughter, but is tower over a city gate of hiding of shrinking or under the city wall, because went through vertically the dodging electric shock of the world a moment ago together on the ground, cleaves in two a giant attacking a city tower unexpectedly! 士兵们不再厮杀,而是畏缩的躲在城墙下或者城楼里,因为刚才一道纵贯天地的闪电击在地上,竟然将一座巨大的攻城塔劈成两半！ Saw the people who this sad scene were shocked. 看到这一惨象的人都惊呆了。 This is god king Zeus is getting angry! In soldiers heart of both sides trembles, and starts to pray to Zeus. 这是神王宙斯在发怒！双方的士兵们心中战栗,并开始向宙斯祈祷。 „Sir, here is too dangerous, we get down quickly!” Accompany urges Dionysius. “大人,这里太危险,咱们快下去吧！”随从们都来劝狄奥尼修斯。 Dionysius extremely unwilling looks at the front, but the rainwater is too dense, in the field of vision is white one piece...... 狄奥尼修斯极其不甘的看着前方,怎奈雨水太密,视野内全是白茫茫一片…… His helpless ordering: Immediately retreats! 他无奈的下令:立即撤退！ Under such extreme bad weather, the bugle sound is unable to pass on, is good does not need to order because of the Syracuse soldier, they already aware in the future will retreat. But Crotonians does not dare to go out of town the pursuit under such fearful weather. A broad in scale siege warfare just now starts, miscarried under interference of nature...... 在这样极端恶劣的天气下,军号声根本无法传出去,好在锡拉库扎士兵根本无需下令,他们早已经自觉的往后撤退了。而克罗托内人也不敢在这样可怕的天气下出城追击。一场规模宏大的攻城战才刚开始,就在大自然的干涉下流产了…… Dionysius just under the earthen rampart, used several thousand people of earthen rampart that spent two days of time to build under the violent washout of rainwater, slowly downward collapsed, his helpless scolded one: „Calculates that Crotonians is in luck!” 狄奥尼修斯刚下土垒,用了几千人花了两天时间垒起的土垒就在雨水的猛烈冲刷下,慢慢的向下垮塌了,他无奈的骂了一句:“算克罗托内人走运！” „It seems like this Zeus is blessing them.” Accompanied to speak thoughtlessly one. “看来这一次宙斯在保佑他们。”一个随从随口说了一句。 Dionysius immediately vision vicious staring in the past: „Shuts your mouth! This are not related with Zeus, but is fortunately.” 狄奥尼修斯立刻目光凶狠的瞪过去:“闭上你的嘴！这跟宙斯没有关系,不过是凑巧。” But in Askamas of top actually in devout prayed to Zeus. 而在城头的阿斯卡玛斯却正在虔诚的向宙斯祈祷。 Crotone are not many in the winter rainy day, can say that the heavy rain of today was these years internal calamity sees, therefore Crotonians thinks that this was various God blessing, although was washing out by the wind and rain, but everyone's morale obtained boost. 克罗托内在冬季的雨天并不多,可以说今天的这一场大雨是这几年内难得一见的,所以克罗托内人都认为这是诸神的庇佑,虽然正被风雨冲刷,但大家的士气得到了提振。 .......................................... …………………………………… Syracuse and war of south intent Union, because relates to west Mediterranean Greece city-state hegemony, throughout under the attention of numerous influence. 锡拉库扎和南意同盟的战争由于关系到西地中海希腊城邦的霸权,始终在众多势力的关注之下。 Carthage needless saying that investigated to fight hundred years of Syracuse regarding, they hated to the marrow of the bones. But what is helpless was the realistic difficult position makes Carthage council decline forming an alliance of Theonia to request, naturally they hope the Syracuse army suffered the setback, even to lose seriously in the Magna Graecia war, the news that but spread was the Syracuse person has actually been winning, even Crotone and Theonia under the ferocious attack that Dionysius commanded the army in imminent danger, Carthaginians to Syracuse powerful felt to dread. 迦太基自不必说,对于和自己纠斗了百年的锡拉库扎,他们是恨之入骨。但无奈的是现实的困境使得迦太基元老院拒绝了戴奥尼亚的结盟请求,当然他们希望锡拉库扎的大军在大希腊的战争中遭受挫折、甚至损失惨重,但传来的消息却一直是锡拉库扎人在获胜,连克罗托内和戴奥尼亚在狄奥尼修斯率军的猛烈进攻下都岌岌可危,迦太基人对锡拉库扎的强大更感到畏惧。 Magon that is responsible for defending in the Sicily island write a letter several times, asked for instructions to council, requests to launch small the attack to Syracuse allied country, to shift the line of sight of Syracuse, slowed down Dionysius to the north attack, after preventing he conquered Magna Graecia, conforms with more powerful Syracuse. 在西西里岛负责防御的玛哥几次写信,向元老院请示,要求发动对锡拉库扎盟邦的小的袭击,以转移锡拉库扎的视线,减缓狄奥尼修斯对北面的攻击,防止他征服大希腊之后,整合出来一个更加强大的锡拉库扎。 council headed by Hanno(Hannonian) rejected his proposition. In order to prevent him acts unreasonably, council also sends the supervisory officer to go to spleen specially, supervises the reassignment of Sicily army. 以汉诺为首的元老院拒绝了他的提议。为防止他乱来,元老院还专门派监察官前往利利脾,监督西西里军队的调动。 .......................................... …………………………………… Carthage council is paying attention to the progress of Magna Graecia war with trepidation, but the Corinth offensive and defensive operations on the Peloponnese peninsula is still continuing. 迦太基元老院提心吊胆的关注着大希腊战局的进展,而在伯罗奔尼撒半岛上科林斯攻防战还在持续。 However, the body had Agesilaus of sickness to return to Sparta, and will give Sparta another new king Agassi Polis's uncle Prakke Sittace in the Corinth Sparta allied armies command jurisdiction, Agesilaus the army that brought from Asia Minor also kept Corinth. 但是,身体有恙的阿格西劳斯回到了斯巴达,并将在科林斯的斯巴达联军指挥权交给了斯巴达另一位新任的国王阿格西波利斯的叔叔普拉克西塔斯,阿格西劳斯从小亚细亚带回来的军队也留在了科林斯。
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