The withdrawal of the infantry is very skillful. When the jackals attack, they are blocked by the Greek infantry with round shields.
Then a javelin was thrown.
The dense heads didn''t need to be aimed at at at all, and most of the jackals who came down with a hundred javelins basically fell to the ground. Most of them were shot through the body, but they were not dead for a moment.
In the real battlefield, death also takes time.
At this time, it''s the turn of the Greek infantry. Their weapons are long guns, about 2.5 meters long guns. The maximum attack distance is about 3 meters. This distance is enough to harvest a jackal in the front row who was shot by javelin and hasn''t been killed for a moment.
The time of five rounds of javelin throwing was calculated by Murphy.
There is absolutely no problem with the physical strength of an adult man to support throwing javelin five times in a row. So there''s no breathing time at all. According to a throw of 20 seconds, five times is only 100 seconds, about a minute and a half.
In a minute and a half, most of the jackals who came up first fell to the ground, and the rest were basically injured.
In the face of the dense Greek infantry square array, there is no powerful trap weapons, and there is not enough long-range support. If you only rely on close combat, it is basically tantamount to looking for death.
They can''t break through the line of defense and are within the range of Javelin attack.
So the jackals'' own wisdom played a role, and they wisely chose to retreat for a while. Because the attack distance of javelin is limited, it is impossible for human to throw the javelin too far.
As soon as the jackals retreated, there was a vacuum about 50 meters in the middle of the battlefield.
In the face of the Greek spear square, the only way to make a positive breakthrough is to use armored heavy infantry to push forward. As long as you close up the melee, the advantage of the spear will not be brought into play. Taking off the terrible lethality of the gun array, the fighting of the Greek infantry is no different from that of the ordinary soldiers. When the heavy infantry push forward and break through the array, they either attach importance to defense, add a shield or attack, just like the sword array in the East and the crusader in the West.
But the Jackal''s simple weapons obviously can''t do that.
Open the distance, empty the vacuum zone. A dull bugle came from behind the Greek infantry.
Then the javelin trotted away, while the Greek infantry retreated slowly.
Seeing that the enemy wanted to retreat, the commander of the Jackal let out a howl, and the adult male jackal who had just retreated rushed up again excitedly.
But before they got close, the Javelin Soldiers who were just about to retreat came up again.
A burst of air breaking sound, another javelin was thrown!
This
Seeing the enemy retreating, the Jackal who wanted to press up was immediately dumbfounded.
Leaving a dozen bodies behind, they went back.
Adult male jackals are the most elite soldiers, but they are also rare. The real force is in the rear, an army of female jackals and half adult jackals. Jackal is a kind of people who have been learning how to hunt and fight since they were born!
Even a minor jackal is definitely more dangerous than an ordinary adult male.
The second attack of the jackals was defeated, and the Greek infantry retreated slowly under the command of the captain. This time, the Jackal really didn''t know whether to pursue or not.
Go after it. I''m afraid the enemy will come with another javelin.
If you don''t chase them, you can''t get through it psychologically by watching the enemy retreat.
At that time, when the town was being built, Murphy planned the town of Athens. Moreover, the planning is very interesting. It is specially prepared for the convenience of fighting.
The whole Athens town is a hexagon, behind the fence is a road about three meters wide, around the whole town. Inside, there is a cross, which divides the whole town into four areas. In the middle is the central square, which is an open area with a diameter of more than 300 meters. On the side is the temple, and on the back is the governor''s house. That is to say, except for a cross street running through the whole town, other areas are all very narrow alleys.
In this way, if the jackals wanted to break through the defense line, they had to fight with the Greek infantry on the streets within a limited range.
There are houses on both sides of the street, unless jackals and bulls are forced to fly over the eaves and walls.
Otherwise, it would be very difficult to attack the weak wings of the Greek infantry square.
Wild animals also have some wisdom.
Seeing that they could not shake the infantry square, some clever jackals began to climb the house, trying to bypass the side and rear of the square from the roof.
However, all this is invalid when the infantry square keeps on retreating slowly.
Although jackals are more skillful than humans, they can''t fly several meters from one house to the other?
Unless they leave the infantry square in place and then sneak around the rear from both sides.
The problem is that facing the Greek infantrymen in a narrow array, the square array with dense spears makes the jackals feel numb. Let alone rush up like this.
Under the standard shooter''s several rounds of strong throwing, they already had a trace of timidity in their heart.
It''s a creature that is afraid of death. The enemy is a hedgehog that can''t bite.
To die is something no one wants to do.
It''s a drag.
The Jackal''s rear forces came up.
Three or four thousand jackals filled the streets. The jackals in front of them winced, while the jackals in the back couldn''t squeeze because of space.
With such a delay, the infantry square retreated to the edge of the central square.
The chaos lasted until a loud wolf howl spread all over the town!
Under the command of the powerful wolf howl, the chaotic jackals began to form a crooked array, with the strong males standing in front, while the weak females scattered, ready to cut into the battlefield from the side.
Nearly four thousand jackals surrounded the whole square!
Murphy looked at the jackals in front of him and said, "if you fail, it''s really a group destruction."
I don''t know why!
Murphy''s heart suddenly surged with blood!
Maybe men are born with the desire for the battlefield!
conquer!
Conquer in blood and killing!!!
to be sonorous!
Murphy pulled out the sword at his waist and showed a bloodthirsty smile on his face for the first time with a trace of ferocity!
But this gives the soldiers around unparalleled courage!
"Set fire!"
With the order, fire broke out all around the central square.
In a few minutes, however, a thick plume of smoke came from the direction of the fire.
The central square is an open area, the fire can not burn to the square above, but the smoke is diffuse to the whole town.
For a moment, all creatures feel sour and astringent.
Here we must mention some knowledge of physiological structure.
As we all know, jackal''s sense of smell is very sensitive, which is innumerable times that of human beings, and even not far worse than that of hounds. They are second only to wild animals in their sensitivity to the smell of blood. Sensitive sense of smell means that when you smell strange smell, you will be more immortal than others! In this way, the smell of choking nose is more lethal to them!
Eyes will shed tears when they are smoked. If they shed tears, they can''t see clearly.
The biggest advantage of jackals is that they have certain night vision ability, which is also the biggest defect of human beings.
Since we can''t make up for our advantages, let''s drag everyone into the mire together!
After being stimulated by the smoke, the eyes of almost all creatures are affected. At least everyone was on the same starting line before the weather changed and the wind blew the smoke away.
"Ready!" The herald around Murphy issued a powerful command.
Immediately, everyone picked up the wet cloth that had been prepared around him and tied it to his mouth and nose.
Fire is all over the sky!
The whole town is boiling in flames!
Under the blazing fire, both jackals and humans have to face the enemy in the same way.
As long as people are alive, the town will be burned down and rebuilt.
As we all know, jackal''s hair is easy to catch fire