Chapter 3919: Limited ammunition supply

Spain, under the strong request of Li Wei, Hannibal's Carthage army finally speeded up. They arrived outside the Loma barracks, and the soldiers began to build their own defensive positions. They wanted to surround the Loma.

"Look at how many people from Roma?" Hannibal asked Li Wei.

"About 15,000 people." Li Wei looked at it and said.

"Yes, fifteen thousand people. They dug up three circular defensive circles, and they built them in a very orderly manner. I wonder if you helped them design such fortifications?" Hannibal put down the telescope in his hand. Speaking of this.

The intelligence is very different from what they actually saw. The reconnaissance report told them that the Roma had about 30,000 troops. Although a large part of them were the troops of the servant countries, in fact, there was only one army. There is a big gap in the number of 5,000 people. They did not receive news of the Roma dividing their forces, but about 10,000 people disappeared for no reason, which still worried Hannibal.

"Well, I have no way to solve this problem." Li Wei said with a telescope. The maintenance of the position was quite methodical, and it looked a bit old-fashioned, and the Loma had even built machine gun positions. But the problem is that the Roma do not have their own machine guns. They only have a ballista, an old mechanical ballista. This weapon has long been obsolete. But they were actually arranged on the ground, which is simply a joke.

"Who do you think did it?" Hannibal asked.

"Korean, look at these positions, you know Koreans, look at the corners, we Zhao people usually repair the corners very flat. This is scientifically calculated. Such repairs can be greatly improved. It reduces the bombardment of large-caliber artillery, but, you see, the Koreans are arc-shaped, which is not very useful at all, but they are repaired in this way. Only Koreans will repair it like this, because their army will not go. Doing such an experiment." Li Wei found some differences in details.

"The Loma people have only recently started to build trenches. Many places have not been completed. They are still digging desperately, but these are enough to cause us a lot of trouble. Those trenches will greatly offset our artillery. Role, the surface fortifications they built before will still play a role. They occupy a certain commanding height. Our situation is in trouble. If we attack, we may have to bayonet the **** Romans, but in the short-term battle, they occupy Great advantage." Li Wei put down the telescope and said.

Hannibal regrets a bit now. He thinks he should follow Li Wei's advice and fight quickly, but now. The situation has caused them to fall into a passive situation, unless he can change the previous progress, otherwise, he will not have such a situation.

"You are right in the art of war. You are very fast, but I shouldn't have done this. If I could listen to your opinion, there might not be such a thing." Hannibal regretted. But regret is useless.

"This is no way. Most of your army is mercenaries, mercenaries. It is more troublesome to use. I know the situation of those mercenaries. After they get the spoils, they are fed tigers and wolves. To make them interested in food, they must be hungry. This is no way. Now the Loma has become a hard bone for us. There is no meat on it, so naturally there will be less meat. At the same time, we have to pay some price, that is, our teeth, we have to use our teeth to crush their bones, and then **** their bones, but this is of no use at all. We need to pay some price. Our army May not be able to bear such a price." Li Wei said.

"This." Hannibal didn't know what to do. He knows his troops too well. At this time, it was obvious that they couldn't desperately win each other, because this was not a tailwind battle.

"Is there any other way, or a better way to solve this problem?" Hannibal asked. He knew that the other party must have such a good way.

"Form a commando. Recruit soldiers who can fight and make them the elite of the elite troops. Only they can carry out such operations and strengthen our artillery attacks. It is best to directly defeat some of their defense points, but then we will still It is inevitable that infantry is needed to solve the battle." Li Wei said.

"Well, I will organize a commando immediately. However, if we use artillery to attack, it may increase our ammunition consumption. At this point, we don't have much funds to support, and the difficulty of supplementation will increase again. "Hannibal said worriedly.

"What are you worried about?" Li Wei asked.

"What I am worried about is that if we solve them, our ammunition replenishment situation will become very difficult. You know, the next step is to cross the Alps and enter the territory of Loma, but currently our ammunition If it consumes a lot of money, it means that our next combat operations will inevitably be affected, and whether the war can be sustained. This is what Hannibal said. He is the commander-in-chief after all, and he needs to consider many things, such as ammunition supplies and their financial situation.

The Carthage Senate did not provide a cent to support Hannibal’s combat operations, which means that all military operations must be completed by Hannibal himself. However, the huge logistical supplies and the consumption of ammunition, These have greatly restricted Hannibal's combat operations.

"We have to do this. Sometimes, the cost of war is correct. But the problem is that if we don't solve these Roma people, they will completely threaten the whole of Spain. Spain has entered a very terrifying situation. In the combat environment, this is an extremely catastrophic situation for us. We cannot allow this situation to happen or continue to continue. This is related to our next plan, although we cannot be comprehensive. They annihilated them, but at the very least they have to be hit hard." Li Wei said.

There have been many changes in Li Wei’s plan. First of all, the attack on Sagunto became much smoother, which caused the Carthage soldiers to become very arrogant. This meant that if they encountered a little resistance, their situation would be better. It becomes very unfavorable. In such a situation, they are obviously not suitable for larger-scale operations.

Secondly, the reaction of the Roma people surpassed their expectations. Originally, Levy believed that the Roma would have a decisive battle with them, at least they would not engage in defensive operations. This is obvious, but the problem is that the Roma people passed by After a period of cavalry attempts, they realized their lagging in weapons and equipment. They quickly changed and adjusted their tactical characteristics. In particular, they avoided large-scale decisive battles with the Carthaginians, so they chose limited and qualified options. Defensive operations. This means that the time and cost of the Carthaginians has increased rapidly. Because in fact, it has been proved that trench defense operations are very time-consuming, ammunition, and financial funds. Once the delay is too long, the war may end quickly in this consumption.

The last point is that most of the funds of the Carthaginians came from robbery. Although the victory of the Sagunto War has been used as a foreshadowing, the question is, how long can such funds take? This is obviously not a result that everyone can understand. This is what Li Wei worries about. If these Loma troops cannot be completely eliminated here, or the ammunition consumed exceeds a certain amount, the subsequent plans will be adjusted in a comprehensive manner. As a result, the plan of expedition to Loma will fail.

"I know this very well. If we don't do this, we leave them behind and we leave Spain, we will completely lose the opportunity to replenish. When we enter Loma, it will be difficult for our navy to function unless we have a navy that can replenish a large amount. The ammunition, otherwise, our supply base will completely lose the war." Li Wei said.

Hannibal sounded contradictory.

First of all, they hope to win a war, they hope to win quickly, because the war is very expensive, they are afraid that the war will not be resolved for a long time. But at the same time, they hope that the cost of war can be reduced. This way. When faced with haunted situations, their war situation will become very contradictory, and this contradiction will turn them into a disaster.

"We naturally hope to be able to resolve such a war, but the consumption of ammunition must be controlled in a limited manner. After all, we do not have the next step of funds to support our expedition." Hannibal said.

Hannibal's words mean that to solve the Loma people, they will only be able to use a very limited amount of ammunition. What problems can the limited ammunition solve? In this way, they will inevitably leave hidden dangers, and to win this war, Li Wei is under great pressure.

"With limited ammunition, how can we solve all the Loma army? This is too difficult for us. This war is too difficult." Li Wei said.

Hannibal admits this, but the actual situation lies here, to put it bluntly. The war depends on the country's economic power. And Hannibal only relied on a Spain to support, his economic foundation is not enough to support such a large-scale battle, which has exceeded his limit. It is a pity that the Carthage Senate did not provide any funds to Hannibal in the end. It must be said that this is a country's sorrow.