The Macedonian phalanx was once a very powerful existence, once popular in the 4th century BC, and the Macedonian phalanx was developed on the basis of the Greek heavy infantry phalanx. It was once the magic weapon of Alexander the Great's rampage across the Mediterranean.
But unfortunately, when Westerners began to understand the great power of the army on the battlefield in the 7th century BC, it was exactly 4 centuries later than Eastern civilization.
In the 11th century BC, during the Zhou Dynasty Shang Dynasty, it was this heavy infantry phalanx that was used. And the effect is really obvious, it is a summary of the previous battlefield infantry fighting like a swarm of chaotic intergenerational summaries.
Fried rice has always believed that the Reason why the Zhou Dynasty was able to replace the Shang Dynasty, mathematics and geometry played a very important role. It was during the Zhou Dynasty that the military development in the East not only formed the basic theory, but even weapons began to be updated and iterated "rapidly" (relative to the West), thanks to the military application of mathematics and geometry.
By the 4th century AD, when Western civilization began to feel that it was incomparable, in fact, their battle mode and weapons and equipment were already inferior to eastern civilizations.
When the Macedonian phalanx in the west was popular, the infantry in the east had already realized various mysterious changes in the "eight formations", and according to the different situations of the battlefield, through flags, drums and gold, the formation could be constantly changed according to the battlefield situation.
Even more terrifying than infantry is that it can even achieve joint operations of "vehicle arrays", light cavalry, and heavy cavalry.
There have also been "strong crossbows" and "chariots" on the weapons, and what is more frightening is that the "strong crossbows" have been equipped with "Wangshan", which can achieve effective shooting of different ranges.
So the Macedonian phalanx was powerful, limited to the traditional wars between the Greeks and Persians in the Mediterranean.
This does not mean that the "Macedonian phalanx" is not strong. On the contrary, it's powerful.
He was like a porcupine that stabbed at the front, and any enemy who wanted to approach him, even a heavily armored cavalry, first faced a densely packed Macedon spear, which was 13 to 14 feet long (up to 18 feet long), and whoever rushed up to it was a skewer. But just when you treat your brothers as kebabs, after paying huge casualties, you finally think you can get close to hand-to-hand combat, and those small round shields make you unable to start. Of course, they will not give you this opportunity, because just when you are fully nibbling on this porcupine, the cavalry on both sides of the phalanx has already spared your sides and behind you, and has already caused chaos in your formation.
But if Alexander the Great was unfortunate enough to really come to the east, he encountered the strongest Qin army on land at that time. The Macedonian phalanx could only ask for more blessings.
Those who understand the difference between generations do not need to be reasonable. When the Macedonian phalanx came on the field, the Qin army saw a large hedgehog moving forward in the distance.
At this time, the enemy's cavalry had not yet launched an attack, and the Qin army had already begun to change positions, and the crossbow array was on the field. 800 steps, first rain; 600 steps and then another rain; have the ability to continue to maintain the Macedonian formation.
The enemy launched cavalry, hoping to break the Crossbow Array of the Qin Army through the impact of the cavalry, hoping to send the Macedonian phalanx to within 100 steps of the Qin Army's army through the cover of the cavalry, and also give the Qin army a javelin rain.
But before the cavalry could break through the cavalry line, the Macedonian phalanx had become a real hedgehog.
The superiority of the Macedonian phalanx has not yet begun to perform, and it has already come to an end.
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