Is the first punic war the sloppiest military confrontation in

>>2517647
Nah, things like the Crimean war are way worse.

Probably, but only because Romans could afford such horrendous loses over and over again. Any other state would just say "Fuck it" after they had lost 100k in a storm for the first time.

>>2517657

I think you're confused on the first Punic war

>>2517647
That just makes it all the more interesting.

>>2517660
I'm pretty sure they'd lost their entire fleet to bad whether two times.

>>2517647
Have you ever looked up how retarded the Chinese Civil war was?

>finally, after years of effort, kick the Chi-coms out of Jiangxi.
>they do that long march to flee somewhere they can lick their wounds, going through the treacherous mountain terrain near Tibet to try to avoid your patrols.
>get Intel that they're trying to cross a particular bridge.
>send a force to sit on the other end and end this for good
>issue them the wrong ammo for their rifles, Communists slaughter your men.

>>2517690
Is that real? Can you give more detail about that battle?

>>2517647
Syracuse was so based in that war.

>>2517862

Not him, but he's probably talking about the battle of Luding Bridge.