Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At this moment, the sailors poured into their own docks, pulling the cables in the front, pushing hard in the back. In the tidy slogan, three-layer pulp warships about 50 meters long, like a dragon entering the water, smoothly slipped into the carat. River Tee, splashing huge splashes of water...

In a blink of an eye, the wide crater river near the estuary was covered with warships, almost cutting off the river.Originally here, the flow of the river was very slow, and now it is even slower.

The sailors tied the cable to the wooden pile on the shore, fixed the battleship, and then set on the wooden ladder, and quickly got on the boat one by one, and began to skillfully install the crow suspension bridge. After confirming that the operation was normal, the sailors passed The entrance of the deck went down into the cabin and found his seat. He pulled out a wooden paddle from the wooden trough, extended it out of the pulp mouth, and installed it on the pulp seat.

The cabin of the three-layer paddle warship has three floors: 54 paddlers on both sides of the bottom layer, 54 paddlers in the middle layer, and 62 paddlers on the top layer. Because the paddlers on the top layer are close to the pulp mouth, they can see the blades Sliding in the sea, so their status is the most important. They should lead the middle-lower paddlers and work together as rowers.

After the 170 paddlers were in place, the captain of the sailor walked back and forth in the aisle of the cabin. He was responsible for supervising the paddlers, maintaining the order of the paddlers, and encouraging the morale of the paddlers.

The helmsman walked toward the stern. He is the core of the whole ship. He controls the rudder and the direction of the warship. The most experienced sailor must be the one who can destroy the enemy ship and save himself in the fierce battle.

The piper sat down in the middle of the aisle near the entrance to the deck. He was responsible for receiving the captain's instructions and controlling the rhythm of the paddling.

The captain is the commander of the whole ship and is responsible for directing the battle.

In addition, there are three watchmen. They are arranged on the bow, stern and mast, and they always inform the captain of the enemy and the instructions conveyed by the fleet.

Today, considering that the offshore battle with Syracuse will be carried out soon, and the sail is not hung or even carried, it is left in the dock to reduce the weight of the warship, so it is responsible for lifting the sail and controlling the sailing of the ship. One of the ten deck sailors missed an important task. In addition to picking up bows and arrows and dealing with enemies close to the ship, their more important task was to be responsible for manipulating the "crow suspension bridge" to pin the enemy ship close to them.

At this moment, the army led by Davos also entered the military port, and Sekerian, Midolades, and other naval officers all hurried to meet him.

"Your Majesty, the fleet is ready to go at any time!" Seclion said excitedly after completing the military salute to Daveus.

"Did you find the Syracuse's fleet?" Daveus asked calmly.

"Discovered!" Seckrian immediately replied: "Our Clippers reported back before,'There are dozens of Syracuse warships appearing cruising near the coast of Castellon, it seems to be preparing to land there, then Their big fleet must be not far away!"

Daveus looked at the naval officers headed by Seckrian. They all burst into hot eyes, and he smiled: "It seems that you can't wait any longer, what are you waiting for, let the soldiers of the legion Get on board!"

"Yes!" Antonios and Amintas responded in unison, and immediately ordered the team officers behind them: "Get on board!"

Soon, all the soldiers of the First Army and a small number of soldiers of the Second Army ran to the river bank in an orderly manner under the leadership of the detachment leader. According to the area trained yesterday, they found the three-layer paddle warship responsible for their detachment. To the deck of the warship, the total number of a three-tier paddle warship in Dionia is close to 240 people.

Daveus stood on the embankment, overlooking the dense legionary soldiers on the river bank into a stream of metal, and rushed to the warships, dyeing the tan river (the color of the warship) to black... …

Davos, who had never experienced naval battle, could not help raising a sense of pride and temporarily dissipating the tension in his heart. He turned back and said to Amintas: "After we set off, you will lead the remaining soldiers of the Second Legion Hurry to the port, Mariji has prepared cargo ships for you. The first time we get the news of our victory, you will set off!"

"Understood, Your Majesty!" Amintas nodded, then looked at Sectrian, and paid him a solemn military salute.

When Sectrian did not understand why Amingtas had some conflicts with himself yesterday, he heard Amintas say in a deep voice: "Seclian, your majesty's safety is given to you!"

Seckrian understood that he immediately returned the same solemn military salute: "I will use my life to protect the safety of your majesty!"

"I wish the naval battle a great victory!"

"Wish the victory in the land battle!"

The two soldiers stared at each other. Some of the previous contradictions were vanished at this moment, and the rest was the fighting intention of fighting with the enemy.

"Let's get on the boat too, don't let the soldiers wait for a long time." Daveus waved.

"Yes!" Maltius waved his flag. The captain, who had basically recovered, found Davers yesterday afternoon and insisted on fighting to kill the enemy. Daves had to let him return to the team.

"Your Majesty!" Kunogolata led the veterans, all with dignified expressions, Qi Qi bowed to Devers respectfully and bowed salutely. They didn't say much, but the ceremony was heavy but It is to entrust the safety of the entire alliance to Davos, because this battle will determine the rise and fall of Dionia.

Davers smiled again and said aloud, "Waiting for news of our victory!"

Then he took the escort down to the river bank. At this time, the soldiers of the regiment had basically been on the battleship, so the river bank did not feel crowded. From time to time, the sailors and soldiers of the fleet waved greetings and salute to Davers. Davos responded with a smile.

Finally, he came to his ship, which was the largest three-tier paddle warship in the entire fleet. It was 60 meters long and 5 meters wide. It was equipped with 188 oarsmen. The end is a strong and sharp metal collision angle, the tail is upturned, similar to the scorpion tail, and numerous wooden paddles extend from the front to the back of the hull, more like the feet of the millipede.This is a luxury warship from Lijim, originally positioned by Seckrian as the flagship.

After Daveus and the 60 guards were on the deck, a man wearing a leather helmet and a short coat hurried to the doctor's division. After saluting, he said slightly nervously: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am Mir Tias, the captain of this ship!"

Daveus smiled back: "Miltias, I am very happy to fight with you!"

"Your Majesty, the sailors... wanted to greet you, but because of their duties, they could not..." Miltias whispered in embarrassment.

Daphes said without hesitation: "I'm going to greet them." After that, he took the lead to the entrance of the warship cabin.

The deck of the three-layered warship is not a whole, but two decks from the bow to the stern, with a gap of more than one meter in the middle, so the cabin is not closed, and the oarsmen in the cabin can be on one side Through the gap, see the clear blue sky above.So even if there are nearly 200 paddlers in the cabin, this open structure will not make them feel sullen.

When Daphes appeared in the cabin, the entire warship boiled.

Daveus lived up to the enthusiasm of the oarsmen. He disregarded the narrowness of the middle and upper oars and walked up and down without hesitation. He bent down to ask each oarsman's name and shook hands with them.

This time I walked down, although he was not wearing a helmet, he was already panting, but he stood in the middle aisle on the first floor and still shouted excitedly: "Brothers, I am glad to fight with you, let us fight together, Win this naval battle!"

"King Daveus wins!"

"King Daveus wins!"

The oarsmen cheered in unison, attracting the sailors of the neighboring warships to look side by side, all showing envious expressions: how honorable it is to be able to fight on the same ship with King Davis, these lucky guys!

At this time, a unique naval bugle sounded from the nearby Dionia flagship. The oarsmen stopped cheering and began to sing loudly, singing the carols of praise to the gods, of course, not for Hades. It is Poseidon, the Lord of the sea, a prayer for safe and successful navigation.

In order to integrate into the navy, Davos spent half a day studying this ancient etiquette, and now he sang loudly with the paddlers.

Captain Miltias handed him a wooden cup filled with portuguese liquor, which was certainly not for drinking.Daveus held it solemnly, walked to the head of the ship, shouted the name of Poseidon, and poured wine into the river.

Poseidon’s carols resounded on both sides of the Krati River, which resonated the uneasy veterans.Then, standing on the embankment, they saw that the forefront warships had separated from the river bank, and one followed the one out of the military port...

"Come on, let's go to the beach." Kunogolata said to the other elders.

No one expressed objection. In the battle between the life and death of the upcoming relationship, although they could not come to the battle front, they had to cheer for the soldiers.

It is not just the elders who hold this kind of thinking, all the people of the Dionysian Union can come, the elderly, women, children, citizens, reserve citizens, free citizens...etc., thousands Ten thousand people gathered at the estuary of the Krati River, and every time they saw a warship sail out, they shouted like a tsunami to cheer for their loved ones who participated in the war.

"This boat! My child is on this boat!"

"Have you seen it! The person who beckoned is my brother, he is the captain!"

"My husband is in the boat with the word "three" written on the string. I can't see him because he is a paddler."

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The people cheered and shouted the names of their loved ones, and many people issued similar questions: "A strange long wooden board is standing next to the mast at the front of the battleship. What is that?! Why have I never been in another city-state? Seen on the battleship!"