Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Nearly 200 panicked sailors scrambled to the deck and heard a loud bang, the whole warship was shaking and shaking, and the sailors fell in exclamation.

It was seen that the bilge cabin of the middle ship on the right side of the Dionysian warship was hit by a big mouth, and the bow of the enemy ship revealed its grim appearance from the breach, followed by the raging seawater.

The enemy ship's momentum continued, and it continued to cut forward, expanding the breach again, and the powerful forward force actually caused the Dionysian ship to move a few meters.

Dionysian paddlers knew that the shipwreck was inevitable and jumped into the sea.

Poor Melisanda had just climbed onto the ship and had to jump into the sea again with his long shield.

He heard the sailors floating on the sea complaining: "Why didn't the Clippers come to block us?!!!"

In fact, the 30 Clippers of Dionysia have already suffered more than half of their fatigue.

When Leptiles concealed the untrained heavy infantry under the captain, he had estimated that the Syracuses would not prevail in the battle on the ship, but this time the three layers of the Syracuse Navy There are nearly 50 more paddle warships than the opponent, so he decisively adopted the "circumnavigation" tactics, using the advantages of more ships, to allow the extra warships to wrap around from the outside.When both the enemy and the enemy are fighting each other, they can take advantage of the opportunity to cut into the battlefield and strike the enemy ship that cannot move.

If in the last naval battle, the soldiers of the Legion on the Dionysian warship could quickly resolve the enemy ship, allowing the own warship to quickly withdraw the suspension bridge and re-enter the battle.But this time the increased heavy infantry on the Siracusa warships greatly increased the combat time after the legionnaires boarded the ship, thus providing opportunities for the intrusive Syracuse warships.

After nearly ten Dionysian warships were sunk and injured one after another, the remaining warships also realized that the situation was not good, and before the legionnaires resolved the enemy ship, they took back the crow suspension bridge and began to carry out real At sea, they dare not use the suspension bridge to hook each other, because there are no more legionnaires on the battleship (they are fighting on the enemy ship), so they have to hurry to remove the crow suspension bridge.

The Siracusa battleship has more experience in naval battles, and the sailors cooperate better. However, due to the overload of soldiers, the speed and flexibility are worse; the Dionysian battleship lacks experience in ship-to-ship combat. , But because the soldiers were emptied and had an advantage in speed, the situation on both sides was somewhat contrary to the previous naval battle.

The warships of the two sides are looking for opportunities on the sea, chasing, circling, sprinting, crashing...

From time to time, the wood pulp of the warship was broken, the warship was injured and even sunk...

Over time, Syracuse began to be at a disadvantage in the head-to-head battle between ships.After all, once disconnected, there are more warships in the Dionysian Fleet than Siracusa, often leaving the Siracusa warship in a one-to-two situation.

Leiptinis, who was not in the battle and was behind, learned the situation of the fleet through the lookout on the ship. He was very anxious and also panicked: Is it time to worship again?!

At this moment, the watchman shouted above: "A fleet is coming from behind!"

The fleet from the south?Is it ours?!Leptinis knew that Dionysius had not sent an order to the city of Syracuse to transfer back to the warships in the big port, but he was still eagerly anticipating.

But after a while, the cry of the watchman shattered his expectations: "It's a black warship! Black warship!"

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Finally arrived!Midolades looked at the intense naval battle ahead, relieved.

Before departure, Sedorian and other naval generals had already formulated this naval battle plan: due to fear that the Syracuse people saw their fleet being too large and too strong to avoid war, they decided after deliberation Divided into two, more than 60 squadrons composed of the three-capped Syracuse warships captured last time were led by Midolades. After departing from the port of Turi, they headed southeast to avoid tin The investigation of the Rakuza Clippers revolves around a large semicircle and meets with the main fleet heading south along the coast led by Seclian in the Sileting.

But what they did not expect was that the Syracuse fleet, originally stationed in the port of Siriting, had already moved to Crotone this morning. The Midolades squadron without timely information arrived at Siriting and found that It's empty.

Midolades took the opportunity to decisively turn the fleet around, and finally found the warring parties on the sea near Crotone.

At the order of Midolades, the squadron quickly entered the battle, struck back and forth, and sounded the final death knell for the Syracuse fleet!

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Dionysius, who watched the whole process of the naval battle at the port lighthouse, turned to black in the end and turned back without saying a word.

Fibidas walking in the end, but never stopped looking at this maritime battlefield that has reached the end in the far distance, but what he is thinking is: This novel naval battle method of Dionia is quite suitable for Sparta, go back Do you want to make recommendations to the council of elders?

As for the continuous victory of Dionia in the naval battle, it may have a greater impact on the entire Greek battle situation, so that the strength of Dionia and Syracuse has changed.He is happy to see this, because the Western Mediterranean also needs a city-state alliance that can balance Syracuse, and he anticipates that Syracuse's attack on Dionysia will be more fierce on land...

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The naval battle is over, but unlike the clean sea battlefield at the end of the last naval battle, scattered wooden paddles, broken shipboards, broken ships and floating floats are floating around the sea near Crotone The heavy dead bodies and countless sailors and soldiers struggling to call for help.

The Dionysians drove the damaged warship back and forth across the sea, began to rescue the fallen Dionysian sailors and soldiers, and arranged them as much as possible on the warships captured by the legionnaires.

Because before departure, Daveus reminded Sekelian,'After the victory of the naval battle, if the conditions permit, try to rescue the fallen Syracuse.'So the Dionysian Navy also extended a helping hand to them, but after boarding the ship, they will be tied up and watched.

Some Syracuses were closer to the shore when they fell into the water, so instead of receiving assistance, they desperately swam to the shore.In this regard, the Dionysians will change their attitude and drive the warship to crush it directly...

The cleanup and rescue work of the entire battlefield continued until dusk, and the glory of the sunset dyed the warships on the sea orange, and Seclion issued the order to "return".

In the huge Dionysian fleet, the captured Siracusa warship is in the center, and the Dionysian warship is on the periphery.Despite the tiredness, the sailors' joy of victory made their trumpet sound through the sea. In the melodious sound of the flute, they pushed and pulled the wooden paddle effectively, and the fleet slowly sailed northward...

Seckrian looked back at the battlefield where he had fought hard. The thrilling picture of his ship almost being hit by an enemy ship came to mind, but it made him feel excited at the moment.His eyes moved far away, where the sky was connected to the sea, vast expanse...

There was a sense of pride in his heart, and he shouted excitedly to the captain: "From now on, we will have the final say in this sea!"

In this naval battle, in addition to more than 40 three-layer paddle warships led by Leptinis, the Siracusa fleet fled into the port of Crotone in time. The remaining warships were either sunk or captured.

Twenty-three crow warships were sunk in the Dioria fleet, and more than a dozen were damaged, capturing 68 Syracuse three-layer paddle warships, and captured nearly 10,000 sailors in Syracuse.

What made Dionysius most angry was that the 9,000 heavy infantry of Syracuse he sent only returned more than 2,000. Most of the soldiers were either killed or drowned in the sea and were insufficiently captured by the Dionysian fleet. Thousands of people can be said to have lost not only sea battles but also land battles.Of course, the First Legion of Dionia also paid more than 2,000 casualties.

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The Dionysian army did not stop when it arrived in Castellon. Chief General Amiclis and the city-state seniors waited in front of the wooden bridge built for Castellon by Hercules Jr. The Dionysian army sent off, and at the same time sent more than 1,000 Castron soldiers and one hundred cavalry to join the expedition as the responsibilities of the Allies.

Although the Dionysian army hurried to hurry, Davers still hurried to the wooden bridge, thanked Castello's leadership, and then greeted a few words. The potential unpleasantness dissipated in laughter.

Since the First Legion went to the Dionysian Fleet, the forefront of the entire team was led by the Second Legion.Although Amintas was brave in battle, as the commander of the Second Legion, he must now be responsible for the safety of the soldiers of the entire legion, so after crossing the Trionto River, he increased the marching column to ten columns, And the middle column is light infantry.Although the Second Legion of Dionynia has not yet hired cavalry in Syracuse, Amintas did not take it lightly due to a reminder from Daphes.

In the past few years, the Lacoeli River swamp area has been vigorously developed by the Dionysians. Not only have swamps disappeared in large numbers, but they have also begun to transform into high-quality plains, and their population has increased dramatically.But what we saw in the eyes of legionnaires today was the ruins of several villages along the road.

The sailors who landed in the Syracuse Navy invaded the Alliance's territory so far!The legionnaires were surprised and angry at the atrocities of the enemy: Fortunately, the Siracusa navy had been defeated in the previous naval battle, and it was impossible to come back to endanger the territory of Dionia, but there were those damn mercenary cavalry!