Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Seeing this situation, the East Phoenicians immediately separated a warship to pursue the fast three-layer paddle warship, and the remaining four were still chasing two crow warships. They saw that the crow warship was heading straight towards the coast, they understood The enemy ship wanted to ran aground on the beach, which undoubtedly made their plan to sink it, so they increased their speed again.

In the process of chasing, the formation of two in front and two in the back gradually formed.

The sailors of the Raven Warship are gradually slowing down the speed of the pulp. The illusion to the East Phoenicians is that through their efforts, they are gradually narrowing the distance from the Raven Warship.

Miltiyas stood at the stern, staring closely at the enemy ship galloping from behind, listening with ears listening to the watchman's hands on the mast loudly reporting the distance between the enemy ship and the flagship, and the distance between the front and rear enemy ships.

Staring at the approaching enemy ship, the gleaming angle of collision in the sea water made Miltias's face covered with tiny sweat beads. When the flagship was only about 15 meters away from the enemy ship, he suddenly Shouted: "Turn!"

The crew members who had been waiting immediately began to act: the helmsman swung the rudder, the inner sailor increased the paddle, and the outer sailor reduced the force. The neat and consistent action of the crew made the forward flagship suddenly turn outward.

The Phoenician warship in the rear wanted to change course too late. The powerful inertia from the sprints made the sailors sprint forward even if they stopped paddling.

The crow warship next to the flagship also turned to the outside of the hull almost at the same time. When the two had just turned the bow forward, the two front Phoenician warships had passed them.

"Continue to turn in!" Miltias and the captain of the crow warship next to him gave the same instructions.

It turned out that the two Phoenician warships behind turned the bow of the Dionysian warship in front of them, and then deflected the bow, sprinting forward obliquely. The target of the bronze collision angle was Dionysian. The warped tail of the warship, the flagship of Miltias and another crow warship accelerated to rotate, in order to avoid the stern and let the bow face the enemy ship.

If the warship is still full of soldiers, Miltias is afraid to allow the flagship to make such tactical maneuvers, but now the flagship has removed too many soldiers and regained its past lightness, the results of the crew’s annual training It was revealed at this time.As the enemy ship approached, the flagship's bow was already biased towards the enemy ship, and the deck operator looked at the opportunity to put down the 12-meter long suspension bridge that had been installed on the front mast.

"Boom!...Boom!..." Two successive bangs, the flagship and another crow warship successfully captured the enemy ship.

"Quick! Quick! Kill the past!" The sailor loudly reminded the 40 friendly soldiers nesting in the cabin.

For the first time, these soldiers experienced the long-awaited Dionysian naval battle. They rushed excitedly onto the deck, swarmed across the suspension bridge, and killed the enemy ship's deck.

"Damn it! This idiot forgot to pull out the suspension bridge!" Miltias scolded. He had told the sailors to ask the friendly soldiers a few times in advance, but these soldiers were enthusiastic and obviously forgot, no The experience of cooperating with the crow suspension bridge is unreliable.

Why do soldiers pull out the suspension bridge as soon as they cross the bridge?Because there are three Phoenician warships not far from the flagship, the most recent one has already begun to turn the bow. If the flagship is still connected to the enemy ship, then only the collision will occur.

So, two flagship deck operators immediately ran across the suspension bridge (a crow warship had a total of 5 to 8 deck operators), struggling to pull the spikes under the head of the suspension bridge.

Other operators quickly pulled up the suspension bridge, and the helmsmen and sailors also began to steer the flagship away from the screaming enemy ship.

But it takes time for the flagship to go from standstill to sailing fast, and the watchman is already screaming nervously: "The enemy ship is rushing! It is rushing towards our stern!"

Miltias stared nervously at the enemy ship that was rushing from the back, clenching his fists, digging his fingernails deep into the flesh, but unknowingly, there was a sound of the sailors struggling to shout. They are trying their best to get rid of the danger, but it takes time for the warship to change from static to fast navigation, and the flagship is now the most lacking is time.

Seeing that the bow of the enemy ship is about to hit the tail of the flagship, the watchman clinging to the mast (in the course of naval battles, the watchman should logically look down from the mast to avoid being killed during the collision, but in the entire flagship At the moment of life and death, they can't care much anymore) shouted again: "Our warship! Our warship!!!"

I saw a warship chopping through the waves, like a flying arrow slammed into Miltias' vision. Before he could see clearly, he heard a "boom" bang, this ship Just hit the side of the enemy ship and cut in like a sharp dagger.

This is exactly the fast three-layer paddle warship that lured the enemy away. It took the enemy ship chasing it around a large circle, and then used its speed to throw away its opponent and quickly rushed to rescue.

Beside the screams of the Phoenicians, and behind them are the screams of the Phoenicians, Miltiyas still shouted with a high degree of nervousness: "Quick! Quick! Turn back!"

Because the crisis has not been lifted, the Phoenician warships that followed the fast three-tier paddle warships followed,

The flagship was struggling to make a U-turn, but it was too late, and Miltias watched the side of the rear of the fast three-tier paddle warship that rescued the flagship before the enemy ship's bow hit.

This special ship of the Dionysian Navy has a narrow hull, a slender hull, and a shape like a willow leaf. Its speed is its strength, and its impact resistance is its weakness. When this battleship protects the flagship, it ignores the rear. 'S chasing soldiers, bravely hitting enemy ships threatening the flagship, it puts itself in the most dangerous situation.

Because the enemy ship was blocking in front, the fast three-layer paddle warship had almost no room for buffering, and it sturdily withstood the entire impact force. As a result, the enemy ship's bow was completely cut into the warship, and the rear of the warship had split. The seawater was quickly stained with blood.

"Speed ​​up!" Miltias shouted with his teeth gritted.

The sailors in the cabin did not know what was happening outside. They paddled at the fastest speed continuously, making their arms a bit numb, but they still clenched their teeth.

The flagship rushed over, the suspension bridge fell, and hit the enemy ship's deck.

"Take the weapon and follow me!" Miltias shouted into the cabin.

The sailors were a little stunned: they were always only responsible for paddling, killing the enemy was the task of the fleet infantry.

"Still stunned, obey the order!" the sailor commanded.

The sailors suddenly grasped the bayonet and saber left in the cabin by the soldiers who had jumped into the sea.

"Kill!" Mirtias waved the picked saber angrily, leading the sailors to the enemy ship himself.

At this moment, because the evacuation of another crow warship was not timely, the Phoenician warship turned around and hit the middle tail. Although the damage was not large, the influx of seawater forced the sailors to block it urgently. This affects the speed and flexibility of the crow warship, making it difficult to escape the danger of being hit again.

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Facing the attack of five enemy ships, the three warships led by Miltias achieved a 4:3 exchange ratio, which also shows that the Sicilian fleet is well-trained and cooperates with each other, but due to the decision of Miltias. , Causing most of the Dionysian warships in the rear of the fleet to be scattered around. In the face of the attack of the East Phoenician fleet, they are in a dangerous situation of hitting less, especially the crow warship, and there are no other warships on the flanks. Not only does it fail to exert its powerful ability to jump and fight, but its weaknesses of slow speed and relatively inflexible turning are exposed.

One Dionysian warship was sunk one after another, and a few warships rushed directly to the beach.

At the same time, the East Phoenician Fleet is also attacking east, and the Dionysian warships that have returned to the west like the oil are also under siege from the Phoenician warship. The situation is not good, began to turn around and withdraw east.

The East Phoenician fleet finally found such a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy. How could they be easily escaped, and some of the warships were separated and followed closely behind them.

The full load of soldiers on the Dionysian warships jumped into the sea to reduce the weight of the warships and enable them to escape, but even so, the crow warships were caught up because of their own speed problems, and they had to be forced to fight. ...

The naval battle lasted less than half an hour. The middle and rear parts of the Sicilian Fleet had been defeated by the East Phoenician Fleet. Except for part of the battleships, they were still struggling with the enemy ships. The rest were either sinking or fleeing. The Sicilian Fleet It seems that the defeat is set.

The Phoenician warship chased east and was about to reach the surface of Minoa.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of trumpets in front of me, and several watchmen on the fast three-tier paddle warships retreating eastward screamed almost simultaneously: "Our fleet! Our fleet is coming!!"

The captains who had been nervously watching the enemy ships behind turned their heads and looked east. I saw dozens of Dionysian warships appearing in the distance. They were lined up with the familiar array of starry ships, and they were rushing towards them. .

The captains were immediately refreshed and shouted loudly to the sailors in the cabin: "Brothers get together, our reinforcements are here!"

The sailors heard this, and the hands holding the oar regained their strength. They steered the warship to the sides to make way for the fleet's attack.

At this time, the Phoenician warships also found something strange in front of them. They also stopped chasing and began to move closer to each other.

This fast-moving Dionysian fleet from east to west is composed of 35 warships out of 42 warships of the only remaining second squadron of the first fleet, including 25 crow warships, fast Ten three-tier paddle warships, whose command is Stefacas.