Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

But now the real commander of this fleet is not Stefakas, but Sekerian on the crow battleship at the forefront of the ship array. He stood on the bow of the ship, gazing steadily towards the front, behind the ship Changzheng gave a loud command: "Speed ​​up! Keep going straight!"

The watchman on the top of the mast shouted loudly: "There are about 40 enemy ships ahead, which are lined up in double columns, and in the distance there are enemy ships coming one after another!"

"Hurry up and eat this wave first!" Seckrian whispered and looked up at the suspension bridge erected next to the front mast.

The hurried array of Phoenician warships also quickly increased the speed of the ship, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer.

Seckrian stared at the enemy ship that was flying ahead in a blink of an eye. The sitting crow warship maintained a high speed, but not the speed of the sprint, and rushed straight toward the other ship's bow.

When the two ships were 30 meters apart, the enemy ship suddenly turned sideways and forward. Apparently the Phoenicians knew the power of the Dionysian crow warship.

Seckrian sneered. The warship he was sitting on didn't care about the Phoenician warship that he avoided, but moved on.

Just when this Phoenician warship just bypassed Seclian’s ship, I suddenly saw the Dionysian warship ahead, like a swordfish, hit the side of the warship at a very fast speed. .

The Phoenician warship had to turn again, dangerously and dangerously avoiding the crisis of being hit, but the two ships passed by obsoletely: "Withdraw the oar!"

"Withdraw the pulp!" Both parties ordered at the same time.

The Dionysian ship’s sailors were prepared for a long time, and the Phoenician ship’s sailors had just struggled to paddle, so that the ship could escape the crisis of being sunk. Where was the time to react? The Asian warship was pushed hard and touched the ship's window. With a click, it was directly broken.

After breaking off the oar on the opponent's side, the Dionysian ship discarded it and continued to sail forward.

But when the crew of this Phoenician warship was still in shock, another Dionysian warship approached, but this was a crow warship. It used the Phoenician warship to lack wooden propellers and was inconvenient to move. On the occasion, the suspension bridge was easily tied to its deck. The legionary soldiers on the ship were not the friendly soldiers. They followed the instructions. After rushing across the suspension bridge, there was no battle and cut most of the Phoenician sailors. Under the leadership of the team leader, he quickly returned to the warship and pulled up the suspension bridge...

Seckrian's arrangement of the starry ship array is different from that of the past. The front row of the traditional starry ship array is a row of crow warships, and the fast three-layer paddle warship at the rear waits for the opportunity to plug in and capture the warplane.At this time, the ship array is arranged between the crow warship and the fast warship. Its purpose is to accelerate the pace of the attack, seize the time, and rescue the besieged warship.

Stefakas's ship in the center of the ship's ship fluttered with bloody flags, reminding the surrounding warships to fight deadly, and Secorian's ship sprinting in the forefront encouraged the crew to move forward.

The East Phoenician fleet succeeded in a sneak attack, but now is the first time to formally play against the Dionyan fleet. Their traditional naval tactics are completely unable to adapt to Dionysia. After years of hard work, this new set of naval warfare Despite the fact that they have many warships, the hastily formed battle arrays cannot withstand the attack of the morale-filled Dionyan squadron.After fighting for a period of time, ten Phoenician warships were either captured or damaged, but the Dionysian squadron only paid the price of the damage of four warships, and took the Phoenician in front of them. The ship array was completely defeated.

The Phoenician warships retreated after seeing a bad situation.

The Dionysian fast warships did not catch up, because before the war, Seckrian had negotiated with them. The current battle situation is one-of-a-kind, and the warships cannot be dispersed. Otherwise, once it is too aggressive, it is easy to break away from the big troops. Falling into siege, so the Dionysian warships gradually returned to their positions while maintaining a relatively fast speed, and still maintained a complete formation.

The Phoenician warships along the way received news early and retreated westward, which allowed some of the Dionysian warships hiding from Tibet to escape from the east and joined the ship formation one after another. The number of sub-fleet warships has not decreased but increased, and has reached 45.

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"Cough! Cough!..." Miltias coughed repeatedly, and the crew next to him hurriedly lifted him up, slapping his back, and letting him spit out the water smoothly.

"General Miltias, are you okay?!" the crew asked with concern.

Miltias waved his hand, but did not want to speak. He was facing the sea, staring blankly at the sea, where there was no trace of his flagship. Only the top of the main mast was exposed, like a floating Rotten branches.He led the flagship to fight with the enemy for a period of time. Eventually, he was sunk without escape from the enemy's encirclement and suppression. Fortunately, closer to the beach, they swam directly to the shore.

Looking around the sea, there are several "rotten branches" like this, mainly occurring near the coast, and farther away, more wreckage of warships is half-floating on the sea surface, most of which All of them are Dionysian warships. Only a few warships appear to be completely floating on the sea surface, but they are completely uncontrolled in the sea. That is the Phoenician warship killed by the crow warship.

Looking at the wreckage of warships and the countless floating heads of the sea, Miltias's heart was like being pinched tightly by something, making him heartbroken: Sicily Fleet...and his fourth fleet ...That's all gone?...

He stood for a long time, letting the tide wash his legs...

Most of the crew around him were like him, staring at the flagship sunk in the sea, and getting along with them for so many years made it difficult for them to give up.

"Hey, are you the Dionyan fleet?!" Someone came towards them.

"Yes, we belong to the 4th Fleet of Dionynia, this is our—" a crew member beside Miltias shouted loudly, and Miltias patted his shoulder hard to stop He went on to say that, as the person in charge of this transportation operation, Miltias consciously assumed that he should bear an important responsibility for this fiasco, and some faceless.

Fortunately, he didn’t have long been in Sicily, and not many people knew him. The man just glanced at him, and then said to the crew member, "There are still many crew members in your fourth fleet."

In the direction of his finger, Miltias saw more than a thousand people gathered on the beach to the east.

The man continued: "I am Friakas, the general general of the Jera reinforcements. This is too close to the city of Serinus. In order to avoid being discovered by the Carthaginians, we cannot stay here for too long. You must go east as soon as possible, after passing Germer, and to reach the city of Minoa to ensure safety.

The crew turned to look at Miltias, and Miltias nodded, and the crew immediately said, "Yes, we will pass."

Friacas once again looked at Miltias, who looked down. He had seen this look from the faces of several Captain Dionysian who swam ashore. After the storm destroyed the Dionysian fleet, this But the Dionysian Navy suffered huge losses once again. The myth that the Dionysian Navy has never failed since its establishment has come to an end. For these naval generals, the impact is obviously a bit big. Friacas can understand this. But at the same time, there was a little worry in my heart: What should Gera do when the Dionysian navy of Sicily is in trouble?

He sighed in his heart and turned to walk towards the large army.

The crew followed behind, looking back from time to time. Someone suddenly said, "The enemy ships are no longer visible on the sea. Have they retreated?"

Miltias almost stumbled to the ground, he actually prefers to see the enemy ships still cruising on the sea, because it means that the Sicilian fleet is still fighting, and now the enemy ships have all left, is it that the Sicilian fleet is already full Extinguish?!

Miltias' face was disappointed, and his heart was even more painful.

At this time, there was a loud noise in front: "enemy! there are enemies!!!"

"The Carthaginians are coming! Run away!!!"

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The crew was surprised, and they saw many Numbian cavalry rushing out of the woods on the north side of the beach. They drove down the gentle slope and rushed towards the large troops gathered in front of them. Taiji infantry...

Since the last night attack, Marco has strengthened the patrol of Serinus to the coast of Germe, and the Sicilian and Phoenician fleets fighting in the sea near Germe will of course be discovered by Carthage scouts. After receiving the news, Marco immediately dispatched a 5,000-person mixed-strike army to let them attack the Dionyan crew and soldiers who fled ashore because of the sinking of the ship.

Most of the Dionysian crew and AIA soldiers on the beach were unarmed and inevitably panicked.When the Numibian cavalry rushed to the front, the javelin that flew out fell into the crowd. The splashing blood and the screams made the people panic and fled.

The Numbian cavalry screamed and took the opportunity to drive the horse to collide, which accelerated the collapse of the Dionysian crew and the friendly soldiers...

"General, we must immediately escape into the sea to escape the enemy's pursuit!" The flagship captain shivered and shouted to Miltias.

"...You go." Miltias said in a defiant expression, but the whole person continued to move forward.

The flagship captain grabbed him anxiously and shook him hard, shouting anxiously in his ear: "Miltias, the enemy is coming! We must escape!"

"Enemies everywhere, hiding in the sea, will eventually become ridiculous captives...The 4th Fleet is gone...It's all my fault...I have lived up to His Majesty's trust!..." Miltias said lightly There is endless remorse in his words. He looked up and looked forward: "...Only the death on the battlefield can reduce people's ridicule to me... Only to reduce the suspicion of the elders to His Majesty!"