Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Woo!..." The bugle sounded, and two long, one red, one black, and two long strips of cloth quickly fluttered on top of the flagship main mast.

The other warships also saw the warning flag in front of them. At this time, the flagship sent out an offensive message. The original dull fleet immediately became lively. The command of the captain, the reminder of the watchman, and the whistle of the sailors The various warships were uploaded, and the formation of the entire fleet began to change.

The Third Fleet is no longer a column of four-way battleships, but quickly expands forward and to the two wings. The interval between the ships of the horizontal team increases, and the interval between the ships of the column decreases, and the formation of the entire fleet From a long snake to a winged goose, the third fleet of ships of the Third Fleet established for nearly a decade was arranged at an extremely skilled and tacit speed, and at the same time, it continued to shorten the carthage opposite. The distance of the fleet.

At this time, the carthage navy commander Annobas was sitting on the flagship of the Carthage fleet. The presence of the Dionysian fleet in this sea area surprised him: Did the Dionysians see through our enticement plan ?!

"Sir, shall we evade temporarily?" the flagship captain asked carefully.

Annobas looked forward and pondered a little, then said decisively: "Although some of them are not in line with our plan, the Dionysians are still in a disadvantageous situation. As long as we intercept it, the final victory must belong to we!"

"Adult, but Admika, can they get there in time..." The captain said obscurely.

Annobasus understood what he meant, and said with a deep voice: "This naval battle is very important to Carthage! It is also very important to Master Marco! Admika must understand its importance, and he will do his best to Go!"

Speaking of which, Annobas issued a command loudly: "Round formation, ready to fight!"

After the order was issued, Annobasi looked up in disgust, looked at the hot sun above him, and got up into the cabin.

In order to save time and build more warships, the shipyards of Carthage and the Allies temporarily abandoned the construction of four-layer paddle warships and large flagships, so the flagship that Annobas took was only three-layer paddle warfare. The ship was converted and there was no ship building, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The round array is a kind of defensive ship array. The warships are arranged in a circle. The space between the warships is relatively close. Only the bow is outward. Both sides and the rear are under the protection of the own warship, just like a contraction. A group of hedgehogs with thorns erected, leaving the attacking enemy ship nowhere to talk.

Despite the shortcomings of the round formation, which slows down the movement of the warships in the formation, its super strong defense is exactly what Annobas needs at the moment. After all, he experienced the last time with the Dionysian fleet. The sea battle has a lingering fear of the attack on the Dionysian warships, so I would like to use the round array to delay the time first, in order to wait for the arrival of favorable fighters.

However, compared with other boat arrays, the round array is not only harder to arrange, but also takes longer time.Just as the ships of Carthage received orders from the flagships, and under the command of the captains, they began to gather towards the flagships of Carthage, the third fleet of Dionia had already launched an offensive.

All warships of the Third Fleet had lowered their sails, and the crow warships were all equipped with suspension bridges. After hearing the command of attack, all the sailors fell into excitement. They quickly plugged the rations they carried with them. In the middle, chewing, listening to the command of the sailor and the piper, maneuvering the oars, continuously increasing the speed of the oars.

At this moment, the watchman on the flagship main mast shouted in panic: "General, the warship in the rear appears a warning! Double yellow flag! There are enemy ships, the number of ships is similar to ours!"

Midolades's heart tightened, and some doubts in his mind were suddenly solved: Why didn't the Carthage merchant ship flee along the coast, but ran to the dangerous far sea?Why do these seemingly loaded Carthage merchant ships maintain a faster speed and have superior ship handling skills?...This is the strategy of the Carthage fleet!They already had warships ambushing in the far sea, and lured us there with commercial ships. When they were fighting with us, another fleet came from the rear and fought on both sides. Coupled with the far sea combat, it was not conducive to the performance of the crow warship. The Three Fleet is very likely to suffer a fiasco!

Midolades felt terrified. He was thankful that the last failure had kept him vigilant.

"General, what should I do?! Do you want the first squadron behind to turn around and stop?" the captain asked nervously.

Faced with a crisis, perhaps it was fortunate to have escaped, and Midolades’ mind was clear at the moment. He shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The number of warships added by the enemy is close to twice that of his own. It will only further weaken our offensive power... Now the enemies in the rear have just been discovered, at least three miles away from us, and the enemies in front are close at hand—"

He paused for a moment, his eyes became firm, and his tone suddenly became fierce: "Two more red flags were raised! All warships were not allowed to make any stops, so I rushed all up!"

Three red and one black strips fluttered on the top of the flagship’s main mast. For other warships that had seen warnings on the rear warships before, they eliminated the hesitation and hesitation in their hearts. For the warships that were approaching the enemy line ahead, This is a stimulant: offense!Attack again!Bloody battle to the end!

Encouraged by the captain of the sailor, each sailor's fighting intentions soared, and his paddle speed soared, causing each warship to shoot at the Carthaginian ship like an arrow from the string.

The crow warship was rushing towards the enemy ship. When the two ships were close to each other, the sailors immediately put away their oars. The warship was sliding forward by inertia under the control of the helmsman. Turning the axle of the suspension bridge, when the two ships were about to collide, the operator pressed the handle, and the suspension bridge quickly hit the other party's bow. A "boom" sound made the sterns of both sides jump up at the same time. The sailors in the cabin All of us were slanting and falling together.

The Fleet Infantry in the Raven Battleship managed to control his body, rushed from the cabin to the deck, and quickly dashed across the suspension bridge.There are only a few soldiers and archers on the opposing ship. In the face of the fully armed fleet of infantry, the resistance of the Carthage sailors is destined to be a tragedy.

When screams came from the front from time to time, Annobas suddenly realized that he had made a huge mistake: the round formation is indeed the best warship defensive formation, but that is also for the control of conventional three-layer paddles. The enemy of the warship, and now he is facing the Dionysian navy who is good at hooking up ships with suspension bridges and performing jump-fighting operations.

Annobas regretted it at the moment, instead venting his resentment to the captain: "Why didn't you remind me just now!"

The captain is speechless, because he and Annobass have been influenced by traditional naval tactics for a long time. In the case of a sudden encounter with the enemy, instinctively will choose the most suitable tactics to respond, that is to say he I just thought that the strategy adopted by Annobas was correct, so I did not express any opposition, but I forgot that what they encountered was an enemy who did not follow conventional naval tactics at all.Mainly because Annobas had only once fought against the Dionysian navy and was not too impressed with the tactics of their fleet.

"Quick! Quick! Quickly sound the retreating bugle! Let the warships avoid each other!" Annobas shouted angrily.

The captain was stunned: "Sir, will we stop sticking for a while?! Admika they may be there soon!"

"When Admika arrives, our fleet may be over!" Annobasus roared angrily, completely forgetting what he had just said before, because of the Dionysian fleet in front of him, he was here It was not known when Admika was leading the fleet quickly.

Unlike the Dionysian navy, the Carthage navy developed a complex semaphore system after the mention of Daphes, which can communicate orders in a timely and clear manner, but the Carthage navy has also had its own for hundreds of years at sea A set of methods for communicating orders at sea.

Ten commanders on the flagship deck sounded the retreat horn at the same time, and the hurried horn sounded out in all directions.

Although the round formation of the Carthage Fleet was not completely completed, the warships were moving closer to the flagship, just to hear the trumpet clearly.But if you want to execute this order immediately and make the entire fleet retreat immediately, it is impossible, because this is a round formation, the outer warships must first retreat to make room for the inner warships to retreat.

However, the fleet of the Dionysian 3rd Fleet quickly pressed across the board, and in a short period of time came into contact with half of the outer periphery of the Carthage circle.

Under the rapid attack of the Dionysian warship, it was not easy to achieve a smooth retreat. Now the forefront of the battleship sees the friendly ships in front of the battle are hooked by the suspension bridge of the enemy ship, and then wear The soldiers of the Onia Fleet killed the wolf like a wolf, and then screamed. The crew of Carthage were all afraid and frightened. They were afraid to follow their feet. The sound of the retreat made them relieved and turned around to retreat, which caused The internal space of the narrow circular array became narrower, which affected the speed of the warship's retreat.

At that moment, the regretful Annobas suddenly stopped complaining and said uncertainly to the flagship captain: "I seem to hear our offensive sound!"

The captain froze, and immediately listened.

At this moment, the watchman on the mast shouted: "A fleet appears behind the Dionysian Fleet! It is our fleet! Lord Admika is here!"

Annobasi swept away the previous decadence. In the past, Admira, who hated and despised him, became his most popular object at the moment. He shouted excitedly: "Ademika did a good job! Quick! Quickly order the warships. Stop retreating! Immediately attack the enemy!"