Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At the same time as he gave the order, he let the flagship immediately turn the hull, as a role model, to greet the Dionysian fleet and speed away.

After seeing the warships around them, they also made corresponding moves quickly, but for the Carthaginian warships that were far apart, they first heard the retired bugle, and soon changed to attack. Trumpet, these two diametrically opposite commands puzzled them.

This is a newly formed fleet. Although most of its crew survived the previous Carthage fleet after the storm, it was reorganized after all. One of the biggest problems is-although De Mika once expressed strong opposition, but with the support of the Senate, Annobas still mixed the survivors of the previous Carthage and Iberian fleets and assigned them to each new warship. In this way, all warships are under unified command of the navy commander, and there is no longer any independent Iberian fleet.

So when the new fleet did not rush into battle before being fully tuned in, they had not developed good obedience to the new fleet commander (for the Iberian crew, Annobas was unfamiliar ), the usual patrols and voyages still do not appear, but at the moment of crisis, the problem is exposed: some warships are hesitating whether to execute this later order.

And while this Carthage fleet was inconsistent and chaotic due to two commands, the attack of the Dionysian 3rd Fleet continued to show its power, and the crow warship smashed the circle like a hammer. The outer shell of the ship was dashed into the fast three-layer paddle warship. Their narrow hulls quickly shuttled in the narrow circular space, as flexible as swimming fish, but after the fighter was discovered, they became The fierce sharks twisted the oars of the enemy ships and smashed their hulls, making the already chaotic Carthage formation even more chaotic...

At this point in the battle, some of the Carthage warships had poor vision and began to withdraw from the battlefield.

Speaking of the original 190 warships of the new Carthage Fleet, after arriving in Sardinia, they merged into 40 warships that originally belonged to the Phoenician city-state of Sardinia. The total number of warships reached 230. After Norbas formulated this plan, he almost divided the new fleet: to ensure that the warships under the command of Admira, who were in charge of ambushing in the distant seas, could resist the attack of the Dionysian warships, forming a complete melee The situation that can persist until the fleet led by him personally comes and forms a double-sided attack (because Annobas believes that if he arrives on the battlefield too early, the Dionyan fleet that has not yet entered the battle is likely to be unsightly. Escaped early, resulting in little success), so the 110 warships he allocated to Admika were all Carthage warships, and 40 Phoenician warships with weaker combat power were included in their fleet. He believes that under the circumstance of great advantage, there is no need to worry about the combat effectiveness of Phoenician warships.

But now the situation is that the fleet led by Annobass is in a passive beating situation. In the face of the fierce attack of the Dionysian warship, several Phoenician warships chose to follow the last command of the flagship, and they immediately followed The orders to attack came unheard, and they retreated.

Their retreat also affected the fighting spirit of the nearby Phoenician warships. They retreated one after another, causing the entire Carthage fleet not to mention offensive, even the defense became difficult to maintain.

After Annobas learned this situation through the watchman, he had no way to stomp.

"Sir, let's retreat as quickly as we can, and we won't be able to leave again!" The captain persuaded eagerly, because the Dionysian warships appeared on the left and right sides of the Carthage flagship. Annobas personally oversees the war, the situation is slightly better, and as it goes on, the flagship will be cut off and returned to siege.

"...Retreat..." Annobas said flatly, covering his face and sitting down on the deck, daring not to face the fact that as a naval veteran suddenly encountered an enemy attack, he first hurriedly The wrong formation was arranged, and then the command was changed repeatedly, causing the originally dominant battle to become a defeat...

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"The enemy is retreating! The enemy is retreating! Wang Wang shouted excitedly above the mast.

Midolades' face was not light, and he asked anxiously, "How far is the Carthage Fleet behind us?

"Only about three hundred meters!"

"Order that all warships should not stop and accelerate forward! Remember, don't stop!" Midolades shouted sharply.

"Captain, the flagship raised three green flags!" shouted the stern looker of a crow warship at the forefront of the fleet.

"What?! Green flag!" The captain frowned, and the navy of the green flag was "accelerated advancement" (When the navy of Dionysia first formulated the flag, green represents spring, everything recovers, the glacial thaws, and gallops forward) Meaning, and the opposite is the white flag, which represents the retreat, and the Dionysian navy did not surrender the slogan), which means that they have to let go of the ship in front of them, who is passing by in front of their bow. Although the Carthaginian warship was unwilling, the command had to be obeyed. The captain sighed helplessly and said, "Charge at speed, go straight ahead! Dismount the Crow Suspension Bridge!"

All warships of the 3rd Fleet are carrying out similar orders, which speeds up the entire fleet again, which forces the Annobasi Fleet to flee faster, even in a panic, in order to escape, collisions can be seen from time to time.

When the Carthaginian warships, which were slow to travel due to the collision, saw the fast approaching Dionysian warships, all the souls were looming.But a miracle appeared, and the Dionysian ships seemed to not see them, passing by them and heading forward.

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Admika regretted it.

He was ordered by Annobas to lead 110 warships to ambush in the far sea. The crew steered the warships in the wind and waves, and waited for the Dionysian fleet to hook up. As a result, they waited for most of the day. : The Dionysian fleet chased them halfway and returned.

Admika was disappointed. While informing the fleet to return, he sent a clip to the detective with a hint of hope.

As a result, the Clippers reported that the Dionysian fleet was intercepted by the fleet led by Annobas.

Admika immediately turned from disappointment to excitement, and he ordered the fleet to accelerate.

Sure enough, he saw the Dionyan fleet ahead, but instead of ordering the fleet to launch an offensive immediately, he let the fleet slow down and form a formation.

The reason for this is that he has considerations: First, a few months ago, in the naval battle of Seidium, his pro-Iberian fleet was defeated by the Dionysian fleet. The combat strength of the team is well understood. At this time, the Dionysia fleet, which has just begun to engage the Annobass fleet, is fully capable of separating part of the warships, turning around to block his attack, causing greater losses to the fleet he leads. .

Second, although he has returned to the command of Annobas, he is not convinced. He hopes that the fleet under the command of Annobas will suffer more losses in this war, and he has little losses, which is beneficial to himself. The prestige in the new fleet has increased, increasing the right to speak.

Therefore, after Admira let all warships unfold and form a double-column formation, he stayed on the ground and watched the development of the battle ahead, while being alert to the possible escape of the Dionysian fleet.

But he never imagined that the commander of the Dionysian fleet would be so decisive, would ignore his threats, and let all warships participate in the attack.

He did not expect the performance of the fleet commanded by Annobas to be so bad. The battle lasted only about 10 minutes, and he could not support it.

After learning about the situation in front of him through Admiral, Admika had to give an order to attack immediately.

It took the warship to reach the top speed from a standstill, and drove to the rear of the Dionysian Fleet through a distance of nearly three miles. The Admika Fleet spent about seven or eight minutes in order to allow the Annobass Fleet to try its best to Entwined, Admika also allowed the flagship commanders to blow the offensive trumpet with the greatest strength.

But in all efforts, it turned out to be in vain. By the time they arrived on the battlefield, the Dionysian fleet had passed the Carthage formation and sailed far away at full speed, leaving only the damaged Carthage. The base warships and the Carthage warships that were wounded by the majority of the sailors were scattered on the sea. Many Carthage sailors floating on the sea and calling for help from the fleet loudly became an obstacle to the advancement of the Admika fleet.

Of course, not all Dionysian warships fled in time. Seven or eight Dionysian warships were either slowed down due to damage to the hull, or because they failed to withdraw their fleet infantry in time. Too much time to wait, or because the panicked enemy ship suddenly appeared in front, unable to dodge and had to collide, so that they could not rush out quickly... In short, they have not been able to leave the battlefield, and landed in Dio Behind the Fleet of Niah.

The Admika fleet warships chased up, and the several Dionysian warships could not escape, and turned around to fight. Even if they behaved bravely, but with less fights, the Carthage quickly won victory.

In the process, Dionysia's Third Fleet did not turn around to rescue, but accelerated away.

Looking at the Dionysian fleet that had disappeared in the distance, and then looking at the battlefield surrounded by desolation, Admira hesitated a little, and when it was impossible to catch up with the Dionysian fleet, he decided to first Rescue your countrymen.

At the same time, he also sent the Clippers to check the movement of the Dionysian fleet forward, and also let the Clippers to find the escaped Carthage warships and let them return to the fleet.