Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

However, this tragic scene basically did not appear, and most of the Carthage fleet dexterously avoided the violent collision, and they could cross the Dionysian ship.

After experiencing such a thrilling scene, most of the Carthage sailors not only did not feel afraid, but screamed more excitedly: "See, Dionysians, this is the true strength of our Carthage sailors! "

"Hi, you are too clumsy, like old ladies in their sixties or seventies!"

"Dare to compete with us at this level of ship manipulation, and collide with you a hundred times, don't you want to touch me!"

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The Dionysians couldn’t understand the chants of the Carthage crew, but they could understand the humiliating gestures of the enemy’s gestures, especially seeing that some Carthages even lifted their clothes and took out that thing to pee at them. What a shame!

Even the stable captain of the flagship could not help but scold: "Damn Carthage! If there are bows and arrows on the ship, I wish I could shoot them with one arrow!"

Seckley was equally angry, but as the commander, he certainly could not show this, but said with a deep voice: "These Carthage were too happy, our fast warship will send them to see Poseidon Winter!"

Seckrian's staggered arrangement of double-horizontal teams is to use the more flexible and fast warships as the back row to get rid of the merchant ships that escaped the first round of shocks, but he did not expect that the front row of warships had little gain.

So he turned around and looked at the stern with the look of expectation.

As a result, he was unbelievable to see: Carthage merchant ships were like fishes, and by the surging of the waves, once again dangerously and dangerously avoided the impact of the fast warship, from the warship to the warship. Passing through the gap, the laughter came again from behind.

Seckrian could no longer restrain his emotions, hitting the mast with a violent punch, roaring: "Catch me up and sink these damn merchant ships!"

In fact, he did not need to order at all. Almost all warships quickly turned their bows and chased toward the Carthage merchant ship that was going away.

The Dionysian navy has developed rapidly over the years and has a prominent record. Except for that natural storm, they have almost never failed. Even the once powerful Carthage navy was stepped on by them. What pride is in their hearts, When was such a humiliation suffered, all the crew members would never allow these Carthage merchant ships that trampled on their dignity to go away like this, everyone suffocated, not only the captain demanded to speed up, but also the sailors Pushing the oars vigorously, each warship chases the merchant ship ahead at a faster speed, vowing to sink them to solve their hatred.

At this time, it is difficult for anyone to stop them from chasing in a short period of time. Seclian knows his fleet, so he encourages them to continue their attack.

A sea chase battle has begun.

Now, the Dionysian Sicilian Fleet is divided into two parts: 80 warships in the waters near Eriks chase and intercept more than 200 Carthage merchant ships spinning around the island; 200 warships chase frantically in the waters near Lilyfal 60 Carthage Merchants teasing them.

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The chase in the south has just begun, and the siege in the north has been going on for a while. Although the cunning Carthage merchant ship shuttles through the islands and reefs of this sea area, the Dionysian warships who are not yet familiar with the sea conditions here have to slow down. , Cautious pursuit, gave Carthage Merchants more opportunities to get rid of the pursuit, but when the warships under Stefacas completely dispersed throughout the sea, the disaster of Carthage Merchants came.

After all, as soon as the fleet was dispersed, the Diorian warships were in charge of a small area of ​​water, and the Carthage merchant ships inevitably encountered warships frequently.These Carthage sailors are indeed very capable of maneuvering sailboats, but sailboats mainly rely on the wind. When going against the wind, the speed is naturally affected, and the Dionysian ship relies on the oarsman, which is almost not affected by the wind direction. The narrow waterways divided by the islands and reefs also caused the Carthage merchant ships to lose enough space to evade. Once the two sides met directly, the merchant ships that did not have the combat capability almost sinked.

After more than half an hour, the Carthage merchant ship lost nearly half. Many islands and reefs have stood a lot of Carthage sailors who swam ashore after sinking. At this speed, after half an hour, they will be completely destroyed. Chicathaki fleet.

But Stefakas was not blinded by the immediate victory. He had two doubts. First, since this escape tactic of the Carthage fleet has failed, why are these merchant ships still dealing with them in this area?Secondly, he just discovered that what was stacked on the Carthage merchant ship was nothing more than a simple empty wooden cage, which was tightly covered with linen cloth, and looked like a full load of cargo. After the ship sank, all floated up. No wonder before Stefakas was also surprised that the Carthage Merchant Marine could do so fast with so many loads.

Carthage merchant ships using such camouflage apparently lure them to achieve a certain purpose!...Stefacas increased his vigilance. He stopped the ship from chasing the enemy ship and traveled to the west between the islands of Agusa and phorbantia, where it was the center of the sea and dispatched. A number of clippers closely inspect the surroundings, especially in the west.

The reason why he did not immediately gather the warships is because he believes that as long as a while later, his fleet can basically wipe out the Carthage merchant ships that deceived them, not only for the Carthage people. The strike also fulfilled the task entrusted by Chief Sekelian, and also gave them a bad breath.

"General, look! Another merchant ship has been sunk!" the crew on the deck shouted excitedly.

"Is the captain of that fast warship the Ilyas?" Stefakas looked at the front with interest, and said, "After being able to miss the target, he can immediately take a reverse stroke and use the stern to knock over the merchant ship, Yili. Asth's mind is very flexible!"

"Compared to merchant ships, our warships are behemoths. Both the bow and the stern can sink them, but until now, I have seen the new tactics of the Elias warships. I haven’t thought about it like myself, and Ilias deserves to be the best captain in our fleet!" The captain on the side admired heartily.

"Traditional habits imprison our thoughts!" Stefakas nodded his head and said seriously: "After returning, we will promote this new tactic, and then the fleet will encounter Carthage merchant ships, We have one more weapon."

"Yes!"

"There is hostility!" The watchman on the main mast suddenly shouted nervously: "The yellow flag of the Clippers to the west! Three yellow flags!"

Stefatas' inner tremor: whatever you worry about!Needless to say, it was the Carthage Fleet that struck, far more than its own fleet!

"Blow the bugle! Raise the yellow flag! Raise the Apollo flag!" Stefakas shouted loudly, and he was very nervous. He must immediately gather the scattered warships to avoid being broken by each. .

Then he said solemnly: "Notify a clipper and immediately rush to the south, telling Sectrian that the Carthage fleet is attacking and we need immediate reinforcements!"

After Stefacas issued the order, he was calm in his mind. He thought: The Clippers found the enemy situation, indicating that the enemy's fleet is still four or five miles away, and this sea area is only four or five miles away. The fleet still has time to adjust tactics and respond.

But what he didn’t know is that there is an island called hiera in the west of the flagship. This clipped rest ship was originally located on the west side of the island of Hiera. When his watchman found the Carthage fleet from the west The yellow flag was raised immediately when it rushed, but after a while, the Clipper captain did not hear the squadron’s flagship sounding a bugle sound (according to the regulations of the Dionysian Navy, when the flagship communicated the order, it should be at the same time The trumpet sounded to remind the warships under his attention), I was surprised that it didn't take long for him to find that he had made a mistake, because Sheila Island blocked it, the flagship watchman might not even see the rising semaphore, he was in a hurry Let the Clippers bypass Sheila Island and soon heard the bugle sound, but this toss has taken some time.

Although 80 Dionysian warships are scattered in this area, not too far from the flagship, the bugle sounds, they can almost be heard, but it will take a little time to know the command issued by the flagship, because it is in battle The warship will not allow the watchman to stay on the mast, otherwise the huge impact will cause the watchman to fall down, and the ship must be slowed down to allow the watchman to climb the main mast.There are also some warships separated by islands, the flags cannot be seen at all, and the warships must be let out... So it will take time for all warships to regroup around the Stefacas flagship.

Now the time is undoubtedly crucial. At the same time as the flagship of the Dionysian squadron sounded the horn, the Carthage naval commander Morbar has led 170 warships and rushed to the west side of Sheila Island. The three Dionysian warships chasing the merchant ship attacked.

At the same time, the Carthage fleet quickly divided into two, each with 75 warships, one from the north and one from the south bypassing the island of Sheila to attack the other Dionysian warships.

The merchant crew on the island of Sheila saw Carthage's fleet finally appear, all cheering and shouting: "It's time for our revenge! The Dionysians are all sent to the sea to feed fish!..."

Among the three Dionysian warships, there are two crow warships and one fast warship. They patronize the several Carthage merchant ships that are fleeing back and forth. When they find the Carthage fleet approaching, they want to retreat. It's a little late.