Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

It should be said that Barrickos successfully completed the task. The fleet he led dragged the main fleet of Dionysia for more than three hours.

But for Morbal, the results he obtained were not satisfactory. He sank 35 Dionysian warships and lost 7 of them. This is the first time he has watched the first attack of the Carthage warship. After the Dionysian warship, the record obtained after changing the tactics, but still far from his original vision, he originally planned to seduce all the part of the Dionysian warship to be eliminated.

The reason for the unsuccessful result is that the commander of this fleet of Dionysia gathered more than half of the warships in time, but did not lead them out of the small area to rescue the scattered warships. An irregular circle was laid out in that area, and the focus of the defense was on the relatively wide west.

After destroying the other Dionysian ships, the Carthage Fleet regrouped, surrounded the remaining Dionysian ships, and tentatively launched several attacks, but Dior The Niya’s array was tightly defended, preventing Morbal from daring to make a strong attack.

Receiving the news that "the main fleet of Dionysia came to aid", Morbar finally made up his mind: "Notify the warships to gather on the west side of Sheila Island to complete the final mission.

"Adult, what about our sailors on these islands?" his men reminded.

"Everyone has a death, and you and I are the same..." Morbal said with some regrets in his heart. He sighed again: when planning, he should be reminded to swim to Sicily after falling into the water!

During this time, the Carthage fleet prevailed in this area, but on each island and reef, the crew of Dionia fell into the water. Although most of the fallen Carthage crews were approached by nearby friends The ship was rescued, but most of the merchant ship sailors who were previously sunk by the Dionysian fleet swam to various islands and reefs. How could they be the opponents of the Dionysian crew with the infantry of the fleet, either killed or Captured.

After Sekerian led the fleet into this sea, his mood suddenly became very bad, because he saw the fragments of warships floating on the sea from time to time, and heard the joy of crying for the help of the Dionian crew on the nearby island...

"What did Stefakas do!" The worry in his heart grew stronger, making him unable to cry.

But after seeing more than 40 warships remaining, and hearing Stefakas narrating the entire battle, Seclion did not get angry again, but said unwillingly: "We are all fooled... "

When Stefakas continued: “According to the Clippers’ report, the Carthage fleet is arraying on the west side of Sheila Island—”

Seckrian's anger burst out again: "The Carthage attacked us and won a little victory, so they thought they were terrible and actually wanted to fight with us! Very good! Very good! Very good!! ! Order all warships to bypass Sheila Island and fight the Carthage Fleet!"

Seckrian first ordered several warships to lead the crew on the islands and reefs. At the same time, he led about 240 warships and rushed to the west side of Sheila Island. Sure enough, he saw the Carthaginian fleet in line Waiting.

Seckrian blew the trumpet without hesitation, raising the red flag and the black flag, and all the battleships of the entire fleet quickly arranged into a starry ship array as they moved toward the Carthage fleet.

However, the Carthage Fleet suddenly turned its head away from the Dionysian Fleet and headed south.

"You can't let them escape into Lili Pian Port!" The unwilling Sekerian gave a "chase" order.

However, the Dionyan Fleet was originally about two miles away from the Carthage Fleet. The speed of the Crow ship was relatively slow, and the speed of the fast warship was fast, but the Carthage Fleet was neat and had just won the battle. Crian did not dare to let the fast warship go too far, otherwise it would be too far away from the crow warship, and it would be easy for the opponent to counterattack and cause losses.

In fact, the Carthage Fleet did not intend to fight the Dionysian Fleet again, nor did it enter the Port of Lilithium, but led the Dionysian Fleet to wander around the sea near Lilithium and Mazara , And then turned around and headed west, the destination-Carthage.

Seckrian's unwillingness to lead the team chased another period, and finally had to return.

At this time it was already afternoon, and it was almost approaching dusk. In the most part of the day, the Sicilian Fleet experienced teasing, being attacked, and chasing to no avail...After a series of stifling incidents, both the Seclian and the crew were physically and mentally Tired, where there is still the physical strength and energy to continue cruising the western seas, all suffocating the warship, returning to the port of Serinus...

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The main army led by Davers was stationed in Minoa, not far from Serinus. The news that "the new Sicilian fleet had defeated the first battle" could not hide him.

Of course, Sekerian did not think about concealment. Although it was not a big failure, he did feel a little ashamed, so he wrote a battle report truthfully, and then prepared on the grounds that "the task of patrolling the Sicilian waters should be carried out." On the morning of the second day, the Clippers sent King Daveus, but instead of going to blame himself, he led the fleet to find a fighter in the western seas, fight a victory as soon as possible, and then return to dignity before meeting Dave. Sri Lanka.

But what he did not expect was that before leading the fleet out of the port, the King’s messenger came from Minoa and read the Davies warrant to him, asking him to rush to Minoa to meet Davis king.

With anxiety, Seckrian came to the Minoa Barracks.

After the serious-looking Daphes saw him, he waited for him to speak and handed him a scroll of papyrus.

After Seckrian quickly read it, he was surprised. "Yesterday there were thousands of merchant ships loaded with military food in the bay north of Ericks?!"

There are two slender hills north of Ericks, about one or two miles deep into the sea to the west, like the horns of a cow bending, thus forming a large bay in which Phoenicians did establish The two ports, but not big, have never had so many merchant ships docked inside.

Daveus said in a cold voice: "This is intelligence from the Kingdom Intelligence Department in Sicily. It was only sent to me in the middle of the night last night. There is nothing wrong with it! When the Sicilian fleet was teased by the Carthage navy, I am afraid Didn’t you think that the real purpose of the Carthage navy to do this was to deliver military food to the carthage on Sicily, who was about to run out of food! And everyone in the Sicilian fleet, including you, was like an irritated bull, staring just in front of you The enemy, completely forgot your real mission! The Carthage army now has food and has enough patience to confront us, which will definitely cause us a lot of trouble! Secrian, this time, You let me down a little."

Seckrian felt both ashamed and very surprised: What did the Carthaginians do yesterday because of this?!The Carthaginians did not show any attempt to protect the huge transport fleet and intercept the Sicilian fleet northward cruising, but indeed he and all his mind were placed on the enemy, and they did not want to send The warship crossed Eriks and probed northward. What happened yesterday made him very annoyed, but he did not expect to lose more!

Seeing him silent, Daphus said in a cold voice: "What?! Scared by the Carthaginians?!"

Secklion raised his head, looked at Daveus, and said in a deep voice: "No, Your Majesty, I admit that I lost to the Carthaginians this time, but there will not be another time!"

"Well, this is the Dionysian navy general that I am familiar with." Daveus nodded and said in a mild tone: "The Dionysian Military Law" emphasized, "As a commander, I want to Always stay calm and not be affected by any bad emotions to make wrong judgments.' And this time anger blinded your eyes and made you make these mistakes, hope you can learn from them, Please remember that you are the commander of the Sicilian Fleet. The orders you give are not only related to the life and death of the Sicilian Fleet, but also to the victory or defeat of the entire Sicilian War! Don’t be like a captain, obsessed with sinking the enemy ship! Instead, you should broaden your mind and focus on the whole situation! Do you understand?"

This time, Sectarian nodded thoughtfully.

"Since the establishment of the Kingdom's navy, its development has been smooth and has not encountered major setbacks, which has led to a very high morale in the navy, but it is also prone to pride..." Daveus continued to remind: "Yesterday This defeat was also a good thing, allowing the navy soldiers to calm down and take their enemies more seriously. After all, Carthage is a maritime power in the Western Mediterranean, with deep roots, and their new naval commander is not a simple character. It is the Carthage hero who led the fleet to the ocean and fought at sea for decades. If you can defeat such a general, this will make your victory more valuable!"

Daveus looked at Seclian, who had cast off his frustration and became more motivated, and asked, "What do you think of the Carthage merchant ships that tease you?"

At this moment, Sekerian's heart was already unsettled. He thought about it and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I admit that these Carthage people are really strong in navigation, but last night we questioned the captured Carthage. Merchant marine sailors learned from their mouths that this maritime leader of the Cantonese taijiji called all the skilled sailors in Carthage and the nearby Phoenician city. More than half of them were his old men. He inspired them with the message that “Carthage is in a dilemma and urgently needs heroes to rescue”, and at the same time, he was very well-paid, so he formed these two Carthage fleets and used them to lure the Sicilian fleet .

Although his tactics finally worked, this is a method of killing chickens and laying eggs. In fact, it is excessive consumption of the sea power of the Carthage. This just shows that after we have won successive naval battles, the Carthage navy has tightened its strength. It was a last resort to take such an extreme approach to gain some advantages, but this approach can neither continue nor deceive our navy.

Your Majesty, I have formulated a new plan of action in response to the current situation of the Carthage Navy. I believe you will soon hear about the victory of our Sicilian fleet!"