Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Margonides are opposed to continuing the peace talks. They believe that the conditions of the peace talks proposed by the King of Dionys can show the greed and ambition of the Dionysians. They want to occupy the land controlled by Carthage. And wealth, destroying the hegemony of Carthage, and turning Carthage into an ordinary city-state, which is unacceptable to all Carthage citizens!The veterans must abandon the illusion of peace, renew their determination, spare all their strength, support the Sicilian army of Carthage, and fight Dionysia to the end. Maybe the battle situation will change over time!

The neutrals headed by Isyaluba said: the negotiations can continue, but not too anxious, you can drag on first, to increase military support for Marco and Morbar, hoping to use one or two victories To change the arrogant attitude of the Dionysians to make negotiations easier.

The Senate has been arguing for a few days because of the peace talks, and has not been able to reach a final resolution, but the situation has become more and more powerful for the Margonides, because the news of the peace talks leaked out, and the people understand In the harsh conditions put forward by Dionysia, I forgot the threat of Dionysia’s navy to Africa, and strongly demanded that the Senate continue to fight Dionysia to the end.

It can be said that in the past few days, the city of Carthage is very lively, and there are people everywhere attacking Dionysia’s greed and shamelessness, so when the Dionysian fleet strikes today, there will be a lot of Carthage The owners of the base merchant ship gathered and actively expressed their strong desire to fight for Morbal. Although the Carthage fleet won in the previous naval battle, the loss of the carthage merchant ship was heavy. More than half of the shipowners and The crew failed to return to the port.

"Huh, if this naval battle wins, then what peace talks! Our fleet can continue to fight, and then continue to win the second and third victories, and finally regain control of the Western Sicilian waters, then Marco The adults’ army no longer needs to worry about food transportation, and can let go of the full battle with the Dionysian army, then the whole battle situation will become beneficial to us!" Pretacouba said aloud.

Okretton wanted to refute, but Hanno said loudly: "We all hope so! Hope Bar Harmon bless Carthage!" After he finished, he actually closed his eyes and began to pray.

The veterans around saw them, and they were competing in prayers, and the atmosphere in the whole city became solemn.

But their prayers didn’t seem to have much effect. The Carthage Merchant Ship disrupted the formation of the Dionysian Fleet, giving the Carthage Fleet an advantage in the initial offensive, but this advantage was not too great, because Dior The usual starry formation of Niah has always arranged the crow warships at the forefront in the attack. Today is no exception. Although the chaos of the formation has caused the advancement speed of all warships to be affected, but the speed is used to hit the Ben. It’s not the characteristic of the crow warship. What it is good at is the 12-meter long suspension bridge that can rotate flexibly. Even if the warship is stagnant, swinging the bow on the spot will pose a threat to the warship close to it. .

Of course, the chaos of the formation will cause the rear warships to fail to reinforce the front crow warships in time, especially when the crow warship's suspension bridge hooks the enemy ship.Carthage’s double-column formation is precisely the use of speed, cut into the enemy formation, and non-stop to cause the enemy ship to struggle more and less. Of course, this requires the crew to have superb ship manipulation skills, and the Carthage is best at this .

So at the beginning of the battlefield, such scenes appeared many times. The suspension bridge of the crow warship had just nailed a Carthage three-layer paddle warship. Not long after the fleet infantry stormed the enemy's deck, the crow warship Because the friendly ship failed to reinforce in time, it was slowly sunk by the next Carthage warship, and the Carthage oarsmen were motivated by the heroic behavior of the merchant ship and the family on the shore. They eagerly hope that they will no longer be afraid of the 40 fleet infantry who stormed into the bottom warehouse, and they have drawn out the daggers that were equipped not long ago (because only daggers will not affect their paddles, and their prices are relatively low and convenient. Equipped with) and wood pulp to resist tenaciously.

Even though the Dionyan Fleet infantry is fully armed after a long period of military training, in order to defeat the nearly 200 high-spirited Carthage sailors and completely occupy the entire ship, it will take almost no time and no casualties. Is impossible.

The Dionysian Third Fleet was at a disadvantage at the beginning of the battle, but the years of hard training, coupled with the hardening of the Sardinian naval battle, the crew firmly believed that even if the situation was difficult, the final victory still belonged to them. So their battle is also tenacious, and they are trying to correct the previous mistakes.

With the passage of time, the initial decline was slowly pulled back by the Third Fleet. The most important reason is that the warships of both sides have been in full contact, and they have entered a full-blown melee from the initial tactical contest. Among them, this kind of battle situation is more beneficial to the Dionysia fleet that has been training all the year round. The crow warship and the fast three-layer paddle warship are good at jumping and fighting, and one is flexible and fast assault. The tacit cooperation between the two It began to show its power.

The Carthage fleet has only one three-tier paddle warship. (Because the Carthage Senate considers that more warships should be built as soon as possible to form a new fleet, the four-tier paddle warship and the double-headed dragon The warships of this type are relatively time-consuming to manufacture, and are not yet included in the construction plan.) The tactics of their mutual cooperation are relatively monotonous. The crew must worry about not being approached by the head of the crow warship. Its suspension bridge is nailed, and it must be alert to the sudden attack of the haunted fast warship, often losing sight of it.

When the naval battle entered into fierce heat, most of the Carthage merchant ships had sunk, and the remaining small part did not dare to be in the battlefield at all, because the warships were so dense, whether it was the enemy or ours, they were all focused on Manipulating the warship to charge, hover, turn, and strike without stopping, and to fight with the opponent for life and death, it will not be evaded because of the existence of the merchant ship, and a slight impact can make it capsize, even the most arrogant Barry Coase also drove a merchant ship and retreated to the shore.

After going ashore, the people of Carthage bowed to him to express their respect, then shouted his name again, applauded and cheered, this is a etiquette for heroes.

Barricos was unavoidable in his heart, facing the crowd of people, bragging bravely about the adventure he had just drove with the merchant ship to tease the Dionysian warship.

Just as some people in the port were attracted and exclaimed from time to time by Barrickos, the people on the entire beach suddenly rioted, and people continued to exclaim: "Our fleet seems to be retreating!"

"It's impossible!" Barrickos loudly wanted to refute these nasty voices. He didn't want to see the opportunities created by the adventures and sacrifices of himself and his companions being wasted.

But on the distant sea, all the warships of Carthage were indeed retreating.

The two sides have fought so far, and even the flagship of Midolades has been put into the battle. The only one who did not join the battle is the Carthage flagship where Morbar is located. It has been stationed not far from the battlefield, on the main mast. The watchman has been describing to Barrickos on the deck the battle scene he saw, and Morbal used it to judge the development of the battle. When he realized that the Carthage fleet had lost the initial advantage, and Dior After the Nea Fleet entered into a stalemate fight, he knew that the war situation was beginning to be detrimental to the Carthage Fleet.

So, he decisively let a dozen soldiers sound the retreat trumpet.

The captains of Carthage, who had received the solemn orders from Morbar before boarding the ship, heard the sound and almost turned back the ship without hesitation.

Naval and land battles are different. Although the two sides are in a melee battle, the warships need enough space to fight, so the space between the ships is still large. Once they choose to retreat, it is difficult to be surrounded. .

And the Dionysian fleet has a not-so-weak weakness. The main crow warship is inferior to the ordinary three-layer paddle warship. If the other party escapes with full force, it is difficult to catch up. The fast warship with its flexible speed is relatively small in size and weaker than the ordinary three-layer paddle warship. Therefore, it does not dare to get away from the crow warship and pursue the enemy ship for a long time to prevent it from being counterattacked.So after paying some price, the Carthage fleet began to leave the battlefield and retreat eastward.

After learning about the sudden changes in the battle situation, Midolades certainly would not allow the Carthage Fleet, who was easily tempted, to escape into the port without much loss, so he ordered: the fleet is basically maintained In the case of formation, pursue with all your strength!

The Carthage fleet is retreating, the third fleet is chasing the tail, there is no time to stay at all, the original battlefield is full of crew floating on the sea, broken bed boards, some oarsmen injured by the fleet infantry, or the hull is obvious A damaged ship unable to move...

Barrickos saw this situation at the seaside. Although he was worried about the failure of the fleet again, he was even more worried about his compatriots soaking in the sea, so he shouted, "Follow me, to rescue our brave soldiers!"

Having finished speaking, he took his crew and pushed the cargo ship docked on the beach back into the sea again, sailing towards the battlefield ahead, and other remaining merchant ships soon followed.

Many people in the port were inspired by them and drove their own fishing boats to the battlefield to rescue their compatriots.