Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After receiving the news, Morbar also changed his complexion and immediately ordered: All warships to abandon the Dionysian fleet in front of the siege and quickly withdraw to the port!

Although the captains of Midolades and Dionysian warships could not understand what the enemies in the city were shouting, the bells of the lighthouse and the sudden changes in the tactics of the enemies in front of them showed that the situation had changed.

What is this change?The Sicilian fleet must have arrived!......This is the case of Sekerian and Midolades planning a snake descent for many days. Due to the location of the Third Fleet and the number of warships (the Sicilian Fleet has too many ships, the Carthage Fleet may not dare Battle), so as a bait, after the battle, the Sicilian fleet that has ambushed between the west of Sicily and the waters of Carthage judged the time and came to the encirclement. Since the place of engagement is basically determined, there is no need to worry about getting lost. And miss the fighter.

The Third Fleet still adhered to the defense-based strategy, but the gap between the warships was widened to cover more sea surface and prevent enemy ships from bypassing them and approaching the port.

Ironically, Morbar deliberately lured the third fleet to the front of the port entrance in order to subject its rear to a sudden attack, but now when the Carthage fleet wants to withdraw into the port, they find that the third The fleet lined up in a circle and stood in front of the port, completely blocking their return.

Is it to escape elsewhere, or to force into the port?...Morbar is facing important choices. Time is running short. The veteran has lost his previous calmness. His whole body is soaked in cold sweat. Finally he issued the order: "Fight forward, forcibly break through the enemy line, and return to the port!"

And, he commanded the flagship and took the lead in charging forward.

The reason why Morbar gave up to evacuate to other places was because he knew that the fierce battle had been up to now. The Carthage crew had been very tired and it was difficult to escape the pursuit of the Dionysian reinforcements.Moreover, there are a large number of soldiers on the Dionysian warships. Even if the Carthage warships rushed to the beach near the coast, it was easy for the warships to fall into the hands of the enemy, because at this time the troops in the city of Carthage were empty and it was impossible to send enough troops. Soldiers came to guard these stranded warships (two days ago, there was a secret report that the inland Numbian tribal leaders secretly assembled to try to contend against Carthage’s rule, so the Senate hurriedly dispatched 7,000 civilian soldiers. To rebel, there are only 3000 soldiers left in the city).

Moerbal’s flagship was used as an example. Other Carthage warships also put the previous prudence and patience behind them, and the former servants launched the charge against the third fleet.

At the same time, three red flags were raised on the flagship of the Third Fleet, and the horn was sounding, expressing Midolades' determination to fight the warships to the end and never let the enemy open the way.

For the crew of the Third Fleet, they paid too much for this battle, and they never wanted to be defeated at the last minute. Everyone played a twelve-point spirit and desperately blocked the enemy's breakthrough.

The intermittent naval battle, which lasted for four hours, suddenly became hot.

Unexpectedly, the first victim was the flagship of the Carthage fleet.When it rushed to the circle, the crow warship corresponding to it was set on the bow. Morbar ordered the helmsman to go straight not to avoid. When the flagship deck was hit by the opponent's suspension bridge, Morbar led the deck. The few soldiers rushed to the bow, followed by nearly 200 oarsmen. He wanted to use the advantage of the number to stop the attack of the soldiers of the Dionyan fleet on the deck.

The attack of the infantry of the Dionysian Fleet, which had been recuperating and accumulating, was fierce. While they used their leather shields to block the spears punctured by the deck soldiers, they rushed forward directly to the enemy by the armor of the body. , The short sword in the right hand kept piercing the other side...

Even if this is on a rickety sea boat, the movement of the fleet soldiers is still very brave, fast, and precise, as if they are stepping on a solid earth, which is the result of years of hard training, resulting in not many Carthage flagships The deck soldiers were soon stabbed.

Morbar lost the guard standing in front of him. Facing the fierce Dionian, the elderly naval commander did not flinch or fear. The thin right hand pulled out the sword and pierced Dionia. soldier.

Immediately afterwards, his sword was knocked off by the skin shield of the Infantry of the Dionysian Fleet, and the short sword of the Infantry of the Fleet also penetrated his chest.

When he fell, the expression on his face was not painful, and more calm. He was born in the strongest era of Carthage. He spent a lot of time in the navy for a long time in his life. Ji's prosperity made no small contribution, and eventually died in the sea, he had no regrets.

"Master Morbar!!"

"Revenge for Lord Morbar!!!"

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Afterwards, the Carthage sailors who rushed from the cabin to the deck saw their respected old city-state heroes fall into the pool of blood. They were so angry that they no longer feared the heavily armed Dionian infantry, all holding wooden oars and daggers. The swarming up prevented the Dionyans from continuing to advance.

For a time, the infantry of the Dionysian Fleet was blocked in the bow, the space was narrow, and even more infantry were blocked on the suspension bridge and could not reach the deck, which also caused the suspension bridge to be unplugged in time.

As the two sides fought, a Carthage warship bypassed the flagship and rushed towards the crow warship.

The Crow battleship was unable to move because it was connected to the Carthage flagship. The crew could only watch the hull being hit by the head of an enemy ship approaching at high speed. A big mouth was hit and the sea surged in.And in the violent turbulence, many Carthage sailors and fleet infantry on the flagship deck of Carthage also fell into the sea, screaming, exclaiming... chaos.

In this chaos, the sailors on Carthage’s flagship deck relied on the large number of people, taking advantage of the enemies in front of them for a time when the formation was chaotic and the offensive weakened, pushing it to the side of the ship, which led to Multiple fleet infantry were squeezed into the sea...

The subsequent Carthage warships followed the example of the flagship, which caused the Crow warship at the forefront of the Third Fleet to be hit hard. The Carthage Fleet gradually broke through the periphery of the circle and began to cut inward.

Midolades learned the detailed situation in front of him from the look of his hand, and felt that the situation was urgent. He resolutely gave the order: "The Carthaginians are desperate, we will not desperately! Go to notify all the crow warships. Once the suspension bridge hooked the enemy ship, all the sailors in the cabin gave me the upper deck. If there was an enemy ship hitting them, they all jumped to fight for me! Carthage sailors dared to do this, we Dionysians Only braver than they are!"

"Yes!" This time the captain did not remind Midolades that the order was too complicated, because in the process of pursuing the Carthage fleet, Midolades learned the previous lessons and recalled several clippers. , At the moment surrounded by the flagship.And because of the round formation of the Third Fleet, the warships were located around the flagship, and the spacing between the warships was small, the order was quickly communicated.

Since then, this naval battle has entered a more tragic phase, not only the collision of warships, the battle of soldiers, but also the fighting between the crew of both sides...

The veterans standing on the breakwater are worried, and the people who are watching in the port area are even more anxious. In order to ensure that their loved ones can break through the blockade of the Dionysian fleet, many ship owners are driving their own cargo ships in anxiety. The huge risk of ship destruction and death, bravely rushed out of the port of the Dionysian warships like giants to assist your own navy combat.

It didn’t take long for the Dionysian 3rd Fleet to seem to be surrounded, but they did not appear to be in chaos. Each warship always maintained its position and stubbornly blocked the advance of the Carthage fleet...

The plight of the Third Fleet did not last long. The Sicilian Fleet finally arrived, and the 250 warships had already been arranged in the shape of a goose with only two columns (the first one was a fast warship and the second one was a crow warship). The formation, in a siege, launched a violent attack on the Carthage fleet that was fighting the 3rd fleet.

The Carthage fleet, which failed to break into the port in time, immediately fell into the siege, and lost the unified command of Morbar. Some of the Carthage warships still wanted to continue to rush into the port, and some of them did not know well and turned to other Escape direction... The result of their respective battles caused their resistance to be crushed quickly. Except for the few Carthage ships that escaped by chance, most of the ships were either bruised, sunk, or captured by crow ships.

The two Dionysian fleets that won the victory no longer chased the fish in the net. The third fleet remained outside the port. While rescued the crew who fell into the sea, they also went out to assist the Carthage fleet before attacking. Of many cargo ships to vent their anger.

The Carthage cargo ships scrambling to flee to the port were chased and crushed by the Dionysian warships, and the overthrowers were unknown.

The Sicilian Fleet sailed to the west-the place where the Third Fleet and the Carthage Fleet first engaged, there were also many Carthage cargo ships, and they had rescued the Carthage crew who had fallen into the sea. , But out of anger, they did not stop there. Under the leadership of Barikos, these ships continued to cruise in this area, using wooden oars to dizzy the Dionian sailors floating on the sea, causing them to drown. Even Morbal planned to dive into the sea to see if he could sink the warships that were captured by the infantry of the Dionysian Fleet and could not move.

At this time, the Sicilian Fleet arrived. Because the fleet arrived on the battlefield and joined the battle shortly after, it won the naval battle. The crew members were still energetic and faced with the hardships they once suffered. The Carthage merchant ship, so the desire to fight is very strong.They carried out unremitting chase and sweep on all the Carthage ships on the sea, and even the Barrickos merchant ship was eventually knocked over...