I have three hundred soldiers, all of whom can warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

A Phoenician warship was set on fire by the Romans with pitch. Soon, the deck of the warship was blazing with flames.

On the warship, Syrians and Egyptians were scorched by flames, shouting and scrambling to jump off the deck.

Unfortunately, the Romans had no intention of letting them off easily.

Even though the Syrians and Egyptians fell into the water, they were still greeted by waves of arrows.

Many Syrians and Egyptians were immersed in seawater and shot to death.

"Three large ships have been sunk. These damn Phoenicians, they claim to be the overlords of the Mediterranean, but they seem to have no countermeasures against the Romans."

Lacy looked very anxious, and stood helplessly on the shore, spinning around anxiously.

When Thutmose saw this, he couldn't help but said angrily: "The Phoenicians today are no longer the Phoenicians they used to be. It's only our fault that we didn't put too much expectations on the Phoenicians before." On people.”

Hades frowned and stood at the bow of the ship, watching the Roman warships ramming across the sea. Hades couldn't help but clenched his teeth.

In this era, the competition between European fleets was simple.

Use warships to collide, then use bows and arrows to damage the enemy's side, and use asphalt to set fire to the enemy's ships.

It's also because there aren't many ways to fight.

Therefore, the speed of warships is particularly important in naval battles of this era.

Hades' fleet was full of soldiers and various supplies.

The warships had a deep draft and slow speed, and most of the Phoenician warships were smaller than Roman armor, so they were naturally at a disadvantage in the battle.

"Thirty warships were separated and entangled with the Roman warships. The remaining warships sent the Syrians and Egyptians to the coast as quickly as possible."

After the Syrians and Egyptians have been sent ashore and we are not hindered, we will fight to the death with the Romans.

Hades reluctantly gave the order.

The remaining thirty warships were inferior to Roman ships in all aspects of performance. If they were allowed to entangle the Romans, they would surely suffer heavy losses.

Soon the fleet led by Hades was divided into two.

Most of the ships continued to move towards the coast, and the thirty warships that separated quickly fought with the thirty Roman ships.

When Lacy and Thutmose saw this, they couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.

"Hades's decision is absolutely wrong. The Roman navy has already been dispatched. The Romans on the other side of the strait cannot be defenseless."

Thutmose also sighed deeply, "Now I just hope that our soldiers are brave enough to stand firm on the coast under the attack of the Romans."

Lacy and Thutmose were right.

The Romans stationed on the coast were indeed prepared in advance.

They placed fifteen catapults, dozens of crossbows, and a whole legion of six thousand soldiers on the coast.

As the Phoenician fleet got closer and closer to the coast, the fifteen catapults were the first to reveal their ferocious minions.

Fifteen polished stones were thrown into the air by the catapult.

Fourteen of the stone balls missed their target and hit the sea heavily, stirring up fourteen thick water pillars.

The remaining stone ball successfully hit the deck of a warship, killing two people immediately and creating a huge hole in the deck.

"Send the order to lower the ship immediately and let the Syrians and Egyptians seize the beach and land immediately."

As Haydes' order was issued.

Hundreds of small boats were launched onto the sea, and thousands of Syrians and Egyptians boarded the boats while roaring loudly.

The boat was rowed quickly and rushed straight to the coast like an arrow from the string.

But just as the boats were approaching the coast, the Romans controlled the crossbows and launched an attack on the Syrians and Egyptians.

"Wow!"

A harsh sound broke through the air in front of a Syrian soldier.

Before the Syrian soldier could react, a crossbow arrow hit the Syrian soldier in the abdomen.

The powerful crossbow arrow easily penetrated the lower abdomen of the Syrian soldier and crucified two more people. The crossbow arrow then crashed into the sea with the three men, leaving a large mass of blood on the sea surface.

A thousand Syrians and Egyptians initially attempted to land in small boats.

But when the boat approached the coastline, only about [-] of the [-] Syrians and Egyptians remained.

More than three hundred people were killed by Roman crossbows as they approached the coast.

More than [-] people holding various weapons rushed toward the catapults and crossbows on the coast.

However, before they could run a hundred paces away, a thousand Roman soldiers who had been waiting for them roared and charged out.

The two sides soon strangled each other.

The strength, quality, equipment, morale, Syrians and Egyptians are far inferior to the Romans.

So as soon as the two sides fought, the Syrians and Egyptians were completely at a disadvantage.

By the time the boat was towed back by the rope and loaded with a thousand people, the first [-] people to land had all collapsed on the beach.

"Damn!"

Laci cursed loudly with some anger.

"The Romans were prepared in advance. It was not an easy task to successfully land on the beach."

When Thutmose heard Lacy's words, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Today's battle has just begun, are you starting to regret it?"

"regret?"

Lacy shook her head heavily at Thutmose.

"This time, even if I use up all the troops I have, I will let the Romans see the overwhelming anger of the Syrians."

Thousands of Syrians and Egyptians rushed to the beach one after another, and eventually all died on the beach without exception.

After the Phoenicians unloaded all the Syrians and Egyptians, they speeded up and prepared to surround the Syrians and Egyptians.

Unfortunately, the Roman fleet, which had sunk more than a dozen battleships, chose to retreat just as the Phoenicians made some moves.

Watching the Roman fleet drifting away, Hades had no choice but to lead the fleet and choose to return.

"Sorry, today's operation failed."

Hades glanced at Lacy and Thutmose with a hint of apology.

"The Romans were really cunning, and their warships were larger and faster than ours. Although their ships were not as numerous as ours, they still successfully attacked us. So, our previous The plan must be changed next.”

"No!"

Without thinking, Laci waved directly towards Hades.

"We must continue our previous actions. This time, no matter what the cost, we must capture the city of Constantinople. We cannot compromise in front of the Romans!"