Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

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Because there is Gila Island on the east side, the three Dionian warships have to bypass it to retreat, so that the sides and stern of the ship are exposed to the enemy's attack, and perhaps the fast warships can escape. attack, but the two crow warships, which are relatively clumsy, may not escape bad luck. Under such a dangerous situation, the three warships chose to stay and fight.

Morbal originally thought that the three Dionysian warships would choose to retreat because the difference in strength was so great, but the other party chose to stay and fight. He sighed at the strong morale of the Dionysian navy, so he changed his mind. , did not command the flagship to follow the two fleets, but chose to stay with the other 19 warships, although he had learned a lot about the Dionysian Navy from many people before, and now he wants to see it with his own eyes Look at the combat level and tactical characteristics of the Dionian warships?

Next, the action taken by the Dionysian warship made him frown again, because they did not attack blindly, but gathered quickly and retreated to the coast of Gila Island. The two crow warships were in front. It is an inverted eight, and the fast warship is behind and in the middle. This shape is like a lobster sticking out of a cave and sticking out two big mastiffs. Since there is an island at the back as a barrier, they only need to deal with the front. A threat from the side.

It can be seen that the Dionysian Navy not only has high morale, but also has well-trained, tacit cooperation, and a high level of tactical awareness! ...Morbar's face was solemn.

The Carthaginian warships began to attack: first, the two warships circled to the side of the two crow warships and sprinted. The crow warships shifted their bows to the side and back, which made the two warships dare not act rashly. ; But the Raven warships deflected outwards, which inevitably exposed more of their inner hulls, so two more Carthaginian warships quickly rushed towards the inner hull of the Raven warships. In other words, if it moved the bow inward, it would inevitably expose the outer hull to the collision angle of the other two warships, which was a dilemma.

At this moment, the captain of the fast warship shouted at the crow warships on both sides: I - the middle!

After that, the sailors on the boat tried their best to speed up the oars, and the fast warship quickly turned from standing still to sprinting forward, because his bow was not facing any enemy ship, but had to pass through the middle of the two ships. However, this made the captains of the two Carthaginian warships have an illusion, thinking that the enemy was seeing a bad situation and was ready to escape.

When it was too late, it was too soon, the captain of the fast warship heard the captain on the deck shouting: Turn left! Hit the cross! Quick! Quick!

The captain was stunned for a moment: Do you want to completely expose your hull to the enemy ships outside? !

But he immediately understood the captain's intention, his eyes were red, and he shouted in a hoarse voice, Turn to the left... and hit horizontally!

Although the sailors also had doubts, years of hard training allowed them to quickly execute their orders.

At this moment, the two crow warships moved inward at the same time, and immediately compressed the dodging space of the two Carthaginian warships on the inner side. When the surrounding Carthaginian warships realized the danger, they immediately launched an attack on the three Dionian warships.

However, the Dionysian warship did not evade, and the two crow drawbridges fell on the deck of the inner Carthaginian warship. The fleet infantry quickly rushed across the drawbridge, while at the same time, the sailors were under the boatswain's. Urged, they left the cabin reluctantly, went up to the deck, and watched with tears in their eyes the Carthaginian warship rushing towards their warship: most of them were survivors of that sea storm. With a new warship, the first battle will be sunk...

The three Dionysian warships were hit by the Carthaginian warships one after another, and the crew jumped into the sea one after another, and the fleet infantry quickly cut down the few Carthaginian infantry on the deck and rushed into the bilge. To the panicked Carthaginian rowers, this time the fleet infantry stabbed them to death one by one without mercy.

The screams of the Carthaginian crew resounded through the sea, which moved the other Carthaginian captains and said to Morbar: Send all deck soldiers on the warships to these two ships, Defeat Dionia's soldiers and save the boat's oarsmen.

Morbar categorically refused. He was already half into the loess, and he was used to life and death, and he didn't care much about the lives of these three or four hundred Carthaginian and Phoenician lowly oarsmen, and did not want these warships to delay time for this. And from the current situation, even sending all the deck soldiers may not be able to defeat these well-trained Dionysian fleet infantry.

Up to now, the surprise in his heart has not dissipated: under the circumstance that his side has an absolute advantage, the three Dionian warships are still trying to seize their own warships, and they take effective tactics quickly and decisively. At the moment when the rabbit rose and the falcon fell, he successfully captured two warships!

The excellent performance of the Dionysian warship made him shudder and feel very uneasy, so he did not hesitate to issue the order to sink his own warship.

Seeing that when the warship was hit, dozens of Dionysian soldiers armed with short swords and leather shields rushed to the deck, jumped into the blood-stained water, and swam to the beach not far away with ease. ...Morbal was surprised at the same time, knowing that the Carthaginian sailors on the Isle of Hilla might be in big trouble.

But he has no time to take care of these at the moment. He must immediately lead these warships into the battle against the lured Dionysian fleet, and destroy as many Dionysian battleships as possible, in order to live up to these Carthians based on the sacrifice of merchant ships.

The Dionian warships scattered on both sides of Gila were also besieged by the superior forces of the Carthaginian fleet, and they also resisted stubbornly in order to delay the time for the Carthaginian fleet to sweep eastward.

In the small sea area between several islands, with the flagship of Stefankas as the center, warships are gradually converging...

When Morbar led the fleet around the island of Gila, Stefankas, who had only gathered more than 30 warships, did not hesitate to attack the Carthaginian fleet, which had far more warships than his own.

Morbar had already realized the terrible advantages of the Dionia fleet in the overall tactical coordination and jumping gang battles in the previous spectating battle, and the island of Gila and the islands on the east formed a small ring. However, there is not enough space in the sea for the Carthaginian warships to move around on a large scale. Instead, it is conducive to the greater use of the unique tactics of the Dionysian fleet. Under the circumstance that it is difficult to gain a huge advantage locally, of course Morbar Unwilling to fight recklessly like this, he issued an order to sweep the outside of the island first, destroy the scattered Dionian warships, and finally gnaw away the hard bone in the center.

Of course, Morbar also hopes to see the enemy in the center continue to pursue and leave this narrow sea area, then the Carthaginian fleet will not hesitate to concentrate on it and destroy it.

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The Carthaginian fleet led by Barikos followed the zigzag route, trying to keep a short distance from the Dionysian fleet.

The main fleet led by Sekelian pursued them relentlessly, especially as the fast warships gradually approached, ramming and sinking many merchant ships. Another 10 fast warships, under the order of Sekelian, did not follow closely behind like the other warships, but went straight to the port of Liliba at the fastest speed, cutting off the return route of the Carthaginian fleet. , gradually forming an encircling circle.

When Barricos saw that there was an enemy ship intercepting ahead, he did not panic, but gave a crazy order: Turn around!

In the case of a complete headwind, the ship that just turned around has almost no speed. It relies on the delicate control of the helmsman and oarsman to avoid the Dionysian battle that has to move forward under the action of inertia. Ships, other Carthaginian merchant ships did the same, but in the process, at least seven merchant ships were rammed and sank.

Dionia's crew was not pleased, as the rest of the Carthaginian merchant ships broke through their encirclement again, a silent humiliation to the Dionysian navy.

The Dionysian warships turned around to pursue them, but Barikos and the others actually turned their bows again, facing east, the sails turned to the right, and with the help of the southwest wind, they stuck to the Dionysian warships and crossed it.

At this time, the crew of the Dionysian warship was already blushing with anger, and even some fleet infantry on the Raven warship even threw the short swords in their hands at the Carthaginians on the merchant ships approaching them.

Barricos led more than 30 merchant ships through the gap between the Dionian warships, heading directly to the coast not far away, and then sticking to the coastline, turning around and heading south.

Sekelian was dumbfounded. He didn't expect the Carthaginians to play this trick: That's the coast! The Carthaginian merchant ships are small and light, but the position it can exercise may be stranded for warships, and there are many reefs near the coast. The Carthaginians are familiar with the sea conditions here, but the Dionysians are not very familiar. It is easy for the warship to hit the reef and be damaged.

The Carthaginian merchant ship played the Dionysian Sicilian fleet with applause, angering the always confident Sekelian. In order to restore the honor of the navy, he vowed to sink these daring enemies today.

While he sent a small number of warships to speed up to Mazara and Lillibe, other warships cruised near the coast between the two cities, constantly keeping an eye on these Carthaginian merchant ships, unless they abandoned their ships and landed, otherwise the Sicilian fleet would be destroyed. Confronting them like this, even Sekelian was going to call back a few fast ships and let them try to approach the Carthaginian merchant ships.

After a while, several clippers were ordered to arrive, and the extra one brought an emergency military situation.

Our squadron is being raided by the Carthaginian fleet in the north! When Sekelian heard the news, the anger that was burning in his heart was instantly extinguished, and some of his doubts about the two previous Carthaginian fleets were instantly resolved. Open, but anxiety is expanding rapidly: Obviously this is a conspiracy planned by the Carthaginian Navy, there must be sufficient preparations, and the situation of the squadron is very dangerous!

At this time, Sekelian could not take care of the Carthaginian fleet that had repeatedly challenged his dignity. He quickly recalled the warships scattered in the waters between Liliba and Mazara, which took some time.

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Morbar, of course, did not forget the main Dionian fleet to the south, and he soon got the news when Cykrian gathered his warships and set out north.