Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 230: Special arrangements for the Third Fleet

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After a while, Hernipolis wrote the letter to the Senate and handed it to Daves.

Davers was satisfied after reading it, and without changing a word, he signed his name at the end, affixed a seal, and returned it to Hernipolis: "Send it to the Senate in accordance with the highest-level confidential letter."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hernipolis immediately rolled the letter skillfully, tied the two ends and the middle of the paper roll with three red ropes, and then proceeded to write the second letter.

At this time, the captain of the court guard, Martius, walked into the big tent: "Your Majesty, Midolades, the naval commander of the Third Fleet, is waiting for your call outside the tent."

"Oh, Midolades is here." Daves waved and said, "Let him in."

After Midolades entered the account, he gave a military salute first, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm late to come back."

"You are here at the right time!" Daves said in a pun, "Your fleet and fleet infantry are about to come in great use!"

Midolades became excited when he heard this. He had just led the fleet back to Latham, and he had already heard: During the short period of time he left, the army led by King Daves, centered on Rome, attacked Cvière and Kesrera to the north; Conquer Photinai and Crustaum to the east; conquer Gaby to the south and surrender many Latin city-states, drove the Roman army to these small cities by the sea to the west, and is stepping up to fight against it. Siege...

These news gave him a terrible feeling that the Third Fleet was out of this war and was completely irrelevant, so when he heard Davers's words, he immediately refreshed.

"Have you all recruited all infantry in your fleet?" Daves asked.

"We are all recruited, it's just..." Midolades said cautiously: "It's just that when the order for the call is issued, not only Trina, but even the towns of Siritid and Hibernian. Citizens rushed to the naval base actively, signed up for it, and found many acquaintances to intercede...so...so I recruited 2,000 more people..."

Davers stared at him solemnly.

Midola Deston felt tight.

Daves slowly said: "If you try more, you can do more, but if you count the newly added fleet infantry this time, the total infantry of the Third Fleet should be 4,000. This is already an exception for the Ministry of Military Affairs. The extra number must be disbanded after the war, remember not as an example!"

Midolades hurriedly stated: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, when the war is over, I will immediately disband all the extra fleet soldiers!"

Davers smiled slightly: "You...This is fighting for the source of troops with the Sixth Army. Beware that Trotiras (the commander of the Sixth Army) knows, I will fight you hard!"

Midolades was finally relieved when he heard Daves’s joke, and jokingly said: “In order to calm Trotiras, I will hold more banquets for him. He was drunk.” The Sixth Army’s barracks are west of Siriting, and the third fleet’s naval base is in the bay near Trina. The two are not far apart, and they often have contact with each other, Midolades and Tello. Tiras's relationship is pretty good, so he doesn't worry that the other party will blame himself.

"Midolades." Tolmid said suddenly: "Now the Third Fleet has 4000 infantry personnel. We will prepare rations and other material supplements for your subordinate infantry in accordance with this organization. For the 2,000 more people, you have to figure out a solution by yourself."

What? ! Midolades thought Tolmid was joking, but when he saw his serious face, he didn't know what to say. After all, when he enlisted soldiers this time, he was really selfish. At the hint of Daves, Midolades was given a small warning.

But for Midolades, it is very difficult for him to take out the baggage to supply 2,000 people. He can only look at Daves with a look of help.

Davers took the opportunity to take the conversation and said sternly: "If you want to solve the supply of these two thousand people, then you can only do your best to complete the next task for you."

"Your Majesty, my brothers in the Third Fleet and I are ready, no matter how difficult the task is, we will surely complete it smoothly!" Midolades immediately said loudly.

Since Hernipolis is writing a letter, Cloto Catacs is taking his place. He knows Davers's plan, so he finds the map from the bookshelf and spreads it out on the table.

Daves led Midolades to the table.

Midolades looked down: What he saw before his eyes was a map of Corsica and Sardinia.

"How much do you know about Corsica?" Davers asked.

Midolades already had cares in his mind. He thought about it, and then said: "Corsica is called a giant mountain in the sea by sailors. The island is almost full of towering mountains. It is suitable for living, only there are two small coastal flats on the east side of the island. There are two towns. The town of Mariana (Mariana) on the north belongs to the Etruscans and the town of Aleria on the south. , Belongs to the Phoenicians. In addition, there are some small Phoenician villages on the west coast. However, the offshore reefs on the west coast are densely packed and the coast is tortuous. It will be more difficult for warships to land... Your Majesty, you want the third Is the fleet attacking Corsica?"

Daves nodded, looked at the map and said: "To be precise, it was for the Third Fleet to attack Phoenician towns and settlements on Corsica. The reason why Carthage was able to become the Western Mediterranean The most prosperous and wealthy city-state, the most important reason is that it controls most of the precious metal resources and trade in the entire Western Mediterranean, the Iberian Peninsula, the Gaul region, the Etruscan region, and Sardinia. And Corsica, especially Sardinia and Corsica, are completely controlled by Carthage. Since Carthage dared to declare war with us Dionia, then we will destroy it one by one. The source of trade makes its treasury no longer full and cannot support the long war with us.

So, the next first target of the Third Fleet is to destroy all Phoenician settlements on Corsica. Don't underestimate the small scale of these settlements and the number of people, but the silver, iron, copper and other metal minerals on Corsica are all excavated, smelted, manufactured through them, and finally transported to Carthage, the entire west coast The Phoenician settlements have formed a complete metal smelting system with each other. So your Third Fleet must occupy these settlements and capture all the Phoenicians..."

"Also, try not to damage the Phoenician metal mines and smelting facilities!" Daves emphasized.

After hearing this, Midolades said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Third Fleet will eliminate all difficulties and complete this task."

"Not only must it be done, but it must be done as soon as possible! Of course, we must also be careful of the attacks by the ships of Carthage stationed in Sardinia and Corsica. Don't be careless!"

"Yes!" Daves' stern words made Midolades' heart startled. As the naval commander in charge of defending the west coast of Dionia, of course he had a strong interest in Sardinia and Corsica in the west of the west coast. I have had a more detailed understanding of the situation: Before the war, the three-layer slurry warships that Carthage sent to these two islands did not exceed 30, and they were mainly scattered in several towns and ports in Sardinia. Because of their weak strength, they did not come out to make trouble during the Dionian army’s expedition to Rome, so Midolades did not take them to heart, but Daves’ warning made him have to arouse attach great importance to.

Daves held the Alenia icon on the map with his hand, and asked: "Although Alenia is a Phoenician town, do you think the name does not fit the Phoenician Is it the habit of the Chi or the Carthaginians to give names to towns?"

"Is it once a town belonging to the Greeks?" Midolades repeated the name of the town in silence, and then asked a little surprised. In fact, this was only deliberately revealed in response to Daves As a general Dionian who crossed the sea, he didn't care about the past history of this town.

"You are right, but Alenia was not just a city-state of the Greeks. Logically speaking, he should be a town belonging to Dionia!" Henipolis interjected, he was already After writing the letters to Alexis and Zanteparis, just to hear this conversation, the historian Ansitanos's disciple immediately became interested in being a teacher.

"Alenia should belong to Dionia?!" Midolades was really surprised.

"In the old colonial era, we Greeks colonized the Western Mediterranean. We not only established Agrigento and Syracuse in Sicily; we established Tarantum and Subari in Great Greece; Gaul established Marcelia; Naples and Coomat were established in Campania; Alenia was also established on Corsica...

But the Etruscans, the host of northern Italy at the time, was terrified by the surging Greeks. Perhaps they thought that if they didn’t stop the crazy colonization of the Greeks, then the Etrusians would most likely be Surrounded by our Greek colonial city. As a result, they united with Carthage, which had established a firm foothold in Sardinia, and fought a war with the Greek city-states of Alenia, Marcelia, and Campania.

The most important battle was a naval battle near Alenia. As a result, the Greeks suffered a terrible defeat. Not only did Alenia be captured by the Carthaginians, but also they never dared to attack Italy for hundreds of years. Colonization in the north..."

Henipolis talked endlessly, not only Midolades was listening carefully, but Tolmeide and Cloto Catacs also listened with gusto.