Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 306: Morbar

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Of course, there are not no noises in the venue. The elders of the Hanoi faction repeatedly mentioned that the military commander Margo feared the enemy to avoid the battle. Before the main force of Dionia had landed, he led the army to retreat. All the results obtained were handed over to the enemy and deserved to be severely reprimanded.

In addition, even the elders carefully pointed out: From the current signs, Dionia may have put down Rome and Samona in the north, and is concentrating all efforts to deal with our Carthage, and the scale of the war will continue. Expansion, the consumption of national power is also intensifying. If it continues, Carthage will be unable to support it. It is better to...conduct peace talks with Dionia.

This type of proposal did not arouse too much waves in the meeting, because the people of insight in the Senate realized that Carthage had reached the most critical moment, just like what Es Yaloba said That way: "This war with Dionia is related to the future destiny of Carthage. We must do our best to win this war! Even if peace talks are to be made, it is necessary to use war to force the other party to initiate peace talks. , Carthage will not lose its own interests!"

On the second day, Aisyaluba personally rushed to Utica, met Morbar, and told him about the difficulties Carthage is facing now, and the elders and the people eagerly hope that he will come back and lead the navy Get out of trouble to save Carthage.

Out of his love for Carthage and a strong sense of responsibility, this old man over seventy years of age agreed to be the commander-in-chief of the navy.

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Margo’s lure plan failed. Dionia's main force is to stick to Minoa and the surrounding hills. Lizaru’s troops are still entrenched in Enna, due to the lessons of the blood of the small town of Palagonia. , Margo did not take the initiative to attack the Dionia camp on the mountain, and at the same time, considering the difficulty of ration supply, he did not let Hasdrogba lead his army back to Kefa Roytiang. Therefore, although the army gathered in western Sicily , But remained calm.

In the east, the battle was equally calm, but the people in Syracuse were nervous. Although Dionia’s two troops were busy building camps and building siege equipment, they did not attack, but Sila The Kuzans know that once the offense begins, it will be very fierce.

As for the navy, the new Carthage fleet in Sardinia received the order of the Senate, and Annobas did not dare to disobey, taking advantage of the early morning Dionia fleet had not yet begun to cruise, led the fleet to return south. .

One day later, Midolades noticed this sign and immediately sent the Clippers to inform Sicily of his speculation that the Carthage fleet gave up the defense of the Sardinian waters.

Daves, who received the news, did not immediately ask the Third Fleet to give up the attack on Sardinia and go south to Sicily to strengthen the navy, because these days new ships from Great Greece are constantly being added to the Sicily fleet. As a result, the number of warships in this fleet has soared to 300, and it is still increasing. It is fully capable of dealing with the challenges of the Carthage Navy alone.

Sekrian led the strengthened main force of the Sicilian fleet to be stationed in the port of Serinus again, beginning a complete blockade of the western waters of Sicily.

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A guest was greeted at Anobath’s mansion in the city of Carthage.

Annobus, who had been behind closed doors to thank the guests, heard the name of the visitor from his servant, but immediately went out to greet him, and respectfully welcomed him in.

Entering the living room, Morbal put the stick aside, sat on the main seat unceremoniously, and asked: "I heard that you will be interviewed by the Senate tomorrow?"

"Yes, sir." Anobath was delighted and replied respectfully.

"I said, don’t call me a teacher. Although I taught you how to command operations when you were the captain of the flagship, that is the inheritance of the Carthage navy. That's all." Morbal said unceremoniously: "I won't go to the Senate to intercede for you, and I don't have so much time. I came just to ask you about the combat characteristics of the Dionian fleet. What is it? After all, you have fought with them several times, and you should have a better understanding of them."

Although Anobas was a little disappointed, he did not show up on his face. Instead, he told the story of the two naval battles he personally commanded (of course, for the naval battle in Sardinia, in order to match the content of the battle report) Yes, he distorted the facts). In addition, he also talked about the sea battle of Sewardum and the sneak attack by the Eastern Phoenician Fleet, two naval battles that he did not participate in but knew something about.

Morbar listened very carefully, and did not interrupt Annobus’s narration from beginning to end, but the gully on his face became more and more deeper and deeper, until the last two sparse white eyebrows were almost twisted. Together, he touched his beard and pondered for a long time before he said: "Listen to you, what the Dionians have adopted is a brand new tactic."

"Yes, old... well, in my opinion, the Dionian fleet likes to use jump tactics as the main tactics, supplemented by collisions, while in other cities in the Mediterranean, including our Carthage The navy is mainly based on collisions, supplemented by jump gangs. They are completely opposite to ours. But unlike ordinary jump gang tactics, the so-called "crow warship" of the Dionian Navy uses a peculiar structure. The wooden bridge can flexibly use it to steadily connect the ships approaching it from all directions, so that the gang jump tactics can be maximized..."

Morbar heard this and immediately pointed out: "Since the Dionians install wooden bridges on the warship, it will inevitably increase the weight of the warship, destroy its balance, and reduce the speed and agility of the warship. Have you ever formulated effective tactics for these two points?"

Annobass suffocated his words, and then he defended: "Although I have only fought against Dionia in person, I have deployed tactics against the defects of Dionia! It's a pity. For the first time, I wanted to use the wind and waves on the sea as a boost for our navy, but it did not cause a storm; and for the second time, I wanted to lead the Dionia fleet to the open sea, through the front and rear flanking attack, and our warship better. The control ability to defeat them, but was eventually seen through by the opponent..."

Morbal did not speak.

Annobas was determined, and then said: "The Dionians may also be aware of the flaws in their fleet, so they have another type of warship, which is smaller than the usual three-tiered paddle warship, but It is faster and more flexible. It assists the Raven ship in combat and makes up for its awkward weakness... These are the tactical characteristics of the Dionian Navy, but what is more worthy of our attention is that although the Senate Some people think that “the Dionian Navy has only been established for more than ten years, and it is far from being able to compare with the long tradition of our navy.” But I think their fleet is well-trained and their ship handling skills are not weaker than ours. The cooperation between them is also quite tacit. They usually use a seemingly messy offensive ship formation, which can cause chaos in the opponent's ship formation after the battle, but they can cooperate and protect each other in the melee. Long training is impossible.

Also...I think the Dionian Navy should have a complete set of signal contacts when sailing at sea, so they can quickly make adjustments in the event of a surprise attack or accident. ......

In addition, it is worth noting that the morale of the Dionian fleet is very high. In the raid of the Phoenician fleet and the naval battle in Sardinia, the Dionians were always in Inferior, but they were able to turn defeat into victory in the end, which has a lot to do with this..."

Annobus talked endlessly, and he tried his best to tell all the great things he had learned about the Dionian Navy. Of course, this was also implicitly explaining to Morbal: he served The reason why he did not win during the naval commander's period was that he was not lucky enough because his opponent was too strong. He still hoped that the respected Morbal could speak justice for himself in the Senate.

Morbal listened solemnly to Annobas's account, but still did not speak, he picked up the wooden staff, got up and walked outside.

After all, Annobas stayed with Morbal for a few years, understood his character, didn't say anything to keep him, but sent him out respectfully.

Morbar stepped out of the gate, stopped, and solemnly said to Annobas: "In Sardinia, it is a serious mistake for you to put up a round formation to meet the enemy! And lying about the military is even more wrong. !"

Anobas felt a huge shock in his heart, and his hands and feet were immediately cold: It turned out that this old guy had asked someone to know the details beforehand, but he came here to visit himself again!

"But if I were you, I might also have a round formation under the circumstances...Apart from this, the tactics and strategies you implemented during your time as naval commander didn’t have much Wrong..." Morbal's next words sounded like a fairy in Annobas' ears.

Morbal raised his wooden staff, tapped Annobus on the shoulder, and warned him: "Tomorrow, when I receive an interview in the Senate, I will tell you everything honestly, and I will also express my opinion. , I believe that anyone with a little brain will judge right and wrong rationally."

Annobath was overjoyed. He did not hesitate and immediately stated: "Thank you teacher! I will tell the truth about the details of all the battles!"

In fact, Morbal did not appear in the Senate on the second day, but he wrote a letter and sent it to the meeting place, in which he defended Annobas’s failure from a military perspective. At the same time, I hope that the defeated general can become his assistant and assist him in fighting the increasingly powerful Dionian Navy.

Morbal's prestige and Hanno's maintenance allowed Annobas to escape punishment from the Senate.

Morbar, who was not at the venue, was dragging his aging body, leading his men between Carthage and several neighboring city-state ports to learn about the progress of the new shipbuilding and recruit experienced old sailors.