Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 319: The true purpose of the Carthage Navy

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It should be said that Barrickos successfully completed the mission. The fleet he led dragged the main fleet of Dionia for more than three hours.

But for Morbar, the results he obtained were not satisfactory. He sank 35 ships of Dionia and lost 7 ships himself. This is because he is watching the Carthage battleship in detail. After an attack on the Dionian warship, he changed his tactics to obtain a record, but it was still far from his original vision. He originally planned to wipe out all the dionian warships that were lured out.

The reason for the unsuccessful results is that the commander of this fleet gathered more than half of the warships in time, but did not lead them out of the small area to rescue the warships scattered on the periphery. , But placed an irregular circular formation in that area, and focused the defense on the relatively open west.

After the Carthage fleet wiped out the other Dionian warships alone, it regrouped, surrounded the remaining Dionian warships, and launched several tentative attacks. However, the tight defenses of the Dionian Fleet made Morbal dare not make up his mind to launch a strong offensive.

Received the news of "Dionia's main fleet coming to help", Morbar finally made up his mind: "Notify the warships to assemble on the west side of Shira Island and complete the final mission."

"My lord, what about our sailors on these islands?" his men reminded him.

"Everyone is dead, so do you and me..." Morbar said that, but he regretted it again, and he sighed again: When planning, they should be reminded to swim to Sicily after falling into the water!

During this period of time, the Carthage fleet had the upper hand in this area, but on the various islands and reefs, it was the crew of Dionian who fell into the water. The nearby friendly ship was rescued, but most of the merchant marines who had been hit by the Dionian fleet swam to various islands and reefs. How could they be the opponents of the Dionian crew with fleet infantry? To kill is to be captured.

After Sekrian led the fleet into the sea, his mood suddenly became very bad, because he saw the debris of the warship floating on the sea from time to time, and heard the joyous cry of the Dionian crew on the nearby islands and reefs. ...

"Sterfakas, this idiot, what did you do!" The worry in his heart grew stronger and he couldn't help shouting.

But after seeing more than 40 remaining warships and hearing Stefacas describe the entire battle, Sekrian did not get angry anymore, but said unwillingly: "We are all on board. When..."

Dang Stefakas continued: "According to the Clippers report, the Carthaginian fleet is lined up on the west side of Hira Island--"

Sekrian's anger burst out again: "The Carthaginians sneaked on us and won a small victory. They are very proud and want to fight with us! Very good! Very good! Very good! Good!!! Order all warships to bypass the Isle of Hira and fight to the death with the Carthage fleet!"

Sekrian first ordered several warships to take charge of the crews on the islands and reefs. At the same time, he led about 240 warships and rushed to the west side of Shira Island, and he saw Carthage. The fleet is waiting.

Sekrian did not hesitate to sound the bugle, and the red and black flags were raised, and all the warships of the entire fleet quickly lined up into a starry sky in the process of advancing toward the Carthage fleet.

However, the Carthage fleet suddenly turned its bow, away from the Dionia fleet, and headed south.

"We can't let them escape into the port of Lilibo!" Unwilling to say Sekelian gave the order to "chase".

However, the Dionian fleet was originally about two miles away from the Carthage fleet. The speed of the Raven warship was relatively slow, and the speed of the fast warship was fast, but the Carthage fleet was neat and just hit again. In the victory, Sekrian didn't dare to let the fast warship rush too far, otherwise it would be too far away from the raven warship, and it would be easy for the opponent to counterattack and cause losses.

Actually, the Carthage fleet neither planned to engage with the Dionian fleet again, nor entered the port of Lilivar, but led the Dionian fleet to roam the sea near Lilivar and Mazara. After a lap, I turned around and drove west, the destination-Carthage.

Sekrian was unwilling to lead the team for another period of time, and finally had to return.

It’s already afternoon, and it’s almost dusk. For most of the day, the Sicilian fleet has been teased, raided, and pursued to no avail... After a series of frustrated events, whether it is Sekrian or the crew We are all exhausted physically and mentally. Where can we still have the strength and energy to continue cruising the western waters, and all of them stubbornly drove the warship back to the port of Serinus...

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The main force led by Daves was stationed in Minoa not far from Serinus. The news that "the new Sicilian fleet was defeated in the first battle" could not be concealed from him.

Of course, Sekrian didn’t even think about concealing it. Although it was not a big failure, he did feel a little ashamed, so he wrote a report truthfully, and then said that “the mission of patrolling the waters of Sicily will also be carried out.” Therefore, I am going to send the Clippers to King Daves in the early morning of the second day. I will not go to apologize for the time being. Instead, I will lead the fleet to search for fighters in the western waters. See Davers.

But what he did not expect was that before he led the fleet out of the port, the king’s messenger came from Minoa and read Davers’ warrant to him, asking him to rush to Minoa to meet him immediately. King Daves.

Sekrian came to the Minoan army camp with anxiety.

When Davers saw him with a serious look, he handed him a papyrus scroll without waiting for him to speak.

After reading it quickly, Sekrian was surprised: "Yesterday there were thousands of merchant ships loaded with military rations docking in the bay north of Erlux?!"

There are two slender hills to the north of Erlux, which are about a mile or two deep into the sea to the west, like the curved horns of a cow, thus forming a big bay. There is indeed Phoenicia in this bay. The two ports established by the Jiren are not large, and there have never been so many merchant ships docking in them.

Daves said coldly: "This is the information obtained by the secret agents of the Kingdom Intelligence Department in Sicily. It was only delivered to me late last night. There can be no mistake! It was teased by the Carthage Navy in the Sicilian fleet. At that time, I’m afraid you didn’t think that the real purpose of the Carthage Navy was to deliver rations to the Carthage army on the island of Sicily, which was about to run out of food! And everyone in the Sicilian fleet, including you, is like an enraged bull, just staring at it. Focusing on the enemy in front of you, you have completely forgotten your real mission! Now that the Carthaginian army has food, it has enough patience to confront us. This will definitely bring us a lot of trouble! Sekelian, This time, you disappointed me a bit."

Sekrian felt both ashamed and surprised: What the Carthaginians did yesterday was ultimately because of this? ! But from the beginning to the end, the Carthaginians did not show any attempt to **** the huge transport fleet and intercept the Sicilian fleet patrolling north, but it is true that all the thoughts of him and his men were placed on the enemy, and they did not want to send. The warship crossed Erlux and explored his mind to the north. Yesterday's events had already made him very upset, but he didn't expect to lose more!

Davos saw him being silent, and said coldly: "What?! Was scared by the Carthaginians?!"

Seklyan raised his head, looked at Daves, and said in a deep voice: "No, Your Majesty, I admit that I lost to the Carthaginians this time, but there won't be another one!"

"Well, this is the victorious general of the Dionian Navy that I am familiar with." Daves nodded, and said in a calm tone: "The "Dionian Military Law" emphatically mentioned,'As Commander-in-chief, always keep calm and not be affected by any bad emotions and make wrong judgments.' And this time anger blinded your eyes and made you make these mistakes. I hope you can Learn your lesson, remember that you are the commander of the Sicilian fleet. The orders you give are not only related to the life and death of the Sicilian fleet, but also to the victory or defeat of the entire Sicilian war! Don’t be like a captain, obsessed with the enemy ship. Crash! You should broaden your mind and focus on the whole battle! Do you understand?!"

This time, Sekrian nodded thoughtfully.

"The kingdom’s navy has been developing smoothly since its establishment, and it has not encountered any major setbacks. This has caused the navy’s morale to be very high, but it is also prone to pride..." Davers continued to remind. "Yesterday’s failure is also a good thing, so that the naval soldiers can calm down and take the enemy more seriously. After all, Carthage is a maritime power in the Western Mediterranean, with a profound background. Their new naval commander is not a simple one. A character, who was once a Carthage hero who led a fleet to sail across the ocean. He has fought on the sea for decades. If you can defeat such a general, this will make your victory more valuable!"

Daves looked at Cyklian, who had thrown away his frustration and became motivated again, and asked: "What do you think of the Carthage merchant ships that teased you?"

At this moment, Sekerian’s heart is already in trouble. He thought for a while and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I admit that these Carthaginians are indeed very capable of sailing, but we interrogated the captured last night. Carthage merchant ships sailors, learned from them that this Jia Tai Chi naval commander named Morbal had specially summoned all the sailors with superb sailing skills in Carthage and the nearby Phoenician city-states, and more than half of them were his former sailors. The old men, he motivated them with the news that “Carthage is in trouble and urgently needs heroes to save”, and at the same time he promised a high compassion, that’s why he formed these two Carthage fleets and used them to Lure the Sicilian fleet.

Although his tactics finally worked, it was a method of killing chickens and retrieving eggs. In fact, it was excessively consuming the sea power of the Carthaginians. This just shows that after we have won successive naval battles, the Carthage navy has already Forces are tight, and such extreme methods are used as a last resort to gain some advantages, but this method can neither continue nor be deceived to our navy.

Your Majesty, I have formulated a new action plan for the current situation of the Carthage Navy. I believe you will soon hear the news of the victory of our Sicilian fleet! "