Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 244: The Great Battle in Cyprus (1)

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Secrian shook his head gently, and said calmly: "The reason why your Majesty let us come here at great risks and long distances is that the occupation of Cyprus is only a secondary purpose. The most important thing is to destroy the Persian fleet and control Dominance in the Near East Sea... Now that more than 4,000 heavy infantry have landed, this has caused a great threat to Cyprus and has destroyed the Persian fleet’s attempt to intercept us at sea. Under such circumstances, they are very Perhaps in the face of the threat of our powerful Dionian fleet, we chose to retreat temporarily and instead transport reinforcements and materials to the towns of Nicosia on the island so that it cannot be easily captured by our army.

After all, our fleet has traveled a long distance, and the materials it carries cannot guarantee the material consumption of the huge crew of our fleet. If the army cannot quickly capture towns such as Nicosia, our fleet will have to retreat first, and then... Hmph, the Persian fleet can easily cut off the sea supply line for the landing army, and then the army will be in big trouble—"

Speaking of this, Sekrian's face became very serious: "The army is unlucky. The key is that this time your Majesty led the army. In order to obtain the great honor of conquering Persia, our navy was given the extermination. The Persian fleet and the important task of acquiring the dominant power in the East Mediterranean Sea. If the task of luring the enemy fails due to passive avoidance, or even the first battle is lost, affecting the entire war to conquer Persia, I will be ashamed of your majesty’s trust and even speechless. Meet the army generals I have laughed at!"

"It's not that serious..." the flagship captain murmured.

Secrian gave him a dissatisfied look, and said in a deep voice: "I am the commander of this operation. I must seize every possible opportunity to ensure that the operation can proceed smoothly, so we must stay here. , Can’t leave! For the Persian fleet, what could be more attractive to them than to destroy a Diorian fleet that was far fewer than them, and to besiege thousands of Diorian armies on the island at the same time. Yeah!"

"My lord, we have too few warships after all. I am worried about the Persian fleet... I really treat us as a delicious one--"

The captain stammered halfway when he was interrupted by Sekerian sharply: "Even if the number of Persian warships is two or three times as many as ours, the fleet under my Sekerian will definitely be A hard rock will break the teeth of the Persian fleet! What's more, I believe Midolades. He is not only experienced in naval warfare? He also has good intuition. He will lead other warships to join us in time and jointly fight Persia. The fleet is annihilated!"

After Sekelian made up his mind? The flagship captain did not dare to persuade him? Instead, he conveyed the command of the fleet commander to all the warships: All the raven warships are installed on the drawbridge? Get ready for battle!

More than an hour has passed, and no trace of the enemy ship has been found, but a small number of Cavalry from Cyprus have appeared on the island? They spied on the soldiers of the Dionian Legion to build a camp near the beach? But they never dared. Closer, it seems that the Cypriots do not seem to have any plans to assemble the army and engage in a decisive battle with the landing Dionian army.

Of course, the Dionian Army that landed has no such plans either. What they have to do now is to hold on to the landing site? Facilitate the arrival of subsequent troops.

"The Clippers to the south have raised a yellow flag!" The watchman on the mast of the flagship suddenly shouted loudly.

Secrian, who was waiting anxiously, was not excited? Instead, he mumbled to himself with some doubts: "There are fewer Persian warships coming than us?"

Seeing Sekelian's unsatisfied expression? The flagship captain sighed instead? Asked: "My lord? Do you want to inform the warships to prepare for battle?"

Secrian was pacing back and forth on the deck? He pondered for a while, and then said in a deep voice, "Wait a minute! Let all the Clippers be divided into two parts, one part bypasses the Persian warship, and continues to explore south. Part of it goes northward."

The captain of the flagship moved in his heart: "My lord? Do you suspect that the Persian fleet is divided?"

Secrian replied calmly: "I don't think the Persians are so courageous? Dare to lead a small number of warships to attack us. What's more, I am convinced that our fleet does not need to be too much preparation? It can be easy. Destroy this number of enemy ships!"

Just when the crew on the southernmost warship of the Dionian fleet could see the outline of the enemy ship at a great distance? The Dionian Clippers hurried to the south by changing the flags on the masts. The information is passed back to the fleet.

"Two yellow flags!" The lookout's shout made Sekerian still silent, but the flagship captain heard another report from the lookout? Tightened his fists nervously: "Persian warship Less than four miles away from us!"

He looked at Sekelion, who was sitting on the deck like a clay sculpture, and stopped talking several times.

At this moment, the voice of the watcher sounded again: "Three yellow flags! Three yellow flags have been raised by the Clippers in the south! Nothing has changed in the north!"

Sekli'an immediately jumped up: "Three yellow flags! The number of Persian warships exceeds ours, indicating that their main force has come, and the Persians have taken the bait!"

Secrian danced with excitement, and immediately said the battle plan he had thought about: "Blow the bugle and arrange all warships in a circle for defensive operations!"

"Circular formation?!" The captain of the flagship was taken aback.

"Why? I thought I could only attack but not defend?!" Sai Klian said with a smile.

"I'll go to convey it right away!" The worries in the heart of the flagship captain were relieved, and it was obvious that his respected fleet commander did not lose his composure because of the arrival of the fighter.

"By the way, arrange all the iron ships at the forefront of the circle, facing the direction of the Persian fleet!"

"Yes!"

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This Persian fleet headed by Phoenician and Cyprus has nearly a thousand warships stationed in various military ports in eastern Cyprus. After receiving the order from Yalitaka, the Cypriot crew is the most active. They boarded their warships at the fastest speed, rushed out of the military port, and then set out to the west along the coast of Cyprus without waiting for the warships behind to line up together.

When the flagship of Yalithaka sailed out of the military port, he discovered that under the leadership of the Cypriots, many warships did not stop after leaving the port, and swarmed westward.

As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Yalitaka stomped his feet with anger, but was helpless. He could only whisper the Cypriots for being stupid. At the same time, he hoped that when the entire fleet reached the west coast of Cyprus, the Dionian fleet had not yet If he can arrive, he still has time to reorganize the fleet.

After leaving the port, the Persian fleet has formed a long column. In the process of traveling, due to the different levels of input by the crews belonging to the various regions of Persia, this long column has gradually begun to become disconnected. The battle in Cyprus The ship is at the forefront, the Phoenicians are in the center, Syria and other warships are at the end... and the Cypriot warship at the front is also out of touch. Foremost...

After more than three hours of voyage, the Cypriot warship bypassed the westernmost promontory of the island from the south. With the help of the southerly wind, the speed accelerated again. After only 20 minutes, the Cypriot warship The watchmen saw the Dionian fleet staying in the bay, the many Dionian cargo ships docked on the beach, and the Dionian soldiers who kept moving from the cargo ships to the beach (actually Dionian soldiers) The soldiers moved the supplies on the cargo ship back and forth. Due to the long distance and psychological effects, the Cyprus watchmen had an illusion).

The Diorians are landing! ... This news made all the Cypriot crews feel nervous, and the belief in defending their homeland made them forget fatigue and made them feel the urgency of the situation. According to the military order, they should stop advancing after discovering the Dionia fleet, and after converging with other warships, they should follow the command of the fleet commander to launch an offensive.

But at the moment they are under the command of the Cyprus navy commander, they only slowed down in the process of changing the formation, and after completion, they continued to accelerate, and they moved towards the Dionia fleet in a double-column formation. Launched a charge.

During the Hippo War, the warships of the city-states in the Near East were known for their large and heavy hulls and large crews. As a result, they were defeated by the small and flexible Greek coalition warships in the Battle of Salamis. In the subsequent expansion of Athens to the Eastern Mediterranean, it was defeated many times by the Athens Navy, forcing the city-states in the Near East to abandon the large and inappropriate warships and rebuild the fleet with three-layer oar warships as the main body, even the Phoenician city-states. The same is true, so later, those two-headed dragon warships, four-layer oar warships, and five-layer oar warships were still in use only in Carthage in the Western Mediterranean, while the Persian fleet with the city-states in the Near East as the main naval force had been formed. Fully consistent with the Athens fleet.

At this time, although the Cyprus warship has lowered its sails, the sailors are rowing hard, and the speed of the warship is accelerating. Soon the Dionian warship is close at hand, and the Cypriot crew is on the deck. Even in the tense maneuvering of the ship, they curiously looked at the tall and swaying crow suspension bridge on the enemy ship ahead. Although they had never fought against the Dionian fleet before, they had also heard of the Dionian Navy. This kind of peculiar warship is somewhat guarded.

Since the Dionian warship is almost only rotating in place, the two warships are always bow to bow. At this time, the Cypriot warship does not want to die with each other, so the helmsman turned the rudder slightly, and the captain at the same time Shouted to the bottom compartment: "Retract the oars!"