Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 103: The Great Battle of Silinus (3)

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After being stabbed down by dozens of sailors, the Carthaginians of this warship chose to surrender.

But this time, Sekrian was determined to fight the Carthage fleet to the death, so he issued an order before the war: warships must not spend energy and disperse their forces to capture enemy ships in battle, and must ensure sufficient manpower. Continue to enter the battle until the end of the battle.

Therefore, the infantry of the fleet slashed the arms of the captured Carthage sailors one by one, making them unable to paddle, and then evacuated the enemy ship.

At the same time, many Dionian warships also adopted interception tactics, but only a small number of Carthage warships were captured by the Crow Drawbridge, and most of the Carthage warships evaded in time. This shows the experience and capabilities of the Carthage Navy. They swiftly bypassed the front of the Dionia and attacked its tail.

The Dionian warship also responded to this. It also followed the opponent in a circle, always allowing its bow to face the enemy ship.

So a very peculiar battle scene appeared: the warships of both sides were patiently hovering in circles, the Carthage warship was in the outer circle, and the Dionia warship was in the inner circle. It is reasonable to say that Dionia sailors consume less and less effort, but the gap cannot be reflected in a short period of time.

Of course, the Dionian warship is located in the center, and there is little room for maneuvering. Once an enemy ship joins the battle group, it will be very difficult to escape the fate of being hit. However, in this naval battle, there were more Dionian ships than the other, not only blocking the enemies one by one, but also increasing the intensity of the offensive. Because Sekrian was not prepared to fight for a long time with Carthage, although he didn't know much about the conditions of this sea area, the bad weather made him want to fight quickly.

So, the second wave of Dionia's offensive wave came: a fast three-layer paddle warship rushed into the battle area like a sharp arrow.

Ilias, the captain of a fast three-layer paddle warship. He used to be a civilian in the port of Corinthian Lekeon. For three generations, his family made a living by fishing and buying fish. Their life was barely able to survive. However, in the Corinthian War more than ten years ago, King Agsilius of Sparta led the troops. A series of raids on many ports and towns in the Corinth Gulf, like other fishermen, his family's biggest property-two fishing boats were forcibly taken away by the Spartan Allies. After the war, the impoverished Ilias heard that the Kingdom of Dionian across the Adriatic Sea called on the Greeks to colonize and gave it to the land...

The Ilias family, who was desperate and almost sold as slaves, like many fishermen in the Corinthian Gulf, ventured on board the Dionian passenger ship that stayed in the port of Lekeon and transported the refugees... and the result was Wonderful, Ilias also joined the Dionian Navy, and later became a captain of the First Fleet because of his superb ship handling skills.

Because of the weather, the Dionian fleet also widened the space between the ships, which gave the fast three-tier prize warships more room for combat effectiveness.

Ilias had long been eyeing an enemy ship in front of him that was fighting with his own crow warship, and he commanded the warship to rush up quickly in an attempt to attack the enemy's stern.

Who knows that the other party has been aware of it early, avoiding it in time, and then flexibly avoiding the approach of the raven warship. Obviously, considering that one enemy and two are not good for itself, the enemy ship began to speed up and retreat in order to pull away. The distance from the slower crow warship, first solve this three-tiered prize warship without a drawbridge alone.

The Captain of this Carthage warship obviously believed that as long as it wasn't the Crow Warship, the Carthaginians would win the battle in normal warship battles.

At this moment, the warship of Ilias had turned around and started to catch up with it from the tail.

Both sides began to speed up the paddle speed, pursued, and soon left the Raven ship behind.

Looking at the enemy ship immediately behind, the Captain of Carthage shouted: "Turn right and turn around!"

As soon as the voice fell, the sailors responded immediately.

Captain Carthage’s plan is that his sudden turn will cause the fast-moving enemy ship to be pushed to the front by inertial speed when caught off guard, causing offensive and defensive positions.

But at this moment, his eyes widened suddenly: Because the speed of the enemy ship has increased again, it almost seems to be floating from the surface of the sea, coming straight towards him.

His decades of career as a warship sailor told him that the fastest speed of a three-tiered warship would not exceed 13 knots. He used this to formulate tactics, but the ship behind him clearly exceeded this speed. (The instantaneous speed actually reached 15 knots), the Carthage warship had to slow down a bit because it had to turn, so he was extremely shocked watching the enemy ship’s black and faint bronze collision angle hit his warship extremely fast. The tail.

With a loud "bang", the huge impact force caused the tens of meters long Carthage warship to turn half a circle in place and almost capsized.

The captain fell heavily on the deck. Regardless of the pain, he hurriedly hugged the mast next to him.

The sailors in the cabin staggered and screamed, mixed with a screaming scream. It was the helmsman in the stern that was too late to escape. The chest was pierced by the broken plank, blood was splashing, and he couldn't see it.

The upturned stern of the warship was directly broken, and sea water poured in from the crack.

The Carthage sailors didn't even think about paddling at this time. The experienced ones immediately broke the oars, took the oar heads, rushed to the deck, and jumped into the sea.

After the fast three-layer paddle warship hit the enemy ship, it went around half a circle and confirmed the result. Then Ilias announced loudly: "Brothers, hit one ship!"

There was an instant cheer in the cabin.

"Captain, there is a big ship ahead!" At this moment, the looking hand on the mast yelled.

The big one? ! Irias was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately understood: a warship larger than a three-layer oar warship can only be the rumored four-layer oar!

Although he has not seen him, the Dionian Military Department has always regarded Carthage as the strongest enemy and spared no effort in the collection and research of its military intelligence. New achievements. Special analysis has been conducted on the advantages and disadvantages of this warship, which is larger and taller than the three-layer paddle warship, and the captains of the warships have also been trained to learn and understand.

So Ilias immediately had an idea in his heart: "Go around it and find another target. The clumsy four-layer oars can't catch up with us!"

However, the looker on the mast continued to shout: "This four-tiered oars warship is turning and heading towards a raven warship that is diagonally in front of us. It is connecting with the enemy ship!" /

Ilias felt tight: It is said that Carthage’s four-tiered paddle warship is equipped with 50 to 60 infantrymen, and can carry out gang jump operations. The crow warship in front is fighting the enemy ship. If you encounter it again Its pincer, the situation will be very dangerous.

"Front right, go forward at full speed, and catch up with that big ship!" He decisively gave the order.

The sailors who were still in the excitement of victory immediately pushed the oars, and the warship made an arc-shaped water mark on the sea and accelerated forward.

In a short while, Ilias saw the full picture of the Carthage’s four-layer oars: its wide hull was two meters higher than its own warship, and a layer of oars bulged out from the middle of the sides of the ship. Peng, like the skirt of a battleship, can vaguely see the dense oarsmen inside...

Ilias counted carefully, and indeed there are four layers of paddles.

Carthage's four-layer paddle warship obviously saw the approach of the Dionian warship, but it did not evade and confidently continued to sail to the crow warship ahead.

"Charge speed! Clamp off its oars!" Ilias gave the order calmly. The reason why he did not give the order of collision was because he remembered that Chief Sekrian emphasized that this kind of warship has a stronger hull. It is said to be able to withstand several impacts.

So Irias was afraid of hitting it and not sinking it, but because he was close to the enemy ship, he was attacked by the enemy.

The speed of the warship was quickly increased to 13 knots, and it was still climbing up, and soon caught up with the enemy ship.

The helmsman nervously controls the rudder to ensure that the warship is facing the right side of the opponent's hull without deviation.

"Retract the oars!" Irias gave an order, and the oarsmen skillfully put the oars into the hull.

Who knows, the Carthage sailors also took back the oars in time, although they had more oars. In addition, the archers on the deck also shot arrows at the warship of Ilias, and dropped dozens of rope hooks at the same time.

In order to increase the speed of the fast three-layer paddle warship, there were no ship rails on both sides of the deck. Except for the mast, the deck was bare and there was no place for the rope hook to hook.

The arrow shot down hit the looker at the top of the mast and fell straight to the deck. A few arrows passed through the gap in the center of the deck and fell into the cabin with several screams.

The Dionian sailors were slightly flustered.

Fortunately, the fast three-layer paddle warship is very fast, and before the enemy shoots the second round of arrows, it has passed the enemy ship and rushed forward.

Ilias, who got out of the cabin, immediately ordered the warship to turn back and put on a posture to continue the offensive.

However, the Carthage’s four-layer paddle warship ignored its provocation, still maintaining its course, and continued to approach the crow warship ahead.

The infantry of the crow warship has rushed out of the bottom compartment of the enemy ship, and began to accelerate back to the warship of the enemy. But this four-layer oars enemy ship was only more than ten meters away from them, and it was too late to evade.

At this moment, another watchman who had just climbed onto the main mast of the Ilias suddenly shouted in excitement: "Captain, another fast ship! The other fast ship is about to hit— "

Before he finished his words, Ilias heard a "bang" bang. The huge hull of the four-layer paddle warship in front of him seemed to have sneezed, and his whole body shook, and the speed of advance was sudden. The exclamation of the sailors on the ship continued.

Although the sight of the enemy ship was blocked by the huge hull of the front four-layer oars, the situation on the other side of the enemy ship could not be seen, but through the lookout, Ilias knew that his comrades drove the warship bravely into the enemy.