Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 134: The Great Battle of Taranto (6)

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Under the control of the helmsman, the warship rushed straight to the enemy ship ahead at a terrifying speed of 13 knots (24 kilometers per hour) with all the oarsmen struggling to paddle.

Forcing the Syracuse warship to abandon its intention to attack the Midolades warship and instead confront the oncoming Dionia warship.

"Crash that one first! Come and kill you!" Captain Syracuse looked at the battleship where Midolades was left behind, thinking with confidence.

"Receive the pulp!" He yelled, and was satisfied to see that the oarsmen pulled back the pulp very quickly, and the warship was about to cross the Dionian warship by virtue of its powerful inertial speed.

At this moment, the 12-meter-long strange device on the bow of the Dionian warship "crashed" down, the top spike pierced the deck, and sawdust splashed.

In the exclamation of the Syracuse sailors, dozens of black helmets and black armored Dionian soldiers rushed to the deck through the "crow draw bridge", and another killing began...

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The Syracuse navy, who did not have the Diorian fleet in sight, charged forward swiftly, while the Diorian fleet bravely confronted it without showing any weakness. On the front of several nautical miles, the two sides crossed their teeth. The fierce battle together.

However, in most cases, the "crow suspension bridge" crashed down, hooking the Syracuse warship, and then turning sea battles into land warfare, allowing the Syracuse people’s excellent ship handling skills to be completely dispensed with. It's not useful, but Dionia's legion squad like a tiger into a flock, easily capturing the opponent's warship.

In half an hour since the naval battle began, the Syracuse Navy captured nearly 40 three-layer paddle warships.

The wide sea prevents every Captain of Siracusa on the battlefield from seeing the loss of the entire army, but they also feel the strangeness: once the battleship in front of their own warship is strangely affected by the Dionian warship After the device was hooked, many enemy soldiers emerged from the cabin, through that device, rushed to the deck of the own warship, and soon saw that the own warship exited the battlefield, and the Dionia warship started again. Keep going forward...

The captains in the rear of the Syracuse Array have realized that they can’t confront the Dionian ship, but should avoid the opposing ship by virtue of their excellent ship handling skills and better maneuverability. The first device turned to attack the side and back of the enemy ship...

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This large-scale naval battle fought fiercely in the coastal waters between Turriy and Castellon. It not only made the Dionian people worry, but also attracted the attention of the Castellon people.

General Castellon headed by Amiklis and members of the council also gathered on the coast with the people, watching the naval battle, because it is not only related to the rise and fall of the Dionian League , Also related to an important decision of Castellon.

Syracuse’s messenger came to Castellon yesterday. The general executive committee and council led by Amiklis did not receive him, but did not drive him away, but let him go ashore. The "rest" in the hotel has already explained a change in the psychology of Castellon's senior management.

In spite of the close contacts between Castellon and Dionia in the past few years, both sides regard each other as their closest ally, and the Castellon people are even proud of participating in various celebrations in Turei. It's like a family. But after all, the alliance is just an alliance, not an alliance. The southern line of the Southern Italian League was defeated, and the war broke out in Dionian territory, and the political situation was unstable. The Castellon people in the hinterland of Dionian could directly feel the pride of the Turian people from the beginning to the present. Panic, Syracuse’s large number of navy and army, and the horror of the slaughter of the Silitians are shaking the Castellon’s trust in the Dionian Alliance.

Syracuse is not Crotone after all. When the Second Crotone War broke out, Crotone, who had already been defeated once, did not let Castellon lose his confidence in Dionia even if the army was forced to do so, but this time the stronger Syracuse Zha's army is led by the brutal tyrant Dionysius who defeated the mighty Carthage, and his front has already made the Castellons tremble. Looking at the destroyed farmland, burnt villages, and slaughtered people outside Castellon, the Castellon people are angry and helpless.

When it was learned that Daves led the return to Turriy and had led the Dionian fleet to fight the mighty Syracuse navy, all the Castellon people came to the sea with excitement. Daves’s admiration, and anger at Syracuse, pray for Dionia to win.

But for senior city-states such as Amiklis, although they also pin their hopes on the invincible Dionian consul, the Syracuse’s navy is too powerful...

"In case...no! As long as Dionia can't win this naval battle, this bay will be entirely Syracuse, and then...we can only find one for ourselves. Retreat..." Amiklis looked at the many warships moving fast on the sea in the distance, thinking in pain...

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On the Siracusa flagship behind the fleet, Leptinius thought he had heard it wrong, and the watchman on the main mast told him: The ships on his side frequently exit the battlefield. Those Dio Not only was the Niah warship rarely sunk, but it continued to rush forward.

"General, listening to the Clippers’ report, the Dionians installed a wooden bridge in front of the warship, and equipped a lot of heavy infantry in the cabin. Coming over, the sailors on our ship could not resist at all. Now Kleandas and the others are no longer confronting the Dionian warship, but instead use our excellent ship handling skills and rich experience in naval battles to deal with the Dionian. In this way, due to the installation of wooden bridges and the loading of too many soldiers on the Dionian warship, its speed and flexibility are greatly inferior to ours. I believe the battle will change soon!” The flagship captain comforted him.

Leptinius' depressed mood improved slightly, and he scolded angrily: "The **** Dionians only play with little cleverness. What do they think of sacred naval battles! Poseidon will definitely do. Punish them!..."

He was venting his anger, when the looker above his head suddenly shouted: "General, the warship with the statue on the mast has rushed out! It has rushed over! It has rushed to the front of the enemy ship formation! I am! I can see a general in dazzling armor at the bow of the ship!"

Leptinius was taken aback for a moment, and then refreshed. He shouted: "That's Davors, the Archon of Dionia! He is really on board! Quick! Order the column ship to press on! Sink him! We must sink it! As long as we can kill or capture the Daves, no matter how many warships we lose, our Syracuse will win!"

Since Syracuse adopted a double-column tactic, ten ships in one column. The bugle blew, the flagship took the lead in the charge, and more than 20 warships followed, and they soon surpassed the flagship.

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Dionia’s starry tactics are like waves blown by a breeze. The fragmented waves just die out, and the other waves rise again, layer upon layer, straight forward.

Daves’s ship has been rushing past one after another, entangled with enemy ships, and finally came to the forefront of the battle line.

"Charge speed!" Mirtias saw the enemy ship rushing forward and gave orders without hesitation.

The warship speeded up suddenly, and the sharp arrow sprinted forward.

The two boats are 100 meters apart! 90 meters! 80 meters! ………

Davos swallowed subconsciously and drew the dagger from his waist.

However, the enemy ship suddenly deflected to the right.

"Left! Left!" Mirtias hurriedly ordered.

However, the speed was too fast before, the amplitude of this turn was too large, and the deflection was not completed yet, and the enemy ship had dexterously drawn a circular arc and hit the middle of the ship.

Miltias didn't panic at this time, just ordered: "Continue to turn left!"

The captain of the enemy ship looked at the bronze horns, and was getting closer and closer to this larger three-layered battleship, with a smug smile on his face...

But soon, his smile solidified.

The heavy hull of the Dionian warship was only slightly to the left and then leaned back. The long plank-like device on the bow of the ship actually rotated more than a hundred degrees and fell directly back. The more than ten-meter-long suspension bridge was hitting his bow deck, and there was a bang, and the two ships joined together. Although the forward force of his own warship pushed the opponent's warship backwards and the suspension bridge creaked, it didn't hurt the enemy's ship. Instead, the enemy soldiers rushed through the suspension bridge aggressively.

It's over! Seeing that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the warships and sailors. He turned his heart and jumped directly into the sea.

"Your Majesty, please stay and let me take my brothers over to rush!" Martius held Daves who was about to cross the bridge, and firmly pleaded.

Daves didn't insist either. He knew that by staying here as he is now, everyone can feel at ease.

"Then I will leave it to you." He nodded and said.

"Brothers, rush over with me!" Martius drew his dagger, led the guards, and rushed across the bridge first. He would almost lose his life for him and ask the Syracuse for the price.

"An enemy ship is rushing towards us in the front right!" The looking hand exclaimed on the mast.

Miltias and Daves immediately felt nervous. At this moment, the ship was connected with the enemy ship and could not escape.

But Sekrian's flagship behind the ship quickly greeted him and quickly locked it with the "crow".

"There is an enemy ship behind on the right side!" The looker at the stern continued to scream, but after a while, his screaming stopped because another warship rushed up and connected it together.