Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 158: The Battle of Crotone (3)

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Nearly 200 panicked sailors rushed to the deck. They heard a loud "boom". The whole ship was shaking and shaking, and the sailors fell one after another in exclamation.

I saw a large hole in the midship bilge on the right side of the Dionian battleship. The bow of the enemy ship showed its hideous appearance from the breach, and the turbulent sea water followed.

The enemy ship’s momentum continued, cutting forward and expanding the gap again. The powerful forward force caused the Dionia warship to move several meters.

The Dionian oarsmen knew that the sinking of the ship was inevitable, and they jumped into the sea.

Poor Merishanda had just climbed into the boat, and had to jump into the sea again with his long shield.

He heard the sailors floating and sinking on the sea complaining: "Why didn't the Clippers come to block and cover us?!!!"

In fact, the 30 Clippers of Dionia have already lost more than half of them.

When Leptilles hid the untrained heavy infantry in the captain, he already estimated that the Syracuse would not have the upper hand in the battle on the ship, but this time the Syracuse navy There are nearly 50 more three-tiered warships than the opponent, so he decisively adopts the tactic of "circumnavigation", taking advantage of the large number of ships, and letting the extra warships wrap around from the outside. When both the enemy and the enemy are fighting each other, they can take the opportunity to cut into the battlefield and hit the immobile enemy ship.

If in the last naval battle, the Legionnaires on the Dionian battleship could quickly resolve the enemy ship, allowing the own battleship to quickly retract the drawbridge and return to the battle. But this time the increase in heavy infantry on the Syracuse warship greatly extended the fighting time after the Legionnaires boarded the ship, thus providing opportunities for the intruding Syracuse warship.

After nearly ten Dionia warships were sunk and injured one after another, the remaining warships also realized that the situation was not good. Before the legionaries could solve the enemy ship, they took back the crow drawbridge and started to fight The enemy is engaged in a real sea contest, and they dare not use the drawbridge to hook each other, because there are no legionaries on the battleship (they are fighting on the enemy ship), so they seized the time to unload the crow drawbridge.

The Syracuse warship has more experience in naval battles, and the coordination of the sailors is more tacit, but due to the overload of soldiers, it is less speed and agility; the Dionian warship has combat experience between ships and ships Something is lacking, but because the soldiers are emptied and they have an advantage in speed, the situation on both sides is somewhat opposite to the last naval battle.

The warships of both sides are looking for opportunities on the sea, chasing, hovering, sprinting, crashing...

From time to time, the wood pulp of the warship was broken, the warship was injured or even sank...

As time passed, Syracuse began to be at a disadvantage in the ship-to-ship confrontation. After all, once the connection is disconnected, there are more warships in the Dionia fleet than Syracuse's warships, which often puts the Syracuse warships in a one-to-two bad situation.

Leptinius, who was in the rear and was not involved in the battle, learned about the situation of the fleet through the watchman on the ship, and was very anxious, but also a little flustered: Is it going to worship again this time? !

At this moment, the watchman shouted from above: "A fleet is coming from behind!"

A fleet from the south? Is it ours? ! Leptinius knew that Dionysius did not send an order to Syracuse to be transferred back to the warship in the Great Harbor, but he was still eagerly looking forward to it.

But after a while, the call of the watcher shattered his expectations: "It's a black warship! A black warship!"

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Finally arrived! Midolades looked at the scene of the fierce naval battle ahead and heaved a sigh of relief.

Before setting off, Sedorian and other admirals had already formulated a naval battle plan for this time: because they were worried that the Syracuses would see their fleet being large and strong and avoid the battle, they decided after discussion. Dividing the fleet into two, more than 60 squadrons composed of the three-layered Syracuse warships captured last time were led by Midolades. After starting from the port of Turri, they proceeded to the southeast. Avoiding the detection of the Siracusa Clippers, circled a large semicircle and joined the main fleet headed by Sekrian and headed south along the coast in Siriting.

But what they didn’t expect was that the Siracusa fleet, which was originally stationed at Siriting Port, had moved to Crotone this morning. After the Midolades Squadron, which had not received timely information, arrived at Siriting. , And found that it was empty.

Midolades made a decisive decision to make the fleet turn back, and finally found the two sides fighting on the sea near Crotone.

Midolades gave an order, and the squadron quickly went into battle, and flanked back and forth, sounding the final death knell for the Syracuse fleet!

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Dionysius, who watched the entire naval battle on the port lighthouse, turned pale and turned away without saying a word.

Phoebe Das, who was walking at the end, continued to look at the sea battlefield in the extreme distance, which was coming to an end, but what he thought was: Dionia’s novel naval battle method is suitable for Sparta. Da, do you want to make suggestions to the Council of Elders when you go back?

As for Dionia's consecutive victories in naval battles, it may have a relatively large impact on the overall situation of Great Greece, and change the strength of Dionia and Syracuse. He would like to see this, because the Western Mediterranean still needs a city-state alliance that can check Syracuse, and he foresaw that Syracuse’s attack on Dionia on land would be even more fierce...

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The naval battle has ended, but it is different from the clean sea battlefield at the end of the last naval battle. At this time, scattered wooden oars, broken ship boards, and broken ships were floating on the sea near Crotone. , Floating dead bodies, and countless sailors and soldiers struggling in the water to cry for help.

The Dionians drove the damaged warships back and forth across the sea, began to rescue Dionian sailors and soldiers who fell into the water, and arranged them on the warships captured by the Legionnaires as much as possible.

Because Daves reminded Sekrian before setting off, ‘after the victory of the naval battle, if conditions permit, try to rescue the Syracuse who fell into the water. So the Dionian Navy also extended a helping hand to them, but after boarding the ship, they would be **** and detained.

Some Syracuses were close to the shore when they fell into the water, so they did not accept assistance, and instead swam to the shore desperately. In this regard, the Dionians will change their attitude and drive the warship directly to crush it...

The cleanup and rescue work of the entire battlefield continued until dusk. The brilliance of the setting sun dyed all the ships on the sea orange before Sekrian gave the order to "return".

In the huge Dionian fleet, the captured Syracuse warship is in the center, and the Dionian warship is on the periphery. Although the sailors were exhausted, the joy of victory made their chants resound across the sea. Amidst the melodious flutes, they pushed and pulled the oars forcefully, and the fleet slowly headed north...

Sekrian looked back at the battlefield where he had fought, and the thrilling picture of his ship almost being hit by an enemy ship came to mind, but it made him feel excited at this moment. His gaze moved to a far distance, where the sky was connected to the sea, and it was vast...

There was a sense of pride in his heart, and he excitedly shouted to the captain: "From now on, we will have the final say on this sea!"

In this naval battle, apart from the more than 40 three-tiered paddle warships led by Leptinius, the Syracuse fleet escaped into Crotone’s port in time, and the rest of the warships either sank or were captured.

Twenty-three crow warships in the Dioria fleet were hit and sunk, more than a dozen were damaged, 68 Syracuse three-tiered paddle warships were captured, and nearly 10,000 Syracuse sailors were captured. .

What angered Dionysius the most: The 9,000 Syracuse heavy infantry he sent only more than 2,000 returned. Most of the soldiers died in battle or drowned in the sea and were caught by the Dionian fleet. The number of captives was less than 1,000. It can be said that they lost not only the naval battle but also the land battle. Of course, Dionia's First Army also suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

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The Dionian army did not stop when it came to Castellon. The chief general Amiklis and the city-state seniors waited in front of the wooden bridge built by Heraclid Jr. for Castellon. The Dionian army rushed to the battlefield to see off. At the same time, more than a thousand Castellon soldiers and a hundred cavalry were sent to join the expedition team as the allies' due responsibilities.

Although the Dionian army rushed to the road, Daves still rushed to the wooden bridge, thanked Castellon’s leadership, and then exchanged a few words, potentially some unpleasant laughter Dissipated in.

Since the First Army went to the Dionian Fleet, the forefront of the entire team was led by the Second Army. Although Amintas was brave in battle, as the commander of the Second Legion, he must be responsible for the safety of the entire legionnaires at this moment. So after crossing the Trionto River, he increased the marching column to ten columns. And the middle column is light infantry. Although the Dionian Second Army has not yet played against the Syracuse mercenary cavalry, due to Daves' reminder, Amintas did not take it lightly.

In recent years, due to the vigorous development of the Daionians, the marshes of the Racoeli River have not only disappeared in large numbers, but they have also begun to transform into high-quality plains, and the population has also increased sharply. But today in the eyes of the Legionnaires, they are the ruins of several villages along the road.

The sailors who landed in the Syracuse navy invaded the territory of the Alliance so far! The Legionnaires were surprised at the enemy's atrocities: Fortunately, the Syracuse Navy had been defeated in the previous naval battle, and it was impossible to harm Dionia's territory again, but there were those **** mercenary cavalry!