Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 242: The Battle of Germe (2)

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Seeing this situation, the Eastern Phoenicians immediately separated a warship to chase the fast 3-layer paddle warship, and the other four still chased after the two raven warships, because they saw the raven warship heading straight towards the coast. , They understood that the enemy ship wanted to run aground on the beach, which undoubtedly defeated their plan to hit it and sink it, so they increased their speed again.

In the process of chasing, gradually formed a formation of two ships in the front and two ships in the back.

The sailors of the Crow Warship are gradually slowing down the speed of the paddle. The illusion given to the Eastern Phoenicians is that through their efforts, they are gradually narrowing the distance from the Crow Warship.

Miltias stood at the stern of the ship, staring at the enemy ship galloping from behind, listening to the mast, the watcher kept loudly reporting the distance between the enemy ship and the flagship, and the distance between the enemy ship before and after. .

Gazed at the enemy ship approaching, and the flickering angle in the sea made Mirtias's face covered with tiny beads of sweat. When the flagship and the enemy ship were only about fifteen meters away , He suddenly shouted: "Turn around!"

The crew members who had been waiting started to act immediately: the helmsman swung the rudder, the inner sailor increased the oars, and the outer sailor reduced the force. The uniform actions of all the crew made the advancing flagship suddenly turn to the outside.

The Phoenician warship at the rear wanted to change course too late. The powerful inertia that came along the way made the sailors sprint forward even if the sailors stopped paddling.

The crow warship next to the flagship also turned to the outside of the hull almost at the same time. When the two of them just turned the bow, the two Phoenician warships in the front had already passed them. .

"Keep turning inwards!" Mirtias and the captain of the crow warship next to him gave the same instructions.

It turned out that the two Phoenician warships behind saw the Dionian warship in front of them turning, they also deflected their bows and sprinted obliquely forward. The bronze collision angle was facing Dai With the upturned tail of the Onia warship, the reason why the flagship of Mirtias and the other Raven warship speeded up was to avoid the stern and let the bow face the enemy ship.

If the warship is still full of soldiers, Mirtias would not dare to let the flagship make such a tactical maneuver, but now that the flagship has unloaded too many soldiers, it has regained its former lightness. The crew has been all year round. The results of the training were revealed at this time. When the enemy ship approached, the bow of the flagship was already leaning toward the enemy ship. The deck operator looked at the opportunity and lowered the 12-meter suspension bridge that had been installed on the front mast.

"Boom!...Boom!..." There were two tremors, and both the flagship and the other Raven ship successfully captured the enemy ship.

"Quick! Quick! Kill it!..." The sailor loudly reminded the 40 friendly soldiers who were nesting in the cabin.

These soldiers experienced the long-rumored Dionian-style naval battle for the first time. They rushed to the deck in excitement, swarmed across the suspension bridge, and killed the enemy ship's deck.

"Damn it! These idiots forgot to pull out the suspension bridge!" Mirtias yelled. Beforehand, he had asked the sailor to urge these friendly soldiers several times, but these soldiers were so passionate that they had obviously forgotten. No, I haven't had the experience of cooperating with the Crow Suspension Bridge. It really is unreliable.

Why do soldiers pull out the suspension bridge as soon as they cross the bridge? Because there are three Phoenician warships not far from the flagship, the nearest one has already begun to turn its bow. If the flagship is still connected to the enemy ship, it will only be collided.

So, two flagship deck operators immediately ran across the suspension bridge (a crow warship has a total of 5 to 8 deck operators), struggling to pull up the spikes at the lower end of the suspension bridge.

Other operators quickly pulled up the suspension bridge, and the helmsman and sailors also began to maneuver the flagship away from the screaming enemy ship.

But it takes time for the flagship to go from a standstill to sailing fast, and at this time the watchman is already yelling nervously: "The enemy ship is coming! It is rushing to our stern!"

Miltias stared nervously at the enemy ship rushing from behind, clenched his fists, his fingernails pierced deeply into the flesh, but he didn't notice it. The sailors screamed out in his ears. It was like a chant, they were doing their best to get rid of danger, but it took time for the warship to change from stationary to fast sailing, and the flagship now lacks time most.

Seeing that the bow of the enemy ship is about to hit the tail of the flagship, the lookout hand holding the mast (when a naval battle occurs, it is reasonable that the lookout should come down from the mast to avoid being killed in the collision, but In the whole moment of the life and death of the flagship, they can't take care of it a lot) again shouting: "Our warship! Our warship!!!"

I saw a warship smashing through the waves, like a flying arrow that broke into Mirtias’s field of vision. Before he could see clearly, he heard a "boom". The ship hit the side of the enemy ship and cut in like a sharp dagger.

This is the previous fast three-layer oars warship that lured the enemy away. It took the enemy ship chasing it around in a large circle, and then used its own speed to throw away the opponent and quickly came to rescue the danger. .

Besides the screams of the Phoenicians, and the screams of the Phoenicians behind, Mirtias still shouted in high spirits: "Quick! Quick! Turn back!"

Because the crisis has not been resolved, the Phoenician warship that had previously pursued the fast three-layer paddle warship also followed.

The flagship was struggling to turn back, but it was too late. Mirtias watched the enemy ship's bow hit the side and rear of the fast three-layer oar warship that rescued the flagship before.

This special warship of the Dionian Navy has a narrow hull, a slender hull, and a willow-like shape. Speed ​​is its strength, and its impact resistance is its weakness. When this warship protects its flagship , Ignoring the chasing soldiers behind, and bravely hitting the enemy ship threatening the flagship, it puts itself in the most dangerous position.

Because of the enemy ship blocking the front, the fast three-layer paddle warship has almost no room for buffering, and it can withstand the entire impact force firmly. It is seen that the bow of the enemy ship has completely cut into the warship, and the back of the warship has been Cracked, the sea water was quickly stained red with blood.

"Speed ​​up!" Mirtias gritted his teeth and yelled.

The sailors in the cabin didn't know what was going on outside, and they continued paddling at the fastest speed, making their arms a little sore, but they still clenched their teeth.

The flagship rushed over, the suspension bridge fell and hit the deck of the enemy ship.

"Pick up the weapon and kill with me!" Mirtias yelled into the cabin.

The sailors were a little stunned: They had always been only in charge of paddling, and killing the enemy was the task of the fleet infantry.

"What are you still doing, obey the order!" the captain urged.

The sailors suddenly realized that they picked up the lances and sabers left by the soldiers who jumped into the sea before.

"Kill!" Mirtias waved the sword he picked up angrily, and personally led the sailors to the enemy ship.

At this moment, due to the delayed evacuation of another Raven warship, the Phoenician warship that turned its head hit the tail. Although the damage was not large, the influx of sea water forced the sailors to have The emergency blockage affected the speed and agility of the Raven ship, and it was in danger of being hit again.

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The three warships led by Mirtias actually achieved a 4:3 exchange ratio in the face of the attacks of five enemy ships. It also shows that the Sicilian fleet is well-trained and well-coordinated. However, because Mirtias The error of decision caused most of the Dionian warships in the rear of the fleet to be scattered around. Facing the attack of the Eastern Phoenician fleet, they were completely in a dangerous situation of fighting more with less, especially the Raven warship, without other wars. The protection of the ship on the flanks not only fails to exert its strong ability to jump to the side, but also its weaknesses of slow speed and relatively inflexible turning are exposed.

Dionian warships were hit and sunk one after another, and a handful of warships rushed directly to the beach.

At the same time, the Eastern Phoenician fleet is also advancing eastward, and the Dionian warships returning westward like refueling are also besieged by the Phoenician warships. Seeing that the situation was not good, the warship began to turn around and retreat eastward.

The East Phoenician Fleet finally found such a good opportunity to wipe out the enemy, how could it easily let them escape, and some warships were separated and followed closely.

The full-loaded soldiers on the Dionian warship jumped into the sea to reduce the weight of the warship and enable it to escape, but even so, the raven warships were overtaken because of their own speed problems, and they had to Forced to challenge...

The naval battle lasted less than half an hour. The center and rear of the Sicilian fleet had been defeated by the Eastern Phoenician fleet. Except for some of the warships that were still trying to deal with the enemy ships, the rest were either sunk or fleeing. , The Sicilian fleet seems to be defeated.

The Phoenician warship pursued eastward, and it was almost reaching the surface of Minoa.

At this moment, the sound of a military horn faintly rang forward, and several watchmen on fast three-layer paddle warships retreating hurriedly eastward shouted almost at the same time: "Our fleet! Our fleet is here. !!!"

The captains who were looking nervously at the enemy ship in the rear turned their heads and looked east, only to see dozens of Dionian warships appearing on the sea in the distance, they lined up the familiar starry sky array, facing them Coming swiftly.

The captains immediately refreshed and shouted loudly to the sailors in the cabin: "Brothers cheer up, our reinforcements are here!"

When the sailors heard this, the hands clasping the oars regained strength, and they steered the warship to row to the sides to make way for the fleet's attack.

The Phoenician warships also noticed the strangeness in front of them at this time. They also stopped pursuing them and began to move closer to each other.

This fast-moving Dionian fleet from east to west is composed of 35 of the 42 warships of the second squadron, the only remaining fleet of the first fleet, of which 25 are the raven warships. There are 10 fast three-layer paddle warships, and its commander is Stefacas.