Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 298: The speed of life and death in the battle of Sarros

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When he finished giving the order, he asked the flagship to immediately turn the hull, as an example, to face the Dionia fleet and speed up.

After seeing the surrounding warships, they quickly made corresponding actions, but for the Carthage warships that were far away, they first heard the retreating bugle, and soon changed it again. For the sound of offensive trumpets, these two diametrically opposed orders puzzled them.

This is a newly formed fleet. Although most of the crew members of the previous Carthage fleet survived the storm, it has been reorganized after all. One of the biggest problems is— —Although Admika has expressed strong opposition, with the support of the Senate, Annobas still mixed the survivors of the Carthage fleet and the Iberian fleet and assigned them to each one. On the new warships, in this way, all warships are under the unified command of the navy commander, and there is no longer any independent Iberian fleet.

So when this new fleet rushed into battle before it had been fully run-in, they had not yet developed good obedience to the new fleet commander (for the Iberian crew, Annobas It's unfamiliar), the usual patrols and sailing still can't show up, but at the moment of crisis, the problem is exposed: some warships are hesitant to execute this later order.

And just when the Carthage fleet was inconsistent and chaotic due to two orders, the offensive of the Dionian 3rd Fleet continued to show its power, and the raven warship smashed like a hammer. Opening the outer shell of the circular array, and then rushing in is the fast three-layer paddle warship. Their small hulls shuttle quickly in the narrow inner space of the circular array, as agile as a fish, but after discovering the warplane, they again It turned into a ferocious shark, chopped off the oars of enemy ships, smashed their hulls, and made the already chaotic Carthage ship formation even more chaotic...

At this point in the battle, some of the Carthage warships were not well-informed and began to withdraw from the battlefield.

Speaking of the original 190 warships of Carthage’s new fleet, after arriving in Sardinia, it was merged with 40 warships that originally belonged to the Phoenician city-state of Sardinia. The total number of warships reached 230. After Annobas formulated this plan, the new fleet was almost equally divided: In order to ensure that the warship commanded by Admika, who was in charge of ambushing in the open sea, could withstand the attack of the Dionian warship, A situation of complete melee was formed, and he could persist until the fleet he personally led came and formed a double-sided attack (because Annobas believes that if he arrives on the battlefield too early, the Dionian fleet, which has not yet been in deep combat, will likely see it. It’s not good to escape early, which led to the lack of results), so the 110 ships he assigned to Admika were all Carthage ships, and 40 Phoenician ships with weaker combat power were incorporated into him. In his fleet, he believes that with a huge advantage, there is no need to worry about the combat effectiveness of Phoenician ships.

But the current situation is that the fleet led by Annobas is in a passive position. Facing the fierce attack of the Dionian warships, several Phoenician warships chose to obey the last command of the flagship, and Unheard of the following order to attack, they retreated.

Their retreat also affected the fighting spirit of nearby Phoenician warships, and they retreated one after another, resulting in the entire Carthage fleet, not to mention the offense, even the defense became difficult to maintain.

After Anobas learned of this situation through the looker, he was so angry that he could not help it stamp his feet.

"My lord, let's retreat quickly. If we don't leave, we won't be able to leave!" The captain eagerly persuaded, because at this time the Dionian ships appeared on the left and right sides of the Carthage flagship. Because of Annobas personally supervising the battle ahead, the situation is a little better. If this continues, the flagship will be cut off and surrounded.

"...Retreat..." Annobas said sullenly, hiding his face and sitting on the deck, completely afraid to face the fact that as a navy veteran, when he was suddenly attacked by the enemy, First, the wrong formation was arranged in a hurry, and then the order was changed repeatedly, which turned the battle that was originally dominant into a rout...

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"The enemy is routing! The enemy is routing! The looker exclaimed excitedly above the mast.

Midolades' face was not relaxed, and he asked anxiously: "How far is the Carthage fleet behind us?

"Only about 300 meters!"

"Order all warships not to stop, accelerate forward! Remember, not to stop!" Midolades shouted sharply.

"Captain, the flagship has raised three green flags!" shouted the stern watcher of a raven warship at the forefront of the fleet.

"What?! Green flag!" The captain frowned. The language of the green flag's navy was "accelerate forward". Pentium means forward, and the opposite is the white flag, which stands for retreat. The Dionian Navy has no semaphore for surrender), which means that they have to let go of the panicked ship in front, which is running horizontally in front of their bow. Although the passing Carthage warship was unwilling, the order must be obeyed. The captain sighed helplessly and said: "Charge speed, go straight forward! Remove the crow suspension bridge!"

All the warships of the 3rd Fleet were executing similar orders, which made the entire fleet speed up again, which forced the Annobas Fleet to speed up and flee. Even in panic, collisions with each other were visible from time to time in order to escape.

When these Carthage warships, which were traveling slowly due to collisions, saw the fast approaching Dionia warships, all their souls went out of their way. But a miracle happened. The Dionian warship passed by them and headed forward as if they hadn't seen them.

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Admika regretted it.

He was ordered by Annobas and led 110 warships to ambush in the open sea. The crew drove the warships toss and toss in the wind and waves, waiting tremblingly for the Dionian fleet to take the bait. Finally, they waited for most of the day and served as the bait. The merchant ship reported: The Dionia fleet chased them halfway, and then returned.

Admika was disappointed. While notifying the fleet to return, he sent the Clippers to investigate with a glimmer of hope.

As a result, the Clippers reported: The Dionia fleet was intercepted by the fleet led by Anobath.

Admika immediately turned from disappointment to excitement, and he ordered the fleet to speed up.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to see the Dionia fleet in front of him, but at this time he did not order the fleet to launch an attack immediately. Instead, he asked the fleet to slow down and form a good formation.

The reason why he did this is that he has considered: First, a few months ago in the naval battle of Seadiou, the Iberian fleet he led was defeated by the Dionian fleet. The combat effectiveness of the Niah fleet is understood. At this time, the Dionia fleet, which has just begun to fight the Annobas fleet, is fully capable of separating some of the warships, turning around to block his attack, and causing comparison to the fleet under his leadership. Big loss.

Second, although he is now under the command of Annobas, he is not convinced. He hopes that the fleet under Annobas will suffer more losses in this war, and his own losses are very few. Conducive to the increase of their prestige in the new fleet and increase the right to speak.

So, after Admika let all the warships unfold and form a double-column formation, he stood still and watched the development of the battle ahead, and at the same time was alert to the possible escape of the Dionia fleet.

But he never expected that the commander of the Dionia fleet would be so decisive that he would ignore his threat and let all the warships participate in the attack.

He didn't even expect that the performance of the Annobass fleet would be so bad. The battle lasted only about 10 minutes, and it was a little unsupportable.

After Admiral got a general understanding of the battle situation ahead through the looker, he had to immediately issue an offensive order.

To get the warship from a standstill to extreme speed, passing a distance of nearly three miles, to the rear of the Dionian fleet, the Admiral fleet took about seven or eight minutes to allow the Annobas fleet to be able to Trying to entangle the opponent, Admika also asked the flagship buglers to blow off the offensive bugle with the greatest strength.

But all their efforts proved to be in vain. By the time they arrived on the battlefield, the Dionian fleet had already passed through the Carthage fleet and sailed to the distance at full speed, only to be crashed. The Carthaginian warships and the Carthage warships that were chopped up by most of the sailors were scattered on the sea. Many Carthage sailors floated on the sea and called for help loudly to the fleet. Instead, they became obstacles hindering the advancing of the Admiral fleet. .

Of course, not all the Dionian warships escaped in time. Seven or eight Dionian warships may have slowed down due to damage to the hull, or failed to retreat the infantry of the fleet in time. , Had to spend more time waiting, or because the panicked enemy ship suddenly appeared in front and couldn’t dodge and had to crash into it, and thus failed to rush out quickly...In short, they had not been able to leave the battlefield and landed far away. Behind the Dionia fleet.

The Admiral fleet chased after them. Seeing that they could not escape, the several Dionian warships turned around to fight. Even though they were brave, they fought more with less, and the Carthaginians were very Victory is about to be won.

During this process, the Dionian Third Fleet did not turn around to rescue, but accelerated away from it.

Looking at the Dionian fleet, which had disappeared in the distance, and then at the devastated battlefield around him, Admika hesitated for a moment. When it was no longer possible to catch up with the Dionian fleet, He decided to rescue his compatriots first.

At the same time, he also sent the Clippers forward to investigate the movement of the Dionia fleet, and also asked the Clippers to find the escaped Carthage ships and return them to the fleet.