Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 299: Return Carbine of the Battle of Sarros
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After half an hour, a clipper returned and informed Admica: After the Dionian fleet approached the coast, it turned around and headed north, passing through Saint Ibínia, and was about to bypass Sardinia. North end.
Hearing this news, Admika let go of most of his heart: It seems that the Dionian fleet has returned to Alenia.
So, the Admika fleet began a comprehensive rescue: rescued all the sailors who fell into the water, and placed them on the warship that had been poisoned by the raven warship; bandaged the wounds of the sailors who had been chopped off, and partially removed them. Go to other warships; carry out simple repairs on the less damaged warships, while the more damaged warships are towed by other warships, ready to be brought back to the port. After all, there are too few Carthage warships to save. One ship is one ship; in addition, Admika will try to rescue the Dionian crew who fell into the water. This is of course not out of good intentions, but can be exchanged for the previous ones by the Dionian fleet in the future. The Phoenicians captured during the harassment were also the spoils used by the fleet to show off his exploits after returning to the port of Saros.
The crew of the Admiral Fleet has been busy for this, during which several warships originally led by Annobas came one after another and merged into the fleet.
It wasn't until the setting sun reflected the sky on the west side that it set sail, and the entire fleet slowly sailed eastward.
During the voyage, the crew of a warship came up with a way of leisure and fun. They forced the captured Dionian sailor to run on the slippery deck naked, and the speed could not be slowed down. , Once it stops, it will be beaten with a wooden stick, and once it falls, it will be whipped by a leather whip.
Soon, the other warship crews followed suit and quickly promoted them, because watching the prisoners’ painful and funny appearances and listening to their screams, they lost to the Dionian Navy several times. The grievances were well vented.
Some crew members even came up with other ways to humiliate the captives, such as:
In the cabin of the flagship, the captain grabbed a captive’s leather helmet, touched the red cap on the top of the helmet, and asked: "It seems that you are a captain?"
The captives tied to the bollards glared at him.
"Head, he doesn't understand what you are talking about." A sailor roared.
"He will understand." The sailor sneered coldly, waved his hand violently, and slapped the captive heavily.
The captive screamed "Ah," and half of his face quickly swelled up.
The captain shrugged at the sailors: "Look, he understands."
The sailors laughed "hahaha".
The captive yelled angrily.
The sailor frowned, suddenly holding his leather helmet, and peeing inside.
"Uh..." The sailors showed disgust.
And when the captain put the leather helmet in front of the captive and threatened him to drink, they became excited again.
The captive glared at him and spit on his face.
This angered the captain, who squeezed the captive's neck with his right hand and pressed the leather helmet against his mouth with his right hand.
The captive struggled hard, his face flushed, and eventually he had to open his mouth to gasp.
The captain took the opportunity to pour the urine from the leather helmet into his mouth, choking the captive coughing ceaselessly, and the sailors laughed.
Admika watched this scene in the cabin through the gap in the middle of the deck. Although there was a smile on his face, he had to remind him: "Be careful, don't kill him!"
"Don't worry, sir, we will be very careful to'enter' him." The captain patted the captive on the head jokingly, and said respectfully.
Admika snorted, stood up and walked to the bow, looking ahead, lost in thought,
He has learned from the rescued crew members the general course of the entire battle that took place before, and realized the mistakes Annobas made in the battle. He is considering how to give the Magonid family chief, Marge, the military commander of Carthage, wrote a letter so that he could send a disaster to Hanno in the Senate and regain the command of the navy.
"My lord, there is a warship behind!" His thoughts were interrupted by the loud yelling of the watcher on the main mast.
Before he could respond, other faint images appeared behind the warship on the horizon in the sight of the looking hand.
The lookout hand blocked the dazzling light of the setting sun with his hand, closed his eyes vigorously, and then opened it fiercely, the image in front became clear—that was a lot of warships!
"My lord, it's not a warship, it's a fleet!" Looking at the mast with one hand, and pointing to the rear, he shouted nervously.
"Whose fleet?!" Admika also became nervous, but first he had to figure out whether he was an enemy or a friend.
Because there was still a slight southeast wind at this time, neither Admika's fleet nor this strange fleet raised the sails. The watchman had to open his eyes wide and laboriously distinguish: "...The black bow! It's Dionia's fleet! Your lord, they move very fast!!"
The words of the watcher shattered Admika's fluke and made him wonder: How could the Dionian fleet appear to the west? !
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Midolades led the Third Fleet to speed eastward, until the watchman told him that the Carthage warship in the rear had stopped pursuing it.
Although he gave the order to slow down, he still led the fleet to follow behind the carthage warships that fled in front of him, until he saw the enemy fled into the port of Salos in embarrassment, and then he commanded the fleet to continue. Go north.
When he reached the northern tip of Sardinia, he assumed that he was returning to Alenia, but actually led the fleet in a small circle, avoiding the detection of the Carthage Clippers, and then Leaving the offshore waters and sailing straight west.
He wants to lead the third fleet to attack the Carthage fleet to the west, because he knows that the entire fleet is missing nearly ten warships, and they must have fallen into the hands of that Carthage fleet. As the commander of the Third Fleet, he has the responsibility to rescue the lost warship and the captured crew.
He also knew very well that in accordance with the usual procedures of naval battles, the Carthage fleet must be cleaning the battlefield, rescuing fallen sailors, and helping wounded warships... This will take a lot of time and will also make The entire fleet became bloated and slow.
At the same time, he knew better that the task King Daves gave him was to defeat the new fleet of Carthage. Now that he had such a chance, how could he easily let it go!
However, despite the rich sailing experience of Midolades and the captains, it is not easy to find the target in the vast sea. The entire fleet sailed to the west of the Carthage fleet, which took some time. Until the sunset went down, they had to give up searching and began to return to the east. After a long voyage, the Clippers who were investigating ahead suddenly reported back: they found the Carthage fleet!
Midola Deston became excited and ordered all the warships to prepare for battle.
Actually, the Third Fleet was a blessing in disguise, precisely because they went in the wrong direction and fell behind the Carthage Fleet, and Admika did not dispatch the Clippers to explore behind him because he didn’t think There will be enemies coming from the far sea, causing the Third Fleet to move within the reach of both parties, but the Carthage Fleet hasn't made any preparations yet.
I heard the watchman on the main mast telling in detail that the Carthage fleet ahead was very slow, and some broken ships were being dragged...Midolades knew that his guess had become a reality. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and issued a loud order: "Blow the offensive bugle, and raise the red flag and black pennant!"
The formation that the Dionian Navy usually adopts when attacking is the "Gypsophila". This is the naval battle formation that the Navy has proven to be able to give full play to the superiority of the Dionian ships after long-term combat inspections. The semaphore of is black, and it has many variants: the standard is the black rectangular flag with the raven warship in front and the fast warship in the back, and the triangular black flag that rises at this time means that the fast warship is in front and the crow is The warship is behind.
This is because Midolades wanted to use the high speed of the fast warship to enter the enemy line as quickly as possible and further disrupt the already lacking Carthage fleet.
The sailors in the cabin heard the orders issued by Midolades on the deck and became excited.
The sailor is also encouraging everyone: "Brothers, the time has come to rescue our comrades and make brilliant achievements! Get ready to fight!"
"Roar!!!" The sailors yelled in unison, and the fighting spirit burst into their eyes again, one after another, they stuffed the remaining rations into their mouths and grasped the oars in their hands.
Although the crew had gone through a lot of hard fighting and chasing before, they were very tired, but after returning to the coast, the sailors took turns paddling and got a rest. Especially when sailing in a circle and sailing from east to west, the sails were raised. With the help of the southeast wind, they saved some energy and recovered their physical strength.
"Start to accelerate." The captain motioned to the piper.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!..." With the sharp sound of the piper, the more than 200 sticks of wood pulp on both sides of the warship slid like the feet of a millipede.
The entire warship is like a sharp knife, cutting open the surging waves without hindrance. The waves timidly bypassed the dark bow, jumped onto the deck, and sent Midolades. His body was splashed wet.
Midolades didn’t care. He stared at the front motionlessly and saw that the Carthage warship was getting closer and closer to him. He motioned to his men to bring the helmet with purple and red caps. , Put it on solemnly.
At this time, a fast warship caught up from the rear, passing by the left side of the flagship, and the captain solemnly saluted Midolades on the deck.
Midolades replied solemnly.
Immediately after another fast warship passed by the right side of the flagship, Midolades returned his salute again.