Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 317: Morbar’s strategy

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However, this kind of tragic scene basically did not appear. The vast majority of the Carthage fleet swiftly avoided the swift and violent collision, which was comparable to crossing with the Dionian warship.

After experiencing such a thrilling scene, most of the Carthage sailors not only did not feel afraid, but they shouted more excitedly: "See, Dionians, this is our Carthage sailor. Real strength!"

"Hey, you are too clumsy, just like old ladies in their sixties or seventies!"

"You dare to compete with us at this level of ship handling, and you have collided with you a hundred times, and you don't even want to run into me!"

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The Dionians did not understand the yells of the Carthage crew, but they could understand the humiliating gestures of the enemy, especially when some Carthaginians lifted their clothes and took out the thing to pee at them. , This is simply a shame!

Even the calm-character captain of the flagship could not help cursing: "Damn Carthaginians! If there are bows and arrows on board, I wish I could shoot them to death with one arrow!"

Sekrian was equally angry, but as the commander-in-chief, of course he could not show this, but said in a deep voice: "These Carthaginians are too happy, and our fast ship will send them. See Poseidon!"

Sekrian adopted a double horizontal staggered arrangement, which was to use more flexible fast ships as the back row to kill the merchant ships that escaped the first round of impact, but he did not expect that the front row ships would charge almost nothing. reward.

So he turned around and looked expectantly at the stern of the boat.

As a result, he saw in disbelief: Carthage merchant ships are like swimming fishes. By the surging of the waves, they once again dodge the impact of fast warships dangerously and dangerously. From warships to warships Passing through the gap between them, at the same time the sound of laughter faintly came from behind again.

Sekrian couldn't restrain his emotions anymore, and slammed a violent fist on the mast, roaring: "Catch me up and sink these **** merchant ships!"

In fact, he didn't need to order at all. Almost all the warships quickly turned their bows and chased after the Carthage merchant ship that was going away.

The Dionian Navy has developed rapidly over the years and has an outstanding record. Except for that natural storm, they have almost never failed. Even the once powerful Carthage Navy was stepped on by them. What is their heart? Proud and proud, when have suffered such humiliation, all the crew will never allow these Carthage merchant ships that have trampled on their dignity to go away like this, everyone suffocated, not only the captain asked to speed up, the sailor They also pushed the oars harder, and the warships chased the merchant ships ahead at a faster speed, vowing to knock them down to get rid of their hatred.

At this time, it is very difficult for anyone to stop pursuing them in a short period of time. Sekrian understands his fleet, so he encourages them to continue attacking.

A chase at sea has begun.

Now, the Dionian Sicilian fleet is divided into two parts: 80 warships surrounded and intercepted more than 200 Carthage merchant ships circling the island in the waters near Erlux; 200 warships were near Lilibo The sea frantically chased the 60 Carthage merchant ships that teased them.

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The chase in the south has just begun, and the siege and interception in the north has been going on for a while, although the cunning Carthage merchant ships shuttled through the islands and reefs in this sea area, making the Dionian warships who are not too familiar with the sea conditions here have to Slowing down and pursuing cautiously gave Carthage merchant ships more opportunities to get rid of the pursuit, but when the warships under Stefakas's command were completely dispersed in the entire sea, the disaster of Carthage merchant ships came.

After all, as soon as the fleet was dispersed and the Diorian warships each took charge of a small area of ​​the sea, the Carthage merchant ships inevitably encountered frequent encounters with warships. These Carthage sailors are indeed very capable of maneuvering sailboats, but sailboats mainly rely on wind. When heading against the wind, their speed is naturally affected, while Dionian warships rely on oarsmen and are almost unaffected by wind direction. The narrow waterways divided by islands and reefs also made the Carthage merchant ship lose enough space to escape. Once the two sides met head-on, the merchant ship without combat capability almost sank in a collision.

More than half an hour later, the Carthage merchant ship lost nearly half. There were a lot of Carthaginian sailors who swam ashore after the ship sank on each island and reef. At this speed, in another half an hour, Destroy this Carthage fleet.

But Stefakas was not dazzled by the victory in front of him. He had two doubts: First, since this escape tactic of the Carthage fleet has failed, why these merchant ships are still in this area with Are they dealing with each other? Second, he just discovered that the stacks on the Carthage merchant ships were just simple empty wooden cages, which were covered tightly with linen, and looked like full cargo. After the ship sank, they all floated up. No wonder it was before. Stefakas was also surprised that the Carthage merchant ship could do so fast with so much load.

The Carthage Merchant Marine’s use of such a disguise is obviously to seduce them for a certain purpose! … Stefakas increased his vigilance. He stopped the ship from chasing the enemy ship and traveled to the west between the islands of Agusa and Phobantia, which was the center of this sea area. At the same time, he sent Many clippers are closely inspecting the surrounding situation, especially in the west.

The reason why he did not gather the warships immediately was because he believed that as long as a while later, his fleet could basically annihilate these Carthaginian merchant ships that deceived them, not only for the Carthaginians Not a small blow, it also fulfilled the task assigned by Chief Sekrian, and it also made them breathe out a bad breath.

"General, look! Another merchant ship, sunk!" the crew on the deck exclaimed excitedly.

"The captain of that fast warship is Ilias, right?" Stefakas looked forward with interest, and said: "After missing the target, he can immediately take a reverse stroke and use the stern to knock it over. Merchant Marine, Ilias has a very flexible mind!"

"Compared with merchant ships, our warships are giants. Both the bow and the stern can sink them. But up to now, I have also seen that the warships of Ilias have adopted this new I have never thought about this tactics, including myself, Ilias deserves to be the best captain in our fleet!" The captain on the side was sincerely admired.

"Traditional habits have confined our minds!" Stefakas nodded his head, and said seriously: "After I go back, I will promote this new tactic, and the fleet will meet Katai in the future. Based on merchant ships, we have one more weapon."

"Yes!"

"There is an enemy!" The watchman on the main mast suddenly shouted nervously: "The Clippers to the west have raised the yellow flag! It is three yellow flags!"

Stefatas' heart was shocked: Whatever you worry about! Undoubtedly, it was the Carthage fleet, far more than its own squadron!

"Blow the bugle! Raise the yellow flag! Raise the Apollo flag!" Stefakas shouted loudly. He was very nervous. He must immediately gather all the scattered warships to avoid Was broken by each.

Next, he said solemnly: "Notify a clipper, rush to the south immediately and tell Master Sekelian that the Carthage fleet is coming and we need immediate reinforcements!"

After Stephakas gave the order, he felt a little bit settled. He thought: The Clippers found the enemy's situation, indicating that the enemy's fleet is still four or five miles away, and the sea area is only four or five miles away. , His fleet still has time to adjust tactics and respond.

But what he didn’t know was that there was an island called Hiera just west of the flagship. This clipper that passed the rest was originally located on the west side of Hiera. When his watchman spotted the Carthage fleet When it pounced from the west, the yellow flag was raised immediately, but after a while, the Clippers captain did not hear the squadron’s flagship sounding a bugle. , To sound the bugle at the same time to remind the warships under his command.) It was strange that it didn’t take long before he realized that he had made a mistake, because the island of Shira blocked it, and the flagship watcher probably couldn’t see the rising flag at all. , He hurriedly let the Clippers go around Gila Island, and soon heard the bugle sound, but this tossing has taken some time.

Although 80 Dionian warships are scattered in this sea area, not too far from the flagship, they can almost hear the sound of the bugle, but it takes a while to know the command issued by the flagship, because The warship in battle will not let the watchman stay on the mast, otherwise the huge impact force will cause the watchman to fall down, and the ship must be slowed down to allow the watchman to climb on the main mast. There are also some warships separated by islands, there is no semaphore to be seen at all, and the warships must be allowed to go around...So it will take time for all the warships to regroup around the Stefacas flagship.

Now time is undoubtedly of the utmost importance. Just as the flagship of the Dionian Squadron sounded the bugle, Carthage’s naval commander Morbal had already led 170 warships to the west of Shira Island, immediately Attacks were launched on the three Dionian warships chasing merchant ships here.

At the same time, the Carthage fleet quickly divided into two, each with 75 warships, one from the north and the other from the south to bypass the island of Sila to attack the other Dionian warships.

The merchant sailors on Hira Island saw that the Carthage fleet finally appeared, all cheered and shouted: "It's time for us to take revenge! Send the Dionians to the sea to feed the fish!... "

Among the three Dionian warships, there are two raven warships and a fast warship. They patronized and intercepted several Carthage merchant ships that were fleeing. When they found the Carthage fleet approaching, It was too late to retreat.