ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1017 The Naval Battle of Carthage ([-])
The Magonids opposed the continuation of the peace talks. They believed that the greed and ambition of the Dionians could be seen from the peace negotiation conditions proposed by the King of Dionia. They wanted to occupy the land controlled by Carthage. and wealth, destroying Carthage's hegemony and reducing Carthage to an ordinary city-state. This is unacceptable to all Carthage citizens!The senators must give up the illusion of peace, make up their minds again, use all their strength to support the Carthaginian army in Sicily, and fight Dionia to the end. Maybe as time goes by, the situation of the battle will turn around!

The neutral faction headed by Esiyaruba said: Negotiations can continue, but they cannot be too anxious. They can delay it first and increase their military support for Mago and Morbar, hoping to win one or two victories. To change the arrogant attitude of the Dionians and make negotiations easier.

Because of the peace talks, the Senate has been arguing for several days and has not been able to reach a final resolution. However, the situation has become more and more powerful for the Magonides, because news of the peace talks has leaked out, and the people understand Seeing the harsh conditions proposed by Dionia, he forgot the threat of the Dionia Navy to Africa while being angry, and strongly demanded that the Senate continue to fight Dionia to the end.

It can be said that the city of Carthage has been very lively these days, and people everywhere are gathering to criticize Dionia's greed and shamelessness, so when the Dionia fleet comes today, there will be a lot of Carthage Carthage merchant ship owners gathered together and expressed their strong desire for war to Morbar. You must know that although the Carthage fleet won the previous naval battle, the Carthage merchant ships suffered heavy losses. More than half of the ship owners and None of the crew were able to return to port.

"Hmph, if this naval battle is won, then what peace talks are needed! Our fleet can continue to fight, and then continue to win the second and third victories, and finally regain control of the western waters of Sicily, then Margo Your lord's army no longer has to worry about food transportation, and you can fight with the Dionian army with all your strength, then the whole battle will be in our favor!" Pretakuba said loudly from the side.

Okreton wanted to refute, but Hanno said loudly, "We all hope so! I hope Barr Harmon will bless Carthage!" After speaking, he actually closed his eyes and began to pray.

Seeing this, the surrounding elders also prayed devoutly, and the atmosphere in the whole city became solemn and solemn in an instant.

But their prayers didn't seem to have much effect. The Carthaginian merchant ships disrupted the formation of the Dionia fleet, giving the Carthage fleet an advantage in the initial attack, but this advantage was not too great, because Dionia Nia's usual star-studded formation has always placed the crow warships at the forefront during the attack, and today is no exception. Although the forward speed of all warships is affected due to the confusion of the formation, they use their speed to collide with this It is not the characteristic of the Crow Warship. What it is good at is the 12-meter-long suspension bridge that can rotate flexibly. Even if the warship is stationary, just swinging the bow in place will pose a threat to the warships approaching it. .

Of course, the chaos of the formation will cause the warships in the rear to be unable to reinforce the Crow Warship in the front in time, especially when the drawbridge of the Crow Warship hooks the enemy ship.The Carthage's double-column formation is precisely to use speed, cut into the enemy's formation, and non-stop to create a dilemma for the enemy ships. Of course, this requires the crew to have superb ship handling skills, and the Carthaginians are best at this. .

Therefore, there were many scenes like this on the battlefield at the beginning. The drawbridge of the Crow Warship had just nailed a Carthage trireme. Not long after the fleet infantry rushed to the enemy's deck, the Crow Warship was about to Because the friendly ship failed to reinforce in time, it was severely hit by the next Carthaginian warship and slowly sank. The Carthaginian oarsmen were inspired by the heroic behavior of the merchant ship and had their families behind them on the shore. With ardent hope, they were no longer afraid of the 40 fleet infantry who rushed into the bottom warehouse, and took out the daggers they had just equipped not long ago (because only hanging daggers would not affect their paddling, and their prices were relatively low and convenient. Equipped with) and wood pulp to resist tenaciously.

Even if the infantry of the Dionysian fleet has undergone long-term military training and is fully armed, if they want to defeat the nearly 200 Carthaginian sailors with high morale and completely occupy the entire ship, it will not take a certain amount of time or pay certain casualties. It's impossible.

The Dionian Third Fleet was at a disadvantage in the early stages of the battle, but after years of hard training and the experience of the Sardinian naval battle, the crew members firmly believed that no matter how difficult the situation was, the final victory would still belong to them. So they fought tenaciously and worked hard to correct their previous mistakes.

As time went by, the initial decline was slowly brought back by the Third Fleet. The most important reason was that the warships of both sides had been in full contact, and the initial tactical contest had entered a full-scale melee. Among them, such a battle situation is more beneficial to the Dionia fleet, which has been training continuously all year round. The crow warship and the fast trireme are good at gang-hopping operations, and the other is good at flexible and fast assaults. The tacit cooperation between the two It began to show its power.

However, there is only one kind of trireme in the Carthaginian fleet (since the Carthaginian Senate considered that more warships should be produced as soon as possible to form a new fleet, so the quadruple and the double-headed dragon Type warships are not included in the construction plan for the time being because they are time-consuming to manufacture), and their cooperative tactics are relatively monotonous. Its drawbridge is nailed, and it is necessary to be alert to the sudden attack of fast warships that appear and disappear, often neglecting the other.

When the naval battle entered its climax, most of the Carthaginian merchant ships had sunk, and the remaining small number did not dare to be in the battlefield anymore, because the warships were so densely packed that both the enemy and our side were concentrating on He controls the warship to charge, circle, turn, and hit without stopping, fighting to the death with his opponents. He will not dodge because of the existence of the merchant ship. A slight impact can make it capsize. Even the most arrogant Barry Cos also drove a merchant ship and retreated to the coast.

After landing, the people of Carthage bowed down to salute him one after another to express their respect, and then shouted his name, applauded and cheered, which is the etiquette for treating heroes.

Barikos could not help but feel proud. Facing the crowds of people, he boasted energetically about his adventure in driving a merchant ship to tease the Dionian warship.

Just when some people in the port were attracted by the narration of Balikos and exclaimed from time to time, suddenly the people on the whole beach became agitated, and some people kept exclaiming: "Our fleet seems to be retreating!"

"This is impossible!" Barikos loudly wanted to refute these annoying voices. He did not want to see the opportunities created by himself and his companions' adventures and sacrifices be wasted.

But on the distant sea, all the Carthaginian warships were indeed retreating.

The two sides have been fighting until now, and even Midorades' flagship has been involved in the battle. The only one that has not joined the battle is Morbar's Carthage flagship. It has been stationed not far from the battlefield, on the main mast. The lookout had been describing the battlefield scene he saw to Barikos on the deck. Morbar judged the development of the battle situation based on this. When he realized that the Carthaginian fleet had lost the initial advantage, and Dio After the Nia fleet entered the stalemate melee, he already understood that the battle situation was beginning to go against the Carthage fleet.

So, he decisively asked a dozen buglers to sound the retreat.

The Carthaginian captains, who had received solemn instructions from Morbar before boarding the ship, heard the sound of the trumpet and immediately turned the ship back without hesitation.

Naval battles are different from land battles. Although both sides are engaged in a melee, warships need enough space to fight, so the distance between ships is still large. Once you choose to retreat, it will be difficult to be surrounded. .

Moreover, the Dionia fleet has a minor weakness. As the main force, the crow warship is not as fast as an ordinary trireme warship. If the opponent escapes with all its strength, it will be difficult to catch up, and with The fast warships are known for their speed and flexibility, but because they are relatively small and have weaker protection than ordinary triremes, they do not dare to break away from the crow warships and pursue enemy ships for a long time to prevent counterattacks.Therefore, after paying some price, the Carthaginian fleet began to leave the battlefield and retreat eastward.

After Midorades learned about the sudden change in the battle situation, he certainly would not allow the Carthaginian fleet that had finally been lured out to escape into the port smoothly without suffering too much loss, so he ordered: The fleet basically maintained In the formation situation, pursue with all your strength!

The Carthaginian fleet was retreating, and the third fleet was chasing after it. There was no time to stop. The original battlefield was full of sailors floating on the sea, broken bed boards, some oarsmen killed by the infantry of the fleet, or obvious Damaged and immobile warship...

Barikos saw this situation on the beach. Although he was worried that the fleet would suffer another defeat, he was more worried about his compatriots soaking in the sea, so he raised his arms and shouted: "Follow me to rescue our brave warriors!"

After speaking, he took his crew and pushed the cargo ship docked on the beach into the sea again and sailed towards the battlefield ahead. Other remaining merchant ships soon followed.

Many people in the port were inspired by this and drove their own fishing boats to the battlefield to rescue their compatriots.

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