ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 757 Serinus Sea Battle ([-])
After stabbing dozens of sailors, the Carthaginians of the warship chose to surrender.

But this time, Seclian was determined to fight to the death with the Carthaginian fleet, so he issued an order before the battle: all warships were required not to spend energy and disperse their forces to capture enemy ships during the battle, and they must ensure that sufficient manpower continued to be engaged in the battle. , until the end of the battle.

Therefore, the fleet infantry cut the captured Carthaginian sailors' arms one by one so that they could not row, and then evacuated the enemy ship.

At the same time, many Dionian warships also adopted interception tactics, but only a small number of Carthaginian warships were captured by the Crow Suspension Bridge, and most of the Carthaginian warships avoided it in time. This shows that the Carthaginian warships Based on the Navy’s experience and capabilities.They quickly bypassed the front of the Dionian warship and attacked its rear.

The Dionian warship also responded to this. It also followed the opponent in a circle, always allowing its bow to face the enemy ship.

So a very strange battle scene appeared: the warships of both sides were circling patiently in circles, the Carthage warships were in the outer circle, and the Dionia warships were in the inner circle.It stands to reason that Dionian sailors consume less and save more effort, but the difference cannot be reflected in a short period of time.

Of course, the Dionian warship is located in the center and has little room for maneuver. Once another enemy ship joins the battle group, it will be difficult for it to avoid the fate of being hit.However, in this naval battle, there were more Dionian warships than the opponent. Not only did they intercept the enemies one by one, but they also increased their offensive intensity.Because Sekelian was not going to fight Carthage for a long time. Although he didn't know much about the situation in this sea area, the bad weather made him want to fight quickly.

As a result, the second wave of Dionia's offensive came: fast trireme warships rushed into the combat area like sharp arrows.

Elias, captain of a fast trireme.He was once a civilian in the port of Lecaion in Corinth. Three generations of his family made a living by fishing and buying fish, and they could barely get by. However, during the Corinthian War more than ten years ago, King Agesilaus of Sparta led an army Continuous raids were carried out on many ports and towns in the Gulf of Corinth. Like other fishermen, his family's largest property, two fishing boats, were robbed by the Spartan Allies.After the war, the impoverished Ilias heard that the Kingdom of Dionia across the Adriatic Sea called on the Greeks to colonize and allocate land...

The Elias family, who had been desperate and almost sold themselves into slavery, like many fishermen in the Corinthian Gulf, took the risk to board the Dionia passenger ship that was docked in the port of Lecaion to pick up the refugees... The final result was wonderful. Ilias also joined the Dionysian Navy and later became a captain of the First Fleet because of his superb ship handling skills.

Due to weather reasons, the Dionysian fleet also widened the distance between warships, which gave the fast three-tier warships more room to exert their combat power.

Ilias had long been eyeing an enemy ship in front of him that was fighting with his own Crow Warship. He commanded the warship to rush forward quickly in an attempt to sneak attack the opponent's rear.

Unexpectedly, the opponent had noticed it early, avoided it in time, and then flexibly avoided the approach of the Crow Warship. Apparently the enemy ship considered that one against two would be disadvantageous to itself, so it began to speed up and retreat, hoping to pull away from the faster speed. The distance of the slow Crow Warship is to deal with this three-story prize warship without a drawbridge alone first.

The captain of this Carthaginian warship obviously believed that as long as it was not a crow warship, the Carthaginians would definitely win in a normal warship battle.

At this time, Ilias's warship had turned around and began to catch up.

Both sides began to speed up and chase, and soon left the Crow Warship behind.

Looking at the enemy ships following him, the Carthage captain shouted: "Turn right and turn around!"

As soon as the words fell, the sailors responded immediately.

The Carthage captain's plan was that his sudden turn would cause the fast-moving enemy ships to be caught off guard and pushed forward by the speed of inertia, causing the offensive and defensive positions to shift.

But at this moment, his eyes suddenly widened: because the enemy ship accelerated again, almost as if it was floating from the sea, heading straight towards him.

His decades of career as a warship sailor told him that the fastest speed of a trireme could not exceed 13 knots. He used this to formulate tactics, but the ship behind him clearly exceeded this speed (instantaneously). The speed actually reached 15 knots). The Carthaginian warship had to reduce its speed because it had to turn. Therefore, he was extremely shocked as he watched the enemy ship's dark bronze collision angle hit the stern of his warship at high speed.

There was a loud "bang", and the huge impact caused the Carthage warship, which was dozens of meters long, to spin half a circle and almost capsize.

The captain fell heavily to the deck. Regardless of the pain, he quickly hugged the mast next to him.

The sailors in the cabin staggered and screamed, mixed with a shrill scream. It was the helmsman at the stern who had no time to escape. His chest was pierced by the broken ship's plank, and blood spattered everywhere, making him unable to survive.

The upturned stern of the warship was directly broken off, and seawater poured in from the crack.

The Carthaginian sailors had no intention of rowing at this time. The experienced ones immediately broke off the oars, took the oar heads, rushed onto the deck, and jumped into the sea.

After the fast trireme hit the enemy ship, it circled half a circle to confirm the result. Only then did Ilias loudly declare: "Brothers, sink one!"

There was immediate cheers in the cabin.

"Captain, a big ship is coming in front!" At this time, the lookout hand on the mast shouted urgently.

big? !Ilias was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately understood: a warship larger than a trireme could be the rumored four-decker!
Although he has never seen it, the Dionysian Military Affairs Department has always regarded Carthage as its strongest enemy and spared no effort in collecting and researching its military intelligence. How could he not know the new achievements of the Carthage Navy in recent years? The advantages and disadvantages of this type of warship, which is larger and taller than the trireme, have been specially analyzed, and the captains of each warship have been specially trained to learn and understand it.

So Ilias immediately had an idea in his mind: "Go around it and find another target. The clumsy four-layered oar warship cannot catch up with us!"

However, the lookout on the mast continued to shout: "This four-row warship is turning and heading towards a crow warship diagonally ahead of us. It is connected with the enemy ship!"

Ilias felt nervous: It is said that Carthage's four-story galley is equipped with 50 to 60 infantry, which can carry out gang-hopping operations, and the crow warship in front is fighting the enemy ship. If it encounters it again, it will , the situation will be very dangerous.

"Front to the right, move forward at full speed to catch up with the big ship!" He gave the order decisively.

The sailors who were still in the excitement of victory immediately pushed the oars hard, and the warship drew an arc-shaped water mark on the sea and accelerated forward.

After a while, Ilias saw the whole picture of the Carthaginian four-row warship: its wide hull was two meters higher than his own warship, and a layer of oar canopies protruded outward from the middle of the sides of the ship, as if It's the skirt of the warship, and you can vaguely see the dense crowd of oarsmen inside...

Elias counted carefully and found that there were indeed four layers of oars.

The Carthage four-layered oar warship obviously also saw the approach of the Dionysian warship, but it continued to sail towards the crow warship ahead without dodge or fear.

"Charge speed! Clamp off its oars!" Ilias gave the order calmly. The reason why he did not issue the order to ram was because he remembered that Chief Sekerian emphasized that the hull of this kind of warship is relatively strong and is said to be able to withstand Live a few hits.

Therefore, Ilias was afraid that he would not be able to sink it. Instead, he would be attacked by the enemy because he was close to the enemy ship.

The speed of the warship was quickly increased to 13 knots, and it was still climbing. It soon caught up with the enemy ship.

The helmsman nervously controlled the rudder to ensure that the warship was facing the right side of the opponent's hull without deflecting.

"Retract the oars!" Ilias ordered, and the oarsmen skillfully retracted the oars into the hull. The warship sprinted forward according to its inertia, preparing to pass the enemy ship.

Unexpectedly, the Carthaginian sailors also recovered the oars promptly and skillfully, although they had more oars.Moreover, the archers on its deck fired arrows at Ilias's warship, and at the same time threw down more than a dozen rope hooks.

In order to increase the speed of the fast trireme, there were no rails built on both sides of the deck. Except for the mast, the deck was bare and there was no place for ropes to hook.

Instead, the arrow shot down hit the lookout hand at the top of the mast and fell straight to the deck.A few arrows passed through the gap in the center of the deck and fell into the cabin, causing several screams.

The Dionian sailors were a little flustered.

Fortunately, the fast trireme was very fast. Before the enemy could fire the second round of arrows, it had already passed by the enemy ship and rushed to the front.

Elias, who got out of the cabin, immediately ordered the warship to turn back and assume a posture to continue the attack.

However, the Carthage four-layered oar warship ignored its provocation and still maintained its course and continued to approach the Crow warship ahead.

The infantry of the Crow Warship had already rushed out of the bottom of the enemy ship and began to accelerate back to their own warship.But the four-row enemy ship was only more than ten meters away from them, and there was no time to avoid it.

At this time, another lookout who had just climbed up the main mast of the Ilias warship suddenly shouted excitedly: "Captain, another fast warship! Another fast warship is about to hit -"

Before he finished speaking, Ilias heard a "bang" sound, and the huge hull of the four-story oar warship in front seemed to have sneezed. His whole body was shaken, and the forward speed suddenly stopped. The exclamations of the sailors were endless.

Although the sight of the other side of the enemy ship was blocked due to the huge hull of the four-layered oars in front, Ilias knew through the lookout hand that his comrade-in-arms had bravely rammed the enemy ship with the warship.

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