Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After Morbar got the news, his face changed greatly, and he immediately ordered: All warships give up besieging the Dionysian fleet in front of them, and quickly withdraw to the port!

Although Midorades and the captains of the battleships of Dionia could not understand what the enemy in the city was shouting, the sound of the lighthouse bell and the sudden change of tactics of the enemy in front of him indicated that the battle situation had changed.

What is this change? The Sicilian fleet must have arrived! ... This is a plan that Cykrian and Midorades have planned for many days. Due to the location of the Third Fleet and the number of its warships (the Sicilian Fleet has too many warships, the Carthaginian Fleet may not dare to After the battle, the Sicilian fleet, which was already in ambush between the western waters of Sicily and the waters of Carthage, judged the time and came to encircle. Since the battle location is basically determined, there is no need to worry about losing your way. And miss the fighter.

The Third Fleet still adhered to a defensive-oriented strategy, but increased the spacing between ships to cover more sea surface and prevent enemy ships from bypassing them and approaching ports.

Ironically, Morbar had deliberately lured the 3rd Fleet forward at the entrance to the port so that the rear would suffer a sudden attack, but now when the Carthaginian fleet wanted to withdraw into the port, they found the 3rd Fleet. The fleet was arranged in a circular formation, laying in front of the port, completely blocking their way back.

To flee elsewhere, or to forcibly enter the port? ...Morbar was faced with an important decision, time was running out, the veteran also lost his previous calm, his body was soaked in cold sweat, and finally he gave the order: Attack forward, forcibly break through the enemy line, and return to the port!

Moreover, he commanded the flagship and charged forward first.

The reason why Morbal gave up evacuating to other places was because he knew that the Carthaginian crew was very tired after the fierce battle, and it was difficult to escape the pursuit of Dionysian reinforcements. Moreover, there were a large number of soldiers on the Dionysian warship. Even if the Carthaginian warships scrambled for beaches on the nearby coast, it was easy for the warships to fall into the hands of the enemy, because at this time, the troops in the city of Carthage were empty and it was impossible to send enough soldiers. Soldiers guard these stranded warships (two days ago, it was reported that the chiefs of the Numibian tribes in the interior were gathering in secret in an attempt to conspire against the rule of Carthage, so the Senate hastily dispatched seven thousand civic soldiers. To suppress the rebellion, there are only 3,000 soldiers left in the city).

With Morbar's flagship as an example, the other Carthaginian warships also forgot their previous caution and patience, and charged the Third Fleet one after another.

At the same time, three red flags were also raised on the flagship of the Third Fleet, and the bugle honked, expressing Midorades' determination to demand that the warships fight to the end and never let the enemy open a passage.

For the crew of the Third Fleet, they paid too much for this battle and never wanted to fall short at the last minute,

All of them were in high spirits and desperately blocked the enemy's breakthrough.

The intermittent naval battle that lasted for four hours suddenly entered a fever at this time.

Unexpectedly, the first victim was the flagship of the Carthaginian fleet. When it was rushing towards the circle, the crow warship corresponding to it straightened its bow. Morbar ordered the helmsman to go straight forward and not to dodge. When the deck of the flagship was hit by the opponent's drawbridge, Morbar led the deck on the deck. The only few soldiers rushed to the bow, followed by nearly 200 oarsmen. He wanted to use the advantage of the number to block the attack of the Dionian fleet soldiers on the deck.

The infantry of the Dionian Fleet, who had been recharging their energy, attacked fiercely. While they used their leather shields to block the spears pierced by the deck soldiers, they used their armor to rush forward and stick to the enemy. , the dagger in the right hand kept stabbing at the opponent...

Even though this is on a wobbly ship, the movements of the fleet soldiers are still very brave, fast and precise, as if they are stepping on solid ground. This is the result of years of hard training, resulting in not many Carthage flagships. The deck soldiers were quickly stabbed.

Morbal lost the guards in front of him, facing the aggressive Dionysian, the old admiral did not flinch, nor was he afraid, he drew his sword with his thin right hand and stabbed at Dionia Soldier.

Immediately afterwards, his matching sword was knocked flying by the leather shield of the Dionian Fleet infantry, and at the same time, the short sword of the fleet infantry also stabbed into his chest.

When he fell, the expression on his face was not painful, but more calm. He was born in the most powerful era of Carthage, and spent a lot of time in the navy in his long life. Ji's prosperity made a lot of contributions, and he died in the sea in the end, and he had no regrets.

Lord Morbal!!

Avenge Lord Morbal!!!

...

Then the Carthaginian sailors, who rushed to the deck from the cabin, saw their revered old hero of the city-state lying in a pool of blood. They swarmed up and blocked the Dionysians from continuing to advance.

For a time, the infantrymen of the Dionysian fleet were blocked at the bow, the space was small, and there were even many infantrymen blocked on the drawbridge, unable to get to the deck, which also prevented the drawbridge from being removed in time.

Just as the two sides were fighting, a Carthaginian warship bypassed the flagship and rushed straight towards the Raven warship.

Because the Raven warship was attached to the flagship of Carthage, it was unable to move. The crew could only watch the hull of the warship collided with the head of the enemy ship coming at high speed. A big mouth was knocked out, and the water rushed in. Moreover, in the violent shock, many Carthaginian sailors and fleet infantry on the deck of Carthage's flagship also fell into the sea, screaming, exclamations... in chaos.

In this chaos, the sailors on the deck of Carthage's flagship, relying on the large number of people, pushed the enemy to the side of the ship when the formation was chaotic and the offensive weakened. Multiple fleet infantry were squeezed into the sea...

Subsequent Carthaginian warships followed the flagship's example, which caused the Raven warships in the front row of the Third Fleet's circular formation to be severely damaged. The Carthaginian fleet gradually broke through the periphery of the circular formation and began to cut inward.

Midorades learned the detailed battle situation ahead from the watchman's mouth, and felt the emergency. He resolutely issued an order: The Carthaginians are desperate, we can't do it if we don't! Go and inform all the crow warships. , once the drawbridge hooks the enemy ship, all the sailors in the cabin will go to the deck for me, and if there is an enemy ship, they will all jump for me to fight! Carthaginian sailors dare to do this, we Dionysians Only braver than them!

Yes! This time, the captain did not remind Midorades that the order given was too complicated, because in the process of chasing the Carthaginian fleet, Midorades learned the previous lessons and recalled several clippers , at the moment surrounded by the flagship. And because of the circular formation of the Third Fleet, the warships were located around the flagship, and the interval between the warships was small, and the order was quickly conveyed.

Since then, this naval battle has entered a more tragic stage, not only the collision of warships, the battle of soldiers, but also the killing of the crew of both sides...

The elders standing on the breakwater city were worried, and the people who were still watching in the port area were even more anxious. In order to ensure that their relatives could break through the blockade of the Dionysian fleet, many ship owners drove their own cargo ships in a hurry, risking There was a huge risk of shipwreck and death, and bravely rushed to the giant Dionian warships outside the port to assist the navy in the battle.

It didn't take long for Dionia's 3rd Fleet to be surrounded by siege, but they did not appear chaotic.

The plight of the Third Fleet did not last long. The Sicilian Fleet finally arrived. The 250 warships had already been arranged in a geese with only two ships in a row (the former one was a fast warship, the latter was a crow warship). The formation, in a siege situation, launched a rapid attack on the Carthaginian fleet that was fighting with the 3rd fleet.

The Carthaginian fleet that failed to break into the port in time was immediately surrounded by siege and lost the unified command of Morbar. Some Carthaginian warships wanted to continue rushing into the port, while others turned to other ships if their knowledge was not good. Escape from the direction... The result of fighting each other caused their resistance to be quickly shattered. Except for a few Carthaginian warships that escaped, most of the warships were either rammed, sunk, or captured by crow warships.

The two Dionian fleets that won the victory did not pursue the fish that slipped through the net. The third fleet remained outside the port. While rescuing the sailors who fell into the sea, they also left the port to assist the Carthaginian fleet before the attack. many cargo ships to vent their anger.

The Carthaginian cargo ships rushing to escape to the port were chased and crushed by the Dionysian warships, and the number of capsizes was unknown.

The Sicilian Fleet sailed to the place where the Third Fleet and the Carthaginian Fleet initially fought. There were also many Carthaginian cargo ships. They had rescued the Carthaginian crew members who had fallen into the sea. Out of anger, they did not stop there. Under the leadership of Barikos, these ships continued to cruise in this area, knocking out the Dionian sailors floating on the sea with wooden oars, causing them to drown and even drown. Morbal also planned to dive into the sea to see if he could scuttle the immobilized warships captured by the infantry of the Dionian fleet.

At this moment, the Sicilian fleet arrived. Since this fleet arrived on the battlefield and joined the battle not long ago, it won the victory in the naval battle. The crew members were still physically and energetically strong, and they were faced with a situation that once made them suffer. of the Carthaginian merchant ships, so the fighting was very intense. They pursued and swept all the Carthaginian ships on the sea relentlessly, and even the merchant ships of Barikos were eventually overturned...