Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 759

[Chapter 105 Storm]

“Thanks for the blessing of Melakat!” Annobas repeatedly expressed his gratitude to the supreme god of the Phoenicians, full of joy.

The reason why he didn’t thank Barr Hamm, the patron saint of Carthage, was because Barr Hamm was the lord of lava, and water and fire were never incompatible, so naval warfare was not the domain of Barr Hamm’s control.

Annobas rejoiced that: Dionia’s crow warship was light and heavy, and easily capsized in strong winds and waves. That kind of fast three-layer oar warship was also used for small size and light weight, and in strong winds and waves Difficult to control; and on the flanks, the ships of Carthage were in a favorable position, which was the perfect time for the Carthaginian fleet to strike back!

“Wow!…” The horn of the attack sounded again on the two-headed dragon ship. The original high-pitched horn sounded low and hoarse on the cloud-covered and dark sea.

Annobas supported the railing of the ship with both hands, stood on the top of the high ship building, and let the strong sea wind blow his body. He constantly looked around the sea, and the warships on both sides were bumping forward in the wind and waves. …

He didn’t know if his men could hear the trumpet, but he was convinced that the experienced Carthaginians would seize this favorable opportunity and turn the tide back little by little!

“General, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, should we retreat first?!” The adjutant held the helmet with one hand, for fear of being blown into the sea by the strong wind, he walked to Annobas and said in a loud voice uneasy.

“Retreat?!” Annobas seemed to hear a joke. He pointed to the front, facing the sea breeze, and said loudly: “Look!”

I saw a crow warship with a foremast and a suspension bridge not far ahead. Clumsily just got through a wave, and then another wave came over… By the time the wave passed, the warship had already been dumped on the sea.

“Hahaha…” Annobas laughed happily: “Did you see, what a great opportunity! Even if you want to retreat, you have to wait until you have defeated the Dionysians before retreating!”

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The same advice happened on Dionia’s flagship, but Cykrian was no longer in high spirits. He expected the weather to be bad, but he didn’t expect the wind and waves to be so strong, causing great damage to the fleet’s warships. Difficult, he has no intention to complain why Poseidon accepted their devout prayers and rich sacrifices before the war, but when the fleet was about to win, he helped the aliens.

At this moment, the most troublesome thing for him is: even if he issued an order to retreat, the entire fleet was scattered so widely, even deep outside the port of Serinus, under such bad weather conditions, it was not his order to retreat. , it can be said to withdraw.

Just as he was frowning and thinking,

“Boom! Boom! Boom!…” The continuous roar in the sky, as if thousands of drums were beating above the clouds, shocked everyone.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, silver-white lightning flashed above the sea, penetrating between the sky and the earth.

The dark clouds were getting darker, lower and lower, pressing down toward the sea.

And the waves are getting more and more active, rising higher and higher, as if they are huge animal mouths, trying to swallow the lightning.

The torrential rain followed by the strong wind slammed down like this, and the sky and the earth were suddenly dark.

Whether it is the Carthaginians or the Dionians, who still have the heart to row a boat and fight at this moment, they don’t even dare to look out at the sea, because the sea has now become an endless abyss, and the endless darkness seems to be able to The souls of people are swallowed up… The only thing all the crew members, including the generals, can do is to crowd into the cabin, and use trembling voices to constantly pray to the Sea God for safety.

“Kacha!” With a loud noise, a flash of lightning appeared in front of the two-headed dragon’s ship. Annobas, who was sitting in the tower, just glanced out, and his originally pale face suddenly became even paler. Yinguang, he saw a huge wall swelled up on the sea not far away, more than ten meters high, rolling over them…

Annobas died, where is the previous command Ruo fixed, right? The image of the confident commander of Carthage’s navigational skills disappeared without a trace, and he just muttered with a dull face: “How is this possible! How is this possible! It is not winter, how can there be a storm in the southwestern waters of Sicily! …”

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The unpredictable nature of nature is unpredictable.

In front of the mighty forces of heaven and earth, no matter how huge the battleship is, it seems extremely insignificant.

Under the strong wind

and waves, these ships were either scattered by the huge waves and sank to the bottom of the sea;

It turned into a smoky breeze, the sky was clean without a trace of clouds, and it was dyed golden red by the falling sunset… The sea showed her gentle and beautiful side.

But when I turned to the coast at low tide, the sight I saw was horrific: the beach was densely covered with white-washed human bodies and the remains of countless warships; and in the water at low tide, there were also countless human bodies and broken pieces floating in the sea. The board of the ship…

Such a horrible sight is not only seen everywhere on the coast of Serinus, but also extends to the coast of Mazara and Germer, and even beyond…

The general’s battalion is stationed in the north of the city of Serinus. Leotides had been worried about the safety of the Sicilian fleet, so after the storm subsided, he immediately sent troops and medical battalions to block off the coast near Serinus and began to rescue people urgently.

When the doctors and nurses have spare energy, they will also treat the Carthaginian as long as he has a breath.

The colonial city of Carthage and its allies on the south coast, as well as the Greek city-states, have also sent personnel to the coast for search and rescue…

Whether it is the Carthaginian sailors or the sailors in Dionia, they have been at sea all year round and have experienced a lot of With strong winds and waves, they may be able to escape their lives in the storm that lasted for several hours, but it is impossible for the warship they control to be resurrected.

In this large-scale naval battle, Dionia’s Sicilian fleet invested about 600 warships, and Carthage’s fleet had more than 500 warships. Storm destruction.

For Carthage, what was even worse was that nearly half of the passenger ships they were responsible for transporting soldiers and baggage failed to enter the port in time, or were attacked by Dionysian warships, or devastated by storms, and eventually died in the belly of fish. .

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The news of “Dionia’s Sicilian fleet annihilated” has not yet reached Greater Greece, and the army led by Davos, who knows nothing about it, has just arrived laos.

Today’s Laos has changed a lot compared to ten years ago.

Counting the allies of Campania, on the west coast of Italy, with Greater Greece in the south and Lucania and Campania in the north, Laos is at the midpoint of this long coastline.

On land, it is the transportation hub of Lucania and Bruti, so it has a superior geographical location. After the painstaking management of several chief executives and the support of the Senate, Laos has become a kingdom. a bustling port city.

Although its arable land is small and the urban population has reached more than 50,000 people, this is not counting the freedmen and slaves of the port. It is precisely because of its developed port and numerous merchant ships that it is possible to use as few merchant ships as possible to travel back and forth by sea. This huge army was sent to Ladrum.

When the army entered the city, Clotokatax looked at the scene in the city curiously, and at the same time was puzzled by the strange dress of Henipolis beside him: “Uncle Heni, it’s not fighting now. , you are wearing a helmet, cheek pads, and a faceplate on the outside, don’t you feel stuffy?”

Henipolis said

in a suffocated voice, “Don’t talk to me!” Davos in front Turning back, he smiled teasingly: “Your Uncle Heni doesn’t want people here to know that he is back.”

“Why? Uncle Heni used to be the consul of Laos!” be curious.

Davers shrugged and didn’t answer.

In fact, since Henepolis served as the clerk of Davos in the later period of the South-Italian War, he had never been to Laos again, which was one of his heart problems.

In fact, the Arobmas rebellion and the subsequent civil riots greatly reduced the population of Laos. More than half of the current Laos residents moved in later, including descendants of Sybaris, Greeks, Lucarians, Brutians, Campanias…a veritable multi-ethnic mixed city.

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and today’s original Laos is no longer the bottom layer of the city-state without money and power more than ten years ago, but owns land, manages maritime trade, can hold public office, participates in city council elections, proposes Citizens of the kingdom they suggested, so they were grateful to the kingdom of Dionia and its king who could change their status. When they heard that King Davos was leading an army to come to Laos, the citizens of the city brought their families with them. Mouth, I took a seat on the side of the road early, just to be closer to him when the king arrived, to see more clearly, and to allow him to hear his cheers.

Amid the cheers of “King Davos is victorious!!! The kingdom is victorious!!!”, the people also kept discussing excitedly: “Look! The one in the middle wearing a long-tailed feather helmet and wearing a The one in golden armor is His Majesty Davos! Look, how majestic and majestic he is! I met him when His Majesty led his army through Laos and went north to fight the Samonaites more than ten years ago. His

appearance has not changed at all, he is still so young, he is indeed the descendant of Hades!”

“Who is that young general next to Your Majesty? It seems that he has a very close relationship with His Majesty!”

“I heard Turii from the port. The merchant said that this time the army will go out, and Prince Clotokatax will also participate in the war, and this young man should be him.”