Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 894

[Chapter 241 The Battle of Germay (1)]

“Don’t panic, Lord Sekelian is here!”

“Master Sekelian is here, we are not afraid of any enemy!”

At the same time, there were also noisy discussions on the deck, these from Dionia The legionnaires in the towns and cities of the Sicilian Territory certainly knew Sekelian’s reputation, but far less respected him than the Dionian crew did.

A man in leather armor and helmet quickly walked out from the deck. He approached the ship’s side and gave a solemn military salute: “Sir, I am the captain of this warship, Ilias of the First Fleet!

” It was his old subordinate, and Sekelian was relieved for the most part, and he immediately said: “I know you, Ilyas, every time the fleet’s warship training assessment, the fast three-tier oar warships you command are always in the forefront. …Now I order you to immediately let all the soldiers on board jump into the sea for me, and then take your warship and follow me to meet the enemy!”

Ilias was surprised and said hesitantly, “…but … Commander Myrtias raises the Apollo flag, let us”

“Myrtias is an idiot!” Secrian interrupted him angrily, roaring: “The enemy has been killed, all the warships It’s still full of soldiers and has no ability to fight. What’s the use of gathering together! Is it easy to be smashed and sunk by the enemy! Now, as the naval commander of the First Fleet, I order you to execute the order immediately!”

“Yes… yes!” Ilias responded loudly. From the bottom of his heart, he was absolutely in favor of Sekelian’s approach, because the belief developed by the First Fleet under the influence of Sekelian has always been to attack and never be passively beaten.

It was just that the soldiers on the deck, who had heard the conversation between the two, started to make a noise, and they didn’t want to be thrown off the boat.

Elias had to face them and persuaded loudly: “Dionian warriors, our fleet is now facing a strong enemy, and the situation is urgent! But because the warship is loaded with you, the warship cannot fight. Either you Jump into the sea, so we can go to fight, fight off the enemy, and then come back to rescue you; or you stay on the ship, wait for the enemy ship to come, sink this warship, and then we all become prisoners together… Please make a choice now!”

The deck suddenly became silent, and soon a man stepped forward.

“Sub-commander!” The soldiers shouted earnestly, focusing their eyes on him.

“Brothers, if the navy is finished, we will be in big trouble!” The squad leader said resolutely: “Bring your long shields, let’s jump into the sea and let the navy see that they are not the only ones who can swim.”

After he finished speaking, no soldier objected, and one by one took up the long shields on the deck one by one. This is the strict discipline of the Dionysian Legion, even if it is only a reserve detachment of the Legion.

“Please help us save other armor and weapons first.” The squad leader instructed Elias, and then carrying the long shield, with a “thump”, the first one jumped into the sea, and the other soldiers followed closely… …

and Elias kept salute all the while.

After Sekelian gave the order, he did not stop by the warship, but continued to chase other warships. Since the warships were full of soldiers and the speed was slow, it was not difficult to catch up with them. After stopping several warships one after another. , he found a situation: all he encountered were the ships of the First Fleet (that is, the ships that escaped disaster by breaking into the port of Serinus during the storm), and the ships were full of soldiers A soldier in the Legion Reserve of Dionia.

After thinking about it for a while, Cykrian

realized that this was of course no accident.

In order to hurry up, Myrtias ordered at the port that the warships can set off first if they are full of soldiers, and the legion reserve soldiers are more well-trained and organized than the citizens of other city-states, so they can be the fastest. speed to gather at the dock and board the warship.

At the same time, Miltias was the last one to set off because he had to supervise the entire boarding process. Any army commander generally has a habit of gathering the troops he trusts the most, so that during battles Command is more convenient and can play a greater role, although this is only a troop movement.

Myrtias is still habitually letting the First Fleet warships dock at the dock first, so the Fourth Fleet warships that have followed him for more than ten years will set off later and be closer to him.

The unintentional arrangement of Myrtias made it convenient for Cykrian, he could smoothly let the first fleet warships and legion reserve soldiers sailing at the forefront to carry out his orders: it was a fast three-tier oar warship, The soldiers above all jumped into the sea; it was the crow warship, 40 soldiers were retained, and the rest all jumped into the sea.

Of course, Cykrian also encountered friendly soldiers on the warship. They obviously resisted the order, and some even threatened to occupy the ship by force. The captain could only persuade patiently. The soldiers on the ship jumped into the sea to set an example, and most of these friendly soldiers

obeyed

in the end, but this delayed time…

…

While the ships in front were obeying his orders, the Eastern Phoenician fleet was speeding up and chasing the Dionian warships retreating towards the coast.

Dionia’s sailors rowed hard, but the ship was full of soldiers, which seriously affected the speed of the warship, and was gradually brought closer by the Eastern Phoenician fleet, which had been increased to the highest speed by the warship.

The Eastern Phoenician warships were like tigers and wolves, rushing towards the fat sheep in their eyes.

The Dionysian warship, which was behind, saw that it could not escape, so it turned around and bravely rushed forward to face the enemy ship, but how could the Dionysian warship lose its speed and flexibility? The opponents of the Phoenician warships were either broken off by their oars or hit the hull, and Dionian crew members and soldiers kept jumping into the sea with exclamations.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions. These East Phoenician sailors learned about the Dionysian fleet from the mouths of their colonial compatriots. Hooked by the 12-meter-long suspension bridge of the crow warship, the friendly soldiers who were already wearing armor and weapons swarmed to kill them.

Other Phoenician warships who saw this bad sight soon learned their lesson, and when confronted with the raven warships, they avoided the bow and attacked the stern.

The crow warship was inflexible to rotate due to too many soldiers, its speed was slow, and there was no fast three-layer oar warship to protect it, and it became the key attack target of the Phoenician warships.

Myrtias’ ship was rushing towards the beach, which happened to be the beach where the infantry of the fleet landed during the night raid a few days ago. It was a mile away, and the distance was getting closer, but Myrtias There was no joy on his face, and his heart was always suffering.

Originally, he had been sitting at the stern of the ship, observing the follow-up of other warships, but what he saw was: countless enemy ships rushed towards the warships that were behind, although these lone warships They resisted stubbornly, but they were either sunk or smashed, and they floated stiffly on the sea, allowing the enemy to bully them. The exclamations of the crew members continued, and more and more crew members and soldiers fell into the sea

… Jing let Mirtias feel a knife in his heart: These are the warships that he has cheekily applied to the Ministry of Military Affairs for more than ten years, carefully maintained and repaired every day, and worked hard to save, all of which vanished in an instant!

There are also these brothers who have been with him day and night and trained hard for more than ten years. He came to Sicily with them who are eager to make contributions. They have not fought a big battle, but they are about to lose their lives!

…

He couldn’t help standing up any longer, and said loudly: “Stop the boat immediately! Leave 40 soldiers behind, and the other soldiers jumped off the boat immediately and swam to the beach by themselves! Quick! Quick!”

At this time Mirthia The order he gave was the same as that of Cykrian. In fact, he had this idea in his mind before, but at that time he was still lucky, and he was worried that the soldiers on the ship would be driven into the sea, which would lead to protests from the friendly nations afterwards. Unfavorable, after all, he made a big mistake… A single thought caused the Sicilian fleet to encounter difficulties, UU read www.

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The Allies on deck did not argue like the Allies on the eastern battleship, because they had seen the bad situation on the sea behind, and it was not necessarily safer to be on board than to be at sea, they were quick to do it.

Miltias did not command the flagship to rush directly to the enemy ship, but quickly sailed to the nearby warships. He needed to gather the nearby warships scattered outside the battlefield as soon as possible in order to fight against this unknown warship. incoming enemy fleet.

In fact, due to the critical situation, there was no need for Myrtias to remind them that some soldiers on the Dionysian warships had already jumped into the sea on their own initiative, allowing the warships to participate in the battle.

However, the first wave of the Eastern Phoenician Fleet’s attack damaged at least 10 Dionysian three-deck oars and tore apart the already scattered rear of the Dionysian fleet. The warships pursued the scattered Dionian warships in an attempt to wipe out the rear of the Dionian fleet.

The flagship of Myrtias, with its large hull and a red blood flag flying on its mast, was naturally the main target of the Eastern Phoenicians’ attack. A total of five Phoenician warships rushed towards it, forcing Myrtias Had to stop his original plan.

Myrtias made an immediate decision, and he gave orders to a raven warship and a fast three-tier oar warship gathered on either side of his ship.

Soon, the raven warship and his flagship quickly turned around and headed for the coast, while the fast three-tier oared warship turned a corner and sailed parallel to the coast, pulling away from them.