Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 961

[Chapter 299: The Return of the Saros Sea Battle]

After half an hour, a fast ship returned and informed Admica that after the Dionysian fleet approached the coast, it turned north, passed through Santa Ibinia, and was preparing to bypass the northern tip of Sardinia.

Hearing this news, Admika put down most of her heart: it seems that the Dionysian fleet has returned to Alenia.

As a result, the Admika fleet began a comprehensive rescue: all the sailors who fell into the water were rescued and placed on the warships that had been poisoned by the crow warships; the wounds of the cut sailors were bandaged and partially transferred to other warships. Ship; simple repairs are made to the less damaged warships, while the more severely damaged warships are towed by other warships and are ready to be brought back to the port. After all, there are too few Carthaginian warships, and one can be rescued. In addition, Admika also rescued the Dionia crew who fell into the water as much as possible, which was of course not out of good intentions, but could be used later in exchange for the damage caused by the Dionia fleet in the previous harassment. The captured Phoenicians were also the spoils of war used by the fleet to show off his exploits after returning to the port of Saros.

The crew of the Admika fleet has been busy for this, and several warships originally led by Annobas came one after another and merged into the fleet.

It was not until the sunset turned the western sky red that it began, and the entire fleet sailed slowly eastward.

During the voyage, the crew of a warship came up with a way to have fun. They forced the captured Dionysian sailors to run naked on the slippery deck, and the speed could not be slowed down. Once they stopped , will be beaten with a wooden club, and if he falls, he will be whipped with a leather whip.

Soon, other warship crew members followed suit and quickly spread the word. Seeing the pained and comical appearance of the prisoners and listening to their shrill screams, their grievances for losing to the Dionysian navy several times were met with grievances. A good vent.

Some crew members even came up with other ways to humiliate the captives. For example,

in the flagship’s cabin, the bosun grabbed a captive’s leather helmet, touched the red tassel on top of the helmet, and asked, “It seems that Are you a captain?”

The captives tied to the ship’s post glared at him.

“Head, he doesn’t understand what you’re talking about.” A sailor coaxed.

“He’ll understand.” The captain of the boat smiled coldly, waved his hand violently, and slapped the captive heavily.

The prisoner screamed “Ah”, and half of his face was quickly swollen.

The bosun shrugged to the sailors: “Look, he understands.” The

sailors laughed “hahaha”.

The captive cursed angrily.

The bosun frowned, suddenly holding the leather helmet and urinating in it.

“Uh…” Sailors looked disgusted.

And when the bosun put the leather helmet in front of the captive and forced him to drink it, they were excited again.

The captive glared at him and spat in his face.

This angered the bosun, and he squeezed the captive’s neck with his right hand, pressing his leather helmet against his mouth with his right hand.

The captive struggled so hard, his face flushed red, and he finally had to open his mouth to catch his breath.

The bosun took the opportunity to pour the urine from the leather helmet into his mouth, causing the captive to cough and the sailors to laugh.

Admika watched this scene in the cabin through the gap in the middle of the deck. Although there was a smile on his face, he had to remind: “Be careful, don’t kill him!”

“Don’t worry .

, Sir, we will ‘entertain’ him very carefully.” The bosun jokingly patted the captive’s head and said respectfully.

Admika snorted, stood up and walked towards the bow, looking forward, lost in thought,

He had learned the general process of the entire battle that had taken place from the rescued crew members, and realized the mistakes Annobas had made in the battle. Marco, the military commander, wrote a letter so that he could attack the Hannos in the Senate and take back the command of the navy.

“My lord, there’s a warship in the back!” The loud cry of the watchman on the main mast interrupted his thoughts.

Before he could respond, in Wang Wangshou’s field of vision, other vague images appeared behind the warship on the horizon.

Wangshou blocked the dazzling light of the setting sun with his hands, closed his eyes hard, and then opened them sharply, the image in front of him became clear that there were many warships!

“Sir, it’s not a warship, it’s a fleet!” Lou Wang hugged the mast with one hand and pointed to the rear with the other, shouting nervously.

“Whose fleet?!” Admika also became nervous, but he first had to figure out whether it was an enemy or a friend.

Since there was still a slight southeasterly wind at this time, neither Admika’s fleet nor this unfamiliar fleet had raised their sails, and Wangshou had to keep his eyes wide open, struggling to distinguish: “… The black bow! It’s Dionia’s fleet! Your lord, they’re moving very fast!!”

The words of the watch shattered Admika’s luck and made him wonder: What happened to the Dionia fleet? Will it appear in the west?

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Midorades led the Third Fleet to speed up the voyage eastwards, until the watchman told him that the Carthaginian warships in the rear had stopped chasing.

Although he issued an order to slow down, he still led the fleet to continue to follow behind a large group of fleeing Carthaginian warships in front of him, until he saw the enemy fleeing into the port of Saros in embarrassment, and then commanded the fleet to continue northward.

When he arrived at the northern tip of Sardinia, he pretended to return to Alenia, but he actually led the fleet around a small circle, avoiding the exploration of the Carthaginian Clippers, and then escaped from the sea. Sail straight west.

He wanted to lead the Third Fleet to attack the Carthaginian fleet in the west, because he knew very well that the entire fleet was missing nearly ten warships, and they must have fallen into the hands of the Carthaginian fleet as the third fleet. The commander of the three fleets, he has the responsibility to rescue the lost warship and the captured crew.

He is also very clear that according to the usual procedures of naval battles, the Carthaginian fleet must be cleaning the battlefield, rescuing sailors who have fallen into the water, and helping wounded warships… This will take a lot of time and will make the entire fleet. becomes bloated and slow.

At the same time, he knew better that the task given to him by King Davos was to defeat the new fleet of Carthage. Now that he finally had such a chance, how could he let it go so easily!

However, despite the vast sailing experience of Midorads and the captains, it was not easy to find a target in the vast sea. The entire fleet sailed to the west of the Carthaginian fleet, which delayed some time until sunset. Going down to the west, they had to give up their search and began to return to the east. Unexpectedly, after a voyage, the clippers exploring the front suddenly reported: the Carthaginian fleet was found!

Midoradus was excited and ordered all the warships to prepare for battle.

In fact, the Third Fleet was a blessing in disguise, precisely because they went the wrong way and fell behind the Carthaginian fleet, and Admika did not dispatch clippers behind him, because he did not think there would be an enemy The Carthaginian fleet was not ready when it came from the far sea, causing the Third Fleet to move within sight of both sides.

Hearing the watchman on the main mast detailing the slow speed of the Carthaginian fleet ahead, and some tattered ships being towed… Midorades knew that his guess had become a reality, and he suppressed it. With ecstasy in my heart, I loudly ordered: “Blow the bugle of the attack, and raise the red flag and the black pennant!”

The formation usually adopted by the Dionysian navy when attacking is “Gypsophila”. This is the naval battle formation that the navy has undergone long-term battle tests and has been proved to be able to give full play to the advantages of the Dionysian warship. Its slogan is Black, it has several variants: the standard one is the crow warship in the front and the fast warship in the back, which is a black rectangular flag, and the black triangle flag raised at this time means that the fast warship is in front and the crow warship is in the back. back.

This is because Midorades wants to use the high speed of the fast warships to enter the enemy line as soon as possible, further disrupting the Carthaginian fleet, which is already lacking in preparation.

The sailors in the cabin became excited when they heard the order given by Midorades on deck.

The boatswain is also encouraging everyone: “Brothers, it’s time to rescue our comrades and make brilliant achievements! Prepare to fight!

” The remaining rations were stuffed into his mouth, and he grabbed the oar in his hand.

Although the crew had been exhausted after a lot of hard fighting and chasing before, after returning to the coast, the sailors took turns paddling and got a rest.

Especially when they went around and sailed from east to west, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com also raised the sails, and with the help of the southeast wind, they saved some energy and recovered some physical strength.

“Start accelerating,” the bosun motioned to the piper.

“Di! Di! Di!…” With the sharp sound of the piper, the more than 200 pieces of wood pulp on both sides of the warship slid quickly like the feet of millipedes.

The entire warship is like a sharp knife, cutting the incoming waves without any hindrance. The waves timidly bypassed the dark and faint bow, jumped onto the deck, and splashed Midorades’ body. wet.

Midorades didn’t care, he stared straight ahead, seeing the Carthaginian warship getting closer and closer, he motioned his men to bring the helmet with the purple and red tassel, solemnly put on.

At this time, a fast warship caught up from the rear, passing by the left side of the flagship, and the captain solemnly saluted Midorades on the deck.

Midorades solemnly returned the salute.

Immediately after, another fast warship passed by the right side of the flagship, and Midorades returned the salute again.