Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 968

[Chapter 306 Morbal]

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Of course, there was no noise in the venue. The elders of the Hanno faction repeatedly mentioned that the military commander, Marco, feared the enemy and avoided war. Before the main force landed, he led the army warehouse queen to withdraw, and handed over all the results obtained before to the enemy, which should be severely reprimanded.

In addition, the elders are more careful: From the current indications, Dionia may have pacified Rome and Samona in the north, and is concentrating all efforts to deal with our Carthage, the scale of the war will continue to expand, and the national strength will continue to expand. The consumption is also intensifying. If it continues, Carthage will be unable to support it. It is better to have peace talks with Dionia.

This kind of proposal did not stir up too much waves at the meeting, because the insightful people in the Senate realized that Carthage had reached the most critical moment, as Ace Yaroba said: ” The war with Dionia is related to the future destiny of Carthage. We must do our best to win this war! Even if we want to negotiate, we must use war to force the other party to take the initiative to negotiate. Only in this way, Carthage Gicai

will not lose his own interests!” On

the second day, Ace Yaruba personally rushed to Utica, met Morbar, and told him about the predicament Carthage was facing now, as well as the elders and the people. Desperate for him to come back and lead the navy out of the woods to save Carthage.

Out of his love for Carthage and a strong sense of responsibility, the seventy-year-old man agreed to be the commander of the navy.

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Margo’s seduction plan failed, Dionia’s main force was sticking to Minoa and the surrounding hills, and Lizaru’s troops were still entrenched in Enna, Due to the lessons of the blood in the small town of Palagonia, Margo did not take the initiative to launch a strong attack on the Dionysian camp on the mountain. At the same time, considering the difficulty of the supply of military supplies, he did not let Hasdrobba lead the army to return to Kefa. Roition, so the western Sicily remained calm despite the large army.

In the east, the battle situation was equally calm, but the people in Syracuse were nervous. Although the two troops of Dionia were busy building camps and siege equipment, they did not launch an attack, but the people of Syracuse were Know: Once the offense begins, it will be very violent.

In terms of the navy, the new Carthaginian fleet in Sardinia received the order of the Senate, Annobas did not dare to disobey, and led the fleet back south before the Dionysian fleet began to cruise in the early morning.

A day later, Midorades noticed this sign and immediately sent the Clippers to inform Sicily of his speculation.

Davos, who got the news, did not immediately let the Third Fleet give up harassing Sardinia and go south to Sicily to strengthen the naval force, because these days, new warships from Greater Greece have been added to the Sicilian fleet,

making this fleet.

The number of warships in the fleet has soared to 300, and it is still increasing, and it is fully capable of dealing with the challenges of the Carthaginian navy alone.

Sekelian led the main force of the enhanced Sicilian fleet to re-station in the port of Serinus, and began a total blockade of the western seas of Sicily.

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We welcomed a guest at the mansion of Annobas in the city of Carthage.

Annobas, who had closed the door to thank the guest, heard the visitor’s name from the servant’s mouth, but immediately went out to greet him, and greeted him respectfully.

Entering the living room, Morbar put the wooden stick aside, sat on the main seat unceremoniously, and asked, “I heard that you are going to be questioned by the Senate tomorrow?”

“Yes, teacher.” Annuba With a joy in his heart, he answered respectfully.

“I said, don’t call me teacher, although I taught you how to command the battle when you were the flagship captain, but that is the heritage of the Carthaginian Navy, and I do this to every flagship captain. I did it.” Morbal said unceremoniously: “I won’t go to the Senate to intercede for you, and I don’t have that much time. I’m here to ask you, what are the combat characteristics of the Dionysian fleet? After all, you have fought with them a few times, so you should have a deep understanding of them.”

Although Annobas was a little disappointed, he did not show it on his face, but told the story of the two naval battles he personally commanded.

In addition, he recounts the Battle of Seedium and the East Phoenician Fleet Sneak Attack, two naval battles he did not take part in but knew about.

Morbar listened very carefully and did not interrupt Annobas’ story from beginning to end, but the ravines on his face became more and more deep, until the last two sparse white eyebrows were almost twisted together , he stroked his beard, pondered for a long time, and then said: “Listen to you, what the Dionians have adopted is a brand new tactic.”

“Yes, old… er, in my opinion, Dai The Onia fleet likes to use the tactic of jumping as the main strategy, supplemented by collision, while other city-states in the Mediterranean, including our Carthaginian navy, are dominated by collisions and supplemented by jumping gangs. They are completely opposite to ours. Different from ordinary jump gang tactics, the so-called ‘Crow Warship’ of the Dionysian Navy uses a wooden bridge with a peculiar structure, which can flexibly use its stable hook to connect the warships approaching it from all directions, thereby Make

the most of the jump gang tactics…”

Morbar heard this, and immediately pointed out: “Since the Dionysians installed wooden bridges on their warships, it will inevitably increase the weight of the warships and destroy its balance. The speed and flexibility will also be reduced, have you ever formulated effective tactics for these two points?”

Annobas suffocated, and then he defended: “Although I have only personally played two games with Dionia. The battle, but all the tactics deployed against the shortcomings of the Dionian warship! Unfortunately, the first time I wanted to use the wind and waves at sea to help our navy, but did not expect to cause a storm; and the second time, Ben I wanted to lead the Dionysian fleet to the open sea, defeat them through front and rear flanking and the better maneuverability of our warships, but in the end I was seen by the other party…”

Morbar did not speak.

Annobas settled down in his heart, and continued: “The Dionysians probably also realized the shortcomings of their fleet, so they had another kind of warship, smaller than the usual 3-tier oars, but faster. , more agile, assisting the Raven ships in battle, making up for their clumsy weaknesses… These are the tactical characteristics of the Dionysian navy, but more worthy of our attention is that although some in the Senate believe that ‘Theo’ The Nia Navy has only been established for more than ten years, and it is far from being comparable to the long tradition of our navy’, but I think their fleet is well-trained, their ship handling skills are not weaker than ours, and the cooperation between warships is also quite tacit. , they usually use a seemingly messy offensive ship formation, which can cause chaos in the opponent’s ship formation after engagement, but they can cooperate and protect each other in the melee, which is impossible without long-term training. Yes

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And…I think the Dionysian Navy should have a complete set of signal communications at sea like us, so they can quickly adjust in the event of surprises and accidents…

Plus, It is worth noting that the morale of the Dionian fleet was very high, in the raid of the Phoenician fleet and the naval battle in Sardinia, the Dionians were initially at a disadvantage, but they ended up But being able to turn defeat into victory has a lot to do with this…”

Annobas continued to talk, he tried his best to tell what he had learned about the greatness of the Dionysian Navy, of course, it was also In a cryptic explanation to Morbar: The reason why he did not win during his tenure as the naval commander was that, in addition to being unlucky, the opponent was too strong, and he still hoped that the highly respected Morbar would be able to speak justice for himself in the Senate.

Morbar listened to Annobas’s remarks with a solemn expression, but still did not speak. He picked up the wooden staff, got up and walked out.

After all, Annobas had stayed by Morbar’s side for a few years and knew his character. He didn’t say anything to keep him, but respectfully sent him out.

Morbar stepped out of the gate, stopped, and said to Annobas seriously: “In Sardinia, it is a serious mistake for you to set up a circle to meet the enemy! And lying about military intelligence is even more wrong!”

Annobas was shocked, and his hands and feet were cold: It turns out that this old guy had already asked others to learn about the details, but he came here to talk about his own words!

“But if I were you, I might have formed a circle under the circumstances… Apart from this, there is nothing wrong with the tactics and strategies you implemented during your tenure as naval commander…” Morbal The next words rang in Annobas’ ears like a fairy sound.

Morbar raised his wooden stick, tapped Annobas on the shoulder, and warned him: “When you are questioned by the Senate tomorrow, speak honestly about everything, and I will also express my opinion, I believe Anyone with a little brain can rationally judge right and wrong.”

Annobas was overjoyed, he did not hesitate, and immediately stated: “Thank you teacher! I will tell the truth about all the details of the battle! ”

In fact Morbar did not appear in the Senate on the second day, but he wrote a letter and sent it to the meeting, in which he justified the defeat of Annobas from a military point of view, and hoped that The defeated general could become his assistant in the battle against the increasingly powerful Dionian navy.

Morbal’s prestige and Hanno’s maintenance allowed Annobas to escape punishment by the Senate.

Morbal, who was not present at the venue, was dragging his aged body, leading his men to travel between Carthage and several neighboring city-state ports, to learn about the progress of new warships, and to recruit experienced sailors.

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