v6 Chapter 158： Crotone Battle (3)

Nearly 200 panicked sailors rushed to the deck and heard a loud bang. The entire ship was shaking and shaking, and the sailors fell in the screams.

On the right side of the Dionian warship, the bottom hull of the ship was broken into a big hole. The ship's stern was exposed from the rupture, followed by the rushing water.

The enemy ship's momentum is still on the move, continue to cut forward, and the breach will be expanded again. The powerful forward force has turned the Dionian warship several meters.

The Dionysian paddlers knew that the shipwreck was inevitable and jumped into the sea.

Poor Melishanda had just climbed onto the boat and had to jump into the sea with a long shield again.

He heard the sailors floating on the sea complaining: "Why is there no Clippers to block the cover for us?!!"

In fact, the 30 Clippers of Dionia have already lost more than half of their lives.

When Leptilis allowed the untrained heavy infantry to hide in the captain, it was estimated that the Syracuse would not have the upper hand in the battle on board, but this time the three floors of the Syracuse Navy The paddle battleship has nearly 50 more ships than the other side, so he decisively adopts the "circle" strategy and uses the advantages of the ship to allow the extra warship to wrap from the outside. When both the enemy and the enemy catch each other, they can take the opportunity to cut into the battlefield and hit the enemy ship that cannot move.

In the last naval battle, the Legionnaires on the Dionian warships could quickly resolve the enemy ships, allowing their own ships to quickly take back the suspension bridge and re-enter the battle. But this time the increased heavy infantry on the Syracuse warship allowed the soldiers to board the ship and the battle time was greatly extended, thus providing an opportunity for the incoming Syracuse warship.

After nearly ten Dionysian warships were successively sunk and injured, the other warships realized that the situation was not good. Before the Legionnaires solved the enemy ships, they recovered the crow suspension bridge and began to truly carry out the enemy. At the sea, they dared not use the suspension bridge to hook the other side, because there were no Legionnaires on the battleship (they were fighting on the enemy ships), so they took time to unload the crow suspension bridge.

The Syracuse warships have more experience in naval warfare, and the sailors cooperate more tacitly. However, because of the many soldiers, the speed and flexibility are worse. The Dionysian warships lack the combat experience of ships and ships. However, because of the vacant soldiers, they have an advantage in speed. The situation on both sides is opposite to the previous naval battle.

The warships on both sides are looking for opportunities on the sea, chasing, hovering, sprinting, striking...

From time to time, the wood pulp of the ship was broken, the ship was injured, and even sank...

Over time, Syracuse began to suffer from a downturn in the frontal battle between ships and ships. After all, once disconnected, the warships in the Devonian fleet can compete more than the warships in Siracusa, often making the Syracuse warships in a one-to-two situation.

Leptinies, who is in the rear and is not involved in the battle, is very anxious and flustered after seeing the situation of the fleet through the gaze on the ship. Is this time to worship again? !

At this time, the eager eager shouted at the top: "There is a fleet at the rear!"

The fleet from the south? Is it ours? ! Leptinies knew that Dionysius had not sent orders to the city of Syracuse to transfer back to the warships in the Great Harbor, but his heart was still eagerly awaited.

But after a while, the shouting of the screaming hand shattered his hope: "It’s a black warship! Black warship!"

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Finally arrived! Midorades looked at the fierce sea battle scene ahead, and he was relieved.

Before the departure, Sedorian and other naval generals had already formulated this naval battle plan: due to the fear that the Syracuse people saw their fleets and their strengths were too strong, they decided to take the fleet one after deliberation. Divided into two, more than 60 sub-fleet consisting of the last captive Syracuse three-layer slurry warship led by Midolades, after leaving the port of Turui, driving southeast, avoiding tin The investigation of the Lacuza Clipper, around a large semi-circle, coincided with the main fleet led by Sekleian along the coast southward in the West.

But what they didn't expect was that the Syracuse fleet, which was originally stationed at the Siriting Port, had moved to Crotone this morning. After the Midorides sub-fleet without timely information arrived at the West Chamber, they found that Empty.

Midorades took the initiative and let the fleet turn around and finally found the two sides of the battle on the sea near Crotone.

With the order of Midorades, the sub-fleet quickly entered the battle, and the front and rear were attacked, which sounded the last death knell for the Syracuse fleet!

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On the port lighthouse, Dionysius watched the whole process of the naval battle to the final face, and turned and stepped down without saying a word.

In the end, Pfeidas is still trying to continue to look at the sea battlefield where the far end has come to an end. What I am thinking is: Dionia’s novel naval warfare is quite suitable for Sparta, go back. Do you want to make a recommendation to the Elder Council?

As for the continuous victory of Dionia in the naval battle, it may have a relatively large impact on the entire Greek situation, and the contrast between the strength of Dionia and Syracuse will change. He is happy to see this because the Western Mediterranean also needs a city-state alliance that can balance Syracuse, and he foresaw that Syracuse’s attack on Dionia on land would be even more fierce...

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The naval battle is over, but it is different from the relatively clean sea battlefield at the end of the last naval battle. At this time, scattered wooden paddles, broken ship plates, broken shipwrecks, floating floats are floating around the sea near Crotone. The dead bodies and countless sailors and soldiers who are struggling to save in the water.

The Dionys drove back and forth across the sea in a broken warship, began to rescue the drowned water of the Diaonian sailors and soldiers, and arranged them as far as possible on the warships captured by the Legionnaires.

Because before the departure, Davers had reminded Seclín, ‘after the victory of the naval battle, if conditions permit, try to rescue the Syracuse who fell into the water. So the Danish Navy also extended a helping hand to them, but after they got on the boat, they would be **** and watched.

Some of the Syracuse people were closer to the shore when they fell into the water, so they did not receive assistance, but they rushed to the shore. In this regard, the Diaonians will change their attitude and drive the warship directly to crush it...

The cleanup and rescue work of the entire battlefield continued until dusk, and the glory of the setting sun dyed the warships on the sea orange, and Seklely issued the order of “return”.

In the vast Dionysian fleet, the captured Syracuse warship is in the center, and the Dionysian warship is on the periphery. Despite the exhaustion of the sailors, the joy of victory made their horns resound through the sea. In the melodious flute, they pushed the wooden paddles vigorously and the fleet slowly headed north...

Sekleian looked back at the battlefield, and the thrilling picture of his ship that was almost hit by the enemy ship came to mind, but he was excited at the moment. His eyes moved far away, where the sky was connected to the sea, vast and innocent...

He raised a sense of pride in his heart and shouted excitedly to the captain: "From now on, this piece of sea is up to us!"

In this naval battle, the Syracuse fleet, in addition to more than 40 three-layer paddles led by Le Putinies, fled into the Crotone harbour in time, and the remaining warships were either sunk or captured.

The Diorian fleet had 23 crow warships sunk, more than a dozen were damaged, and captured 68 Syracuse three-layer paddles, and nearly 10,000 Syracuse sailors were arrested.

What makes Dionysius most angry is that only 9000 Syracuse heavy infantry he sent returned with more than 2,000 people. Most of the soldiers were either killed or killed in the sea and were caught by the Dionya fleet. Thousands of people can be said to have lost not only the naval battle but also the land battle. Of course, the first legion of Dionia also paid more than 2,000 deaths and injuries.

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The Dionysian army did not stop when it came to Castellon City. The chief general Amigris and the city-state high-level waited in front of the wooden bridge built by Castellin for the small Heraclitus. The Dionya army sent off, and at the same time sent more than 1,000 Castron soldiers and 100 cavalry to join the expedition team ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to be the responsibility of the allies.

Although the Dionysian army took the time to hurry, Daves still rushed to the wooden bridge and expressed his gratitude to the leadership of Castellón, and then sneered a few words, and some of the potential unpleasant dissipated in laughter.

As the first legion went to the Dionysian fleet, the forefront of the entire team was led by the Second Legion. Although Amintas was brave in combat, as the head of the Second Army, he must be responsible for the safety of the entire Legionnaires. So after crossing the Trionto River, he increased the march column to ten columns. And the middle one is a light infantry. Although the second legion of the Dionynia has not yet hired cavalry in Syracuse, but due to the reminder of Daves, Amintas did not take it lightly.

In the past few years, the Lakoel River swamp area has been developed by the Daonian people. Not only has the swamp disappeared a lot, but it has also begun to transform into a high-quality plain, and the population has increased dramatically. But what I saw in the eyes of the Legionnaires today was the ruins of several villages along the avenue.

The sailors who landed in the Syracuse Navy have invaded the territory of the Union so far! While being surprised, the Legionnaires were also angry at the atrocities of the enemy: Fortunately, the Syracuse Navy had been defeated in the previous naval battles, and it was impossible to harm the territory of Dionia, but there were those **** hired cavalry!