v8 Chapter 102： Celinus Sea Battle (2)

Suddenly, I looked at my hand and rubbed my eyes. The right hand hooked the mast with my right foot. The whole body leaned forward, and the left hand was placed under the forehead. The eyes were round and round: under the dim sky in the distance, there were several black spots on the sea... ...only after a while, this black dot doubled, and after a while...

Looking at the hand and screaming, he immediately shouted: "Discover the enemy ship! The fleet of Dionia is here!!..."

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The news that "the second fleet of the Dionya defeated the Iberian fleet on the North Coast" made Seckley feel anxious. Although as the commander of the Sicilian fleet, this victory in the naval battle also had his merits, but he did not bother to go. Grab the battle of Fralios. However, the Carthage fleet never appeared on the south coast, making him unable to fight with it.

At this time, because the land forces had to attack Serinus and let him see the opportunity, he negotiated with Leo Zidides to make a plan: to encircle the Salinus, to lure the Carthage fleet from the sea. In order to achieve the purpose of a decisive battle.

In order to ensure the victory of the decisive battle, Sekerian also transferred the second fleet stationed in Messina, making the fleet of Dionynia in Sicily reach 600 ships, and the three-layer paddle warships 485 ships. A huge number, Sekleian firmly believes that the Carthage Navy simply cannot match it.

Sekleian sent many Clippers to the south coast of Sicily every day, and even ventured to explore the enemy on the West Coast.

But for a few days, the Carthage fleet still had no movement, and Leotizides couldn’t sit still, because although the Dionysian army was attacking the city of Serinus, it also caused some soldiers to die and die every day. What's more, under the shackles of the city for a long time, the army that is still profitable is not far away. Although its strength is not strong, the Iberian army in Palermos has worried him, not to mention the distance. Not too far away, once several Carthaginese troops attacked at the same time, the Dionysian army, whose strength does not occupy too much advantage, will be in trouble. Therefore, Leo Tizides believes that he can no longer wait. He must immediately attack Serenus and gain a foothold for the Dionysian army to enter the western Sicily controlled by Carthage.

Sekleian certainly objected. His reason is that as long as the Carthage fleet is defeated, the Dionysian Navy can gain absolute advantage over the sea. The coast of western Sicily is under the control of the Sionian Sicilian fleet. The help for the land forces will be even greater.

He persuaded Leo Tiddides to be patient and wait for a while.

The two sides were arguing, but the letter from Daves and the Military Department resolved their dispute.

In the letter, Daphus asked Leo Tiddides to step up his attack on the western part of Sicily. For Sekleian, Davers demanded more. He hoped that he could completely defeat the Carthage Navy, cut off the maritime ties between Carthage and Sicily, and even threaten the basic city of Kath.

Therefore, this letter made Leo Tiddides have to agree to continue the "inducing the Carthage Fleet" plan.

Early this morning, the movement caused by the massive build-up of the Carthage warships on the sea in Liliwa could not escape the eyes of the Diaonia Clippers.

When the news was quickly sent back to Agrigento, Seckley was overjoyed and immediately ordered: all the ships assembled and ready to go!

Although Fralios reminded him with some worries: "Commander adults, the weather conditions at sea today are not very good!"

However, Seklelyan has always been known for his boldness in combat. Even if he entered middle age, his characteristics have not been reduced, and he managed to wait for this opportunity. How can he let it go, so he resolutely said: "Gai Tai The base people dare to go out to sea, why can't we!"

In the early 14th of March, the Kingdom of Dionia (ie 379 BC), at the noon of the third day of Daves’ leadership, leaving Turui, and going north to Latin, the Sicilian fleet of Dionia The Carthage Navy encountered the sea near Serinus.

Under the strange weather of dark clouds and darkness, but no wind or waves, this is the largest sea battle in Greek history.

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After learning about the emergence of the Deonian fleet, Annobas was a bit surprised, but at the same time relieved. He stared out of the window, thinking a little, and quickly made a decision: "The front warships follow the original route and march forward to meet the enemy; the middle road warship moves eastward, as far as possible on the right side of the front; the rear Iberian fleet is tight With the front fleet, to prevent the Deonian warship from breaking through the interception, attack the rear fleet.

The reason why Annobs made such a deployment is because according to his understanding of this sea area, although it is calm now, it may be windy and rainy from the weather, and it is still a possibility of southwest wind, so The Taiji warship must first occupy the favorable position of the upper hand to facilitate the later operations.

Sekleian did not consider the long-term, he placed the main first fleet on the side close to the coast, and the third fleet led by Frarius to face Carthage's continual extension to the extension.

His idea was to use all his strength to break the enemy on the front and put on a posture to attack the fleet of Salinus in the rear, forcing the formation of Carthage to retreat and rescue, which consumed the enemy's physical strength. It can also make Carthage's ship fleet become chaotic.

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"Flute! Flute! Flute!..." The speed at which the sailors pushed the wooden paddles was accelerating with the flute of the double-pipe flute. The crows of the front of the Dionian ship fleet were advancing rapidly, and the ship opened. The sea water once again flew down the suspension bridge erected beside the front mast, splashing water, almost making this 12-meter-long wooden bridge the ship's wave shield.

Stefacas, a sailor of the Dionysian Navy during the Southern War, he is proud that he has experienced all the battles of this new fleet to defeat the mighty Syracuse Navy. Already the commander of the second division of the first fleet of the Dionysian, commanding the ship to charge in the forefront of the ship's array, will soon be in the Western Mediterranean's most powerful maritime hegemony - Carthage.

But he is far less excited than the sailors. Instead, he calmly pays attention to the Carthage ship that rushes to the face. He feels that the speed of the other party is not very fast. He is experienced and immediately realizes that the other party is probably not ready to His warships collided head-on, but instead controlled the inertia of the warship, so as to flexibly bypass the front and avoid being hooked by the crow suspension bridge. After all, the unique tactics of the Dionysian Navy are no secret, not to mention the fact that the Carthaginians lost in the naval battles, I am afraid they are already prepared.

"Prepare for interception!" Stefacas decisively issued an order.

The suspension bridge operator at the bow, the sailor's length in the cabin, and the helmsman at the stern immediately repeated the order, and the crew remained highly nervous and focused.

The two warships are approaching quickly.

Stefacas looked ahead and judged the timing of the best action. Suddenly he shouted: "Intercept to the left!"

The helmsman swayed the rudder, the left sailor's paddles reduced the force, and the right sailor's paddles added force, and the warship quickly swung diagonally to the left front.

This is a very dangerous tactical maneuver, actively exposing the waist of the ship to the front of the enemy ship, which is undoubtedly a taboo for today’s naval battles, even for the Diaonian ship with the crow suspension bridge. The words are also quite dangerous, because the distance is too close, the enemy ship is in the high-speed forward, if the crew is not focused enough, the cooperation is not good, it is very likely that the suspension bridge has not been put down, the battleship has been hit by the other side.

But Stefacas is confident in the skill and tacit cooperation of his crew. This self-confidence comes from day after day, year after year, and the result of rigorous training.

Even so, the suspension bridge operators are still highly nervous operations: some quickly turn the suspension bridge according to the direction of the enemy ship; some quickly loosen the rope tied to the mast, next to it, tightly Staring at the rushing enemy ship, shouting in the mouth... Everyone has sweat on his face, and the muscles on his arms are protruding due to tension.

The captain of the original Carthage was ready to deflect the warship and avoid the attack of the other crow's suspension bridge. The front of the crow warship suddenly hit, and the captain of Carthage unexpectedly, he stunned.

This time, the warship has already rushed out a few meters.

He immediately understood and rushed to order: let the ship turn to the right.

The Carthage sailors responded quickly, and the rushing ship quickly turned to the right.

But it was already a little late, and the direction of the Dionian warships was exactly the same as their warships, and the speed was not reduced.

The crow suspension bridge immediately fell to 40 crew infantry on the ship immediately rushed out of the cabin and passed through the suspension bridge to enter the enemy ship.

After knowing the operational characteristics of the Devonian fleet, Annobis was not unprepared. This time he allowed Carthage and the Allies to lay a large number of daggers to the sailors, because only this light and small weapon It will not affect their paddling, but also give them a bit of self-defense ability.

However, in the long and narrow warships, it is impossible to exert the advantages of many people. Most of the Carthage civilians who are sailors have not undergone formal infantry training, and they are completely unable to compete with the discerning infantry of the Diaonian fleet.

In addition to not wearing the Daonian Legion's heavy infantry standard equipment, these Dionysian infantry infantry usually have less training intensity than the Army, not only need to master the short sword stabbing, shield swordsmanship, checkerboard array Javelin and assault, team battles... In addition, they also put more energy into the two trainings: fast landing operations and long-distance swimming.

Therefore, the fleet infantry of the Denia fleet was well-trained, and the Carthage sailors assembled the dagger, which caused them a little trouble, but quickly disintegrated under their rapid attack.