v8 Chapter 296： Entice

"The master of Cornelus, now is the time to have dinner, I am still bothering you, I am very sorry!" Hilos just sat down and immediately apologized.

“It’s really a leisure time for the general public. But for the kingdom, it’s a special time. And for you and me, which day is not busy!” Colnerus laughed and asked: “Hike Lord Los, you are at this time, is there anything important?"

"I just received your letter, so I came to you to discuss." Hilos said in a positive color.

Cornelus was in a tight heart and asked in a hurry: "What happened?"

"Your Majesty mentioned in the letter that he had already allowed Crickley to serve as his direct commander."

When Cornelus heard this, suddenly there was a heat in his heart: Your Majesty is really thinking about me!

He trembled and said: "Thank you... Thank you for your concern!"

Hilos looked at Cornelus and suddenly burst into tears and understood his feelings. But as the military minister, he was not good at commenting in this regard, so he coughed and continued: "In addition, his majesty also mentioned So, be sure to assign all the new trial ships to the Sicilian and Third Fleet during this month-"

"All new warships?! In this month?!" Cornelus was a little surprised. He was hesitant: "So far, 250 new warships have been built in the kingdom, and the crew required are close. 50,000 people! Nearly 100,000 troops led by the former squadron, the existing third fleet and the Sicilian fleet also have more than 50,000 people, the supply of military food has been very tense! Now it has increased to 200,000 people, this food consumption is very huge what--"

"Cough! Cough!..." The side room next to the hall suddenly heard a cough.

Cornelus saw that Hilos looked curiously and turned his head. He suddenly said, "This... oh... ration supply -"

"The supply of rations is indeed a big problem!" Hilostan's honest interface said: "But his Majesty believes that Carthage is strong and must concentrate on it to defeat it. Otherwise, if the long-term stalemate is formed, the consumption of the kingdom will be even more Huge, so in any case, please ask the master of Cornelus, together with other rotating presidencies, to negotiate with the ministers of various departments to reserve enough rations and supplies for this unprecedented army of the kingdom to ensure that they are at least half a year. Combat!"

"Half-year?!" Cornelus face a difficult color, shaking his head and sighing: "Difficult! Difficult! Well, at the Executive Council of the Kingdom Minister of tomorrow, I will discuss this matter with you."

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After receiving orders from Daves, Midorades led the Third Fleet to cruise the Sardinian coast daily in an attempt to fight against the new fleet of Carthage.

However, in a few days, in addition to sinking several Carthage merchant ships, they did not see the shadow of the Carthage fleet. This made the crew of the Third Fleet somewhat frustrated. After interrogating the captured Carthagin merchants, they learned that: The new fleet of Carthage did arrive in Sardinia, but since it entered the port of Sarros, it has not seen it.

Is the Carthage Fleet afraid of the Dionysian fleet? ! ... The crew of the Third Fleet felt that this possibility was great: after all, it was a new fleet, and it needed a process of familiarity and running-in.

But in this way, Midolades felt a headache: the enemy did not play, the third fleet could not complete the task assigned by His Majesty, and did not dare to harass the Sardinian coast, because he would worry about the new fleet suddenly. Struck.

This morning, the weather was fine with a slight southerly wind and slight wind and waves visible in the sea.

The third fleet sailed out of the port of Alenia and continued the cruise for the previous few days. It was all the way south, just from the northern end of Sardinia to the west coast, when a Clipper approached in the front. Reported to Mido Lades: There are more than a dozen Carthage merchant ships out of the port of San Ibania, heading south and slower.

At the sight of Midorades, he was overjoyed: the merchant fleet of this size, which departs from the port of St. Ibania, is generally used to transport precious metal ore and attack it to complete the task assigned by Daveus. At the same time, it is very likely to attract the help of the new fleet of Carthage.

Midorades immediately ordered the pursuit.

Under his direction, the Third Fleet deliberately leaned closer to the coast while passing through the sea off San Ibania, and even blew the attacking army.

It was impossible for a merchant ship carrying heavy loads to outperform the ship in speed. Not long after, the Third Fleet saw the Carthage fleet not far ahead, in order to attract the rescue of the Carthage Fleet, Midorade Sri Lanka did not order an immediate attack on it, but instead succumbed to it.

"The signal that turned westward in front!" the screaming hand on the mast shouted.

Carthage merchant ships fleeing west? ! A glimpse of Midorades, he immediately understood: Carthage merchant ships, this is the pursuit of the wind, quickly fleeing the fleet.

"Follow them!" Midolades did not hesitate to give orders again.

The flagship rose to a new slogan, and the third fleet began to sail off the coast and sail to the far sea.

The color of the sea is gradually deepening, and the wind and waves on the sea are gradually larger than the coast.

A wave came in and was opened by the head of the ship and turned into a string of drops of water that splashed on the deck.

Mido Lades was stunned by the mist and felt a little uneasy in his heart. He turned and shouted: "Is there something behind?!"

The stern of the stern responded with a loud voice: "As before, there is no movement!"

Is the new fleet of Carthage not fooled? ! Mido Lades was a bit disappointed. He thought about it and decided to order: "Let the first fleet quickly catch up, sink the merchant ship, and return!"

"General, do you want to give up the previous plan?!" The flagship captain asked a little surprised.

Midorades said with indulgence: "The Daonian Military Law stipulates that the fleet should not go too far into the open sea. Moreover, from the current situation, the wind and waves in the distant sea are bigger than the coast, so don't forget the lessons of the Sicilian fleet. !"

As soon as the captain heard it, his look immediately became cautious.

Upon receiving the flagship slogan, the sailors of the fleet's foremost fast warships began to speed up the speed of the ship, and the speed of the ship was rapidly increasing.

At the same time, however, the speed of the Carthage fleet is also accelerating, and the flexible movement of the sails, using the "zigzag" route to advance, so that the waves become obstacles to fast warships, so the distance between the two sides is gradually getting closer, but Obviously it will not catch up in a short time.

Soon after, Midorades got the bad news that "the fast warship has not yet caught up with the Carthage merchant ship" through the Clippers returning in front. When he was surprised, he made up his mind: "I will immediately stop chasing, the fleet." Return at full speed!"

"General, they may be capturing those merchant ships soon!" The captain heard the order and couldn't help but remind him.

Midorades did not explain it immediately, but once again firmly said: "Blow the military number, raise the slogan, and execute it immediately!"

When all this was done, he said faintly: "Every battle determines the life and death of countless brothers, and greed will blind our reason and make irreparable mistakes..."

Mido Lades is a sentimental one. He is different from Seclany. He was a more cautious person. But after he used the strategy to win Alenia, his mentality changed. He wanted to continue to conquer Sardin. The Phoenician city state on the island of Nia, the result was defeated, and many fleet infantry were killed or wounded, but King Davers did not punish him, but continued to give him trust, which made him deeply embarrassed and always alert himself. .

At this moment, he decisively ended the pursuit, which is from the inner self-examination. He suddenly realized that he was too eager to fight the Carthage fleet in the past few days, which led to an imbalance of mentality and neglected some naval tactics that should be followed.

The third fleet striker’s ship looked at the fate of the Carthage merchant ship, but suddenly got the banner of retreat. Both the crew and the captain felt unacceptable, but Midorades led The Third Fleet has been in existence for six or seven years. It has a high prestige among the captains and crew, and there is a deterrent to the Dionysian military law. The crew members have to obey despite their dissatisfaction.

Because it is only chasing the merchant ship, the third fleet did not take the battle formation, but formed a long column, placing the three sub-fleets in the front, middle and rear positions respectively, forming a fleet formation during the usual patrol, Mido Rades is located in the middle with the second division. At this point, the order came out. Soon after the team changed the team and the team changed to the former team, all the warships turned around and quickly turned to the coast.

From the discovery of the Carthage merchant ship, to the pursuit, and then back to the return, the total duration lasted only half an hour, but the crew were initially excited to expect nothing, after a laborious rush, nothing was obtained, and the mood quickly turned to the loss, returning On the way, no crew members shouted in the same voice, and even the crew did not speak and sing loudly.

Midorades can understand their feelings, but he doesn't think that his order was wrong The entire fleet is sailing silently. Only the sound of the boat is hit and hovering in the air. Seagulls screaming over the fleet, which means they are almost approaching the sea.

At this moment, the lookout on the flagship main mast suddenly shouted loudly: "Yellow flag! The yellow flag was raised in front! The Carthage fleet appeared! They are coming!..."

The shouts of the screaming hands immediately provoked the commotion of the crew on the deck and in the cabin.

Midorades, who has been resting on the mast and closing his eyes, has also widened his eyes at this moment: "How many enemies are there?"

"Two yellow flags!" screamed and shouted: "It should be similar to ours!"

Midorades suddenly stood up and decisively issued the order: "Blow the attacking army! Raise the flag of the attack! At the same time hang the starry sky!"

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