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Chapter 134 The Battle of Taranto (6)

Chapter 13!!

With all the paddlers rowing hard, the warship rushed straight towards the enemy ship ahead at a terrifying speed of 13 knots (i.e. 24 kilometers per hour).

Forced the Syracuse warship to give up its intention to attack the Midorades warship and instead face the rushing ship of Dionia.

"Crash that one first! Then kill you!" Captain Syracuse looked at the warship where Midolades was left behind, and thought confidently.

"Calling the pulp!" he shouted, and saw the paddlers quickly pulling back the wooden pulp. The warship was about to cross the Dionia warship with its powerful inertial speed.

At this moment, the 12-meter-long monster device at the head of the Dionia warship fell down with a bang, and the tip of the top pierced through the deck and wood chips splashed.

Amid the exclamations of the Syracuse sailors, dozens of Daonian soldiers in black helmets and black armor rushed to the deck through the "crow suspension bridge", and another killing began...

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The Syracuse Navy, who did not take the Dionys fleet seriously, charged forward rapidly, while the Dionys fleet bravely fought bravely on the front of several nautical miles.

But in most cases, with the bang of the "Crow Suspension Bridge", hooking up the Syracuse warship, and then turning naval battles into land battles, making the Syracuse people's excellent ship-operating skills completely useless. Instead, the army of Dionia's army easily captured the opponent's warships like tigers entering a flock of sheep.

Within half an hour after the naval battle began, the Syracuse Navy was captured by nearly 40 three-layer oar warships.

The wide sea surface made every captain Syracuse on the battlefield unable to see the losses of the entire army, but they also felt something strange: once the warship in front was hooked by the strange device of the Dionys warship, many enemy soldiers emerged from the cabin and rushed to the deck of the warship through the device. Soon they saw their warship exiting the battlefield, and the Dionys warship began to continue rushing forward again...

The captains behind the Syracuse ship had realized that they could not hedge the Dionia warships, but should rely on their excellent ship handling skills and better maneuverability to avoid the device on the head of the enemy ship, and instead attack the side and rear of the enemy ship...

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This massive naval battle was fiercely launched near the coast between Turiyi and Castellon, not only worries the people of Dionia, but also attracts the attention of the Castellon people.

General Castellon, led by Amicles, and the members of the Council also gathered with the people on the coast to watch the progress of this naval battle, because it not only concerns the rise and fall of the Dionian League, but also an important decision of Castellon.

The Syracuse Messenger came to Castellon City yesterday. The General Executive Committee and the Council led by Amicles did not receive him, but did not drive him away. Instead, he was allowed to board the ship and "rest" in the hotel, which has shown a psychological change in Castellon's senior management.

Although Castron and Dionia have had close contacts in recent years, both sides regard each other as their closest allies. The Castrons even took pride in participating in various celebrations in Turiyi, just like a family. But the alliance is just an alliance, not an alliance. The Southern Italian alliance coalition was defeated on the southern front, and wars broke out in Dionia again, and the political situation was unstable, allowing the Castrons, who are in the hinterland of Dionia to directly feel the pride of the Turiyi people from the beginning to the current panic. The huge number of naval and army in Syracuse and the horror of the slaughter of the Siliteng people are shaken by the Castrons' trust in the Dionia Alliance.

After all, Syracuse was not Crotone. When the Second Crotone Civil War broke out, Crotone, who had already been defeated once, did not make Castellon lose confidence in Dionysia even if the army forced him. However, this time, the more powerful Syracuse army was led by Dionysius, the brutal tyrant who defeated the powerful Carthage. His troops had already made the Castellons tremble. Looking at the destroyed farmland, burned villages, and slaughtered people outside Castellon, the Castellons were both angry and helpless.

When he learned that Davers led his troops back to Turiy and had led the Dionys fleet to fight the powerful Syracuse Navy, all the Castroons came to the sea excitedly. Out of reverence for Davers and anger at Syracuse, they prayed that Dionys would win.

But for the senior city-states such as Amicles, although they also hope for the invincible consul of the Dionia, the Syracuse's navy was too powerful...

"If... no! As long as Dionia cannot win this naval battle, this bay will be completely belonged to the Syracuse people. At that time... we can only find a way out for ourselves..." Amicles looked at the many warships moving rapidly on the sea in the distance, thinking in pain...

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On the Syracuse flagship behind the fleet, Leptines thought he had heard it wrong, and his loud look on the main mast told him that the warships on his side frequently left the battlefield, and those Deonian warships were not only rarely sunk, but also continued to advance.

"General, listen to the rewards of the Clippers, the Dionians installed a wooden bridge in front of the warship and equipped them with many heavy infantry in the cabin. Once they were mounted by the wooden bridge, the heavy infantry rushed over, and the sailors on our ship could not resist it. Now Cliandas and others no longer faced the Dionian warship head-on, but used our excellent ship-handling skills and rich naval combat experience to deal with the Dionians. In this way, the Dionian warship was installed with a wooden bridge and loaded with too many soldiers, and their speed and flexibility were greatly inferior to ours. I believe the situation will change soon!" said the flagship captain comforting him.

Leptines' depressed mood improved slightly, and he cursed indignantly: "The damn Dionians can only play some cleverness. What do they regard the sacred naval battle as! Poseidon will definitely punish them!..."

He was venting his anger in his heart, and the loud looking hand above his head suddenly shouted: "General, the warship with a statue on the mast has rushed out! It has rushed over! It has rushed to the forefront of the enemy's ship array! I can see a general in dazzling armor at the bow of the ship!"

Leptines was stunned, then he was excited and shouted loudly: "That is Davers, the consul of Dionia! He is really on the ship! Hurry up! Order the column warship to press up! Sink him! Must sink it! As long as you can kill or capture that Davers, even if the warship that lost more, we Syracuse will win!"

Since Syracuse adopted a double column tactic, one column had ten ships. The horn was blowing, the flagship took the lead in charge, and more than 20 warships followed, and soon they surpassed the flagship.

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Dionia's starry tactics are like waves blowing from the breeze. The tiny waves have just disappeared, and the other waves have risen again, layer by layer, moving forward.

Davers' ships kept rushing past one of his own warships entangled with enemy ships, and finally arrived at the forefront of the front line.

"Charge speed!" Miltias witnessed the enemy ship rushing forward and issued an order without hesitation.

The warship suddenly accelerated and rushed forward like sharp arrows.

The two ships are 100 meters apart! 90 meters! 80 meters!……

Davers subconsciously swallowed and pulled out the dagger on his waist.

However, the enemy ship suddenly tilted to the right.

"To the left! To the left!" Miltias hurriedly ordered.

However, the speed was too fast before, and the turning was too large. Before the deflection was completed, the enemy ship had already nimblely drew an arc and collided straight towards the middle of the ship.

Miltias was not panicked at this time and just ordered: "Continue to turn left!"

The captain of the enemy ship saw the bronze horn hitting the corner, getting closer and closer to the larger three-layer pulp warship, and a smug smile appeared on his face...

But soon, his smile froze.

The heavy hull of the Dionia warship only tilted slightly to the left. The long wooden-shaped device of the bow of the ship actually rotated more than 100 degrees and fell directly backward. The suspension bridge, which was more than ten meters long, was hitting the deck of his bow. With a "boom", the two ships were connected together. Although the force of his warship rushing forward made the opponent's warship sway backward and the suspension bridge creaked, it did not hurt the enemy's hull at all. Instead, the enemy soldiers rushed across the suspension bridge with great momentum.

It's over! Seeing that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the warship and sailors, and he made up his mind and jumped into the sea.

"Your Majesty, please stay and let me take my brothers over and kill!" Martius pulled Davers, who was about to cross the bridge, and asked firmly.

Davers did not insist, he knew that staying here as he is now can make everyone feel at ease.

"Then I'll leave it to you." He nodded and said.

"Brothers, rush with me!" Martius drew out his short sword, led the guards, and rushed across the bridge first. He wanted to ask the Syracuse people for the price he had almost lost his life before.

"There is an enemy ship rushing towards us in front of the right!" The loud hand screamed on the mast.

Miltias and Davers immediately felt nervous. At this moment, the ship was connected to the enemy ship and could not hide.

But Seclian's flagship behind the ship quickly met and quickly locked it with a "crow".

"There is an enemy ship behind the right side!" The stern looking hand began to scream, but after a while, his scream stopped because another warship rushed forward and connected it together.
Chapter completed!
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