Half an hour later, a fast ship returned and told Admika: After approaching the coast, the Dionian fleet turned north and passed through St. Ibinia, preparing to bypass the northern end of Sardinia.

Upon hearing this news, Admika let down most of his heart: it seems that the fleet of Dionia has returned to Alenia.

So, the Admika fleet began a comprehensive rescue: all the sailors who fell into the water were placed on warships that had been poisoned by crow warships; bandage the wounds for the injured sailors and partially transfer them to other warships; simple repairs of the lighter-damaged warships, while the heavier-damaged warships were towed by other warships and prepared to take them back to the port. After all, there are too few warships in Carthage now, and one ship can be rescued. In addition, Admika also rescued the crew of the Dionian who fell into the water. Of course, this is not out of kindness, but can be used in exchange for the Phoenician people captured by the Dionian fleet in the previous harassment. At the same time, they were also the spoils used by the fleet to show off his military achievements after returning to the Port of Saros. After all, compared with Annobas who returned to the defeat, he achieved some results.

The crew of the Admika fleet were busy for this, and several warships originally led by Annobas came one after another and were merged into the fleet.

It was not until the sunset turned the sky to the west that it began to set sail, and the entire fleet sailed slowly eastward.

During the voyage, the crew of a warship came up with a way to have fun. They forced the captured Dionian sailors to run naked on the slippery deck, and the speed could not be slow. Once they stopped, they would be beaten by a wooden stick, and once they fell, they would be beaten by a whip.

Soon, the other warship crew members followed suit and quickly promoted it. Seeing the prisoners' painful and funny appearance and listening to their shrill screams, their resentment of defeating the Dionian Navy was well vented.

Some crew members even came up with other ways to humiliate prisoners, such as:

In the cabin of the flagship, the sailor grabbed a captain's helmet, touched the red hat tassel on the helmet, and asked, "It seems you are a captain?"

The captives tied to the poles glared at him.

"He doesn't understand what you are talking about." A sailor cheered.

"He will understand." The sailor smiled coldly, waved his hand suddenly, and slapped the prisoner heavily.

The captain screamed "Ah" and half of his face quickly became swollen.

The sailor shrugged at the sailors: "Look, he understands."

The sailors laughed "hahaha".

The captive cursed angrily.

The sailor frowned and suddenly took his helmet and urinated inward.

"Uh..." The sailors showed disgusting expressions.

And when the sailor put his helmet in front of the captain and forced him to drink it, they became excited again.

The captive glared at him and spitted a mouthful of saliva on his face.

This angered the sailor. He grabbed the captain's neck with his right hand and pushed the leather helmet against his mouth with his right hand.

The captive struggled hard, his face flushed and eventually he had to breathe.

The sailor took the opportunity to pour the urine from the helmet into his mouth, choking the prisoners to cough constantly, while the sailors laughed.

Admika looked at the scene in the cabin through the gap in the middle of the deck. Although a smile appeared on his face, he had to remind him: "Be careful, don't kill him!"

"Don't worry, sir, we will be very careful to 'enter' him." The sailor jokingly patted the captain's head and said respectfully.

Admika snorted, stood up and walked towards the bow, looked ahead, and fell into deep thought,

He had learned from the rescued crew about the general process of the entire battle that had happened before, and realized the mistakes made by Annobas in the battle. He was considering how to write a letter to Margo, the patriarch of the Margonid family and the commander of the Carthage, so that he could send an attack on Hannover of the Senate and take back the command of the navy.

"Sir, a warship appeared behind!" The loud shout of the lookout hand on the main mast interrupted his thoughts.

Before he could respond, in the sight of his hand, other vague images appeared behind the warship in the sky.

The lookout hand blocked the dazzling light of the sunset with his hands, closed his eyes hard, and opened it suddenly, and the image in front became clear - those were many warships!

"Sir, it's not a warship, it's a fleet!" Xiao Wang held the mast with one hand and pointed the other hand at the back, shouting nervously.

"Whose fleet?" Admika also became nervous, but first he had to figure out whether it was an enemy or a friend.

Because there was a slight southeastern wind at this time, neither the Admika fleet nor the strange fleet had raised the sails. The lookout hand had to open his eyes and search for difficulty to distinguish: "...The black bow! It is the fleet of Dionia! Sir, they are moving very fast!!"

The words of the lookout hand shattered Admika's luck and made him wonder: How could the Dionian fleet appear in the west?!

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Midolades led the Third Fleet to speed up the sailing eastward until the lookout told him that the Carthage warships in the rear had stopped pursuing.

Although he issued an order to slow down, he still led the fleet to continue to follow the Carthage warships ahead, until he saw the enemy fleeing into the port of Saros with his own eyes, and then he commanded the fleet to continue to move north.

When he arrived at the northern end of Sardinia, he had the illusion of returning to Alenia, but in fact he led the fleet in a small circle, avoiding the exploration of the Carthage Clippers, and then left the near sea and sailed straight west.

He was going to lead the Third Fleet to attack the Carthage fleet to the west, because he knew very well that the entire fleet had nearly ten warships missing, and they must have fallen into the hands of the Carthage fleet. As the commander of the Third Fleet, he had the responsibility to rescue the lost warships and the captured crew.

He also knew very well that according to the usual procedures of naval battles, the Carthage fleet must be cleaning the battlefield, rescuing the fallen sailors, and helping the injured warships... This took a lot of time and would make the entire fleet bloated and slow.

At the same time, he knew better that King Davers gave him the task of defeating the new fleet of Carthage. Now that he finally had such an opportunity, how could he let him go easily!

However, although Midolades and the captains had rich experience in navigating, it was not easy to find a target in the vast sea. The entire fleet sailed to the west of the Carthage fleet, which delayed for some time until the sun set. They had to give up searching and began to return east. Unexpectedly, after a long voyage, the Clippers exploring ahead suddenly reported: they discovered the Carthage fleet!

Midolades was excited and ordered all warships to be ready for battle.

In fact, the Third Fleet was a blessing in disguise, because they went in the wrong direction and landed behind the Carthage Fleet. Admika did not send a clutch to investigate behind him, because he did not think that an enemy would attack from the far sea, causing the Third Fleet to reach a range that both sides could see, the Carthage Fleet was not prepared.

Hearing the lookout hand on the main mast, telling in detail the Carthage fleet ahead of him that the speed was very slow, and some broken ships were dragged...Midorades knew that his guess had become reality, so he suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and issued a loud order: "Blow the attacking army horn, raise the red flag and the black pennant!"

The formations that the Dionian Navy usually adopts when attacking are "Stars". This is a naval battle formation that the navy has been proven to fully utilize the advantages of the Dionian warship after a long-term combat test. Its flag is black, and it has multiple variants: the standard is that the crow warship is in front and the fast warship is behind, which is a black rectangular flag. The triangular black flag raised at this time means that the fast warship is in front and the crow warship is behind.

This is because Midolades wants to use the high speed of the fast warship to enter the enemy as soon as possible, further disrupting the already unprepared Carthage fleet.

The sailors in the cabin were excited when they heard the orders issued by Midolades on the deck.

The sailor leader was also encouraging everyone: "Brothers, it's time to rescue our comrades and make brilliant achievements! Get ready for battle!"

"Roar!!!" the sailors yelled in unison, fighting spirit burst out in their eyes again, stuffing the remaining rations into their mouths, and grabbing the oars in their hands.

Although the crew had already gone through hard battles and chases before and were very tired, after returning to the near coast, the sailors took turns to row and got rest. Especially when they were wandering around and sailing from east to west, sailing sails also rose. With the help of the southeast wind, they saved some strength and recovered their physical strength.

"Start to speed up." The sailor signaled to the flute player.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!..." With the sharp sound of the flute player, more than 200 pieces of wood pulp on both sides of the warship slid quickly like the feet of a millipede.

The entire warship was like a sharp knife, cutting the influx of waves without any obstacles. The waves timidly bypassed the dark bow and jumped onto the deck, splashing Midolades' body.

Midolades was not concerned at all. He stared at the front without moving. Seeing the Carthage warship getting closer and closer to him, he signaled his subordinates to bring the helmet with purple-red hat tassels and put it on solemnly.

At this time, a fast warship caught up from the rear and passed by the left side of the flagship. The captain solemnly saluted Midolades on the deck.

Midolades solemnly returned the gift.
Chapter completed!