"Woo! ......" The military horn sounded, and two long cloth bands, one red and one black, soon fluttered on the top of the flagship's main mast.

The other warships also saw the warning flag in front of them, and at this time, the flagship sent out the attack signal, and the originally dull fleet suddenly began to be lively, and the captain's orders, the reminders of the lookouts, and the sound of the sailors' trumpets continued to come from each warship, making the formation of the entire fleet begin to change.

The Third Fleet is no longer a column of four-way warships, but rapidly forward, to the two wings of the expansion, the horizontal ship between the ships between the ships widened, and the column between the ships between the ships narrowed, the formation of the entire fleet from the original long snake, into a wild goose with wings spread, the Third Fleet, which has been established for nearly ten years, is lined up in a formation at an extremely skillful and tacit speed, and at the same time, it is also constantly shortening the distance with the opposite Carthaginian fleet.

At this time, sitting on the flagship of the Carthaginian fleet was the Carthaginian naval commander Anobas, and the appearance of the Dionian fleet in this sea area surprised him: Could it be that the Dioonians have seen through our plan to lure the enemy?!

"My lord, should we stay out for a while?" The flagship captain asked cautiously.

Anobus looked ahead, muttered for a moment, and then said decisively: "Although some are not in line with our plan, the Dioonians are still in a disadvantageous situation, as long as we intercept them, the final victory will definitely be ours!" ”

"My lord, but Ademika, will they be able to get there in time......" the captain said in a vague voice.

Anobus understood what he meant, and said in a deep voice: "This naval battle is very important for Carthage! It's also very important to Margot! Admika must understand the importance of it, and he will do his best! ”

Speaking of this, Anobus gave a loud order: "Circle and prepare for battle!" ”

After the order was given, Anobus looked up at the scorching sun overhead, with some disgust, and got up and went down to the cabin.

In order to save time and build more ships, the shipyards of Carthage and its allies temporarily abandoned the construction of four-layer oared warships and large flagships, so the flagship that Anobus was riding was only a modified three-layer oared warship, and there was no shipyard, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The round formation is a kind of defensive ship formation, the warships are arranged in a circle, and the warships are relatively closely spaced between them, only the bow is outward, and the sides and rear are under the protection of their own warships, like a hedgehog shrunk into a ball and erected spikes, so that the attacking enemy ships have nowhere to put their mouths.

Although the circle has the disadvantage of making the warships in the formation move slowly, its super defense is exactly what Anobus needs at this moment, after all, he has experienced the last sea battle with the Dionian Sicilian fleet, and he is still apprehensive about the attack power of the Dionian warship, so he wants to use the circle array to delay time first, so as to wait for the arrival of favorable fighters.

However, compared with other ship formations, the circle formation is not only much more difficult to arrange, but also takes a long time. Just as the Carthaginian ships received orders from their flagships and began to gather on the Carthaginian flagships under the command of their captains, the Dionian Third Fleet had begun to attack.

All the ships of the Third Fleet had lowered their sails, and the Raven ships had been loaded onto the drawbridges, and all the sailors were in a state of excitement when they heard the order to attack, and they quickly stuffed the rations they carried with them into their mouths, and while chewing, they listened to the orders of the boatswain and the piper, and steered the oars, increasing the speed of the oars.

At this moment, the lookout on the main mast of the flagship shouted in panic: "General, there is a warning from the rear warship!" Double Yellow Flag! There are enemy ships, and the number of ships is about the same as ours! ”

Midorides' heart tightened, and some doubts in his heart were suddenly solved: why did the Carthaginian merchant ships not flee along the coast, but run to the dangerous open sea? Why were these seemingly laden Carthaginian merchant ships able to maintain high speed and skill? …… This is the ploy of the Carthaginian fleet! They have already had warships ambushing in the open sea, luring us there with merchant ships, and while we are fighting, another fleet arrives from the rear and attacks from both sides, plus the battle on the far sea is not conducive to the performance of the crow warships, and the Third Fleet is very likely to suffer a crushing defeat!

Midorades was scared, and he was glad that his last defeat had kept him on his toes.

"General, what to do?! Do you want to let the first squadron in the back turn around and go to intercept it?! The captain asked nervously.

Facing the crisis, perhaps fortunately he escaped, Midorades' mind was extremely clear at the moment, he shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "The number of ships of the enemy is close to twice that of our own ships, and the division of troops will only weaken our offensive force even more...... Now the enemy in the rear has just been discovered, and we are at least three miles away, and the enemy in front is already close at hand."

He paused, his eyes became resolute, and his tone suddenly became fierce: "Two more red flags!" All ships are not allowed to make any stops, so let me rush them all! ”

The three red and one black strips of cloth fluttered on the top of the flagship's main mast, which eliminated the hesitation and hesitation in their hearts for the other warships that had seen the warning on the warships in the rear before, and for the warships that were approaching the enemy formation in front, this was a shot in the arm: attack! Attack again! Fight to the end!

Inspired by the boatswain, each sailor was so motivated to fight and the speed of his oars soared so that every ship shot at the Carthaginian array like an arrow from a string.

The Raven warship is rushing towards the enemy ship, when the two ships are very close to each other, the sailors immediately put away the oars, the warship glides forward by inertia under the control of the helmsman, the controller on the deck holds the wheel axle of the rotating drawbridge, when the two ships are about to collide, the controller presses the handle, the drawbridge quickly smashes down to the bow of the opponent, and the sound of "boom" makes the sterns of both sides jump up at the same time, and the sailors in the cabin are staggered and fall into pieces.

The fleet infantry in the Raven warship struggled to control their bodies, rushed from the cabin to the deck, and quickly rushed across the drawbridge. With only a handful of soldiers and archers on the opposing ships, the resistance of the Carthaginian sailors was destined to be a tragedy in the face of heavily armed fleet infantry.

When the screams came from the front from time to time, Anobus suddenly realized that he had made a huge mistake: the circle formation was indeed the best defensive formation for warships, but it was against the enemy who also controlled the conventional three-layer oared warships, and he was now facing the Dionian navy, which was good at hooking up ships with drawbridges and conducting gang jumps.

Anobus regretted it at the moment, and instead vented her resentment on the captain: "Why didn't you remind me just now?!" ”

The captain was speechless, because he, like Anobas, had been trained in traditional naval tactics for a long time, and in the case of a sudden encounter with the enemy just now, he instinctively chose the most appropriate tactic to deal with, that is to say, he just felt that the strategy adopted by Anobus was correct, so he did not object, but completely forgot that they encountered an enemy who did not fight according to conventional naval tactics at all. Mainly because the Anobus had only fought the Dionian navy once, and they were not very impressed with the tactics of their fleet.

"Quick! Fast! Blow the trumpet of retreat! Let each ship dodge! Anobus shouted angrily.

The captain was stunned: "My lord, won't we hold out for a while?!" Ademika: They might be there soon! ”

"By the time Admika arrives, our fleet will probably be finished!" Anobus roared angrily, forgetting what he had just said, and he did not know that Ademika was leading the fleet at a rapid rate due to the fact that the Dionian fleet was in front of him.

Unlike the Dionian navy, the Carthaginian navy developed a complex flag system after being prompted by Davers, and was able to convey orders in a timely and clear manner, but the Carthaginian navy, which had been at sea for hundreds of years, also had its own set of methods for transmitting orders at sea.

The 10 division buglers on the flagship deck sounded the horn of retreat at the same time, and the rapid sound of the horn was stirring out in all directions.

Although the circle of the Carthaginian fleet was not completely completed, the warships were moving closer to the flagship, just enough to hear the trumpets clearly. But it is impossible to carry out this order immediately and make the entire fleet retreat immediately, because this is a circular formation, and the warships on the periphery must retreat first to make room for the warships inside to retreat.

However, the warships of the 3rd Fleet of Dionya quickly pressed on the entire line, and in a short time they made contact with half of the outer perimeter of the Carthaginian circle.

Under the rapid attack of the Dionian warship, it was not easy to achieve a smooth retreat, and now the warship in the forefront saw that the friendly ships in front of the enemy ship were hooked by the drawbridge of the enemy ship one after another, and then the soldiers of the Dionic fleet killed the deck like wolves, and then screamed, the Carthaginian crew were all frightened, afraid of following in their footsteps, and the sound of the retreat horn made them relieved, and they turned around and retreated, which caused the internal space of the already narrow circle to become more narrow, affecting the speed of the warship's retreat.

And at this moment, Anobas, who was regretting it, suddenly stopped complaining, and said uncertainly to the captain of the flagship: "I seem to hear our attack horn!" ”

The captain was stunned for a moment, and immediately listened attentively.

At this time, the lookout on the mast shouted: "A fleet has appeared in the rear of the Dionian fleet!" It's our fleet! Lady Admika has arrived! ”

Anobas swept away his previous depression, and Ademika, whom he had previously hated and despised, was now his most welcoming object, and he excitedly shouted, "Ademika has done a good job!" Fast! Order the ships to stop retreating! Attack the enemy now! ”