13 knots!!

With all the oarsmen paddling hard, the ship rushed straight ahead of the enemy ship at a terrifying speed of 13 knots (i.e., 24 kilometers per hour) under the control of the helmsman.

The Syracuse had to abandon its intention to attack the Midorides and instead meet the oncoming Dionians.

"Crash that one first! Let's kill you again! Captain Syracuse thought confidently as he looked at the ship where Midorades was left behind.

"Slurry!" He shouted, pleased to see that the oarsmen were very quick to pull back the pulp, and the ship was about to stagger with the Dionian ship with its powerful inertial speed.

At this moment, the 12-meter-long strange device in the bow of the Dionian warship fell with a "bang", and the spikes at the top pierced the deck, splashing wood chips.

Amid the exclamations of the sailors of Syracuse, dozens of Ionian soldiers in black armor crossed the "Raven Drawbridge" and rushed to the deck, and another killing began......

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The Syracuse navy, which did not take the Dionian fleet into account, charged forward swiftly, while the Dioria fleet bravely met the attack without showing weakness, and on the front that stretched for several nautical miles, the two sides fought fiercely together.

But in most cases, with the "Raven Drawbridge" smashed down, hooked the Syracuse warship, and then turned the naval battle into a land battle, so that the excellent ship-handling skills of the Syracuse people were completely useless, but the Dionian legion detachment was like a tiger into a flock, easily capturing the opponent's warship.

Within half an hour of the start of the naval battle, the Syracuse Navy had captured nearly 40 three-decker ships.

The wide sea made it impossible for every captain of Syracuse in the battlefield to see the loss of the entire army, but they also felt something strange: once the own ship in front of them was hooked by the strange device of the Dionian warship, many of the enemy's soldiers emerged from the cabin, through the device, rushed to the deck of their own warship, and soon saw their own warship withdraw from the battlefield, and the Dionian warship began to continue to rush forward......

The captains in the rear of the Syracuse formation had realized that they could not engage in a head-on confrontation with the Dionian ships, but should use their excellent manoeuvring skills and better maneuverability to avoid the opponent's bow device and instead attack the rear of the enemy ships......

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This massive naval battle, fought off the coast between Touriyi and Castelón, was a source of concern not only for the Dionians, but also for the people of Castelón.

General Castelon and the members of the Council, led by Amicles, also gathered on the shore with the populace to watch the naval battle unfold, as it was not only about the rise or fall of the Dionian League, but also about an important decision of Castron.

The arrival of the Syracuse envoy in Castron yesterday, and the fact that the General Executive Council and the Council led by Amicles did not receive him, but did not drive him away, but let him go ashore and "rest" at the hotel, which is already an indication of a change in the psychology of the top of Castron.

Despite the close relationship between Castlon and Dionia over the years, both sides regarded each other as their closest allies, and the people of Castlon even took pride in being able to participate in the various celebrations of Turriy, as if they were family. But an alliance is, after all, an alliance, not an alliance. The defeat of the southern alliance of the alliance on the southern front, the war and political instability in Dionya made the Castrons in the heart of Dionya directly feel the pride of the people of Turriy from the initial pride to the current panic, and the huge number of naval and army forces in Syracuse and the horror of the slaughter of the Silitins are shaking the trust of the Castrons in the Dionian Alliance.

Syracuse is not Crotone after all. At the outbreak of the Second Crotone War, Crotone, who had already been defeated once, did not make Castron lose faith in Dionya, even if he was forced by a large army, but this time the more powerful Syracuse army was led by the tyrannical tyrant Dionysius, who had defeated the mighty Carthage, and his forces had already made the Castrons tremble. Looking at the destroyed farmland, burned villages, and the people killed outside Castron, the people of Castron are both angry and helpless.

When they learned that Davers had returned to Turiyi and had led the Dionian fleet into battle with the mighty Syracuse navy, all the Castrons were excited to come to the seashore and prayed for Dionia's victory, out of reverence for Davers and anger at Syracuse.

But for the top leaders of the city-states like Amicles, although they also pinned their hopes on the invincible Dionian consul, the navy of the Syracuse was much stronger......

"What if...... No! As long as Dionia could not win this naval battle, the bay would be entirely Syracuse, and by that time ...... We can only find a way out for ourselves......" Amekles thought bitterly as he looked at the many ships moving rapidly on the sea in the distance......

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On the Syracuse flagship, at the rear of the fleet, Reptines thought he had misheard, and the lookout on the mainmast told him that his side's ships were frequently withdrawing from the battlefield, and that the Dionian ships were seldom sunk but continued to advance.

"General, listen to the report of the clipper, the Dioonians have installed a wooden bridge in front of the warship, and there are quite a few heavy infantry in the cabin, and once the wooden bridge is bridged, those heavy infantry will rush over, and our sailors on board will not be able to resist it at all. Now Cleandas and the others are no longer facing the Ionians head-on, but are using our excellent ship-handling skills and rich experience in naval warfare to deal with the Dionians. As a result, the Dionian ships were greatly inferior in speed and agility to ours due to the installation of wooden bridges and the excessive number of soldiers, and I believe that the tide of battle will soon change! The captain of the flagship comforted him.

Reptines' depressed mood only improved slightly, and he scolded indignantly: "The damned Dioonians only play a little trick, what do they think of the holy naval battle!" Poseidon will definitely punish them! ……”

He was venting the anger in his heart when the lookout above his head suddenly shouted: "General, the warship with the statue on the mast has rushed out!" It's coming! Rushed to the forefront of the enemy's ship formation! I could see a general in dazzling armor at the bow of the ship! ”

Reptines was stunned for a moment, then his spirits were lifted, and he exclaimed: "That's Davers, the consul of Dionia!" He's really on board! Fast! Order the column of warships to press up! Sink him! Be sure to sink it! As long as we can kill or capture that Davers, no matter how many ships we lose, we will win in Syracuse! ”

Since Syracuse adopted a two-column tactic, one column consisted of ten ships. The trumpet sounded, the flagship led the charge, and more than 20 warships followed closely, and soon they overtook the flagship.

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Dionia's starry tactics are like waves blown by a breeze, with small waves dying and rising again, layer upon layer, all the way forward.

Davers's ship continued to rush past one after another ships that were entangled with enemy ships, and finally came to the forefront of the battle line.

"Charge speed!" Miltias saw the enemy ships rushing ahead, and did not hesitate to give orders.

The ship suddenly picked up speed, and sped forward like a sharp arrow.

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

Davers subconsciously swallowed his saliva and pulled out the short sword at his waist.

However, the enemy ship suddenly deflected to the right.

"To the left! Left! Miltias hurriedly ordered.

However, the speed was too fast before, and the amplitude of this bend was too large, and before the deflection was completed, the enemy ship had already deftly rowed an arc and collided straight into the middle of the ship.

Miltias didn't panic at this time, but ordered: "Keep turning left!" ”

The captain of the enemy ship saw that the bronze collided with the horn, and he was getting closer and closer to the larger three-layer slurry warship, and a smug smile appeared on his face......

But soon, his smile froze.

The heavy hull of the Dionian warship was only slightly deviated to the left, and the long plank-like device in the bow of the ship actually rotated more than a hundred degrees and fell straight backwards. The suspension bridge more than ten meters long was smashing on the bow deck of his ship, and with a "boom", the two ships were connected together. Although the force of his own warship pushed the opponent's warship backwards and the drawbridge creaked, it did not hurt the enemy's ship in the slightest, but the enemy's soldiers rushed across the drawbridge with great momentum.

Finished! Seeing that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the warships and sailors, so he turned his heart sideways and jumped directly into the sea.

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

Davers didn't insist, he knew that staying here in his current capacity would give everyone peace of mind.

"I'll leave it to you." He nodded.

"Brothers, rush with me!" Martius drew his dagger and led his convoy across the bridge first, demanding the price of the Syracuse men for the cost of his life.

"There are enemy ships rushing towards us in front of you!" The lookout screamed on the mast.

Miltias and Davers immediately felt nervous, and at this moment the ship was connected with the enemy ship, and there was no way to dodge.

But the flagship of Secrean behind the ship quickly met it and quickly locked it with the "crow".

"There are enemy ships in the rear on the right!" The lookout at the stern of the ship then began to scream, but after a while his crying ceased, as another ship rushed up and joined it together.

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