Seeing this, the Eastern Phoenicians immediately divided one ship to pursue the fast three-layer oared warship, and the other four still pursued the two raven warships, because they saw the crow warships heading straight for the coast, they understood that the enemy ships wanted to run aground on the beach, which would undoubtedly frustrate their plans to sink them, so they increased their speed again.

In the process of chasing, a formation of two ships in front and two in the back gradually formed.

The sailors of the Raven Warship were gradually slowing down the speed of the pulp, giving the East Phoenicians the illusion that through their efforts, they were gradually closing the distance to the Raven Warship.

Miltias stood at the stern of the ship, keeping an eye on the enemy ships speeding behind him, and listened to the lookout on the mast constantly and loudly report the distance between the enemy ship and the flagship, and the distance between the enemy ships in front and behind.

Staring at the approaching enemy ships, the flickering collision angles in the sea made Miltias's face covered with fine beads of sweat, and when the flagship was only about fifteen meters away from the enemy ship, he suddenly shouted: "Turn around!" ”

The crew that had been waiting immediately began to act: the helmsman swung the rudder, the inside sailor paddled harder, the outside sailor reduced the force, and the whole crew acted in unison so that the forward flagship suddenly turned outward.

It was too late for the Phoenician ships in the rear to change course, and the strong inertia of the sailors made it possible for the ships to rush forward at a rapid speed even when the sailors stopped rowing.

The Raven ship next to the flagship also turned to the outside of the hull almost at the same time, and by the time they had just turned their bows, the two Phoenician ships in front had already passed them.

"Keep turning in!" Miltias and the captain of the Raven Warship next to him both gave the same order.

It turned out that the two Phoenician warships behind saw the Dionian warship in front of them turn around, and immediately turned their bows and sprinted diagonally forward, and the bronze ramming angle was aimed at the warturned tail of the Dionian warship, and the reason why the flagship of Miltias and another Raven warship accelerated their rotation was to avoid the stern and let the bow face the enemy ship.

If the ship was still full of soldiers, Miltias would not have dared to let the flagship make such a tactical maneuver, but now that the flagship has unloaded too many soldiers, it has regained its former lightness, and the results of the crew's years of training are now on display. As the enemy ship approached, the flagship's bow was already tilted towards the enemy ship, and the deck crew saw the opportunity to lower the 12-metre drawbridge, which had been installed on the foremast.

"Boom! …… Rumble! ......" two loud sounds, and the flagship and another Raven warship successfully captured the enemy ship.

"Quick! Fast! Kill it! ......" the sailor shouted to the 40 friendly soldiers nestled in the cabin.

For the first time, these soldiers experienced the long-rumored Ionian naval battles, and they excitedly rushed to the deck, swarming across the drawbridge and killing the deck of the enemy ship.

"Damn it! These idiots forgot to pull out the drawbridge! Miltias scolded that he had asked the boatswain to tell the friendly soldiers a few times beforehand, but these soldiers were so enthusiastic that they had obviously forgotten that they had no experience in fighting with the Raven Drawbridge, and were indeed unreliable.

Why did the soldiers pull out the drawbridge as soon as they crossed the bridge? Because there were three more Phoenician ships not far from the flagship, the nearest one had already begun to turn its bow, and if the flagship was still connected to the enemy ships, it would only be a collision.

So, two flagship deck operators immediately ran across the drawbridge (a Raven warship had a total of 5 to 8 deck operators) and struggled to pull the spikes from the lower end of the drawbridge's head.

The other operators quickly pulled the drawbridge up, and the helmsmen and sailors began to maneuver the flagship away from the screaming enemy ship.

But it takes time for the flagship to sail faster from stationary to sailing, and by this time the lookout was already nervously shouting: "The enemy ship is rushing over!" It's rushing to our stern! ”

Miltias stared nervously at the enemy ship rushing from behind, his fists clenched, his fingernails digging deep into the flesh, but he didn't realize it, and next to his ears was the sailors shouting as fast as a sound, they were doing their best to get out of danger, but it took time for the warship to change from stationary to fast sailing, and the flagship was most lacking in time.

Seeing that the bow of the enemy ship was about to crash into the stern of the flagship, the lookout, who was clinging to the mast (in the event of a naval battle, it stands to reason that the lookout should have come down from the mast to avoid being killed on impact, but at the moment of the whole flagship's survival, they could not care much more) shouted again: "Our warship!" Our warship!! ”

Before he could see clearly, he heard a "boom", and the ship hit the side of the enemy ship and cut into it like a sharp dagger.

This is the fast three-layer oared warship that lured the enemy away, it took the enemy ship chasing it around in a big circle, and then used its speed to throw off the opponent and quickly rush to the rescue.

Next to him were the screams of the Phoenicians, and behind were the screams of the Phoenicians, and Miltias shouted with great nervousness: "Quick! Fast! U-turn backwards! ”

Because the crisis was not resolved, the Phoenician warships that had previously pursued the fast three-layer oared warship also followed,

The flagship was struggling to turn back, but it was too late, and Miltias watched as the bow of the enemy ship crashed into the rear of the side of the fast three-ply warship that had been rescuing the flagship.

This special warship of the Dionian Navy, with its narrow hull and slender hull, shaped like a willow leaf, its strength is its strength, and its ability to resist collision is its weakness, when this warship, in order to protect the flagship, ignores the pursuers in the rear, and bravely rams the enemy ship that threatens the flagship, it puts itself in the most dangerous situation.

Due to the enemy ship blocking in front, the fast three-layer oared warship had almost no room to buffer, and it was able to withstand the entire impact force solidly, and saw that the bow of the enemy ship completely cut into the warship, the rear of the warship had cracked, and the sea water was quickly stained red with blood.

"Speed up!" Myrtias shouted through gritted teeth.

The sailors in the cabin didn't know what was going on outside, and they continued to paddle as fast as they could, making their arms a little sore, but they still gritted their teeth and persevered.

The flagship rushed, and the drawbridge fell, hitting the deck of the enemy ship.

"Pick up your arms and kill me!" Miltias shouted into the cabin.

The sailors were a little stunned: they had always been only responsible for paddling, and it was the task of the fleet's infantry to kill the enemy.

"What are you doing in a daze, obey orders!" The boatswain hauled.

The sailors suddenly picked up the bayonet and saber left in the cabin by the soldiers who had jumped into the sea before.

"Kill!" With an angry look on his face, Mirthias brandished his sword, and personally led the sailors to rush towards the enemy ship.

At this time, another Raven Ship was hit in the tail by the Phoenician Ship that turned its head due to the untimely evacuation, although the damage was not large, but the influx of seawater made the sailors have to urgently block it, which affected the speed and agility of the Raven Ship, and it was difficult to escape the danger of being hit again.

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The three warships led by Milthias faced the attack of five enemy ships, and achieved a 4:3 exchange ratio, which is enough to show that the Sicilian fleet is well-trained and cooperates tacitly, but due to the mistake of Miltias's decision, most of the Dionian warships in the rear of the fleet are scattered everywhere, and in the face of the attack of the Eastern Phoenician fleet, they are completely in a dangerous situation of fighting more with less, especially the crow warship, without the protection of other warships on the flank, it is not only unable to exert a strong ability to jump gangs, but also its speed is slow, The weakness of the relatively inflexible cornering is exposed.

One after another, the Dionian warships were sunk one after another, and a very small number of warships washed directly onto the beach.

At the same time, the Eastern Phoenician fleet was also attacking eastward, and the Dionian warships that were returning west one after another were also besieged by the Phoenician warships, and the warships behind saw that the situation was not good, and began to turn around and retreat eastward.

The East Phoenician fleet finally found such a good opportunity to destroy the enemy, how could it easily let them escape, and some warships followed closely after them.

The Dionian warship, laden with soldiers, jumped into the sea to lighten the ship's weight so that it could escape, but even then, the Raven ship was caught up one after another due to its speed, and they were forced to fight......

The naval battle lasted less than half an hour, and the middle and rear parts of the Sicilian fleet had been routed by the Eastern Phoenician fleet, except for some of the ships that were still struggling with the enemy ships, the rest were either sunk or fleeing, and the Sicilian fleet seemed to be defeated.

The Phoenician ships pursued eastward, approaching the waters of Minoa.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of military trumpets ahead, and the lookouts of several fast three-layer oared warships that were retreating eastward in a hurry shouted almost simultaneously: "Our fleet! Our fleet is coming!! ”

The captains who had been nervously watching the enemy ships behind them turned their heads to look east, only to see dozens of Dionian warships appear on the sea in the distance, lined up in a familiar array of starry ships, and they were speeding towards them.

The captains suddenly perked up and shouted loudly to the sailors in the cabin: "Brothers cheer up, our reinforcements are coming!" ”

When the sailors heard this, their hands clasping the oars regained their strength, and they steered the ship to row to the sides to make way for the fleet's attack.

At this time, the Phoenician warships also noticed something strange ahead, and they also stopped their pursuit and began to line up with each other.

The Dionian fleet, which sailed from east to west, consisted of 35 of the 42 ships of the Second Fleet, the only remaining part of the First Fleet, including 25 Raven ships and 10 fast three-layer oars, and its commander was Stefacas.