After being stabbed down dozens of sailors, the Carthaginians of the ship chose to surrender.

This time, however, Sekrian was determined to fight the Carthaginian fleet to the death, so he ordered before the battle that the ships were not to expend energy and distraction their forces to capture the enemy ships, and that sufficient men were to continue to fight until the end of the battle.

Therefore, the fleet infantry slashed the arms of the captured Carthaginian sailors one by one, making it impossible for them to paddle, and then evacuated the enemy ships.

At the same time, many Ionian warships also adopted the tactics of volleying, but only a small number of Carthaginian warships were captured by the Raven Drawbridge, and most of the Carthaginian warships avoided in time, which shows the experience and ability of the Carthaginian navy. They nimbly bypassed the front of the Dionian ship and attacked its tail instead.

The Dionian ship also coped with this, and it also followed the opponent in circles, always keeping its bow facing the enemy ship.

So there was a very peculiar battle scene: the warships of both sides were patiently circling in circles, the Carthaginian warships were in the outer circle, and the Dionian warships were in the inner circle. It stands to reason that the Ionian sailors consumed less and were more labor-saving, but the gap could not be reflected in a short period of time.

Of course, the Dionian ship was located in the center, and there was little room for maneuver, and once another enemy ship joined the warband, it would be difficult for it to avoid being hit. But in this naval battle, the Dionian warships outnumbered the opponents, not only intercepting the enemies engaged one by one, but also increasing the intensity of the attack. Sécrean was not prepared for a protracted battle with Carthage, and although he did not know much about the seas, the bad weather made him want a quick victory.

Thus, a second wave of Dionia's attacks came: fast three-oarled warships rushed into the battle zone like sharp arrows.

Ilias, the captain of a fast three-layer galley warship. He was a commoner in the port of Corinthian Lecaion, and his family barely survived by fishing and buying fish for three generations, but in the Corinthian War more than ten years ago, the Spartan king Agosilaus led a company of troops to raid many ports and towns in the Gulf of Corinth, and like other fishermen, his family's biggest possession, two fishing boats, was robbed by the Spartan allies. After the end of the war, the destitute Ilias heard that the kingdom of Dioonia across the Adriatic Sea had called on the Greeks to colonize and give them land......

Desperate and nearly sold into slavery, the Ilias family, like many fishermen in the Gulf of Corinth, ventured aboard the Dionian passenger ship that stopped at the port of Lycaion to pick up the displaced people...... In the end, the result was good, and Ilias joined the Dionian Navy, where he later became a captain in the First Fleet because of his excellent shipmanship.

Due to the weather, the Dionian fleet also widened the gap between ships, which gave the fast three-tier ships more room to play their combat power.

Ilias had already set his sights on an enemy ship in front of him that was fighting his crow warship, and he commanded the ship to rush forward quickly, trying to sneak up on the enemy's tail.

Obviously, the enemy ship considered that it was unfavorable to itself with one enemy and two enemies, and began to speed up and retreat, in order to widen the distance from the slower crow warship, and first solve this three-story prize warship without a drawbridge.

The captain of the Carthaginian warship apparently believed that as long as it was not a raven warship, the Carthaginians would win in normal warship battles.

By this time, Irias's ship had turned around and began to chase after it.

Both sides began to pick up speed and chase, soon leaving the Raven Ship behind.

Looking at the enemy ships following closely behind, the Carthaginian captain shouted: "Turn right and turn around!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sailors reacted immediately.

Captain Carthage's plan was that his sudden turn would cause the fast-moving enemy ships to be pushed forward by the inertial speed when they were caught off guard, causing the attack and defense to be out of position.

But at that moment his eyes widened suddenly: for the speed of the enemy ship had increased again, almost as if it had risen from the sea, and was coming straight at him.

His decades of experience as a warship sailor had taught him that the speed of a three-layer oared warship would not exceed 13 knots at the fastest, and he used this to formulate his tactics, but the ship behind him clearly exceeded this speed (the instantaneous speed actually reached 15 knots), and the Carthaginian warship had to reduce some speed because it had to turn, so he was extremely shocked to watch the dark bronze collision angle of the enemy ship hit the stern of his warship at great speed.

With a loud "bang", the huge impact force caused the Carthaginian warship dozens of meters long to turn half a circle in place and almost capsize.

The captain fell heavily on the deck, and he, despite the pain, quickly hugged the mast beside him.

The sailors in the cabin staggered and screamed, mixed with a terrible scream, the helmsman at the stern had no time to escape, pierced through the chest by the broken planks, and blood splattered everywhere.

The warship's warped stern was directly broken, and seawater poured in through the breach.

The Carthaginian sailors did not have the heart to paddle at this time, and the experienced ones immediately broke the oars, took the paddle, rushed to the deck, and jumped into the sea.

After the fast three-layer oared warship hit the enemy ship, it made another half circle and confirmed the victory, and then Irias loudly declared: "Brothers, sink one!" ”

There was an immediate cheer in the cabin.

"Captain, there's a big one ahead!" At this moment, the lookout on the mast shouted urgently.

Bigger?! Irias was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood: a warship larger than a three-layer oared warship could only be the rumored four-layer oar!

Although he had never seen it, the Dionian Ministry of War had always regarded Carthage as the most formidable enemy, and spared no effort in the collection and study of its military intelligence, so how could he not know the new achievements of the Carthaginian navy in recent years, and had conducted a special analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of warship that was larger and taller than the three-layer oared warship, and had also specially let the captains of each warship learn and understand it in training.

So Ilias immediately had an idea in his heart: "Bypass it and find another target, the clumsy four-layer oared warship will not be able to catch up with us!" ”

However, the lookout on the mast continued to shout: "This four-sculled warship is turning towards a raven warship diagonally in front of us, which is joining the enemy ship!" ”

Ilias's heart tightened: it was said that Carthage's four-sculled warships were equipped with 50 to 60 infantry and could fight in gangs, and the raven ships in front of them were fighting the enemy ships, and if they were flanked by it, they would be in a very dangerous situation.

"Right ahead, full speed ahead, catch up with that big ship!" He gave the order decisively.

The sailors, who were still in the euphoria of victory, immediately pushed their oars with great effort, and the ship made an arc of water marks on the surface of the sea and accelerated forward.

In a few moments, Ilias saw the full picture of the Carthaginian four-layer galleys: its wide hull was two meters higher than his own warship, and a layer of oars protruded outward from the middle of the side of the ship on both sides, as if it were the skirt of the warship, and the dense oarsmen inside could be faintly seen......

Illias, on closer count, found that there were indeed four layers of oars.

The Carthaginian four-oared warship had apparently seen the Dionian warship approaching, but it continued to sail ahead without fear or fear.

"Charge speed! Clip off its oars! Ilias calmly gave the order, and the reason why he did not give the order for ramming was because he remembered that Chief Sekrian had emphasized that the hull of this warship was relatively strong, and it was said to be able to withstand several strikes.

Therefore, Irias was afraid that he would not sink it, but because he was close to the enemy ship, he was attacked by the opponent's gang.

The speed of the ship was quickly increased to 13 knots, and it was still climbing upwards, and soon caught up with the enemy ship.

The helmsman nervously steered the rudder to ensure that the ship was facing the right side of the opponent's hull and did not deviate.

"Reel in the oars!" At the command of Ilias, the oarsmen skillfully tucked the oars into the ship's hull, and the ship sprinted forward according to its inertia, ready to pass the enemy ship.

The Carthaginian sailors were just as skilled in retracting their oars in time, though they had more pulp. And the archers on its deck also shot arrows at the ships of Ilias, while also dropping a dozen rope hooks.

In order to increase the speed of the fast three-layer oared warship, there were no railings on either side of the deck, except for the masts, the deck was bare, and there was no place for rope hooks to hook it.

Instead, the arrows that came down hit the lookout at the top of the mast, and fell straight down to the deck. A few more arrows passed through the gap in the middle of the deck and landed into the cabin, where several screams rang out.

The Dionian sailors were slightly flustered.

Fortunately, the fast three-oared warship was very fast, and before the enemy could fire a second round of arrows, it had already passed by the enemy ship and rushed to the front.

Exiting the ship's hold, Ilias immediately ordered the ship to turn back and assume a posture to continue the attack.

However, the Carthaginian four-sculled warship ignored its provocation and maintained its course, continuing to approach the Raven warship in front of it.

The infantry of the Raven Ship had already rushed out of the bilge of the enemy ship and began to accelerate back to their own ship. But this four-layer oared enemy ship was only more than ten meters away from them, and it was too late to dodge.

At this moment, another lookout who had just climbed the main mast of the Ilias warship suddenly shouted excitedly: "Captain, another fast warship!" The other fast warship is about to crash into—"

Before he finished speaking, Ilias heard a "bang", and the huge hull of the four-layer oared warship in front of him seemed to sneeze, and his whole body shook, and the speed of his advance suddenly stopped, and the exclamations of the sailors on board were incessant.

Although the view was blocked by the huge hull of the four-layer oars in front of him, he could not see the situation on the other side of the enemy ship, but through the lookout, Ilias knew that his comrades had bravely rammed the enemy in the warship.