Chapter 300: Humiliation

When he saw the Dionian fleet appear, Admika's first reaction was to retreat immediately, but then he saw the swift attack speed of the Dionian warships, and then looked around at the bloated fleet, he had to dismiss this thought.

After a short period of thought, Admika decided that the number of ships under his command was about the same as that of the Dionian fleet in front of him, and that his crew was more physically superior, and he could fight with it.

So, he quickly gave the order for the whole army to meet the battle.

In fact, the Carthaginian warships were already busy, they cut the cables that pulled the wounded ships, drove the prisoners on board into the sea again, and even more ruthless warships forced those comrades who were cut by the fleet's infantry to jump into the sea first, just to lighten the weight of the warship and restore its flexibility, but the salty sea water stimulated the wounds that had not yet healed, and made the wounded soldiers who jumped into the sea let out a terrible and prolonged scream, which echoed throughout the fleet, so that the battle had not even begun, and a layer of gloom hung over the hearts of the crews.

Even when the Carthaginian warships were still busy, and even the ships were just beginning to line up, the fast warships of Dionya had already rushed to the front......

Captain Theodorus, who was tied to the bilge post of the flagship, was suffering from the humiliation of the Carthaginian crew, when suddenly there was a shout from the deck, and then the Carthaginian sailors in the cabin showed panic, and the fierce-looking sailor also let go of the hand that was holding his hair, and said a few words loudly with a serious expression, and saw that the originally noisy cabin was quiet again, and the sailors sat upright on the wooden bench one by one, holding the wooden oars in both hands.

The boatswain shouted, and saw the sailors on one side begin to paddle, while the other remained still.

Sesodorus immediately felt himself spinning with the wooden pillar, and although he couldn't understand what the Carthaginians were saying, as an expert he knew that it was the ship making a U-turn.

Why did the Carthaginian warship turn around? He was speculating in his mind.

At this moment, several Carthaginian lightly armed soldiers came down from the deck, and they fiercely drove away the Ionian captives who were locked in the bilge with their spears and short swords, and one of the captives walked a little slower, and the Carthaginian soldiers pierced him through the chest with their spears without saying a word.

Sesodorus shouted angrily: These are his men! What are the Carthaginians going to do!

The Carthaginian soldiers did not stop their atrocities, and even some soldiers came to him and tried to take him with them, but perhaps the ropes were too tight, or perhaps it didn't matter if there was only one captive left, and they finally chose to give up.

"Great Hades,

You are the king of the underworld, the lord of justice, and the protector of the kingdom!

I have sailed warships, fought seas, and defended kingdoms.

If that day comes,

I went to your temple,

I hope you will use a fair judgment,

Give me the glory of a warrior!

……”

The captain of the captives suddenly began to sing, and the captives, who were still struggling to resist, heard the voice, and suddenly fell silent, and sang along, and their faces were not panicked, but more tragic, and there was no need for the Carthaginians to push and shove again, and under the solemn gaze of Sesodorus, they walked firmly to the deck, and only the solemn singing echoed in the cabin......

Although the Carthaginian sailors could not understand what they were singing, they inexplicably remained quiet and did not dare to interrupt without a sound.

The boatswain slapped Sesodorus in the face again, then waved his fist and cursed.

The sailors shouted in unison, and each one seemed to be very aggressive.

At this moment, there was a shout from the deck.

The boatswain shouted the same words again, and the pied piper, who was seated at the exit of the cabin, blew the two-pipe flute, and the sailors listened to the rhythm of the flute and increased the speed of the slurry in unison.

Sesodorus swallowed the blood in his mouth, and did not curse loudly, he knew: the battleship was accelerating, it was preparing for battle, and its enemies were naturally self-evident - our fleet is coming! Come and destroy these damned Carthaginians! ”

Cesodorus's heart welled up with joy, but he did not show it, but quietly observed the situation in the cabin, he turned his head, and tried to look through the gap that the sailors had exposed as they leaned forward and backward, through the small hatch, but all he could see was the sliding wooden oars and the glowing water.

He retracted his gaze in disappointment, and once again focused his attention on the cabin, and had to admit that the Carthaginian sailors were also well-trained, and with tacit cooperation, nearly 200 people were manipulating a warship, but it was like manipulating their own bodies, whether it was accelerating, decelerating, turning around, or turning, it was so smooth that they didn't feel a trace of sluggishness......

Therefore, he brisked himself and carefully felt the movement of the warship: this should be the speed of the attack, and the Carthaginians still had the strength to spare, and they should not have encountered our warship yet...... Suddenly stopped, why? …… This is turning to the left, oh, speeding up, is it possible that our warship is in front of the left? …… Accelerating, still accelerating, this is the speed of the charge! The Carthaginians are preparing to attack our ships! What to do?!

In his eagerness, Sesodorus suddenly opened his mouth and whistled.

"Shhhh …… Hush! …… Shh......h

Suddenly, another high-pitched sound sounded in the cabin, but unlike the sound of the binaural flute, its tempo was much slower, and the two sounds were intertwined, but it affected the sailors who were in a state of high euphoria, and the captive captain was pleased to see that some of the sailors' rowing rhythms were confused.

At that moment, a large fist appeared in front of him, followed by the boatswain's angry face, and then he was hit on the head and fainted......

I don't know how long it took, but Sesodorus gradually regained consciousness,

His eyes were slightly open, and he felt that the atmosphere in the cabin was not as relaxed as before: the boatswain looked nervous, listened intently to the orders coming from the deck, and shouted a few times from time to time; The sailors were all covered with beads of sweat, panting, their muscles protruding, their muscles exposed, their whole bodies tense, and they tried their best to control their bodies on the wooden benches...... In such a tense state, no one paid attention to his awakening.

Sesodorus also felt his body fall to the left and right along with the wooden pillar, and he knew in his heart: this ship was constantly spinning and accelerating, and it was under attack!!

Sesodorus's heart was like a mirror, and he breathed slightly, trying his best to regain some strength, while also waiting for the right moment.

After a while, a hurried and nervous shout came from the deck.

At the command of the boatswain, the sailor on the left increased the speed of the oar, the sailor on the right stopped rowing, and the ship made a quick turn to the right; After a few moments, the sailor on the right began to paddle faster, while the sailor on the left returned to his normal paddling speed......

Sesodorus knew in his heart that this was a difficult "inverted sliding", which was a tactical move to avoid the impact of the enemy ship and then break away from the encirclement, which meant that the ship was under siege.

In such a crisis situation, the Carthaginian sailors were still able to move in unison and cleanly.

However, there was a sneer on Sesodorus's puffy face, he was a Rockley, and in the eyes of outsiders, the Lockley people had become accustomed to obedience under the strict laws of the city-state, but the punishment of gouging out their eyes and cutting off their hands at every turn had actually bred a character among some people who were willing to risk life and death and never evade responsibility.

Sesodorus would never let these Carthaginians, who wantonly humiliated and killed their captives, easily escape, and he opened his mouth: "Shhhhhhh …… Hush! …… Hush! ……”

Suddenly, a high-pitched, rhythmic whistle sounded again in the cabin, and the highly focused sailors were stunned, and some of the sailors' wooden oars unconsciously slowed down with the whistle.

The boatswain roared, picked up the spear in the corner, and pierced Sesodorus' chest.

Blood flowed from the mouth of the captive captain, whose whistle, though weakened, did not stop. It was only when there was a "boom" that the whole ship trembled, the ship suddenly stopped moving, and the Carthaginian sailors exclaimed, that he passed away with a smile......

After the capture of the Carthaginian flagship by the raven warship, the infantry of the fleet saw the body of Sesodorus, who was tied to a wooden post in the cabin and pierced by a spear in his chest, and was moved by the heroic deeds of Sesodorus through the questioning of the captive sailors by the interpreter.

It didn't take long for Midolades to learn about this, and he immediately ordered: "The body of Captain Sesodorus is carefully transported back to the flagship for proper safekeeping." ”

When the body of Sesodorus was carried to the flagship of the Third Fleet, Midorades and the entire crew of the ship stood solemnly and saluted solemnly.

The surprise attack of the Third Fleet caught the Admika fleet, which was laden with wounded soldiers, prisoners, and dragging wounded ships, and its swift and courageous attack completely disrupted the Carthaginians' unformed ship formation, and after half an hour of fierce fighting, the Carthaginian fleet was defeated, even its flagship was captured, and the 3rd Fleet won the naval battle.

Considering that night would soon fall, Midorades ordered all the ships to stop the pursuit and quickly rescue all the crew members who had fallen into the sea.

At the same time, Midorades also considered that the new Carthaginian fleet still had remnants of combat strength, and the fleet would pass through the coast of Sardinia on the way back, fearing that they would attack at any time, in order to avoid his fleet repeating the mistakes of the enemy, he also ordered all the Carthaginian ships captured by the raven warships to be sunk, and not to rescue any Carthaginian sailors who fell into the sea, and even ruthlessly ordered all his seriously damaged warships to be sunk.

The successive victories increased the prestige of Midorades, and at his insistence, the ships of the Third Fleet strictly carried out his orders.