Lepida's large transport ship was heading at full speed towards the position of the Corinthian battleship, and at the same time, the tall and sturdy Raven drawbridge was already aiming at the deck of the opposing battleship. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The wind and waves of the sea did not stop the dash of these big guys, they were like heavy tanks on the sea, and by the time the sailors of the Corinthian ships found that the enemy fire had ceased and were ready to land for battle, it was too late.

The giant riveted crow drawbridges were lowered into the air and thrust into the decks of enemy ships like giants' daggers.

The entire Corinthian battleship shook suddenly, however, what was even more terrifying was the hundreds of heavily armed Roman hoplites behind this drawbridge. A pair of cold and brutal eyes stared at the crew of the fragile boat on the opposite bank, and under the long whistle of the centurion, the soldiers rushed to the opposite shore like a group of thugs.

At the same time, the crew of Pompey's regiment on the battleship was not able to destroy the drawbridge, because it was so heavy that the rivets had sunk deep into the bottom deck. Temporary destruction of the trestle deck is also impossible. Only with bows and arrows, spears and spears shot at the bridge, maybe they can hold out for a while.

But rushing from the opposite side were the heavy infantry of the Roman legions. Each of them was armed with large square shields, and their sharp daggers reflected dazzling light in the sunlight. Killings are inevitably staged on this sea......

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Lepida excitedly watched as his transport fleet approached the enemy fleet, and successfully landed the drawbridge on the enemy ships. The sound of the crossbow clash was quickly replaced by the sound of cold weapons among the Roman soldiers. This was accompanied by the cold clashing of weapons, and the screams and moans of the soldier after he was wounded.

Finally, several hoplites of Lepida surrounded the captain of the Corinthian battleship. The captain wielded his dagger weakly, but in front of him was a Roman soldier in full armor. Their shields formed in a circle, waiting for the old captain's final surrender. However, under the cold weapon, the captain of the legion of Pompey's forces, who was in his early fifties, was still unwilling to surrender. He swung his dagger to deliver the final blow to the soldiers in front of him, while exposing his Achilles' heel to the Roman hoplites.

Four or five sharp Legion's daggers suddenly stabbed out from the soldier's side and into the old captain's abdomen. Then, several Roman hoplites drew their short swords with incredible speed. With a blank expression, he watched the captain's blood shoot out.

It even splashed in their faces.

However, they captured the battleship.

At this time, Pompey's other defenders in Corinth were also dispatched, and their warships all rushed out frantically, and they were mixed with Caesar's fleet. The sound of artillery fire mingled with the sound of the ship's hull shattering, and a bloody war song was played on the sea.

Appis's ships, protected by several smaller ships, engaged in a melee with the ships of Pompey's legion. The cannonballs carried the sparks that kept coming, and around the hull, the waves were constantly splashing, and the blazing flames were like a rain of meteors in the apocalypse, obscuring the sky of the naval battle. The ship that was hit was in a thick cloud of black smoke. Except for the difference in weapons, the tragic scene of the entire naval battle is not much different from the imperial naval battle after the Industrial Revolution.

The sea water in early spring is still very cold, and once it falls, it will be fatal for ordinary legionnaires.

A stream of rocks pierced the cabin of the battleship where Apis was, and a large amount of seawater immediately poured into the cabin, and the thirty slave oarsmen inside were immediately swallowed by the raging water, and the whole battleship was jolted, but it quickly stopped smoothly on the sea, because the water barrier "designed" by Apis was well resistant to the erosion of the sea. In a relatively separate cabin, seawater can only flow into the individual cabin rooms that have been penetrated, and the other rooms are intact, so that the carrying capacity of the ship decreases, but not to the point of sinking. Roman warships with a water-compartment design could resist stone bullets very well, because they were not to the point of being riddled with holes, and there was no danger of sinking.

However, the battleships on Pompey's side did not have a similar design.

Many of Pompey's ships began to jolt and flood after being bombarded by Caesar's Legion, and then a large amount of sea water eroded every nook and cranny of the ship's cabin like a beast of prey. Until the entire ship was swallowed by the sea.

After less than two hours of fierce fighting, the advantages and disadvantages were already apparent. It's just that Pompey's navy is still very strong in combat power, and it has also caused a lot of damage and losses to Caesar's battleship group.

The flints streaked across the sky and struck the sides of the ship, splintering wood chips splattering. The blood of the soldiers stained the sea of the naval battle red.

Some of the defenders of Pompeii drove assault boats equipped with triangular iron tools and charged Caesar's ships fiercely. The impact on the hull of the ship was still devastating for the ancient Roman ships that were still built out of planks.

As the other three assault boats rushed toward Appis's battleship, the Legionnaires on deck aimed in the direction of the ship and fired tar-coated stone projectiles. One of the Corinthian defenders' assault boats was hit by a stone projectile in the sail, and the burning flames and tar fell on the hull, and the whole assault ship immediately burst into flames, and the crew jumped out of the ship in fear, and soon the battleship lost control and rushed towards the bow of the Apis.

The other two ramming ships were striking with bows and spears from their crews as they approached Appis' flagship.

Even though many of Pompey's soldiers died from throwing their weapons at close range, the two assault boats managed to ram Appis's ship.

The big ship trembled like a wounded giant at the moment of the violent impact. The rocking deck made it impossible for many soldiers to stand for a moment. They looked in horror as they fell to the ground, grasping for any railing or plank they could hold onto. However, after the violent impact, the huge battleship remained firmly in the waves of the sea.

It was only the frightened Pompey regiment sailors who had to jump all into the sea before their assault boats crashed into the huge battleship of Appis......

The battle was bloodier than any of Caesar's previous naval battles in Gaul, and even though Caesar's fleet was more resistant to blows with its wondrous design of its water-trapped, the Pompey navy in the port of Corinth was significantly outnumbered by Caesar's ships. It was impossible to build a large fleet in half a month, which Caesar had expected before the war. It's just that Pompey left two-thirds of his ships in the port of Corinth. Caesar miscalculated this. (To be continued.) )