Chapter 13: The Battle of Salamis (Part II)

Soon, the deck of the ark opened, and eight huge men came out of each ship, all fat and fierce, shaking from time to time as they walked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When the reincarnator saw the size of the eight people, the first reaction in his mind was two words: sumo!

If you participate in a sumo tournament, you will definitely have a chance to compete for the position of yokozuna (the highest level in sumo).

As soon as the eight appeared on the deck of the ark, they immediately divided into four teams and ran towards the four directions of the ark.

At the same time, four large wooden gallows slowly floated up from the deck.

With the full release of the bracket with a click, the slotted winch was completely revealed.

It was a one-person height winch, and the gallows was held down by two giants respectively, and slowly pushed it in the midst of loud cheers.

Themistocles' eyes were like torches, and he saw everything that was happening a kilometer away, and wondered: Could this be to accelerate?

But the result surprised him.

The winch began to rotate under the impetus of the giant man, but the giant ark did not accelerate in the slightest, and the speed remained constant, because there were no sails, the speed was even worse.

It's not acceleration, so what's going on?

Soon, the answer was revealed.

On both sides of the ark, three openings were opened, and with the rotation of the winch, there was a gurgling sound at the half-meter-diameter hole, as if the flood beast was waiting for an opportunity to move.

Finally, the strange noise in the cave stopped, and a thick black slurry erupted!

Themistocles, like the rest of the allied Greek forces, was stunned by what they saw.

They couldn't figure out what that black viscous liquid was.

Only on the mercenary's exclusive ship, the lamentations of the reincarnators can be heard.

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Admiral Artemisia, dressed in military uniform and with half of her shoulders exposed, paced the flagship deck, and when she saw the ark spewing black liquid, she waved her hand and ordered, "Release my personal guard." ”

On the battleship to the left of the flagship, the personal guards, who had already been in place, did not hesitate to jump into the turbulent waves the moment they received the order.

The movements were neat and neat, and from this alone, it could be seen that this personal guard was by no means an ordinary Persian soldier.

These guards did not carry powerful weapons, let alone diving equipment, and relied on a pair of long arms and a pair of strong thighs to run through the waves.

The only special feature is in the back of these personal guards.

On each person's back, they carried a round object, all black glaze, which exuded a pungent smell.

The object took up almost the entire back of the personal guard, and it was unknown what the hell was inside.

The behavior of the Persian navy was so strange that the more Themistocles, who had fought for half his life, looked at it, the more bad it felt.

"General, look below!" The adjutant stood on the side of the ship, the halberd pointing to the waters below, shouting loudly.

When Themistocles heard the news, he saw a soldier thrust his spear into the tumbling water, and in a flick of it, handed it over.

Above, he could clearly see a viscous black mass, somewhere between solid and liquid.

When you sniff the tip of your nose, you can still smell a pungent smell.

Themistocles looked up and suddenly found himself in the entire sea area where his battleship was.

Themistocles suddenly remembered something, and shouted loudly: "Stand back, retreat!" Fall back! Retreat ......"

The heralds also roared, and the Greek navy had not yet engaged the enemy, and the battlefield was full of orders to retreat, which made the high-spirited Greek coalition forces look at each other, not sure if their ears were wrong.

Many soldiers showed reluctance and disbelief on their faces, they would never accept the order to retreat before fighting, but this order did not come from a timid superior, but from their heroes, Themistocles!

Just when the navy was in a mess, the adjutant pointed to the sea and shouted: "General, look at the water!" ”

At this time, Themistocles noticed that the Persian soldiers who had jumped into the sea were no more than two hundred meters away from him.

If this distance is placed on land, it can be said that it can be instantaneous, but it can be placed in the vast sea, and the situation is completely different.

At least for human beings, if you want to go over 200 meters, you can't cross it in one breath.

What's more, those people have already swam seven or eight hundred meters away, which is extremely physically demanding on the calm water, let alone in the rough waters at this time.

Considering that they were carrying a can of black objects that they didn't know what it was, that was surprising enough.

Even if he didn't know what was being sold in the other side's gourd, one thing was certain for Themistocles: they should never be allowed to get close to their own warships.

"Archers, come to deck at once!" Themistocles gave the order again.

Compared to the previous order to retreat, they were two completely different orders.

Also well-trained in Themistocles, most of the archers were brought out by the Athenian city-state, and after receiving the order from Themistocles, they immediately ignored the order to retreat and hurried from the cabin to the deck one by one.

They were agile and agile, and quickly distributed in various positions on the side of the ship, and compared to the other soldiers who were already in chaos, the archers were definitely among the elite soldiers.

"Stand all on the port side, fire your arrows with all your might, and never let the Persian water ghosts get close!"

Water ghost is a joking name for the diving class.

One by one, the orders were given, and the arrows flew wildly, and one by one, the personal guards who swam at great speed fell and sank under the rain of arrows.

After a rain of arrows, a quarter of the guards were missing from the sea.

"Oops, seawater resistance reduces the lethality of the arrows!" A reincarnation saw the doorway.

"Once approached by these 'water ghosts', the flagship of Themistocles is finished. It's time for us to do something. Another reincarnation rubbed his hands.

Although naval warfare is about tactics and strategies, it also greatly limits the combat performance of the reincarnators because of the complex terrain.

They are more adept at broadside warfare than at commanding naval combat.

"No, wait, it's too late to save now." Someone stood up to stop it.

"Fornell, if you don't let us save the boss, do you want us to sit idly by?" The reincarnation who was the first to mobilize everyone to fight spoke out against it.

Fornell: "Fool, don't you see that the flagship is surrounded by water ghosts?" To save it now is just to delay the destruction of the flagship, and it will not help the overall situation. ”

"Tell me, then, what is the big picture?" Helena asked suddenly.

"It's very simple, capture the thief first capture the king, shoot the man first shoot the horse." Fournell pointed at the Persian flagship and said, "Kill that bitch!" ”