But now the real commander of this fleet is not Stefakas, but Secrean on the crow warship in the center of the forefront of the formation. He stood at the bow of the ship, staring firmly towards the front, and the captain behind him was loudly giving orders: "Start up! Stay straight!"

The looking hand on the top of the mast was also shouting loudly: "There are about 40 enemy ships ahead, arranged in two columns, and there are enemy ships coming one after another in the distance!"

"Hurry up and eat this wave first!" Secrean whispered, looking up at the suspension bridge erected beside the foremast.

The Phoenician warships that were rushing to line up quickly also increased their speed, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Secrean stared at the enemy ships flying ahead without blinking. The crow warship sitting down maintained a high speed, but not the sprint speed, and rushed straight towards the head of the opponent's ship.

When the two ships were 30 meters apart, the enemy ship suddenly turned sideways forward. It was obvious that the Phoenicians knew the power of the Dionian crow warship.

Secrean sneered, and the warship he was on did not care about the Phoenician warship that he was avoiding, but continued to move forward.

Just as the Phoenician warship was about to bypass Seclian's ship, he suddenly saw the Dionia warship ahead crashing towards the side of the warship like a swordfish at an extremely fast speed.

The Phoenician warship had to turn again, and narrowly avoided the crisis of being hit, but when the two ships passed by: "Retreat the oar!"

"Discharge!" Both sides ordered at the same time.

The sailors of the Dionian warship were prepared, and the sailors of the Phoenician warship had just been rowing hard, so that the ship could escape the crisis of being sunk. At this time, there was no time to react. The wooden pulp was pushed by the fierce force of the Dionian warship and hit the ship window, and with a "click", it was broken directly.

After the Dionia warship broke the oar on the other side, he abandoned it and continued to sail forward.

But when the crew of this Phoenician warship was still in shock, another Dionian warship came towards him. This was a crow warship. It took advantage of the lack of wooden oars in the Phoenician warship and was unable to move, and easily laid the suspension bridge on its deck. The legion reserve soldiers carried on the ship were not those of friendly soldiers. They followed the instructions and rushed across the suspension bridge, but did not fight. Most of the Phoenician sailors were injured. Under the leadership of the team leader, they quickly returned to the warship and pulled the suspension bridge...

The starry ship array arranged by Seclian is different from the past. The traditional starry ship array is arranged in the front of the crow warships, and the fast three-layer oar warships behind are waiting for an opportunity to plug in to capture the fighter jets. However, the ship array is arranged in the space between the crow warships and the fast warships. The purpose is to speed up the rhythm of the attack, seize the time, and save the besieged warships.

The ship of Stefacas in the middle of the ship was flying bloody flags, reminding the surrounding warships to fight to the death, while the ship of Secrian, who was sprinting in the front, encouraged the crew to move forward bravely.

The Eastern Phoenician fleet succeeded in a sneak attack, but it was the first time that it was officially fighting against the Dionian fleet. Their traditional naval tactics were completely unable to adapt to the new naval tactics that Dionian summarized after years of training. Although they had many warships, the hasty battle formation could not resist the attack of the Dionian squadron with a strong morale. After a period of battle, ten Phoenician warships were either captured or damaged, while the Dionian squadron paid the price of damage to the four warships and completely defeated the Phoenician formation in front of them.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Phoenician warships retreated one after another.

The Dionia rapid warships did not chase after them, because before the war, Secretyan discussed with them. The current situation is that the enemy is large and we are small, and the warships cannot be dispersed. Otherwise, if they advance too much and leave the large army, they will easily fall into the siege. Therefore, while maintaining a faster speed, the Dionia warships gradually returned to their respective positions and still maintained a complete formation.

The Phoenician warships along the way received news early and retreated westward, allowing some of the Dionian warships that were hiding from the east and Tibet to escape, joining the ship formation, and also causing the number of Dionian squadron warships that had just experienced the First World War to increase, and have reached 45.

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"Cough! Cough!..." Miltias coughed repeatedly, and the crew next to him hurriedly helped him up and patted his back, allowing him to spit out the sea water smoothly.

"General Miltias, are you okay?!" the crew asked with concern.

Miltias waved his hand, but didn't want to speak. He looked at the sea, staring blankly at the sea. There was no trace of his flagship, leaving only a section on the top of the main mast that was exposed to the sea, like a floating rotten branch. He led the flagship to deal with the enemy for a while, but in the end he could not escape the enemy's encirclement and was sunk. Fortunately, they swam directly to the shore.

Looking around the surrounding sea, there are several "rotten branches" like this, mainly occurring near the coast, and further away, more wreckage of warships are half floating and half sinking on the sea surface. Most of them are Dionian warships. Only a very small number of warships seem to float intact on the sea surface, but they float completely uncontrollably with the sea water. They are Phoenician warships killed by crow warships.

Looking at the wreckage of warships and countless people floating on the sea, Mirtias's heart seemed to be tightly pinched by something, which made him feel heartbroken: the Sicilian fleet... and his fourth fleet... were gone like this?

He stood for a long time, letting the tide wash his legs...

Most of the crew members around were like him, staring at the flagship sunk in the sea, and spending so many years together made it difficult for them to let go.

"Hey, you are from the Dionian fleet, aren't you?" Someone walked towards them.

"Yes, we belong to the 4th Fleet of Dionia, this is ours-" A crew member next to Miltias said loudly, Miltias patted his shoulder hard and stopped him from continuing. As the person in charge of this transportation operation, Miltias felt that he should bear important responsibility for this crushing defeat and was somewhat shameless to see others.

Fortunately, he had just arrived in Sicily and not many people knew him. The man just glanced at him and then said to the crew member who was talking to him: "There are still many crew members in your Fourth Fleet there."

Following the direction of his finger, Miltias saw more than a thousand people gathered on the beach to the east.

The man continued, "I am Friakas, the general of the Jela reinforcements this time. It is too close to the city of Selinus. In order to avoid being discovered by the Carthaginians, we cannot stay here for too long. We must go east as soon as possible. After passing Germet and reaching Minoa, we can ensure safety."

The crew turned their heads and looked at Miltias. Miltias nodded, and the crew immediately said, "Okay, let's go here."

Friacas looked at Miltias with a low expression again. He had seen such a look on the faces of several Captains of Dionia who had traveled ashore. After all, since the storm destroyed the Dionia fleet, this was the case, but the Dionian Navy suffered another huge loss. The myth that the Dionian Navy had never failed since its establishment ended here. It was obviously a bit of a big blow to these naval generals. Friacas could understand this, but at the same time he also added a little concern in his heart: What else should Jera do when the Dionian Army and Navy in Sicily are in trouble?

He sighed in his heart and turned toward the main force.

The crew members followed behind, looking back at the sea from time to time, and someone suddenly said, "The enemy ships can no longer be seen on the sea. Have they retreated?"

Miltias almost staggered and fell to the ground. He actually prefers to see the enemy ships still patrolling the sea, because this means that the Sicilian fleet has warships fighting. Now that all the enemy ships have left, is it that the Sicilian fleet has been destroyed?!

Miltias's face turned gray and his heart became even more painful.

At this time, there was a loud noise in front of us: "Enem! There is an enemy!!"

"The Carthaginians are here! Run away quickly!!"

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The crew members were shocked and saw many Numibian cavalry jumping out of the woods north of the beach. They rode down the gentle slope and rushed towards the large forces gathered in front. Behind them, more fully armed Carthaginian infantry appeared...

Since the last night attack, Mago has stepped up patrols of Selinus to the coast of Germe. The Sicilian fleet and Phoenician fleet fought on the sea near Germe, of course, were discovered by Carthage's reconnaissance cavalry. After receiving the news, Mago immediately sent a mixed cavalry and infantry army of 5,000 people to attack the crew and soldiers of the Dionians who fled ashore due to the sank of the ship, and at the same time, they had to beware of the Minoans going out of the city to rescue.

Most of the Dionian crew members and AIA soldiers on the beach were without weapons and inevitably panic. When the Numibian cavalry rushed to the front, the javelins that were thrown out fell into the crowd, and the splattering blood and shrill screams made people turn around and run away in panic.

The Numibian cavalry shouted wildly and took the opportunity to drive the horses and collided, which accelerated the disintegration of the Dionian crew and the soldiers of the friendly countries...

"General, we must escape to the sea immediately to escape the enemy's pursuit!" The flagship captain trembled and shouted loudly to Miltias.

"...you go." Miltias said with a blank expression, but his whole body continued to move forward.

The flagship captain grabbed him in a hurry, shook him hard, and shouted in his ear anxiously: "Mirtyas, the enemy is coming! We must escape!"

"There are enemies everywhere. If you hide in the sea, you will eventually become a ridiculous prisoner... The 4th Fleet is gone... It's all my fault... I have let down Your Majesty's trust!..." Miltias had endless regret in his faint words. He raised his head and looked forward: "... Only by dying in the battlefield can people's ridicule of me... It can reduce the doubts of the elders of the elders' questions about Your Majesty!"
Chapter completed!