Of course, there was no noise in the venue. The veterans of the Hannover faction repeatedly mentioned that the military commander Mago was afraid of the enemy and avoided the war. Before the main force of Dionia landed, he led his army to retreat in a hurry and handed over all the previous results to the enemy, which deserved severe reprimand.

In addition, some veterans carefully proposed: From the current signs, Dionys may have pacified Rome and Samone in the north, and are concentrating their all-out efforts to deal with our Carthage. The scale of the war will continue to expand, and the consumption of national strength is also intensifying. If it continues, Carthage will be unable to support it. It is better to... hold peace talks with Dionys.

This type of proposal did not cause much wave in the venue, because the knowledgeable people in the Senate realized that Carthage had reached its most critical moment, as Azarovar said: "This war with Dionys is related to Carthage's future destiny. We must do our best to win this war! Even if we want to negotiate, we must use war to force the other party to take the initiative to negotiate. Only in this way can Carthage not lose its own interests!"

On the second day, Aisyaruba personally rushed to Utica, met Morbar, and told him about the difficulties Carthage is facing now, as well as the urgent desire of the elders and the people to come back and lead the navy out of the difficulties in order to save Carthage.

Out of love for Carthage and a strong sense of responsibility, the old man, who was over 70 years old, agreed to serve as commander of the navy.

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Mago's seduction plan failed. Dionia's main force defended Minoa and the surrounding hills, while Lizaru's troops were still entrenched in Enna. Due to the previous bloody lessons from the small town of Paragonia, Mago did not take the initiative to launch a strong attack on the Dionia camp on the mountain. At the same time, considering the difficulties in supplying military rations, Hasdroba did not lead the army back to Kefaroition. Therefore, although the army gathered in western Sicily, it remained calm.

In the east, the battle situation was equally calm, but the people in Syracuse were nervous. Although both of the troops of Dionia were busy building camps and siege equipment and did not launch an attack, the Syracuse people knew that once the attack began, it would be very fierce.

In the naval aspect, the new Carthage fleet in Sardinia received an order from the Senate. Annobas dared not disobey it. He took advantage of the early morning that the Dionian fleet had not yet begun its cruise and led the fleet back south.

A day later, Midolades noticed this sign and immediately sent the Clippers to inform Sicily of his speculation (that is, the Carthage fleet gave up defense against the Sardinian waters).

Davers, who received the news, did not immediately ask the Third Fleet to give up the harassment of Sardinia and go south to Sicily to strengthen the navy, because new warships from Greater Greece have been continuously joined in the Sicily fleet these days, which has increased the number of warships in this fleet to 300, and it is still increasing, and is fully capable of dealing with the challenges of the Carthage Navy alone.

Secrean led the enhanced Sicilian main force of the Sicilian fleet to re-locate at the port of Selinus and began a complete blockade of the western Sicilian waters.

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A guest was welcomed at the residence of Anobas in Carthage.

Anobas, who had already left behind, heard the visitor's name from his servant, but immediately went out to greet him and respectfully wanted to welcome him.

Entering the living room, Morbar put the wooden stick aside, sat on the main seat without hesitation, and asked, "I heard that you will be interviewed by the Senate tomorrow?"

"Yes, teacher." Annobas answered respectfully.

"I said, don't call me a teacher. Although I taught you how to command battles when you were the flagship captain, that is the inheritance of the Carthage Navy. I did this to every flagship captain." Morbar said without hesitation: "I won't go to the Senate to plead for you, and I don't have that much time. I came here just to ask you, what are the combat characteristics of the Dionian fleet? After all, you have fought with them a few times and should have a deeper understanding of them."

Although Anobas was a little disappointed, he did not show his face. Instead, he told the story of the two naval battles he personally commanded (of course, for the naval battle in Sardinia, he distorted the facts in order to match the content of the war report). In addition, he also talked about the naval battle between Seedium and the sneak attack of the East Phoenician fleet, which he did not participate in but had some understanding of.

Morbar listened very seriously, and did not interrupt Annobas's story from beginning to end, but the gullies on his face became more and more and deeper. At the end, the two sparse white eyebrows were almost twisted together. He touched his beard and pondered for a long time before saying, "I heard that, the Dionians adopted a brand new tactic."

"Yes, old...well, in my opinion, the Dionian fleet likes to focus on jumping gang tactics, supplemented by impact, while other city-states in the Mediterranean, including our Carthage Navy, focus on impact and jumping gang as supplemented by jumping gang. They are completely opposite to ours. But unlike ordinary jumping gang tactics, the so-called "crow warship" of the Dionian Navy uses a peculiar wooden bridge that can flexibly and steadily connect the warships close to it from all directions, so that the jumping gang tactics can be maximized..."

When Morbar heard this, he immediately pointed out: "Since the Dionians installed wooden bridges on warships, they would inevitably increase the weight of the warship and destroy their balance, and the speed and flexibility of their warships would also be reduced. Have you ever formulated effective tactics to address these two points?"

Annobas was suffocated, and then he defended: "Although I only fought two battles with Dionia, they all arranged tactics against the defects of Dionia warships! Unfortunately, for the first time, I wanted to use the storm, but I didn't expect to trigger a storm; and for the second time, I wanted to lead the Dionia fleet to the far sea, defeating them by attacking forward and backward and better control capabilities of our warships, but was finally seen through by the other party..."

Morbar didn't speak.

Annobas was relieved and continued: "The Dionians may also realize the shortcomings of their fleet, so they have another type of warship, which is smaller than the usual 3-layer oar warship, but faster and more flexible. They assisted the crow warship in combat to make up for their clumsy weaknesses... These are the tactical characteristics of the Dionian Navy, but what is worthy of our attention is that although some people in the Senate believe that the Dionian Navy has only been established for more than ten years and is far from comparable to the long tradition of our navy," I think their fleet is well-trained and their ship-operating skills are not weaker than us. The cooperation between warships is also quite tacit. They usually use a seemingly messy offensive array, which can cause chaos in the opponent's array after the battle, but they can cooperate and protect each other in the melee. This is impossible without long-term training.

And... I think the Dionian Navy should have a complete set of signal contacts when sailing at sea, so they can quickly make adjustments when they are raided and unexpected...

In addition, it is worth noting that the morale of the Dionian fleet is very high. In the Phoenician fleet's raid and the naval battle in Sardinia, the Dionians were at a disadvantage at the beginning, but in the end they were able to turn defeat into victory, which has a lot to do with this..."

Annobas talked endlessly, and he tried his best to tell the power of the Dionian Navy that he learned. Of course, this was also an illuminating explanation to Morbar: the reason why he did not win during his tenure as the commander of the navy was that he was not lucky enough, because his opponent was too strong. He still hoped that the respected Morbar could speak a fair word for himself in the Senate.

Morbar listened to Annobas's story with a serious expression, but still said nothing. He picked up the wooden stick, got up and walked out.

After all, Annobas stayed with Morbar for a few years, and understood his personality. He did not say anything to keep him, but instead sent him out respectfully.

Morbar left the door, stopped, and said to Annobas seriously: "In Sardinia, it is a serious mistake to set up a round formation to meet the enemy! Lie about military information is even more wrong!"

Annobas' heart was shocked and his hands and feet were cold: It turned out that this old guy had already found someone else to find out the details, but he came here to visit him again!

"But if I were you, I might have set up a round formation under the circumstances... In addition to this, the tactics and strategies you implemented during your tenure as the commander of the Navy were not too wrong..." Morbar's next words rang in Annobas's ears like a fairy voice.

Morbar raised his wooden stick and knocked Annobas on the shoulder, warning him: "When I accept the Senate's inquiry tomorrow, I will express my opinions if I honestly say everything. I believe that anyone with a little mind will rationally judge right or wrong."

Annobas was overjoyed. He did not hesitate and immediately stated: "Thank you, teacher! I will definitely tell the details of all the battles truthfully!"

In fact, Morbar did not appear in the Senate on the second day, but he wrote a letter and sent it to the venue. In the letter, he defended Annobas' failure from a military perspective, and hoped that the defeated general could become his assistant and assist him in fighting the increasingly powerful Dionian Navy.

Morbar's prestige and Hanno's maintenance allowed Annobas to eventually escape the punishment of the Senate.

Morbar, who had not arrived at the venue, was dragging his elderly body and leading his men to travel between Carthage and several nearby city-state ports to learn about the progress of the new warships and recruit experienced veteran sailors.
Chapter completed!