However, this tragic scene basically did not appear. Most of the Carthage fleets nimblely avoided the rapid collision and barely crossed the Dionian warships.

After experiencing such a thrilling scene, most Carthage sailors not only did not feel scared, but instead shouted even more excitedly: "See, the Dionians, this is the real strength of our Carthage sailors!"

"Hey, you guys are so clumsy, they're like sixty-seventy-year-old old ladies!"

"Even with this kind of ship-carrying level, you dare to compete with us. If you collide with you a hundred times, don't even think about meeting me!"

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The Dionians could not understand the shouts of the Carthaginian crew, but they could understand the humiliating gestures of the enemy's gestures. Especially when some Carthaginians actually lifted up their clothes and took out the thing to pee at them, it was a very shame!

Even the stable-minded flagship captain couldn't help but curse: "Damn Carthaginians! If there were bows and arrows on the ship, I wish I could shoot them to death with one arrow!"

Secrean was also angry, but as the commander, he certainly could not show this, but said in a deep voice: "These Carthaginians are too happy too early, and our fast warships will send them to Poseidon!"

Secrean adopted a double horizontal arrangement, which was to use more flexible and fast warships as the rear row to kill the merchant ships that escaped the first round of impact. However, he did not expect that the warships in the front row had almost no gains in charge.

So he turned around and looked at the stern with expectant eyes.

As a result, he saw incredible that the Carthage merchant ships were like swimming fish, and with the surging waves, they once again avoided the impact of the rapid warships, passing through the gap between the warships, and at the same time, the sneering sound came faintly from the rear again.

Secrean could no longer suppress his emotions, and punched the mast violently, roaring: "Catch up with me and sank these damn merchant ships!"

In fact, he didn't need to give an order at all. Almost all warships quickly turned the bow and chased towards the Carthage merchant ship that was moving away.

The Dionian Navy has developed rapidly in recent years and has outstanding achievements. Apart from that natural storm, they have almost never suffered any failure. Even the once powerful Carthage Navy was trampled by them. How proud and proud are they in their hearts. When have they suffered such humiliation, all crew members will never allow these Carthage merchant ships that trampled on their dignity to leave like this. Everyone was full of anger. Not only did the captain ask for speed up, but the sailors also pushed the oars harder. The warships chased the merchant ships ahead at a faster speed, vowing to sank them to relieve their hatred.

At this time, it is difficult for anyone to stop their pursuit in a short time, and Secretsian understands his fleet, so he encourages them to continue the attack.

A sea chase has begun.

Now, the Dionysian Sicily fleet is divided into two parts: 80 warships surrounded and intercepted more than 200 Carthage merchant ships surrounding the islands in the waters near Elyx; 200 warships chased and 60 Carthage merchant ships that teased them in the waters near Lelibi.

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The pursuit in the south had just begun, and the pursuit in the north had been underway for a while. Although the cunning Carthage merchant ships shuttled through the islands and reefs in this sea area, the Dionys warships, who were not very familiar with the sea conditions here, had to slow down and pursue cautiously, giving Carthage merchant ships more chances to get rid of the pursuit, but when the warships under Stefacas were completely dispersed into the entire sea area, the disaster of Carthage merchant ships came.

After all, as soon as the fleet was dispersed, Dioria warships were each in charge of a small area of ​​sea, and Carthage merchant ships inevitably encountered warships frequently. These Carthage sailors had a strong ability to control sailboats, but sailboats mainly relied on the wind. When they were traveling against the wind, their speed was naturally affected. The Dioria warships relied on oarsmen and were almost unaffected by the wind direction. The narrow waterways divided by islands and reefs also made Carthage merchant ships lose enough space to escape. Once the two sides met head-on, the merchant ships that did not have combat capabilities almost sank as soon as they hit.

More than half an hour later, the Carthage merchant ship lost nearly half of it. Many Carthage sailors who sank and swam ashore stood on each island and reef. At this speed, in another half an hour, they could completely destroy the Carthage fleet.

But Stefakas was not overwhelmed by the victory in front of him. He had two doubts: First, since the escape tactics of the Carthage fleet had failed, why were these merchant ships still dealing with them in this area? Second, he just discovered that the Carthage merchant ships were just simple empty wooden cages, covered with linen, and looked like full of cargo. After the ship sank, they all floated up. No wonder Stefakas was surprised before that Carthage merchant ships could still move so quickly with so much load.

The Carthage merchant ships used such camouflage to achieve some purpose by luring them!...Stefacas was alert, and he let the ship stop chasing the enemy ship and sailed to the west between Agusa and Phorbantia, which was the center of this sea area. At the same time, he sent several clutches to closely investigate the surrounding situation, especially to the west.

The reason why he did not assemble the warships immediately was because he believed that in a moment, his fleet would basically annihilate these Carthage merchant ships that deceived them. Not only was it a big blow to the Carthaginians, but it also completed the tasks assigned by Chief Seclian, and also made them angry.

"General, look! Another merchant ship has been sunk!" the crew on the deck shouted excitedly.

"The captain of that fast warship is Ilias?" Stefakas looked ahead with interest and said, "After missing the target, he immediately took a backward row and used the stern to knock over the merchant ship. Ilias's mind is very flexible!"

"Compared with merchant ships, our warships are giants, and they can be sunk with both bows and sterns. But so far, I have seen that Ilias' warships have adopted this new tactic. I have never thought about it like this, Ilias is worthy of being the best captain in our fleet!" The captain of the ship beside him was sincerely impressed.

"Traditional habits imprison our thoughts!" Stefakas pointed his head and said seriously: "After returning, we will promote this new tactic. In the future, when the fleet meets Carthage merchant ships again, we will have another weapon."

"yes!"

"There is an enemy!" The lookout hand on the main mast suddenly shouted nervously: "The clutch in the west raised the yellow flag! They are three yellow flags!"

Stefatas was shocked: If you worry, you will come! There is no doubt that the Carthage fleet was attacking, which was far more numerous than his own fleet!

"Blow the trumpet! Raise the yellow flag! Raise the Apollo flag!" Stefakas shouted loudly, and he was very nervous. He had to gather all the scattered warships immediately to avoid being defeated by each one.

Then, he said with a serious expression: "Notify a Clipper and hurry to the south immediately and tell Lord Seclian that the Carthage fleet is coming and we need to get reinforcements immediately!"

After Stefakas issued the order, he felt a little calm. He thought that the Clippers discovered the enemy situation, which means that the enemy's fleet was still four or five miles away, and the radius of this sea area was only four or five miles. His fleet still had time to adjust its tactics and respond.

But what he didn't know was that there was an island called Hiera just west of the flagship. The Clippers that were delivering rest were originally located on the west side of Hiera Island. When his lookout saw the Carthage fleet coming from the west, they immediately raised the yellow flag. But after a while, the captain of the Clippers did not hear the sound of the squadron's flagship horn (according to the regulations of the Dionian Navy, when the flagship conveyed the order, they had to sound the horn at the same time to remind the warships under their command). They felt strange. Not long after, he realized that he had made a mistake, because Hiera Island blocked it, and the flagship lookout might not see the raised flags. He hurriedly asked the Clippers to bypass Hiera Island, and soon heard the sound of the horn, but this trouble had taken some time.

Although 80 Dionian warships are scattered in this sea area, not too far from the flagship, and they can almost hear the sound of the military horns, it will take some time to know the orders issued by the flagship, because the warships in combat will not let the lookout hand stay on the mast, otherwise the huge impact force will cause the lookout hand to fall down, and the lookout hand must also slow down the ship and let the lookout hand climb onto the main mast. Some warships are separated by islands and cannot see the flags at all, and the warships must also be allowed to circumvent... So it takes time to make all warships gather around the Stefacas flagship again.

Now time is undoubtedly crucial. Just as the flagship of the Dionian squadron sounded the military roster, Carthage's Navy Commander Morbar had led 170 warships to the west side of Hira Island and immediately launched an attack on the three Dionian warships chasing merchant ships here.

At the same time, the Carthage fleet quickly divided into two, each with 75 warships, one from the north and the other from the south to attack the other Dionian warships.

The merchant ship crew members on the island of Sheila saw the Carthage fleet finally appear, and they cheered and shouted: "It's time for us to take revenge! Send all the Dionians to the sea to feed the fish!"
Chapter completed!