Vol 6 Chapter 131: Taranto Sea Battle (3)

Selenian’s strict secrecy measures in the Navy played a role in making the public aware of it. Only a handful of people in the pub faintly listened to drunken sailors and talked:
The thing seems to be called a crow. It is said to have been designed by King Davers, and it can be used to defeat the enemy..."
"It turned out to be the invention of King Davers!" The people who heard the answer suddenly realized that they seemed to have a little confidence in the victory for Daves, and did not ask for more careful questioning how to defeat Thira with that device. Kuza people. Of course, even if you ask, the other party can't say why.
"How is this strange thing used? Is it really designed by the father?" Adoris, sitting on the shoulder of the slave, curiously asked Hennipolis next to him.
Faced with this life-and-death battle, Dafos’s mansion could not maintain the calm of the past. Not only Cynthia, Adoris, and Little Crow were coming to see Daves, and the two ladies were also very excited. . But Clithistia has just produced, is weak, and there is still Eunice who wants to take milk at any time to take care of it; loves Gnitz's belly is getting bigger and the mobility is inconvenient. It is very dangerous to be crowded and crowded. Neither of them could come, they had to entrust Henipolis with four or five men and women slaves, responsible for looking after the three children.
Henipolis, who was on the shoulders of the little Crowe, heard this, his face was awkward, because Davers had never told him about the case of the Dionys, he coughed twice. Perfunctory said: "Yes, of course."
The clever Cynthia looked at him with a smile and did not reveal him.
At this time, there was a greater cheer in the crowd: I saw a larger, longer majestic ship in the military port. Unlike other ships, the top of the battleship was placed on the top of the ship. A statue of Pluto is particularly dazzling. At the same time, there is still a person standing at the head of the ship. Unlike other soldiers, he is wearing a bright silver armor. Only the top of the helmet is decorated with a unique black hat, which has been hanging down to the back. In the rising sun rising from the east, his whole body exudes dazzling light, like a god.
The cheers of the people reached their peak. Yes, they recognized him because they just pushed him to the kingdom. Now the king who is deeply loved by Pluto is going to the battlefield to fulfill his promise. He is their confidence, hope. Where!
"Dave Davis, Wansheng!!!" cheers a wave higher than a wave, which is also mixed with the screams of several children: "Father cheers! Father Wansheng!"
In the deafening sounds, facing the people on both sides of the strait, Daves certainly could not see his children. He just smiled and waved without stopping.
The warship sailed into the sea, and suddenly it was wide and wide, and immediately made Davers produce a feeling of smallness, but the sound of paddles and whistling sounds of the warships that were only a few tens of meters apart were covered. He realized that he was in a huge fleet.
He turned his head and looked at the coast not far away: the people along the coast, helping the old and carrying the young, constantly following the warship...
Davers understood deeply what they were pursuing. He took a deep breath and calmed himself to overcome the discomfort caused by being used to fighting on land and suddenly turning to the sea.
And the ship that followed Daves's ship to the sea was the flagship of the Navy commander Secorian. Seklelyan was more comfortable on board than Daves. He first walked from the stern to the bow and patrolled again. After the whole boat, I came under the middle mast and looked up and said, "Is there found?!"
The gaze on the mast immediately replied: "General, there is no news yet."
Sekleian shook his fist and saw that Dave's boat in front might be a little slow because of the number of people. The mood seemed to be less anxious. He fixed his mind and ordered: "Let the whole army be below normal speed." go ahead!"
The normal speed of the three-layer paddle warship is about eight knots (that is, 15 kilometers per hour). Sekleian considers that the entire fleet is going to sea for the first time. The cooperation is not skilled enough, and the three-layer paddle battle merged from each city-state. Boat shape and specifications are different. For example, Crotone's warships are lighter and narrower, which is good for assaults; Lijim's warships are large and heavy, easy to defend... The difference in size between three-layered paddles as the main force of naval battles, It is inevitable that there will be a difference in speed, so before the enemy is reached, Sekleian takes a more cautious attitude to avoid the fleet being out of touch before and after the journey.
To this end, he followed up and said: "Raise the flag of Apollo!" Apollo is the sun god, every day driving the cloud car golden light shines, the Apollo flag said in Seckley Ankou is actually a side dyed golden yellow The slender linen fabric, which is pulled by the rope and lifted up to the main mast, facing the sea breeze, and it is launched. It means: with the ship as the center, the fleet shrinks inward, and the ship between the ship and the ship is separated from each other. At about 20 meters.
This is also a cautious operational attitude, allowing the entire fleet to be within the control of Seklely.
"Oh!..." The extremely long military sound echoed on the sea. The lookouts on every warship could see the golden flag. Then the whole ship array began to reduce the pulp from the outside to the inside. Speed, close to each other.
The reduction in the speed of the warship also allows the people on the shore to barely keep up with the forward speed of the fleet, but the fleet is moving away from the coast, even if the fleet is in a contraction formation, 150 three-layer paddles, plus other warships. The Venetian fleet of 200 warships spread out and occupied an area of ​​five or six nautical miles. It sailed southward...
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Leputines was a little tired of such an harassment every day. From the bottom of his heart, he was against the brutality of this slaughtering civilian. He originally wanted to lure the fleet of Dionia in this way. It came out of a decisive battle, but the Devonian fleet, like a tortoise, did not come out of the harbor, which made Leptinies feel full of strength but nowhere to make it.
And his brother Dionysius has increasingly valued this way of harassment. It is said that Dionysius got a little internal message from Crimissa and Asprostum, due to frequent The attack caused Diogenia to transport food to the southern front, and the supply of rations for the soldiers in the two cities began to tighten. Therefore, Dionysius ordered Leptinies to strengthen and increase the number and intensity of attacks on the long stretch of the Crimea to Turif, especially to Castellón.
In Crotone, it was rainy and rainy for several days, and the land was muddy. The Syracuse army had even encountered difficulties in camping, not to mention the siege. Since he was unable to attack for a while, Dionysius had a different brain. Yesterday he sent a messenger to Castron, in an attempt to let Castron fall to Syracuse. Even he is considering letting the fleet of Leptignes load thousands of soldiers into the destruction of the heart of the heart of Dionia, attacking the morale of its people and reducing the confidence of its allies in Diaonia. .
At the same time, Dionysius also sent a messenger to Tarantum to discuss whether to send reinforcements so as to jointly seize Heraclia as soon as possible and truly invade the territory of Dionia from the northeast.
As a naval commander, Leptinies does not have to think about it. He only needs to lead the fleet every day when the soldiers and sailors are looting, and they are keeping a close eye on the north to prevent the sudden attack of the Dania fleet. Tignes allowed his fleet to swim in the waters farther away from the landing site, which could be an eye-catching effect.
Just as he was snoring in the squat tent built on the deck, the flagship captain screamed excitedly: "General! General! Good news! Good news!"
"What good news?" Leptinis squinted.
"The Clippers came to report that the soldiers who landed and robbed seized a prisoner. He confessed, 'Their consul, Davers, came back and was elected as the king by the people yesterday. The new king also made a promise today. Will personally lead the Dionysian Navy to fight us back!'"
"Duffus wants to lead the navy to play?!" Leiptineston was in a good spirit: Dionia chose what king he didn't care about, he only cares about the Diaonian fleet that has been hiding in the Clady River. It came out, and it was led by his elder brother, Dave, who was always feared.
He jumped up: "Where is the prisoner?!"
"The captives have been taken on board, just at the bow!"
Leptinies immediately strode to the bow and saw the seemingly timid and honest Danonian.
The captive trembled with fear, not only spit out all the news he knew, but also pleaded with Leptinies to release him, not to sell him as a slave.
Leptinies said to him in a comfortable mood: "If you confess to the truth, you will not only become a slave, but also receive my reward!"
The captive immediately swears to the gods loudly: what he said is true!
Leptinies did not care for him again~EbookFREE.me~ turned and said to the captain: "I will immediately send a signal to let the fleet go north! Send all the Clippers out and give me a comprehensive search! Who first Whoever finds the fleet of Dionia, will get my generous reward!"
"Yes, General!" The captain was also excited. After conveying the order from Leptinies to the flagship Clippers, he turned and shouted to the cabin under the deck: "Slackers, move quickly! Move up ! Piper, use twice the pulp speed! Double pulp speed!"
The horn sounded and the sudden turn of the flagship and the sudden increase in speed caused the attention of the neighboring warships. They immediately made corresponding changes and quickly passed the changes from the inside out.
Note: Some readers have raised the question that the Greek three-layer slurry warship cannot be 60 meters long and may be 60 feet. According to the current archaeological excavation of the Athens city compared to the port of Piraeus, the remains of the three-layered warship ship parked there, the maximum size of the bottom of the ship is only 121.5 feet (37 meters), and according to the documents left by ancient Athens, the most The wealthy banker Parson served as a "three-layer battleship sponsor", and he invested 52 meters in length and 8 meters wide. As a ship under Daveus, I will increase the length of the captain to 60 meters, which should not be too exaggerated.