Vol 8 Chapter 326: Long-distance raid

Daves listened to these words, but he did not agree. In the time when Latin and Midorades got along, according to his observations: Midolades is not an extrovert, but he is also A person who wants to be strong, he has never put any harsh demands on the military department before, unlike Seclair, who often asks the military department to increase the number of warships, increase staffing, improve port facilities, etc., because he may I feel that I have not had any outstanding achievements, so I am not qualified to open this mouth, but his performance in this war can be said to be quite amazing, even better than the Sicilian fleet led by Seklelyan. In this case His mentality will naturally be different from the past, and the mentality of the crew of the Third Fleet will also rise, so it will not be easy for them to be low.
At this time, Printols said: "His Majesty, although the Third Fleet has only 150 warships, they can defeat the Carthage team that once guarded Sardinia with a small win. I think they can also Independently coping with the current Carthage fleet. And from the performance of the third fleet some time ago, they are very good at attacking the enemy on the shore. In this case, we can completely let the Sicilian fleet and the third fleet go south and north. At the same time, they were given the task of blocking the western Sicilian waters, harassing the Carthage and allies, and destroying the Carthage fleet..."
"Well..." Daphus's eyes lit up, and the subconsciously knocked the back of the chair with his fingers.
"Your Majesty, how can this be done, so that it can be messed up! Let's not say that Seklely will be dissatisfied. If the two fleets are not affiliated, there will be no coordination. At that time, they will be confused. For example, they will block Sicily at the same time. In the western waters, for example, to attack the same place at the same time..."
"This is indeed a problem, but both Seclerian and Midorades are very smart people, they will consciously coordinate each other's actions." Dafoss said disapprovingly, then he increased the volume: "Let the Sicily and the Third Fleet act individually to accomplish the same task and let them compete with each other. I think this is a good idea because competition will force the two fleets to play their full potential and give them more Motivation, let them be more active, and that will be the disaster of the Carthaginians!"
"...I understand." Tolmid looked at Princeton and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to tell Seklely about this?"
Davers shook his head and said: "Before the Sicilian fleet was humiliated, Sekerian was motivated to decide to carry out this raid. He now needs more patient and meticulous preparations. This time tells him that I am afraid of him. I will be unbalanced and tell him when he returns."
"Yes."
Davers is pleased to agree that the two fleets are competing with each other. There is another important reason that is not stated: in the Army, no senior general can dominate the competition. Alexis and Prosuos have a slightly better record. Amin Tas, Hilos, and Capps are not bad either. The most important thing is that his own position in the Army is unstoppable. But for the Navy, Seclair's prestige is too high, and Davers can't personally command the Navy. So Seclyn has always said the Navy in the past, even though Davers has taken some measures, such as "building four fleets, no navy. Commander..." But during the war, I still have to rely on Sekleian. Now I finally come out with a good ability of Midorades. Of course, he has to give support, which is conducive to the decentralization of the Navy.
So he continued: "The Ninth Army can not come to Sicily, but Plesous has already captured the main city of Syracuse. The Seventh Army and the Eighth Army have no tasks for the time being. They can let them follow the first The three regiments are operating on the north coast. The Carthaginians must not know the news. The Phoenician city-state on the north coast should be relatively defensive, just to seize this opportunity to give the Carthage army a sudden blow. As for the specific targets. Let Prosuos and Midolades decide to decide."
Tormide and Printos nodded and said yes.
"How is the situation of each unit now?" Davers asked again.
"Because the various regiments are now recruited a lot, plus the Roman soldiers who joined the Legion, they are training these days and let these recruits integrate into the Legion as soon as possible..." Tormed said.
"Let them hold on again, it may not take long before they are on the battlefield."
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At dusk, Seklely received a command from Daves to agree to his raid. He quickly issued an order to allow all crew members to rest in bed in the morning to ensure ample physical strength for the second day of adventure.
However, he negotiated with several old sailors of Sellinus to determine the route of navigation, and with the three divisions commanding and the Sicilian fleet infantry commander, according to the situation of the Phoenician captives from the Eastern Mediterranean, Discussing how to attack the city of Hadrumumum, has been busy until late at night.
On the second day, the day was still not bright, and the port of Serinus was lively.
The crew got up early, washed, dressed, and had breakfast. Then, under the leadership of the sailor, they came to the shipyard where they belonged. Everyone worked together to drag the ship into the water and board the ship. It is a group of 40 infantry infantry who have already assembled, and quickly climbed to the deck of the crow ship.
When all of this is ready, the sea level has just exposed a ray of light.
Seklely strode to the flagship, and the captain greeted him with a look of joy: "Adult, Poseidon bless, now has a slight northerly wind!"
"Okay, this is a good fortune!" Seclerian also smiled, took the big wooden cup from the captain's hand, walked to the side of the ship, made pious prayers and thanks to Poseidon, and solemnly put the wine inside the wooden cup. Dumped in the sea.
"Get off," he said.
The flagship raised the green flag, but did not blow the military number, because the fear of alarming the Carthage army outside the city of Sellinus, causing them to be alert, to inform the fleet of the basic city of Carthage.
But the captain of every ship was watching the flagship closely, and as soon as he saw the slogan, he was ready to go.
The first to leave the port was the sub-fleet led by Stefacas. The last time he was attacked by the Carthage Fleet, Stifkas performed calmly and eventually successfully saved more than half of the ships, so Sekleian was still at ease. He gave him the important task of being a pioneer because of his stability.
Stefacas’s ship sailed at the head of the team. On the deck, two old sailors of Sellinus were sitting. In this era without a compass, it is more difficult to distinguish the direction on the sea, especially in the At night, the experienced old sailors are good at observing the stars in the night sky to distinguish the direction. Now the sky is bright, the stars are still visible in the gray sky, and the sun in the sky is used as the sign. It is easier to grasp the heading.
All the ships of the Sicilian fleet hanged the sails and went straight south through the north wind.
After more than two hours, Stefacas yelled at the stunned hand on the mast of the ship: "There is an island in front!"
Strafacas immediately squatted on the railing of the bow and asked, "Is it Kosura?!"
The two old sailors opened their eyes and looked forward, but the distance was too far to see clearly.
After a while, until they saw the outline of the island, they nodded and said: "Yes, it is!"
"Rise three green flags! Command the sailors to advance at the sprint speed!" Stefacas decisively issued an order. His biggest concern was that the people on the island found their fleet and fled in advance.
But he obviously has more thoughts.
At this time, the sun just jumped out of the sky, many Kosula people have not yet got up, no one has gone to sea to fish at such an early age.
As a result, the fleet of ships led by Stifkas quickly arrived, blocking the only southern port of Kosula.
1500 fleet infantry had already taken off their armor, only tied the shield on the chest (because of buoyancy), tied the daggers on the back, all jumped into the sea, swam through the simple boat chain and water gate, and swam The port and soon boarded the dock.
By the time all the fleets in Sicily were gathered in front of the port of Kosula, the entire island had been captured by the fleet infantry.
The first step was successful, and did not let Seklerian relax. He ordered: leaving half of the Clippers, centered on Kosula Island, mainly to investigate the situation in the southwestern seas. The Hudrumentum coast, informed the entire fleet. And all the warships don't stop here~EbookFREE.me~ Continue to drive south and go straight to Hadrumentum City.
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Puserica, commander of the Phoenician Joint Fleet of the Eastern Mediterranean, as a great aristocrat of Tyre, he is actually very reluctant to lead the army to the Western Mediterranean, but Tyre and other Phoenicic city-states are extremely dependent on Ga. The precious metals provided by Taiji ensure the position of the Phoenician region in the Persian Empire. Therefore, it is necessary to help Carthage win the war at sea and ensure the smoothness of the route. As a naval general who plays for Persia, he is doing his part. The commander of the joint fleet commander.
The Thai people, especially the nobles, have a complicated relationship with Carthage. From the chaos of King Tell, hundreds of years ago, a group of traitors were expelled from Tyre and eventually settled to the Western Mediterranean to establish Carthage. At that time, the officials sent by Tyre to the Western Mediterranean for precious metal mining and transportation did not even bother to stay in the city-state established by the rebels.
Who knows that the centuries have changed, the Phoenician region was first conquered by Assyria, and later became the territory of Persia. The control and influence of Tyre on the Phoenician colony of the Western Mediterranean was greatly weakened, and Carthage However, it gradually rose and gradually took over the power and wealth of the Eastern Mediterranean Phoenician city state, such as Tyre and Sidon, which remained in the Western Mediterranean, and eventually became the most powerful Phoenician colonial city in the Western Mediterranean.