Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At the end of the Battle of Coroso, Agreslaus defeated the Argos, and the Thebes defeated the Fukis, while the central road Xenophon led the mercenaries to attack the Athens army, which was not conducive to the anti-Spartan coalition. On one side, the coalition forces actively chose to retreat.

The army of Agreslaus was too incapable of chasing because of the casualties.

The coalition troops returned to the camp smoothly and continued to abide by Coroso.

Although Agslaus won, but failed to pass Corso, as the other side of the reinforcements continued to arrive, the anti-Spartan coalition continued to grow.

Agassius realized that it was not long enough to stay here, so he had to give up the plan to attack the Thebes territory, was forced to lead the army to retreat west, finally arrived in Delphi, crossed the Corinthian Gulf, and battled with Corinth. The Bada army meets.

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Secline, who is already the commander of the Dionysian Navy, once again came to the house of Daves. His attitude towards Daves was as good as before.

Daves came to him this time, in addition to congratulations on his promotion, there are more important things to discuss: "Secleyan, I have carefully thought about the Syracuse navy that you said to me before. Strategy. I feel that although there is a chance to win, but the risk is too great, I have thought of an idea, which may greatly increase the chance of the Dionya Navy winning."

"Adult, what is the idea?" Seckley asked, his gesture was not pretending. If someone else said this, he would definitely think it was whimsical, but this is from the "miracle maker" that the soldiers have said. How can the mouth of Foss not attract his attention?

"Look at this." Davers handed a sheepskin roll to Sekleian.

Sekleian quickly unfolded and saw: I saw a three-layer paddle battleship on it, but this warship was a bit special. There was a wooden board next to the mast of the bow that was not much different in length from the mast. A short railing with a downward pointed corner below the top of the board. The device similar to the small wooden bridge was also painted. It is about 12 meters long and 1.2 meters wide. The sharp corner at the top is a thick nail. The top of the board is also drilled with holes and passed through the cable. And attached to the mast.

Davers saw some doubts about Seklely, so he first asked: "Secley, you tell me honestly, how much difference does our sailor's maneuvering ship technology compare with Syracuse?"

Seklely hesitated and said: "The Syracuse navy has repeatedly fought against the Carthaginians. The actual combat experience is more abundant than ours. The shipcrafting technique is naturally more powerful than us...but we are training hard and brothers. Their fighting spirits are very high..."

"But - our sailors are still newcomers who have not been on the battlefield, including yourself." Daphus pointed out unceremoniously.

Seklely blushes and wants to refute.

Daves waved his hand and motioned that he would not speak for a while: "The navy is not synchronized, and the battle on the land has failed. As long as there are enough citizens in the city, you can form an army at any time. When the naval battle happens, it is often a dozen. Ships and dozens of ships sink to the bottom of the sea, and thousands of sailors sacrifice or become captives. Once they fail, it is difficult to recover in a short period of time, because a three-layer paddle ship must have at least half a year's construction period. Don't say that it takes a lot of resources and money.

During this time, the ship of Syracuse can arbitrarily smash any coast and port of Dionia, let our land be abandoned, trade stagnation...so Dion, weaker than the Syracuse navy The Nigerian League has not given your fleet time to hone your experience, and our navy can't lose it at one time! ”

The words of Daves made Sekleian feel great pressure.

He squeezed his fists, pressed against his lap, and shouted in his heart: How is this possible? ! Even the naval powers, such as Athens and Syracuse, have had a disastrous experience...

At this time, his eyes swept across the drawing on the table, and his heart moved: Is the mystery of our naval victory here?

"Secclean, since our fleet is not as experienced or technical as Syracuse, why do we have to compete with Syracuse in the traditional collision tactics?! Instead, you see that we have the most Greek city-states. Excellent Legionnaires, whether they are individual killing skills or teamwork, are the most powerful heavy infantry in Greece. Why not move the land war into the naval battle, use our strengths, avoid our shortcomings, and fight The initiative is in your own hands?!"

Davers’s phrase “putting a naval battle as a land battle” is like a bolt of lightning through Seclin’s brain. He picked up the drawing on the table: "This wooden bridge... this wooden bridge..."

Daves smiled and took the message: "This wooden bridge, I asked Marty Corris, he can design a pulley on the warship, can easily pull up the wooden bridge, while creating a circular track around the mast base, also using the pulley Pushing the wooden bridge around the mast, when the enemy ship approaches the warship from the front or the sides, we can take the time and put down the wooden bridge. The top nail can be tied into the enemy ship by the falling force. Deck, so that the enemy ship can not be separated, and at this time --"

"At this time, the heavy infantry on the ship can embark on the enemy ship through the wooden bridge, and launch a close-knit battle with the enemy!" Just listening to Daves's commentary, the novelty of the naval battle has been rapidly deduced in my mind. Klein couldn't help but tremble with excitement: "Adult, you are really a genius idea! Change the sea battle to land warfare, play the advantage of our army, not only can attack the enemy, but also capture the enemy, capture the enemy ship, and rapidly expand our naval power. !"

If it is a traditional naval commander, I am afraid it is difficult to accept such an idea for a while, but Sekleian is young, and he has just taken office as the commander of the navy. He is thinking about how to win the enemy and accept the new combat mode faster. Davers had a mouthful.

Davers smiled and asked: "Do you think this program can be implemented?"

“It’s completely feasible!” Sekleian’s eyes fixed on the drawing: “But when the fleet sails, this wooden bridge will affect the speed of the ship. If it encounters a storm, it may increase the risk of overturning. I think if it can... um... Usually disassemble it, lay it on the deck, and put it on before the battle... In addition, this wooden bridge will also affect the flexibility of the warship during the battle... Oh, I forgot, this is not a problem, With the wooden bridge on the ship, the fighting style of our fleet is no longer an impact and it is mainly a warship. How many infantry should we put on the warship?"

Seclair squatted on the wooden table and muttered to himself while thinking.

Davers looked at her, both happy and funny, so he patted him and said, "How to use this new warship installation, you will slowly think after going back. I suggest you look for an engineer first. If you have a wooden bridge installed on a warship, you can go to the Dean of the Institute of Mathikoris and ask him to help with the design, but you can respect him. After you install it, lead the sailor first. Drilling new tactics, you need to cooperate with heavy infantry, you can find the military officer Felicius, he will arrange for you... until you completely smash this new tactics, and after using them, I will approve them and then promote them to the whole The fleet. It is important to note that it must be kept secret! Remember! Before you fight the enemy, you can't let the enemy know our new tactics!"

"Understand!" Seklely nodded heavily, carefully drawing the drawings into his arms, and he was forced to leave home.

Suddenly, he stopped: "Adult, this wooden bridge device... Have you named it?"

"Crow! Its name is crow!" Daphus's face showed an unpredictable smile.

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On this day, in the Gulf of Taranto, there was a seemingly ordinary passenger ship among the thousands of ships heading for and out of the port of Turui. A 50-year-old man on the boat looked at the land that appeared in the distance. Unlimited emotion: "Tuli, I am finally back..."

"Mr. Lucias, this time in order to complete the heavy tasks assigned by the council, I have to force you to come to Turui. I have always been in my heart..." A middle-aged man walked over to him and gave him a hoarse voice. I apologize to ~www.novelmtl.com~ Lucias said emotionally: "Isocrates, you don't have to apologize. I have said many times, I am willing, and I am asking for the help of Turui. I I love Athens and I am willing to do something for it. Turui is where I grew up, my respected teacher, Tishiyas, has been sleeping here, I should have come to worship him! (Lucias, most of the country) Translated as Lucias, in order to separate from General Crotone, Lucias, the name Lucias is used in this article)"

Isocrates did not really go to Lucias as a teacher, but he had studied the court speeches written by Lucias, so it was not an excuse to call a "teacher". At this time, he also looked into the distance, unfortunately. Exclaimed: "Yeah, Turui was the pan-Greek city-state that Advocate General Belikire advocated. How much material and money was spent in Athens! How many Athenians have worked hard for its establishment! Now it has become a One of the cities in the alliance must know that Turui is also a sub-state of Athens. At the beginning we should have condemned this act of Dionia and safeguarded the interests of Turui... Now we are coming to infringe on our interests. The Dionysian Union asked for help. Hey, Athens! The Peloponnesian War has caused us to lose too much..."

"Isocrates, you have to understand that the city of Turai, which we are familiar with, has been burned by Crotone! Now Turui is rebuilt by the Union of Dionia..." Lucias was slightly sentimental. Remind.