When Xia Zhe escaped under the protection of a large group of people just now, he saw the biggest shortcoming of the sea fortress - slow speed!
He felt that if he were on a fast ship, the Athenian navy would not be able to catch up with him.
However, all of Stroby's ships were ironclads. If he wanted to escape by switching to fast ships, he could only rely on the Trojan fleet.
With this in mind, Xia Zhe hurriedly followed Hector shortly after he disembarked. He directly handed over the command of the sea fortress fleet to the high priest!
The high priest had no idea what the king was up to. He only knew that he was a complete layman in naval warfare.
In desperation, the high priest had to delegate power again and promoted Archimedes to be the actual commander.
Archimedes had served as the Prime Minister's deputy in several previous naval battles, and he was no stranger to fleet command.
More importantly, Archimedes knew the performance of the second-generation sea fortress better than anyone else.
Delighted, he immediately ordered all the ironclad ships to turn their rudders, with the sides concealing a row of Greek fire, towards the Athenian clippers that were chasing them.
Seeing that the Stoby fleet stopped advancing, the battle was about to begin.
Xia Zhe was too embarrassed to continue running away, so he could only stop the Trojan fleet and turn around to cooperate.
However, Xia Zhe specifically requested that his flagship and several speedboats not turn around.
The Trojan warships had already turned around and did not allow them to get too close to Stoby's ship.
Otherwise, when the battle situation becomes unfavorable, you will not have time to escape!
Otherwise, when you are escaping, there will be too few warships to protect you!
Although he did not understand the purpose of King Stobi's command, in order to show his loyalty, Hector did not ask any further questions and just let the fleet do as he was told.
The Athenian navy, which was initially quite nervous, discovered that the Stoic fleet, which was fleeing in the east, had stopped and was pursuing it.
But when the Athenian navy saw the strange formation of the Stobi fleet, with dozens of ships in front and hundreds of ships hiding far behind, they all laughed at it.
"What kind of formation is this? Is it mentioned in the naval manual?"
"Haha. Did you think they were fighting a land battle? Setting up fortifications in front of the archers? That's hilarious!"
"That's right! These broken ships can be sunk in just a few hits with our ram on the bow!"
"We can't sink it! The king still needs the gold, silver and jewels on it!"
"That's not difficult! Just put some planks up and jump on them, then kill everyone inside!"
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The Athenian troops were discussing the matter and laughing at a small city-state like Stoica, which had no idea how to fight a naval battle.
Even Pericles, who was in the middle of the pile of ships, couldn't help but show a mocking look on his face.
Because Archimedes' strange formation is really unreasonable.
The 700 Trojan warships did not advance to provide support, appearing to be very cowardly.
Pericles thought that as long as he could capture the dozens of enemy ships in the front row that dared to resist, the cowardly warships behind Stobi would most likely surrender without a fight.
In this way, the overall situation can be determined.
The fleet can then return to Botaitia to land and make a second profit from Pagnadas.
Because Pericles had given orders not to sink the enemy ships.
The speedboats that advanced deliberately retracted the rams on their bows and began to turn the rudders after approaching the sea fortress fleet.
The plan was to get close to the Stoby ship so that they could board it and seize control of it.
This set of operations fully exposed the broad waist of the Athenian Clippers, which made Archimedes, who was in charge of the center, very excited.
Without any hesitation, he immediately gave the order to open the iron plates covering the Greek artillery muzzles and began the attack.
Boom boom boom…
Raging flames shot out from the sides of each ironclad ship, heading straight for the approaching Athenian clippers.
Those wooden clippers, along with the densely packed soldiers on the deck who were about to board, were all set on fire in an instant!
The Athenian soldiers were burned to ashes before they could even come to their senses.
The first batch of more than 100 Athenian clippers that approached the ironclads were burned to ashes without even having the chance to turn around due to the large area of attack!
The Athenian soldiers on the ship who had not died at first could only watch the flames devour themselves in wailing, with no way to do anything!
After all, this is on the ocean.
If you jump into the sea without any protection, your hope of survival is zero.
"Oh my God! What kind of offensive weapon is this?"
"It's so scary! Everyone, please be careful!"
"Never mind the forced landing! Sink them!"
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After suffering a great loss, the remaining soldiers on the Athenian clippers began to make a fuss!
They began to put down the battering rams, deciding not to care about gold, silver, or jewelry anymore, and to destroy these terrifying enemy ships first!
Unfortunately, it's too late.
After a successful attack, Archimedes immediately gave orders for the ironclad ships to fight separately and burn the enemy ships.
The two sides were already very close, and the fifty or so ironclad ships seemed to have become fifty or so matches, setting fire everywhere in the fleet of Athenian clippers.
Soon, more than two hundred Athenian clippers were set on fire.
The remaining Athens Clippers didn't even have time to turn around and escape, let alone create space for a collision.
In desperation, they could only speed forward, passing by a group of ironclad ships, and then using their speed advantage to try to escape the pursuit of the death flames.
"Chance! Hit me head-on!"
Hector, who had been watching the battle intently, shouted.
Those Athenian clippers, in a panic, accelerated forward and rushed directly in front of the Trojan fleet that had been waiting in formation!
After watching the entire battle from beginning to end, Hector was now completely impressed by Stoby's ironclad ship!
So strong!
This invention is so powerful!
Not only did he think of installing Greek fire on ships, he also thought of using iron armor to defend against fire attacks!
More than fifty ironclad ships could move forward and backward freely among the Greek clippers in the sea of fire.
Those flames couldn't even light up the Stobi people's own ship!
If such new weapons are promoted, I am afraid that the way naval battles will be fought will be completely different!
The first person to reform naval warfare tactics was undoubtedly King Stoby!
Arrange the fleet in a horizontal formation to maximize the power of the flames. This must have been something King Stobi had instructed long ago!
He deliberately suppressed the Trojan fleet and prevented the wooden ships from entering the flames to prevent accidental injuries. Obviously, this was King Stobi's grace to himself and the Trojan soldiers!
Now think about it.
If King Strobius had not personally rushed to his flagship and personally ordered the Trojan fleet to wait and not approach the center of the battlefield.
I am afraid that they really don’t understand the meaning of “assisting and cooperating” and will rush to send a large number of ships to help!
How terrible the consequences will be!
Hector thought about it now, and he felt extremely scared. A cold sweat unconsciously flowed down his back.
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