Chapter 15 Old Port Naval Battle (2)
But it was too late. The Dumijius flagship, with large sails, hit the bronze corner like a bird's beak, quickly came up. Although "Karabia" tried hard to avoid it, an extremely long wound was torn out, and wooden debris flew around. The two ships collided violently. The people above were like being at the core of the vortex of the earthquake in the field, falling down and rolling. And, at the moment of the collision, Dumijius, who had been prepared, threw the hanging heavy shot put out of the bridge boom, and immediately smashed a shocking pit on the deck of "Karabia" - all Li Bida's bridge was smashed, and seven or eight people were smashed on the spot. He rolled into a mess and grabbed the sail rope desperately, so he was not thrown into the sea.
"I'm still here, I'm still alive!" Soon, he was covered in blood, struggled to hold the rope and stood up, shouting to all the guards and crew. He wiped his face and saw many people in front of him crawling around, the two ships were embedded together, still shaking violently on the water. Dumigos was still on the bridge over there, and he shouted, "Get out quickly, and then hit me again!"
"Don't let them go, put down the suspension bridge and the springboard." Li Bida roared, then picked up the shield and took the lead to rushing to the other side of the deck. At this moment, the two ships were still tilted like black bears fighting each other, and even the keels were clearly visible. Most of the oarsmen leaning against each other were bloody and bloody, and the people there were still yelling and rowing. The sea water poured into the Karabiya, but because there was a water barrier below, it was just tilted down. It was not incapable of movement. In this way, it was Dumijius' flagship. Because of the damage and water, it was inconvenient to retreat. For a moment, the Karabiya was on the gongs and drums. The oarsmen did not retreat but advanced, and continued to entangle with the other's ships.
The suspension bridges and springboards were extended, put down, and placed between the two ships. Then the people who could still get up on both sides fought like a tide, using sickles, axes, broken paddles, bows and arrows and throwing stones to fight each other fiercely. Li Bida became manic. He drew his sword, held a shield and rushed to the suspension bridge with the guards, and fought with the soldiers coming from the opposite side. Some people were constantly caught in arrows, or fell into the water without standing firmly. "Come on, Dumijius. Former consul, your luck may be faster than my sword. Come and fight me!" Li Bida took off the shoulders of an opponent's centurion, then snatched the javelin from the other party with blood, and threw it at the bridge where Dumijius was on his backhand, shouting loudly.
"Do you think I'm coming here to play the walnut throwing game with you? For the reputation of the Republic, I will also kill you, a thief, you, a ghost from a foreign country!" After dodging the flying javelin, Dumijius also roared, grabbed the small round shield, jumped down with his sword, and joined the battle himself. The troops on both sides were coming and going on the springboard of the suspension bridge on the side of the ship, and the light of the sword blades shaking everywhere.
The entire surrounding sea area was filled with ships lit by bellows burning, and the two fleets were constantly trying to get close to their respective flagships and fight in a mess.
"Commander, over there, over there!" several entourages of Dumijius and the sheltered people shouted. He turned his eyes and saw that several warships with Ligurian flags were quickly sailing out of the old port waterway, and many people rowed a single row of boats and rushed towards the battle group. "Damn it, Libida did set up an ambush in the old port. The Ligurians were also born as a maritime tribe, and they all used what kind of hell are they using." Dumijius thought to himself. At this time, his flagship had slowly hung halfway and left the battle. Many people from Libida's side, including the Governor of Sardinia, couldn't stand firm and jumped into the sea.
Fortunately, Li Bida was not wearing heavy armor in advance, and only wore light Egyptian flax armor. After drinking the sea water, he was finally pulled up by hook. After Liguria's navy arrived, he drove the rest of Dumigos' ships and slowly dragged the "Karabia" back to Seymours Island.
At dusk, Li Bida won a great victory in the naval battle. Seventeen large ships of Dumigos were sunk and burned five, captured three, and even his flagship was severely damaged. Li Bida only lost several light paddle boats. As Li Bida said in encouraging mobilization, this was a complete victory of new tactics and new technologies.
From then on, even though Dumijius repaired the prepared ships, he never dared to leave the port for trouble. At Libida's request, Liguria and Sardinia had to collect twenty new large decked ships and forty to sixty light attack ships within three months. Even if the wood and keels were not dry yet, they had to be completed on time.
About half a market later, a brave young knight in Corsica named Aidangis, who wanted to try his luck. He was also a fanatical admirer of Caesar. He raised four ships with his private money and sailed to Yar. He was then appointed as deputy general by Li Bida, stationed on Seymón Island, supervising all ships and the progress of the bridge.
In Aidangis's mouth, Li Bida learned that the war in Brindisi had ended. Caesar, except for the 12th legion left behind to garrison the areas of Talindon and Brindisi, led the remaining six legions to head north and arrived in Marcelia soon, and then joined the attack on the near Spanish province.
"Where will Pompei escape?"
"Pompey and the two consuls escaped by boat one after another. Before leaving, he dug up the seawall of Brindisi and laid wooden stakes and spikes in advance at the moat and gates. The entire harbor turned into a country, so that Caesar could not pursue him at all. Then, it was said that Pompey went to Peloponnese and set out to counterattack." The other party replied.
Li Bida said with confidence that Pompei would not go to the opposite side of the sea, which surprised Aidangis, but the governor next analyzed: Pompei did think that the entire Greek Macedonia and the Eastern countries were his backyard, with manpower and financial resources indefinitely, but since the war started, Xiao Ya has almost betrayed half, and Egypt and Cyrene also clearly stated that they were out of the matter. Pompei felt that it was full of difficulties to counterattack on the east - and Apheliga had two new recruits from Tulas. It is said that King Juba also expressed his willingness to be Pompei's allies, and the king had a powerful and huge cavalry and elephant army.
"More importantly, Lusitania and both Spain are now Pompeii's sphere of influence, which is exactly in a junction with Afilica and Mauritania." Li Bida made such a judgment with confidence.
Indeed, when Caesar's legion arrived a month later, he clearly told Libida, "Greece and the East Pompeii handed over to their confidants Marcelas and Gabinus, and he took the elders and the rest of the generals to Carthage."
Chapter completed!