Chapter 345 Water Battle (Continued)
The riverbank fell into silence, and Iberus began to feel fortunate: these special forces did not appear when he led his team to escape, otherwise...
"Chief, should we wait any longer? The enemy has cavalry, and it will be difficult for them to escape back!" The sailor on the boat couldn't help but persuade him.
Iberus was still hesitating, and the oarsman standing on the bow suddenly shouted loudly: "Chief, there is a fleet coming towards us!"
Iberus was startled, and he took two steps at a time and jumped to the side of the oarsman. Sure enough, he saw many boats appearing at the bend of the river in front of him. The boats were full of people, and they were going downstream and heading towards the riverbank...
"The Nix people have a fleet!..." Iberus opened his mouth in astonishment.
After the Nixes occupied the main fortress of Segestica, he had sent ships upstream several times to explore intelligence, but he had never found any traces of the Nixes' fleet. Although he was afraid of being intercepted and suffered losses, the ships he sent did not boldly sail near the main fortress. But if the Nixes had formed a fleet, shouldn't they patrol the river every day to be familiar with the water conditions? But the exploration ships sent out never encountered it once! Is this just a fleet put together temporarily? But why did they come so quickly? ! ...
Iberus certainly didn't know that in order to protect the built wooden bridge, the Nixes fleet had been training and patrolling in the river section near the wooden bridge since its formation.
Regardless of whether the fleet that came to them was put together temporarily or had been formed long ago... The situation on Iberus' side was that more than 400 tribesmen occupied more than 100 ships, with an average of only 4 people on each ship, which was not suitable for naval battles, but the situation was urgent and it was too late to change.
Iberus quickly ordered: "Everyone, sail away from the riverbank immediately and retreat to Lake Gomi!"
Also facing the enemy's attack, these Iberus tribesmen performed poorly on land, but they were relatively calm on the Sava River. They did not rush to get ahead, but instead left the riverbank one by one in an orderly manner...
Soon, Iberus' fleet formed a long straight column, close to the east bank of the Sava River, and went downstream.
At this moment, Nix's fleet also caught up, but did not approach the Iberus fleet, but was 20 to 30 meters away.
The two fleets were like two parallel lines on the river that extended to the south, but the Iberus fleet was in front and the Nix fleet was behind.
However, the Nix fleet sailed faster and gradually caught up, because they had more crew members on each ship, and the sailors were paddling desperately.
Seeing that the leading ship of the Nix fleet was about to catch up with the ship where Iberus was at the front.
Iberus was not panicked. After observing this section of the waterway, he had already thought clearly: the Nix fleet had fewer ships than his own, but the enemy had more people on each ship, and his own people were fewer. They would definitely not be able to compete in a speed test, but having fewer people also had advantages. The ship was light and flexible in changing direction, and his own people were good at manipulating the ship. If the enemy was willing to spend energy and row hard, then let them row. But if they wanted to overtake the front and intercept their fleet, or wanted to get close to their ships to fight, then the people could use the water flow to flexibly control the ship, avoid the attack of the enemy ship, and get out of the enemy's blockade... When they arrived at Lake Gonammi, the enemy's physical strength would probably be almost exhausted, and then it would be a good opportunity for everyone to fight back.
Although Iberus could not convey the order to the ships behind him, his ship maintained its course and sailed along the current, which was equivalent to telling the tribesmen behind him his decision, so Iberus's fleet remained unchanged, allowing the Nix crew to paddle desperately...
Iberus watched the enemy ship on the right overtake him without blinking, but strangely, the ship did not start to turn in front of him, but continued to move forward parallelly. The enemy sitting on the bow pointed at him and said something, and then he saw the two people who were sitting in the middle of the ship raised their hands in his direction.
Because the ships used by the Nix fleet were different from those of Iberus and his men, they were about the same length, but the hull was wider. They were once mainly used to travel between the two banks and transport goods in the core area of Segestica. After the Nix people confiscated them and organized them into a fleet, this time they arranged ten people on each ship. In addition to the sailor and helmsman, and six oarsmen on both sides, there were two people sitting in the middle... So Iberus thought that the enemy ship was bulky and could not intercept them.
At this time, the two Nix men in the middle of the boat were holding a wooden object in their hands, but the center of the wooden object was a shiny black tip, which made Iberus feel palpitations.
Before he could remind the crew, he saw the two men's hands shaking.
He subconsciously dodged, but the distance of more than 20 meters was too close. He immediately felt a sharp pain in his left chest. A crossbow arrow pierced deeply into his chest, and he fell on his back in the boat.
At the same time, the helmsman of this ship was also shot in the face by a crossbow arrow and fell into the river.
Then, the crossbowmen in other Nix ships also fired crossbow arrows at the enemy.
The helmsmen in the Iberus fleet were shot and fell down one after another, and the ships lost control for a while, collided with each other sideways, and chaos occurred...
Based on decades of boating experience, the crew members of Lake Gomami know the battles on the river as ship-to-ship collisions, gang jumping, and on-board fighting. They rely on ship-handling skills, the crew's water skills and courage, and they are all close-range fights. They never expected that the Knicks fleet would change their combat mode and place crossbowmen on the ship to carry out long-distance sniping, so they were defenseless.
The helmsman of a ship was shot down, and other crew members rushed to take his place, and then he was shot down by the re-cocked crossbow... There were only four or five people on the ship, and after two rounds of shooting, there was no one left on the ship. .
The attack of the Nyx fleet was fast and deadly. The Iberus fleet was in dire straits without any resistance. Except for a few people who jumped into the water to escape, the remaining people who were still alive had no choice but to surrender...
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"Reporting to the leader, Amfertaas, captain of the Sava River fleet, sent a fast horse to deliver the good news. He led the fleet to fight the Pannoni fleet on the river and won a great victory! More than 200 Pannonites were captured. The Nonni sailors, including the seriously injured Pannoni fleet leader Iberus, also captured all the enemy's warships, a total of 103 ships, without suffering any losses themselves!
In other words, Amfertaas led the fleet to wipe out the enemy's fleet! Leader, the battle report from the Third Army came earlier, saying that nearly half of the enemies escaped from the ambush and escaped to the ship. I was worried that they would run away, but now I am relieved! Frontinus smiled happily.
"We were previously worried that our fleet would not be able to defeat these Segestika boat people who have been running rampant on Lake Gonami for many years. Now it seems that although Anfertaas is commanding a water battle for the first time, his ability is still very good. You, the Ministry of War, can rest assured!" Maximus also praised with a smile.
Today, Maximus and several chief officers of the Ministry of War gathered in the main hall of the main house, not only to wait for the results of the troops' counterattack against the enemy's invasion, but also to discuss in time when an accident occurs, formulate new combat plans, and prevent The enemy caused heavy losses to the territory. Now the results of several battles have finally gone as smoothly as planned, so the atmosphere in the hall has become relaxed and cheerful.
Quintus also said with a relaxed expression: "Chief, Amfertaas led the fleet to a great victory, of course, it is inseparable from his excellent command! However, if there were no Nix Barracks and Village No. 123 burning smoke one after another, Warning, it is impossible for Amfertaas to lead his fleet to arrive in time.
The fleet was able to win a great victory without any damage, and the crossbowmen must have played a major role in it. Without your approval, the leader, to allow the crossbowmen to join the fleet——"
"Quintus, you have learned to say nice things now." Maximus reminded with a smile: "As you talk, don't forget that we can easily defeat the enemy's harassment plan and prevent our new territory from suffering. The losses all depended on Gelicus’ accurate intelligence!”
Gillicus is also in the hall. He is now the chief of the tribe's Military Intelligence Department and one of the leaders of the Ministry of War. Moreover, this time the Pannoni's sneak attack on Nyx's new territory was also timely detected by the Military Intelligence Department. So he also received an invitation from Maximus for this military meeting.
For Gilicus, this was his first time to participate in the military meeting of the Nyx tribe. He faced the three war chiefs who had followed Chief Maximus from the beginning and made countless achievements, especially Quintus and Fernando. Longtinus, Gelicus, who was born as a descendant and had only stayed in the Nyx tribe for two months, sat obediently in the back, as silently as a little transparent.
At this time, when he heard Chief Maximus mentioning himself, Gelicus said humbly: "Chief, you are very grateful. This is the responsibility of our Military Intelligence Department."
"The military intelligence department established by the leader is great! As the chief officer, Gilkus did a great job! In such a short period of time, he was able to establish a military intelligence department that the leader established in the Gonami Lake area and Broch territory. It's a... intelligence network, and it was able to function immediately, and it was completely beyond my expectation to obtain such accurate and important information! "
Although Quintus usually keeps a low profile, he is very arrogant in his heart. However, by praising Gilicus without concealment, this counterattack made him deeply aware of the importance of the leader's newly built Military Intelligence Department to the general staff.
Gilkus was somewhat flattered by the heartfelt praise from his immediate superior. He said humbly: "Because Broch and the Segestika people of Gonami Lake were too negligent, our intelligence officers were able to pretend to be the escaped Segas." The refugees from Gostika blended in with the refugees stranded in Lake Gonami and Brochi...
Moreover, they wanted to launch a sneak attack on our tribe without making any cover-up. That Pulikas recruited warriors in the refugee camp, and Iberus gathered a fleet to train in Gonami Lake for several days... My men All it takes is some tricks to get words out of these sailors and soldiers who are going on the expedition. "
"Indeed, the Pannoni tribe's loose and backward military organization and management are like a sieve full of leaks in the face of our targeted exploration, unable to keep any secrets. However, your Military Intelligence Department can not only obtain the enemy's The accurate information of the sneak attack, and the method of transmitting the information is also very clever, which has to be admired!" Quintus continued to praise.
