Chapter 97： Frustrated naval offense

Because the remaining naval fleets of Denmark all shrunk into the long and narrow Copenhagen Bay, there were almost no Danish warships outside, so the joint fleet of East Friesland and Hamburg passed through the Øresund strait without any obstruction Converged with the Lübeck fleet outside the Copenhagen port.

Everyone was confident, and they did not pay any attention to the remaining Danish fleet that was shrinking in the long and narrow Copenhagen Bay. As a result, several Lübeck warships rushed into the Copenhagen Bay like a narrow canal. just……

The first batch of four Lübeck warships rushed in. They were beaten out in a very embarrassed manner, and two other ships were burned ...

It is not that Danish warships moored in the bay of Copenhagen, but the Danish soldiers on both sides of the "river".

Originally, there were 9,000 Danish sailors left on the remaining 80 Danish warships. At this moment, the Danish Navy Minister knew that if it was a battleship battle, the 80 warships would definitely not be an opponent of the coalition forces. So Thomasson simply let the sailors get off the warship, carrying weapons such as catapults and bows and arrows, directly guarding the two ends of the channel of Copenhagen Bay like a canal, preventing any warships from entering and preventing the warship from being destroyed.

In order to ensure safety, the Danes also built temporary fortresses as a bunker to protect the safety of the Danish sailors deployed here.

In this way, there are more than 4,000 soldiers at each end of the "estuary", which is considered very strong. The narrow and long "river channel" of the Copenhagen Bay, with a maximum of three or four ships coming in at a time, is still very crowded and close to the shore. In this way, the Danish sailors on the shore have a lot of room for attack.

The catapults on the shore threw fireballs directly at the Lubeck warship, and the Danish archers also shot rockets at the Lubeck warship. What's more, many Danish sailors threw torches directly at the Lübeck warship near the shore. Because the warship was too close to the shore, it was convenient for the sailors to throw a torch and pour it over.

That's it. In this case, the first four Lübeck warships that rushed in were instantly burned down. Many parts of the warships that were not burned were also burnt and damaged.

This time the coalition fleet was a little dumbfounded. Seeing the entrance of this long and narrow river channel so dangerous, everyone was at a loss. Then Kidd led the East Frisian ship ...

Facing the Danish fortress in the estuary, the East Frisian fleet aimed the muzzle at them ...

However, after some bombardment, I found that the effect was also very limited ...

It turned out that the Danish stone-built fortifications were very strong, and even the shelling was difficult to work. What's more, this time, the Danes dug a lot of tunnels, and most of the personnel were hiding in trenches similar to trenches.

The Danes actually did not know that the tunnels could be well protected against shelling, but when constructing fortifications, they saved a lot of tunnels temporarily when they had to save time. Unexpectedly, the effect against the shelling was excellent.

Under the shelling, the Danish trebuchet deployed on the ground was destroyed a lot. However, there were not many casualties because the personnel hid in the tunnel.

When Lübeck ’s warship saw the catapult destroyed and tried to enter the river again, the Danes came out to shoot rockets and throw torches ...

When the East Frisian warship came up again to shell, they retreated into the tunnel ...

Then, the commanders of the United Fleet were a little wonder what to do. The three-party commander had a two-day meeting and failed to come up with a suitable solution. Then, the United Fleet was deadlocked, but surrounded, outside Copenhagen.

The key moment, or Kidd, thought of Lord Earl, a brilliant man with great wisdom. Therefore, Kidd sent two warships to the port of Oberon on the east side of the Jutland Peninsula, which had been occupied by Marin, and wrote to Marin for advice.

In fact, Marin was stationed in Ribe City with a large army at the moment. However, Obanro is not far from Ribe City. A group of second-line troops staying in Auburn (selected from the Minzhuang, have certain military skills. The cities of the Principality of Schleswig, which were attacked by Marin, arranged for the Minzhuang to stay. Have received military training), immediately sent the message to Marin in the city of Ribe not far away.

Marin unfolded the map and observed it for a while, and found that there was only one way to deal with the defenders on the Danish shore-that is, to send ground troops to solve the Danish sailors who guarded both ends of the river.

The Danish sailors who guarded the two ends of the river channel, although they had an advantage in facing the warship, but met ground troops, they were a bit off. As long as the ground troops are arranged to land from other parts of Zealand and then surrounded from the side, the Danish sailors stationed at both ends of the river can be wiped out.

Moreover, once the Danish sailors stationed at the estuary were completely wiped out, then the 80 Danish warships would not be operated by sailors. In this way, the coalition forces can easily capture the 80 Danish warships ...

Soon, this strategy was sent to Kidd. Seeing Marin's strategy, the three commanders were very sure of Marin's strategy. However, when it comes to arranging the landing, Lübeck and Hamburg are hesitant ...

The main reason is that Lübeck and Hamburg are reluctant to let the sailors participate in the heavy casualties in landing and land attack and defense. Be aware that both Lübeck and Hamburg are Hanseatic cities that rely on maritime trade. Warships and sailors are their roots. If these sailors were allowed to land and then attacked again, they would have suffered heavy casualties.

So, the commanders of the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg hoped that the landing and attack tasks would be handed over to the Army. Kidd is certainly not happy, after all, the main force of the army, but his own East Frisian Lambert's family ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Therefore, after intense discussion, the three decided-let Hamburg and Lübeck hired Infantry soldiers, as landing and attacking forwards, attacked Danish sailors who guarded the estuary.

Anyway, those mercenaries are not Lübeck and Hamburg ’s own people, but hired from outside. Lübeck and Hamburg were reluctant to let their sailors work hard, but they were very willing to let the mercenaries work hard.

Then, the fleet commanders of Lübeck and Hamburg passed the idea back to Lübeck and Hamburg City respectively, waiting for the approval of their respective parliaments.

Marin also received a report from Kidd. Although Marin despised the practices of Lübeck and Hamburg, Marin thought it was a good way.

Sailors are sailors after all. Whether it is the sailors of Lübeck and Hamburg, or the sailors of Denmark, they are actually not good at ground attack and defense.

To be honest, even the mercenaries of East Frisian Lambert are not very good at that kind of hard-to-ground ground offensive and defensive warfare. Because they all rely on firearms to win.

For the Danish sailors who had dug the tunnel, Marin ’s artillery and musketeers were somewhat helpless. For this reason, Marin strongly agreed with the approach proposed by Lübeck and Hamburg to allow the mercenaries they hired to take the lead.

Moreover, the most important point is that once the forces of Marin wiped out the thousands of Danish sailors who guarded the estuary, they could take advantage of the situation and surround the capital of Copenhagen, Denmark.

If you capture Copenhagen and capture the Danish King Hans, the war is over ...

Therefore, Marin decisively modified his strategy, temporarily stopped attacking other parts of Jutland Island, and instead landed on Zealand, first eliminating the Danish sailors, capturing the Danish warships, and then surrounding Copenhagen, fighting for the capture of the Danish king and forcing him to sign a cession. Land inequality treaties ...