Chapter 119： Return to Copenhagen

After returning the horses borrowed from the Teutonic Kingdom, Marin boarded the ship returning to Copenhagen's front line. In addition to the 200 men brought before, there are 100 Eastern European Mongolian horses donated by Namgogire Khan.

In order to load these horses, the head of Philip also specially allocated a large number of Kirk sailboats in the port of Konigsberg to help transport the horses.

It's just that Philip didn't understand why Marin would like these short Eastern European Mongolian horses. Although Mongolian horses in Eastern Europe are much higher than the original Mongolian horses, with an average shoulder height of more than 1.5 meters, they are already considered medium-sized horses. However, such horses are still not popular in Europe.

Because the plate armor knight is popular in Europe. Most of the horses rided by the knights were shoulder-high at a height of 1.6 meters and 1.5 meters. The Eastern European Mongolian horse with a head and shoulders of 1.5 meters is a dwarf in front of European local horses. It is difficult to carry a knight wearing a full set of plate armor.

Marin did not say anything. After all, his vision is completely different from that of the people of this era. Although the Mongolian horses in Eastern Europe are short, they are very suitable for riding by light cavalry, and they are also very suitable for driving on the road. Because, under the circumstances of not carrying people, it does not need to eat feed, it is enough to eat some grass. Even if it is used for transfers, it is enough to feed some soybeans or oats after the piggyback.

If long-distance rushing and long-distance running, this Mongolian horse breed is much stronger than European horses. The characteristics of European horses are their great strength and explosive power, but their endurance is very poor. The plate knight rides a European horse, and after two rounds of charge, he has no strength. Eastern Mongolian horses can eat for a long time. Although, the short-term explosive force can not keep up with those high-profile Malaysia. However, relying on low cost and quantity advantages, combined with the ability to attack long distances, is enough to become an enemy's nightmare.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow, which had just become strong, suffered greatly. In the face of tens of thousands of Crimean Tatar cavalry, the Moscow people could not resist, and finally had to build a series of bunkers on the southern border, and they were all joined together to become the Maozi version of the Great Wall.

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Today, the southern waters of the Baltic Sea have become the world of the coalition navy. Marin's fleet was unhindered all the way, even a Danish merchant ship was not seen.

He naturally did not know that during his more than a month of going to Crimea, the United Fleet basically robbed all Danish merchant ships. The total number of Danish merchant ships snatched is as high as 500. Some of the only merchant ships left in Denmark were also scared to hide in Oslo, the Kingdom of Norway, regent of the Crown Prince of Denmark, to take refuge and no longer show up. So, at this moment, no Danish ship appeared on the Baltic Sea. As long as they dare to appear, they will be robbed by the warship sent by the United Fleet to cruise.

When Marin rushed back to Copenhagen, he found that the coalition had not yet captured Copenhagen. He came to the headquarters to understand the situation of this month.

It turned out that for more than a month, Schwartz not only continued to bombard the Danish city walls with artillery, but also used troops and horses to carry out several strong attacks, but none of them.

Fortunately, Schwartz was not stupid. During the offensive, Lübeck and Hamburg ’s mercenaries took the lead. So, although there were casualties, most of them were mercenaries from Lübeck and Hamburg.

But the mercenaries of Lübeck and Hamburg are not fools. After two strong attacks, these mercenaries found that Denmark used a lot of people to participate in the defense. Even more than a month later, after dozens of short-barreled Karen guns damaged a section of the city wall, the Danes would organize repairs and reinforcements overnight.

So, these sleazy old Yuzi mercenaries went directly around Copenhagen to catch the Danes, put their swords around their necks, let them hold hoes, and climbed the city walls with their heads.

The defenders of Copenhagen do n’t know. They thought these Danish peasants helped the enemy to attack the city. So they used a lot of bows and stones and attacked the Danish farmers who were forced to climb the walls.

Schwartz also did not object to the practice of the mercenaries in Lübeck and Hamburg. At least, this can also consume the arrows and stones of the Danes.

But the consequence is that the Danes around Copenhagen hate the mercenaries in Lübeck and Hamburg very much. Because the Danish farmers who were forced to climb the city walls killed and injured more than 2,000 people ...

However, to the surprise of the Danish army, some Danish peasants did not attack the Danish defenders after climbing up the city walls with difficulty. Instead, they asked to join the Danish army and guard the walls together ...

Then, the Danes learned that after driving their own farmers to attack the city, the Danes no longer killed the Danish farmers who climbed the walls, but accepted them directly. Those farmers, though forced to climb the city walls, are willing to immediately help the Danish army to jointly fight the offensive of the coalition forces ...

Marin learned that instead of blaming Schwartz, he asked about the artillery shelling effect on the city wall.

"Master, I used a total of more than a dozen short-barreled cannons and unloaded 10 long-barreled cannons from the ship to bombard the city walls together. The effect is so-so, because we broke the wall in time and the Danes will Taking advantage of the night, send a bricklayer to repair the damaged part of the city wall and repair it. "

"In other words, our artillery will still cause damage to the walls, right?"

"Yes!"

"Understood, you help me convey an order. Order the East Frisian Fleet to dismantle all the 18-pound guns on the ship and send them to the front ..."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Schwartz was surprised.

"Since twenty walls of artillery can only damage the wall, then I will take down all 600 18-pound long-barrel guns on the ship and bomb them together! Be sure to smash the walls!"

"But ... this is not good ... Master, so many cannons will frighten allies ..." Schwartz reminded Marin that at the time, they said to their allies that there were only more than 300 heavy artillery. It would be too scary to pull out all 600 heavy artillery pieces.

"Then ... just pull 300 doors for me! 300 red cannons are enough to smash the city walls ..." Speaking to the back, Marin said to himself.

Next, the coalition soldiers started the vigorous artillery transportation process. The 18-pound gun is very heavy and weighs almost 1.8 tons. This is the weight-reduced version. The old version weighs 2 tons.

Such a heavy artillery is difficult to transport. Therefore, transporting the artillery from the ship requires a lot of manpower, and even requires the use of moving pulleys.

After landing, we also need to find a cart that can carry a heavy gun body. Everyone pushed the artillery under the city of Copenhagen, and then lifted it down ~ www.novelhall.com ~

That's it. In the following days, under Marin's command, the coalition forces suspended the offensive and concentrated on transporting artillery ...

Marin calculated that 300 Hongyi cannons would cost 1,800 pounds of gunpowder in one round. Measured). This time, Marin only brought a total of 400 tons of gunpowder made from saltpetre purchased from India and 100 tons of gunpowder purchased from various countries. Moreover, the previous naval and land battles (infantry artillery and arquebuses) used about 180 tons of gunpowder. In other words, there is only 320 tons of gunpowder remaining. Counting it, there were only 300 red cannons making 400 salvos.

However, in addition to the need for gunpowder on the battleship, the musketeers on the infantry side also need a lot of gunpowder. Therefore, these 300 18-pound long-barreled guns could not be used for gunpowder. Therefore, Marin decided to stop short-barrel 18-pound Karon artillery bombardment, save gunpowder, and supply the 300 long-barrel heavy guns used to bombard the city walls. Moreover, these long-barreled guns can fire up to 200 volleys. If the walls of Copenhagen are not broken, then no artillery is needed.

Considering that the Danes would repair the city wall in the middle of the night, Marin decided that this time, the shelling would not stop in the middle of the night, and would not give the Danes the opportunity to repair the city wall.

Fortunately, except for the consumption of gunpowder, the iron ball shells can be recovered at night. Because, after the iron ball shell hit the city wall, most of them bounced off and landed on the ground outside the city wall. After dark, while the Danes were repairing the city walls, the coalition soldiers could actually look for my 18-pound iron **** that fell on the ground outside the city. Fortunately, the iron ball can be recovered, otherwise, if it is consumed alone, the consumption of the iron ball is also extremely amazing ...