King of German Mercenaries

In late February 1497, just as the Huffmans and Hamlers were preparing for the wedding, the Frisian Aristocratic Republic and nine baronians also took out their families and collected 3,000 ground soldiers and horses. , And 6 warships, ready to attack Texel Island.

The 3000 soldiers in Mali have 200 heavy cavalry and 600 heavy infantry from various families (wearing plate armor and holding two-handed swords, which are mainly used for charge and fall, belonging to the elite of infantry).

In addition, there are many sailors and gunners on the six warships. There are three warships in the Frisian aristocratic republic with more than 100 tons. The remaining three ships have a displacement of less than 100 tons and are standard small warships.

There are 190 sailors in these 6 warships. In addition, there are 80 gunners and 40 Fran bronzes. In fact, these artillery were all sent by the French. Half of them were sent by the French when they were independent 20 years ago, and the other half were just sent by the French. But this also caused the artillery of the ship's artillery to be somewhat serious. As a last resort, members of the parliament had to arrange some sailors to help fire the cannons, mainly responsible for helping to strike. The real gunner was the old gunner.

Also, during real naval battles, at most only one artillery on the warship is useful, and most of the artillery on the other side is idle. Therefore, the 80 gunners, plus some junk sailors, were barely enough to control these guns.

On February 27, the assembled Friesland Noble Republic army officially began to attack Texel Island. On the 26th day before the offensive, Baron Leeuwarden Zetterte sent someone to Tholencher to submit a protest against Marin's secret recruitment of fishermen under his command and threatened the use of force ...

In fact, this protest book is basically the same as a declaration of war. After all, the baron leader of Marin is just a baron leader, and it doesn't take that much trouble to declare a war. The remaining Frentzberger did not dare to neglect. After discussing with the mayor of Denborg Heidel Lehmann, Frentzberg ordered the Phalanx infantry who were still under-trained to prepare for battle; while sending people to land and land, one person San Ma, hurried to Huffman Manor to report to Marin.

Because it is an offensive island, the warship is the first to attack. As a result, six Frisian aristocratic republic warships carrying 40 Fran machine bronze guns took the lead in launching a fierce bombardment on Texelencher, the most important port of Texel.

But to the generals of the Friesland Aristocratic Republic, Thorencher built several turrets, all of which used large caliber artillery, which was more powerful than the firepower of their warships ...

In fact, after the Old Johnsons started casting guns near Denborg, relying on dozens of casting gun mud molds brought from Britain, the Old Johnson officially began to use cast iron ingots delivered by Marin to cast 12-pound long cannons.

However, the casting of heavy artillery is difficult. After scrapping most of the mud molds, Old Johnson nevertheless produced eight qualified 12-pound long "heavy guns".

Because Thollencher's only commercial port is very important, Marin placed eight 12-pound cast iron guns in the turret here.

As for the fishing port on Oddshilde, because the newly-made mud mold of the cast gun is still air-drying (the mud mold will be air-drying for several months), it has not been equipped with heavy artillery. However, the turret was repaired in advance.

Six warships of the Noble Republic of Friesland, using a total of 20 Franc guns on one side, launched a fierce bombardment at the port of Tholencher.

It stands to reason that Tholencher has only 8 artillery pieces, which should be at a disadvantage. However, in terms of caliber, Thollencher's eight guns were all 12-pound calibers. The artillery used by the frisian noble republic ’s warships was the largest caliber of 6-pound guns, and the rest were small guns of two or three pounds, all of which were eliminated by the French.

Furthermore, the warships were all wooden, and they were naturally uncomfortable with 12-pound iron balls. The big iron ball smashed over, and the wooden boat was inevitably damaged in many places.

炮 The turrets are different. The coast defense turrets on Texel Island are all built of stone, and the stone wall of the stone house is also covered to prevent shelling. When the gunners fired, they hid in the stone house or behind the stone wall, and they could still fire even when it was raining. The iron ball fired by the opponent hit the stone house without much destructive power. What's more, the largest artillery on the Frisian warship was only 6 pounds. The small iron ball smashed up, and the stone house and stone wall of the fortress didn't feel much at all, and most of them were slightly damaged.

After several hours of bombardment between the two sides, only three unlucky eggs on the turret on Texel Island were killed and wounded by enemy shells. On the battleship of the Friesland Noble Republic, 40 people were killed and wounded, and one was seriously wounded.

This is also because the gunners on Texel are not trained enough and the accuracy of firing is low, so the result is not enough. If it was changed to a skilled gunner, it would have sunk one or two ships of the opponent ~ www.readwn.com ~ Because the artillery on the turret is a stone base, there is no need to worry about recoil, so the accuracy is much higher than the artillery on the warship Already.

Conversely, as long as the artillery on the battleship is fired, the recoil force will cause the battleship to sway from side to side, which will seriously affect the firing accuracy. As a result, warships and turrets are very disadvantaged. Moreover, the artillery of the turret has always been larger than the artillery on the battleship.

Seeing that artillery was suffering from bombardment, Hupper, commander of the Navy Fleet of the Friesland Aristocratic Republic, was full of sorrow. And his assistant deputy Kidd was very depressed:

"Commander, the caliber of the coastal guns on the island is so big! Our naval guns are more powerful than our opponents!"

"Well, I know. But a few adults asked us to storm Tholencher and destroy the port. But it seems very difficult at the moment ..."

"Yeah, we are not at all opponents in the artillery battle. If we continue, we will sooner or later sink a ship ..."

"Kid, please take the 'Viking' in person to Harlingen (Allied Forces Crossing Seas Base Camp), and please indicate whether to attack from Odysschild, another port on the island. Is there a reason? Hollander's firepower is too strong, his defense is too strong ... "

"Yes, I'll go!" Kidd immediately rode the injured Kirk sailing boat (also known as the Hansa speedboat, which generally has a displacement of 100 to 200 tons, and some are larger, but generally less. Hansa Alliance's main ship type), headed for Harlingen, and asked the Friesland base camp.

At the same time, Huppel also ordered the fleet to retreat beyond the range of the Tholencher shore gun, stop the artillery, and wait for the command of the Harlingen base camp ~ www.readwn.com ~ Welcome the book friends Read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are at ~ www.readwn.com ~ mobile users please go to read.