King of German Mercenaries

After Kidd returned to the Harlingen coalition camp, he reported the victory to the nine-member parliament temporarily stationed here, which shocked several noble members.

"There are large-caliber artillery on Texel Island? Kidd, are you kidding me?" Baron Zitter's face was full of disbelief.

You know, the small island of Texel Island has killed thousands of people. The Friesland Republic, on the other hand, has a much larger area (about 6,300 square kilometers) and a population of more than 200,000.

However, the Frisian Aristocratic Republic did not have many artillery pieces, most of which were provided by France, a powerhouse of cannon casting, with a maximum caliber of only 6 pounds. And Texel Island in the small land has larger caliber artillery, which made Baron Zither unwilling to believe.

"If you don't believe me, you can go to the dock and follow me to the 'Viking' that was injured by the enemy's heavy artillery to see..."

Several members of the parliament are unwilling to believe that the mere Texel Island, the artillery is more powerful than their own. So, under the protection of the inner palace knights, several people went to the pier together and boarded the damaged "Viking" Kirk sailboat...

"Lord Zitel, look, this is a crater hit by the other party's shell..." Kidd pointed, and a crater on the broadside appeared in front of everyone...

Fyskefrijheid, the Governor and Baron of Groningen, appeared in front of the crater and gestured with his hand...

The Barony of Groningen is the most powerful force in the Friesian noble republic, because Groningen is a Hanseatic city with more business taxes, which makes Fyskefrijheid's economic strength the most powerful in the republic.

Therefore, the soldiers under Fyskefrijheid have the highest armor rate. At the same time, the two largest warships are also from Groningen.

Because he owns two warships with a displacement of 100 or tens of tons, Fyskefrijheid has inspected the warships and the artillery on them many times, so he is more sensitive to the caliber of the artillery...

"Hey... such a large caliber, it is indeed more powerful than the 6-pound gun on my ship... Maybe... this is a 12-pound heavy gun..." Fyskefrijheid silently estimated for a while, and said uncertainly...

"12 pounds? Isn't that twice as heavy as the shells of our largest artillery? Sure enough, it's a large caliber..." The 9 bosses here, Fyskefrijheid is the most proficient in artillery, he said so, and the others no longer doubted it.

"Kid, how many such heavy artillery pieces does the other party have?" Baron Ztter asked with a gloomy expression. If he can't capture Texel Island, he won't be able to get out of his breath, and he won't be able to take back his fishermen.

"Eight gates, although it doesn't look like much, if we show our power together, our few warships can't suppress..."

"Don't we have 40 guns? How can we beat 8 guns?" asked the layman Gicente.

"Mr. Senator, although we have 40 artillery pieces, most of them are two or three pounder cannons with short range and low power. Moreover, during the artillery battle, we can only use one side of the artillery to attack. That is to say, only 20 The artillery was put into battle. Although the opponent only had 8 artillery pieces, they were all heavy artillery pieces. They were powerful and could easily damage the warship. And our small artillery pieces could not destroy the fort, so..."

"Since the artillery battle can't overwhelm the opponent, so let's go, Kidd, you pass my order to give up the artillery battle temporarily, and try a forced landing in Thorenche. Remember, just try, don't put all of it..."

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After Kidd returned, he conveyed the order. At the same time, a large number of fishing boats conscripted from the sea by the Friesian Aristocratic Republic, carrying a group of spearmen soldiers, stared at the coastal defense artillery of Thorencher, and began to forcibly land...

There are 300 people in this batch of "daring men" who forcibly landed. They took the small fishing boats that had been conscripted, and scattered and began to forcibly land in Thorenche.

But coastal defense artillery is not vegetarian,

On the way, several fishing boats for landing were directly sunk by 12-pound shells. The broadsides of fishing boats are very thin, and they are not resistant to beating at all. So, if you get smashed by a 12-pound iron ball, you won't be able to hold it.

In the end, however, 180 people managed to land and launch a fatal assault on the town of Thoruncher. But, that's no use...because, Frenzberg has 100 arquebuses waiting...

So, after the crackling sound of sautéed beans, the 180 Frisian soldiers who had landed by force basically all lay down...

Of these 180 men, 75 of them were two-handed swordsmen wearing upper breastplates and helmets. This type of arm is generally an important elite force used for decisive assaults on the battlefield.

Generally speaking, an ordinary cold weapon battle formation could easily be torn open under the risky impact of 75 two-handed swordsmen. Worst of all, it would allow the Frisian army to gain a foothold on the pier, allowing subsequent troops to continue logging in.

However, today they encountered a queue to be shot, and it was a Mushkert musket with a 50-gram overweight projectile.

When 75 two-handed swordsmen bravely wielded German-style two-handed greatswords and charged forward, Franzberg commanded 100 arquebusiers and 33 professionally loaded stuffers, and began to charge at the top of the wall near the dock. Come on, greet them with platoons of guns...

The 50-gram projectile smashed over at subsonic speed, causing the Frisian two-handed swordsmen wearing plate jackets to be smashed back by a powerful impact before they could react. What's more, when the Frisian two-handed swordsmen rushed to the wall near the dock, many Frisian two-handed swordsmen were directly smashed by the 50-gram projectile and flew back...

Plate armor with excellent protection in front of cold weapon infantry is no different from paper paste in front of Mushkert muskets. Therefore, as long as the projectile hits the body, there is no Frisian soldier who is not killed or injured.

The only thing to consider is the hit rate of the musket. When the Frisian two-handed swordsman was 100 meters away, the hit rate of the arquebus was touchingly low. Within a few dozen meters, it was simply a massacre by name.

On level ground, the brave Frisian infantry might be able to get close to the musketeers by virtue of their bravery, rendering the muskets useless.

However, now that the Texel army was on the defensive, they could stand behind tall walls and use their muskets more leisurely. Beside them was a group of infantry with spears and hammers. Whenever an enemy wanted to climb up the wall and hurt these musketeers, the infantry on the side would use spears or hammers to smash the enemy down the wall to ensure the safety of the musketeers.

Therefore, when the musketeers are on favorable terrain such as the city wall, as long as their own survival and the continuation of firepower are ensured, the lethality is simply multiplied...

This is like the "Siege of WYN" in 1529. The Austrians only used 74 arquebuses. After the Turks opened a gap in the WYN city wall, they used platoons of guns to blast out the Turks who tried to break into the gap, ensuring that The safety of WYN was delayed until the arrival of reinforcements... After this battle, the Turks learned from Europe, developed a good quality "Lumi gun", and spread it to the Ming Dynasty...

Seeing that the 300 death squad-like warriors were instantly damaged on and near the pier, the officers of the Frisian army were very unsightly.

It also made them realize that Thorencher's defense was very tight. Not only the powerful counterattack brought by heavy artillery, but also the counterattack against approaching infantry on the ground.

Before, Marin Hao threw tens of thousands of gold coins and surrounded the two major towns of Den Burg and Thorenche on the island with tall walls, which greatly facilitated defense.

If there were no tall walls in Thorenche, once the Frisian two-handed swordsmen approached, the musketeers would become the mustards for these elite infantrymen to slash and kill.

Fortunately, Thorencher has a tall wall as tall as a small city wall. The musketeers can stand on the wall leisurely, fire down, and kill those "hard bones" wearing plate armor, making the Friesland elite heavy. A swordsman's decisive charge has become a joke...

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