The Rise of the European Emperor

When the East Frisian Fleet appeared at a distance of several kilometers, Alkinson was stunned to find that dozens of ships of the other side were flying the flag of Lübeck, Denmark's mortal enemy. Was the defending fleet defeated by the Lübeck people? Alkinson is a little guilty...

"Oops, quickly order a retreat, don't get entangled with the Hamburgers." At a critical juncture, Alkinson decisively ordered the recovery of the formation, intending to guard against the "Lübeck Fleet" behind.

However, it was already too late. Because, many Danish warships have rushed to the side of the Hamburg fleet and are far away from this formation. It was impossible for the Danish fleet, which basically depended on roaring for communication, to inform the warships in front of it.

Therefore, in the end, only more than 20 warships, which were not too far ahead, surrounded Alkinson's flagship "Copenhagen". However, these ships, because of their small hulls, are all small boats of more than 100 tons. The big warships rushed forward...

When the East Frisian Fleet approached the Danish Fleet by 1 km, the entire formation suddenly changed. The front 23 warships were all lined up in a dense horizontal line, facing the Danish Fleet sideways. As for the 17 Clark sailing ships led by Columbus, they temporarily covered their wings and did not participate in the shelling. Moreover, the largest artillery guns equipped by those Clark ships are 6-pounders, and many of them are small guns of two or three pounds. Even if they participate in the shelling, they will not be able to penetrate the broadsides of the Danish warships. It is better to save ammunition as much as possible.

A cannon stuck its head out, and the lower gun doors also opened their windows through hinges. The artillerymen of the East Frisian Fleet methodically began to charge and reload, and then pushed the artillery carts to the front, aiming at the Danish warships...

Alkinson was a little baffled, not knowing what the fleet behind the Lübeck flag wanted to do. Only the Hamburg Fleet Commander Rolf, who knew some artillery information, smiled. He knew that the artillery of the East Frisian Fleet was about to explode...

In fact, the East Frisian Fleet did not fire immediately, but continued to maneuver a few hundred meters to the south, only 500 meters away from the Danish fleet, and began to fire...

"Prepare! Launch!" Following the commander's order, a total of 310 artillery pieces on one side of the 23 East Frisian warships in the front row roared together—

"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Boom-boom-boom-"

...

On the sea, all the sounds at this time were drowned out by the rumble of cannons. At this time, the Danish fleet command was completely paralyzed. Because, the Danes command by roar. But under the cover of the sound of the artillery, the roar couldn't get out no matter how loud it was.

Alkinson kept ordering the messengers to inform the warships ahead to retreat. However, the order has not been conveyed. Moreover, the eager Hamburgers did not allow the Danish warships to retreat. Originally, it was the Danes who hooked Hamburg's warship with a claw hook and wanted to board.

However, now it's the other way around. The sailors on the Hamburg warship took out their claw hooks one after another and hooked the Danish warship to prevent the other party from leaving the battlefield... Even the Hercules on some ships directly threw the iron anchor used to stop the ship. A Danish warship trying to escape. The anchor was heavy, and it was tied with a chain, not a rope, so it was difficult for the Danes to cut it off. And the claw hook on the anchor hooked the boat gang again, making it impossible for the Danish warship to escape...

How powerful are 310 18 and 12 pound guns? Although the hit rate is less than 10%, it is enough. In each salvo, nearly 30 iron balls hit the Danish warships facing the front row of the East Frisian fleet.

Sadly, because it has not yet entered the age of artillery, the Danes' Kirk sailboat has no reinforced hull to prevent shelling. So, when some of the shells happened to hit the broadsides of several Danish warships, the shells effortlessly tore open the planks on the broadsides of the Danish warships and pierced them...

After that, sea water poured in. Those hapless Danish warships,

It also began to slowly tilt and sink...

Admiral Alkinson of the Danish fleet was a little dumbfounded. He never expected that the dozens of warships on the opposite side were all using artillery. Based on the sound of the cannons just now, he estimated that there were at least 200 artillery pieces in the opposing fleet. Moreover, the caliber of the artillery on the opposite side is not small, otherwise it will not penetrate the broadside of the warship.

So he was terrified...

"The whole army retreats!" Alkinson finally gave the order. But when he gave the order, near the outermost periphery of the East Frisian fleet, five small boats of more than 100 tons had been sunk.

After all, none of these Kirk sailboats were shell-proof and the broadsides were too thin. As long as the iron ball hits the broadside, in all likelihood, it will be penetrated.

Because it was a total retreat, the Danish messenger no longer used roaring and shouting at this time, but directly took out the horn to sound...

"Woo-woo--" The long horn sound suddenly spread. Although the warships in front could not be heard because of the cannon noise, dozens of Danish warships in the back heard it.

As a result, the Danish warships behind began desperately to break away from the battle, trying to retreat in vain. The Hamburgers, like chicken blood, just won't let them go. All kinds of grappling hooks and iron anchors greeted the Danish warships and stalked them.

In the end, there were only 50 Danish warships that were successfully withdrawn from the battle and connected to those that had been withdrawn before, which was less than half of the total number of 120 Danish warships. Alkinson had been frightened by the shelling of the East Frisian fleet. Just now, an 18-pound artillery shell, due to the angle of fire, passed the Danish warship in the front row, flew over the sky with a roar, and flew over the flagship "Copenhagen" where Alkinson was located, and put it on the mast. One of the sailors who observed it directly smashed his head off. Suddenly, a hot blood spurted down from the mast, mixed with minced meat, and smeared Alkinson's face...

So, Alkinson was frightened...

In fear, Alkinson took the 50 warships behind and retreated directly north along the west coast of Jutland. Because the East Frisian fleet is coming from the northwest, due north, there is still a way out to escape. As for the more than 60 warships in the back, he can no longer care about...

But how could Kidd let him escape? So Kidd ordered:

"Order Columbus' Clark fleet to block the enemy's way to the north... In addition, let Columbus come to my battleship and command with me..." Kidd thought that Columbus was Marin's favorite and could not be damaged. Therefore, he asked Columbus's Clark fleet to intercept the Danish fleet, but Columbus himself took a small boat to the flagship "Hoffman No. 1" and accompanied Kidd to command.

After Kidd's order, 17 Clark warships, lined up in a dense formation, blocked the passage of the Danish fleet to the north. With no hope of retreating north, Alkinson had no choice but to order the fleet to move westward.

But, in doing so, the Danish fleet was just about to pass the fire range of the East Frisian fleet...

So, the rumbling sound of the cannon sounded again. In one encounter, the Danish fleet was sunk by 3 small warships...

Furious, Alkinson ordered:

"Crash me into the enemy fleet! Start a pick-up battle!" Since escaping was so dangerous and difficult, Alkinson decided to fight, get close to the enemy ship, and then play a pick-up battle...

But as the distance got closer, so did the East Frisian fleet's artillery hits. As a result, just the distance of 500 meters caused 7 ships in Denmark to be sunk, 13 ships to have their masts broken, and lose their mobility...

When they got close, a row of musketeers appeared on the sides of the warships of the East Frisian fleet... Moreover, these musketeers were all wearing helmets and chest plate armor...

A pair of shots came down, and the archers on the Danish warship were killed and injured, and many people died on the spot. After all, what the East Frisian musketeers used was the Mushket musket with a 50-gram bullet. As long as it is hit by a 50-gram lead bullet, it is not good, and the fatality rate is extremely high.

And the archers on the Danish warships did inflict damage on the East Frisian musketeers. Most of the time, however, the arrows were shot into their arms or legs. Only one hapless guy who was shot in the throat died on the spot. Others are just hurt. The East Frisian Army now uses alcohol and boiled gauze in an all-round way. As long as it is not hit by a buckshot, ordinary arrow wounds are still easy to deal with.

And those Danish sailors who tried to climb to the East Frisian warships through the claw hooks were directly killed by the sailors of the East Frisian Fleet with muskets and fell into the sea...

"Rush for me, rush over, as long as you rush on the other side's boat, the musketeers are free to cut it!" Alkinson shouted on the Danish flagship "Copenhagen".

He knew the musketeer, this kind of army, once it was close to him, it was a sheep, ready to be hacked and killed. So, he gave a loud order to let the sailors crawl over quickly, and as long as they were close to those musketeers, the Danes would have the advantage...

Unfortunately, Arkinson has lost his mind at this time. His frantic shouting finally caught the attention of the East Frisian sailors who were shooting with muskets...

A sharpshooter in a sailor named Nathan saw a Danish officer on the deck of a large Danish warship 50 meters away, jumping and shouting. Although he didn't understand Danish, Nathan knew that the other party must be a big man, and the other party was directing the battle.

So, Nathan raised the Mushkert musket and aimed at the thigh of the big Danish man on the opposite side, intending to incapacitate him so that they could capture the prisoners, and at the same time let the other party stop for a while... After all, being injured can only It hurts to cry, and I can't command...

But what I didn't expect was that because Nathan was 50 meters away from Alkinson, although he aimed at the thigh, the bullet flew past, but it hit Alkinson's neck directly, piercing Alkinson's neck directly, exposing A terrifying big blood hole...

"Uh—" Alkinson clutched the neck where the blood began to spurt in disbelief, and slowly fell down...

Nathan was also overwhelmed with fright, because he deliberately shot a nobleman. According to the current rules, civilians who deliberately murder the nobles will be hanged... Even on the battlefield, it is unforgivable for the civilians to deliberately target the nobles... Of course, he does not know that his big boss, Marin , will surely forgive his actions and even reward him. Of course, the reward must be private...

However, when he looked around, no one seemed to notice that he was taking aim at Alkinson. So, he continued to reload as if nothing had happened, then aimed at the sailor who was trying to climb over the hook on the boat ahead, and shot...

On the Danes side, they fried the pot:

"Lord Alkinson was beaten to death!"

"Lord Alkinson was beaten to death!"

...

The news spread quickly, and the first Danish sailors who were still trying to climb the enemy ship heard the news. As a result, the morale of the Danes collapsed immediately...

A Danish captain named Harrison was timid when he saw the death of the coach, and immediately ordered the white flag to be played. Then the East Frisian sailors on the opposite side of the ship also stopped their musket fire and sent men to take over the ship.

The Danish army at this time was obviously still an ancient army, and did not have the strict model of the modern army. Therefore, after the death of the coach, many people chose to surrender directly. When Harrison's white flag was hoisted, other ships followed suit and chose to surrender by hanging the white flag.

In this way, more than half of the dozens of Danish warships that rushed over surrendered. Several recalcitrant warships were also besieged. In the case of close, the power of the artillery is maximized. Kidd commanded a number of warships, sticking to the enemy ships, and directly sunk the few recalcitrant Danish warships...

After taking control of the surrendering Danish ships, Kidd ordered the Clark ships to come and take prisoners of war and ships. Kidd, on the other hand, led 23 main warships and continued to move forward, outflanking those Danish warships that were still entangled with the Hamburg fleet...

Seeing that the flagship and the warships around the flagship have already hoisted white flags, those Danish warships that are still entangled with Hamburg have also lost their fighting spirit.

As a result, the remaining Danish warships also chose to surrender. Only a dozen ships were still resisting, but they were all approached by Kidd's warships, and they were bombarded and sank...

In this way, the naval battle finally ended with the victory of the coalition fleet. The Danish fleet, 29 ships were sunk and 20 were damaged. Among them, most of the sunk Danish warships were sunk by the artillery of the East Frisian Fleet. In the East Frisian fleet, only one ship was burned to the upper deck by the Danes' rockets. None of the other ships were lost, but dozens of sailors were injured.

As for hamburgers, it's a little bit worse. Thousands of sailors were killed and wounded, and 8 ships were burned and 11 warships were burned.

But no matter what, the coalition has won a big victory this time. Moreover, according to the agreement, the more than 80 warships captured this time will be divided between Hamburg and Lübeck. In this way, the losses of the Hamburgers will be quickly made up and even strengthened. After all, most of the captured Danish warships were over 200 tons, which belonged to large ships in this era. The Danish flagship "Copenhagen" is a large warship with a displacement of up to 500 tons, and its value is quite high.

Next, it's time to clean up the battlefield. Kidd handed over all the captured warships and Danish sailors to the Hamburgers. Then, take the fleet back to Emden to replenish ammunition. Among them, the armed merchant ship No. 2509, which was burned to the upper deck, still needs to go back for major repairs and cannot participate in the next naval battle.

As for Hamburg, it also needs to absorb and digest the results of this battle. Those injured ships will also be towed back for repairs. The two sides agreed to regroup a month later and attack the Oresund together. And Hamburg sent someone to inform the Lübeck fleet, and at an appointment, the three fleets would besiege the Port of Copenhagen together, and strive to eliminate the remaining 80 warships in Denmark...