Chapter 76: Declare war at the same time
At the end of January 1503, 17 Clark sailboats of various sizes purchased from Spain were finally in place. Then, Columbus immediately took a group of sailors and half of the gunners from the previous battleship to board these Clark sailboats and began a simple adaptive training.
By February 5th, all the preparations were completed. Even Schwartz rushed to Lübeck a few days ago to command the 10,000 troops from Teutonic Republic.
After all the preparations are finished, it is natural to expose fangs. Thus, on the day of February 5, Oldenburg and Denmark received the war scripts at the same time.
It was not until King Hans of Denmark received the warfare that he was horrified to find out that he had been declared war by the three forces of Lübeck, Hamburg and East Friesland.
If it is a single declaration of war, the Danish King Hans does not care. However, if the three are together, it will be terrible. Especially at such an important moment ...
In January, in order to attract the attention of Denmark, Sweden launched a counterattack in some areas, attracting a lot of attention from Denmark. To this end, the Danish King Hans, from the Principality of Holstein and Principality of Schleswig, each transferred a thousand soldiers to support the Danish battlefield. Today, there are only more than two thousand soldiers left in the Principality of Holstein, and there are only more than 1,200 people guarding Gluckstadt. The Principality of Schleswig is not much better. There are only more than two thousand people left, and only 1,500 people guard the city of Schleswig.
Even in Copenhagen, Denmark, there were only 2,500 defenders at this time. Fortunately, Denmark is a maritime power, and the general enemy's army can't easily land on Zealand. Even if he ventured to land on Zealand, it was easy to cut off the supply line by the Danish navy. If the opponent cannot capture Copenhagen on Zealand, the army will starve to death.
However, Lübeck ’s book of war was very arrogant, saying that he would send a fleet to destroy the Copenhagen port. For safety reasons, the Danish King Hans immediately ordered-200 warships off the coast of Sweden, all back to defense.
Lübeck, as the "Queen of Hanseatic", is second to none in the Hanseatic League. Among its more than 1,000 merchant ships, about 110 large ships can be selected as warships. As a "Queen" in the Hanseatic League, or a deputy leader of the Hanseatic League, Hamburg also has hundreds of merchant ships, which can make up 90 warships.
Before, Denmark and the Hanseatic League had a sea battle, of course, that was the 14th century. That time, Denmark lost. The reason is that Lübeck merged with the fleets of Hamburg and Bremen.
So, drawing on the lessons of the last time, Danish Minister of the Navy Tomasen ordered the fleet to be divided into two. The main fleet left 80 ships to surround Copenhagen, and another 120 ships went north to intercept the Hamburg fleet ...
Thomassen is a very intelligent person, he knows that Lübeck's naval strength is stronger. However, he firmly believed that, relying on Copenhagen's defensive capabilities, although 80 warships could not defeat the Lübeck, they were enough to defend Copenhagen.
As for the other 120 warships, it is responsible for defeating the Hamburg fleet. As long as the 80 warships in Copenhagen do not play casually in the early stage, there is no problem in protecting Copenhagen. Then, another 120 warships were significantly stronger than Hamburg. If you can beat Hamburg's fleet first, and then merge with Copenhagen's fleet, then the hope of defeating the Lübeck fleet is great ...
Has to say that Thomason's strategy is very well formulated. If only the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg are really easily defeated by Denmark. After all, Denmark sent a stronger fleet than Hamburg and it was easier to win. When the Hamburg fleet was defeated, the two Danish fleets converged again to overpower Lübeck and then hit Lübeck port. It was easy to win.
However, they didn't expect that Marin quietly made up 23 professional warships, and got 17 Spanish Clark sailboats to help.
Moreover, after Marin "invented" the simple slogan, he quietly taught Lübeck and Hamburg. Nowadays, the naval commanders of Lübeck and Hamburg know the commanding means of "tall" in slogans. The Danes do n’t understand ...
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Compared with the nervousness of the Danish King Hans, John V, Earl of Oldenburg was terrified ...
It is no secret that East Frisian Lambert has tens of thousands of troops. Moreover, Marin relied on this 10,000 army, and had defeated the 20,000-thousand army of Saxons. Therefore, for the tens of thousands of Marin's army, Oldenburg is still very afraid. Only because they have Denmark as a backing, they have confidence.
It was just that John V did not expect that Marin would dare to declare war on the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg despite the Danish maritime threat. You know, last time after Marin surrounded Emden in the Danish navy, he quickly admitted.
Therefore, after receiving the warfare, John V did not immediately recruit the army, but first wrote to Denmark, asking for Danish support and help. However, John V did not know that at this moment, his cousin, King of Denmark, Hans, had also received Marin's book of war ...
That is to say, after receiving the war script under Marin that day, John V did not immediately conduct general mobilization in the country. He also dreamed that Denmark would "concile" and scare Marin ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and at this time, Marin had brought 5,000 veterans and had gathered in the border area of Lyle County and brought 5,000 horses in preparation. Waiting for the day after dark to mount the long-distance attack on the city of Oldenburg ...
As for the 5,000 recruits, they have to wait for the next day after dawn and follow the 3,000 mercenaries in Hamburg to catch up with them ...
Five thousand veterans are trained for a long time. Moreover, no one has night blindness. That's because Marin treats the veterans well, often eating meat, and often eating the liver of animals. No one lacks vitamin A, and naturally there is no night blindness.
Moreover, Marin has also trained night marches many times before, and he has also specially trained horse riding at night, so naturally there is no problem. If you switch to those 5000 recruits for a long-distance night raid, it is very likely that many people will be lost. Only veterans who have been training together for a long time can successfully reach the destination at night and complete the raid, and no one will be left behind.
On the same day, Schwarz gathered all the 15,000 troops (including the five thousand mercenaries in Lübeck) outside the city of Lübeck. The 10,000 troops who stayed in Teutonic for a long time were originally trained by Schwartz. Therefore, Schwartz's command was very smooth. As for Lübeck ’s 5000 mercenaries, Schwartz directly used them as private men ...
Because of the night raid mission, Schwartz selected 4,000 elite infantry, along with the 1,000-lance cavalry who had war horses. After resting enough during the day, on the night after the declaration of war, Zema went all the way west, more than 60 kilometers away. Gluckstadt was galloping away. As for the horses can bear it? 60 kilometers will not cause any major problems. Just wait until Gluckstadt is over, and feed some good materials to make up. For example, feed oats to horses, or eggs ...
