Chapter 83: Jutland Battle (Part 2)

When the East Frisian fleet appeared at a distance of several kilometers, Alkinson was dumbfounded to find that dozens of ships on the other side even hung the flag of the Danish enemy Lubeck.-Was the defender's fleet defeated by the Lubeck? Alkinson is a little bit ...

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

However, it was too late. Because, many Danish warships have already rushed to the side of the Hamburg fleet and are far away from this formation. It is no longer possible for the Danish Fleet, whose communications are basically roaring, to inform the warships that have advanced in depth.

Therefore, in the end, there were only more than 20 warships that did not rush forward, and surrounded Alkinson ’s flagship Copenhagen. However, these ships, because of their small hulls, are small boats of more than 100 tons. The big warships rushed to the front ...

When the East Frisian Fleet was close to the Danish Fleet 1 km, the whole fleet suddenly changed. The 23 front ships were all arranged in a dense horizontal line, facing the Danish Fleet on the side. As for the 17 Clark sailboats led by Columbus, they temporarily covered their wings and did not participate in the shelling. Moreover, the artillery equipment of the Clark ships is the largest at 6 pounds, and many of them are small two or three pounds. Even if they participate in the shelling, they cannot penetrate the side of the Danish warship. It is better to save ammunition as much as possible.

A cannon protruded its head, and the lower gun door also opened the windows through hinges. The artillery of the East Frisian Fleet began to methodically charge and charge, and then pushed the artillery to the front, aiming at the Danish warship ...

Alkinson was a little inexplicable. I did n’t know what the fleet behind the Lübeck flag wanted to do. Only the commander of the Hamburg fleet, Rolf, who knew some artillery information, smiled. He knew that the artillery of the East Frisian Fleet was about to show off ...

In fact, the East Frisian Fleet did not fire immediately, but continued to maneuver a few hundred meters to the south. Only at a distance of 500 meters from the Danish Fleet did the fire begin ...

"Prepare! Launch!" Following the command of the commander, a total of 310 artillery pieces on one side of the 23 East Frisian battleships in the front row shouted together-

"Boom-Boom-Boom-"

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On the sea, all the sounds at this time were covered up by the rumbling gunfire. At this time, the Danish fleet command was completely paralyzed. Because, the Danes commanded by roaring. But under the cover of the sound of artillery, the roar could not be heard even loudly.

Alkinson couldn't stop ordering herding soldiers, notifying the warships in front of them to withdraw. However, the order can no longer be communicated. Moreover, the energetic Hamburgers did not allow the Danish warships to retreat. Originally, it was the Danes who used their claw hooks to hook the battleship in Hamburg and wanted to board the ship.

However, now the other way around, the sailors on the Hamburg warships took out the claw hooks and hooked the Danish warships, so as not to let the other side out of the battlefield ... Even the Hercules on some ships directly threw the iron anchors used to stop the ship. On the Danish warship that wanted to escape. The iron anchor is heavy, and the chain is tied to the iron chain, not the rope. It is difficult for the Danes to cut it. The claw hook on the anchor hooked the boat gang and prevented the Danish warship from escaping ...

How powerful are the 310 18-pound and 12-pound guns? Although the hit rate is less than 10%, it is enough. In each round of salvo, there were nearly 30 iron ball shells that hit the Danish battleship facing the front row of the East Frisian fleet.

It is sad to remind that because the artillery era has not yet entered, the Danish Kirk sailboat did not reinforce the hull against artillery. So, when some of the shells happened to hit the sides of several Danish warships, the shells effortlessly ripped the wooden board of the Danish warships side and pierced it ...

After, seawater poured in. The unlucky Danish warships began to tilt and sink slowly ...

Commander Dankinson of the Danish Fleet was dumbfounded. He had never imagined that the dozens of warships across from him used artillery. According to the sound of the guns just now, he estimated that there were at least 200 artillery fire in the opposing fleet. Moreover, the caliber of the opposing artillery is not small, otherwise it will not penetrate the side of the warship.

So, he shuddered ...

"The whole army retreated!" Alkinson finally gave the order. But by the time he issued the order, near the outermost perimeter of the East Frisian Fleet, five more than one hundred ton boats had been sunk.

After all, none of these Kirk sailboats are designed for anti-bombardment, and the sides are too thin. As long as you are hit by an iron ball on the side, you will be penetrated in every case.

Because it was a total retreat, the Danish herald no longer used yelling and shouting, but directly took out the horn and sounded ...

"Woo--Woo--" The long horn sounded immediately. Although the warships in front were not heard because of the sound of gunfire, dozens of Danish warships in the back were heard.

Then, the Danish warship behind him started desperately to leave the battle and tried to retreat. The hamburgers, like chicken blood, just refused to let them go. Various grappling hooks and iron anchors greeted the Danish warships, struggling.

Eventually, the Danish warships that successfully withdrew from the battle were connected to the ships that were withdrawn before. There were only 50 ships in total, less than half of the 120 Danish warships. Alkinson was frightened by the shelling of the East Frisian fleet. Just now, an 18-pound shell fired past the Danish warship in the front row due to the angle of fire, whistling and flying from above, and over the flagship "Copenhagen" where Alkinson is located. A sailor observed on the scene directly smashed his head. Suddenly, a burst of blood was sprayed from the mast, mixed with minced meat, and confusing Alkinson's face ...

So, Alkinson was scared ...

In fear, Alkinson first led the 50 warships behind and retreated northward along the coast of Jutland. Because the East Frisian fleet came from the northwest direction, just north, there is a way out to escape. As for the more than 60 warships in the back, he can't care anymore ...

But where would Kidd let him escape? So Kidd ordered:

"Order Columbus's Clark fleet to block the enemy's way north ... In addition, let Columbus come to my warship and command me ..." Kidd thought that Columbus was Marin's favorite and could not be injured. Therefore, he asked the Clark fleet under Columbus to intercept the Danish fleet, but Columbus himself came to the flagship "Hoffman One" by boat and accompanied Kidd to command.

After Kidd's order, 17 Clark battleships were arranged in a dense formation, blocking the passage of the Danish fleet north. With no hope of retreating northwards, Alkinson had to order the fleet to move westward.

However, in this way, the Danish fleet just passed the artillery range of the East Frisian fleet ...

Then, the rumbling gunfire sounded again. In a face-to-face, the Danish fleet was sunk three small warships ...

Furious, Alkinson ordered:

"Crash me into the enemy fleet! Fight the side battle!" Since it was so dangerous and difficult to escape, Alkinson decided to fight close to the enemy ship, and then it was best to play a side battle ...

But as the distance got closer, the hit rate of the East Frisian Fleet artillery also got higher and higher. Therefore, only 500 meters away, 7 ships in Denmark were sunk, 13 ships' masts were interrupted, and their mobility was lost ...

When we approached, a row of musketeers appeared on the ship's side of the East Frisian Fleet ... and these musketeers were all wearing helmets and chest plates ...

Shot down, the archers on the Danish warship were killed and injured, and many people died on the spot. After all, the East Frisian musketeers used the Muskete musket with a projectile weight of 50 grams. As long as it is hit by a 50-gram lead bullet, it will be fine, and the fatality rate is extremely high.

And the archers on the Danish warships did cause damage to the East Frisian Musketeers. However, most of them shot their arrows on their arms or legs. Only one unlucky egg was shot in the throat at the scene. Others are just injured. The Eastern Frisian army now uses alcohol and cooked gauze in its entirety. As long as the lead shot is not hit, ordinary arrow wounds are still easy to deal with.

The Danish sailors who attempted to climb to the East Frisian battleship through the claw hooks were directly killed by the sailors of the East Frisian fleet with a musket ...

"Give me, rush over, as long as you rush to the other ship, the musketeer will let you cut!" Dankinson shouted on the Danish flagship "Copenhagen".

He knew the musketeer. Once this kind of arms is close, it is a sheep, let anyone hack it. Therefore, he ordered loudly to let the sailors climb over quickly, as long as they were close to the musketeers, the Danes had the advantage ...

It is a pity that Alkinson has lost some sense at this time. His crazy shouting finally attracted the attention of the East Frisian sailors who were shooting with muskets ...

A naval marksman named Nathan saw a Danish officer on the deck of a large Danish warship 50 meters away shouting. Although he did not understand Danish, Nathan knew that the opponent was definitely a big man, and that the opponent was directing the battle.

So, Naisen raised his Musket gun and aimed at the thigh of the Danish man opposite him, intending to make him incapacitated, so that they could capture the captives, and at the same time let the other party stop for a while ... After all, the injury can only If the cry hurts, there is no way to direct ...

But what I did not expect was that because Nathan was 50 meters away from Alkinson, although he was aiming at the thigh, but the bullet flew over, he directly hit Alkinson ’s neck and penetrated Alkinson ’s neck directly, revealing A scary blood hole ...

"Uh--" Alkinson covered the neck of blood and began to spout incredulously, and fell slowly ...

Nathan was also overwhelmed, because he deliberately shot a noble lord. According to the current rules, civilians deliberately murdered the noble lords and were hanged ... Even on the battlefield, the civilians deliberately aimed at the noble lords to fight. It cannot be forgiven ... Of course, he did not know that his big boss, Marin He will forgive him for his actions and even reward him. Of course, the reward must be private ...

However, he looked at the people around him, and no one seemed to notice that he specifically aimed at Alkinson. So, he pretended to continue to reload the bomb, and then aimed at the sailor on the front ship trying to climb along the claw hook and shot ...

On the Danish side, the pan was fried:

"Master Alkinson was killed!"

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

A Danish captain named Harrison saw the coach die and was timid, he immediately ordered a white flag. Then, the East Frisian sailors opposite the ship also stopped firing the muskets and sent someone to take over the ship.

At this time, the Danish army was obviously still an ancient army, without the strict model of modern army. Therefore, after the coach died, many people directly chose to surrender. When Harrison ’s white flag was hung out, other ships followed suit and chose to surrender.

In this way, dozens of Danish warships that rushed over surrendered by more than half. Several stubborn warships were also under siege. When approaching, the power of the artillery was maximized. Kidd commanded several warships, next to the enemy ships, and directly drove those stubborn Danish warships ...

After taking control of the Danish warships that had surrendered, Kidd ordered the Clark ships to come to receive the prisoners of war and warships. Kidd led 23 main battleships and moved on, outspoken those Danish battleships still entangled with the Hamburg fleet ...

Seeing that white flags were flying on the flagship and the ships around the flagship, those Danish warships still entangled with Hamburg lost their fighting spirit.

So, the remaining Danish warships ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ also chose to surrender. Only a dozen ships were still stubborn, but they were all approached by Kidd to command the battleship, and they were close to sinking ...

In this way, this naval battle finally ended with the victory of the coalition fleet. In the Danish fleet, 29 warships were sunk and 20 were injured. Among them, most of the Danish warships that were sunk 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 Danish rockets. The other ships, without loss, only injured dozens of sailors.

As for the hamburger side, it is a bit worse. Thousands of sailors were killed and injured, and 8 ships were burned and 11 warships were burned.

But no matter how, the coalition forces have won a big victory this time. Moreover, according to the agreement, more than 80 warships captured this time will be divided between Hamburg and Lübeck. In this way, the loss of the Hamburgers will soon be filled and even strengthened. After all, most of the captured Danish warships are over 200 tons, which belonged to big 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 the battlefield. Kidd gave all the captured warships and Danish sailors to the Hamburgers. Then, he took the fleet back to Emden to replenish ammunition. Among them, the armed merchant ship No. 2509, whose upper deck was burnt out, had to go back for overhaul and was unable to participate in the next naval battle.

And the Hamburg side also needs to absorb the results of this battle. Those injured ships must also be towed back to be repaired. The two sides agreed to regroup a month later and attack the Øresund Strait together. And Hamburg sent someone to inform the Lübeck fleet, and arranged for the time, the three fleets besieged Copenhagen Port together, trying to eliminate the remaining 80 warships in Denmark ...