Chapter 89: The idea of ​​the Kiel Canal

Because of the order documents of Miyazaki Bentheim, most of them found the city of Holstein under the steps and also chose to surrender. Of course, there are also stubborn ones like New Munster, and others are on the sidelines.

However, the coalition forces were so fierce that they captured the solid city of New Münster in two days, which greatly deterred other cities. As a result, those cities that wait and see have chosen to surrender, and no longer see the wind to rudder.

In fact, the reason why the siege is so smooth is inseparable from the application of heavy artillery and the use of gunpowder barrels. After all, in this era, the gates of various cities were still dominated by oak, no matter how thick they were made, they could not stop the continuous pounding of 18-pound iron ball shells.

Know that even those warships with thicker sideboards can be overwhelmed if they are continuously smashed by an 18-pound iron ball at the same point. Although the gate is thick, it is different from the warship. The warship could not be shaken, and it was difficult for the artillery to hit the same point twice in a row. As long as it is not broken once, it is difficult to be penetrated. But the city gates are different. The city gates are fixed and will not move. The artillery fires flat. As long as the angle is adjusted well, it can be bombarded repeatedly at the same point. No matter how strong the city gate is, it can't withstand this continuous blow as long as it is a wooden gate. Therefore, the city gate is broken sooner or later. Then, burying a gunpowder barrel in the blasting hole, it would be hard not to blow up ...

After easily opening the gate of a stubborn baron's castle with an 18-pound gun, Marin said to Schwartz with emotion:

"It seems that when we look back, we have to cast iron plates on the city gates, otherwise, we can't help shelling ..."

"Master wise!" Schwartz said respectfully. In fact, Schwartz was also frightened by the power of the 18-pound short-barreled Karen heavy artillery. Although it consumes more gunpowder than Cohorn mortars, it is also more powerful. No matter how strong the city gate is, under the continuous bombardment of dozens of 18-pounder guns, it is inevitable that it will be penetrated. The oak door, in front of the heavy artillery, really should be eliminated ...

In fact, the gates of the East in the same era, many gates of large cities, were covered with bronze and covered with copper nails to enhance the firmness of the gates.

It's just that European copper is too expensive. At this time, even the rich Hanseatic city did not have the luxury of using the copper-pigment gate. However, Marin's use of heavy artillery to easily open the gates of the city will encourage countries to coat the gates with metal. If you do n’t pack it, if you encounter artillery in the future, you can just break the door ...

Because he has made up his mind to make a good deal with the Hanseatic League, Marin will no longer go to the cities that have announced surrender to search for official money. To this end, Malinte specifically informed Lubeck and Hamburg that they would send people to receive these cities. On his own, he led the army to go northward and march towards the Principality of Schleswig.

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Over Kiel, Lubeck ’s 5000 troops also moved smoothly. Because Kilbourne is a Hanseatic city, although the Danish King Hans sent troops and nobles to manage the city, the Hanseese merchants in the city are still very powerful. While Marin was staying in Gluckstadt, Lübeck's army attacked Kiel.

Hansa's army was killed. Where did the Hansaw merchants in the city resist? Even at night, there were several Hansa merchants who sent all the guards, attacked and opened the city gates, and welcomed the Lubeck army into the city ...

Although Kiir ’s defenders resisted tenaciously, there were only a few hundred regular troops in the city, and the city gates were opened. Under the attack of 5000 Lübeck's army, the whole defender in the city was annihilated. In this way, Lübeck easily controlled Kiel, the Hanseatic commercial city.

After Marin's army captured New Münster, they captured the Lübeck army of Kiel. After leaving a few hundred defenders, they came and joined the Marin army. By the way, talk about the attribution of New Münster City.

Of course, Lübeck is negotiating with Hamburg on the division of the Principality of Holstein, and Marin cannot get in the way. Right now, the Principality of Holstein has six major cities, namely-Kiel, Gluckstadt, Neumünster, Itzehoe, Bad Oldesloh and Hyde.

Among them, Gluckstadt is the capital, but because it is close to Hamburg, it is obviously to be placed in Hamburg. Kiel is on the east coast and is clearly under the jurisdiction of Lübeck. And Hyde, although nominally within the jurisdiction of the Principality of Holstein, there is now the territory of the self-governing Dietmarshens, which does not belong to Denmark.

Strictly speaking, the reason why the Danish King Hans was so unlucky was that it was on the Dietmarshen. Because, through the "Battle of Hemingstedt", the Dietmarschens digged the reservoir dam and flooded the Danish army, causing the Danish King Hans, who sent tens of thousands of troops and escorted him, lost most of his elite A few survivors fled back. Later, after seeing the frustration of the Danes, Sweden's regent Sten Sturre dared to raise troops again to declare Sweden's independence.

It was precisely because of Sweden ’s independence that it gave the Quartet Alliance the opportunity to take advantage of the emptiness of the Danish rear and send troops together, stabbing Denmark sharply.

Therefore, some of the three participating troops on the ground-East Friesland, Lübeck and Hamburg, do not know what to do with Dietmarschen.

According to geographical location, the Dietmarchen area, together with the capital Hyde, should be assigned to Hamburg. However, Hamburg is not happy. Because, the Dietmarshin people are too strong to resist. If it is assigned to Dietmarschen, it is equivalent to taking over a huge trouble.

To this end, Hamburg requested that the Dietmarschen area be separated from the Principality of Holstein and then divide the remaining cities with Lübeck. But Lübeck disagreed. They thought Hyde was considered a city on the West Coast and should be considered Hamburg. Then, the city of Neumünster is located a little east of the middle and should belong to Lübeck. On the Hamburg side, the Dietmarschen area is not under the jurisdiction of the Principality of Holstein and should not be placed in Hamburg. At the same time, they also want New Münster ...

Just like that, the representatives of the two cities quarreled on the spot, and they refused to give in to each other ...

Marin doesn't care about where New Munster belongs, anyway, that's not his territory. However, if the representatives of Lübeck and Hamburg are allowed to quarrel like this, the warplanes will be delayed. So he said to Hamburg representative Weizmann and Lübeck representative Herman:

"The two, the issue of the affiliation of New Münster, it is still left to the two speakers to negotiate and negotiate. The two are only military commanders, and they are not considered ...

Marlin ’s words were output, and the representatives of Lübeck and Hamburg reacted—yes, they were just representatives of the troops sent by their respective parliaments. The real power is still in the respective parliament. Therefore, the military representative of Lübeck Hermann and the representative of Hamburg Weizmann both put aside their prejudices and temporarily circled around Marin, continued to go north and attacked the Principality of Schleswig as planned ...

However, after taking Lenzburg at the junction of the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig, all three were in trouble. Because the question of the city ’s ownership has become a big problem.

The process of capturing Lenzburg was unsurprising. It was nothing more than Marin sent artillery to blast a hole into the city gate, and then the demolition soldiers went up and blasted the city gate. Then, the Shield Soldiers brought a group of mercenaries into the city to clear the rebels ... but the ownership of the important Hanseatic commercial city of Lenzburg is somewhat unclear ...

Originally, Lenzburg was a city belonging to the Principality of Holstein. However, after Christian I of the Oldenburg family became the Duke of Holstein and Duke of Schleswig in 1460, he placed Lenzburg under the jurisdiction of the Principality of Schleswig.

The traditional dividing line between the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig is the Ed River, the largest river in the country. But Rendsburg happened to be by the side of the River Eide, and it was unclear whether it was on the south bank or north bank of Rendsburg.

According to tradition, Lenzburg should belong to the Principality of Holstein. However, according to the current situation, it is under the jurisdiction of the Principality of Schleswig. Marin naturally wanted Rendsburg to belong to Schleswig, but Hamburg felt that Rendsburg should belong to Holstein. It is best to divide Hyde from the Principality of Holstein and assign Lenzburg to Hamburg. Because Hamburg was not happy to take over the Dietmarschen area that was still in rebellion, so as not to fall into the pit of the rebellion.

Even, in order to obtain Lenzburg, Hamburg was willing to give up the sovereignty of the Dietmarschen district (later Dietmarshen County) and exchange Marlin for control of Lenzburg.

Marin is a little ignorant-Nima, although Lenzburg is prosperous, but only a city. The Hamburgers were willing to use such a large place in Dietmarschen County to change a city. In the long run, it is definitely a good deal ...

Although the rebellion in Dietmarschen County continues, the Hamburgers are afraid of it, but who is Marin? Are you afraid of this? The big deal is to kill more rebels ...

Know that there are more than 1,000 square kilometers in Dietmarschen County. If it is cultivated, there will be a lot of cultivated land ...

So, Marin was not afraid of trouble, and agreed to use the bustling commercial city of Lenzburg in exchange for Dietmarschen, an area still in rebellion. Of course, Weizmann can't decide. This matter will ultimately need to be decided by the Hamburg Parliament.

However, Weizmann felt that the Hamburg Parliament would definitely agree ...

Because Lenzburg is a Hanseatic commercial city, it is more prosperous. Moreover, it is close to Kiel, as well as the Eder River and the North Sea to the west, which is very promising for business.

Where is Hamburg? It was a Hanseatic commercial city. The most important thing for businessmen is the area with developed trade. As for the land? Instead of relying on land to eat, they did not care as much as Marin.

In fact, Marin clearly remembered that Lenzburg, right next to the famous Kiel Canal in later generations, was indeed a very important place. Business development is indeed very good.

But at the same time, Marin also remembered that the Kiel Canal in later generations, near the North Sea, was also the boundary between Dietmarschen County and Steinburg County (Itzejo). Even if you lose control of Lenzburg, you can still use the Kiel Canal if you take the entire territory of Dietmarschen County. Of course, the premise is that Lübeck and Hamburg are willing to dig the canal according to the plan of the succeeding Kiel Canal.

In fact, the reason why the German authorities chose to dig a canal here was not unreasonable. Because, along the route of the later Kiel Canal, there were originally many natural rivers. To dig the Kiel Canal, just connect these rivers together, and then widen the digging depth.

However, after Marin's field investigation, he found that it would be more convenient to make good use of the existing Ed River if digging a canal. Because the Ed River is just next to Lenzburg on the east side. Rendsburg is only 20 to 30 kilometers away from Kiel. Not only that, to the east of Lenzburg, there is a large river called Ober-Eider, which extends a long distance to the east. If you dig a dozen or twenty kilometers east along this river channel, you can connect to Kiel Port.

The Kiel Canal in later generations, instead of connecting to the Eide River, chose to dig downwards, probably because Hamburg is below. Because, when the canal was cut, Hamburg was Germany ’s largest port city. Since the canal was cut, it was natural to consider Hamburg.

Although it is more convenient to open the Canal, the west side of the Eden River is a little farther away from Hamburg than Tenning. More importantly, the Ed River is not straight, it is meandering. When used for boat trips, it is a waste of time.

Moreover, if the river is not straight, it is very inconvenient for those long boats with a distance of more than 100 meters to walk on the tortuous river. If you are not careful, you may be stranded. Therefore, it is still straight, the canal to the largest port of Hamburg is more conducive to transportation ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ However, this has to take into account the issue of age. In this era, ships over 100 meters long did not exist, and ships over 30 meters long were rare. Using the Ed River to dig a canal on the spot, it is even more respectful. Because the distance to be excavated is much smaller than the engineering volume of the Kiel Canal in later generations.

There were no machines in this era. Whether it was digging a river or pumping water, it was entirely dependent on manpower. Therefore, it is better to reduce the engineering volume as much as possible. Excavating a distance of more than a dozen or twenty kilometers, even if using pure labor, it only takes three to five years. If digging for tens of kilometers, it won't be possible for more than ten years. At the end of the 19th century, with the help of the steam engine, it took eight years to assemble the power of all Germany. It is estimated that it will take more than ten years to switch to the current scientific and technological strength. But if it is switched to directly use the Ade River to connect. Then, even without the help of a machine, it can be dug out in three to five years.

Of course, in the long run, the Ed River meanders and turns in the past, and it is really not suitable for a navigable canal. However, the most important thing now is to solve the problems of existence and not, not the problems of good or bad. Therefore, Marin believes that the Ed River should be used first to connect Kiel to get the canal out. As for the problem that the river is not straight, in the future, while navigating, another canal canal can be dug directly to Hamburg. It is not too late to block and abandon the Eide River until the new channel is dug.

So, Marin drew this plan with drawings, and wrote a large section of text notes to put forward his own opinions. He then copied the same copy first, and then, through Weizmann and Hermann, commissioned them to send the drawings to the parliaments of Lübeck and Hamburg to express their views, and suggested that the Eide River be used first Kiel's channel, let's talk about the canal first. In this way, you don't have to look at Danish face in the future ...