The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin's siege along the way was as simple as drinking water, which made the Danes panic. Of course, the coincidence of his "three axes" was considered clear by the Danes. No, the Danish Royal Palace once again held a royal meeting because of Marin's siege tactics to discuss countermeasures.

"Knight of Hessen, you mean, the marina **** are all relying on artillery, don't send people to climb the walls?" King Hans was surprised after hearing the report from Agent Heisen. Because, this does not conform to convention. Moreover, the speed at which Marin broke the city was too fast. It took three or two days to capture a city. It was as simple as eating and drinking, which was too scary.

"Yes, the minister escaped from Flensburg in the Principality of Schleswig. Before, the minister had never wanted to understand, but in Flensburg, the minister saw the devil's means by Marin himself, and it really was Different ... "

"They first used dozens of heavy artillery to concentrate on the city gate. After the oak gate was bombarded with a big hole, they stuffed gunpowder into the hole and blasted the city gate ... Then, the opposing army poured in like a tide In the city ... "Recalling that scene, the Heisen Knight is still terrified. If it wasn't for the city to break down, the Knight of Heisen took off his armor in time and hid in the toilet of a residential house, and he would definitely be captured as a captive.

Later, while Marin's army continued to go north, the city's defenses were relaxed, and the Heisen knight became a beggar, escaped from Flensburg all the way, and found a fishing boat, and returned to his hometown of Zealand.

Heisen Knight is a Zealander who was sent to Flensburg and was one of the deputy officers of the local garrison. After fleeing back, Hessen understood that if he could not make atonement, his knighthood and fiefdom were in danger of being taken back by the court. So, he ran to Copenhagen, and in the name of the survivors, in front of the ministers, reported to King Hans of Denmark the Marin tactics he had seen with his own eyes.

"Awesome tactics! Although the method of burying gunpowder can't shake the wall, but it's no problem to explode the oak door and the masonry and wood piled up behind the oak door ..." Army Secretary Simonson commented.

Of course, it was Simonson's ignorance. Even if the wall is built firmly, if enough gunpowder is buried under the wall, it can collapse. A barrel of gunpowder can't blow up the firm wall, then dozens of barrels ...

"Hey Knight, you mean, the opponent must blast the city gate before burying the gunpowder barrel?" Navy Secretary Thomason frowned and asked.

"Yes, that ’s it. The soldiers who fled from the city of Schleswig said that every time the other party blasted a hole into the city gate before they stuffed the gunpowder barrel into it. Use gunpowder barrels. "

"So, that is, the gunpowder barrel must be placed in the hole to explode?" Thomason asked.

"Humble office is not clear ..." Heisen had only seen this scene, but did not understand the truth.

"That's it, let's find a door to try ..." the Foreign Minister on the side suggested.

This time, Eriksson brought back 200,000 gold coins, 50 bronze guns and a lot of gunpowder and shells from France. It took nothing but a few barrels of gunpowder to try.

So, Hans, the Danish king, took his group of ministers and went outside the city, asking an earl to borrow the two doors of a castle on the outskirts of Copenhagen, and started the experiment ...

Behind the two doors, like the siege scene, the back was filled with things and reached the back of the door. However, one door was intact and the other city gate, so the carpenter used a tool to drill a large hole in the middle of the door, so that it was easy to put the gunpowder barrel in.

It took half a day for dozens of carpenters to drill a large hole in the middle of the thick castle gate to accommodate the gunpowder barrel.

Then, the two doors were respectively tested by gunpowder blasting ...

After the two loud noises of "Boom-Boom-", the Danish ministers saw a different scene ...

There was no digging a hole and only the gunpowder barrel was placed outside the door for the explosion test. Although the door was damaged, there was no problem with the city gate. After all, the harder the bomb is, the stronger it explodes. Gunpowder can be used as a bomb in a tin can or as a firecracker in a paper bag ...

The hole in the castle gate where the gunpowder barrel was thrown exploded. The tremendous impact force washed down the thick castle gate from the inside. Of course, the bricks and stones piled up behind were also greatly impacted, but they did not collapse.

This is because the Danes used powdered gunpowder. The Marin Army, especially the artillery, has promoted the use of granular gunpowder. Only Musketeers, because of the production of granulated gunpowder, are still in powder form for the time being. The gunpowder barrels used to explode the city gates were naturally taken from the artillery, and were naturally granulated gunpowder, which had an explosive force two to three times stronger than powdered black gunpowder. Therefore, the effect is naturally better.

Although powdered gunpowder was used and the burial degree was not good, the Danish officials in the experiment could see that the barrel of gunpowder tucked into the gate of the city gate overturned the thick oak city gate.

Therefore, all the Danish ministers present came to a conclusion-that is, the Oak City Gate, which has basically no solution to the rogue siege tactics of Marin, will definitely be broken ...

Once the city gate is broken, unless the defenders in the city are no less than the attacking side, nor less powerful than the attacking side, otherwise the city's fall is almost inevitable.

"How is this good? How is this good ..." King Hans of Denmark was nervous. If this method of siege is unsolvable, then the fall of the city on Jutland ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ is only a matter of time. Moreover, the time will be short.

Even if the coalition forces attacked the island of Siland and besieged Copenhagen, this method could also successfully blow up the city gates of Copenhagen. Then, Hans may become a prisoner of the ranks ... Thinking of this, King Hans trembles with fear, fearing that day will come ...

Returned to the palace, and the ministers were meditating on the countermeasures. Faced with such a complicated situation, everyone is a bit sad ...

Minister of Finance Dawson's eyes began to drift away. He did not understand military affairs and was only responsible for appropriation. Every time funding is given to the army, it is a quarrel. Since he didn't understand, he was too lazy to comment.

However, after seeing the gate of the inner hall covered with gold skin for the purpose of showing, Dalson suddenly lighted up:

"Your Majesty, the minister has come up with a way!"

"Ai Qing said, how should I deal with it?" Hans looked at Dawson, a layman who did not understand military affairs, expectantly.

"Your Majesty, let's replace the city gate with an iron gate!"

"Iron gate?" King Hans was stunned.

"Yes, listening to Knight Heisen, the other party used artillery to bombard the oak city gates, all of which must be bombarded for at least half a day. If they were replaced with iron gates, could the other party still open?" Said.

"Iron door ... Artillery ... Oops, what a great idea!" Navy Secretary Thomason said excitedly with a thigh shot.

"Then ... let's try?" Foreign Minister Erikson said.

"Okay, try it! Come, come and find the blacksmiths all over the city. I want them to build a heavy iron gate together!"

Just like this, the blacksmiths throughout Copenhagen were summoned by the royal family, instructing them to use iron materials to build a sturdy city gate and use it for experimentation ...