Seeing that the basic training of recruits has been two or three months, Marin decided to add a little more complicated subjects, such as landing...
After all, if Marin wanted to sneak attack Emden, he had to send the army to land first, and then sneak under the city of Emden and enter the city through a tunnel.
However, this login is very difficult. Because Marin's plan was to land in the middle of the night, and then march quickly to the city of Emden.
Landing in the middle of the night is very difficult. Because he landed not with a few people, but with thousands of people. Therefore, Marin naturally had to practice well in advance. Otherwise, if there is a mess in the landing, let alone attacking the enemy, you will be able to mess up yourself.
Of course, Marin did not land such a difficult training in the middle of the night all at once, but first trained to land on the beach in broad daylight.
In order to meet the training, Marin enlisted some fishing boats to help train and land. To this end, Marin's plan is to let the soldiers take a fishing boat, depart from the fishing port of Odesschild, and land at the port West Terschelling on the second largest island, Terschelling.
Marin had a good idea, and he thought it shouldn't be difficult to log in. Before that, Frundsberg also led 1,000 troops to land in Friesland from Texel and helped fight against the Friesian Noble Republic.
There is nothing wrong with the first login drill, but it takes too long. It took more than half a day for more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to land in Terschelling Port. It's still daytime, if it's nighttime, it probably won't be enough for one night...
However, this can't blame everyone for slow login. Because Terschelling is a very small fishing port with only a small long bridge wharf. Marin's fishing boat clusters had to take turns to dock at the Changqiao Wharf to unload soldiers, which was very time-consuming.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Marin still felt that it would be faster to land on the beach. It's no wonder that the Allied forces wanted to land on the beach in Normandy instead of looking for a port.
Because, the number of docked ships at the port is limited. Waiting for the ships to unload the troops from the pier in turn, there is no problem with a small number of people, but if there are a large number of people, God knows how long it will take.
No port can afford a large landing of two or three million people like the Normandy landing. If the ships line up to unload people, two or three million troops, who knows how many years it will take to unload...
Similarly, Marin can't wait. His time is limited, since it is a sneak attack, he must land in the middle of the night. Moreover, the login time cannot be too long. Otherwise, if you wait until dawn, it will not be a sneak attack, but a strong attack. If it is a strong attack, Marin has no confidence. It wasn't that he felt unable to fight, but that he was worried that the recruits under him would collapse due to excessive psychological pressure.
War is very cruel. In addition to studying the level of combat, it is also very important to study the will of people. There is no problem with veterans, they are used to facing life and death. For example, the veterans of Marin's first phalanx had experienced the battle with Friesland and were much stronger psychologically. The soldiers in the other three phalanxes are all recruits who have never fought in battle, but the training time is different.
The first battle of recruits is very important. If they survive, they will all become veterans. And if it doesn't survive, it will lead to a rout. Then, the whole army will die with it.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, Marin would rather use several times the army to attack the 1,000 defenders in Emden, rather than confront the East Frisian army. Because, in the hard shake, the recruits whose psychological quality is not up to the standard are too easy to collapse.
But this time, what Marin organized was a sneak attack, and it was several times stronger than the enemy. Even if the mental quality of the recruits is not good, they can still win, as long as they can open the gates of Emden...
In order to improve efficiency, during the second landing exercise, Marin changed to beach landing. However, the result of the beach landing made Marin so angry that he almost vomited blood...
The 700 Frisian prisoners were very skilled in landing on the beach. After all, they are both Frisians and have grown up by the sea. For landing on the tide, there is no pressure at all. And the other 5,000 German mercenaries from the interior, that would be a tragedy...
The soldiers of the first phalanx, who had lived on Texel Island for a long time before, were more used to landing on the beach. After all, they had already had a landing experience before. Although the login was embarrassing, it was finally experienced.
But the recruits of the other three phalanxes were simply inexperienced. When the beach landing was in progress, this group of recruits stumbled on the beach. Either some fell into the sand and couldn’t extricate themselves, or some bumped into each other and rolled into a ball on the beach... In short, the recruits were not used to it...
After all, these recruits are all landlubbers from inland Germany, and they are very uncomfortable with sea water, tides and mud...
In desperation, Marin had no choice but to send those Frisian prisoners of war to help the stumbling recruits, and finally dragged them all ashore...
Of course, Marin is also inexperienced in leading the army to land on the beach. But this landing allowed him to sum up a lot of experience and lessons.
For example, when landing on the beach, soldiers should not carry too much weight, and it is best not to wear armor. Otherwise, it is easy to fall into sand pits and mud pits and cannot get out.
Moreover, thick clothes cannot be worn. When landing on the beach, it is inevitable to deal with sea water. If you wear thick clothes and absorb enough seawater, it will be very heavy, and it will easily make landing difficult.
In addition, when landing on the beach, the matchlocks and gunpowder of the musketeers are easily affected by moisture. Once wet, musketeers are useless. Therefore, to land on the beach, musketeers must bring waterproof pockets and put the matchlock and gunpowder inside. After landing, the waterproof bag can be opened, and the matchlock and gunpowder can be taken out for use.
Finally, war horses are very unsuitable for beach landings. Marin brought a few horses this time. As a result, only one horse successfully landed on the beach. come out.
After returning, Marin took Schwartz and Frundsberg to hold a meeting. After discussion, the three agreed: First, the Musketeers must be equipped with waterproof leather bags to ensure that the Musketeers can go ashore smoothly. Shooting; two, horses and armor are not suitable for landing on the beach. These heavy things still need to find a long bridge wharf to land separately.
Fortunately, there are not many horses, and several pieces of armor can be carried together. It's not too late to use the pier.
So, after discussion, the three of them decided that the landing site was a place close to a certain small fishing village. The personnel first landed on the beach near the fishing village, and then quickly controlled the fishing village wharf, waiting for the ships loaded with horses and armor to dock and unload.
Then, everyone formed a team, put on their armor, and marched towards Emden...
The distance between the landing site and Emden is preferably about 15 kilometers. This distance is not easy to attract the attention of Emden. Moreover, it does not affect everyone's rapid march to Emden. Because, for a distance of 15 kilometers, it will take two or three hours. If the army landed in the middle of the night, then they could basically reach the city of Emden before dawn, and then send people in to open the city gate by relying on the tunnel, and quickly control the main road of the city before the defenders wake up. and important places…
Of course, this is just a plan and may not be 100% achieved. Seeing the embarrassment of the group of German recruits on the beach, Marin was hard to be satisfied. However, it is still early, you can train slowly. When the soldiers got used to landing on the beach, it was time for Marin to attack...