Looking at the slowly advancing Saxon infantry, Marin patted his head:
"I really want to forget something... By the way, it's a warship!" Marin finally remembered that he was ambushing the warship on the Ems River. Because he had been watching the movement of the Saxon army and responding, Marin almost forgot the three warships ambushing on the Ems River.
So, Marin quickly ordered:
"Quickly, light up the wolf smoke!" Then, on another high platform, the soldiers started to light the wolf smoke, and signaled to Captain Kidd who was ambushing on the Ems River in the distance, telling them to come and clean up the Saxon pontoon bridge...
After a while, the smoke of the wolf soared into the sky, and Captain Kidd, who had been observing the direction of the battlefield with a telescope, immediately ordered loudly after seeing it:
"Sailors, hoist your sails, hang your oars, and enter the Leda!"
In order to facilitate navigation in the inland river where the wind is not too strong, the three warships led by Kidd this time not only have sails, but also have some oars installed on the side to facilitate inland river maneuvering.
However, in order not to be discovered by the Saxons, Kidd's three warships hid a little far away. Therefore, it will take some time until they arrive on the battlefield.
Seeing the enemy's infantry approaching step by step, Marin also became a little nervous. However, those who were more nervous than Marin were the militiamen in Saxony who were oppressed by veterans and walked ahead.
Those militiamen were originally recruited temporarily. They participated in the battle, on the one hand, to gather numbers and build momentum; on the other hand, they were also responsible for serving the knights. Because many of the 3,000 knights of the Duke of Saxony are poor wandering knights. When knights go out to battle, they don't wear plate armor and horse armor from the beginning. In many cases, their plate armor, horse armor and lance were all placed on the carriage. Normally, they rode bare horses and wore knight light swords on their bodies.
After arriving at the battlefield, the knights put on plate armor and horse armor one after another, and with the help of those militiamen, they got on their horses. Then, the conscripted militiamen had to hand over their lances to the knights. Suddenly, after a round of charge, a certain knight's lance was knocked out. After returning, those militiamen will send a new and intact lance in time...
That is to say, regardless of the 20,000 troops brought by the Duke of Saxony, in fact, the most powerful ones are the 5,000 plate armored cavalry and 5,000 regular infantry. The 10,000 conscripts are better than the civilian husbands who are purely engaged in transportation, and they probably have received scattered military training...
However, don't underestimate these militiamen. These militiamen are usually strong farmers in the countryside. They are generally more courageous than other farmers and are better at fighting. If it is a smooth battle, these militiamen with some strength will also be very useful. Once the morale is up, the combat effectiveness is not much worse than that of the regular Saxon infantry.
Of course, that was in the case of a tailwind. If you encounter headwinds, it's hard to say...
For example, now, seeing the heavy casualties in the charge of the knights, the militiamen who were forced to advance were actually very scared. But it's no use being afraid. If you refuse to advance, the spears of the regular infantry behind may pierce a hole in them...
So, in Marin's binoculars, those recruited militiamen walked forward cautiously with a timid look...
Marlin's amused - that's unprofessional! In front of the musketeers, instead of charging with skirmishers as quickly as possible, he actually advanced slowly. Did he think he died too slowly
But it is no wonder that so far, there has been no case of large-scale use of muskets in Europe. Naturally, there are no tactics and attention points for musketeers. Therefore, it is inevitable for the Saxons to unconsciously use methods to deal with cold weapon troops.
When dealing with cold weapons, it may even be beneficial to go slowly. For example, it will bring strong psychological pressure to the enemy and make some psychologically fragile enemy soldiers collapse. Because, watching the thousands of enemy troops approaching slowly, the inner pressure is indeed very great.
However, for musketeers who need to reload time, they wish the opponent would run slower. This way, they can also shoot a few more rounds...
After the enemy army reached the "targetable range" at a distance of 50 meters, the musketeer company captains of each phalanx ordered one after another:
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
…
As a result, gunshots one after another...
"Ah-ah-"
"Ah-ah-"
"Ah-ah-ah..."
The militiamen of Saxony who were at the forefront were shot and fell to the ground one after another, making horrific screams, which made the Saxon militiamen who had not been shot even more nervous...
However, nervousness has an egg... The next round of shooting is coming soon...
"Pa-pa-pa-pa..." Another Saxon militiaman was shot and fell to the ground...
At the same time, the 50 three-pound guns in front of the formation continued to roar...
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)." Those militiamen facing Marin's artillery positions were very unlucky. Because, they are hitting the muzzle of the gun...
In a blink of an eye, more than 20 iron ball shells hit the target... Not only that, the shells also penetrated strongly...
In the worst case, 15 Saxon militiamen lined up were continuously pierced by a three-pound iron ball shell until the shell got stuck in the belly of the 15th man, leaving a bowl-sized hole on his chest. blood hole...
During this process, the heads, arms, or legs of many militiamen... were directly smashed away by the ferocious iron ball shells. The scene was very bloody and terrifying...
Finally, some timid Saxon militiamen couldn't stand the fear and started shouting and trying to run back. However, what was waiting for them was the sound of the spearhead piercing into the flesh—obviously, all those who escaped were executed on the spot by the regular infantry behind them...
Going forward is also death, and retreat is also death... In desperation, the 5,000 militiamen (which are already insufficient at this time) had to continue to advance under the rain of bullets...
"Hey, it's still not broken?" Marin was very surprised. After several rounds of shooting, the opponent's battle damage has exceeded one-tenth. Logically speaking, this kind of conscript should collapse. However, probably because the 5,000 regular Saxon infantry who supervised the battle threatened their lives, these conscripts are still moving forward...
However, Marin was not in a hurry, but continued to watch the musketeers and artillery create death and fear for each other...
Then, in Marin's telescope, the long-awaited sail shadows of the three warships appeared...