After Kidd returned to the coalition camp in Harlingen, he reported the results of the battle to the 9-member council temporarily stationed here, which shocked several noble members.
"There are large-caliber artillery on Texel Island? Kidd, are you joking?" Baron Zittel was full of disbelief.
You know, the small island of Texel has killed thousands of people. The Republic of Friesland, on the other hand, has a much larger area (approximately more than 6,300 square kilometers) and a population of more than 200,000 people.
However, the Friesian Noble Republic didn't have many cannons, and most of them were provided by France, a powerful cannon casting country, and the maximum caliber was only 6 pounds. However, the tiny island of Texel has larger caliber artillery, which made Baron Zittle unwilling to believe it.
"My lords, if you don't believe me, you can go to the pier and follow me to the 'Viking' which was damaged by heavy enemy artillery..."
Several congressmen were unwilling to believe that the artillery on the mere Texel Island was stronger than their own. So, under the protection of the knights from various families, several people went to the pier together and boarded the damaged "Viking" Kirk sailing ship...
"Master Zittle, look, this is the crater hit by the enemy's shells..." Kidd pointed, and a crater on the side appeared in front of everyone...
Governor Fyskefrijheid, who is also the Baron of Groningen, appeared in front of the crater and gestured with his hand...
The Barony of Groningen is the most powerful force in the Friesian Noble Republic, because Groningen is a city of the Hanseatic League, with high business taxes, making Fyskefrijheid the most powerful economically in the Republic.
Therefore, the fighters under Fyskefrijheid have the highest armor rate. At the same time, the two largest warships also came from Groningen.
Because he owns two warships with a displacement of tens of tons, Fyskefrijheid has inspected the warships and the artillery on them many times, so he is more sensitive to the caliber of the artillery...
"Hiss... What a big caliber, it is more powerful than the 6-pound gun on my ship... Maybe... This is a 12-pound heavy gun..." Fyskefrijheid silently estimated for a while, and said uncertainly...
"12 pounds? Isn't that twice as heavy as the shell of our largest artillery? It really is a large caliber..." Among the 9 big men here, Fyskefrijheid is the most proficient in artillery. He said so, and the others no longer doubted it.
"Kidd, how many heavy artillery pieces like this does the other side have?" Baron Zittle asked with a depressed face. If he can't capture Texel, he won't be able to get out of his breath, and he won't be able to snatch back his fishermen.
"Eight gates, although it doesn't look like much, but if they show their power together, our warships can't suppress it..."
"Don't we have 40 guns? Why can't we beat 8 guns?" asked the layman MP Gisent.
"My lord, although we have 40 cannons, most of them are small two- or three-pound cannons with short range and low power. Moreover, we can only use one side of the cannon to attack during artillery battles. In other words, there are only 20 Although the opponent has only 8 cannons, they are all heavy and powerful and can easily damage the warship. However, our small cannons cannot destroy the fort, so... "
"Since the artillery battle can't overwhelm the opponent, how about it, Kidd, you pass my order, temporarily abandon the artillery battle, and try to make a forced landing in Te Horenche. Remember, just try, don't bet everything..."
"Yes, my lord governor!"
After Kidd went back, he conveyed the order. At the same time, a large number of fishing boats conscripted by the Frisian Noble Republic from the sea, carrying a group of spearmen soldiers, stared at the coastal defense guns of Terhorenche, and began to forcibly land...
There are a total of 300 people in this group of "dare to die" who landed forcibly. They took small fishing boats conscripted by force, scattered and began to forcibly land in Te Horenche.
But coastal defense artillery is not a vegetarian. On the way, several landing fishing boats were directly sunk by 12-pound shells. The sides of fishing boats are already very thin, so they are not resistant to beating at all. Therefore, if you are hit by a 12-pound iron ball, you will not be able to bear it.
But in the end, 180 people successfully landed and launched a desperate attack on the town of Te Horenche. But, that's useless... because, Frundsberg has 100 matchlocks waiting...
So, after a crackling bean-like gunshot, the 180 Frisian soldiers who forcibly landed basically lay down...
Of these 180, 75 were two-handed swordsmen wearing upper breastplates and helmets. This type of arm is generally an important elite force used for decisive assault on the battlefield.
Generally speaking, under the desperate impact of 75 two-handed swordsmen, an ordinary cold weapon battle formation can easily be torn open. At worst, it would also allow the Frisian army to gain a foothold on the docks, allowing follow-up troops to continue to log in.
However, today they encountered a queue to be shot, and it was a queue to shoot with a 50-gram super-heavy musket musket...
When 75 two-handed swordsmen bravely brandished German two-handed swords and charged forward, Frunzberg commanded 100 arquebus gunners and 33 professional loading hands, and began to fight on the wall near the pier. Come on, hail them with a volley...
The 50-gram projectile hit at subsonic speed, causing the Frisian two-handed swordsmen wearing plate armor jackets to react before they were smashed back by the extremely powerful impact. What's more, when the Frisian two-handed swordsmen rushed to the wall near the pier, many Frisian two-handed swordsmen were directly thrown back by the 50-gram projectile...
The plate armor with excellent protection in front of infantry with cold weapons is no different from that of paper in front of musket guns. Therefore, as long as they are hit by projectiles, there are no Frisian soldiers who will not be killed or injured.
The only thing that needs to be considered is the hit rate of the musket. When the Frisian two-handed swordsman was 100 meters away, the hit rate of the arquebus was really touching. When they were within tens of meters, it was simply a massacre by name.
If it is on flat ground, brave Frisian infantry may be able to rely on bravery to get close to the musketeers and disable the muskets.
But now that the Texel army was on the defensive, they could stand behind the high walls and use their muskets more leisurely. Beside them, a group of infantrymen with spears and hammers. Whenever an enemy wants to climb up the wall and hurt these musketeers, the infantry on the side will use spears or hammers to smash the enemy down the wall to ensure the safety of the musketeers.
Therefore, when a musketeer is on a favorable terrain such as a city wall, as long as the survival of one's own side and the continuation of firepower are guaranteed, the lethality will almost double...
This is like the "Siege of WYN" in 1529. The Austrians only used 74 matchlock guns. After the Turks blasted a gap in the WYN city wall, they used a volley of guns to blast the Turks who were trying to break into the gap. Guarantee The safety of WYN was delayed until the arrival of reinforcements... After this campaign, the Turks learned the lesson, learned from Europe, and produced a good-quality "Lumi gun", which spread to Ming Dynasty...
Seeing 300 death squad-like warriors collapse on and near the pier in an instant, the officers of the Frisian army all looked very unsightly.
This also made them realize that Te Horenche's defense is very tight. Not only the powerful counterattack brought by the heavy artillery, but also the counterattack on the ground against the approaching infantry.
Before that, Marin Howe threw tens of thousands of gold coins to surround the two important towns of Tenburg and Te Horenche on the island with tall walls, which greatly facilitated the defense.
If there were no tall walls in Terhoulenche, once the Frisian two-handed swordsmen approached, the musketeers would become the grassroots for these elite infantry to hack and kill.
Fortunately, Thorenche has a wall as high as a small city wall. Musketeers can stand leisurely on the top of the wall and fire down, killing those "hard bones" wearing plate armor, making the elite Friesian heavy A swordsman's desperate charge has become a joke...