"Haha, a big guy finally came out. Are these Danes really slow?"
From his command tower, Tirpitz saw a huge battleship rushing towards him.
"Well done! Order all gun positions to aim at the approaching battleships and fire." Tirpitz ordered. He was just about to try shooting the battleships at close range.
He took out the pocket watch in his arms and opened the cover.
Tirpitz first glanced at the photo embedded on the watch cover.
His wife Elena at that time was a beautiful, gentle, and noble woman.
Then, with the sound of a cannon outside, Tirpitz looked at the hands of his pocket watch.
This time, he planned to calculate how long it would take for two armored ships to sink their concentrated firepower at close range to sink an old battleship.
Yes, Tirpitz was very confident in defeating the opponent, and he was not worried about this battleship at all.
After receiving so many shells, Tirpitz became more and more confident in his warship.
What is an unsinkable battleship? The ironclad ship under his feet is an unsinkable battleship.
What he cared about most at this time was just how long it would take to defeat the opponent.
In previous battleship duels, sometimes two battleships fought against each other for a whole day without being able to sink each other.
On the one hand, it is because the battleships have thick oak surgical protection. On the other hand, it is also related to the fact that the power of the old smoothbore cannon is too small.
The ironclad at Tirpitz's feet now uses a brand new type of gun.
These breech-loading rifled guns may have appeared in a European naval battle for the first time.
Its slender barrel simply cannot fit inside the deck of an old battleship.
Even if it could be installed, the wooden deck simply could not withstand the huge recoil of the 40-caliber gun.
Tirpitz wanted to experiment with what kind of existence the battleship in his hands was like.
His order was quickly issued.
The Prussian gunners quickly adjusted the angle of the turret.
It began to pour cannonballs at the slowly approaching Danish battleship Absalom.
Sitting on a battleship, the Absalom could not pick up speed at all in the port.
It's like a huge target.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Solid armor-piercing bullets rushed towards the Absalom with huge kinetic energy.
At this time, the Absalom could only be passively attacked because all its naval guns were deployed on the sides.
The purpose of rushing forward now is to find your best shooting position.
Before that, it could only be beaten.
However, even the new artillery of the ironclad can only penetrate the two decks of the Absalom.
This shows the thickness of this wooden battleship.
In the past, it would have been more difficult to sink such a battleship than to reach the sky.
As a result, in the era of line-by-line bombardment, naval battles were very long, and sometimes it was still necessary to rely on boarding battles to end the final battle.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Sawdust flew across Absalom. A large number of holes appeared on the sides of the warship and on the deck above. But the battleship was still moving forward.
"Swaying..." A loud noise was accompanied by the "squeaking" sound of twisted and broken wood.
The main mast of the Absalom was accidentally concentrated by an armor-piercing bomb, which immediately broke the mast.
"What, how could this happen?" Admiral Wedell, who had been observing the battle on the shore, put down his telescope in disbelief.
Breaking the main mast at this time was a death sentence for a battleship.
Sure enough, the Absalom suddenly stalled and lost its course.
The collapsed mainmast caused the Absalom to list severely.
The captain quickly ordered people to cut the ropes on the main mast and let the mast slide into the sea. But at this time, the Absalom was bombarded one after another.
A shell opened a large hole in his waterline.
A large amount of seawater poured into the bottom tank, causing the battleship to tilt even more.
In desperation, the captain could only order the ship to be abandoned and evacuated.
The sailors had to abandon the "Warrior" that fell on the road of charge, and they all jumped on the small boats and rowed to the shore.
However, Tirpitz had no intention of letting these escaped sailors go.
Several secondary guns were replaced with explosive shells and fired fiercely at these small lifeboats.
The opponent did not surrender, so doing so does not violate the rules of engagement.
The constant sinking of warships caused congestion inside the entire port.
Now it is no longer that easy to break out of the port.
Admiral Wedel had never been so frustrated. The Danish navy had never encountered such an enemy in the Baltic Sea.
"Send someone to report to His Majesty the King that we are about to lose control of the port." Wedel said to the adjutant beside him.
The latter will go to the palace to convey the sad news to His Majesty the King and the Cabinet.
There is actually no need for Wedel to report. The entire city of Copenhagen is paying attention to the naval battle in the military port.
The entire Denmark is composed of the Jutland Peninsula, Funen, Zealand and Lolland. Its most core territory is the Jutland Peninsula. Of course, Denmark also controls Iceland and Greenland at this time. But these two places
There are no people at all and not much value.
At this time, the main force of the Danish army was in the Holstein area in the southern part of the Jutland Peninsula. On the one hand, it was to prevent local people from rebelling.
On the other hand, it was to fight against the allied forces of the German Confederacy.
But Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is on the island of Zealand.
It controls the Oresund Strait and faces Malmö in Sweden across the sea.
This is a city that developed because of maritime trade.
It is also an ancient Nordic city with a long history.
But the city is now in a panic, and some nobles in the city are already secretly moving to manors outside the city.
Because there are not many army guards in this city. The news coming back now says that the naval battle was lost.
So now the whole city is in panic.
Of course, in order to stabilize the people, His Majesty the King is still in his palace.
"How could this happen? The other side only has four battleships and less than a hundred cannons. Why can't our dozens of warships and thousands of cannons defeat them?" Frederick VII roared.
All the important officials of the kingdom were summoned to discuss countermeasures.
The situation in the city is now very embarrassing. Out of trust in the navy, all the main forces of the Danish army have been transferred to the southern front of the Jutland Peninsula.
There they had to face German Confederate forces whose numbers were comparable to their own.
Although this army was pieced together by the Confederacy, Denmark must also go all out. Compared with the entire German Confederation, Denmark is still a little smaller.
The current situation is that Copenhagen lacks the army to defend it.
These people in Denmark are not stupid, they have already thought that the Prussians have attacked the naval base.
It won't be as simple as just attacking the navy.
Next, the Prussians will definitely land in Copenhagen under the cover of the naval fleet.
Perhaps the Prussian Army landing force was waiting outside the port!
This is exactly what happened.
The Prussian navy is waiting not far from the Copenhagen naval port to clear the way for them to land at the port.
However, the fighting in the port was not over yet.
Seeing that the ships in the port could not get out, Nie Dahua ordered the combined fleet to use explosive bombs to destroy the Danish ships in the port first.
Zhenyuan and Schleswig began bombarding the port.
Huge explosive bombs fell on the buildings in the port.
Blow down houses one after another.
"Boom!" A cannonball landed next to Admiral Wedel's temporary headquarters, causing a violent explosion.
The general was staggered by the shock, and the guards beside him quickly supported the old general.
Wedel pushed the guard's hand away and shook his head, indicating that he could.
So far, he has not ordered the fleet to surrender. He knows that as long as the fleet surrenders, the city of Copenhagen will lose its barrier.
Although he was about to fail, he still had to delay for a while.
He was not allowed to surrender his fleet. He would rather the Prussians blow up and sink all their warships than leave a single warship to them.
In the city of Copenhagen, the king ordered the people in the city to be mobilized to participate in the defense of the city.
I heard that the Prussians were coming, and they were very willing to join in the defense of the city.
All the weapons stored in the Danish treasury were distributed to these temporarily recruited people.
After all, the blood of the Danes is the Vikings, and their fighting instinct has not completely deteriorated.
Danish police in black uniforms shuttled around Copenhagen, telling every young man they met to report to the recruitment office. Copenhagen needs everyone's protection.
In this way, the temporarily established city defense headquarters quickly recruited 30,000 to 40,000 city defense militiamen.
They went to the weapons warehouse in the city and each received a flintlock rifle and some ammunition.
Then the officers who were temporarily promoted were taken to various key points in the city to guard.
Frederick VII was very pleased to see that his people were so active in resisting the Prussians.
However, he did not expect that it was precisely because of the mobilization of the people that Copenhagen suffered a huge disaster.
He put himself into danger.
These people in Copenhagen gained strength, just like the people in Paris back then.
Some people saw an opportunity and were ready to seize it. They did not regard the Prussians as a serious problem.
In the eyes of these people, the king is the biggest enemy.
The battle at the port lasted for a day and finally ended.
Almost all the warships in the gate lost their combat effectiveness.
Without Wedel's consent, the sailors on the ship spontaneously retreated to the shore.
The combined fleet was able to free up its hands to deal with the forts on the shore.
Many forts have been knocked out in previous shelling attacks.
Facing the more powerful Krupp artillery, these open-air forts did not have strong resistance.
Nowadays, forts with a bastion structure are still commonly used here in Europe.
This kind of turret is not very immune to powerful explosive shells.
Although the artillery on the ironclad ship cannot blow down these bastions, it can clear out the artillery deployed on them.
"Your Highness, I think it's time to send a signal to the transport fleet on the outer sea, and have the infantry prepare to land." Nie Dahua invited Prince Adalbert out again.
Arriving at the command tower, His Royal Highness saw a devastated port.
The Danish Navy warships staggered around in the port.
Some sunken battleships had only their masts sticking out, like dead tree trunks with their branches removed.
This is simply a cemetery of wooden battleships!
Even Prince Adalbert, who was an enemy, had some sympathy for these Danish navies.
I believe that the Danish naval commander, Mr. Wedel, must be extremely sad at this time.
It takes decades to develop a navy, but only half a day to destroy it.
"Have we won?" Prince Adalbert asked excitedly.
Can the shame of the Prussian Navy be wiped away like this?
Why do I still have some unfinished ideas?
"Yes, Your Highness, we have won. At least the opponent's navy has been defeated by us. The next battle will be left to the army brothers." Nie Dahua said with certainty.
"Okay, very good, you did a good job, Prussia will not forget you." From the command tower, you can see every corner of the battleship.
At this time, the ironclad ship was full of pits.
The top of the weakest chimney had a big hole punched by enemy artillery shells.
Gray soot spilled from the hole.
Looking at the four ironclad ships, none of them are as dashing and heroic as they were when they came out of the factory.
This time I won't be able to escape if I go back for a major overhaul.
Although they were disfigured, the four armored ships were still spitting out cannon fire.
Gunners are the hardest working group of people on the ship.
Many gunners' arms were giving out.
Even the crew of the warship were sent to help carry the shells.
"General Nie, all you have to do next is provide support. If you fight so well, the army will not dare to slack off this time. Otherwise, they will never be able to hold their heads up again when they return to Prussia."
Prince Adalbert said proudly.
From then on, those in the army would never look down on the Prussian navy again.
And with the strength of the navy, those coastal principalities will increase their investment in this navy to seek the protection of the navy.
After all, this Prussian navy was also named the German Navy!
"Your Majesty, our navy has failed. All the naval officers and soldiers who came ashore retreated to the coastal defense fort and were temporarily incorporated into the fort's defense force." Count Moltke brought the worst news.
Although Frederick VII had not heard a piece of good news since he was woken up.
But after hearing this result, he was still in disbelief.
The Prussian navy, which they had always looked down upon or even ignored, miraculously defeated the Danish navy of which they were proud.
He got up and wanted to go, but couldn't think of the reason.
Are the Danes too proud?
What a bad morning!
"Okay, I understand. Let the reserve troops we recruited go all out to build the defense line. We must hold on to Copenhagen. I have sent someone to notify Marshal Larson and asked him to mobilize as many troops as possible to support Copenhagen." Frederick.
Seventh Generation said.
He knew that Marshal Larsson could not retreat at this time, otherwise Denmark would lose the entire Jutland Peninsula.
At that time, even if they negotiate with the Prussians, they will have no leverage to offer.
After all, Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, and a large number of fortresses have been built on the side near the sea. It is still capable of being defended.
It was not easy for the Prussians to capture these fortresses.
Let these damn Prussians shed their last drop of blood under the city of Copenhagen.
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