"Battal Commander, have you been to Copenhagen?" Because the attack was suspended, Gerden and the others had a rare time to rest.
A parapet position built by the enemy.
Gordon ordered his soldiers to eat some biscuits and drink some water.
A more intense battle is yet to come.
Gerden was a son of a nobleman. In fact, most of the officers in the Prussian army were from noble families.
Prussia stipulates that the children of nobles must receive professional military education from an early age.
This also makes the Prussian army look more professional than the armies of many countries.
They have the most professional army of officers.
Gordon skillfully pulled out the waiting tail block at the rear of the Dreiser, then raised the bolt handle, pulled the bolt backward, opened the chamber, and ejected the cartridge case that had not had time to be ejected just now.
Then he carefully inspected the barrel and chamber of the gun, and used a brush to clean away the remaining black powder.
At this time, one of his officers came over to chat with him and asked about Copenhagen.
Gerden knew that everyone was looking forward to reaching Copenhagen.
This will be their lifelong glory.
"I have been to Copenhagen many times before, but this is the first time I have entered Copenhagen with a rifle, hahaha..." Gelden said with a smile.
The soldiers around him also laughed.
Perhaps this battle will be the first battle in the rise of Prussia.
In just one hour, they took down two lines of defense from the Danes.
So what if they set up five lines of defense? Even if they set up ten lines of defense, they couldn't stop the Prussian soldiers from advancing.
The Dreiser in their hands is their courage and the backbone of their confidence.
They could fire bullets several times faster than the Danes.
In the Prussian army, both officers and soldiers had a Dreiser.
Over the years, millions of Dressers were produced in Prussian arsenals.
Their Eastern allies, the Renaissance Army, used this gun to defeat the arrogant Tsarist Russian Army.
Today, here, in the capital of the Danes, Gerden and his comrades will completely defeat the Danes.
The humiliation of the defeat of the First Schleswig War.
"Dudu..."
The whistle sounded.
Without Gordon's order, his soldiers quickly regained their nerve and returned to fighting condition.
This is a good group of soldiers, and every young man can be called an elite soldier.
"Each company inspects its equipment and prepares to attack." Gerden ordered loudly while crouching and looking towards the Danish position ahead.
The Danish position opposite was still quiet.
"Boom, boom, boom..." followed by the whistling sound of shells falling, sawdust and dirt flew across the Danes on the opposite side.
Occasionally, a few unlucky Danes were thrown into the air by the shock wave of the shell explosion, and then fell down dancing.
"Beep beep..." The whistle sounded quickly again.
The Prussian soldiers at the rear of the position shouted and rushed forward.
As the distance keeps getting closer.
The Danes also began to fire back with their guns behind the parapet.
Gordon could feel people falling around him constantly.
Suddenly he saw a Dane poking his head out from behind the parapet, ready to shoot.
Putting his rifle on a horse on the roadside, Gurden took aim and shot as fast as lightning.
With a "bang" shot, Gordon saw a flower of blood burst out from the opponent's head, and then fell down. He was overjoyed.
Gordon quickly pulled out the standby tail block, then pulled out the bolt and replaced the bullet.
Why do you need such a standby tail block? This greatly slows down the speed of changing bullets.
Why doesn't anyone think of a way to replace this tail block?
Gordon complained in his heart.
Complaints are complaints, after a series of modifications, the performance of Dresser is much better than most of the current front-loaded firing guns.
Immediately, Gordon continued to keep up with his team.
The Germans no longer used line infantry tactics, and there was no need for officers to rush to the front.
During fierce battles, it is more often the squad and platoon leaders who direct the skirmishers to fight.
As the distance increased, the Prussian casualties increased.
But such casualties were not enough to make them retreat.
"Go forward, go forward, Copenhagen is just ahead." Gordon shouted.
At this time, what the soldiers need most is hope, the hope of victory.
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"Your Majesty the King, I think it would be best for you to temporarily move to Kelundborg." Prime Minister Moltke quietly said to Frederick VII while no one was around.
"What, Moltke, are you asking me to escape? This is the capital of Denmark. I can't leave here, leave my people." Frederick VII obviously did not appreciate it.
"General Eric just sent someone to report. He can only delay the Prussians for one day." Moltke could only tell the king what had happened.
Within the kingdom, Frederick VII was very powerful. Moltke was usually just his answering machine.
"What, why is this happening? If Eric can't do it, just replace him."
"Your Majesty, I think this is not Eric's problem. He has tried his best. According to Eric's report, the Prussians dispatched about 40,000 troops, while we only have 40,000 temporarily recruited militiamen. The Prussians used
Dreiser's shooting speed is faster. And they completely use skirmish formation, which caused a lot of trouble for our blocking. The most important thing is that our artillery is no match for the opponent's artillery." Although Moltke is not a
General, but he knew that with such a huge gap, failure was almost inevitable.
Frederick VII was silent for a long time without saying anything, as if he was having a fierce inner struggle.
Eric, the frontline commander, also felt helpless. The defense line he set up was fine.
But the enemy has become different.
The parapet defense line is not very effective in preventing shelling.
It can easily be hit by the enemy's artillery and turn into a pile of scattered dirt.
But there was only a little time from the time he discovered the Prussian attack, and he had no way to build a better defense line.
Except for some of the most elite guards in the city who stayed to guard the palace, most of them were dispersed to lead these temporarily recruited citizens.
With such an army in Eric's hands, Eric had no choice but to rely on his positions to fight defensive battles.
If they were pulled out to fight in the field with the Prussian regular army, the defeat would undoubtedly be faster.
Faced with this situation, Eric could only rely on intermittent defenses based on existing fortifications.
To slow down Prussia as much as possible.
Who would have thought that this time the Prussians would not follow common sense!
However, this defensive strategy did play a certain role.
Facing such layers of defense, the Prussians must constantly move their artillery positions forward.
The Danes also placed many mines on the roads, which also caused some damage to the Prussians.
In the evening of that day, the Prussian army finally arrived outside Copenhagen.
Several armies quickly completed the encirclement of Copenhagen.
Before that, Frederick VII had already disguised himself and moved to Kelundburg in the west under the protection of a group of guards.
There he could at any time move to Jutland or escape to Sweden.
From the moment Frederick VII decided to escape, Denmark basically declared failure.
The mobilized Danish people are still making their last efforts to defend their homeland.
A large number of barricades have been built in the city.
Some of the more radical Copenhagen citizens even clamored to live or die with the city of Copenhagen.
…
"Bang bang bang..." Gordon's regiment was the first to arrive at the outskirts of the city.
After a wave of shooting, Gordon and his men rushed forward again.
After entering the city, the attack became increasingly difficult, as buildings everywhere became blocking positions for the Danes.
This kind of street fighting was the most brutal. The Danes hid in some buildings and fired cold shots at the Prussians from time to time.
The Prussian Army did not care about the civilians in the house. They directly suppressed the opponent with firepower and then threw a few grenades into the house.
Like many European cities, Copenhagen is not protected by city walls.
Prussians poured into the city from all directions.
Those militiamen who resisted were pushed closer to the city center.
"Long live Denmark!" A small group of Danish militiamen rushed towards a group of Prussian soldiers with muskets.
They have a very death-seeking attitude.
"Let go." Following the officer's order, Dreiser fired another intensive volley.
It is said that Dreiser first became known to the world during a street fight.
But at that time, Prussia used this rifle to suppress the domestic riots that broke out in 1848.
Therefore, Dreiser was known for his excellent street fighting ability from the beginning.
The fighting was still going on, and at this time, a shocking news suddenly spread in the city.
His Majesty the King has escaped!
This news was quickly confirmed by people.
Because, when this kind of news appears, usually foreigners will show up at the castle to show their faces, so that the rumors can be easily broken.
But no news came out from the palace.
This greatly weakened the resistance of the people in the city.
At this time, the Prussian army suspended its attack.
In fact, Prussia could not bear such huge casualties.
In street fighting, both the enemy and ourselves suffered huge casualties.
It is not cost-effective at all to trade so many elite Prussian soldiers for their lives with ordinary Danish people.
Moreover, Prussia did not want to increase the hatred between it and the Danes.
In order to give the Danes a step down, the Prussians suspended their attack.
At this time, a man stood up, and he was a leader of the Danish liberals.
This person may have already had connections with Prussia.
This man stood up and gathered the militiamen in the city.
He formed a provisional government, temporarily took over Copenhagen, and then began negotiations with Prussia.
The result of the negotiations was that the Prussians promised not to harm the ordinary people of Copenhagen.
But the Danish royal palace was handed over to Prussia.
The order within the city was maintained by the Danish militia, but the main traffic routes outside the city were controlled by Prussia.
Next, Prussian soldiers were finally free to clean up various towns on Zealandia.
The battle is not completely over yet, and no one has recognized the temporarily formed Danish government.
If Prussia wanted to get what it wanted, it still had to go through Frederick VII.
By this time, Frederick VII had fled to Jutland.
He ran all the way to Larson's main army.
Only by staying with the army at this time could Frederick VII feel at ease.