Without the input of Army ground troops, the 20,000 men from the four Marine brigades transported by sea alone would inevitably be stretched thin.
Jiexuan has already sent four other marine brigades to take trains and arrive at Boluo Fort via the Northern Railway. They will be covered by the Baltic Fleet and join the main fleet at the destination.
By investing eight marine brigades at one time, we can attack Jutland and Zealand at the same time, without the help of the Zheng army and the Inca army at all.
Jiexuan would not give the opponent a chance to run south via the land route, and directly sent four brigades to land from the southern part of the Jutland Peninsula to cut off the connection between the peninsula and the Principality of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Two of the brigades are responsible for blocking the intersections on the east and west sides, and the other two brigades are responsible for pushing from south to north.
The two marine brigades shipped from Fort Polo landed in the northern part of the peninsula and marched north-south with the two brigades in the south.
The last two travelers in Jie Xuan's hands followed the fleet to attack Copenhagen, located east of Zealand.
Using only two marine brigades to destroy the opponent's capital sounds extremely arrogant.
After studying the local map, Jiexuan was confident of this arrangement.
I'm afraid that the other side will surrender before the Marine Brigade officially joins the battle.
On the other side of Copenhagen is Helsingborg in Sweden, and the two cities are only separated by the Oresund Strait.
It turned out that it also belonged to Denmark, but was later captured by Sweden.
After Denmark lost its land in Scandinavia, Frederick IV felt that the capital was vulnerable to siege by the Swedish army, so he ordered Copenhagen to be built into a fortified city.
The city has two inner and outer walls. The outer wall is more than five meters high and five meters thick. Heavy artillery can be deployed on the wall to bombard incoming enemy ships.
The inner city wall is more than seven meters high, mainly because after the outer city wall is lost, the defenders can continue to resist and wait for opportunities to recapture the outer city.
Later, with the development of the city, due to cheap land, many residential buildings were built outside the city, and the two city walls could only play a symbolic role for a period of time.
But today, there is no doubt that they have finally found their place, and...
Facing the roaring and tsunami-like salvoes of the Ming Navy fleet, both the inner and outer city walls seemed to be in a precarious stage.
Jiexuan concentrated the main guns of twelve battleships and thirty-six cruisers, and fired a fierce bombardment at the east wall of Copenhagen.
At some point, the more simple, crude, and unreasonable methods are used, the more effective they will be!
Reasonable?
What's the point?
Emperor Haojing had given the other party enough time to think before, but the other party didn't buy it.
Since the Emperor of the Ming Empire was not given face, the Ming Navy would have regained both face and lizi.
How does it feel to be bombarded by forty-eight battleships weighing tens of thousands of tons?
The defenders on the east wall must know this very well!
The first salvo fired by the opponent was as exciting as the earth shaking!
The seemingly thick and solid city wall was directly cut with large holes that could allow people to crawl through.
After about ten volleys, the bricks and stones on the outside of the city wall were blown off by the shells, revealing the rammed earth structure inside.
Rammed earth can absorb the kinetic energy of artillery shells very well, but it also comes at a cost, and it depends on the scale and extent of the shelling being dealt with.
At least the city walls of Copenhagen are not designed to withstand the main guns of tens of thousands of tons of battleships.
After more than thirty rounds of shelling, a gap about a hundred meters wide had been blasted out of the outer city wall.
At this time, it was not the Marines' turn to make their debut, and Jiexuan did not even plan to send anyone ashore on the first day.
The other side is still determined to resist, so why should we forcefully attack the city?
As soon as the Marines arrived, wouldn't it mean that he had to stop the bombardment in order to cause accidental damage?
I'm afraid those Danes have this plan, and they can't let it come true.
As the fleet frantically bombarded the city wall, the brave Royal Danish Air Force immediately dispatched nearly 500 fighter jets.
It is hoped that air strikes will be used to destroy some battleships or aircraft carriers and give the invading enemy a head-on blow.
As a result, under the obstruction of carrier-based aircraft units and ship-based air defense operations, only 15 of the 495 Danish fighter planes participating in the air raid survived and the rest were all shot down.
Danish pilots have never seen an opponent with such powerful combat capabilities. Even the French Air Force, which is also equipped with twin-engine heavy fighters, does not seem to have the strength of the enemy.
As for the shipborne anti-aircraft firepower, it has become their nightmare.
One after another, the "Albatross" fighter jets also wanted to use their own machine guns to shoot at the deck of the battleship, but before they could succeed, they were shot and fell into the island sea.
As for the Danish fighter planes that carried bombs in an attempt to horizontally bomb the Ming warships, it was even more funny. Most of the pilots were unable to perform at their normal level in the emergency, and almost all of them threw the bombs directly into the sea...
They had never participated in such an intense actual combat, and their usual drills were just slowly dropping bombs on fixed targets. According to the standards of the Ming Navy, that was just a matter of coping.
Isn't this a daydream without hitting a moving target or performing maneuvers, and still trying to achieve a lot of results in actual combat?
No matter how many quasi-rookie pilots of this level come, the Ming Navy will take them all!
Jiexuan was quite willing to see this kind of moth-to-flame behavior, as it could be used as training for the anti-aircraft artillery troops.
After all, the wealthy Navy is reluctant to use so many "Albatross" as target drones, let alone the pilots on them.
Once within the range of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, it would be impossible for the Danish pilots to pull up the fighter plane under the stranglehold of the anti-aircraft fire network.
Emperor Haojing would not allow a battleship built with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of silver coins to be severely damaged or even sunk due to air defense problems.
The larger the displacement of the warships of the Ming Navy, the more powerful the anti-aircraft firepower.
The anti-aircraft cannons and machine guns on Tier 8 and Tier 7 battleships can be described as row upon row.
An eighth-level battleship is equipped with thirty-six anti-aircraft guns and thirty-six twin machine guns.
They were jokingly called "Thirty-six Heavenly Gangs" and "Seventy-two Earthly Demons" by the sailors!
This is still the normal air defense standard. In wartime, it can continue to be equipped with additional anti-aircraft weapons before setting sail.
The Danish Air Force's fighter planes encountered the Ming Army's battleships, which were like hedgehogs. Even if they barely managed to get close, they would not be able to take action.
In the end, just like swatting flies, they were shot down one after another, completely unable to fight back.
After they took off, the shipboard radar had discovered the existence of the target and had already notified the air defense forces to be ready.
At present, the radar is too large and can only be installed on battleships, but it is enough to provide early warning to the entire fleet.
As long as the radar on the battleship detects the target, it will fire a signal flare, and other battleships in the formation will immediately prepare for battle.
When the Danish Air Force suffered a disastrous defeat, the Danish Navy could only sit on the sidelines because its strength did not allow it...
The former flagship of the Danish Navy was only a third-class ironclad (Yoshino), which was a free gift from Emperor Hao Jing to Frederick IV.
In order not to overly stimulate Sweden and continue to maintain a friendly alliance between the two sides, the displacement of the warships presented to Denmark by the Ming Dynasty was less than 3,000 tons.
In fact, Denmark cannot afford to add larger ironclads to the navy. The current flagship was a gift from Louis XIV. It is a 7,000-ton cruiser (Dingyuan) that is more than 40 years old.
According to the classification standards of the Ming Dynasty, this battleship can only be regarded as a destroyer, but the Danish Navy has only such a capable battleship.
The remaining are eight 2,000-ton ironclad ships, purchased from the Ming Empire and the French Empire, and they are all second-hand ships that have been used by the sellers for many years.
Not to mention a fraction of the Ming Navy, even if compared with the Swedish Navy, this lineup of ten ironclad ships is embarrassing enough.
The Swedish Navy's main battleships include three seventh-level battleships and one sixth-level cruiser. These four battleships can sweep across the Danish Navy.
In order not to interfere with the military operations of the Ming Empire, Karl XI did not send troops to assist in the battle. The Swedish Navy only observed from the periphery, but it appeared to be extremely active.
You can eliminate the old enemy on the opposite side without taking any action yourself. Of course everyone in Sweden is extremely happy.
Since there is no need to send troops, Sweden can make a fuss in other aspects.
For example, Ambassador Ming was informed about the hydrological conditions of the Oresund Strait, and even the fact that the Danes blocked ships from the channel between Amager Island and Copenhagen.
Therefore, Jiexuan did not intend to let the fleet sail into the waterway at all. He just wanted to bombard the waters northeast of Copenhagen to make the opponent extremely uncomfortable.
In the palace in the city, the officials were frightened out of their wits by the fierce bombardment. The Devil of the East really lived up to its reputation!
Especially after receiving the news that the air strike failed and only five fighter planes were able to return, everyone was even more dejected.
If even the air force fails, how can we count on the already weak navy?
The Royal Danish Air Force has thousands of fighter planes, but they are all scattered across the country.
At this time, it would be extremely difficult to gather most of the fighter planes to defend Copenhagen.
Judging from the opponent's air defense strength, perhaps investing a thousand fighters at a time may not necessarily lead to victory.
"General Olson, how long can we hold on?"
Christian VI did not dare to go out to check the situation, for fear of being killed on the spot by the yellow-skinned monkey's cannonball.
"Your Majesty, optimistically speaking, I can probably hold on for about a week!"
Major General Olsen was appointed commander of the city defense of Copenhagen by Christian VI, but he considered the job to be unlucky.
Although Copenhagen has a strong city wall, the yellow-skinned monkeys directly drove the giant ironclad ship, which directly offset the defensive power of the city wall.
Judging from the situation reported by his subordinates, it takes at least three days for the yellow-skinned monkeys to invade the city through the gap that has been opened.
Such a violent bombardment eliminated the advantage of the inner city wall, which meant that Copenhagen could be lost at any time within the next five days.
"What do you think we should do?"
Christian VI was far less proficient in military affairs than his old enemy Karl XI, and even less proficient than his father Frederick IV.
"Your Majesty, with all due respect, it is best to organize a breakout immediately before the enemy has completed the siege. Retreating to Jutland or the Principality of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is a better choice!"
Major General Olson didn't want to say the word "lost", but obviously the yellow-skinned monkeys outside were too powerful, and he simply couldn't see any possibility of success.
Unless all the yellow-skinned monkey's warships were sunk, this is the Baltic Sea, a semi-inland sea. How could there be such a big storm?
"Can we really not hold on any longer?"
Christian VI was unwilling to abandon more than 500,000 Zimin and retreated with only 100,000 defenders. Retreating with Zimin would greatly reduce the speed of retreat.
"Our artillery is not as powerful as the enemy's naval gun. If the enemy seizes air superiority, then..."
Mr. Olson was no longer willing to continue talking, because the second half of the sentence was "Then the only thing waiting for us is destruction"!
If you surrender, you can at least remain a prisoner and have hope of survival.
If you stick to it like this, you will eventually be killed by the opponent, that's all!
I heard that even if I was captured and sent to mine, the time limit would only be ten years, so I gritted my teeth and got through it.
If Jun Min in the city were asked to choose whether to hold on until death or survive by mining, I am afraid that few people would give up hope of living.
Of course, there is another way, which is to run away as soon as possible.
Whether it is to go to the Netherlands, France, or the Holy Roman Empire, it is possible. The important thing is to make a decision immediately.
"Okay, I understand!"
Christian VI is not a fool and knows what Olson omitted.
Previously, he wanted to use the strong capital to severely damage the invading enemy and force the opponent to give up attacking Denmark.
However, judging from actual combat, our city walls, artillery, and aircraft are far from the yellow-skinned monkey's opponent.
Nearly 500 fighter planes were lost in one day. Even if all the fighters of the Air Force were gathered here, it would only be enough for five or six days.
Previously, Christian VI had ordered the arsenal to manufacture a thousand fighter jets. Together with current service and assistance received from neighboring countries, the Royal Danish Air Force has a huge fleet of 2,500 aircraft.
However, so many fighter planes were lost in a single air strike, which directly wiped out Christian VI's lofty ambitions...
At night, the Ming fleet's bombardment finally came to an end.
Copenhagen has returned to its former peace, but there are still many open fires in the city that have not yet been extinguished.
Christian VI, who once said that he would defend the enemy with all the ministers in the city, quickly ran away with his princess, children and defenders.
When Ping Min in the city heard that the king had abandoned them, he naturally stopped waiting stupidly for the yellow-skinned monkeys to come in and arrest people, and ran out of the city.
By the next day, all that was left for the Ming Dynasty King's division was almost an empty city.
Jiexuan saw a young blond woman struggling to support a man in the captive team. After asking about the situation, he learned that the man was her brother.
It turned out to be a soldier from the garrison. Unfortunately, he was injured in yesterday's shelling and his calf was injured. He was unable to flee with their king.
Although the woman was very angry, for the sake of her and her brother's lives, she could only choose to swallow her anger and stare at the person in front of her with blue eyes.
"Let the doctor take a look at his brother's leg injury and issue them a pardon certificate!"
Being pardoned means that there is no need to go mining, and you can be allocated a piece of land in the North to be a farmer. As long as you don't commit suicide, you can live the rest of your life safely.
Since the temperature has not yet reached high temperatures, less serious leg injuries will not cause infection if treated in time. Even if the patient cannot recover as before, there is no need for amputation. It is still possible to be a cripple.
