When the East Friesian fleet appeared at a distance of several kilometers, Alkinson was stunned to find that dozens of ships on the other side were flying the flag of the Danish enemy Lübeck - could it be that the defending fleet had been defeated by the Lübecks? Alkinson was a little weak-hearted......

"Oh no, give the order to retreat, don't get entangled with the Hamburgers. At a critical juncture, Alkinson decisively ordered the formation to be retracted, intending to guard against the "Lübeck fleet" behind him.www.biquge.info

However, by this time it was too late. Because, many Danish warships have already rushed to the flank of the Hamburg fleet, and they are already far from the main formation. In the Danish fleet, whose communication is basically based on roaring, it is impossible to notify the warships that are deep in front.

Therefore, in the end, only more than 20 warships that did not rush too far forward surrounded Alkinson's flagship "Copenhagen". However, these ships, because of their small hulls, are small boats of more than 100 tons. The big warships rushed to the front......

When the East Friesian fleet approached the Danish fleet by 1 kilometer, it suddenly changed its formation, and the 23 warships at the front, all lined up in a dense horizontal formation, faced the Danish fleet on the side. As for the 17 Clark galleons led by Columbus, they temporarily covered the wings and did not participate in the shelling. Moreover, the guns equipped with those Clark ships were the largest of the 6-pound class, and many of them were small cannons of the two- or three-pound class, and even if they participated in the shelling, they could not penetrate the side of the Danish warship, so it was better to save ammunition as much as possible.

A door cannon sticks out its head, and the lower gun doors also open the windows through hinges. The artillerymen of the East Friesian fleet methodically began to charge, reload, and then pushed the gun carriages to the front and aimed them at the Danish ships......

Alkinson was a little puzzled, not knowing what the fleet flying the Lübeck flag behind him wanted to do. Only Rolf, the commander of the Hamburg fleet, who knew some artillery information, smiled. He knew that the artillery of the East Friesian fleet was about to be powerful......

In fact, the East Frysian fleet did not immediately open fire, but continued to maneuver several hundred meters to the south, and only at a distance of 500 meters from the Danish fleet, did it begin to fire......

"Ready! Launch! "With the commander's order, a total of 310 guns on one side of the 23 East Friesian warships in the front row roared together.

"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Boom-boom-boom-"

"Boom-boom-boom-"

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On the sea, all sounds were muffled by the rumbling of cannons. By this time, the command of the Danish fleet was completely paralyzed. Because, the Danes command by roaring. But under the cover of the sound of artillery, it is difficult to get out the roar, no matter how loud it is.

Alkinson couldn't stop ordering the heralds to inform the ships in front of them to retreat. However, the order could no longer be communicated. Moreover, the Hamburgers, who had come strongly, did not allow the Danish ships to retreat. Originally, it was the Danes who hooked Hamburg's warship with their hooks and wanted to board it.

However, now the other way around, the sailors on the Hamburg warship took out their claw hooks one after another, hooked the Danish warship, and prevented the other party from leaving the battlefield...... Even, some of the ship's strongmen directly threw the iron anchor used to stop the ship on the Danish warship that wanted to escape. The iron anchor was heavy, and it was an iron chain, not a rope, and it was difficult for the Danes to cut it. And the hook on the anchor hooked the boat gang again, making it impossible for the Danish ships to escape......

How powerful were the 310 18-pounder and 12-pounder guns? Although the hit rate is less than 10%, it is enough. Each salvo resulted in nearly 30 iron ball shells, which hit the Danish ships facing the front row of the East Friesian fleet.

Sadly, because it had not yet entered the age of artillery, the Danish Kirk galleons did not strengthen their hulls against shelling. So, when some of the shells happened to hit the side of several Danish ships, the shells effortlessly tore through the planks of the Danish ships' sides, piercing them......

After that, the sea water poured in. The unlucky Danish warships also began to slowly tilt and sink......

Alkinson, commander of the Danish fleet, was a little dumbfounded. He never expected that the dozens of warships on the opposite side were all using artillery. According to the sound of artillery just now, he estimated that there were at least 200 or more guns in the opposite fleet. Moreover, the caliber of the guns on the opposite side is not small, otherwise it will not be able to penetrate the side of the battleship.

So, he shuddered......

"The whole army retreats!" Alkinson finally gave the order. But by the time he gave the order, near the outermost part of the East Friesian fleet, five small ships of more than a hundred tons had already been sunk.

After all, none of these Kirk sailboats were designed to be shell-proof, and the sides were too thin. As long as it is smashed on the side side by an iron ball, it will be pierced nine times out of ten.

Because it was a general retreat, the Danish herald no longer used a shout at this time, but directly took out a horn and blew it......

"Woo-woo-" The long horn sound suddenly spread. Although the ships in front were not heard because of the sound of cannons, dozens of Danish ships behind heard it.

As a result, the Danish warships behind began to desperately break away from the battle, trying in vain to retreat. The Hamburgers, on the other hand, are like chickens and won't let them go. All kinds of grappling hooks and iron anchors greeted the Danish warships one after another, stalking them.

In the end, the Danish ships that had successfully withdrawn from the battle were connected to those that had been withdrawn before, and there were only 50 in total, less than half of the total number of 120 Danish ships. Alkinson was already frightened by the shelling of the East Friesian fleet. Just now, an 18-pound shell, because of the angle of fire, flew past the Danish warship in the front row, whistled over the sky, and flew over the flagship "Copenhagen" where Alkinson was located, and smashed a sailor who was observing from the mast directly into the head. Suddenly, a stream of hot blood spurted down from the mast, mixed with minced meat, and confused Alkinson's face......

So, Alkinson was frightened......

Frightened, Alkinson first retreated north along the western coastline of Jutland with 50 ships behind. Because, the East Frisian fleet came from the northwest, due north, and there was still a way out to escape. As for the more than 60 warships behind, he couldn't take care of it......

But where would Kidd let him escape? So, Kidd ordered:

"Order Columbus's Clark fleet to block the enemy's path due north...... Also, let Columbus come to my battleship and command with me......" Kidd thought that Columbus was Marin's favorite and could not be damaged. Therefore, he asked Columbus's Clark fleet to intercept the Danish fleet, but Columbus himself came to the flagship "Hoffmann I" in a small boat and accompanied Kidd to command.

After Kidd gave the order, 17 Clark warships, lined up in a dense formation, blocked the passage of the Danish fleet to the north. With no hope of retreating north, Alkinson had no choice but to order the fleet to maneuver westward.

However, in this way, the Danish flotilla was about to pass through the range of artillery fire of the East Friesian fleet......

And so, the rumbling cannon rang out again. In one shot, the Danish fleet sank 3 more small warships......

Enraged, Alkinson ordered:

"Crash into the enemy fleet for me! Fight the broadside battle! Since it was so dangerous and difficult to escape, Alkinson decided to fight and get close to the enemy ships, and then it was better to have a broadside battle......

But as the distance got closer, the hit rate of the guns of the East Friesian fleet grew. As a result, just this 500-meter distance caused 7 Danish ships to be sunk, 13 ships with broken masts, and lost the ability to maneuver......

When they got closer, a platoon of musketeers appeared on the side of the ships of the East Friesian fleet...... Moreover, these musketeers were all wearing helmets and ship chest armor......

The archers on the Danish ships were killed and wounded, and many were killed on the spot. After all, the East Friesian musketeers used Mushkert muskets with projectiles weighing 50 grams. As long as it is hit by 50 grams of lead bullet, it is not good, and the death and injury rate is extremely high.

And the archers on the Danish ships did damage to the East Friesian musketeers. Most of the time, however, arrows were fired into their arms or legs. Only one unlucky man who was shot in the throat died on the spot. Others, just injured. Alcohol and boiled gauze were now used in the East Friesian Army, and ordinary arrow wounds were easily treated as long as they were not hit by buckshot.

The Danish sailors who tried to climb the East Frisian ships through their hooks were killed by the sailors of the East Frisian fleet and fell into the sea with muskets......

"Rush me, rush over, just rush to the other party's boat, and the musketeers will cut you down!" On board the Danish flagship "Copenhagen", Alkinson shouted.

He knew the musketeers, the kind of troops, once they were close to them, they were sheep, and they were cut and killed. So, he gave a loud order for the sailors to crawl over quickly, and as long as they were close to the musketeers, the Danes would have the upper hand......

Unfortunately, Alkinson had lost his mind a little at this time. His frantic shouts finally attracted the attention of the East Frisian sailors who were shooting with muskets......

A sharpshooter in a sailor named Nathan saw a man on the deck of a large Danish warship 50 meters away, who looked like a Danish officer jumping to his feet and shouting. Although he couldn't understand Danish, Nethan knew that the other party must be a big man, and that the other party was directing the battle.

So, Nesson raised his musket and aimed it at the thigh of the Danish man opposite, intending to incapacitate him so that they could take the prisoner and stop the other man for a while...... After all, if you are injured, you can only cry out in pain, and you can't command......

But what I didn't expect was that because Nathan was 50 meters away from Alkinson, although he aimed at his thigh, the bullet flew over, but it hit Alkinson's neck directly, piercing Alkinson's neck directly, revealing a terrifying big blood hole......

"Uh-" Alkinson slowly collapsed in disbelief, clutching his blood-soaked neck......

Nathan was also overwhelmed with fright, because he deliberately shot a noble lord. According to the current rules, a commoner who deliberately murders a noble lord is to be hanged...... Even on the battlefield, it is unforgivable for civilians to deliberately target the noble lord to fight...... Of course, he didn't know that his big boss, Marin, would definitely forgive him for his actions and even reward him. Of course, the reward must be private......

However, he looked around him, and no one seemed to notice that he had deliberately aimed at Alkinson. So, he continued to reload as if nothing had happened, and then aimed at the sailors on the ship in front of him who were trying to crawl along the hooks, and opened fire......

And the Danes, on the other hand, fried the pot:

"Lord Alkinson has been killed!"

"Lord Alkinson has been killed!"

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The news spread quickly, and the Danish sailors, who were still trying to climb the enemy ship at the front, heard the news. As a result, the morale of the Danes immediately collapsed......

A Danish captain named Harrison, seeing the death of the coach, was cowardly, and immediately ordered the white flag to be raised. Then the East Friesian sailors on the other side of the ship also stopped firing with muskets and sent someone to take over the ship.

At this time, the Danish army was obviously still an ancient army, and it did not have the strict model of a modern army. Therefore, after the death of the coach, many people directly chose to surrender. When Harrison's white flag was hoisted, the other ships followed suit and chose to fly the white flag and surrender.

In this way, more than half of the dozens of Danish warships that rushed over surrendered. Several recalcitrant warships were also besieged. In close proximity, the power of the artillery was brought into full play. Kidd commanded a number of warships, clinging to the enemy ships, and directly sank the recalcitrant Danish warships......

After taking control of the Danish ships that had surrendered, Kidd ordered the Clark ships to come and receive the prisoners and ships. Kidd, on the other hand, led 23 of his main ships and continued to flank the Danish ships that were still entangled with the Hamburg fleet......

Seeing that the white flag had been hoisted on the flagship and the warships around the flagship, the Danish warships that were still entangled with Hamburg also lost their fighting spirit.

As a result, the remaining Danish warships also chose to surrender. Only a dozen ships were still resisting, but all of them were sunk by Kidd's commanded battleships......

In this way, the naval battle finally ended with the victory of the coalition fleet. The Danish fleet sank 29 ships and damaged 20. Most of the Danish ships that were sunk were sunk by the guns of the East Friesian fleet. And in the East Friesian fleet, only one ship was burned off the upper deck by a Danish rocket. The other ships, not a single loss, only a few dozen sailors were wounded.

As for Hamburg, it's a bit more miserable. Thousands of sailors were killed and wounded, and 8 ships were burned and 11 ships were burned.

But in any case, the coalition forces won a big victory this time. Moreover, according to the agreement, the more than 80 warships captured this time will be divided between Hamburg and Lübeck. In this way, the losses of the Hamburgers will soon be made up for and even strengthened. After all, most of the captured Danish warships, which were more than 200 tons, belonged to the big ships in this era. The Danish flagship "Copenhagen" is a large warship with a displacement of up to 500 tons, which is quite valuable.

Next, it's time to clean up the battlefield. Kidd handed over all the captured ships and Danish sailors to the Hamburgers. Then, with the fleet, he went back to Emden to replenish ammunition. Among them, the armed merchant ship No. 2509, which was burned out on the upper deck, still needs to go back for overhaul and will not be able to participate in the next naval battle.

Hamburg, on the other hand, also needs to absorb and digest the fruits of this battle. Those injured ships will also be towed back for repairs. The two sides agreed to regroup in a month and attack the Øresund together. Hamburg sent someone to inform the Lübeck fleet that the three fleets would besiege the port of Copenhagen together and try to destroy the remaining 80 Danish ships......