Schwartz gave up on continuing the march in heavy rain because of the difficulty of the march, but Bonitz did not. Although it was slippery on a rainy day, it was also on a rainy day that the musket did not work. Therefore, Bonitz ordered the army to begin the siege in the rain.

In order to prevent slipping, Bonitz ordered the Geddes army to wrap all the ladder boards of the siege ladder with strips of cloth. In this way, the ladder plate will not become slippery due to moisture.

When ready, the army of Gedes, under the command of Field Marshal Bonitz, set up a position and was about to begin the siege......

"What? The Gedes army is going to attack the city? Kevin, the commander-in-chief of the defenders in charge of the defense, was taken aback. Originally, Kevin thought that after such a heavy rain, the Geddes army would rest. However, Kevin quickly thought of the reason - probably, the other party thought that the musket on his side would not be able to be used on a rainy day......

"Hehe, let you often use our rainy muskets!" Kevin smiled and summoned his subordinates to carry some wooden sheds up to the city......

Kevin is the captain of the Musket of the North Sea Country, with the title of Knight. Moreover, the battle in Lübeck City, Kevin was a witness. Therefore, in the face of the enemy's offensive, he did not panic.

In fact, Kevin had already prepared some small wooden sheds that were easy to move in case of a rainy day. In the previous attack and defense of Lübeck, Marin had used a movable shooting booth so that the East Friesian army could continue to shoot from the head of the city on rainy days.

Of course, the kind of shooting booth that Marin is using for rainy days is different from the shooting booth that Kevin is building now. Because, in the defense of Lübeck, the musketeers in the East Friesian army at that time still used arquebuses, and they were very afraid of rain. Therefore, the shooting booth used by Marin in Lübeck was elongated, and even had a flash protruding in front of it, just to prevent the rain from wetting the fire rope.

But now the musketeers guarding the Parsons concentration camp use clockwork muskets. This musket is not afraid of rain. Therefore, there is no need to use such a long shooting canopy.

However, that doesn't mean that the Clockwork Musket doesn't need to be protected from the rain. The clockwork musket is not afraid of rain, which means that it is not afraid of rain when shooting after it has finished reloading. Because, after the reloading, the gunpowder is sealed, and it does not come into contact with the outside world, and even if it rains, it cannot be drenched with gunpowder. However, when loading, the clockwork musket still has to shelter from the rain.

Therefore, Kevin had a small rain shelter made and placed on the city wall. Musketeers with clockwork muskets, after shooting at the battlements in the rain, will retreat to the small canopy behind them to avoid the rain and complete their reloading, and then return to the battlements to complete the aimed shooting of the enemy......

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Thanks to the longer preparation time of the Gedse army's siege, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom moved all the rain shelters to the city walls in time. By the time the Geddes army began to storm the city, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom were ready......

Because there were no rubber raincoats, the musketeers of the North Sea Kingdom wore thatched coats. This thing was naturally made by Marin. The coat is woven with grass, which is bulky and not as rainproof as a rubber raincoat, but it is better than nothing. Moreover, on rainy days, the grass coat on the boat is also very strong after the rain. For example, the rain after the rain, to a certain extent, can greatly reduce the damage of the bow and arrow......

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"Start the siege—" Under the city, Bonitz, the commander of the Geddes army, waved his hand and gave the order for a general attack. Then, with the exception of the musketeers, the army of Gedes leaned against the city walls with siege ladders......

However, when the first Gedesi infantry to climb the city wall was halfway up the siege ladder, a row of gun barrels suddenly appeared at the head of the city......

"What are they doing here? Could it be that their muskets could be fought even on a rainy day? ”

Field Marshal Bonitz, who was watching the battle from the city, was puzzled......

But soon, Marshal Bonitz's doubts were solved-

"Bang-bang-bang-bang......" A crisp and loud gunshot came from the city, and along with the gunfire, of course, there were screams from the wall-climbing infantry of Geddes...... The half-climbed Gedesi infantry fell down the siege ladder like dumplings......

"This ...... This...... How so? Field Marshal Bonitz was directly stupid......

In Bonitz's impression, muskets were afraid of rain. Because, if the gunpowder is damp, it can't go off......

However, he did not know that Marin's army was equipped with clockwork muskets, which could be shot in the rain. This is mainly due to the fact that Marin, although he started to promote the clockwork lighter, never told anyone that the clockwork lighter could shoot on a rainy day. So, although Bonitz also knew that there was such a thing as a clockwork musket in the North Sea State, he did not know that the clockwork musket could shoot in the rain. Therefore, when the gunshots rang out at the head of the city, he was directly stupid......

And the consequence of the boss's stupidity was that there was a large group of gunned Gedes infantry lying under the city......

It wasn't until the North Sea Musketeers at the head of the city had repelled several groups of Guedes infantry that Field Marshal Bonitz reacted:

"Retreat, retreat for now!" Bonitz shouted. Immediately, the battle was filled with the sound of a military trumpet ordering a retreat.

Hearing the order to retreat, the soldiers of the Gedesi army also breathed a sigh of relief. Today's incident was so evil that not only Marshal Bonitz was stunned, but most of the Geddes soldiers were stupid by the platoon guns on this rainy day, and their morale was extremely low. If you fight hard, you will definitely not get better. Hearing the sound of the retreating trumpet, everyone evacuated as quickly as if they had been granted amnesty......

Back in the camp, Marshal Bonitz was still muttering:

"How so? How so? How can this be......"

The adjutant of Marshal Bonitz, Tauske, pondered for a long time and expressed his opinion:

"Marshal, I reckon, this may be a new type of clockwork musket invented by the Beihai Kingdom! Otherwise, there will be no rainproof effect! ”

"What?" Marshal Bonitz was so frightened that he almost jumped:

"You mean, it's the army of Marin of the North Sea Kingdom who is defending the city?" Bonitz accidentally guessed the truth......

But Tausk shook his head and said:

"It doesn't have to be Marin's army, or maybe it was Marin who sold this new musket to the Habsburgs!"

"How could he do that? Isn't this a pit for our Lord Duke? Marshal Bonitz said angrily.

Taosk thought for a moment and said:

"It may not be sold now, it may be sold before he and the Duke reached an agreement. Don't forget, Marin was a lackey of His Majesty the Emperor. At that time, it was normal to sell new muskets to the Habsburgs......"

Marshal Bonitz nodded with a bitter face, and then said with a depressed face:

"I understand, but, in this way, it has hurt us! With such fierce firepower, how can we take the Parsons concentration camp? ”

Taosk thought about it, and suddenly a poisonous plan came to his mind:

"Why don't we go around and catch some young people from the Netherlands, and force them to climb the city wall with their weapons in front?"

"This works?" Field Marshal Bonitz did not think that some improvised young men would be able to storm the city walls.

Tausk shook his head and said:

"I didn't expect them to hit the walls, I just hoped that they would consume some of their opponent's ammunition. The amount of ammunition on the other side is definitely limited, and letting the Dutch young man climb the wall to take bullets can also consume the amount of ammunition of the enemy. When they ran out of ammunition, the musketeers were useless. When the time comes, won't we just take this fortress casually? As he spoke, Tauske smiled wickedly.

Marshal Bonitz thought about it, it was really - at the moment that gunpowder in Europe was scarce and precious, if the captured Dutch young man used up the opponent's ammunition, it was really a good strategy. Although he is a little vicious, for the sake of victory and reducing the casualties of his own soldiers, what does he care...... Anyway, it wasn't the Gedes who died......