Chapter 495: Breaking the City Again

Cage and his 300 special forces did not attack that night. The reason why the attack was abandoned was because Marin's army had only stormed the city during the day, and the Danish army was still very vigilant at this time. If the city had been attacked that night, it might have been discovered by the Danish army.

So, Marlin specially waited for two days. It was only when the Danes thought that the East Friesian army had given up the siege that Cage began to prepare with three hundred special forces.

In addition, during these two days, Marin and Schwartz, Woolf. Esbrand and the others, along with Cage, discussed the armor of the special forces and what weapons to use.

Because these 300 special forces have to quietly swim across Copenhagen Bay southeast of Copenhagen first, and then climb up to the city with flying claws. Therefore, when swimming, the equipment carried should not be too heavy. So, plate armor is excluded first. The "mahjong mat" armor made of wood chips has become the first choice for 300 special forces because of its good buoyancy. Of course, the "mahjong mat" armor they wore was covered with iron sheets. Although it will increase the weight, the wood chip itself has good buoyancy, and the weight of the iron sheet is negligible.

In addition, after entering the city, because it is necessary to storm the city gate, it is best to have a shield. The iron shield is definitely not good, and it is too difficult to swim across the river with the iron shield on his back. Therefore, you still have to choose a wooden shield. Not only is it lightweight and conducive to climbing the city wall on your back, but the wooden shield can also provide enough buoyancy to reduce the pressure of swimming when swimming. In addition to the shields, the weapons used by the special forces were mainly sabers imitating the "Type 65" cavalry knives used by the light cavalry. This knife is made of high-carbon steel, which is very strong and durable. Slashing with enemy weapons is very advantageous. Moreover, because the back of the knife is straighter, it can also be used to stab straight and make a cameo appearance as a one-handed sword. In addition, the weight of the 65 saber is not heavy, only about 1.9 kg, which is much lighter than the rifles of later generations. In addition, the wooden shield made of double-layer wooden planks can also provide a certain amount of buoyancy when armed swimming, making it easy for special forces to swim crossing.

Two days before the sortie, these 300 special forces, led by Cage, assiduously practiced their fighting skills using sabers and shields.

Speaking of which, these special forces are not untrained in the use of sabers. However, it was the first time that it was used with a shield. Fortunately, these special forces were originally selected by the whole army to fight the top, and two days was enough time for them to adapt to the use of sabers, and they also held wooden shields.

When Marin's scouts ascended the heights and used binoculars to observe, they found that the hundreds of Danish soldiers defending the gates of the city were all using spears.

The spear is indeed a good cold weapon, but the spear also has its disadvantage, that is, it cannot be used in a small space. The spear is a weapon that opens and closes widely, and it needs space to be used. In the narrow gates, sometimes a short knife is more advantageous. Of course, as long as you don't get stabbed by a spear.

Therefore, Marin, Schwartz and others believed that in the narrow city gate hole, the special forces only needed to use wooden shields to block the stabbing of the enemy's spears, and then take the opportunity to stick to it and use sabers to slash, which was very advantageous. And those enemy infantry who use spears several meters long can basically wait to be slaughtered if they are approached. After all, they are facing special forces with high martial arts......

Two days later, at 10 a.m., the "Embattled" choir held a grand Danish folk song performance outside the southwestern walls of Copenhagen at the request.

The Danish soldiers on the southwestern city wall naturally watched the wonderful performance of the choir with great interest. The soldiers in the northeastern section of the city wall did not relax their vigilance, for fear that the East Frisian army would take the opportunity to attack at night.

However, on the waterfront walls to the southeast and northwest, the Danish soldiers were much less vigilant. Why? Because, the Danes also knew very well - even if the enemy army could climb up a few men from these two walls, it would not be able to meet the subsequent soldiers and horses to successfully enter the city. After all, there was water all under these two walls. If you want to attack the city, you must first fill in the rivers and lakes, or build pontoon bridges. But these two actions could not have been concealed from the ears and eyes of the Danish army. Therefore, the Danish soldiers were more at ease with these two walls, and even a little lax.

When the "Embattled" choir began to perform outside the southwest city wall, even many Danish guards from the southeast and northwest city wall sections went directly to the southwest city wall to watch the performance......

In fact, at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the vigilance of the Danish defenders was still very high. Even on the city walls facing the water in the southeast and northwest, there were no fewer soldiers on duty.

But after two o'clock in the morning, the soldiers defending the southeast and northwest sides of the Danish garrison, who had been tense, began to slack off, and many of them either slept or ran to the southwest section of the city wall to watch the performance......

Cage led 300 men to lurk in the grass on the other side of Copenhagen Bay in the southeast section of Copenhagen, using binoculars to carefully observe the movements of the Danish defenders at the head of the city......

It wasn't until about 3 a.m. that Cage confirmed that the section of the wall they were about to attack began to be truly quiet, and no more patrols passed by from time to time......

Before leaving, Cage asked his messenger to inform Schwartz, who was leading his troops to lurk near the outer gate of the northeast city wall, that he had begun to move......

300 special forces, led by Cage, tied a wooden shield like a turtle shell to their chests to increase buoyancy when armed swimming.

After successfully swimming across the river, Cage did not rush to lead the people to climb the city, knowing that he had waited for a while to confirm that there was no one on the city, so he and his men began to throw flying claws at the city......

After throwing the flying claws, Cage did not rush to lead people to climb the city wall, but waited for a while, and after finding that no enemy noticed this, he led everyone and quietly climbed the city wall.

Then, on the other side of the city, Cage and the others did not go down the normal stairs. Because, at the stairs, there must be a guard on duty at night.

So, at the other end of the wall, they also hooked the inner edge with their claws, and everyone tied down the rope so that they would not be discovered by the enemy guarding the staircase. Of course, before everyone went down, the last one to come down threw all the other people's claws, and only one of the claws stuck on the top of the city was not taken down.

After successfully entering the city, Cage didn't say a word, and directly led his subordinates, wearing "mahjong mats" and wooden chips, holding sabers and wooden shields, quietly avoiding the patrols of the defenders, and walking to the east of the city gate......

At this time, European cities were generally not large, and it only took about 30 minutes for Cage and others to touch the inside of the gate of the northeast city wall from the southeast section of the city wall.

Coming to a small alley on the inside of the northeast city gate, Cage looked at the city gate hole and found that there were indeed many people stationed inside. Although most of the defenders slept on the floor in the cave of the city gate, many of them were still on duty at night. Moreover, these soldiers guarding the city gate are definitely elite. Because, at this time, about a hundred people were still awake. And the other about 300 people, although they slept, they were waiting for the day, without taking off their clothes, and with spears by their side. As soon as the enemy attacks from the inside, and those on duty at night roar, these sleeping veterans will quickly get up and pick up their spears to block the enemy's attack......

If you encounter ordinary enemies, you really can't do anything about them. Because, according to the habit of Marin attacking the city in the past, one or two hundred people would generally be sent to mix into the city after putting on makeup, and then launching a surprise attack. As for wanting to send more people in? That's impossible. After all, at this time, European cities are generally smaller, and you can flood into hundreds of strong men at once, which is very conspicuous, and it is difficult not to arouse suspicion......

Therefore, under normal circumstances, Denmark sent hundreds of elite veterans to guard the city gate, and occupied the favorable terrain, so it should not be breached. For this reason, the self-confident Danes, during the war, did not even block the iron city gate with bricks and wood...... Woolf. The reason why Esbrand suggested that the special forces should attack was because he knew that the iron gates in the city were not blocked. As long as there are a few hundred Danish elites in the cave of a few hundred city gates, you can open the city gate and put the main force in.

It's just that it's not that simple. After all, there are more than 400 elite Danish veterans nested in the city gate. In addition, there is a military camp not far from the city gate. As long as the soldiers in the city gate hold on for a quarter of an hour to half an hour, they can wait for reinforcements. As soon as reinforcements arrive, the raiders will surely be finished.

But Marin's three hundred special forces are not ordinary soldiers, they are a team of fierce men who fight a few. Coupled with the wooden shield, it can attack the formations of those spearmen at will. So, everything is not quite the same......

Just when most of the soldiers in the city gate were sleeping peacefully, Cage suddenly took 300 of his men with him, and without saying a word, he didn't shout slogans such as "kill", but rushed directly and silently......

"Quick! Hurry up, Luca, Anthony, there is an enemy attacking the northeast gate from the city, everyone rise up to resist! ”

With a shout, more than 400 veterans in the city gate cave rose up one after another, armed with spears, and began to wait for the battle......

It's a pity that the 300 East Friesian special forces who rushed in each had a wooden shield in their hands. Leaning on their wooden shields, they smashed through the stabs of the Danish spearmen, and managed to break through into the ranks of the Danish veterans, armed with sabers, and began to slash and slash at will......

Because it was difficult to turn with spears in the narrow gates, these elite spearmen became cups when they were approached by the East Frisian special forces......

In just 15 minutes, 300 special forces, relying on their extremely skilled fighting skills, easily solved more than 400 Danish elite infantry in the city gate cave who could not use spears. Then, with the joint efforts of Cage and others, the big iron gate of the northeast city wall was completely opened with a muffled sound of "squeaking......

Seeing this, Schwarz, who was ambushed outside the northeast city wall with his men and horses, immediately commanded a large army and poured into Copenhagen again from the city gate northeast of Copenhagen...... [.]