The Rise of the European Emperor

The Bursa coalition also has 50 artillery pieces, which are basically three-pounder guns loaded at the back. Moreover, they all belong to the Electoral State of Saxony. After all, business in Saxony is prosperous, and there is still enough money to build 50 artillery pieces with a lot of copper. Moreover, the consumption of expensive gunpowder is also affordable.

Of course, there are limits. It's okay to dye the Electorate of Saxony to make 50 three-pounders. Let them make 6-pounders or even 12-pounders that cost more copper, and that's a bit out of hand. Unlike Marin, all the cheap copper bought from India was used to cast guns. And, it's now backed up by a huge amount of copper ingots from the Fällen copper mine in Sweden.

As for the Electorate of Brandenburg, it is a poor country. Don't look at the fact that he is also one of the seven great emperors and has the largest territory. But in fact, Brandenburg is now the poorest of the seven emperors.

Because the Electorate of Brandenburg is basically an agricultural country, and it is strange to be rich. As for the subsequent rise of Prussia, it was Prince Albrecht of the Hohenzollern family. After he became the chief of the Teutonic Knights in 1525, he shamelessly united Poland and just changed the state of the Teutonic Knights to hereditary. Principality of Prussia. Then, because they belonged to the same family and were married to each other, in 1618, the Electorate of Brandenburg annexed the Principality of Prussia through marriage. Then Prussia grew stronger.

By adopting the name of Prussia after the union, everyone can also know that Prussia is richer than Brandenburg...

Mainly, there are several Hanseatic commercial cities such as Konigsberg in East Prussia, and the economy is naturally stronger than that of Brandenburg, an agricultural country at that time. Therefore, when upgrading to a kingdom, the Hohenzollern family simply used Prussia as the kingdom name instead of the Kingdom of Brandenburg.

Before the annexation of the Teutonic State, the Electorate of Brandenburg was arguably the poorest electoral state. Therefore, although the Electorate of Brandenburg can bully more than it, but in the Imperial Parliament, it is still mainly mixed with others.

However, although Brandenburg was a poor country, it was more military. So, the military power is not bad. Otherwise, Frederick III might not be willing to take him to play.

It's just that the luxury of artillery, Brandenburg should not think about it, let's see how the Saxons shoot...

He looked enviously at the 50 three-pounder Frans mounted bronze guns that the Saxons lifted from the carriage. Before he could finish his admiration, the 60-odd guns on the opposite side of Marin opened fire first...

"Boom-boom-boom-boom-"

More than 60 iron balls flew towards the artillerymen who installed the artillery in front of the formation. In just an instant, dozens of artillerymen's lives were taken away. Among them, there are more than a dozen people, the most experienced artillerymen.

This is not enough, these shells did not meet the previous kills, and they continued to fly forward. The huge impact continued to reaper the lives of the Bersa coalition soldiers. Mainly, the lives of Swiss mercenaries.

Because, this time, the artillery of the Bursa coalition army is mainly arranged in the middle of the battle formation of the Bursa coalition army. Their purpose was to kill the East Frisian musketeers with shells. Because, Marlin's musketeers are all placed in the front of the center. The army in the middle of the Boza coalition is mainly 20,000 Swiss mercenaries.

So, while Marin's artillery shot the Saxon artillery, the Swiss mercenaries were also killed...

The power of the iron ball is enormous. Even a six-pounder cannonball can penetrate half a company at a distance of 200 yards. For this reason, the Swiss mercenaries paid a huge price for this shelling.

The salvo of 65 artillery pieces not only took away dozens of Saxon artillerymen, but also brought great casualties to the Swiss mercenaries standing behind the Saxon artillerymen.

Because of the convenience of artillery shooting, the effective range of the rear-mounted three-pounder is only more than 200 meters. Therefore, this time the Bosa coalition was only 200 yards away from the Marin army. Out of musket firing range, but within artillery firing range.

But unexpectedly,

The Saxon artillery had not yet been deployed, and opened fire on the opposite side. Moreover, the accuracy of artillery fire is very high ...

The first round of shooting alone took away more than 50 artillerymen and more than 400 Swiss mercenaries...

This is the first round of shelling, and the artillerymen are actually still firing. If it weren't for the fact that some artillery calibrations were not adjusted properly, the lethality might have been even more astonishing.

Moreover, some of the artillery shells flew directly over the heads of the Bursa coalition soldiers because the barrels were raised a bit, and they fell after a thousand meters away.

It just so happened that a cannonball was carried not far from Frederick III and Joachim I, and smashed the head of a guard...

Blood spurted out from the neck of the Brandenburg guard, splashing the soldiers on the side all over the face. Some blood was splashed directly on the command car...

Joachim I was horrified and suggested:

"How about we step back a little?"

Joachim I might not be so panicked if cold weapons fought on the battlefield. However, the deterrent power of artillery is too amazing.

Right in front of Joachim I, he saw an iron ball that smashed the head of one of his guards into the air. After the head of the loyal guard was smashed, only a blood hole the size of the mouth of a bowl was left on his neck, and he kept spitting out blood. The scene was extremely scary.

And a little ahead, when the iron ball cannonball "shoots a line", in the straight line the cannonball travels, everyone can't escape bad luck. Some of their heads were directly smashed into the air, while others were pierced by iron balls, revealing a large blood hole. There are also smashed legs or thighs... In short, no one's body is complete where the iron balls and cannonballs fly...

This is the power of artillery, and its lethality may not be as much as that of muskets. However, the shock it brings is extremely amazing. Many brave soldiers will also be frightened after seeing the terrifying scenes where all the comrades around them lack arms and legs, and even lose their heads.

Therefore, the existence of artillery is used to create terror. The flesh and blood of human beings have no resistance in the face of the devastation of the cannonballs. The morale of the battle formation being shelled can easily be hit.