But what neither the Prussians nor the British knew was that at this moment the Danish navy was gathering thirty nautical miles north of the Little Belt Strait, and that the Prussian plan to cross the strait to attack the island of Funen was simply intolerable for Denmark, and seeing the Prussians put on this posture, Frederick VI knew that he had no choice.
The British fleet escorting in the Little Belt Strait has a total of more than 30 warships of various types, which is basically no match in the Baltic Sea except for Russia, but the size of the Danish navy assembled in the north has reached nearly 40 ships of various types, and it seems that Frederick VI has taken out all his possessions.
However, the number of warships alone was not enough to determine the victory of the war, and compared to the British navy, the Danish navy had more small frigates and sixth-class ships.
And Britain is basically composed of third-class ships and fourth-class ships, among which there is even a first-class ship of more than 1,000 tons and three decks, such a giant appears in the Little Belt Strait, and people feel an invisible pressure just by looking at it from a distance.
Admiral Stanfi, commander of the Danish Navy, stood on the deck of his flagship Richell and looked out at the sea level in the distance, looking at the Danish Navy cruising around his flagship, and there was no trace of joy on the admiral's face.
At the beginning, Frederick VI learned that the British deployed a naval fleet of more than 30 warships, so he wantonly requisitioned all kinds of warships in the country, which really allowed him to make up more than a dozen warships, although Stanfield told Frederick VI that naval battles were not just won by numbers, but for his appeal.
Frederick VI simply did not listen.
In the mind of Frederick VI it was believed that although the single combat effectiveness of the Danish battleships was slightly inferior to that of the British Navy.
But under his patchwork, the Danish battleships outnumbered the British, and if they couldn't deal with them one-on-one, then they could use more warships to deal with them.
It cannot be said that Frederick VI's idea was wrong, but Admiral Stanfield did not think so, the Danish fleet was mostly small warships with more than a dozen guns, and even the flagship "Richel" was only a second-class ship with twelve guns on board.
But the British have in their hands the weapon of first-class ship.
The British first-class ship alone carried more than a hundred guns, and the Penguin was not only that, but the third-class ship with fifty-four guns in the British fleet was the main force, in other words, one British battleship could deal with several Danish ships.
However, Frederick VI did not listen to his words at all, and Frederick VI told Steinfi plainly.
Once the Prussians were allowed to land on the island of Funen, the fall of Odense became a matter of time.
So now Denmark's only chance of survival was to bankrupt the Prussian plans, that is, to make it impossible for the Prussians to land on the island of Funen, so that the Danish navy would have to be relied upon to accomplish this glorious and difficult task.
Perhaps Frederick VI knew all this, but the situation forced him to make a choice.
At noon on December 22, 1788.
Nearly 10,000 coalition soldiers boarded the ships of all kinds, and when a whistle was heard in the distance, the ships full of coalition soldiers seemed to have received a signal, and then the boats began to remove their sampans and slowly began to move towards the opposite shore.
Stanfield had been holding a telescope and looking out into the strait in the distance.
Although the Danish navy was thirty nautical miles from where the Allied forces had crossed the sea, the mountain people had their own tricks.
Sfeir had already arranged for people to wait on the scattered islands in the middle of the Little Belt Strait, and as soon as they saw the Prussians starting to cross the sea, those who had already arranged it would quickly light a bonfire and quickly let Stanfield see it.
Stanphy held his binoculars and looked at the islands that had been arranged before, he was waiting, but while waiting, he had some anticipation and some panic in his heart, and it could even be said that he was afraid.
That's right, once Stanfield sails into the Little Belt Channel, then he will take on the most powerful navy in the world, the Royal Navy, and although Britain has not yet reached the point where the sun will never set on the empire in a few decades, no one in the world will deny that the British navy is the most powerful navy in the world.
Stanfield had studied in the British Navy for a period of time when he was young, so he knew more about the British Navy, and it seemed that the British Navy had poor discipline and a terrible image of the Navy, but once it was time for battle, these British Sailors would tell those who underestimated them how terrible they would be.
As the minutes ticked by, just as the Prussian army began to cross the river, wolf smoke began to rise from the islands scattered across the Little Belt Strait.
"Order all ships to immediately pull up their full sails, and all warships immediately form a zigzag fighting formation and quickly sail south into the Little Belt Strait!"
Hearing Stanfield's order, the flag-bearer on the Richel immediately climbed to the lookout on the flagpole and raised the flag.
Subsequently, the Danish warships that had been cruising around immediately merged into the group of warships centered on the Richel, and the entire Danish army adjusted into a zigzag shape and began to sail south into the Little Belt Strait.
Seeing the wolf smoke rising, Marshal Dessau and a group of Prussian generals were a little dumbfounded, although they did not know what these wolf smoke represented, but it would certainly not be a good thing for the Prussian army.
"Immediately order all troop carriers to hurry up and speed up!
He also immediately sent someone to contact the British naval commander and told him that he must strengthen the defense of the Little Belt Strait, be vigilant against the movements of the Danes, and ensure that our troops can successfully land on the island of Funen, and after the matter is completed, we Prussia will definitely not treat our friends badly, twice as much as last time!
” In fact, there was no need to be reminded by Dessau, Charles Coe, who had been begging for a living at sea all the year round, naturally knew that the bonfires rising on these islands must not be accidental, so after those bonfires were raised, Charles Coe quickly ordered the entire British fleet to be vigilant, and at the same time he ordered all warships to immediately prepare for battle.
At one o'clock in the afternoon of December 22, the news that a large number of Danish warships were rapidly rushing into the Little Belt Strait quickly reached the ears of Charles Sko, and the commander of the British Royal Navy fleet was immediately somewhat surprised.
Originally, he thought that Prussia was not attacking Zealand this time, and the Danish navy should not jump over the wall in a hurry, but things did not develop as he wished.
Either withdraw the Little Belt Strait so as not to suffer losses to the British Navy, or continue to help the Prussians.
Although the fleet was ordered to be ready for battle, this did not mean that Charles was willing to fight fiercely with the Danes, if Prussia asked Charles to block the Great Belt Channel, Charles would not agree at all, because that would inevitably attract the attack of the Danish Navy, although the British Navy was not afraid of the Danish Navy, but Charles Sco felt that there was no need for that.
Now that the Danes had put on a never-ending appearance, Charlesau had to make a decision sooner rather than later, and just as Charles was weighing the pros and cons, news from Dessau reached Charlesau.
When Charles saw that Dessau mentioned twice as many as last time, his eyes narrowed slightly, and those who are familiar with Charles know that when Charles Sau's speech narrows, it means that he is struggling and thinking.
Maybe others don't understand what Dessau means twice as much, but Charles understands it, and not only understands, but he is also thrilled.
Twice refers to a treasure worth 100,000 silver marks!
When Charles Coe led the LinkedIn Navy to blockade the Kattegat Strait, a Prussian emissary came to Charlesko's door, and the emissary did not say anything but left 400,000 silver marks, which made the aristocratic Charles Cole.
The concept of 400,000 silver marks was that Charles Coe could buy a large estate on the outskirts of London and enjoy life, and now Dessau actually promised 100,000 silver marks.
Although Charles decided that he was not a greedy man, in the end, lured by money, he decided to help his allies, even if the fleet was lost, he could have shirked the responsibility under the pretext of helping his allies, after all, George IV only hinted that Charles Coe wanted to preserve his strength and did not form a written document.
And 100,000 silver marks is enough for Charles to enjoy the rest of his life after retiring.
"Your Excellency, the cruiser has found that the Danish Navy is rushing from the north in full force, they are in a zigzag battle formation, we need your command!"
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A staff officer ran to Charlesko's side in small steps and saluted him, and after hearing the words of this staff officer, Charles said with a solemn face: "Order all the warships to assemble at the flagship at once, and at the same time, with the flagship Santa Maria as the arrow, the whole fleet will be lined up in a V-shaped formation, we need to have a good deal with the Danish Navy!"
After Charlesko's order was issued, the entire British fleet quickly changed its formation, and at this moment the quality of the British Royal Navy was reflected, and the time for the entire change of formation, the British Navy only took more than half an hour, and the entire fleet seemed to cooperate with countless times.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, some of the ships of the Prussian fleet that had set off in advance had already approached the shore of Funen, but at this time, the Danish naval fleet suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea and appeared in everyone's sight.