Leopold and Castle Caterina, Part 2

Chapter 27

>>280573624 (OP)
Hello OP

>>280573664
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8mzBykVz8I
Hope you have a nice day

>>280573989
Threatening people into doing their jobs usually isn't a good idea

>>280574037
Days, he said

>>280574075
This man has a very expressive chin

>>280574253
>O MY RUBBER NE--

>>280574413
>>280574433
Some plan

And that's it for today
A marvel of military technology. A wonder they didn't steal that from the Greeks as well...

Ask something if you can think of it

Thank you for reading
Previous thread: >>280476344

>>280574464
Thanks OP
Tower or field?

I remember this part by how hopeless it was. This is what happens when you face a commander with superior resources who leaves nothing to chance.

IRL Leopold's (a kind and just-hearted ruler) army was ambushed by thousands of Swiss Taliban armed with the cutting-edge weaponry of the day (Halberds), probably provided by his geopolitical enemies. The Swiss insurgents broke every wartime convention of the day, taking no prisoners and killing even fleeing men. To this day they have never apologized.

>>280574682
>The Swiss insurgents broke every wartime convention of the day
Good. The purpose of war is to win, not be polite

>>280573712
>and you call them ballista's even though they are very clearly trebuchets

>>280574037
damn instant death

>>280574726
Peasant scum no different than beasts

>About 1,500 men were said to have been killed in the attack. According to Karl von Elgger, the Confederates, unfamiliar with the customs of battles between knights, brutally butchered retreating troops and everyone unable to flee. He records that some infantry preferred to drown themselves in the lake rather than face the brutality of the Swiss

>>280575370
Are you Austrian by any chance

>>280574682
Go cry about it to the Pope, lol

>>280574464
Thanks OP
It makes a lot of sense that the Austrians would storm the castle. I keep saying this, but sieges are miserable things for both sides. Even the attacker suffers. They spend all day performing tedious probing attacks to tie up defenders while disease can decimate encamped armies. Plus, loads of armies run out of food before the siege is won.
It's also an extremely nice detail that the trebuchet mechanism doesn't operate by cutting rope. That would be completely ahistorical. After all, if you cut rope every time you fire, you'd have to constantly be making new rope. Real trebuchets used hooks and pulleys to shoot. Though, they wouldn't say "Fire" when it was time to shoot. They'd say "Loose".
>>280574494
Can I choose desertion? If not, do I know that the tower is going to cave in? If so, field. If not, tower

If you were Heinz, how would you get out of this situation?

>>280575603
How much time do I have? Are we talking Heinz at the start of this chapter, just after taking the castle, or just before taking the castle?

>>280575568
Why would they say "Loose" if they're trying to win? Ahistorical much?

>>280575603
I would Kraft a cunning plan

>>280575720
Yes

>>280574464
Thank you for posting.

>>280573712
at least they're not baristas!
>>280573989
siege engineers don't need executioners' hoods, that's just silly
>>280574111
i doubt they had better trebs than warwolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wx8X0yDD38
>>280574464
thanks, OP. Counterweight trebuchets were created in the eastern Mediterranean during the 12th century, between the Byzantines, Turks, and Arabs, though the specifics of their exact creation is still unclear -- needless to say, the Crusader states didn't appreciate them

>>280578534
Trebuchets are insane
Scaling something like a crossbow up to siege weapon power is a pretty sensible leap of logic seeing as it's mechanical to begin with, but a trebuchet is scaling up a fucking Shepard's weapon to the size of a building and it actually working is mental

>>280574413
Did they really just drop dozens of boulders directly onto the roof of the tower until it collapsed under the weight?
That's fucking silly

>>280579203
>That's fucking silly
Is it? They're all dialed into that spot. They can just keep throwing rocks until it gives in

>>280574346
>>280574337
>>280574314
i dont understand, why didnt they just scape the fortress and jin the main army ?

>>280580493
>why didnt they just scape the fortress
They'd be attacked

>>280574037
At least they died having a laugh

>>280574464
I guess things had to go south eventually.
Thanks OP

>>280574364
>"Lol", said Leopold, "Lmao!"

>>280576500
Once the siege has started, you're kinda fucked. There's not much you can do on the strategic level aside from wait. Sure, you could move people from Tower A to Tower B, but I don't think it'd make much of a difference

>>280575603
Iron Dome

>>280583288
iron dome can't block the pure momentum of a 90kg rock thrown from over 300m away. it can only block tiny missiles and drones

>>280573743
>A tube against our walls
>Hilarious

Thanks for reading everyone

>>280586495
Good morning, OP.

>>280586495
Morning OP

>>280573649
>>280573674
I could fap to this spread. Trebuchets are such sexy war machines.

>>280575461
Which is of course going to be very difficult when the pope has the swiss guard at his side.

>>280573649
>>280573674
stitch the spreds, tard OP

>>280574447
lmao must feel awful

Wolfram.. He was the coolest guy!

>>280574447
>Caterina not so tough after being raped by the BIG HAPSBURG BVLL

>>280574464
>A wonder they didn't steal that from the Greeks as well...
Are you sure they didn't?

>>280590864
Emphasis on was.