This kind of inland river armed transport ship is a good thing.

　　 Although the British have won the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, at this time the strength of the British at sea is still weaker than that of the Spaniards, even compared to the Dutch.

　　 The famous Battle of Trafalgar will take forty years to happen, so now the overlord of the Atlantic Ocean is still the Spanish.

　　 But regardless of the British defeated the French, the French navy is still very powerful. Especially in the first half of the eighteenth century, the French naval guns were quite awesome.

　　 At this time, the British had not developed the famous Garon cannons. The famous light and heavy guns were developed by the British Cannon Company in 1778, so at this time, the French guns were even more advanced than the British.

　　 If it weren’t for the British’s training of artillery to the point where it could be called abnormal, which caused the British to fire artillery much faster than the French, it is still unknown whether the British navy can defeat the French navy.

　　 In any case, although France was defeated, some of the things that the French left in the New World were good things. It's like these four inland river armed transport ships, although they can't be compared with sailing warships that can sail in the sea, but on the inland rivers, this armed transport ship is the best!

Shi Xiong touched his chin and recalled some comparisons between the British and French naval guns in the eighteenth century, and after thinking about the great role of these four inland armed transport ships, he quickly made a decision, that is These four precious inland river armed transport ships.

　　It’s just that, although Fort Okron is a military fortress, this fortress is located on the southern bank of the Ohio River, not on the shore of the Mississippi River, and its strategic position is far less important than those military fortresses located on the banks of the Mississippi River.

　　 So even if Fort Ocron guards the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers, there can’t be four armed transport ships there. After all, Okron Fortress is only a military fortress, not a colonial city.

"Major Armand, how come your Okron Fortress has four inland armed transport ships? With the size of your Okron Fortress, it is already a luxury to equip one inland armed transport ship. How can you mobilize four at once? What?" Shi Xiong asked, hugging his arms.

Major Armand looked at the strong man, pursed his lips and said, "These four ships were originally intended to transport supplies along the Ohio River to several military fortresses upstream. The soldiers driving these four ships were not The army is a soldier of our French Empire Marine Corps. But my rank is higher than their captain, and I promised these four captains and the captain who led the team a great advantage, so they agreed to follow us. That’s why. Helping guys are also more greedy, as soon as they hear that there is gold here, they just..."

　　 This kind of organization of the Marine Corps had been produced in some European countries as early as the 15th century and the 16th century. However, it was not called this name at the time, it was called the Naval Landing Force, a service specially established by the major naval powers in Europe for landing operations.

　　 For example, the United Kingdom established a naval landing regiment in the 17th century, and countries such as France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Russia also have similar forces.

　　In the eighteenth century, the name Marine Corps began to spread across countries.

　　 Ishikuma nodded, "Then how many soldiers are left behind on each ship? What are the weapons on the ship?"

　　 Armand seemed to realize that the demon wanted to attack the four inland river armed transport ships, so he shook his head and said, "You can't attack those four ships, you can't beat those guys."

　　 Shixiong glared at Armand coldly, "If you tell me, just say, I can't tolerate your finger-pointing what I want to do."

"Your people really can't beat those guys. Although there are only ten Marines on each ship, they have muskets, and each ship is equipped with six Valerian shells, even though Now those ships are docked, but there are twelve shells on the side facing the river bank! And the ship’s side is so high that you can’t beat those four ships.”

　　 "Hehe, you don't have to worry about it if you can't fight." Shixiong smiled and threw down such a sentence and turned and left.

　　 If it were really the kind of sailing warship sailing in the sea, Stone Bear would never attack. The sailing warships of the 18th century are not something that the Gaoshu tribe can handle. People only need to stop the ship several hundred meters from the coast, and then fire the cannon a few hundred meters away.

　　 Not to mention the high tree tribe, even if the entire Cherokee tribe is pulled over, there is no way to get that kind of sailing warship.

　　 You have many people, but no matter how many people you have, you can't reach other people's boats.

　　Take ten thousand steps, even if your people can get close to other people’s sailing warships in small boats, are they fools? Does anyone allow you to pick up the ship? People will leave without lifting the anchor?

　　 On the sea~lightnovelpub.net~ If there is no sailing warship of the same level, you will not be able to catch up with others at all. But people can walk you alive like walking a dog.

　　 We can't deal with the large sailing warships on the sea, but we can deal with this kind of inland river armed transport ships that have landed and anchored.

　　If this kind of inland river armed transport ship did not anchor at the shore, then the stone bear would definitely not touch their tiger ass. Because this kind of inland river armed transport ship even if it is in the middle of the river, the stone bear can't get close to people. The most important thing is that the Valerian gun that Major Armand just said is really a big killer against infantry.

　　Valaire cannon refers to the various types of artillery used by the French army in the middle and early eighteenth century, also called the Valerian system artillery.

　　Valaire system artillery covers all types of artillery from 84mm light guns to 155mm heavy guns. It is the main artillery system of the French army in the 18th century.

　　According to what Armand said, Shixiong felt that the guns installed on the four armed transport ships were very likely to be the 84mm light guns.

　　 If this type of gun is placed on a sailing warship, it is not very useful, but if it is installed on an inland river armed transport ship, its power can be very impressive. Especially this kind of artillery does not fire solid projectiles but fires grape bullets, that is, when the bullets are used, the lethality of the infantry is really disastrous.

　　 Although the range of the bullets is not very far, it is far beyond the range of the Saint Etienne rifle. If these four armed transport ships were in the middle of the river, Shi Xiong would never touch these four ships.

　　 But they are all docked now. If there is a night attack, it seems that it would not be impossible to take down these four ships...