When Stone Bear dressed up as the chief of the Chikmeng clan came to this fortress to coax the French for the first time, he coveted the fortress. The location of this fortress is really great.

To say that the French are actually quite eye-catching, otherwise such a military fortress would not be built here. This fortress guards the Ohio River, Mississippi River and Tennessee River. To the north and northwest, you can go upstream along the Mississippi River, and to the northeast, you can go upstream along the Ohio River. As for the south and southeast, you can go down the Mississippi River. Just go upstream along the Tennessee River.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is actually a waterway traffic intersection, and it is also a very important intersection.

If you don't count the mountainous areas in the western part of the New World, just counting from the east of the mountainous areas in the west, you will reach the east coast, which is almost the geographic center of this large area!

Had it not been for a series of things that happened later that caused Shi Xiong to have extreme hatred for the French in this fortress, he would not have ordered the 55 mortar to bomb the fortress directly.

However, I thought that the fortress could not survive the bombardment of 55 mortars. I did not expect that the French people of this era were still very responsible. The fortress was built so strong that the buildings inside were all It was blown up, and the thick wall outside was not badly damaged.

Since this is the case, just take it down!

If we can rely on this and march westward for tens of kilometers, we can knock down the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. Then whether it is Cairo or Wickliffe on the east bank of the Mi River, it will be A good place to build a large military fortress.

Later Cairo, located on the alluvial delta at the confluence of the Mi River and the Russian River, is not the Cairo in Egypt. This Cairo is only a small city, but its strategic location is very important because it directly guards the Mi River and the Russian River.

However, Cairo is flat and sandwiched between two large rivers. It is easy to be flooded when the Mi River and the O River are flooded.

But the later American city of Wycliffe, about ten kilometers south of Cairo, is a good place. Although the place is small, it is a good place to build a military fortress.

This small city is located on the east bank of Mihe River, facing the river to the west, and surrounded by hills over 100 meters high on the north, east and south sides. By then, as long as dozens of artillery can be placed on the surrounding mountains, the Mi River will be cut off directly!

The importance of the Mi River to the entire New World is self-evident. Even in the modern era, more than 200 years later, the Mi River is also the most important inland waterway on the North American continent.

If a military fortress with heavy firepower can be built here, then the entire Mi River will be completely in your hands.

From there, go north along the Michigan River, enter the Chicago River through the Illinois River, and finally reach Lake Michigan! Even further away, you can enter the Atlantic Ocean!

And if you enter the tributaries on the west bank of the big river, such as the Kansas River, the Missouri River, and the Arkansas River, then you can directly reach the foot of the Rocky Mountains! The entire central plain is under control!

To the east, there is the Russian River, and it’s easy and pleasant to drive to Pittsburgh by boat. Even if you want to enter the Monongahela River, one of the two sources of the Russian River, you can go all the way up to the area where the Cherokee Palace is located. .

Not to mention the Tennessee River, right next to the Gaoshu tribe!

And to the south, along the Mi River all the way down, you can directly reach the Gulf of Mexico!

It is no exaggeration to say that if a huge administrative and logistics center is set up here, it will be enough to cover two-thirds of the United States and the five largest areas of Hubei.

While waiting for the soldiers of the first regiment to inspect the fortress, Shi Xiong's mind suddenly flashed countless thoughts and a magnificent blueprint, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Just like the major dynasties in ancient China, they all occupy the central area of ​​the Central Plains, and only then can a huge dynasty be established.

In fact, the North American New World is the same. As long as it occupies a core area with an important strategic location, it can radiate all directions in the most labor-saving way.

After the founding of the United States in the original historical time and space, it was because it was on the east coast that it took them nearly a century to move westward and finally unified the entire United States.

And if the Americans did not occupy the east coast, but both sides of the Mi River, they would occupy the entire United States in a shorter time.

Similarly, if France hadn’t lost the Seven Years’ War and had operated on both sides of the Mi River for so many years, perhaps the War of Independence was not fought by the British and Americans, but the French and Americans..... .

In this era without trains, cars and airplanes, ships are the best means of transportation. Pulling a lot and running far is much better than an ox cart or a horse-drawn cart.

Therefore, as long as the Mi River is controlled, with a large number of inland river armed transport ships, it is not too simple to control the Central Plains and the east.

Well, the ship matter is a big problem.

But it doesn't matter. Isn't the family still holding a descendant of a Spanish third arms dealer? And isn't this guy coveting bullets? Now that I have mortar technology in my hands, it’s not that I can’t transfer the grenadier technology.

It shouldn’t be difficult to exchange the technology of the bomb-grenades for the construction technology of the inland water transport ship or even the construction technology of the three-tier sail battleship? As for the shipbuilding workers, it's a big deal to let the Fernando family or William Hank collect them in Europe.

Once the western part of the Great Plains can be captured, will the gold and silver mines in the western mountainous area be far away?

With gold and silver, there is no need to worry about someone who can build ships across the oceans from Europe.

At that time, we will build hundreds of inland river armed transport ships, and we will not install those silly, big and clumsy artillery on them, we will install small and exquisite grenades and mortars~lightnovelpub.net~ who will be ours then opponent?

Anxious Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu got 20 mortar-equipped inland water transport ships and went directly to Pittsburgh or the Great Lakes!

The stone bear standing in the ruins thought about it, the more he felt that his blue picture was very good and feasible.

Ten thousand steps back, even if the Fernando family does not agree to exchange the construction technology of the inland armed transport ship for the technology of the bombing, what's the harm? These years, there are more people in Europe who can't eat food and can build ships. There are even many ship designers. It's a big deal that Hank will collect a few.

Lao Tzu has no idea of ​​contending for the hegemony of the Atlantic for the time being. Now Lao Tzu only wants to control the new continent of North America first!

When Lao Tzu has the huge base of the New World in North America, is it not easy to come up with a new type of warship with steel as the hull, steam engine as the power, and large-caliber rifled gun as the main weapon?

What victory or St. Trinidad will have to kneel at that time! I singled out ten of you one by one!