Although Frank's remarks made Lieutenant Colonel Fogg and Colonel Jackson sound incredible, in fact the soldier's remarks were far less than the brief and tragic naval battle that took place at noon yesterday.

　　 And it was not so much a naval battle as it was a unilateral massacre.

After all, the width of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay is a full 19 kilometers, even if the observation post where Frank is on is on a 20-meter-high hill on Fisherman’s Island, even if Frank was holding the largest British Empire at the time. Advanced monoculars, but he can only barely look at one.

　　 In fact, when the arrogant Major General Julian Luc commanded the eight sailing battleships under his command and began to attack Cape Henry, he completely embarked on a path of no return.

The eight sailing battleships of the Guadeloupe Fleet of the Royal French Navy are arranged in a line. The sails on the three masts of each ship are all full sails. With the help of the strong sea breeze, they maintain a neat formation and quickly move towards Cape Henri. attack.

　　 After the cruiser Brittany, who had just gone out for reconnaissance, approached, it was possible to clearly see the densely packed turrets on the hills of Cape Henry through the binoculars.

　　 Although it is not clear how many shore defense fortresses built by the indigenous tribe on this small hill, the staggered and orderly arrangement of fortresses is still shocking.

　　 Major General Julian Luc did not intend to bring his warship too close at all. As long as he was close to the limit shooting range of the 36-pounder guns on the warship, he would bombard at that position.

　　 As for the other naval guns with a smaller caliber, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you can hit the best or not. It is sufficient for the warship to fire with a 36-pounder gun while maintaining continuous movement.

Safety first!

As the battleship sailed at a speed of a little over eight knots to a position about five kilometers away from the shore defense gun position, Julian Luc, standing on the front deck of the flagship Glory, and most of the soldiers standing on the upper deck of the eight warships Both the officer and the officer clearly saw a sudden light on the small hill in the distance.

　　 Yes, even if it is five kilometers away, even if it is noon, the sun and distance in the sky have not concealed the patchy light.

　　 On the side of the hill facing the sea, sixty or seventy bright bright spots suddenly appeared at that moment, and then these bright spots became a piece, it seemed as if the whole hillside of the small hill was lit up in an instant.

　　 With this sudden light, Luc clearly saw sixty or seventy black smoke rising.

　　 Luc felt a little in his heart--this kind of scene is too familiar, and this kind of scene can only be formed when the artillery fires.

　　 Could it be that the indigenous tribe is now firing a cannon?

　　Luc suddenly felt an uncomfortable emotion in his heart, as if some disaster was about to come. But then he shook his head vigorously, and used another thought to forcibly suppress the uncomfortable emotion.

　　 What's the use of their cannons at such a long distance? Is it threatening?

　　 The corner of Luc's mouth turned up slightly. At this time, as the highest commander, he needed his calmness to comfort the officers and soldiers of the entire ship.

　　 But less than three seconds after the corner of his mouth was raised, a series of frightening whistling sounds suddenly sounded in the sky. That kind of voice Luc hasn't heard, nor has his officers and soldiers heard it. It's sharp, but it's very shocking.

　　 If they have seen a train, then they would definitely feel that this roaring noise is like a high-speed train passing over their heads.

In the next moment, before Luc and his officers and soldiers could react, these continuous screams turned into a series of explosions, and dozens of huge splashes suddenly rose on the sea behind the fleet. , And some of the water column rises up to a height of five or six meters.

And the cruiser at the far north, which was the aft deck of the Brittany that had gone out before, suddenly burst into a huge explosion, and the light of fire was instantly on the aft deck of the Brittany. Sprang up. The forty-meter-long rear deck of the Brittany seemed to have been bitten by a huge monster, and a large piece was missing in an instant.

　　 "Bombardment!" This was almost a thought that came up in the hearts of almost all officers and soldiers who saw this scene at the same time.

　　 And just at this moment, the sound of "rumbling" like thunder came from afar-it was the sound of a volley of coastal defense guns.

　　 For a moment, Julian Luc just felt like his heart was being severely held by an invisible big hand.

　　 "How is it possible? How can the artillery of this indigenous tribe hit so far? And how can their impact points be so neat? My God, how is this possible?"

　　 At this moment, Julian Luc has only one thought left in his mind. At this moment, he didn't seem to hear the sound of the rumbling artillery, nor the screams of the Brittany, just staring into the distance so straightforwardly, as if stupid...

　　 Until his adjutant shook him vigorously, Julian Luc blinked in panic.

"General, the Brittany was shelled. An enemy shell hit the stern of the Brittany, and the rudder of the Brittany was blown up~lightnovelpub.net~ The adjutant used a pole. Speaking quickly, of course, his tone was also full of panic, "General, what should we do? "

"Yeah, what should we do?" Julian Luc murmured. He didn't know what to do. This kind of thing that can shoot at a distance of more than five kilometers and still hit a shot. It was too unexpected for him. Seriously, he didn't know what to do.

Just as the two were talking, the frightening screaming sounded in the sky again, but compared to the slightly dull screaming sound just now, the screaming sound was a bit sharper this time. It seems to be a bit smaller.

All the officers and men on the 　　 fleet were terrified. Obviously, within a short period of ten seconds, the opposing shore defense artillery fired again. What they didn't know was that the guns fired this time were not 105 heavy guns, but 76 cannons.

The 76 cannons of the Yanhuang tribe were designed to be modeled after the later "Miss France 75". This type of artillery using all-metal shells for fixed-charge cannonballs, although not as fast as the "Miss France 75", has a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute. The speed is so abnormal, but the loading speed of one round in six seconds is far from what any artillery can match.

　　 Compared with the 76 guns' rate of fire of ten rounds per minute, the 105 guns have a longer range and greater power, but the rate of fire is not as fast. The maximum rate of fire of the 105 gun is about five rounds per minute.

　　 So, after the first round of the salvo, the 105 guns are loaded in the neutral position, and the 76 guns can continue to fire one round...

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