The second battalion of the Coastal Defense Artillery Regiment at Cape Henry had a total of 70 artillery pieces. These artillery not only fired powerful bombs, but the most important thing was the extremely fast rate of fire.

　　Like the 36-pound Valere system long gun used on the French sailing battleship, the reloading speed is about one and a half to two minutes. This type of artillery is considered to have a faster rate of fire among the heavy artillery of this era.

　　 But this is far from the rate of fire of the 105 heavy artillery of the Yanhuang tribe, let alone the faster rate of fire of the 76 artillery.

　　 Therefore, when the Brittany was destroyed by ammunition and violent energy forty and a half, in the next shooting, the remaining seven warships of the Guadeloupe fleet immediately fell into despair.

　　 The most important thing is that the flagship Glory was almost destroyed. The commander Major General Julian Luc and the main officers of the fleet were all killed, and the command system of the entire fleet was immediately paralyzed.

　　 Although Murphy, the captain of the three-tier sailing battleship "New France", quickly took over the command of the fleet, it was too late.

　　The three-tier sail battleship New France is a battleship that has been in service relatively early. As can be seen from the name of this ship, its service date was as early as when France lost New France, which was the colony of Eastern Canada.

　　 This is indeed the case. This three-tier sailing battleship, which was launched into service in 1754, is now 24 years old. Its captain, Lieutenant Colonel Greman Murphy, also served on the ship for seven years. When he first served on the New France, he was a navy captain. After seven years, he has become the ship. The captain of the lieutenant colonel is now.

Murphy is indeed an excellent middle-level officer in the Royal French Navy. If given enough time, he may grow into a brigadier like Henry Antoine, which is almost the ultimate rank that an officer of civilian origin can achieve. .

　　 But unfortunately, he encountered the Yanhuang tribe unluckily at this time.

　　 Fourth round, fifth round, sixth round...

　　 Thanks to the application of breech bolt technology, the guns of the Yanhuang tribe were loaded extremely fast. The 36-pounder guns on the New France had not even fired a single round, and the entire fleet suffered seven or eight rounds of salvo.

　　 Although the number of seventy artillery pieces is not that many, they can’t stand the fast rate of fire. The Royal French Navy, which had never experienced such a rapid-fire artillery before, was immediately shocked by the storm-like attack.

　　 The panicked French sailors couldn't figure out how many artillery were shooting at them. They only felt that countless shells were constantly exploding in the sea around the fleet, setting off a stream of water soaring into the sky.

　　 Of course, once one or more shells hit the battleship, then this unlucky battleship will inevitably be severely damaged. That scene is simply countless times more terrifying than a large-caliber mortar shot.

　　Gliman Murphy quickly made a decision, that is to turn around and run away, and escape this huge trap as soon as possible.

　　 The New France immediately began to turn around. Hundreds of sailors exploded with amazing energy in this desperate situation. They desperately controlled the sails and tried to make this three-tier ship moving at full speed in the shortest possible time.

　　 This third-tier ship, named after the French overseas colonies, was indeed very lucky in the first stage of the shelling. It did not miss a shell in the eight-round salvo. But the other warships in the fleet were not so lucky. The flagship lost two masts, so the ship's speed quickly dropped. The Brittany was sunk directly, as did the other four warships. This kind of trauma.

　　 In fact, sailing battleships in this era are relatively resistant to beatings. No matter how they are, they are wooden battleships, and they have very good floating power. As long as it is not hit by heavy artillery at key locations, even if all the upper decks of the battleship are blown up, the ship will not sink.

　　 Therefore, when the other four warships saw the New France start to turn around, they also began to turn around desperately.

　　 It’s just that no matter how hard the sailors on these battleships work, the battleship they drive is after all a huge sailing battleship. When this thing is sailing on the sea, it is not like a steed on land, saying that it turns around and then turns around. It takes a lot of time for a warship to turn around.

　　 And this time is the most dangerous time.

　　 All the movable warships, including the New France, started to fire one after another as they turned their directions. Perhaps in their commander's opinion, firing a gun at this time can calm the sailors.

But it’s a pity that everyone found desperately that even the 36-pound gun with the longest range of the naval guns would fly more than 2,000 meters and land in the sea, let alone shelling the coastal defense gun positions. , The drop point of the shell is still several kilometers away from the coastline.

If Julian Luc saw this situation, he would definitely understand how big the artillery gap between the two sides was, and he would definitely understand why the three warships led by Henry Antoine were sunk the year before. Yes, he will not lead his fleet to retaliate.

　　 The huge gap in artillery range, artillery power, and rate of fire is simply desperate.

　　 But by the way, they can only endure this kind of despair now. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 Of the remaining six warships in the Guadeloupe Fleet, five of them were already full of wounds. Almost every one of them had a few puffs of black smoke, which were caused by the artillery igniting the hull.

During 　　, the Glory was out of help. Not only Murphy saw it, but everyone else saw it. The Glory, which has lost two masts, has no power. In naval battles, the ship that loses power is a living target.

　　Only the New France has not been hit and remains intact.

　　 Murphy has even been praying for her warship to escape this **** Jedi.

　　 But it is a pity that God is not on their side today. In other words, in the New World, the supreme sun **** is the ruler here, and the gods believed in by the French dare not come here.

The New France drew a huge arc on the sea. When the ship was about to turn around, a 105mm high-explosive grenade fell from the air and the next moment, there was no one in the ship. Before there was time to react, this deadly shell hit the stern side of the New France.

　　 The huge explosive force immediately tore a huge hole near the water surface on the side of the ship's stern. The huge tail rudder disappeared suddenly, and a huge amount of seawater poured in frantically from this huge hole.

　　 The huge explosion and violent vibration made Greman Murphy's face suddenly turn pale. He knew that he still had the soldiers under him, and he probably couldn't do without here...

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