1717 New American Empire

Xiao Lin was not afraid of conflicts with the French. Instead, he focused on driving away tigers and devouring wolves. The "tiger" that drove away tigers refers to the French. The British had experienced wars with the company and two battles with the French.

The human war potential has basically been exhausted. According to the company's spy reports, the current British North American colonies are extremely unstable. A small part of the huge losses caused by several wars has been borne by the nobles, while the vast majority

Part of it is borne by civilians.

The heavy taxes made it impossible for an adult man to support a family of three even after working hard for a year. There were already signs of starvation in the colony. On the contrary, because of the extreme insecurity of the nobles, in order to recruit more private

The conditions they offered were very attractive. Not only was the salary high, but the family's heavy taxes could also be waived. Now, the British North American colonies were completely militaristic.

When the British mainland sends reinforcements, this phenomenon will be much more serious. If you want to change this situation, not only will it cost a lot of money, but it will also take a long time. Therefore, the British power on the North American continent is no longer enough.

Forget it. There are only French people, and the French North American colonies are still very healthy. Even if they fought the British twice, they did not have a too bad impact on the economic development of the colonies. Although the British invaded their colonies the first time,

But because the company emerged and Charlie withdrew his troops, the impact was not bad.

In the second war, they invaded the British North American colonies. Although the company lost many people because the company supported the British's advanced muskets and artillery, at least they grabbed a lot of property. Only houses and land were not taken away by them.

That's it. So, the British are weak wolves, the French are now powerful tigers, and the Yanhuang Trading Company is a hunter who has just started. A hunter alone cannot defeat a tiger, but if there is a wolf beside him to support him, then it will not be possible.

That’s for sure.

As long as they unite with the wolves to kill the tiger, and at the same time weaken the wolf's power even more in the process, the wolf can still be taken as a trophy shortly after the battle. Therefore, Xiao Lin ordered Apache, James, and Babu to make a big splash

They mobilized troops to form a confrontation with the French on the front line. At the same time, the soldiers of the garrison division were also mobilized. In this way, naturally they could not hide it from others, especially Count Linman and others who had long had this idea.

The reason why these three towns close to the French territory were sold to the company was not only to exchange these completely useless things for the weapons they needed, but also to hope that the company could have conflicts with the French. Even if it relied solely on the strength of the British,

No matter how much money is spent on the company's muskets and artillery, it will not be easy to defeat the French. The three of them can foresee that even if they rely on the local coalition forces to defeat the French, their strength will fall to the lowest point in history.

They are not so naive as to think that just by relying on these arms trades, the British and the Yanhuang Trading Company can become friendly and brotherly forces. If the French were not aggressive and pretended to eat the British and the company together, the company would probably have

We will not sell the Hall M1819 and the Heavy Fist to the British. Although the three of Lin and Man do not know what "the crane and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit" mean, they still know the meaning if it is similar.

As soon as they received the news, Linman and the others activated spies who had been hidden in three towns in advance. They saw that the company's three field brigades, totaling 10,000 people, had taken up positions and were tensely confronting France.

A brigade, a huge trench position, artillery position

, artillery holes, and even barbed wire. Each of the three brigades is divided into three regiments, which are stationed in three small positions. Each of them assists in defense. If you attack one position, you will be attacked by the other two positions. Only with huge numbers can

The troops needed to capture three positions at the same time.

However, in terms of the number of heavy weapons in the hands of three field brigades, this huge amount is at least fifteen times that of more than 3,000 people in one field brigade. Light machine guns and infantry go together, and heavy machine guns have their own settings.

A good position. The Assault Type 1 60mm mortar and the Assault Type 2 82mm mortar are distributed under their respective companies to deal with the enemy's forward artillery. If the machine guns are too busy, they will also be responsible for attacking the infantry.

Now the company has completely eliminated the heavy punch series of artillery. The artillery battalions of the three field brigades now only have twenty 122mm and ten 152mm heavy howitzers. However, Xiao Lin has begun overall planning, and the company has begun production of the Type 21

As soon as one of the Mountain Cannon and the Shining Snake Type 1 rapid-fire cannon was produced, Xiao Lin transferred one, and then transported it equally to the three brigades. It seemed that when the war officially started with the French, there would be five of each type.

Door left and right.

The French on the opposite side felt a little guilty when they saw this formation. Although they had not personally tried the power of machine guns, mortars and heavy artillery, if they had not collected intelligence in this area, France would not have become a powerful country in Europe.

The information they collected was naturally inaccurate and somewhat exaggerated, but the description of its power was even more terrifying, as if it was a punishment from the gods. Therefore, the French really mobilized 25,000 soldiers to come here.

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This is already the largest number of soldiers that the French can bring out. There are only less than 8,500 soldiers in one of the three places. It seems to be more than the company's more than 3,000 people, but there is no advantage at all in terms of weapons.

.The only one who still has some strength is Xiao

Lin sold them the revolver. Not long ago, this kind of flintlock revolver was finally successfully developed by a newly emerged talented military engineer in the colony. Although the cost was three times that of the company, and the time was two times.

About twice as much, but at least it was restored.

The first batch worked overtime, and many workers were exhausted. All the 1,500 they made were put here. Because they were completely unfamiliar with trench warfare and did not even have the concept of building trenches, so the French did not

They were stupid enough to use tactics that they were not good at to fight against the tactics that the company was good at. The French did not build any positions in the wild, and all retreated into the towns. It seemed that they would not be able to fight in a short time, and so many troops could not just do this.

idle.

Therefore, the French organized troops and began to strengthen the town's defense facilities. Because some people came from the mainland, and some people had some knowledge of building fortresses and conducting fortress defenses, they were completely aiming to build the towns into permanent fortresses.

Idea. On the city wall, there are even a large number of permanent forts set up, all made of serious stones. This kind of defensive building is even stronger than reinforced concrete buildings to a certain extent.

If he didn't still have enough 152mm heavy howitzers, Xiao Lin might have launched an attack in advance. Now, he was waiting for the three Counts of Linman to come to him. Even if he had made up his mind to unite with the British to drive the French out first

, and Xiao Lin can’t bring it up first. He is not worried. With the current power of the company, the offense may not be possible, but defense is absolutely no problem. With the current white military technology, there is something that they absolutely cannot do anything about, and it is permanent.

Machine gun bunker.

Unless the 32-pound heavy artillery can be transported to the shore, or a gunpowder packet larger than one person can be rushed up to explode, dozens of reinforced concrete machine gun bunkers can even withstand tens of thousands of troops. Xiao Lin thought that he

It will take a long time. These old foxes, even if they have been able to survive until now, are not economical. Only by wearing out their patience can they take the absolute initiative in the subsequent joint operations.

Lin Man and the other three also knew this, so they stayed with Xiao Lin for a while. However, the Frenchman made a wrong move in panic, which greatly helped Xiao Lin. Before, the company's army did not participate in the war, and only sold some muskets to the British.

Artillery will make their long-planned attack plan fail. They try to overestimate the company's strength. Therefore, they don't want to offend the British and the company at the same time. But now, it seems that the company's participation in the war is inevitable

Yes.

If the British and the company attack with all their strength at the same time, the French governor is really worried about whether he can hold on. If this place was close to Europe, he would not say anything. With the mainland as his backer, he would dare to mess with anyone. But this is the North American continent.

, is more than 108,000 miles away from the mainland of Europe. Not to mention allowing the mainland to send reinforcements in time, it would have taken several months to send the message. This is not more than a hundred years later, there is no wireless telegraphy, and the message is not smooth at all.

Therefore, someone suggested to the governor to strike first and completely cripple the British. The governor actually agreed. The 30,000-strong attack force that had been prepared immediately jumped out from the border and attacked the British colonies with all its strength. At this time, the British

The coalition of nobles has shown signs of collapse. Each noble is busy harvesting the fruits of victory. Although it has been fully distributed, under the secret instigation of the French, each of them feels that they have received less, and the people around them have received less.

Much more.

Even some smart people can't help but feel a little angry. The reason why they didn't directly lead the troops to fight is because the French have placed 30,000 reorganized troops on the border. Even if the reinforcements are not the best regular troops, the overall combat effectiveness is a bit low.

It's not a reason for them to fight against their own people. Everyone is holding back their anger. Even if they don't fight each other and add insult to injury, it is still very possible to ignore them until death.

Therefore, the French dared to re-launch the attack in advance. In just one week, the French army once again pushed ten miles into the British colony. At first, many nobles stood by and watched, but by the time they reacted, they could no longer form a strong coalition.