1717 New American Empire

The British fleet began to seize the T-position, and the French were naturally not to be outdone and also began to accelerate. However, the French miscalculated. They had ten more armed merchant ships, and something happened. The so-called armed merchant ships naturally meant armed merchant ships.

Merchant ships. Merchant ships are different from battleships. Battleships pursue high defense and high attack while also having speed and flexibility. Merchant ships mainly pursue huge cargo capacity. Only with large cargo capacity can they run a long-distance caravan.

That way you won't lose money.

The reason why there are armed merchant ships in the fleets of both sides is mainly to transport army troops and various materials that the colonies pay tribute to the mainland. Every time, these armed merchant ships load the goods, and then the fleets follow and escort them. Where warships are limited,

It is used to install artillery or armor and transport goods, which is the biggest waste. So, why not just use merchant ships. That is because piracy is still very rampant in this era.

Some of them really couldn't survive, so they built a ship, gathered some desperadoes, and started a life-and-death business at sea. This kind of pirates are easy to deal with, but they are not as good as the regular navy in terms of combat literacy and battleship combat effectiveness.

The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" is not a documentary movie. If it were not for those magical abilities, it would be a shame if a pirate ship could defeat a warship. For this kind of pirates, a merchant ship can be armed with more than a dozen cannons.

To ensure safety, warship escort is not even needed.

However, what they are afraid of are the regular naval forces disguised as pirates. The British themselves have done this kind of thing, letting their elite navy put on the skin of pirates to attack their opponents. At this time in Europe, various contradictions are also very clearly highlighted.

If a merchant ship is armed, even if an enemy ship breaks through the defense of the escort fleet, it will not be completely unable to resist. However, a merchant ship is a merchant ship after all, and it cannot compare with a warship in terms of flexibility.

Not to mention small frigates, they are huge cruisers, with a speed and flexibility that are a bit higher than theirs. Unless the merchant ship itself is very small, it is possible to overtake them. Naturally, the French's armed merchant ships are almost as large as cruisers.

, so this speed dragged down the entire fleet at once. The British didn't care at all. They only had five armed merchant ships. There was no problem at all in not letting them join the T-shaped battle line. Anyway, the firepower would not be much weaker.

But the French had fifty warships and fifteen armed merchant ships, which made them angry. Without them, the entire fleet would fall behind in firepower, but now with them, they would not be able to overtake the British fleet. The French fleet commanded

Officer Fowles was so stupid that he simply did not seize the T-shaped position. He directly asked the fleet to turn around without slowing down. Under the leadership of St. Louis, he rushed into the British warship array. At this time, the British had completed hundreds of T-shaped battle lines.

Forty/forty points.

As soon as Kamal saw this, he knew what they were going to do. The French had a typical desperate mentality. If they couldn't complete the T-shaped array, they wouldn't let the British complete it. Instead of waiting for the British to complete the T-shaped array,

Then to suppress them and beat them, it is better to rush together and turn into a big melee. This is the disadvantage of sail battleships. They rely too much on the sea breeze and are not as flexible as steam ironclads. If steam ironclads were used, the T-shaped array would have already formed combat effectiveness.

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Of course, Kamal was not afraid of what Falls would do. At worst, he would bring out Linman's private army who were not seasick and let them fight to seize the ship. Both sides had five battleships, so naturally it was the king versus the other.

The king is facing the general. The Boston at the feet of Kamal is naturally facing the French.

The Chinese USS St. Louis. In terms of battleships, the British cannot take advantage for the time being, and may even be at a disadvantage. However, the fleet has experience. First, armed merchant ships cooperate with frigates to defeat the enemy's frigates and armed merchant ships, and then they work together to assist their own side.

Cruiser destroys enemy cruiser.

Finally, the fleet besieged the enemy's battleship together. The frigate's firepower may not be as good as that of the armed merchant ship, but its speed and flexibility are far superior, and its defense may still be the same. As soon as Kamal's command of the Boston changed, the entire fleet also

Then it changed,

They were all colleagues who had been cooperating for a long time, so they naturally knew Kamal's plan. The Boston and the St. Louis were moving forward in opposite directions. Before the cannons on the left and right sides were exposed, the small rotating cannons on the ship's sides had already changed directions.

Tilt the cannonball against the opponent's sail.

Small cannons are mainly used for this. Although they cannot break the solid wood on the hull, there is still no problem in dealing with sails that are just cloth. As long as the sail is broken, it cannot borrow the power of the wind. With the huge battleship

Neither the tonnage nor the waves can be saved.

It moved forward smoothly. However, this was a matter of great probability. Even if the sail was large, the gunners could not guarantee their accuracy due to the constant shaking of the hull. However, many cannonballs hit their respective decks.

Hit some hapless sailor.

The British frigate rushed forward, stopped the fast-running French frigate, and started a lively fight. Even if the French were better at artillery manufacturing, they were not much stronger. The two sides fired at each other, but no one made any achievements. Seeing that,

They were about to collide, so they each turned to the right and slowly passed each other. Kamal had already gone down to the gun cabin, suppressing the gunners and preventing them from firing in advance.

"Take your time, take your time, don't be in a hurry, raise the torch a little bit."

Similarly, Fowles also had the same idea. However, he did not dare to go down by himself. It would be fun if he was killed by a shell. Therefore, the person commanding the gun cabin was his adjutant. The adjutant

There is some strength, but the status is there after all, and it does not have a great motivating effect on the gunners. On the Boston, because Kamal personally commanded the gunners, the morale of the gunners was very high. The French gunners, in order to prevent themselves from being bombarded by the British

, actually fired the gun in advance.

Three seconds after lighting the match rope, the adjutant gave the order to fire. Three seconds earlier meant that many shells did not hit near the gun windows of the Boston. The heavy artillery was okay, and it was able to break the Boston's planks, and even a lot of them.

It was shot in. However, because it was fired from the side, neither the British artillery nor the gunpowder gunners hit it, so the Boston's combat damage was not great. Three seconds later, Kamal ordered the gunners to fire.

This kind of suppression resulted in a good battle. All of a sudden, seven gun windows on the St. Louis were hit by heavy artillery, causing a burst of smoke. When the smoke dissipated, there were no artillery figures inside. Kama

Er squeezed his hand tightly, took a long breath, and relieved his nervousness. He was also worried about his own safety, but for her who is ambitious, the future is more important than the current safety. As long as there is a chance, then

It was worth a gamble. Fortunately, he won the bet.

"Come on, get ready, keep shooting, this time you don't have to be patient, load it, fire immediately, shoot freely!!!"

The two battleships have been slowing down for a long time. After all, battleships are not cruisers or frigates. Their excessive size makes it impossible for them to turn around in a melee. They can only stop in one position and use powerful artillery fire to destroy the enemy. If

If there is no generation difference in weapons, or if one side does not have far more artillery than the other side, the battle between the two battleships will not end in a short period of time. By this time, the respective cruisers have already begun to exchange fire.

The British let the frigates and armed merchant ships pass from the outside, and the French also knew their shortcomings and asked the armed merchant ships to go as close to the cruisers as possible. The British had no choice but to let the frigates follow the cruisers and try to combine their armed merchant ships with the cruisers.

The cruiser's glass was opened. Ijik and the others were two nautical miles away from the battlefield, using the 21st century military high-power telescope given by Xiao Lin to observe the battle. The specific details could not be seen, but they could probably still see clearly.

Looking at it, Ijik became a little disdainful. It seemed that there were not many powerful commanders on both sides. The British Navy still had the same tricks for so many years. Although it was popular all over the world, Ijik was no longer superstitious.

This is it. The French have made a lot of progress, but they are still on par with the British. On the contrary, he feels that the tactics in the "New Era Naval Training Manual" Xiao Lin gave him are more advanced and more advanced.

Fit for future naval warfare.

He didn't know that it was originally summarized by the British and French white people a hundred years later. Xiao Lin just found the information and had people sort it out. Judging from the current trend, Yanhuang Trading Company is indeed going to launch a navy

Soldiers and battleships have been innovated. The company already has experience in producing breech-mounted artillery. The new Type 21 mountain cannon and Shine Snake 1 rapid-fire cannon have performed well and can be delivered to the troops. This also means that the company can start the development of battleship guns.

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The initial battleship cannon was actually not much different from the land battle cannon. However, the former was fixed on a rotating turret on the ship, with a baffle and load-bearing wheels combined. With the rear-mounted cannon, the number of cannons on the battleship increased.

It will be greatly reduced, freeing up more space to install armor and carry ammunition. Naturally, new tactical ideological guidance will be needed. Let’s not talk about these for now. In the naval battle between Britain and France, both sides are still in a stalemate.

The French casualties are gradually increasing, but no warship dares to retreat. If they retreat, there will be no chance of victory. The 30,000 army waiting for them will only be gradually cannibalized by the British. The French,

In the end, there was no way to escape the fate of being driven out of the North American colonies.

As a result, this is even more miserable than in the original history. At least in that history, these colonies still exchanged a lot of money and supplies. Now, it depends on which of the two sides can't stand it first. Ijik is also waiting for an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

, seize some suitable battleships