1717 New American Empire

The French also know that relying on these things, the army still cannot defeat the most elite field troops of Yanhuang Trading Company. Especially, all four brigades of their field troops are there. They put their last hope on the fleet. This

The concept of coastal defense artillery has already existed in the era, but they are giant forward-loading guns, which are placed in stone fortresses built on the seaside. Logically speaking, unless they are frigates with only small-caliber artillery, other warships have a main gun range of

It is necessary to surpass them.

At this point, I have to mention that Xiao Lin has done a great job keeping secrets. The Type 54 heavy howitzer with two calibers has participated in several battles, but neither the British nor the French have figured out the specific range of this heavy artillery.

.Don’t talk about finding out the details of these heavy howitzers.

The parameters are just what they really look like. No one has ever seen it. The Night Owl people did a really clean job. Based on the backward military concepts of the British and French, they selected slightly more capable and clever reconnaissance officers from the ordinary troops.

Soldiers are no match for regular elite special reconnaissance troops.

In terms of espionage agents, they are not as good as Alexey and the disciples trained by assassins who combine tradition and Xiao Lin's new concepts. Therefore, Britain and France can only try their best to infer, relying on the data collected in these several battles, they

It is believed that the range of this kind of artillery should be only two kilometers. According to intelligence, this time, the heavy artillery position was set up 1.5 kilometers away from the coast. At this distance, the French warships could not shoot except for the heavy artillery.

Even with heavy artillery, there is no guarantee of hit rate.

They naturally thought that since they couldn't shoot, they shouldn't consider its existence. Just shoot the army in the fishing port half a kilometer away from the coastline. As long as the company's army was disabled, no matter how much artillery was left, it would be enough.

It didn't matter. These people even thought that with the acquisition of these heavy artillery, their strength would surpass that of the British and be no different from the Yanhuang Trading Company. Therefore, the French ambitiously began to prepare for an attack.

Xiao Lin is not worried about the safety of the fishing port. There are four field brigades equipped with Type 56 guns, as well as a hundred heavy howitzers, fifty 75mm mountain cannons and rapid-fire cannons. If he loses, he can

Give up the dream of fighting for hegemony and just bring some gold

, returned to the 21st century and became an honest factory owner. As Xiao Lin's brother-in-law, Apache has been under great pressure recently. In order to prevent new entrants from thinking that he rose through the ranks through nepotism, Apache transferred all his employees to the factory.

I spent all my spare time studying.

This point cannot be compared with James and Barb, who have entered middle age. They really don't have the patience and energy like him. Now, Apache's ability is qualified to be a division commander. So this time

During the battle, the four brigade commanders also had Apache as the commander-in-chief. Apache had people build trench defenses one after another. Thirteen thousand people squatted inside, waiting for the French attack.

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In order for the fleet's strategy of bombarding the army to work, the French Army first surrounded them. In this way, they surrounded 13,000 field elites, and it seemed that they could only wait to be bombed by the fleet. The Apache glanced

I saw through their purpose and scorned them.

Nose. Of course, in order to prevent the army from being defeated by the enemy first, as long as it is blown into ashes by heavy artillery, the French army array is not particularly dense. Now, the three major forces on the North American continent, the Yanhuang Trading Company, the British, and the French are all

The tactic of volleying to kill has been completely abandoned.

The Yanhuang Trading Company and the British had enough qualified weapons to support them, but the French had no choice but to do so. After all, the two enemies were no longer worthy of playing with them. If they continued to shoot and kill, they would have no choice but to be harvested like wheat.

.Although the weapons are still inferior, they can only choose skirmishing. Now it seems that this tactic has more advantages than disadvantages. At least, it is no longer worthwhile to bombard the French with heavy artillery. If one shell is fired, the results will be too little.

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The shells for the Type 54 heavy howitzer cost the company more than three times the cost of the Chinese military at that time. If it weren’t for the difficulty in buying them from outside, Xiao Lin would never have made them himself. The production of these shells almost cost the company

In terms of military expenditures, if Xiao Lin had not spent a lot of money from his private treasury, the company would not have the money to produce fifty 75mm caliber artillery pieces. The shells produced are all used to deal with important strategic targets, such as large and medium-sized

City defenses and enemy battleships.

To deal with the army, small artillery is enough. In the past, there were only mortars. Because they have more uses, they need to retain enough artillery shells. Now that there are fifty 75mm caliber artillery, they can build them. Apache gave an order

Next, the mountain artillery and rapid-fire artillery each chose their targets and opened fire at will. There was no important strategic goal. They only needed to defend, and everything was focused on maximizing the damage to the French army. At this time, the French were really uncomfortable.

Mountain artillery and rapid-fire artillery have a slower rate of fire than mortars. However, their power and range are far superior to mortars. The French have just built an encirclement and are preparing to build some fortifications. As long as the people gather together a little, a 75mm shell will fire

Here it comes. It has been a whole morning, not even a complete trench has been dug, and there have been nearly 2,000 casualties. The army commander was a little overwhelmed and kept sending messengers to urge the naval fleet to arrive as soon as possible.

The naval commander was also annoyed by the urging and immediately improved the efficiency of the entire fleet. An hour later, all the French warships had appeared behind the fishing port. The "Paunel Boss" (the commander of the Xiaolin Heavy Artillery Regiment) just held it in one hand.

The big meat bun was having lunch, holding a telescope in one hand and watching them approaching here little by little. He looked very confident and calm. However, his political commissar was a little worried and thought it would be better to start preparing for shooting now.

"Why panic! These fools are about to enter a distance of 1.5 kilometers. Judging from their appearance, it seems that they don't know the specific range of our heavy artillery. In this case, then try to let them go and wait until

When they stop the ship and prepare to fire, that's when we show off our real skills."

"However, in this case, our comrades may be attacked from behind."

"It doesn't matter. They have dug the trenches and there will definitely be no problems with a round of shelling. Don't worry, look, they are within range and there is no sign of slowing down."

The French were actually on tenterhooks, and were ready to turn around and retreat at any time. As they got closer and closer to the shore, the sailors breathed a sigh of relief. They were not attacked now, and they deceived themselves into thinking that they had been attacked before.

The guess was correct. After sailing six kilometers away from the land, they began to slow down and turn, and the sailors in the gun cabin also began to load gunpowder. No one saw that the heavy artillery regiment was completing the firing parameter calibration at an extremely fast speed.

Team.

"First time, gun No. 1 to No. 10, two rapid fire rounds. Fire!"

The "gun boss" gave the order, and the heavy howitzers No. 1 to 10, which were the first to complete parameter calibration, fired three shells in half a minute. Half of them fell into the sea, and the other half hit the three frigates ahead.

Two of them

After being hit, one ship sank directly. This result is indeed a bit low. There is no way, they are not using professional coastal defense artillery, they can only rely on coverage shooting to expand the results. After slightly modifying the shooting parameters, the "gun boss"

This time I feel confident.

"All guns, three rapid fires. Prepare, fire!"

One hundred heavy guns, each firing one hundred shells, descended diagonally above the fleet with a terrifying whistling sound. The French fleet, which had just been a little startled by the sinking of a frigate, immediately went into chaos. Finally, someone understood that they had been deceived.

Yes, they just let them in and beat them.

The French army's morale suddenly turned around when they saw their own fleet firing a round, with hundreds of solid artillery shells hitting the field division's position. Apache was so weak that he had people prepare a lot of minced pork.

At this time, it was thrown out of the trench, with blood splattering everywhere.

In this way, the French thought that the fleet's first bombardment had been effective, killing many enemies. Then, the French army, who were enthusiastic, began to seek death, swarming up, trying to cooperate with their fleet to attack front and back, and completely eliminate Apa

Surprise them. Apache asked the troops to reduce their firepower and let these people get closer. When they could no longer leave the battlefield quickly, Apache gave an order and all rifles, machine guns, mortars and grenades of the four brigades exploded.

came out.

The French Army was stunned. Before they could react, they heard bursts of violent explosions from behind. At this time, they knew that they had fallen into a trap, and the fleet had also fallen into a trap. The heavy artillery regiment fired a second salvo.

, once again sank a cruiser and three frigates. Then

, the bombardment never stopped. The heavy artillery regiment fired all but the last three spare shells before the enemy fleet escaped from the range. The French fleet, which only has more than 20 warships left, now only has three most flexible ones.

The escort and two cruisers escaped.

Ijik appeared on the battlefield within a short period of time, and then began to receive all the French warships that could still be repaired. Many warships did not sink, but the decks were hit and the sails were damaged. In addition, both sides were opened

The big hole, because it is not below the water level, is only slowly filling in with water. In the end, two cruisers and one battleship can be reassembled. And the Apache also gave the French Army a hard time.

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More than 5,000 people were left behind by them. After this battle, half of the French's 30,000 new troops were not defeated yet. When Carrot received the news, he fainted on the spot.