Lord of Ming Dynasty

Seeing such a scene, Le Mansjean thought it was to deal with them. Perhaps the New Qin Empire thought that there were still many warships on its side, but unfortunately there were many ships. All the merchant ships, warships, and Most of the merchant ships that passed by in the future avoided their current two islands, but there were only two warships, one steam engine warship, [-] tons, very luxurious and well equipped, but it was the flagship of Governor Siegfried. That is someone's personal property and cannot be used to attack.

There is also a [-]-ton sailing warship that he and his subordinates and the remnants of the French Navy used when they fled from the neighboring peninsula, but he did not bring anyone to the battle yesterday. , but a captain trusted by Siegfried to play the battle, he is only a colonel of the army, but not a colonel of the navy.

This is his confidence, so even Siegfried cannot let him be a colonel in the army to command naval ships. As for his navy captain, he was killed in the naval battle with the New Qin Empire long ago, losing the strength of their army. Three steamships and three armed merchant ships.

It was destroyed by the shore artillery currently deployed in Xinxianju Town. This is hard to accept, but it is a fact. It seems that the colonel of the army is indeed not suitable for commanding the generals of the navy. Now he has become a major of the army. island.

The first thousand 220 chapter seven 128mm cannon

Le Mans was walking and watching, followed by an immigrant French second lieutenant, two privates, wearing a blue military uniform, wearing a hat of the French Royal Guards with three black feathers, a dark red cloak, and holding a western fighting sword Up, looking left and right and walking slowly.

While casually chatting with the sailor officer who led them, this is also a Frenchman, but he is not captured, but a French mercenary from Turkey. This person is very eloquent.

Chatting endlessly, what they don't want to know, what they want to know, what they can't even know, what they don't want to hear, whatever he thinks can attract them, he will say it, and he feels very humorous about himself, but he doesn't know that Le Mans is now a Standing on the verge of bankruptcy, death, or becoming a poor ghost and returning to his hometown to farm or wander, he has no intention of listening to him here talking about the shit he doesn't want to know about this man wandering in Turkey, and the flying defense here How powerful it is, how messy the population is, and how ruthless the head of the military intelligence department here is.

He just wanted to meet Li Ya, the leader here, and discuss with him about the French staying and their status in the future. Whether to stop the war or continue fighting is what they care most about.

The New Qin Empire still has the power to fight, he saw it.

More than a dozen docks dragged the warships that fought yesterday into the dock. Thousands of workers are busy in the dock, removing everything that is damaged, cutting off the things that need to be replaced, and hoisting the cannons to the dock. On the ground, neatly arranged, ready to be replaced, the damaged cannons that were replaced were being transported away by carriage.

Not far away, there are still many rows of sailing warships on the port pier. He counted [-] ships, and there are still more than a dozen steam engine warships over there, as well as those armed fishing boats with small tonnage. Steam paddle wheeled transport, paddle wheeled battleship.

There is a large dock with bright lights inside. Looking at the skeleton of the ship, you can tell that the tonnage of this warship is very large, at least more than 4000 tons.

"Okay, since you don't want to listen to my nagging, then you can take a rest here. I'll let someone in to inform them, and they will take you to the chief's mansion. As for whether the chief will receive you, it's not up to me The decision has been made, I still have work, and there are still many things I have to solve on the pier, goodbye, Your Excellency the Major."

In the gathering hall of the camp, the discussion is still going on. They have been struggling for seven or eight hours.

"Our application of the "Troll" artillery should have a result. I think we should use two "Troll" artillery at the highest places on both sides of the strait. His range and power are enough to destroy the largest British warship. If the shotgun is fired , then you can also attack the enemies who washed up on the beach within three miles, but I think the other two troll cannons should be placed in St. Lawrence Port, where there are more buildings. It is a city built by the French with great care. We cannot give up where , the enemy will definitely attack and seize there, so I think the remaining two artillery pieces should be placed in the shore artillery base there."

Mo Lin pointed to the towns that were originally occupied by French immigrants on the large map of the adjacent peninsula drawn by the huge New Qin Empire.

"Trolls," the artillery is the name of the largest artillery 128 mm caliber artillery owned by the New Qin Empire. Originally, there were only two old Chinese artillery that were dismantled from Romania when they retreated. Two more imitations were placed on the fort behind the city wall of Xinxianju Town, a special fort facing the coast, of course, sometimes it can be turned to any direction to defend the city.

With a range of more than ten kilometers, although there is no accuracy, but the loud sound, the shell hit the ground, flying sand and rocks within 50 meters, hitting the British platoon and shooting the queue, which can directly reimburse the huge power of a battalion of British soldiers. The cannon became the ace weapon in the defense of the New Qin Empire.

The minimum range of the weapon is also three kilometers away, and it can cross the city and directly smash the shells into the woods five or six miles outside the city, or even a little closer to the open ground outside the city.This is definitely a huge BUG for guarding the city.

Yes, there is no solution in this era, because in this era, apart from the exquisite steelmaking and iron-making technology of the Chinese Empire, no one can create such a huge cannon that can withstand such a strong, long barrel, and huge cannon mount One round of ammunition requires seven or eight people to work for 1 minute, and then spend 1 minute to aim, two to three people to measure the distance, and a commander to direct. A total of one squad is required to operate, and a shell is fired every three to five minutes.

The problem is that if you hit it right, it will definitely hit your soul. It is not difficult to kill an enemy armed merchant ship under [-] tons, and it is not difficult to kill an enemy warship under [-] tons. It was a solid shell, and it was definitely seriously injured. If it was the special shell of the Chinese Empire, then the light explosion could cut off a stern or a bow of a steam engine ship of less than [-] tons without additional armor.

The [-]-ton steam warship was hit by a single shot, and it was definitely seriously injured. It is normal for it to not recover for a long time.

This kind of artillery was imitated after half a year of research by the mercenary group, and with the participation of two old craftsmen from the Imperial Arsenal who had built this kind of artillery. It may not have the artillery capabilities of the Empire, but it has a long range. It is powerful, and it is not something that the warships of the British and French colonial troops on the island can resist.

There are two guns every six months, and this time two more guns have been built, and we have a total of six such artillery pieces. Therefore, at the moment when the British are about to attack, in the face of a possible large-scale attack by the British from the sea, everyone is discussing these two guns. Where should the newly built cannon be placed?

After Mo Lin died from Sa Lei, he became the number one figure in the Navy of the New Qin Empire or the navy, so he had a very powerful voice. He believed that the second largest port of the New Qin Empire should be protected, the second largest The city, the French town of St. Lawrence.

Li Ya has the same idea as him, but he also wants to protect Xinxianju Town first. After all, this is their base camp and the foundation of the empire, so he wants to put these two cannons in front of the city camp, so that After turning around, it can not only provide nearby sea defense, but also turn around to provide artillery support to the French town, because the two cannons have a long range.

From here to the French town, it's only about fifteen miles away. The giant cannon can hit St. Lawrence Beach, or even farther, to the middle area between the French town and the neighboring town, so that the protective circle can be closed. Improve some.

However, Molin's idea is also very good. Although the firepower is dispersed in the small town of St. Lawrence in France, the adjacent town is covered by the direct firepower of these two artillery pieces, and at the same time, it can also give the sea surface on this side And the city provides a full range of fire protection.

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As the commander of the stronghold, Sao Tianlei has nothing to blame if he is placed in St. Lawrence Town. On the contrary, he can strengthen the guarding force there. The logistics of the empire, but Xinxianju Town is where he works, and there are many places that don't need to be taken care of now, because there is nothing.

Wu Kejing patted the information in his hand, thinking that Wen Ruxin and his party might lead the British to land from an unexpected place, so it is important to expand the defense circle and defend the island, so he also felt that what Mo Lin said was right.

Therefore, the two giant cannons in many places should be placed in the position of the shore artillery in St. Lawrence Town.

Glancing at Zhao Shuai who was silent, Li Ya nodded and said, "It's been such a long time, come and drag the giant cannon to fight the St. In the battle of the French, our entire sailor brigade was destroyed except for the two squadrons sent out. Now I mean to use the reserve force to reorganize the sailor brigade.

The pirate brigade, draw three teams to join the sailor brigade, mixed with the original two sailor squads and the sailor's logistics team on the ground, and draw a team from the Han Chinese brigade to also mix into the sailor brigade, from the Turkish mercenary group 800 people were drawn from it, and 500 people were drawn from the African mercenary map to join the sailor brigade, which was expanded to 600 people.

We still have 23 sailing warships left, which are not as good as the original sailing warships in terms of tonnage and firepower, but now we have nothing to do. There are also eight steam engine ships with a tonnage ranging from 31 tons to [-] tons. They were also drawn out, and a total of [-] warships formed our new fleet. The leader of the fleet was Mo Lin, who also served as the captain of the sailor brigade. "

Mo Lin was very happy. He had more troops and commanded more people, so he had more rights, and he had more right to speak in the New Qin Empire.

But soon he became heavy, the British were too powerful, he had to lead the fleet to defeat the British first.

After talking about the sailor brigade, Li Ya said to Sweeper: "The remaining [-] Turkish mercenary regiments and [-] African mercenary regiments will serve as your mobile force, and command them to defend against the British attack from the land of the big island. At the same time, you must Be prepared for Wen Ruxin's sudden attack from the land. I think Wen Ruxin and the others are likely to land from a neighboring port, transfer three squadrons of the Inuit, capture a squadron of the French, and the remaining three squadrons of the pirate brigade. Stop them, don't let them go ashore, and even if they go ashore, don't let them attack the neighboring town."

"Tang Yaweng, you led the cavalry brigade, the Han brigade, and an artillery squadron, stationed in Wente Town, supporting everywhere at any time. I personally led the second brigade of the Han brigade to guard Xinxianju Town. Iliad tribes and Indian tribes cooperated with me. The two tribes have a total of 1000 troops. Wu Kejing will do a good job in intelligence work, and at the same time cooperate with Tang Yaweng to do a good job in the evacuation and security of the residents in the territory, various mines, and the reclamation team. The third Han Chinese brigade is under your leadership. The Iliad Cavalry is under your leadership command."

After assigning everyone, Li Ya looked at Zhao Shuai, forget it, this person is not under his command.

After the meeting was over, everyone started to get busy.

Li Ya rested for a while before asking the guard to bring Le Mans, who had been waiting for almost two hours, to the French Army Major. After drinking a sip of tea, the two explained and apologized to each other, that is, everyone gave everyone a step down , Then turn to the topic, exchange pleasantries, and reach a common understanding that we don't want to fight anymore, which is not good for both of us.

After the greetings were over, a preliminary consensus was reached. The two discussed the sovereignty of the islands now owned by the French, and whether they should surrender or cooperate.

"I think we can coexist peacefully. We have a common enemy. We used to own the Avalan Peninsula, the adjacent peninsula, and at least half of the main island of Newfoundland. We built those ports and small towns, but since After the British came, they not only drove away the Italians who discovered the island, but also the Bavarians, and took all our land through step-by-step battles. Now we only have a small town in the Avalan Peninsula and The port, so this time you attacked us, the British also took the opportunity to seize it, so we think that we are a cooperative relationship, not a competitive relationship."

As an old colonist, a veteran of the French army, and an explorer, Le Mans quickly grasped the common ground between the two, the common enemy, the powerful British, and convinced Li Ya.

"In addition, with the protection of our French, you can at least survive here safely. We French can stand against the British here for decades. It doesn't look so weak. Our navy can support you at any time, now? , Not yet, our governor is still a little weak, he can't affect the country, and the continuous failures have caused a lot of criticism in the country.

No no, this is not a threat, it is an expression of strength. Although you have a background in the Chinese Empire, the support you can get now is very small, but we are different in France. We are only a few thousand nautical miles away, and we can support you at any time , Of course, we can also come to eliminate you, so we think we should cooperate, instead of surrendering now, you occupy our territory, and when the UK finishes beating you, we will beat you again. I believe you will not be so confused about the situation.

Remember that we French are not so easy to be defeated, we still want to take back these sites, if you cooperate, I will do my best to fight for you, and obtain the ownership of the adjacent peninsula in the form of lease, you become our allies, we Together against the British. "

Li Ya was a little angry, "Isn't this a threat?" Li Ya knew that the reality was like this, but he also knew that it was still far away from the arrival of the French. The French and the British would definitely not let them exist. The people were beaten, beaten by the British, and defeated by them. They still had the ability to fight the French, but the French did not have the strength to attack them.

"Okay, what do you mean?" Le Mansjean threatened, and after gaining some initiative, he asked Li Ya what he meant.

"You French evacuate all your strongholds. We took over those strongholds. In return, we released all French prisoners and allowed you to survive in our territory, open shops, conduct business activities, buy manors or carry out some cooperation , you get economic benefits, we get land. That's it, if you are not satisfied, we can fight again, if we lose to the British this time, then there is nothing to say, but as long as we win, you can't keep it , we will take back your four small islands surrounding the adjacent peninsula."

The mercenary regiment was oppressed by the French before, and it was very dull. It was raided by the British and the French, and there was no time to investigate the surrounding areas. One after another, Li Ya and the others became war machines. Now that the territory has expanded, manpower is limited. Yes, so Li Ya ordered the Military Intelligence Department to find out in these days that there are actually four small islands surrounding the neighboring peninsula. What they want to attack are two large islands and two small islands, which are small in size. One is St. Pierre, 75 nautical miles away from the coast, and the other is Miquero Island.

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The French were expelled from the adjacent peninsula to smaller islands, but the four small islands surrounding the peninsula by the French were a heart problem. The French could raid the adjacent peninsula at any time, and more than half of the islands near the adjacent peninsula were attacked by the French Within the scope, the strength of the Han people is not too great now. There are many French and British in the team, and there are also many French and British prisoners.

What Li Ya can guarantee is that the city of Xinxianju Town can be kept, and other places cannot be kept. If the British and the French reach an agreement again that time, they will completely surround themselves, and the neighboring peninsula will not be able to obtain supplies from the outside world and will be trapped. dead.

Now there are not many people in the neighboring peninsula. To be precise, only 1 Han people are counted as our own. The remaining [-] people can rebel against them at any time. Half of the mercenaries are from Western European countries that have been beaten by Russia. The morale of these people is not high, and Westerners are good at wandering. They can’t do it here. Where can I go? They don’t have any clear national concept, they only have tribal and national concepts.

Once surrounded, if the situation is not good, these people will soon choose to flee or surrender directly. Westerners are very good at surrendering, because fighting has come from fighting each other for thousands of years. Surrender to that force today, save your life, and surrender tomorrow The other one is to fight back and defeat this. This is how Europe has always come here, just like the warlords of the Republic of China in later generations. And was killed by Beiyang.

The other half of the tribal chiefs who were conquered, these people are even white-eyed wolves. Now the New Qin Empire is still in an absolute strength and has the ability to kill any enemy who dares to attack, but once they are weak, the first to stab in the back is absolutely They are Indians and Iliads, or stubborn Inuit. The natives of this tribe have never been convinced by the New Qin Empire Mercenary Corps. Now Zhang Qiang uses them because the population and strength are small, and many people use them. The strategy is to consume.

There are also Newfoundland aborigines who are close to the British. They were captured and surrendered only to save their lives. When used by people who are one level higher than slaves, the strategy used is to eliminate and consume, not to make them the constituent nations of the new Qin Empire.