Chapter 636

Julian Luc was a Naval General mentioned by Louis XVI. He came to Guadeloupe naturally after Louis XVI ascended the throne.

Louis XVI became the emperor of France in 1774, so when Luc came to Guadeloupe, it was the years when the Cherokees recuperated before the northern expedition.

Luc didn't know much about the Yanhuang tribe. Even though the Cherokees cleaned up the tribes in the Great Lakes in 1775, Luc, who had been in Guadeloupe island in the Caribbean, was not very clear.

Since the end of the seven-year war, the French colonies in the new world of North America, French Louisiana and New France, were ceded to the British, the French interest chain in the new world of North America was gradually cut off, and the French got less and less information about the new world.

Although Luc had heard that the French army, which had not withdrawn from the new world a few years ago, had been attacked by a local Aboriginal Tribe, he did not know that the Cherokee unified the Indian tribes in the new world of North America.

So in Luc's mind, although the soldiers of the aboriginal tribes in the new world were fierce and fearless in battle, they could not defeat the European soldiers with hot weapons, let alone deal with the incredibly powerful windsail battleships!

But the news from the army told major general Luc that Antoine's sub fleet had been sunk by a native Indian tribe named Yanhuang tribe.

Moreover, the military strength of that Indian tribe was extremely terrifying. The three sail battleships led by Antoine had no resistance for ten minutes, and they were sunk by a kind of terrifying artillery.

Although he did not believe what the letter said at the beginning, Luc, as a senior general, thought that Antoine was indeed buried in Chesapeake Bay after careful analysis of some things.

Luc wanted to take the fleet to see how powerful the native Indian was, but unfortunately, the French Navy's warships could not get close to the coastline of the new world, otherwise they would be regarded as provocative by the British.

At present, although the French navy has an advantage in warships, the number of warships is far less than that of the British.

At this time, the French navy had less than 50 main ships, but what about the British? At present, the British navy has a total of 96 class III and above battleships, 115 class IV battleships, namely cruisers, and 182 other warships.

This is a terrible number. Even if the British warships are a little behind the French warships and Spanish warships, there are many ants that can kill elephants.

The number of warships owned by the British, especially the number of main warships, is almost equal to the total number of main warships owned by France and Spain. Therefore, it is obviously unreasonable to challenge the British at this time.

Luc is very clear that there are a lot of main ships in the Guadeloupe fleet. If they go out collectively, they will be found by the British Caribbean fleet nearby. If the British are angered by this, not only their own Guadeloupe fleet will be in danger, but the British may also take the opportunity to attack Guadeloupe.

That's the worst thing.

Guadeloupe must not be lost!

It was because of such concerns that Luc never led the fleet to Chesapeake Bay.

But now it's different. Just a few days ago, the great French Empire declared war on Britain again!

After the end of the seven-year war, the 15 year state of peace was broken.

But Luc was not afraid because Luc knew very well that the great army alone had restrained most of the energy and strength of the British in the new world, and it was said that the Spaniards also wanted to join the US French Alliance to declare war on the British.

Gibraltarian fortress is a thorn that can never be removed from the Spanish heart. In the past, the British were strong, and neither the Spanish nor the French could afford to offend the British. But now the British are too busy to deal with themselves. It is undoubtedly the best time to unite and attack the British at this time.

Once the Spanish and the fleet of the motherland unite to deal with the fort of gibraltarian, the main force of the British navy will be bound to be on the other side of the proofing. At that time, the Guadeloupe fleet under its command will become one of the most powerful fleets in the whole Caribbean and even in the North Atlantic.

Julian Luc, who was born well, quickly analyzed the current situation, so he led the main force of the fleet out of the harbor without hesitation.

Guadeloupe fleet has a total of 15 warships, of which there are seven main warships above class III, and the remaining eight warships are class IV warships, namely cruisers.

The three main ships led by Antoine were sunk by that damned native Indian tribe in the summer of the previous year. Now there are still four main ships and eight cruisers left in the fleet. Therefore, in this attack, Luc left only four cruisers in Guadeloupe, and he brought out all the remaining warships.

Julian Luc now desperately wanted to avenge Henry Antoine by shelling that damned native Indian tribe before the fleet began to carry out the North Atlantic route plan to harass the British!

Blood debt must be paid with the blood of the enemy!

Luc didn't think that his four main ships with 112 36 pound guns were vegetarian!

At present, the main guns of the French main ship are 36 pound guns (French pounds, weighing more than British pounds), which are the long guns of the Wallace system. This long gun of the valerian system fired solid projectiles with a range of more than 2000 meters.

Although the effective range of this kind of long gun is only a few hundred meters under the condition of ensuring the firing accuracy, it is quite different between shelling a fixed aboriginal tribe and mutual firing between warships in naval battle.

In a naval battle, in order to ensure the firing accuracy of the artillery, the warships will close to each other within a few hundred yards for firing. In many cases, the interval between the warships of both sides is only more than 200 yards.

But that's to make sure the guns hit the local warships more.

And what's the size of a tribe? Therefore, shelling a large tribe does not need to be close at all. It only needs to be fired 2000 meters away.

Even if the aboriginal tribe had a kind of terrifying fortress gun, Luc would not believe that the enemy's fortress gun could hit his warship at a distance of 2000 meters when his fleet was constantly moving at sea.

That's impossible, because there is no gun in the world that can still maintain shooting accuracy at a distance of 2000 meters!