Chapter 646

Seven main ships and four cruisers of the Royal French Navy's Guadeloupe fleet sank in two naval battles in two years.

Neither Brigadier General Henry Antoine the summer before last nor major general Julian Luc this year thought that the outcome of provoking the aboriginal tribe would be like this.

It's estimated that they both had such an idea in their minds at the beginning. How powerful could an aboriginal tribe with few war horses, guns, bows, arrows, stone knives and other cold ice be?

As a result, Antoine, the first to have this idea, buried his three main ships in the Elizabethan river. Although major general Luc knew that this aboriginal tribe might have some powerful guns, he never thought that the guns in this aboriginal tribe had such great power, such a long range and such a fast speed

As a result, two royal French Navy generals, together with seven main ships and four cruisers, disappeared forever on both sides of Chesapeake Bay.

For such a result, the stone bear is naturally no surprise.

Taking Yanhuang tribe's leading advantage in military industry and using artillery with performance close to the level of World War I to attack European powers in this era is almost equivalent to a fully armed special forces fighting an unarmed three-year-old

Well, to paraphrase an old Chinese saying, it can almost sum up this situation - anti aircraft bombardment of mosquitoes.

The fact is that the Yanhuang tribe may not be as strong as some European powers in terms of comprehensive strength, but its leading edge in military industry is absolutely unmatched by any European country at present.

It is no exaggeration to say that at present, even if all the European powers join hands to attack the Yanhuang tribe in the new continent of North America, they can easily defeat the Allied forces of the European powers with 100000 troops of the fierce bear army and the current military industrial strength of the Yanhuang tribe.

This is not the stone bear's conceit. The Yanhuang tribe has the advantage of favorable weather, favorable location and harmonious people when fighting in their native land. What about the European powers? Not only do they have to cross the Atlantic for an expedition, but the most important thing is, how can you soldiers with millet and rifles fight with cannons? Not to mention that the muskets used by European powers in this era are not millet plus rifles.

Even the Hanyang made muskets in the hands of the people's Liberation Army in those days were more powerful than any other muskets of this era

Therefore, the sea battle broke out suddenly at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Although it was short, it was extremely fierce. The final result was not unexpected and ended with the victory of Yanhuang tribe.

In this era, the main ship of the Royal French navy, which can be rated as the best in the world, could not even hit the territory of the Yanhuang tribe with a single shell, so it was sunk by 70 coastal artillery of the second battalion of the coastal artillery regiment.

"Rolling" is not enough to describe this highly asymmetric naval battle. If you have to describe this naval battle, it's almost like an adult accidentally killed a mosquito

For the Yanhuang tribe, the only role of this naval battle is to let the soldiers of the second battalion of the coastal artillery regiment get the training of actual combat, and the victory of this naval battle also greatly enhanced the morale and confidence of the stormy bear army.

As for other aspects, it's better to have nothing. Even strictly speaking, Yanhuang tribe suffered some losses.

You don't pay for a shell? When you don't wear the barrel? It's all money

But this naval battle had a huge impact on the French, the British, the American army and even the whole war of independence.

In the original historical time and space, if France, Spain and the Netherlands had not declared war on Britain one after another, expanding a civil war between the British to an international war, and turning the original war in which the British singled out the Americans into a war in which the European powers and the American people beat the British, then only by virtue of the strength of the great army, There is no way to compete with the British regular army.

The American army is far less than the Chinese soldiers.

At that time, Taizu Ye led his children's soldiers to beat away Chiang's regular army. What was the reason? It's very simple. First, our children's soldiers have unparalleled outstanding commanders, but our children's soldiers are brave and fearless to death!

But what about the American army? It's not that stone bears look down on them, that's what it is.

Most of the soldiers in the army are guerrillas of civilian origin, and most of them are afraid of death. Another commander like watsonton is really bad. The most important thing is that the high level of the army is very intriguing with each other. Otherwise, Benedict Arnold would not be forced to betray the United States by a group of people.

This can be seen from the current situation of the northern battlefield.

Although the historians of later generations of the United States boast of a great victory in this battle, that great victory in that battle, and a victory in Saratoga can make those historians blow flowers, but is this really the case?

But for the help of France, Spain and Holland, if America could be independent, their God would be blind!

Without the help of European powers and the use of gibraltarian fortress to contain the main force of the British Royal Navy, the final result of the war of independence was that the thirteen colonies would still belong to the British.

Unfortunately, in the original historical time and space, the arrogant British were severely taught by a group of people they had defeated. Let the British thoroughly understand what is called "two fists are hard to fight four hands", tigers can't stand the wolves.

But in this time and space, because of the huge casualties in the battle of Saratoga and the naval battle, the situation of the whole war of independence changed quietly.

Very simply, the French were the vanguard against the British. They declared war on the British with the help of the outbreak of the independent war. And the French are doing really well. If it is in the original historical time and space, it is precisely because the French navy has gained an advantage over the British navy in the Atlantic Ocean that the British have difficulty in replenishing in North America.

But in this time and space, when the Yanhuang tribe destroyed the Guadeloupe fleet, the French navy must give priority to replenishing the warships of the Guadeloupe fleet. Guadeloupe is so important to France that it is impossible for them to lose the sugar island.

You know, the number of main ships of the French navy is less than 50. In the past two years, seven and four cruisers have been lost, which is a huge loss for the French navy. For the safety of Guadeloupe, the French navy must give priority to replenishing the number of main ships of Guadeloupe fleet, which will inevitably lead to the weakening of its military strength in the Atlantic Ocean.

It's the so-called "pull a hair and move the whole body"! Because of the appearance of this naval battle, the stone bear even has a hunch that maybe the French Navy's advantage over the British navy in the Atlantic Ocean in the original historical time and space will change because of this incident