Chapter 657

If someone says that, either Fogg or Jackson will jump up and spit on that guy's face

Well, the specific image is he... Tui

But unfortunately, in front of them was a powerful Cherokee general, and they saw the horror of the Cherokee army with their own eyes the day before yesterday.

After the mouth of the Bay was sealed off by a long sampan, fog and Jackson came to Fisherman's Island. They were sad and didn't want it.

Although the sampan broke up when it hit, they really didn't have the courage to do such a thing. One is that the above order has not been conveyed, and the other is that they dare not touch the neighbor's tiger ass.

As a result, the day before yesterday, an armed merchant ship from the British mainland came to the mouth of the bay. A Cherokee river transport was immediately on board.

Neither Fogg nor Jackson knew how the captain of the armed merchant ship talked to the Cherokees, but the next move of the armed merchant ship directly proved that the talks between them collapsed.

It is estimated that the captain was used to domineering at home or other colonial ports, so after a short stay, his ship rushed to the blockade line five kilometers away, and the Cherokee river transport ship immediately left the armed merchant ship

It was obvious that the captain was going to break through by force. In his eyes, it was a joke to blockade a huge bay with a small sampan that was no different from an ant. The displacement of his merchant ship exceeded 1000 tons, and it could be crushed directly.

As a result, what everyone did not expect was that the Cherokee said they would fight at any time, and there was no room for moderation.

Fog and Jackson standing on fisherman's island can clearly see the ten inland river armed transport ships cruising at the mouth of the bay. This kind of boat with a displacement of only 100 tons is usually transported by inland river, but the sea condition of Chesapeake Bay is very good. After all, it is a bay, and the sea condition is far better than that of the open sea. Therefore, it is no problem for this kind of inland river armed transport ship to navigate in the bay.

Fogg and Jackson witnessed with their own eyes the firing of one of the river armed transport ships closest to them, but they did not see the gun on the ship. They only saw the fire flash for several times, and then they heard a very weak firing sound, which was far less than the sound of the gun firing.

Then Fogg and Jackson all showed incredible expressions. Because the merchant ship, four kilometers away, immediately burst out five or six huge spray.

Obviously, although the gun on the inland river armed transport ship was very small, its range could reach four kilometers. This is incredible!

If the Cherokees used big guns to fight such a long distance, they could understand it. After all, although they did not see the naval battle last summer, it was an indisputable fact that the French warship was sunk five or six kilometers away from the coastline.

But they did not even see the shadow of the gun through the telescope, but the gun of others hit so far. One of the shells missed the armed merchant ship

The fact is in front of them. They can't believe it and they have to believe it.

It is clear that the Cherokees not only had a powerful Fort gun with a long range, but also had a small gun with a range of more than four kilometers.

This kind of gun should be similar to the enlarged version of the catapult, and its range and power are far greater than that of the catapult.

Ever since the Spaniards got the technology of grenade throwing, it has become a military weapon. Both the army and the navy are equipped with this kind of weapon with an effective range of 600 yards.

But the guys at the ordnance Bureau didn't like the power of the catapult, so they developed a bigger caliber catapult.

After adding more propellants, it was originally thought that this kind of large caliber catapult could hit farther, but it was finally found that this new type of large caliber catapult has no advantages compared with the old type of small caliber catapult.

Although this kind of large caliber catapult is much more powerful, its range is not even as good as the old-fashioned small caliber catapult.

Later, the guys from the ordnance Bureau said that it was because of the propellant. If this kind of large caliber catapult can use the new Cherokee propellant, the range will be increased a lot.

To talk about the fact that the guys in the ordnance Bureau knew that the Cherokees must have a new type of gun propellant, we have to start with a tragedy.

Because the Cherokees had been selling grenades, the guys from the Ordnance Department took apart the Cherokee grenades and decided to use the new type of gunpowder in the grenades as propellants.

As a result, when the gun was tested, it exploded directly. Not only the large caliber catapult was blown to pieces, but also several people from the ordnance bureau around the large caliber catapult were killed.

The unconvinced ordnance Bureau was not frightened, but continued to test the gun. But even if they reduce the charge, the end result is still the blast.

In the end, the ordnance bureau had to admit that the Cherokees had not only this new type of gunpowder, but also a new type of propellant, otherwise the Cherokee guns could not have hit so far.

Unfortunately, the formula of the Cherokee's new gun propellant is absolutely confidential, and no one can get the formula of that gun propellant.

Therefore, although the British, the Spanish, the French and even the army all have many small caliber grenades, they can only use black powder as propellants, and their effective range is only more than 600 yards.

Now that Fogg and Jackson have witnessed the range and power of this kind of gun, they immediately think of the noisy refitting of the catapult barrel in the past few years, but the end of the matter is over.

The Cherokees clearly had a small but powerful light gun.

Then, after witnessing the terrifying effective range of this light artillery, fog and Jackson immediately witnessed the terrifying speed and power of this light artillery.

The firing speed of this kind of light artillery made two people feel numb. Almost five or six seconds later, the fire on the inland river armed transport ship lit up again. When the shells flew over a distance of more than four kilometers with sharp whistling sound, two of them hit the armed merchant ship accurately.

Fogg and Jackson could hear the huge explosion even four or five kilometers away. This huge explosion directly proves the terrible power of the shells launched by the light artillery.

Five or six seconds later, there was a new volley, and more shells landed on the deck of the armed merchant ship.

Before long, the large armed merchant ship with a displacement of more than 1000 tons was on fire, and the sailors jumped into the sea like dumplings to escape. In the end, the armed merchant ship, watched by fog and Jackson, burned only a piece of debris floating on the sea

Fogg and Jackson were terrified to kill an armed merchant ship so cleanly.

Of course, they don't know. This is the first time that Yanhuang tribe's 76 mortar has been used in sea combat