"Are you crazy? Don't want to die? You don't see how big that British fleet is? See that big one? 'Queen Elizabeth'! The cannon in our hands, even at zero distance, may not be able to touch her armor, her armor is thick. Otherwise, how could the British have given her the name of an old virgin? There are a lot of lovers of that 'old virgin' and 'virgin queen', and I don't know how many illegitimate children there are. Hell, all we have to do is get a cannonball hit by her, and we're going to have a complete. Besides, how long can we hold her back? You can't stop it for five minutes! I am responsible for the lives of this ship and all the people on board! Captain Alençon's eyes widened.

"Captain, even if it's only for five minutes, more people will be able to escape because of this." Major Francis said.

Alençon wanted to retort: "That's all Americans, it's all about the old man!" But after thinking about it, he said, "You're right, we can't do nothing." ”

So he turned his head and ordered: "Speed up, raise the Union Jack, let the front main gun prepare, we are going to fire at Savannah...... Warning shots. Inform the Wind Moon in flags and take the same action as we do. ”

That's the limit of what they can do for the Americans.

At this time, the British lookout posts had already spotted the two French cruisers flying the tricolor.

"Damn it, you can meet a Frenchman anywhere!" Hardy, the captain of the "Queen Elizabeth", put down his binoculars and scolded. He knew that most of these two ships were the ships mentioned in the intelligence, which the French subleased to the Americans. So he wanted to pounce, a cannonball, and send these Frenchmen out into the sea to feed the sharks. But the two ships are now flying the French flag, which makes him a little unsure of the identity of the two ships. What if, what if this is something else, a ship that has not yet been leased to the Americans?

At the time of departure, the British had already thought about what to do in the event of a French warship, or even a provocation by a French warship. If it had been at the time of the Seven Years' War, of course, this would not have been a problem at all. But now, Britain is clearly weak, because the cabinet requires the navy to be restrained and patient. As long as there was no substantive hostilities on the part of the French, or even more explicitly, as long as the French did not take the initiative to open fire on the British, the British should not have taken the initiative to attack or even make any provocative actions to avoid complicating the situation.

"Now France has a very strong land power in Louisiana. Once they find an excuse and join the war, Canada will definitely not be able to keep it. Even Ireland will change. So the Navy must be restrained, restrained! "This is the speech of the head of the young Pitt to the officers when the fleet departs.

But then, the British were stunned by the actions of the two French ships, which actually raised the St. George flag. Well, not the little red pennant that represents the courage and despair of the battleship, but the St. George's flag that represents England! Isn't this in front of the authentic British Navy, posing as the British Navy? And such an operation?

"The French did not want to fight us, they knew very well that with just two colonial cruisers, they could not fight us. That's just sending you to death. General Nelson also stepped out of the cabin at this time, "I think they wanted to give a warning to the Americans in Savannah—they put up our flag and fired a shot at Savannah—which was a creative thing to do." French......"

"General, are we going to stop them? They are blatantly impersonating us, and we could theoretically treat them as pirates. Captain Hardy asked.

"No, it's only twenty minutes at most, and that doesn't change much. We don't need to make a fuss about it. Nelson replied.

Just as Nelson had predicted, two French warships, flying the St. George flag of the British Navy, opened fire on Savannah. After firing two shots, they lowered the St. George flag and raised the tricolor flag in front of the British.

"When the French can really be shameless, they must be shameless." Captain Hardy scolded.

"Hardy, actually, let's be honest, we're the same. The history of mankind is the history of the struggle between the stupid who wants to face and the villain who has no shame. And the result of the struggle has always been the shameless villain, killing the faceless stupid. There is not a single country that still exists that is not a shameless villain. Nelson sighed.

"General, if you want to say this, the competition between us and France is to see who can be more shameless?"

"Haha, sort of." Nelson laughed, "Hopefully we'll be the last to say that the French are so stupid, hahaha." ”

On the cruiser "Hanazuki", the soldiers had just put away the St. George flag and raised the tricolor.

"Captain, look, the American gunboats are out of port!"

Captain Alençon looked over to the other side of the harbor and saw two small steamers slowly coming out of the harbor. Such a boat was a small gunboat built by the Americans themselves for patrolling near the port. With a displacement of no more than four hundred tons and a speed of no more than 10 knots, it was armed with a small cannon of 76 mm caliber. The cannon was fixed in the open air on the foredeck and was completely unobstructed.

The last time he was anchored in Savannah, Captain Alençon had seen such a small gunboat. The Savannah Harbor Smuggling Squad had five or six of these gunboats, and two of them were usually in a state where the boilers were on fire and ready to move. But it's useless, such a ship, not to mention the Great Fleet in the face of the British. Even compared to the French colonial cruisers, it is a small thing that is not worth mentioning.

By this time, the "Flower Moon" had already changed its flag, but Captain Alençon still ordered to speed up in order to avoid the two small things leaving the port. Although he reckoned that as long as the people on those two little things were not blind and foolish, they should have noticed the forest-like pillar of smoke that appeared in the east, and also saw that he had raised the French flag again, and naturally knew that the two cannons he had just fired were not to shell the city, but to warn that the British fleet had arrived.

But considering that, just relying on such two small boats and two small cannons, they dared to rush out. There must be a bunch of iron on this. What if they just don't understand what is going on and shoot at themselves? So Captain Alençon's order is completely justified.

Instead of chasing after the French, the two iron hanhans raised the signal flag to express their gratitude to the French. It seems that Tie Hanhan above can still understand the actions of the French. Then they rushed towards the Pillar of Smoke Forest. Obviously, when the two small gunboats came out of the harbor, they were aimed at the British fleet.

"I'm going to die. The British eliminated them, and it didn't even take two or three minutes. The time they could gain was simply too late for the ships in the harbor to escape. Captain Alençon said.

At this time, the fleet of the British was also getting closer. This time was useless, most of the steamships in Savannah's harbor were in a state of flame-out, and the boilers were pressurized until the ships were able to move, and there was not an hour to think about it. As for the sail-powered merchant ships, most of their sailors were not on board, and at this time, there were not many hours to find enough sailors to sail the ship out and flee for their lives. Therefore, it is really useless for the Tie Hanhan to rush forward.

What happened next was exactly what Captain Alençon had predicted. Rows of water began to emerge around the two iron-clad gunboats. Immediately after that, the first gunboat was hit by a shell.

The shell directly destroyed the small gunboat's steam engine, and the small gunboat collapsed on the surface of the sea, and in the next half minute or so, five or six shells were fired, and the whole ship tilted over, and soon sank.

The second Tie Hanhan was a little stronger, and he barely fired a shot - of course, this one didn't hit anything - and was torn to pieces by British fire.

At this time, "Flower Moon" and "Wind Moon" have already walked out of a distance. The two ships began to reduce their speed, ready to watch the battle. Yes, in this day and age, it is really a very common thing to watch naval battles.

"Captain, are we really going to do nothing?" Major Francis asked.

"No, of course we can't do nothing." Captain Alençon said, "We're going to watch this battle from the sidelines." When there are foreign warships watching, some of their practices may be able to restrain a little. Well, my friend, you know, if we rush up and fight the British, we won't be able to hold out longer than those two gunboats. But if we keep watching, their atrocities may be a little more subdued. ”

"Alas, those two American ships, what a ...... It's so brave. But the death was too tragic. The first mate on the side, Copa sighed.

"Oh, Copa, you know, I met a Mexican priest in New Orleans. He said something very interesting to me. He said that all people will die, but in different ways of dying, the meaning is different. Some people's deaths have the same significance as the Rocky Mountains; And the death of some people is as light as a feather. In fact, it is the same with warships. All warships die at one time, whether on the battlefield or in a shipbreaking yard. But a warship, if it dies for the good of the people, is heavier than the Rocky Mountains; If it is to work hard for the feudal rulers, to die for those who exploit and oppress the people, it is lighter than a feather. ”

"The priest you're talking about isn't that a heretic of revolutionary theology?" Copa said.

"Ah, who knows? Anyway, Mexico is now full of revolutionary theologians......"

While they were talking, the British fleet had formed out outside the port, blocking the exit from the port. No ship can leave the port of Savannah now.