Chapter 231: The Battle of Britain and France (1)

The British colonial navy has always been the main governor-general. Because these naval officers are not exiled, but some people who have come to experience and accumulate military exploits. They didn't need to form cliques, they only needed to stay up for a long time, and when the time came, most of these people would return to their homeland with the convoys sent by the colonies to transport tribute gold and silver. So, the only thing they had to do was the governor.

After all, the Governor was the military and political leader of the colony, and when they served in the colony, they had to obey the Governor's orders. If the governor doesn't give them a mix, they'll have a good time. If the Doge could have said good things to them, they would have been able to get out of here at great speed, back to the center of the world of this era, Europe. That's why Charlie has their support. And the reason why they no longer support Charlie in the back is also because Charlie has lost this ability.

The governor said that he was the governor, but in fact all the power was given by the locals. The Doge was responsible for sending "blood" to the homeland, and the Native helped the Governor to stabilize his rule. Charlie has reached the point where he was at the beginning, not to mention that he can no longer convey benefits to the homeland, and it is a huge problem to be able to barely maintain the stability of the colony. For the first time, the populace, along with the nobles, merchants, armies, and other classes, demanded that Charles abdicate and relinquish the power of the governor. Charlie's removal is a sure thing. Even if it is local, this ending cannot be denied.

It is not impossible for the Navy to rescue Charlie. It's just that, in this way, in the first place, all classes in the colony will be offended, and not even a single city will supply them. It is impossible for a fleet to float on the sea forever, and it is impossible to occupy a small island in the field to obtain supplies on its own with the size of a navy. If the coastal cities are seized, then do not wait for the French to come, they themselves will have civil strife, so that the power of the colony will be dispersed, and even the French will be killed in one fell swoop.

And to take Charlie back to the homeland, not to mention that the probability of punishment for them is far greater than the chance of rewarding them, they leave, and the French can wake up with a smile in their dreams. Therefore, these people can only remain neutral in the matter of Charlie and do nothing. However, even so, the newly appointed Earl Lin Man and others were full of distrust of them. It is better to resist the French on their own private troops than to let these people out of their sight.

However, it is not possible to release them now. The French had been redeployed twice, and the naval power on the colonial side was not much worse than that of the British fleet here. Although the British are known for their strong navy, they also have many places to guard, and this dispersion is not enough. If you want to stop the French fleet, you must let all the navies here attack. Lin Man and the three of them were naturally worried, but they couldn't stand Lin Xin's nonsense and secretly changed their concepts.

The return of these 30,000 French troops to the colonies would also do more harm than good to the British. Although the colony itself is safe, if you want to get out of the colony and go to the French territory to grab things to make up for the losses, you still have to defeat the 30,000 French troops. And now that they occupy a favorable position, they can't be defeated in local battles, so can they be easily killed when they reach other people's territory. Lin Man and the three are not fools, so it is in their interests to drag these 30,000 people until they run out of ammunition and food.

The 30,000 French troops, after half a month of blockade operations, have already been eaten by them, more than 3,000 people. And his own casualties are less than five hundred, this is Lin Xin's record. In order to convince Lin and the three of them that his plan would succeed, Lin Xin also persuaded Xiao Lin to transfer the tank battalion and cooperate with them to block the remaining French troops. The British Navy, having received the order from the three of Linman, was also active, and everyone immediately returned to the ship, hoisted the sails and anchored, and left the port where they were guarded.

The commander of the fleet, now Vice Admiral Kamal. Because he helped Charlie transport back the brown bass musket and was introduced by the old butler, he completely threw himself into Charlie's camp. With the governor as a backer, Kamal's official position rose quickly, and it took at least more than five years for others to go from major general to lieutenant general, and he was promoted in two years, not a false position, but a real lieutenant general. Of course, Kamal itself also has a certain amount of real talent. Otherwise, the people below would not obey him.

Kamal himself is also from an aristocratic family, and he does not have any idea of "death for a confidant" for Charlie. The two are just using each other, and he wanted to be impulsive at the beginning, but he was pulled by the generals below, and he figured it out. After such a incident, there is also a disgraceful page on his resume. He was supposed to be back in another year, but I don't know when it will be. However, if this naval battle is fought well, then everything before that will be counted will be gone, and the most powerful fleet on the mainland can be returned at any time.

Since receiving the news, Kamal has swept away all the depression from top to bottom, changed into a new military uniform, and stepped on the flagship Boston with great pride. The British fleet, too, had fifty large and small warships. According to the division of corvettes and so on, there were five armed merchant ships, thirty frigates, ten cruisers, five battleships. The battleships were basically of the lowest rank, and the most powerful, the Boston, had 10 9-pounder guns, 30 12-pounder guns, 20 18-pounder guns, and 10 24-pounder guns.

The French also had a fleet of fifty numbers, but the number of frigates was ten less, and the number of armed merchant ships reached fifteen. The flagship Saint-Louis, on the contrary, has four more twenty-four-pounders, so it is difficult to predict the outcome or defeat. However, the British are very confident in this. After all, the spirit of the naval tradition of the British was in this era precisely the period of rising formation. The so-called traditional spirit of the British Navy is the four words "fight when the enemy is encountered".

In 1797, Nelson took the opportunity to make a decisive decision in the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent, leading the "Captain" and "Excellence" to rush out of the battle and engage the Spanish Navy "San Nicolas" and "St. Joseph" in close combat, and boarded the ship to fight hand-to-hand, forcing the Spanish warship to surrender. After the war, Nelson was promoted to rear admiral for merit. In a series of legendary naval battles such as Abouquir, Cádiz, and Trafalgar, Nelson still adhered to this style of warfare. This spirit of taking the initiative to attack regardless of the comparison of the enemy's strength is called the Nelson spirit of "killing the enemy when he sees it."

Now, although this spirit has not yet been summed up, the prototype has already appeared. The British, who considered themselves invincible in the navy, were never afraid of the enemy's fleet in equal numbers. This is different from the cowardice of a new warship in the future, and the Mi people have to escort it. It was also at this time that Izuk returned to North America, bringing back a new batch of Asian laborers. Sholin asked Iccik to follow him from afar, preparing to observe this naval battle and accumulate experience for the future formation of the company's fleet.

Naturally, Ijik agreed, and the implication of this was to let him be in charge of forming the future company fleet. That is, he can even sit in the position of marshal in the future. Iccik was so happy that he went crazy, and immediately replenished the seven warships he had brought back, ready to set off at any time. George was defeated that time, a number of ships were captured, and after repairs, Igcik had fifteen warships at once, including ten frigates and five cruisers. This time, all the battleships that were brought back were not equipped with heavy guns. A total of five frigates, two cruisers.

Xiao Lin had already prepared it for him, a total of fifty new heavy punch styles, more than he had given before. Igcik relied on the speed of the frigate on this side and hung far behind the French. A fleet of fifty numbers, sailing along the coast, could not be hidden at all. The British and the French both knew each other's traces, and the French knew for a long time that if they wanted to take those 30,000 men, they would not be able to escape the British fleet. In order to strengthen their power, Carrot gave the latest batch of a thousand revolvers to the navy.

All the positions that could be arranged in the navy were also equipped with artillery. Now, like Charlie at the beginning, Carrot has begun to pay out of his own pocket to arm his army. The French Navy is still very confident, no, it should be said, they have to win. If you don't win, you won't be able to take away the 30,000 army, and you won't be able to resist the company's next attack, and in that case, no matter how complete the fleet is, it's useless, and it will still have to be driven out of the North American continent by the British and the Yanhuang Trading Company.

However, neither fleet was in a hurry. Before the start of the war, whoever has more physical exertion and who is in worse shape will have a higher defeat rate. Kamal still had a pimple in his heart, and Lin Man actually sent a thousand private troops to five battleships, just to watch them. Although the Hall M1819 rifles, grenades, and twenty heavy punches in their hands are very powerful, they are not under his control, and they can only get their help in times of crisis.

Seeing that the distance between the two fleets was getting smaller and smaller, all the sailors and warriors became nervous. The unbearable noise on the ship has turned into a deathly silence. At ten o'clock in the morning on the sixth day after the departure from the post, the front reconnaissance frigate reported that it had spotted the traces of the French fleet. Kamal immediately had the watchtower's men sound their horns to inform the other ships of the fleet that the enemy had arrived. The entire fleet began to cooperate tacitly to seize the T-position.

In this era, there was no radio, and the British could only practice all the time. According to the size and class of battleships, numerous rehearsals have long been made. Therefore, the entire fleet is still only in order. The French are doing the same.