Chapter 263 - The European Continent

It's been the thirtieth day since Shoren took Boston. Over the course of thirty days, Shoren mobilized most of the firm's construction team and began renovating Boston's battery facilities. All backward front-loading guns were dismantled and installed with company guns. Except for the necessary heavy-fist Type 3 250mm caliber heavy coastal defense guns, which are used against the enemy's rough-skinned battleships, the others are 75mm and 37mm rapid-fire guns, and the three gun companies have mastered the manufacturing technology, and now the North American continental companies have the final say, and there are a lot of iron ore resources.

Naturally, these guns can be installed as much as they can. In a month's time, a full five sea forts have become hedgehog-like existences, and once attacked, they will directly expose sharp spikes and pierce the enemy into a colander. According to the information obtained from Linman, in fifteen days, 80,000 reinforcements from the British would arrive, 13,000 soldiers of the field brigade, 27,000 soldiers of the garrison brigade, and 40,000 men, all of whom were stationed in Boston.

Moreover, civilian towns along the coast have also been relocated. Whether they wanted to or not, the civilians had no choice but to leave the town and live in the company's newly arranged settlement. Empty towns have been filled with vicious traps, no food has been left, and wells have been contaminated with animal carcasses. This was done in order to implement a scorched earth strategy, so that 80,000 British troops could land in North America without any supplies. When they were sleepy, it was the time when the company annihilated the 80,000 people.

At the same time, it's not just because of the scorched earth strategy. A thriving industry always requires a dense population. Without a dense enough population, there are not enough workers, and there is no large enough market, and natural industrial development is very slow. Bringing the population together is also the main development model of the company in the future. However, Xiao Lin did not know that all the preparations he had made for the 80,000 reinforcements of the British army had become useless.

Just two weeks ago, a clipper caught up with the fleet and reported a message to the commander. The local herald ordered, the fleet immediately turned around, discarded all unnecessary things, threw away all the backward cold weapons to reduce weight, and the entire fleet rushed to the mainland of Europe as fast as possible. This is because the French gave the British a super hard uppercut on the continent. King Louis XV of France, after the large-scale production of the Hall M1819 musket and the heavy fist 1 gun, burst into an irresistible ambition.

He wanted to be the most illustrious king in the history of France, to surpass his father, his grandfather, and even his great-grandfather. And the fastest advance to realize this dream is to completely cripple the old feud of France, the British. Don't look at the entire European royal family as a family, but in the face of huge interests, that little blood relationship is not a reason for them to keep peaceful. Louis XV first scattered the 10,000 soldiers who were the first to fight in the small villages and towns on the border between the two countries.

He then assembled 10,000 infantry with Hall M8191 rifles and 30 of the latest guns. Immediately after that, the landing operation on the British Isles began. Although the British were wary of the information transmitted by the North American continent, the deployment of troops was too strong, resulting in a considerable weakening of the local defense. The imitation of Hall M1819 and the heavy fist style was delayed in breaking through, so that Louis XV's army broke through the coastal defenses of the British with one blow and successfully landed.

An army of 20,000 people, equipped with Hall M1819s, also played with the British and lined up to shoot and kill. This kind of musket with a long range and high rate of fire really gives them a good advantage. They had already fired while the British were still on the march, and by the time the British had finished their first shot to reload, they had already fired the third shot. This is the gap, and this gap cost the British huge casualties. After three weeks of fighting, the British suffered 10,000 dead and wounded, while the French had less than 3,000.

This kind of battle loss ratio has never been seen in any previous Anglo-French war. And according to the company's consul in France, if the method of fighting was changed, the casualties of the French would be reduced. Louis XV was pleasantly surprised, but he also gritted his teeth and reduced the use of the royal family, and used all the extra money to hire military attaches in the consulate and train the new army of the French. Under the example of Louis XV, a large number of French aristocrats contributed generously. Don't think they're stupid, if the French annex Britain, then they'll pay back tenfold and hundredfold for what they have done.

Otherwise, without their support, it would have been very difficult for Louis XV to do anything in the future. According to Louis XV's plan, he would again raise a new army of 50,000 people, all of whom would fight with Hall M1819 muskets and heavy guns. At the same time, a fleet of battleships, cruisers, and frigates will once again be formed, all equipped with heavy guns. France itself, because of this huge military order, has shown a prosperous posture.

Military factories, which do not have enough manpower, can only recruit workers outside in order to be able to fulfill orders in a timely manner. In order to ensure quality and efficiency, real money has to be given. With this money, the workers naturally have to consume, and with this consumption, the market has an injection of capital, and naturally it begins to prosper. Even without these workers, the market will not weaken too much, as long as it enters a virtuous circle. Because of this, some of the social contradictions in France itself have been temporarily hidden, and although it cannot be said that they have completely disappeared, the time for the outbreak has been extended.

The whole of France, with a sudden change of style, devoted its main energies to dealing with the British. And the British, who were the targets of the French, were really very uncomfortable. The army itself is not very large, and the number of elites is even less. At this time, the disadvantages of relying too much on Hessian mercenaries appeared. The strength of his army is insufficient, and now he wants to hire mercenaries, not to mention that he doesn't have time to feel it, even if it is the cost, the Hessian mercenaries will also open their mouths.

The mercenaries live a life of licking blood at the tip of a knife, and they don't care who they fight. Today you can play for the British, tomorrow you can play for the French, depending on which side gives more money. And don't try to reason with them yet, you're definitely not as good as they are messing around. Voices in parliament have begun to criticize the royal family and several archdukes who had agreed to allow Anderson to go to the North American continent with an army of 30,000. However, this is not the time for infighting, and the French army of more than 17,000 is still wreaking havoc on their territory.

In this time, they had advanced a hundred miles, and more than a dozen towns had fallen into their hands. At this rate, it will not be long before the French army will advance to London. The Parliament and the royal family discussed together, and decided to recover the 80,000 summoned servants, all of whom were transported to the mainland to consume the strength of the French. At the same time, the local militia immediately began to signify, and the arsenal immediately started to produce muskets and artillery at full capacity, which did not need to be too advanced, but the requirements were fast, the number should be large, and the technology should be mature.

An envoy also brought enough money to the Hessian mercenaries, preparing to hire more elite mercenaries. The British wanted to rely on these three tricks to turn the tables and drive the French invaders out of their homeland. And the fleet of the British, too, began to assemble. Now, the one-on-one British fleet could not defeat the French fleet. Therefore, they will not use the tactic of refueling, but will gather the fleet together, and prepare to gather enough numbers to annihilate the French fleet in one fell swoop and cut off the French supplies.

This may be the only drawback of the French, the bullets for the Hall M1819 rifle cannot be produced in their occupied territories, and can only be transported from the mainland. If supply ships were not allowed to pass through the strait, then it would not be long before the French army on the territory of the British would lose most of its combat effectiveness. Hall M1819 had no bullets and could not be used, so they could only use captured front-loading muskets, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

Moreover, the war between Britain and France affected more than just these two countries. Not to mention anything else, the two countries' respective little brothers have entered a state of confrontation with each other. If this had been left behind, the younger brother of the British would have already begun to fight back. But now, because of the outstanding performance of the French and the poor record of the British, the younger brother of the French is full of confidence, and the younger brother of the British is a little lacking in confidence.

The younger brothers of the French provoked each other, and the younger brothers of the British did not dare to act because the boss looked bad, but only contracted their defenses to prevent the enemy from attacking. Louis XV was willing to support the younger brothers with a little Hall M1819 and heavy punches, but it was not enough for them to use it themselves, so how could they sell it to the outside world. However, the French had a very good weapon before, and they were among the best when released. At the suggestion of his staff, Louis XV sold half of the weapons that had been withdrawn from the army, which won the hearts of many people.

At the same time, I also got a little money to subsidize the finances. At the same time, both sides began to win over neutral countries, and the forces in Europe began to transform into two huge power associations. On the European continent, all of a sudden, the storm surged, and a tense atmosphere permeated the continent's sky. People also sensed that something was wrong, and began to restrain their smiling faces and arrange emergency measures. Every time there is a war, the most miserable thing is these low-level civilians.

The army of this era has no discipline, and whether it is victory or defeat, I am afraid that it will be plundered. If they don't prepare early, even if they survive the war, they won't have a head out in the future. There are even many people who take risks and prepare to live on the South American continent.

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