Chapter 252 Boston Storm
Ever since the local government decided to fight with the Yanhuang Trading Company, the atmosphere in Boston has been strange. A group of racists went around giving speeches all day long, calling on the colonists to support the decision of the natives. Among the civilians, many people were bewitched by these people, looking emotionally agitated, and they also found nobles who now held military power and wanted to join the army. However, none of the nobles agreed to them, but sent them away by private troops.
The commoners were in a state of agitation, but the nobles with the army did not make a single radical move. There is no way, the company's four field brigades, a tank battalion, and fifty heavy howitzers are all deterring them at the border, who dares to mess around. Even the private army in the hands of the three great earls of Lin Man did not dare to say that they could withstand the attack of a field brigade. So far, they have not come up with any effective means of targeting the White Tiger 1 tank. Artillery clusters, if they can't hit it, they don't have time to turn, and they won't have much effect.
Not to mention, the Type 59-1 medium main station tank shown in front of them, the huge volume, one top white tiger and one type three, the artillery is thick and long, and it scares people to death when they look at it. Many of these nobles have followed Charlie to learn the combat effectiveness of the company's army, and the rest have also fought side by side with Lin Xin and seen the strength of Lin Xin's garrison Fourth Brigade. They also sent people to observe the battles between the company and the French, and Xiao Lin did not clear the field, and these people have also seen it.
They are bitter about the decision on the mainland. Tell me, how smart the French are, seeing that they can't beat it, they directly sold the colony and replaced it with a full set of manufacturing technology for two advanced weapons, plus physical equipment to arm 10,000 elite field troops. In this way, it not only saves face, but also obtains practical benefits, and it is impossible to say that it can still wantonly bully those countries that do not have two kinds of weapons in Europe. Both weapons, they had used, and the performance of both was well understood at that time.
The local government has to fight with the company, and it seems that it wants to snatch the production technology of two weapons from the company through war. But the local people don't know, they know that these two weapons are not used at all, and they are all sold to make their money. Even the militia of other people uses much better weapons than these two weapons. What is the use of 30,000 local elites, these two weapons are not available, and even the militia can't beat them. Although they can contribute their weapons, these nobles are all cut to death one by one, how can they be selfless.
If you let the local people pay for it, and whether the local people are willing or not, the price of these things is not low. Otherwise, those nobles would not have almost spent their old capital. In the end, most of the time they just wrote a few empty promises and took away the weapons with the promise of a little benefit. Even if you take these weapons, you can't get the weapons of an army of 30,000 to be able to block the militia, and what can you do to resist the people of the field division. If they don't have time to run, they who provide weapons will definitely be liquidated by the company.
And if they have these weapons, even if these private armies don't need them, they can gain a foothold anywhere in the world. Count Linman, more than 5,000 Hall M1819, more than 200 heavy punches, as long as there is enough ammunition, can defeat a small country, and become a king himself. Even if you take refuge in the Yanhuang Trading Company, these weapons, together with private soldiers, will also receive more attention, even if you can't enjoy the status of nobility, you can become a middle-level manager.
Originally, many people had the idea of joining the company, but now there are more and more people who have this idea. However, the three counts of Lin Man did not express their position, and they did not dare to move if they were almost in power. It's been holding back, but some people don't want to. On January 15, 1725, a few weeks before the arrival of native reinforcements, a demonstration broke out in Boston, and a large number of people, blocking in front of the governor's palace, demanded that the "incompetent" three earls come out and explain their groveling to the company.
Lin Man and the three immediately dispatched private troops to suppress them, preparing to forcibly suppress and expel the people who were surrounded by force. However, while the two sides were pushing, a gunshot suddenly rang out, and an impassioned white male man standing in front of him had blood blooming in his chest and collapsed. The civilians went straight into a frenzy, frantically storming the lines of the private army's defenses. Lin Man saw that things were a little out of control, if he let these angry civilians rush in, the three of them would be beaten or even killed by these people if they couldn't keep them together.
For the sake of their own lives, the three directly ordered the private army to shoot and forcibly suppress it. All private soldiers use Hall M1819s, while civilians are basically melee weapons, or even kitchen knives and dung forks. Occasionally, a few short-handled muskets were heard, and they were immediately extinguished by the private army. For an entire afternoon, Boston was filled with the three counts' private troops, all the civilians were asked to stay at home and not wander around, and the smugglers chased after the civilians who had participated in the riot.
This matter, at first glance, is wrong. Many civilians know that the company's life is better, and if Lin Man and they really choose to surrender, they can also live a good life. Why did they suddenly unite and storm the Governor's Palace, as if they were forcing them to go to war with the company. After the anger, the three counts all discovered that something was wrong. Then, immediately sent people everywhere to track down, first of all, the musket that had sounded in the first place.
All the private soldiers heard the gunshots at that time, and these people could tell that it was definitely not the sound of Hall's M1819-style muskets. As a rear-loading musket, the Hall M1819 has a much muffled firing sound. According to the memories of many veterans, the sound of this gunshot was definitely the sound of a brown bass musket. After investigation, the private army found that someone had secretly lurked on the roof of the house next to the governor's palace and hid next to the chimney. At that time, everyone's attention was on the two sides of the stalemate on the ground, and no one paid attention to the roof of the house next to it.
When the dead man came out, the assassin also came out, and at a distance of more than one hundred and twenty meters, he actually came to a precise sniper. Although I don't know where he was aiming at the time, being able to kill with one hit means that he is definitely a master. Moreover, he is extremely familiar with the use of brown bess muskets, and is definitely the first group of people to use brown bess muskets. Because if they were to replace them with their private army, it would be difficult for the most elite veterans among them to do this.
Then, a few hundred meters away, inside the haystack, they found a brown bass musket that had been scraped off all markings. Now it was a little difficult to continue to check, and they couldn't check the fingerprints, and the marks on the musket were all erased, and they couldn't find out where they came from. Even if it is poor, it is not good, the brown bass was introduced by the chief inspector at the beginning, and it was produced in huge quantities locally. All the arsenals in the colonies have mature craftsmanship.
At that time, the colony had not yet been affected by the standardization of weapons of the Yanhuang Trading Company, and the brown bass muskets produced in an arsenal were all of very different calibers. It's impossible to check by caliber. After getting Hall M1819, except for a batch of brown bass muskets of good color and uniform caliber for the recruits, most of the others were drummed out by these nobles, and the Indian tribes and the hunters below were their customers. A large number of them were sold to the French.
Most of the money from selling guns was used by them in exchange for Hall M1819 and Heavy Punch. However, I didn't expect that this would actually grow bitter fruits. The proliferation of brown bass muskets caused the privates to run for three days in a row, without finding any useful clues. Unbeknownst to them, in a small and inconspicuous house on the outskirts of Boston, a man in extremely low-key clothes pressed around the room a few times, and then there was a clattering sound at the staircase, and a cellar opening was exposed.
The man walked in and accidentally kicked several empty wine bottles that had been thrown on the ground. The man frowned and continued inside. Inside, a scruffy man, drinking and nibbling on a large turkey leg.
"Andre, look at what you've done, empty bottles are thrown everywhere, can't you practice shooting, you're not afraid of unfamiliar skills. ”
"No, my shooting skills have long been melted into my bones, and I will definitely not be rusty. However, Hayzen, how long will I stay here, I don't see my eyes every day, and I feel that my eyesight is much weaker. ”
"You can't rush now, there are still private troops outside to track down suspicious people, and you must not expose them until the goal is achieved. Stay a few more days, and when the limelight passes, you can go out again. ”
"I don't understand, what is your temple actually trying to do, inciting civilians against the three counts, and letting me sneak attack to intensify the conflict. ”
"Nonsense, if Lin Man and the others really surrender to the Yanhuang Trading Company, then we will completely lose our help, how will we deal with the Free Assassin Alliance at that time. Also, you are now a member of the Templars, so be careful when you speak and show enough respect to the Church. ”
"Got it, but are you sure the British can beat them?"
"I've never believed in the theory that weapons win, these people can't fight, in addition to weapons, more training is far inferior to others. One is training every day, rain and snow do not stop, and the other is fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, of course, you can't win. I don't need them to win, though. Now the colony's army, plus the 30,000 new arrivals in the mainland, the elite troops of the Yanhuang Trading Company will definitely attack. As long as these elite fighters are gone, I will be able to touch in with the elite warriors and find what I want. ”
"Okay, anyway, I took your money, and if I need my strength for something, just say it directly. ”