Chapter 234: The Despair Brought by the Tank
In an ordinary green military tent, in front of a simple table, a group of people dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing European judge wigs sat around. This group of people is now the real power of all the nobles in the British North American colonies. The three leaders, Earl Linman, Earl Karl, and Earl Stu, sat together on the top seats, but fortunately the table was wide enough. By this time, it was already a week after the Yanhuang Trading Company and the British joined forces to bring back the encirclement to the French, who were trying to break through the encirclement in one fell swoop.
Some of these nobles came back from the front, some came from their respective territories, and the last one followed the three of Lin Man from Boston. Originally, a naval battle and a land battle, a total of two victorious battles, were enough for these nobles to have a banquet, singing and dancing to celebrate. After all, this means that their policies are perfectly correct compared to Charlie Mill's, and that they will be right to imprison Charlie and then seize power.
During the reign of Charles, both the Yanhuang Trading Company and the French were enemies of the British, and even if they did not join forces, they drove the British to the edge of the cliff. The British and the Yanhuang Trading Company were now close allies, and the armies of both sides had even begun to work together, defeating the French and looting the French colonies in a big way. It is the people's livelihood, under the continuous output of industrial products of Yanhuang Trading Company, there has also been a "deformed" recovery.
However, the power of the Yanhuang Trading Company is really terrifying, and it has even completely exceeded the imagination of these people. It all started a week ago. By that time, the French had already received a secret message from the spies sent by Carrot, and were ready to do everything in their power to break through the encirclement of the British and the 4th Garrison Brigade. With the strength of the British and the 4th Garrison Brigade at that time, it was really unlikely that they would be able to stop the desperate French, and it was even a little difficult to inflict huge casualties on them in the process of breaking through.
Therefore, Xiao Lin directly sent the tank battalion of the Guards Regiment over. Anyway, when the cavalry of the United Nations tribe was printed before, these White Tiger Light Reconnaissance Tanks had already been exposed, and the British should have collected some information. Moreover, if the company finally annexes about half of the French North American colonies, the company's power can also be expanded to completely crush the British on the North American continent.
Lin Xin, as a colonel and brigade commander, naturally knew about the existence of the tank battalion. He also once compared the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Qing Kingdom with the tanks, and found that the so-called invincible Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was only slaughtered in front of these tanks. To command such a force, he was still very excited. The tank battalion directly took advantage of this opportunity to conduct a long-distance training exercise, driving directly from the company's territory. However, there is no need to worry about parts damage and power shortages, with 10 Dongfeng trucks following, and the cargo hopper is full of parts, diesel generators and sufficient diesel.
It's just that there is really no extra place to transport shells and bullets, except for those stuffed with tanks, the rest is only half of the base. The night before the French broke out, they quietly drove into the camp of the 4th Garrison Brigade. Although the British were extremely curious, they didn't dare to sneak in without Lin Xin's permission. The tank battalion took advantage of the night, completed the repair and maintenance of the tank, put on the canvas, rested for a day, and when the French broke through with all their might, the tank battalion suddenly appeared in their left rear.
Thirty White Tiger tanks, which had burst through from the flanks and rear, opened fire and went on a rampage, breaking straight into the French artillery camp. The armor of the White Tiger 1 tank is not too thick, and the 12-pounder gun has a certain chance of breaking the armor if it hits them, so first of all, they have to destroy all the enemy's heavy artillery. The French did not expect at all that the heavy artillery was ready to hang up the transport horses and evacuate at any time when breaking through, and they were too heavy to deal with it early, and they would simply not be able to keep up with the infantry and cavalry who broke through.
The ones that were still firing were all small cannons of twelve pounder and below. Seeing a group of steel monsters spitting arquebuses and slaughtering their compatriots rushing towards them, the artillery turned in fright and began to shoot at them. The adjustment of the firing angle of the heavy artillery could not keep up with the movement of the tank, and the small guns could only fire according to guesses. After three successive battles, five tanks were finally hit, and after a crash of steel, the stationary tanks actually moved again, and the fire rope continued to spew, and all the French who wanted to get close to them were beaten into pieces.
The Frenchman was directly frightened and began to shout "this is the devil's weapon" and fled in all directions. This is the white Europeans of 1722, even though they have experienced the first industrial revolution, and the technology they cannot understand is still named after the devil. In one battle, 30 White Tiger tanks killed 5,000 Frenchmen, most of them artillery and musket infantry, and more than 700 cavalry. Because of their existence, the breakthrough operation of the French was declared a failure.
Of the 30,000 French troops, there are now more than 18,000 left. The British suffered more than 2,000 casualties, but they still had the strength to fight. The French, however, were pulled out of their backbones, and they did not dare to force a breakthrough until they had a way to deal with the tanks. However, they didn't know that the White Tiger 1 tank had already finished one base of ammunition, and there was only half a base of ammunition left, which was simply not enough to continue to deal with the next breakthrough operation. The machine gun bullets were okay and could be replaced with 7.62mm rifle cartridges from the 4th brigade, although they would wear out the barrel, but they were better than nothing.
37mm blasting shells will not work, except for this gun on the tank, the company has no other 37mm guns, and can only carry them on its own. Naturally, these news were completely blocked by Lin Xin. Not to mention that the French, who are on the opposing side, even the British, who are now close allies, do not know. The British were also shocked when they saw the performance of the tanks on the battlefield. They feel like they're not fit in with the world anymore.
Originally, relying on their own muskets and artillery, it was enough to dominate the world. However, a Yanhuang Trading Company suddenly appeared, and every once in a while they came up with some new weapons, and the key was that the performance of each weapon far exceeded their own. At first, they could still fight a dozen, as soon as the machine guns came out, the platoon guns fired at each other to find death, and as soon as the mortars came out with heavy guns, the castle walls became a cemetery. Now, you've managed to come up with an invulnerable monster armed with a rapid-fire small-caliber gun and a machine gun.
If it's just an iron box, even if their weapons can't penetrate it, this kind of iron box can only rely on ramming, but how many people can be killed by ramming? But people have artillery, machine guns, both of which are sharp weapons of slaughter. Only thirty tanks were exposed, but they believed that, like machine-gun mortars and howitzers, these things would become more and more powerful. If this continues, will the British have a future? So, they are worried, and they are coming together, just after thinking about it.
"Michael, let your people go and get the information of this iron car, do you have a result now?"
"Yes, Lord Doge. According to the information we have obtained, this iron car was officially named the White Tiger I Tank in the Yanhuang Trading Company. The White Tiger I is the model, and the tank is its name. This tank is made of the finest steel, and it is said that the outer layer of steel is better than the steel used to cast the heavy-handed guns. The exact thickness cannot be explored, and the people of the Fourth Garrison Brigade cannot say anything. The above weapons are a 37mm caliber small cannon and a 7.62mm caliber light machine gun. ”
"Not to mention the machine guns, their small cannon is a brand new rear-loading blasting gun, and the shells, like the company's mortar shells, will explode after hitting the enemy. In particular, the rate of fire of this cannon can reach one shot in three seconds. ”
"Hiss......"
Limman spoke to a young nobleman and told him about the tank they had gotten their hands on. Although the information was not comprehensive enough, it still made all the nobles present gasp. Especially the 37mm caliber tank gun, the rate of fire can reach one round in three seconds. What is this concept, even the skilled private army that uses the Hall M1819 musket has only been able to shoot a bullet in three seconds, and there has never been a cannon that has approached or exceeded the rate of fire of the musket.
Now, there is a cannon that surpasses all the muskets developed by the whites themselves. No matter how small the caliber of this cannon is, it is still a cannon. All the nobles only feel that on the road of climbing technology, the Yanhuang Trading Company has stood on the top of the mountain, and they are still lingering at the bottom of the mountain. This is no longer something to envy and hate, but a despair of deep despair, which makes people completely unable to see a way out and hope.
Now, even the local people are not equipped with the most backward Hall M1819 musket and heavy-fist artillery for the company, but they are still making great progress.
"Now, you know how dangerous our situation is. The rise of the Yanhuang Trading Company, and even the domination of the entire North American continent, is unstoppable, and if we talk about it now, they are already sprinting. If the French are finished, then after that, we will have to make a choice. ”
"What choice?"
"Fes, are you a pig? Of course, you will either become the one who will become the Yanhuang Trading Company, or you will be completely driven out of the North American continent by the Yanhuang Trading Company. ”
"Yes, that's the dilemma we're facing. Even, this choice is not acceptable to us, so we must plan ahead. ”