At this time, America.
The British Colony launches its second battle.
Right in the Ohio River Valley.
Britain went to war this time with an old general who had rich combat experience.
Although his own strength now clearly exceeds France's defensive strength, he still has a very pessimistic mood about this plain battle.
Although they have a large number of troops, their weapons and equipment are far stronger than those of the French army.
They are blessed with Dragon Flame weapons and equipment, those cannons with ultra-long shooting distances.
But on the plains, and it is not a siege, these cannons can play very little role.
The Ohio River Basin area is too flat.
There is no way to unleash the power of these cannons.
If these cannons were used to attack cities or block attacks in small mountains, they would be perfect.
The cannon's attack range is wide enough and its explosion is powerful enough.
It can exert extraordinary power in the mountains. It can not only defeat the troops, but also create obstacles so that other troops cannot attack.
There was no way to march.
Especially Long Yan's latest artillery is simply prepared for mountain warfare.
Not only is the barrel lightweight and easy to carry.
It is also extremely powerful and has an extremely long range.
The reloading time is also very fast, and this type of artillery has almost no weaknesses.
If there is a weakness, it is this artillery. Like other artillery, it exerts too much power on plain battlefields.
Although the effective range of this kind of artillery is very wide, it is due to the almost abnormal scientific research ability of Longyan people.
It almost raised the artillery's aiming level by one level.
The hit rate of the Dragon Flame Cannon is very high, and can even be said to be ridiculously high.
However, this kind of super high hit rate still cannot play a big role on the plain battlefield.
The plain battlefield is too vast, and the sparse artillery attacks can be completely avoided.
What's more, the current number of French troops is far lower than that of the British troops. In this case, let alone attack with artillery shells.
Even if the British troops charged in, there were not a few French people to be found.
Taking advantage of artillery attacks is completely meaningless due to battlefield reasons.
The old general had thought about using traditional fighting methods to crush the French army horizontally, but they just couldn't do it.
As for why, only Braddock's death serves as a warning.
What the old general dreams of now is to have a cavalry team.
On the plain battlefield, the advantage of cavalry is huge.
However, among the many troops in Britain, there is no cavalry that can fight. Their army strength can be said to be extremely low.
Even though Britain had good pastures in America, the army did not breed powerful war horses.
From this point of view, Britain is already ten percent weaker.
But Britain's old rival, France, who has had a hatred for more than two hundred years, not only has the best pastures in America, but also has very fine war horses.
Has a strong cavalry force.
But now it's because of the Indian uprising that broke out in France.
These cavalry teams rushed back as soon as possible.
The French army now fighting the British army did not have cavalry.
This is great news for the old general.
Without cavalry, there was only a competition in strength between the two armies.
Although he remained pessimistic about this battle, he felt that he should not lose too badly.
On the battlefield.
The French army did not hide its head and tail this time, and actually took the lead in launching an offensive. This was a naked provocation to the British army.
The old general looked at the French troops who launched the attack and immediately sent troops to fight back.
But I noticed something was wrong.
The French army's strength was so small that they dared to launch an attack.
Is there any conspiracy among them?
Thinking of this, the old general frowned. He looked at the situation on the battlefield through the telescope, and his expression changed.
The vanguard of the French army was very small in number, and there were only Frenchmen and no Indians.
The total number of French colonists in America did not exceed 100,000.
With such a number, the life of every French soldier is precious to them.
The composition of the French army has always been combined with the Indians, with a large number of Indian slaves or black slaves serving as cannon fodder.
The French used them to explore the road and charge ahead, specifically to do this extremely dangerous thing.
But the troops launching the first offensive now were not the Indians or black slaves cooperating with them.
It turned out to be a French army.
What are they going to do?
The old general couldn't understand, but he was not given enough time to think now.
The French offensive was so fierce that they even pulled out a cavalry team from nowhere.
Although the number is pitifully small, it only consists of seven war horses.
But if you use it properly, you can definitely kill people on the plain battlefield!
The old general knew there was an ambush, but now the French were forcing him to fight back.
On the plains, they had no way of relying on buildings to directly attack the French cavalry.
I can't resist it!
"Attack, the French must not be allowed to occupy the camp!"
Under the orders of the old general, the British troops immediately launched a counterattack.
Since there was no cavalry, the shield soldiers, who were defending the cavalry, immediately stepped forward.
Withstand the charge of the French cavalry.
Behind the British shield soldiers was a long group of musketeers.
The British troops are still equipped with single-shot muskets, which can only fire one bullet at a time.
Therefore, in order to make the attack range wider, strive to kill the enemy in the largest range with one shot.
The British musketeers formed a line.
They hid behind shield soldiers and waited to watch the approaching French troops.
As soon as the French troops came within range, the British musketeers would swing their muskets.
Let them see the power of the Musketeers.
As the cavalry approached, a solemn look appeared on the face of every British musketeer.
The cavalry was still a little short of being able to enter the attack range of Sui's muskets.
But at this moment, the French cavalry suddenly turned around, revealing what was behind their cavalry.
After seeing the French cavalry turn around and retreat, the British cavalry were immediately stunned. They had never expected that the French cavalry was actually dragging cannons behind them.
And now they are all within the range of the artillery.
As soon as the French artillery was ignited, the artillery fired directly at their British troops at such a close distance.
This opportunity is a fatal situation!
The French army, with a cold smile, lit these artillery pieces.
Suddenly there was a roar between heaven and earth!
