Chapter 1406: The Unprepared Cannonade

"Set the cannon!"

Captain Gelin adjusted the angle of the cannon platform and personally lit the fuse to fire!

It would not do to not fire a shot at this moment; if word got out later.

Now that he had been forced into this position, Captain Gelin feared he would have no Method of surviving in Britain if he did not fire this shot.

Even if this shot missed, even if it were impossible for this shot to hit.

Even if it were just a free fireworks display.

That would just mean the Longyan cannon was no good; what would that have to do with me, Captain Gelin?

"Fire!"

Captain Gelin lit the fuse, and the Longyan cannon barrel let out a heaven-shaking roar!

Boom!

The gust of wind from the fired Cannonball nearly knocked Captain Gelin over.

Captain Gelin watched as the Longyan Cannonball transformed in the air into the dragon's breath of an invincible flame dragon from a myth.

It streaked across the sky like a flaming meteor, heading straight for the French camp.

Captain Qiaozhi watched the flaming-meteor-like Cannonball fired by the Longyan cannon with slight astonishment, feeling a bit stunned.

He had not expected the Longyan cannon to have such power when fired.

It looked quite extraordinary.

But Captain Qiaozhi was only slightly astonished; he did not believe that the Longyan cannon could hit the French position.

It was a full five hundred meters from here to the French position.

Even the highest-standard cannon Britain had now could not hit it.

The difference was too great.

Judging by the time and range, the Cannonball would definitely explode in mid-air, forming a massive fireworks display.

A Cannonball that lost its power was only fit to become fireworks in the sky; nothing else would happen besides a brilliant funeral.

Captain Gelin also felt immense regret in his heart at this moment.

If the distance were a bit closer, such a flaming meteor would definitely be able to hit the French stronghold.

Although the Longyan Cannonball had not yet landed, Captain Gelin had already foreseen the outcome.

And he was certain this outcome would occur.

The French Guard at the stronghold saw the flaming meteor in the sky, and mockery appeared on their faces.

In their view, such a flaming meteor was merely the incompetent rage of the British.

A Cannonball like this could never hit their camp.

They could even watch a free fireworks display.

At the thought of this, the French Guard even called for the idle guards in the barracks to come out and watch this grand fireworks performance together.

To watch the incompetent rage of the British.

Soon, many French Guard appeared in the camp, watching the Cannonball about to fall overhead without the slightest panic.

Instead, they were quietly waiting for it to explode.

But time passed second by second, and this Cannonball grew larger and larger in the eyes of the French.

Yet there was not the slightest sign of an explosion.

"Something's not right!"

Just after the French realized this, the flaming meteor Cannonball had already arrived above the heads of the French.

Boom!

The meteor burst, shrapnel flew everywhere, reaping the lives of countless French.

This grand fireworks display ultimately turned into a reaping feast.

And Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi, standing beside the Longyan cannon platform, had looks of disbelief that said it all.

"How is this possible!" Captain Qiaozhi's voice rose until it became shrill.

The thing that was least likely to happen had actually happened before their eyes.

The Longyan cannon actually had such power; this was impossible, how could this be possible!

It was actually even more powerful than their British cannons!

Captain Gelin was momentarily dazed, muttering to himself: "It succeeded, it actually succeeded!"

Hearing Captain Qiaozhi's shrill scream nearby, a wild joy appeared on Captain Gelin's dazed face!

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"Hahaha, let's see who dares to criticize me in the future for taking Longyan's junk!"

"Even Longyan's junk cannons are more powerful than our British cannons!"

Captain Gelin looked down with bloodshot eyes at the French fleeing in all directions; he had not yet lost his reason.

"Captain Qiaozhi, fire, fire!"

Hearing Captain Gelin's voice, Captain Qiaozhi also snapped to his senses, immediately reloading the Cannonball and firing back!

Suddenly, countless flaming meteors fell together onto the heads of the French.

The French below hurriedly organized men to fire back.

But they seemed to have forgotten that the range of their own guns and cannons could not reach this level at all.

The French position was five hundred meters from where the British were firing the Cannonballs.

Firing Cannonballs upward from the ground, there was also some resistance they did not quite understand.

So it was impossible to fire to that height at all.

The advantage of the French position has now completely transformed into a disadvantage that could bury this position.

Under countless flaming meteors, this French position was battered into a crippled state!

Captain Qiaozhi had recovered from his shock by this time and immediately ordered: "Pass down my command, have the first and third squads go and capture this French position!"

"Fourth squad, provide cover!"

Captain Qiaozhi immediately issued the combat orders, as this artillery bombardment had been completely unexpected.

Therefore, no prior arrangements had been made.

However, the British troops, under Qiaozhi's command, quickly set off toward this bombarded French position.

But when they arrived at the French position, the entire position was in an almost shattered state.

Most French Soldiers were wiped out before they could even react.

There were also surviving French Soldiers, but after experiencing such a bombardment, they no longer had the ability to raise their weapons to fight.

Their mentality and morale had completely collapsed.

Even now, they did not understand how they had lost.

Why were the British Cannonballs able to hit their position? This was something that absolutely should not have happened.

However, this kind of thing had truly happened.

This news was quickly transmitted to the French Colonial Area in America.

When Richard saw this military report, he nearly fainted from anger.

This position was the first line of defense they had set up near the mineral vein; the British had not been able to break through this line of defense in the jungle for so long.

Yet, just because of this attack that the British had not even prepared for beforehand, the position was taken down just like that.

And the most critical point was that the British had attacked from a high vantage point.

The greatest weakness of this position was that there was a place five hundred meters above the position suitable for an artillery ambush against them.

But that is a distance of five hundred meters.

Currently, none of the French's most advanced known Cannon technology had reached a range of five hundred meters.

What kind of Cannon possessed such a range!

Richard narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself: "Britain, Cannon..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he opened his eyes wide, thinking of a possibility.

Could it be Longyan?

Ever since he intercepted the Cannons that Britain was trading with Longyan, he had not heard of Britain having any conflict with Longyan over this matter.

This did not fit Britain's style of doing things.

Britain would absolutely never choose to suffer a loss in such matters.

However, since no news had come from either Longyan or Britain, the only possibility was that Longyan had paid some form of compensation!

Then, the compensation was...