Chapter 1422: Calculated Strategy

On the other side of America, the British Colonial District had just achieved a great victory.

It was now at the gold mine, inside the French camp that had been captured not long ago.

Kelinxi had already received the military report; at first, he did not believe it, although he did not know how powerful the Longyan Cannon was.

But he knew how difficult that French camp was to capture; this camp was easy to defend and hard to attack.

It could be considered to occupy a natural stronghold; the only weakness that was not really a weakness was that there was a cliff five hundred meters away from them, overlooking the position.

One could directly see the situation of this camp clearly, making it the most suitable place to launch an attack from.

This place posed a great threat to their position, yet the French ignored it, neither controlling this cliff nor thinking of blowing it up.

As for why, everyone in their hearts understood what was going on.

Firstly, this cliff was too far away, a full five hundred meters, so ordinary cannonballs could not hit it at all, and long-range attacks could not pose any threat.

Secondly, the path leading to this cliff had complex terrain and dense jungle; if one wanted to transport any heavy weapons there to reach the cliff, it was basically impossible.

But when he learned the news of this impossibility, he especially said: the greatest credit for capturing the French camp this time went to the Longyan Cannon.

His first reaction upon receiving the news was to be stunned, then greatly shocked, and then he shouted to prepare the horses!

Kelinxi finally spent about three days, with the help of fast horses, running from the most core Colonial Area of Britain to this side.

He was obsessed with coming to see how the Longyan Cannon managed to do it from a position five hundred meters away.

How powerful the Longyan Cannon was to take down the French camp with one shot.

Originally, Kelinxi was completely uninterested, as these five cannons were compensation from Longyan.

They were not the kind he wanted at all; in his heart, he was still obsessed with another type of Longyan Cannon suitable for combat.

Those two Longyan Cannons had cost him two colonies.

He did not expect that the two Longyan Cannons would be intercepted by the damned French, although Longyan compensated him with five other Longyan Cannons.

But after hearing the report from Captain Gelin.

That those five Longyan Cannons were used by Longyan for fireworks, Kelinxi suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes.

However, he could only silently accept this result.

There was no Method; Longyan had done things flawlessly, and it was impossible for him to try to deny it.

If he were to use force, the current Britain still needed to cooperate with Longyan, so he absolutely dared not take that approach.

Originally, Kelinxi thought he could only swallow this bitter pill, but he did not expect the Longyan Cannon to actually perform a miraculous feat.

Kelinxi arrived at this French camp located in a natural stronghold.

Many days had passed now, but one could still see the pits left by the Cannon here.

It was as if it were proving its power.

Kelinxi looked at the Cannonball pits and nodded, praising, "As expected of Longyan's Cannon, I didn't expect it to be so powerful."

At this moment, Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi discovered that Kelinxi had arrived.

The two immediately stepped forward, performed a salute, and said, "Greetings, Mr. Kelinxi."

Kelinxi returned the salute slightly, then scanned the pits left behind and asked, "Are these all left by the Longyan Cannon?"

Captain Qiaozhi and Captain Gelin nodded in unison.

"Respected Lord Kelinxi, all the pits you see now were caused by the Longyan Cannon."

Hearing this definitive answer, Kelinxi's expression was very solemn; it really was.

He did not expect that Longyan's current level of technology had reached this point; after Britain experienced the Industrial Revolution, its scientific research level also advanced by leaps and bounds.

But it was far from reaching such a level.

Otherwise, they would have taken this French camp long ago.

It seems Longyan cannot be ignored; fortunately, the current Longyan is very weak in America, and the current Longyan is still in a cooperative relationship with Britain.

In the short term, Britain and Longyan should not have any major conflicts.

Thinking of this, Kelinxi breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi and asked, "Where are those five Longyan Cannons? Let me see what is so magical about the Cannon that could capture this camp."

Captain Gelin led the way, bringing the three of them to the Longyan Cannon.

Kelinxi looked at the plain and unadorned Longyan Cannon, which seemed to have been washed by time, with traces on it.

But it still did not prevent Kelinxi from seeing how high the craftsmanship of these Longyan Cannons was.

Kelinxi walked around the Longyan Cannon twice, looking at it carefully, and finally gave a definitive answer.

"Such a Cannon is already top-tier even in Britain."

Captain Qiaozhi and Captain Gelin also thought so.

Kelinxi could not help but feel a little worried; what if one day Longyan used such weapons against their Britain?

What should he do?

Kelinxi sighed and said again, "Fire a shot and let me see the power of this Longyan Cannon."

Hearing these words, Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi frowned slightly.

They did not follow Kelinxi's instructions.

Kelinxi raised an eyebrow, looked at his two subordinates, and asked, "What, is there a problem?"

Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and did not know how to answer.

Captain Gelin stepped forward, looked at the Longyan Cannon, and said with a slight frown, "There is no problem with it."

"It's just that ever since the fifty Cannonballs from Longyan were used up, using our British Cannonballs, these Longyan Cannons have been like misfires, no longer having their previous power."

Kelinxi was stunned, looked at the two, then looked at the Longyan Cannon, and said, "You mean, these Longyan Cannons don't have their previous power?"

"Yes," Captain Gelin answered truthfully.

Kelinxi frowned deeply and walked around the Longyan Cannon a few times, while Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi stood by without speaking.

They were also extremely annoyed about this matter.

At first, they did not believe it; how could a Cannon that was originally capable of hitting five hundred meters suddenly regress so much?

Then, after a period of testing by Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi.

They discovered that the standard of the Longyan Cannon had been cut in half.

The current power and range were not much different from those Cannons of their Britain.

What was to be done about this?

These Longyan Cannons, which had been exchanged for two colonies, how had they turned into this state?

"Fire a shot, let me see," Kelinxi said, unwilling to give up.

This time, Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi did not hesitate; they loaded the Longyan Cannon and inserted a Cannonball.

They lit the fuse and fired.

Boom—!

The Cannonball was fired out, but the distance was not as far as imagined; it was only a short two hundred meters.

Then it exploded with a roar.

Kelinxi walked over to inspect it, looking at the crater blasted out, which was only half the size of the craters he had seen at the camp.