Chapter 1504: The Influence of Longyan on the War

"Lord Richard, are you saying such a weapon comes from Longyan?" an official said in shock.

Richard nodded: "Yes."

Hearing Richard's such definitive statement, the crowd fell silent one after another.

To be able to fire continuously, without needing to spend a large amount of time reloading their muskets.

This is simply too terrifying.

Although they have experienced the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the musket came out long ago, muskets could only fire a single bullet.

But they also possess immense power, basically comparable to those Crossbow Cavalry who can shoot through iron shields.

However, for just one such cavalryman, it takes nearly ten years of time just to train them.

The resources poured into them are countless.

Now, one can obtain this with a musket, and a soldier's training cycle is three months.

Muskets have great power, long range, and are quick to pick up.

But they also have shortcomings that cannot be ignored; the reloading time of a musket is several times that of a crossbowman.

And the battlefield changes in an instant; when fighting people, who can wait for you to calmly load bullets?

Often, while loading bullets, the Musket Team will be wiped out.

Therefore, even in the wars after the Industrial Revolution, the Musket Team can only serve as an auxiliary legion, while the Cavalry is the proper main force.

But if these problems were solved, then is the rise of the Musket Team still far off?

"It can fire six times in a row, and the speed of loading bullets is also very fast," Richard added.

After hearing this, the crowd was instantly astonished.

Such a weapon is too terrifying; if the Longyan army were to be equipped with them in large numbers, the changing of hands in America would not be far off.

"Longyan actually has such a weapon!"

"This..."

A huge shadow loomed in their hearts.

Richard said gloomily: "Longyan's current level of technology completely crushes us and Britain."

"Now Britain is on good terms with Longyan; if we don't cooperate with Longyan, the distance will only grow wider."

"By then, let alone the Longyan army, even the British army could easily crush our troops."

This time, the crowd did not speak up to refute.

Even the French Legion Commander could only remain silent in the face of ironclad facts.

"We must cooperate with Longyan," Richard said lightly.

The crowd nodded; at this moment, they finally acknowledged the importance of cooperating with Longyan.

Seeing the crowd's agreement, a smile appeared on Richard's face once again.

"This was just the first matter; next, I want to speak about the second matter."

"Next, please allow me to introduce the contributors who facilitated the cooperation between our France and Longyan City, friends from afar."

"Fang Dalong and Wan Shang, two friends from Longyan."

After the words fell, the tightly closed door of Richard's office slowly opened.

Ausilige held his head high and his chest out, his face full of undisguised arrogance and smugness.

In his view, the fact that Wan Shang and Fang Dalong could serve France was a credit to himself.

He walked in front of Wan Shang and Fang Dalong.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong followed behind, looking at the high-ranking French officials, their hearts stirred inexplicably.

This signaled that they had officially entered the power center of the French Colonial Area, and they would have more opportunities to obtain intelligence.

But this also meant that they were gradually drifting further and further away.

It would be very difficult to return to Longyan with a normal identity again.

"Everyone, welcome our friends," Richard said with a smile on his face.

He was the first to applaud in welcome; to him, Fang Dalong and Wan Shang were the link between him and Longyan.

Because of these two, this war was not lost so miserably.

Ever since Richard learned of the specific battle situation at Sanhao Zhendi, Richard

had carefully analyzed the role Longyan played in this war.

Although Longyan did not directly participate in the war, Longyan's equipment was all transported to Britain and France.

At the key nodes of several wars, both sides relied on Longyan's equipment to turn defeat into victory.

Longyan's two types of Cannon played a very large role in this war.

The ultra-long-range shooting made it almost impossible for all of France's military branches to fight.

And most crucially, the Longyan Revolver; when they captured them, these revolvers already had not a single bullet left.

But the general at Sanhao Zhendi who had witnessed the power of the revolver would, whenever recalling that scene, call them the demons recorded in the Bible, having come to the human world to harvest lives.

In short, Longyan's technology played a very large role in the war between them and Britain.

Richard smiled and gestured for Wan Shang and Fang Dalong to take their seats.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong first bowed slightly, then sat to the side.

"Mr. Wan and Mr. Fang, from now on, Longyan's side will need to trouble the two of you."

Richard placed his hands on their shoulders and said even more respectfully.

Facing the highest leader of France in America, such a humble display lacked even the slightest bit of an arrogant attitude.

There was even less of the ultimate expression of "the Son of Heaven calls, but I will not board the boat" written in books.

The two hurriedly stood up, terrified, and said: "Mr. Richard, why go so far?"

"The two of us will certainly use our full strength."

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong secretly added the next sentence in their hearts: make France send money.

Richard's mouth curled upward as he patted the two men on their shoulders and laughed heartily.

"Not bad, not bad."

"Very well, there is a task for you next. We have just captured some Muskets from Longyan, but unfortunately, there are no Bullets. See if you recognize this kind of Musket."

Richard beckoned, and someone brought over a wooden box containing a Musket manufactured by Longyan, which had a very unique design.

This Musket did not have the length of a traditional Musket; instead, it was very short, resembling the short-barreled Muskets equipped on a Noble.

However, there was one place on this Musket that was different from the others: there was a wheel in the middle.

To this day, the engineers of France have not figured out what this wheel is for.

They tried using the Method of other Muskets to load ammunition, but without exception, they all failed.

Because of the issue with this wheel, all the Black Powder provided for firing simply could not be contained within the barrel.

Therefore, to this day, the engineers of France have not been able to figure out this problem.

They guessed that this thing was just like the Cannon of Longyan, where only the Cannonball manufactured by Longyan could be used to fire it.

Wan Shang folded his hands to pick up this gun, looking at it left and right with a grave expression.

He would also discuss it with Fang Dalong from time to time, but after the two exchanged words, their expressions became even more grave.

Richard watched from the side, and seeing the changes in their expressions, he felt extremely uneasy in his heart.

Britain and Longyan are on good terms; although Britain had these Muskets captured by France this time, there is no guarantee that Britain will not trade for another batch of Muskets from Longyan.

If Britain brings out such firearms again during the next engagement.

They, France, will have no chance of winning at all.

Richard is now very urgent; he must arm France, especially with this kind of weapon, which absolutely cannot be possessed by Britain alone.

They must have them too.

Richard looked at Wan Shang and Fang Dalong with deep worry and asked uneasily, "How is it?"