Chapter 1569: The Beginning of the War of the Seal

At this time, America, French Colonial Zone.

Richard hammered the table heavily.

"Damnable Britain!"

Placed on the table was a recent announcement issued by Britain, in which Britain elevated all its own colonial areas in America into colonial states, with the Kingdom of Britain on the European continent becoming the Sovereign State.

Furthermore, it issued a strong condemnation regarding France's establishment of colonial areas in America.

It also declared that they, Britain, did not recognize the colonial territories announced by France in America, and even shamelessly declared that these territories were all illegally occupied by France.

They could not be recognized at all, and for this, Britain must launch a war against France in America.

After reading it, Richard was instantly furious.

He could not help but mock that these sanctimonious British were truly capable of twisting black and white.

America was first discovered by the Spanish; in their eyes, it was originally ownerless property, occupied by a group of uncivilized Indians.

Anyone could occupy the local colonies.

"Lord Richard, the British have already assembled their forces; we must make a powerful response."

Richard's eyes were extremely gloomy. He looked at Military Department Minister Fessis and said in a cold voice: "Fight. We must let the British know who calls the shots on this land."

"Yes!" Fessis accepted the order.

Just at this moment, others jumped out and said: "My Lord, would this be too impulsive? Should we contact the home country first?"

"Contact my foot! What can that cowardly and hesitant king do?"

"Fight, and never hold back!"

Richard clamored.

Someone spoke up to remind him: "Currently, Britain and Longyan have close relations. If we attack like this, in case Longyan intervenes, we will be at a disadvantage."

"After all, the Geography of where Longyan City is located is very important!"

Everyone fell silent. Indeed, the place where Longyan City is located is accessible from all directions, easy to defend and hard to attack, and more crucially, Longyan City is wedged between the borders of France and Britain.

Whoever attacks by way of Longyan City will gain an unavoidable advantage.

Now that Longyan City is on good terms with Britain, there is a high probability they will unite with the British.

At that time, whether the British attack or defend, it will be up to them to decide, and Longyan's firearms are even more formidable; if Longyan provides the British with firearm assistance, then the situation for France will be very dire.

"Before fighting Britain, clarify Longyan's stance first."

Richard said in a deep voice: "I know that Longyan City currently claims to be neutral, but I don't want to be stabbed in the back."

"Leave this matter to Fang Dalong and Wan Shang."

Fang Dalong and Wan Shang were also at the meeting; they nodded and accepted this task.

Richard looked at everyone again and asked: "Do you have any other questions now?"

No one spoke; they were now united against the outside.

Richard nodded and then said: "Since everyone agrees, we fight!"

"Yes, as you command!"

A group of high-ranking French officials in America could only accept the order.

For Britain to make such a move was undoubtedly a challenge to their bottom line, and France must give a powerful response.

Fessis quickly gathered the troops and declared a fight to the death with Britain in America.

Meanwhile, after Qin Zhangfeng finished maintaining the defensive strength of Longyan City, he snuck into the French Colonial Zone.

He contacted the Indians who were preparing for an uprising there.

It did not take Qin Zhangfeng too long to contact the tribal chief, who had been bestowed a surname by Qingyang, at a small Merchant Household.

Upon seeing Qin Zhangfeng, the tribal chief bowed deeply: "General, you have finally come."

Qin Zhangfeng glanced at him without speaking, merely using water to write a few characters on the tabletop.

Then he rose and left.

Looking at the characters Qin Zhangfeng left on the table, the tribal chief immediately understood the meaning.

After sitting for a while longer, he rose and left.

The two walked in completely different directions.

But not long after, the two met again at a Small Tavern.

The owners of this Small Tavern were Wan Shang and Fang Dalong.

Qin Zhangfeng looked at the vigilant tribal chief and said quite casually: "No need to look; the owners here are Longyan."

With one sentence, he dispelled his concerns.

Only then did the tribal chief set his mind at ease and hurriedly said: "General, it is truly great that you could come."

"We have had enough of staying in this place; all I think about every day is the matter of the uprising."

Qin Zhangfeng sighed: "You have been wronged during this time."

"How much do you know about the Weapon Depot and ammunition depot here?" Qin Zhangfeng asked straight to the point.

The tribal chief answered immediately: "According to our observations of the entire colonial zone, there should be three large Weapon Depots. The plan we formulated is to launch a sneak attack on one of them."

As he spoke, the tribal chief took out a map of the French Colonial Zone, on which the basic roads and key buildings of the colonial area were marked; among them, the three heavy Weapon Depots had already been marked by the tribal chief.

Qin Zhangfeng looked at the locations of the ammunition depots and nodded: "Which one do you want to attack?"

The tribal chief pointed to the Weapon Depot closest to Longyan City and said: "We originally wanted to enter this Weapon Depot."

"This Weapon Depot is on a mountain. We are most skilled at jungle warfare; we are very confident in our ability to take this Weapon Depot down."

Qin Zhangfeng, however, shook his head: "What about after taking it down? If it is on the mountain, without a Horse Carriage, it will be very difficult for us to transport these weapons down."

"And I see there is only one road up the mountain; we cannot attack this one."

The tribal chief sighed and said: "With our current capabilities, if we attack other Weapon Depots, it is difficult to ensure we can take them down."

Qin Zhangfeng looked at the map and asked, "How many troops can you confirm you have right now?"

"About thirty thousand, but there are only five hundred guns, not many Bullets, and no Cavalry."

Hearing this situation, Qin Zhangfeng's expression darkened; this force was far too small, and Mr. Qingyang Shuo was right—now was indeed not the time for an uprising.

"So you mean the number of people you have who can actually fight is only about one thousand?"

Chief Wang nodded.

Qin Zhangfeng sighed; these people were too few, and even if the uprising succeeded, few would survive, let alone be able to take this equipment back to Yun City.

Qin Zhangfeng looked at the map, his brows tightly locked.

"Besides these large Weapon Depots, are there any other places where guns can be obtained?"

Chief Wang thought for a moment, then suddenly thought of a place: "There actually is one."

"Where?"

"The French Zhian-suo," Chief Wang continued, "Those French store a large amount of ammunition inside the Zhian-suo, but their police officers are pitifully few."

Hearing this news, Qin Zhangfeng's eyes lit up.