Chapter 1739: Counterattack

"No, Longyan Third City has nothing; if the Spanish have occupied it, let them occupy it," Qin Zhangfeng said indifferently.

"But Spain must pay a price for this; ten thousand Longyan troops to deal with the Spanish in Florida is truly too much force."

Qin Zhangfeng said in a deep voice: "I only need eight hundred Cavalry and two hundred crossbowmen; that will be enough."

Qingyang Shuo glanced at Qin Zhangfeng and said indifferently: "Although the Spanish of today are already like a spent arrow, a camel that is dying is still bigger than a horse. General Qin, are you certain you need so few troops?"

"Certain. Additionally, give me three Longyan Cannons; I will use them to breach the city."

"Other troops are simply not needed; these Spanish are not worth fearing at all."

Qingyang Shuo could see the anger in Qin Zhangfeng's heart; after all, Longyan Third City had been built under his direction.

Although this city had not been successfully completed.

Longyan had not even stationed troops there.

But this city, from any perspective, was already their Longyan territory.

Territory seized—such an issue could absolutely not be conceded.

Spain must pay a price for this!

The defense system of Longyan City was now complete, so it did not strictly require Qin Zhangfeng to command here.

For this expedition, Qin Zhangfeng led the troops personally.

One thousand Longyan troops set out immediately, advancing toward Longyan Third City.

At this moment, on the other side of America.

Located in the upper reaches of the Ohio River, Gelin was currently leading a force of three thousand Cavalry, lying in ambush at a position temporarily set up by the French.

As a commander on the front lines for Britain, Gelin should not have come to the front line himself.

But ever since Gelin arrived here, he had been ostracized by the former commander, Dodge.

Gelin was fighting for Britain and did not want to get mixed up with people like Dodge and Kelinxi.

Through his observations during this period, although the British Soldiers had lost their fighting spirit in the past few days, most of the soldiers had not completely degenerated.

Kelinxi had not issued military pay, and although Dodge was trafficking in British military equipment to obtain huge profits, in reality, not much money had flowed into the hands of these soldiers.

Dodge had operated here for many years; although these soldiers had not received much pay, they generally believed it was the fault of those above and had been kept in the dark, thus making Dodge the de facto commander here.

Gelin, this commander sent down by Kelinxi, could not command the army here at all.

To make matters worse, just as these situations were occurring, Gelin also received news.

The French troops were currently expanding their territory and would soon arrive at the front line.

But the current British troops had no morale and no energy to resist these French troops.

If the French troops attacked, Gelin knew very clearly what would happen.

Their British troops would once again experience a defeat in battle.

And this defeat would lead to them, Britain, completely losing their territory on the Ohio River.

Gelin would also therefore bear the shame of defeat, which was completely unacceptable to Gelin.

Gelin thought of an idea: take the initiative to attack.

Before this war broke out completely, he wanted to be the first to cut off the opponent's supply line and nip this battle in the bud.

If this battle were won, it would greatly boost morale.

He would also have sufficient reason to demand military pay from that bastard Kelinxi, and everything would get better.

But the only problem now was that, for this battle, Gelin saw too little hope of victory.

He only had three thousand elite troops, while the French side had deployed a force of ten thousand.

First, the disparity in troop strength was huge; second, there was the equipment.

Through

his observations during this time, Gelin could not have imagined that what these Frenchmen were holding in their hands were actually weapons manufactured by their own British people.

That bastard Dodge had actually sold military equipment to the enemy.

In this case, all their advantages in military equipment would be wiped out.

And perhaps, they might even master the weaknesses of this equipment and use it against them.

Aside from cursing under his breath, Gelin had no other Method.

At this moment, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired!

Gelin could not retreat; if he missed this opportunity to attack, once the French reinforcements arrived, this war would be a certain defeat at that time!

Gelin looked down from the mountain area at the darkness before dawn; most of these Frenchmen were still in the military camp, with only a few Frenchmen on guard duty.

Not many Indians were out and active either.

Now was the best time to attack.

Gelin took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice: "Attack!"

At the order!

Three thousand elite troops immediately charged down, horse hooves trampling the earth.

Before the Cavalry charged down the hill, the crossbowmen unit led by Gelin first fired a wave of Rockets.

The French troops, having encountered the attack, immediately launched a counterattack.

Although the crossbowmen led by Gelin struck first, and this wave of attacks caught the French troops off guard, it did not cause too much loss to the French troops.

The disparity in troop strength was here; this wave of Rockets merely covered the charge of the Cavalry led by Gelin.

There were few Frenchmen among the French troops; most were Indians, and after being attacked, these Indians were also the first to react.

The Indians immediately organized an attack.

They met the British Cavalry head-on and engaged in a melee.

The Cavalry launched their charge from the hilltop, where their attack power was at its maximum.

This time, Gelin had brought a cavalry force of a full one thousand men.

The one-thousand-man cavalry unit spread out in a line to launch a traditional European offensive maneuver: Line Infantry Tactics.

But because it was a surprise attack, the French troops did not react in time, and this method of attack achieved astonishing results.

It actually suppressed the French troops' counterattack in the very first instance.

However, the good times did not last long; relying on their advantages in troop numbers and armaments, the French troops quickly pulled the situation on the battlefield back.

What they were holding in their hands now was Britain's newest type of military equipment.

This kind of Musket had immense power and a relatively long range, and it also performed impressively against cavalry units.

In this way, even without Shield Soldiers and Infantry forming a formation, the French troops were able to effectively halt the momentum of the cavalry charge.

The battlefield fell into a stalemate.

Watching time pass, Gelin saw the advantage they had built gradually shrinking; he was burning with anxiety and also launched an attack.

After joining the battlefield, Gelin immediately commanded his troops to set up a formation to attack the French troops.

Gelin's orders were indeed effective, and the situation on the battlefield took a turn.

The ten-thousand-man French force had been fighting until now and no longer had much strength left.

But what Gelin did not know was that at this very moment, a Bullet suddenly shot out, spraying a splash of blood!

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