Chapter 1940: The Battleship of Britain

The French commander observed the approaching giant Battleship through a Telescope.

His expression changed drastically; this must be a retaliatory attack by the Longyan Army against them.

Currently, only the Longyan Army in the world possesses such Battleships.

"Quickly change course, do not engage the enemy head-on!"

The French commander ordered urgently; having fought Longyan Supply Ships many times, they knew the capabilities of the Longyan Fleet.

The Steam Engine equipped on this type of supply ship allowed its speed to easily surpass theirs.

Moreover, the Cannon equipped on these Battleships could absolutely blast their Warship into smithereens.

Their ships were used to transport supplies.

If they were to engage in a direct battle with the Longyan Navy now, the operational plans concerning the American continent would be completely ruined.

They sailed rapidly into the Saint Lawrence River; they must preserve this batch of supplies!

In the current operations on the North American continent, they, the French, were already at a disadvantage.

The French were at war with Longyan.

They were defeated, their troops were largely wiped out by the Longyan Army, and on the northern battlefield.

Britain captured many fortresses such as Cariyongbao in the Great Lakes Region.

This caused the French troops to lose too many areas, and now the entire Mississippi River Basin had fallen into the hands of the British.

The French commander knew that the batch of supplies they were transporting now concerned the safety of the most important and final fortress of the French Colonial Area in the North American region!

Quebec!

If this were lost as well, France would no longer have any trading centers in the Mississippi River and Shenlaolun regions.

There would be no port cities available for use.

They would lose the fur trade they had operated with the Indians for a hundred years!

Therefore, the supplies on their ships must absolutely not be sunk by the Longyan naval fleet.

Entering the Shenlaolun is their only hope now!

There was support from their French troops on the Shenlaolun, and the port was controlled by them; once they entered here, it would be French territory.

The French Soldier stationed on the riverbank would help them intercept the Longyan Navy.

Meanwhile, on the other side, was the British Fleet, which the French commander mistook for the Longyan Navy.

Their Dreadnought-class Battleship had all four sets of steam engines running at full power, breaking through the tightly connected sea surface, causing ripples to rise one after another on the sea.

The French Fleet's main ship was equipped with three sets of steam engines and possessed one hundred Cannon in total.

But most were small Cannon; although it was a steamship, it still retained the sail design of a wooden-hulled ship.

Sails could provide a bit of acceleration, but they could not compare to the steam power of the supply ship and the British Dreadnought-class.

Four sets of Giant Steam Engine could allow the Dreadnought-class Battleship to possess very strong mobility.

Coupled with the aerodynamics researched by the British, it was well-verified on the British Dreadnought-class Battleship.

This ship was approaching the French Battleship at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Quick, quick, quick!" the French commander roared in a hurry.

"Turn all Cannon, aim at the Longyan Battleship!"

He watched the Shenlaolun not far ahead.

As long as he entered the Shenlaolun, he would have a glimmer of hope!

It was not far to the Shenlaolun now.

However, at this very moment, a massive Cannonball descended from the sky and slammed into their French Warship!

Because the French Battleship still retained part of the wooden-hulled ship design, most of the deck was designed with wood.

This single Cannonball directly caused the deck of the French Battleship to erupt into a raging fire.

Flames were devouring the entire ship!

Attacked by the British Dreadnought-class Battleship, the French commander quickly turned his Telescope to look at the Battleship that had not indicated its origin.

But looking at the soldiers loading Cannonball, the French commander was stunned!

"The British!"

"How could they possess a Steam Battleship almost identical to the Longyan Supply Ship!"

The French commander was stunned, even forgetting to issue the order to counterattack.

The sailor beside him immediately reminded him: "Captain, counterattack!"

"Counterattack!"

Boom!

The British Battleship, which held an absolute advantage in power, had already approached the French Battleship.

They, the British, did not have such powerful Cannon as Longyan.

Their Cannon range had not reached an astonishing five hundred meters; they could only use the huge power advantage brought by the Steam Engine to move and fire on the sea.

A Cannonball landed accurately, and the huge explosion sound woke the stunned French commander.

Ahead was the Shenlaolun; regardless of whether it was a British Warship or a Longyan Battleship.

As long as they entered the Shenlaolun, no matter how they attacked, there would be no Method to sink their ship.

The French Soldier on both banks would surely cover them.

The French commander immediately ordered: "Counterattack, counterattack!"

"Full speed ahead, use Cannon to suppress them; as long as we reach the Shenlaolun, we are safe!"

Following the French commander's order, their soldiers slightly adjusted the direction of the gun turrets.

But they discovered that no matter what, they could not aim at the behemoth in the distance, and could not even keep up with the opponent's speed!

Seeing this situation, the French commander urged: "Abandon aiming precision!"

"Just bombard the sea area around the enemy ships to burden them and restrict them from continuing their attack!"

"Yes!"

Upon receiving the order, the French soldiers immediately opened fire.

Without accurate aiming, their Cannonballs unsurprisingly all struck the sea around the Britain Battleship.

Huge explosions blasted up sky-high waves.

However, it did not cause even the slightest damage to the Britain Battleship.

The other Britain Destroyer ships were equipped with two sets of Giant Steam Engines, but had smaller hulls and possessed faster speeds.

But the number of Cannons was very limited; their assigned tasks were escorting, patrolling, raiding, and pinning down...

In such a naval battle, the task of the Destroyer was to attack and pin down.

Because they possessed faster speeds.

Before the French fleet, the Britain Destroyer had already blocked the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River!

Attempting to intercept the French fleet here.

And at this moment, the French Frigate was also pinning down these Destroyer ships to ensure the safety of their main capital ships.

Clearing a path for the French main capital ships on the battlefield.

But as it seems now, because their Frigate ships were wooden-hulled and lacked Steam Engine power, still using traditional sails.

Their speed was far too weak, and they could not catch up to the Britain Destroyer at all.

The French Frigate only circled around the main capital ships, expanding their own escort range to ensure the safety of the main capital ships.

Preventing those Destroyer ships from having any Method to attack the French main capital ships.

The Frigate had to engage the Britain Destroyer in direct combat earlier than the main capital ships.

The combat between the Frigate and the Destroyer was even more tragic; the sea was filled with the wreckage of both fleets everywhere.

The billowing thick smoke could be seen from far away on the America continent. Recent transcoding is severe; let us have more motivation to update faster. Please move your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.