Chapter 2002: A False Alarm

The people from the Armis Agency, upon seeing the French Soldiers who appeared suddenly, had their expressions change; usually, one would never see such soldiers, and they had not expected to see French Soldiers out on patrol today!

This was not good news for them, if they were to be discovered.

They would absolutely die here!

The people from the Armis Agency were panting heavily, their hands trembling incessantly; because it was their first time encountering such a situation, they were very afraid!

Harris, however, was much more cautious; he placed his hand on the hilt of the blade at his waist, and although he was hunched over, his feet were constantly pushing against the ground, ready to exert force at any moment to charge out and kill this French Soldier in one strike!

They watched as the French Soldier drew closer and closer to them.

The people from the Armis Agency were shivering, while Harris had already drawn his blade.

The next moment, they saw the French Soldier suddenly stop his footsteps, and the sound of a stream of water splashing onto the wild ground followed.

Then the French Soldier turned and walked away, swaying as he left like a drunken man.

Seeing this scene, both of them let out a sigh of relief.

The person from the Armis Agency sighed and said, "I told you, no French Soldiers would come to patrol at this time; it was just a soldier who needed to relieve himself."

Harris did not pay him any mind; he crouched halfway, pulled up the person from the Armis Agency, and said in a low voice, "Move!"

At this time, on the American battlefield.

Kelinxi finally made the decision to purchase weapons from Longyan.

This time, they had spent a large sum of money to purchase a large batch of weapons from Longyan to transport to the front lines.

But Kelinxi felt extremely pained by the cost, and the economy of their British Colonial District became even more strained.

Not only that, now they were not just facing economic strain, but also the situation on the battlefield.

Ever since the Dreadnought-class Battleship was scrapped in their hands, France had been attempting to seize back the supply line of the Saint Lawrence River.

Without a powerful Battleship as a backup, the British troops were only able to reach a stalemate with the French troops who possessed Longyan weapons.

But this kind of combat situation certainly could not be maintained for long, as after all, the French troops possessed Longyan weapons.

In order to prevent the war situation from further deteriorating, under the coercion of many parties, Kelinxi finally agreed that General Astimo on the front line should launch a decisive battle against the key town of Quebec now.

And one of the main promoters of this matter, Qiaozhi, because he had negotiated cooperation with Longyan and performed meritorious service, returned to the parliament.

Originally, Kelinxi wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of transporting supplies to retaliate against Qiaozhi and send him to the front line once again.

But Qiaozhi produced a certificate issued by a field doctor stating that he was unable to continue fighting, and Kelinxi could only completely give up on this matter.

But now, on the battlefield, Gelin, who had recovered, had already boarded the battlefield.

At this time, General Astimo, located at the front line, received the order.

He was to occupy the Quebec region as soon as possible, and their supplies would be delivered very soon.

General Astimo smiled and burned this intelligence; after the supply line of the Saint Lawrence River was cut, he had wanted to launch a decisive battle, but at that time he had been obstructed by Kelinxi.

He had not been provided with enough supplies for his troops.

But now that they had them, with the weapons from Longyan, everything would become different.

In order to ensure this batch of supplies could safely reach the front line, General Astimo sent Gelin to meet them, putting him in charge of the transport of these supplies!

This was a difficult and important mission.

This batch of supplies was directly related to the upcoming Quebec operation.

The French troops had already been equipped with Longyan weapons, and those Hand Grenades and Cannons made the British troops weary of dealing with them.

To salvage the situation, Astimo believed that the Longyan supplies were of vital importance.

After receiving this mission, Gelin did not dare to slack off for a single moment.

He led the British troops and set out from the front line to meet them.

Along the way, they had to pass through the Saint Lawrence River basin.

This area was now one of the regions mainly contested by the French troops.

For the French, they also had to travel along the Saint Lawrence River to obtain supplies.

The British troops also needed to pass through here to obtain supplies.

This section of the area was very likely to encounter attacks from French troops; this time, Gelin led three thousand light cavalry to set out, hiding during the day and moving at night.

He wanted to march at night to avoid the French troops active during the day.

Soon, Gelin's team arrived at the Saint Lawrence River basin, and looking at the dense jungle all around, Gelin grew vigilant.

This was an area where Indians hunted, but now because of the war, the Indians here had retreated to more southern regions to live.

But this did not mean it was safe; on the contrary, because of the lack of hunters, the most terrifying things in the jungle were those packs of wild beasts, such as the Wolf Pack.

Gelin ordered cautious marching; as long as they crossed this jungle, they would be able to reach the agreed-upon location, where they would receive the supplies.

And at this time, in the castle of Richard of France.

After obtaining Longyan weapons, their war situation began to turn from danger to safety, which made him very smug.

For France, this was good news.

He summoned Wanshang and Fang Dalong, expressed praise for the contributions they had made, and even promised that after the war ended, he would have Louis XV confer the title of Count upon the two of them.

This was to show the contributions they had made.

Regarding such a promise, the two of them sneered in their hearts; in their eyes, the French homeland was nothing more than a tiny plot of land.

Things like an emperor had long since been hollowed out in their Longyan.

Those princes, ministers, and Nobles did not live as comfortably as merchants now.

The title of Count was something the two of them truly looked down upon.

However, the stable war situation also allowed the two of them to temporarily breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the war situation had stabilized, the French troops should be even more urgent.

The Britain troops would absolutely not let the opportunity they had seized slip away in a flash.

They heard Richard say.

"Actually, the reason I called you here this time is not just because of the rewards; more importantly, we have received information that Britain may launch a counterattack in the near future."

"I want you to scout whether Britain has obtained Dragon Flame weaponry, as this is extremely important to us!"

Wan Shang nodded; this was the same as what he had been thinking.

Richard had definitely sought them out because he wanted to know such information.

The current war situation has developed to the point where whoever possesses a large number of Dragon Flame weapons can almost achieve a crushing offensive by relying on equipment that is far superior to theirs.

Warfare today has gradually shifted from tactics toward high-level weaponry.

The duel between General Qin Zhangfeng and the French general had already exposed the advantages coming from Weaponry and Equipment.

Traditional cold weapon combat no longer has much effect; as long as there is a sufficient quantity of a weapon like the Musket, a powerful troop can be rapidly trained in a short period of time.

Wan Shang glanced at Richard and said respectfully, "We will investigate and clarify this as soon as possible."