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　　Looking at the four French soldiers on the four inland river armed transport ships lifelessly throwing their guns on the ground, and then lined up with their hands tied back by the clansmen, Shi Xiong and Li Lei all smiled on their faces.

　　 In order to ensure that no French soldiers were left in the cabin, Stone Bear sent dozens of soldiers to search, and the search continued until the sun rose. Captain Constantine did not lie, he really persuaded all the French soldiers out.

The low temperature in the early morning made these surrendered French soldiers very tossed. The clothes on their bodies were not thick. If it weren’t for the Shixiong’s kindness and kindness, he lit several bonfires. Maybe just a few of them would be frozen to death in the space of the search. .

　　 After confirming that all the French people had come out, Shi Xiong, Li Lei, and a group of high-ranking tribes boarded the four ships and began to inspect the four ships one by one. Then, they found a lot of good things in the warehouse...

　　Cotton cloth and food are the most, and they don’t care about the weird salty stone bear. At present, the best table salt in North America and even in Europe is produced in the Gaoshu tribe. Who cares about the low-grade salt that is detoxified and not cleaned?

　　 In the cargo hold of a ship, Shixiong discovered two 121mm Valler cannons and corresponding ammunition.

　　 This 121mm Valerian gun is not comparable to the 84mm Valerian gun erected on the ship's side deck.

　　 The 84 mm Valerian gun mounted on the ship's side deck has a caliber of only 84 mm, which is the smallest caliber naval gun used in the French Navy in this era.

　　Yes, the artillery of this Valerian system belongs to the category of naval guns in a strict sense. It is heavy and has a long range, and is usually placed on sailing warships.

Each of these four inland river armed transport ships is also equipped with six 84mm-caliber Valler cannons. This type of iron-made artillery is 2.4 meters in length and fires 4 French pounds, or about 4.4 pounds, of projectiles. , The overall weight of the gun is about 650 kg.

　　 This 84mm artillery can not only fire a single projectile, but also a grape projectile, which is the so-called "bullet." It's just that when the projectile is launched, the range is far less than that of the projectile. However, when fired, its lethality for infantry at close range was unparalleled.

　　 The reason why this type of inland river armed transport ship dared to rampage on the Mississippi River was relying on this type of artillery that could fire bullets.

　　 The 121mm caliber artillery found in the cabin of this ship is an upgraded version of the 84mm artillery. This kind of artillery is usually set up in the sailing warship, and the target of this kind of artillery is usually also the enemy's sailing warship.

　　 The 121mm Valerian artillery is also made of iron, is 3.1 meters in length, can fire 12 French-pound projectiles, and has an overall weight of up to 1510 kilograms.

　　The ghost knew what the French thought, and even transported this naval gun to the military fortress in the north through this armed transport ship. Perhaps the military pressure over there is even greater. A certain military fortress needs this kind of naval gun with a range of up to 1,800 meters to deter the enemy.

But Shixiong knows that although the range of this naval gun is as high as 1,800 meters, the effective range is not very far. The caliber of this type of projectile is nearly a quarter inch smaller than the caliber of the barrel, and it can be within 200 meters. Hit the target even if it burns high incense.

　　 In fact, almost all artillery in this era are in this situation.

　　The gap between the barrel and the projectile of the artillery of this era is too large, which is easy to be exposed on the side, that is, the clearance is too large. The typical gap can even be inserted into a chopstick, which is about a quarter of an inch.

　　Such a huge gap will inevitably waste the energy of gunpowder gas.

When the artillery was fired in this era, the shells were driven by the high-temperature and high-pressure gunpowder gas, and they smashed into the barrel. It was a bit like a samba dancing and galloping forward. The moment it came out of the muzzle, where would it go? Not necessarily, so the accuracy is not high. Although the heavy cannon can theoretically hit a few kilometers, the actual combat distance of the naval gun is only about 200 meters.

　　 Therefore, regardless of the caliber of these two artillery pieces, they are really not so powerful in actual combat.

　　Ishikuma, who is used to watching various war movies or documentaries of later generations, naturally would not put this kind of artillery in his eyes.

　　 But in the eyes of Li Lei and the others, this kind of artillery is simply the treasure of Zhenshan!

　　In this era, let alone artillery, even if it is a musket, there are very few in the entire North American Indian tribe. Anyway, as far as Li Lei knows, in the entire Cherokee tribe, only the royal court and the headquarters of the Red City Alliance have a few muskets. That is still a bunch of desperate guys who pretended to be Poitans and attacked several times in a row. Only those Vasichus got it.

　　 In fact, the European colonists of this era are very hard-spirited. If they encounter an unstoppable enemy, they will often destroy the musket before they die after knowing that they are not immune.

These Vasicchus knew very well that if the indigenous Indians who had a large number of them were given a large number of muskets, their families would not want to gain a foothold in the New World~www.readwn.com~ So, knowing that they would die, these tiles The Western Chus would not leave the muskets to the Indians.

　　Of course, the situation encountered by them like Captain Constantine is different. After all, they can save their lives as long as they surrender. This is the most important thing for them, so they will surrender happily.

　　 Even the four armed transport ships and the materials on it can’t be kept. Who cares about those muskets?

　　 Counting the battle at Gaoshu Pass yesterday, the Gaoshu tribe now has almost a hundred muskets. Of course, a lot of corresponding ammunition was found in the cargo holds of these four ships. These ammunition was originally provided for the military fortresses in the north, but now they are all cheaper for the Gaoshu tribe.

"If we place these two artillery pieces on the north and east sides of the tribe, and then take down the artillery from the four ships and put them together with the two artillery pieces, and finally our tribe’s warriors hold the guns, then our tribe will be considered It's infallible. With this kind of firepower configuration, I am afraid that even the military fortresses of Vasichu can't match it!" Li Lei said with a big-footed brother beside him with a smile.

　　 Bigfoot nodded with a smile.

　　 The harvest this time was far beyond their expectations. The materials carried on these four ships alone were enough to make the Gaoshu tribe make a fortune, let alone the weapons and ammunition seized this time.

　　 Among the materials seized this time, in addition to weapons, there are more than 1,500 pounds of black powder, more than 2,000 pounds of purified sulphur and more than 500 pounds of purified sulfur...

　　 Obviously, the main raw materials for making black powder were also prepared to be sent to those military fortresses, but they were all given to the Gaoshu tribe for nothing.

　　 Compared with the finished gunpowder, Shixiong pays more attention to the fire and sulfur...