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Henry Antoine is a brigadier general of the French fleet in Guadeloupe, but he is not the supreme commander of the fleet.

　　 At the end of the Seven Years' War, France was defeated. In order to preserve the sugar cane plantations and sugar factories in Guadeloupe, the King of France reluctantly ceded French Louisiana and New France in the New World of North America.

　　 In fact, even Louis XV will not cede French Louisiana and New France. The British have long coveted these two vast colonies. The French were defeated in the Seven Years' War, and the British would be stupid if they didn't want these two places.

　　 So, on the surface, it seems that the French ceded French Louisiana and New France in order to keep Guadeloupe. In fact, everyone knows that Guadeloupe is the last pair of **** for the French.

　　 But Guadeloupe has finally been saved, at least the sugar that the nobles in France eat every day is guaranteed, right?

　　 After the Seven Years' War, the French became more honest. For the time being, they were unable to fight the increasingly powerful British, so they could only send a fleet of three second-tier sailing battleships, seven third-tier sailing battleships, and several fourth-tier fast sailing ships to Guadeloupe. Come and be stationed there.

　　 The sugar cane plantations and sugar factories on Guadeloupe are something that the French must never give up.

　　 But as the Americans started tossing in the 13 British colonies, the French found an opportunity.

　　 The French understood very well that the Seven Years’ War had tossed themselves very hard, and the British were equally uncomfortable. Otherwise, the British would not increase their oppression of the 13 British colonies, which would eventually lead to the outbreak of the War of Independence.

　　 Although it was only fourteen years after defeating the Seven Years' War, the French could not sit still when the time had come.

　　 It's just that they still can't stand on the side of the Continental American Army in an open manner, but it's okay to provide some assistance to the Continental Army quietly.

Thus, Henry Antoine got the task of leading a squadron consisting of a second-tier sailing battleship and two third-tier sailing battleships from Guadeloupe northward without flying the national flag. As a pirate, bombard the British port cities at the right time to contain the British.

　　 So Henry Antoine came to the east coast of the New World.

This squadron has been cruising in the Atlantic Ocean for more than three months, during which time they docked in Philadelphia, controlled by the Continental Army, but as the British began to attack New York south, Brigadier General Henry Antoine led the fleet. Leaving Philadelphia.

　　 At the same time, as they had discussed with the Continental Army, they were going south to prepare for bombardment of British-controlled port cities such as Yorktown and Jamestown, so as to divert the attention of the British.

　　 After this squadron departed from Philadelphia, headed south along the Delaware River, and entered the Chesapeake Bay along the east coast of the Demarva Peninsula, it began bombarding Yorktown and Jamestown.

　　 But the effect of the shelling made Brigadier General Henry Antoine very disappointed. The British defensive positions built in these two port cities were not something they could break through with just three sailing battleships.

　　 And Brigadier General Henry Antoine did not want to risk losing his warship to attack these two ports with his life, his purpose was to contain him.

　　 However, two consecutive shellings failed to achieve any good results, which made Brigadier General Henry Antoine very upset.

　　 Sailing battleships are weapons used to attack. If the attack has no effect, it will definitely upset the commander.

　　 ran here for thousands of miles, but after a few rounds of gunfire, not even a dog was killed. It would be uncomfortable for anyone to replace it.

Especially when the shelling of Jamestown failed to return, Henry Antoine heard his first officer say that there was a large Cherokee tribe just a little bit inside the mouth of the Elizabeth River, and this large tribe was on the bank of the river. Aside.

　　 This news made Antoine interested in the future.

　　 You must know that during the Seven Years' War, Antoine was stationed in New France for a period of time. After the defeat, although France ceded New France to the British, Antoine did not leave New France immediately.

　　 So, Antoine, who was still a colonel at the time, had heard of what happened on the Mississippi River.

　　 As the Viscount Major General Claire, the Ocron military fortress on the Ohio River was beaten down by the Cherokee tribe, and by the way, the channel of the Mississippi River was cut off, which made the Major General Claire very angry.

　　 But because of the defeat, the French military strength in the New World has been greatly reduced as before, so even if the strength of the local colonists is added, there is no way to take this Cherokee tribe.

　　 It can be said that the French suffered a big loss for this indigenous Indian tribe.

Although this incident has nothing to do with Antoine, he is both a French and a high-ranking French officer. He now knows that the Cherokee tribe that once caused France a big loss actually has a large tribe in it. Near here, Antoine immediately decided to prepare to avenge Viscount Claire, who had been promoted to lieutenant general.

　　In Antoine's view, it was just an indigenous tribe. Your own fleet can't use the British fortress cannons. Isn't it possible that an indigenous tribe can't be dealt with?

　　 Three sailing battleships approached and a few rounds of volleys were enough to flatten the tribe!

　　Antoine has no doubts about this.

　　 These three sailing battleships have a total of 80 32-pounder guns, 30 18-pounder guns, and eighty-two 12-pounder guns!

　　 Even if only half of the artillery can be fired in a salvo, that is definitely not something that an indigenous tribe can resist.

　　 It is ridiculous that after entering the mouth of the Elizabeth River, those **** natives even warned with semaphores!

　　 I didn’t expect these indigenous people to understand the semaphore commonly used by the European powers...

　　 Looking at the thick smoke area in the distance~www.readwn.com~ Antoine is also very curious about how these thick smoke are produced.

　　 Are these indigenous people also engaged in industrial production? Could these indigenous people still carry out industrial production?

　　 Also, what is that ball floating in the air in the distance? How could that thing fly in the sky?

　　 But when Antoine was pondering the thick smoke and the ball floating in the air, a sharp and piercing scream suddenly sounded in the sky.

　　 The next moment, these screaming noises swept overhead, and then a spray of water nearly ten meters burst out on the river not far from the fleet!

　　 With this, Antoine woke up immediately.

　　 "Damn it, it's shelling! Immediately sound the alarm!" Antoine roared immediately.

　　 As soon as Antoine's voice fell, the sharp whistling sound resounded in the sky, and there was more than one sound. The next moment, under Antoine's stunned gaze, the fore deck of the three-tier sailing battleship König Rider that was driving in front of him suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, and a large group of huge sparks slammed from the king along with thick smoke. Appeared on the front deck of the Cavalier.

　　 When the fire came up, the foredeck of the 1480-ton King Knight had already turned into a **** of fire. One third of the front deck of the King Knight is completely gone. The front deck of this three-tier sailing battleship seems to have been bitten off by an invisible behemoth!

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