Chapter 635 (1/2)

Major general Julian Luc is the supreme commander of the Royal French Navy's fleet in Guadeloupe. He commands a fleet composed of two class II windsurfing battleships with 90 guns, five class III windsurfing battleships with 74 guns and eight class IV cruisers with 50 guns.

Guadeloupe is undoubtedly very important for France, so both Louis XV and Louis XVI, who just came to power a few years ago, paid great attention to the security of Guadeloupe. Even seven main windsurfing battleships were deployed here.

You know, after the end of the seven-year war, even though France has been desperately building the main ships, the number of class III and above windsurfing battleships owned by the Royal French navy is only more than 480, and the number of main ships owned by the Guadeloupe fleet accounts for more than one seventh of the whole Royal Navy!

When Julian Luc was named the supreme commander of the Guadeloupe fleet by Louis XVI, he was honored and vowed to be loyal to the great Louis XVI.

Especially after coming to Guadeloupe, the major general Luc is very beautiful for a while.

But in the past two years, Luc felt extremely depressed. He was even reprimanded by Emperor Louis XVI.

The fundamental reason for his absence was that the sub fleet he had sent north to harass the British suddenly disappeared the summer before last.

Brigadier General Henry Antoine is the most effective subordinate of major general Luc. According to the order issued by the Royal Navy Command the year before last, he asked the Guadeloupe fleet to send some warships disguised as pirates to attack the British and give some help to the army. So Luc entrusted the task to brigadier general Henry Antoine.

Luc knew very well that he became the fleet commander of Guadeloupe not because of his mastery of naval warfare, but because he had a good family background. But Antoine is not the same. His rank of brigadier general is a real battle.

On the sea war, Luc thinks that he is far inferior to Antoine.

Therefore, Luc thought that he was quite sure that Antoine would carry out this task in the future.

As a result, Antoine disappeared as soon as he left. Although it takes several months for the navy to go out to sea, it can't be that it's not seen for more than half a year.

If we start from Brest, the largest port in France, and cross the Atlantic Ocean to Guadeloupe Island, then with the speed of less than 10 knots, the voyage of more than 7000 kilometers will take more than two months or even three months.

New France was ceded to the British after the seven-year war, and France lost its landing point in the new North American continent. Otherwise, it would take only one and a half months to reach the new North American continent by the shorter route of the North Atlantic.

But it's all a long voyage, and it's normal to take a few months. But brigadier general Antoine led the three main ships to the north to harass the British. The voyage was not far. It would not take three months to go back and forth from New France to Guadeloupe.

But there must be a big problem if there are no dead people in the past half year.

But in this era, it is almost impossible to connect with the fleet fighting in the open sea. So even if major general Luc had been on tenterhooks for more than half a year, he was helpless.

It was not until Luc saw a letter from the army that he knew the whereabouts of the sub fleet.