Chapter 636 (1/2)
Julian Luc was a Naval General mentioned by Louis XVI. He came to Guadeloupe naturally after Louis XVI ascended the throne.
Louis XVI became the emperor of France in 1774, so when Luc came to Guadeloupe, it was the years when the Cherokees recuperated before the northern expedition.
Luc didn't know much about the Yanhuang tribe. Even though the Cherokees cleaned up the tribes in the Great Lakes in 1775, Luc, who had been in Guadeloupe island in the Caribbean, was not very clear.
Since the end of the seven-year war, the French colonies in the new world of North America, French Louisiana and New France, were ceded to the British, the French interest chain in the new world of North America was gradually cut off, and the French got less and less information about the new world.
Although Luc had heard that the French army, which had not withdrawn from the new world a few years ago, had been attacked by a local Aboriginal Tribe, he did not know that the Cherokee unified the Indian tribes in the new world of North America.
So in Luc's mind, although the soldiers of the aboriginal tribes in the new world were fierce and fearless in battle, they could not defeat the European soldiers with hot weapons, let alone deal with the incredibly powerful windsail battleships!
But the news from the army told major general Luc that Antoine's sub fleet had been sunk by a native Indian tribe named Yanhuang tribe.
Moreover, the military strength of that Indian tribe was extremely terrifying. The three sail battleships led by Antoine had no resistance for ten minutes, and they were sunk by a kind of terrifying artillery.
Although he did not believe what the letter said at the beginning, Luc, as a senior general, thought that Antoine was indeed buried in Chesapeake Bay after careful analysis of some things.
Luc wanted to take the fleet to see how powerful the native Indian was, but unfortunately, the French Navy's warships could not get close to the coastline of the new world, otherwise they would be regarded as provocative by the British.
At present, although the French navy has an advantage in warships, the number of warships is far less than that of the British.
At this time, the French navy had less than 50 main ships, but what about the British? At present, the British navy has a total of 96 class III and above battleships, 115 class IV battleships, namely cruisers, and 182 other warships.
This is a terrible number. Even if the British warships are a little behind the French warships and Spanish warships, there are many ants that can kill elephants.
The number of warships owned by the British, especially the number of main warships, is almost equal to the total number of main warships owned by France and Spain. Therefore, it is obviously unreasonable to challenge the British at this time.
Luc is very clear that there are a lot of main ships in the Guadeloupe fleet. If they go out collectively, they will be found by the British Caribbean fleet nearby. If the British are angered by this, not only their own Guadeloupe fleet will be in danger, but the British may also take the opportunity to attack Guadeloupe.
That's the worst thing.
Guadeloupe must not be lost!
It was because of such concerns that Luc never led the fleet to Chesapeake Bay.