Chapter 640 (1/2)

One of the main reasons why Julian Luc dares to appear in such a swagger off Chesapeake Bay is that he has received accurate information that a fleet of the British Royal Navy originally docked in Yorktown left Yorktown a week ago and went north to support New York.

Last year, William Howe led the army to capture Philadelphia, the seat of the Continental Congress, but the tragic battle in Saratoga changed the situation of the thirteen colonies in North America.

The grand army lost more than 5000 people in Saratoga, so their strength in the northern battlefield has now become even weaker.

In the original historical time and space, although William Howe occupied Philadelphia, because of the victory of Saratoga, the British were forced to withdraw from Philadelphia after only nine months in Philadelphia, and gave it to the army again.

But now it's different. Without the victory of Saratoga, although bergoin's troops also suffered heavy losses, they also caused heavy damage to the army. So now the British are very confident in keeping Philadelphia and New York.

For this reason, the British even mobilized the fleet guarding Yorktown and Jamestown to New York to increase the defense force of New York, and sent part of the New York garrison to Philadelphia to make the defense force of Philadelphia more powerful.

It was because the British fleet left Chesapeake Bay that Julian Luc dared to show up in the open sea of Chesapeake Bay and prepare to bombard Norfolk.

The gunfire that commander Adria Fogg heard was the one fired during the provocation of the cruiser Brittany who had been out for investigation.

Since the three main ships of the French entered Chesapeake Bay as pirates and shelled Yorktown the year before last, the British troops stationed in Yorktown and Jamestown began to watch at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.

Because the south of Chesapeake Bay mouth is now the territory of Norfolk, the British can only set up observation posts in the north of Chesapeake Bay mouth.

The British set up an observation post on fisherman's Island, which is located in the north of the bay mouth. There is not only an observation post on this island, but also two small sailboats in the Bay in the north of the island. This ship is specially used to transmit information.

The speed of this small sailboat is very fast, much faster than that of a sailboat. Fisherman's Island is located in the north of the mouth of the bay. Once an enemy ship enters Chesapeake Bay, only fisherman's island can see the enemy ship first except point Henry.

Once an enemy ship is found entering Chesapeake Bay, the herald will drive the two small sailboats as fast as possible to Jamestown and Yorktown to report the situation.

But when Lieutenant Colonel Fogg received the news from fisherman's Island, it was five hours after the end of the naval battle.

What's more, he received news that only eight French warships had appeared at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and were preparing to enter Chesapeake Bay. As for where and what happened, Lieutenant Colonel Fogg didn't know until a day later.

Of the British observation posts on fisherman's Island, only 12 were stationed at ordinary times. Even among the twelve, eight of them were soldiers who specialized in sailing boats, and only four of them were actually engaged in observation tasks.

Only one day later did the two royal army officers know what had happened when lieutenant commander Fogg and the top commander in Yorktown, Colonel Jackson, boarded the fisherman's Island and met the four observers.

”Sir, at noon yesterday, eight French warships with irises were suddenly seen in the open sea. One of the cruisers went out to investigate and fired guns about four kilometers south of the mouth of the bay at point Henry, but the Cherokees on the opposite side did not fight back.” A soldier named Frank spoke nervously to Colonel Jackson and Lieutenant Colonel Fogg.