Chapter 641 (1/2)

Although Frank's story sounds incredible to lieutenant colonel Fogg and Colonel Jackson, the soldier's story is far less than that of the short and fierce naval battle that happened yesterday afternoon.

Moreover, it is not so much a naval battle as a unilateral massacre.

After all, the mouth of Chesapeake Bay is 19 kilometers wide. Even if Frank's observation post is on a 20 meter high hill on fisherman's Island, even if Frank was holding the most advanced monocular telescope of the British Empire at that time, he could only barely look at it.

As a matter of fact, major general Julian Luc, who was proud and charming, led his eight sail battleships to attack Cape Henry, and he was on a road of no return.

The eight windsurfing battleships of the Guadeloupe fleet of the Royal French navy are arranged in a straight line. The sails on each ship's three masts are all full sail. With the help of strong sea breeze, they maintain a neat formation and attack point Henry quickly.

After the cruiser Brittany, which just went out for investigation, approached, we could clearly see the dense battery on the hill of point Henry through the telescope.

Although it is not clear how many coastal fortresses the aboriginal tribe built on this hill, the scattered and orderly fortresses are still frightening.

Major general Julian Luc did not intend to bring his warship too close at all. As long as he was close to the limit firing range of the 36 pound guns on the warship, he would fire at that position.

As for other smaller caliber naval guns, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you can get the best. It's enough for a warship to shoot with a 36 pound gun while still in motion.

safety first!

As the warship sailed at a speed of a little over eight knots to a position about five kilometers away from the shore defense artillery position, Julian Luc, who was standing on the front deck of the flagship glory, and most of the soldiers and officers who were standing on the upper deck of the eight warships, could clearly see the sudden light on the hill in the distance.

Yes, even if it is five kilometers away, even if it is noon, the sun and distance in the sky do not hide the scattered light.

On the side of the hill facing the sea, sixty or seventy bright spots suddenly appeared at that moment, and then these bright spots joined together. It seemed as if the whole hillside of the hill lit up in an instant.

With this sudden light, Luc clearly saw sixty or seventy clouds of black smoke rising.

Luc's heart suddenly clapped - this kind of scene is too familiar, this kind of scene can only be formed when the artillery fire.

Is that aboriginal tribe firing now?

Although Luc suddenly felt a very uncomfortable emotion in his heart, as if some disaster was coming. But then he shook his head hard and forced the uncomfortable emotion down with another idea.

What's the use of their guns at such a long distance? Is it a threat?