Fox of France

There is one thing in Britain that the United States in this era is far from comparable to, and that is the science and technology of the British. If it weren't for the appearance of Joseph, Britain in this era would definitely be qualified to say "Idiot, my technology is number one in Great Britain" to other countries. Of course, people in Great Britain are not ashamed to say that their technology is number one in the world because of a certain B. Barbarian difference.

Generally speaking, when the French launch a new toy, the British will soon be able to launch a toy that is not too different from the French toy, but with a higher cost and lower performance. As for other countries, basically they can only say: "French father is advanced, British products are all copycats, and they will break once you use them! We all have to buy good things from French father."

Although the quality of British counterfeit products is not good, and they will be broken as soon as they are used, but sometimes, when the French father marks something as not for sale, the British can overwhelm other countries with their counterfeit products.

For example, the British shell hit the USS Constitution at this time.

In North Africa, when the French burned Barbary pirate cities to ashes with white phosphorous incendiary bombs, the British took notice immediately. Later, they deduced the secret of this magical weapon based on the reports of those who had witnessed being burned by the fire among the fugitives among the Barbary pirates. The French used white phosphorus for their arson bombs.

After corresponding research, the British completed their own white phosphorus incendiary bomb, and they also innovated on the basis of the French.

The British noticed that white phosphorus produces a lot of smoke when it burns. If you add something else, the toxicity of the smoke will be more obvious. In a confined space, this toxic smoke will produce a very large lethality. . The warship happens to be a confined space. Therefore, the British specially developed a semi-armour-piercing projectile, which is filled with white phosphorus. After the projectile is fired and hits the target, the slender projectile itself will be broken and broken. It was very hot, and the burning white phosphorus would be thrown into the hold by the broken shells. These added white phosphorus will not only cause a fire, but the poisonous smoke produced by its own combustion is enough to quickly suffocate the crew who inhaled it.

Now such an armor-piercing incendiary bomb has entered the cabin of the "Constitution". Just as the British expected when they designed it, the slender shell broke when it penetrated the thick plank of the "Constitution". Several gunners were killed, and the burning white phosphorus was thrown all over the cabin.

The white phosphorus burned rapidly, and some of the tinder even unfortunately fell into the gunpowder barrel used to launch the shells, which caused deflagration again. The flames rose up all of a sudden.

Compared with the fiery bombs used to set fires in warships, that is, the red-hot iron balls, the efficiency of the British armor-piercing incendiary bombs in setting fires is really high. Almost in the blink of an eye, the fire was out of control.

General Cade was also on the "Constitution". After the Constitution was shot, although he was shocked, he was not too worried. What is it to be hit by a shell? In that era, it was almost impossible to sink a ship with shells, and the shells at most caused some casualties.

But soon, he discovered that the situation in the cabin was not right. White smoke began to rise from the gun ports in the cabin, and then even flames came out from the gun ports.

"This...is it like this?" General Cade felt that his brains were not enough at all-this is really, if it was a tragedy when they encountered this ship last time; then this time, when When they encountered the ship again, the tragedy turned into a thriller—who has seen the whole ship catch fire after only one shot?

At this time, the captain Johansen ran over in a shitty manner: "Commander, you must leave immediately!"

"What happened?" General Cade asked.

"The enemy army used a new type of arson bomb..." Johansen coughed as he said, "cough...cough...this thing, the gunpowder was ignited, and...and the smoke was too much, and it was poisonous, a lot The young man who went up to put out the fire...suffered...suffered for a while...Commander, the fire is out of control now, we must abandon the ship!"

At this time, the fire became more and more obvious, and the flames even rushed to the first deck. Many soldiers didn't even wait for the order, and jumped into the sea holding the barrel or something. The steam engine also stopped, and it seemed that the fire had reached the power cabin.

"Immediately order the fleet to disband and break through." General Kane realized how vulnerable his warships were to the British's new type of arson bombs. The opponent only needed to hit one shell to set a warship on fire— — It's not that we are incompetent, it's that the enemy's technology is too advanced, and this battle is completely impossible to fight! Compared with British warships, the American fleet is as fragile as bugs.

The order was issued in the form of semaphore. General Kane and the captain pushed the lifeboat into the sea together and boarded the lifeboat. The British ignored them and went directly to chase the American warships that had disbanded and fled. Kane and the others pulled the sailors who had jumped into the sea before into the lifeboats.

The latitude in this area is very high, and affected by the cold current of Labrador, the water temperature is quite low. Even in summer, it is around ten degrees. At this time, the water temperature may only be two or three degrees. People soak in such water for a little longer. At one point, you will be frozen to death.

General Kane and some others worked hard to rescue some of the sailors who fell into the water, and then they tried hard to row the lifeboat towards the southwest, where the Nova Scotia peninsula is the territory of Canada.

The remaining four warships of the U.S. military fled in all directions, and the "Indomitable" finally caught up with only one. It also only hit the opponent once, which set the super cruiser on fire. The Americans were forced to abandon ship. But this time, because the position of other American warships had been lost, the British stopped, caught the Yankees on board, and then returned to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.

A few days later, the escaped American warships returned to those ports in the United States and brought news of their great defeat at sea.

As the so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, not only did the Americans suffer losses at sea, but they also suffered defeats on the land battlefield.