Fox of France

There is one thing about Britain that the United States in this era is far from comparable, and that is the science and technology of the British. If it weren't for the emergence of Joseph, Britain in this era would definitely be qualified to say to other countries "idiot, I have the best technology in Britain". Of course, because of a certain B, people in Great Britain are not too embarrassed to say that their technology is the best in the world, but compared to the United States, they still don’t know where it is stronger, and they are even civilized people. The barbarian difference.

Generally speaking, when the French launch a new toy, the British will soon be able to launch a toy that is not much different from the French toy, with higher cost and lower performance. As for other countries, basically, they can only say: "Papa France is advanced, and British goods are all copycats, and they will break when used! We all want to buy good things from Papa France."

Although the quality of British copycats is not good, it will be broken when used, but sometimes when French father label something as not for sale, the British can rely on the copycat to overwhelm other countries. ::

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

In North Africa, the French used white phosphorus incendiary bombs to turn the city of the Barbary pirates to ashes, and the British immediately noticed this. Later, based on the reports of people who had witnessed being burned by fire among the fugitives among the Barbary pirates, they inferred that the secret French arson bomb of this magic weapon used white phosphorus.

After corresponding research, the British completed their own white phosphorus incendiary bomb, and there are innovations based on the French.

The British noticed that white phosphorus will produce a lot of smoke when it burns. If you add something else, the smoke produced will be more toxic. In a confined space, this toxic smoke will produce a very large amount of lethality. . The warship happens to be a confined space. Therefore, the British specially developed a semi-armor-piercing projectile. The projectile is filled with white phosphorus. After the projectile is launched and hits the target, the slender projectile itself will be broken and broken. In the process, the projectile will become It is very hot, and the burning white phosphorus will be thrown into the cabin by broken shells. These additions of white phosphorus will not only cause fires, but the toxic smoke produced by its own combustion is enough to quickly suffocate the crew members who inhale it.

Now such an armor-piercing incendiary bomb has entered the cabin of the USS Constitution. Just as the British expected when it was designed, this slender shell shattered when it penetrated the thick plate of the USS Constitution. The broken shells flew around in the cabin, not only hitting them directly. Several gunners died, and the burning white phosphorus was also scattered all over the cabin.

These white phosphorus burned quickly, and some of the fire even accidentally fell into the powder barrel used to launch the cannonballs, causing a deflagration. The flame rose up all at once.

Compared with the hot bombs that were set on fire in warships before, that is, the kind of iron **** that burned red, the efficiency of the British armor-piercing incendiary on arson is really high. In the blink of an eye, the fire became difficult to control.

General Cade was also on the "Constitution". After a shot on the USS Constitution, although he was surprised, he was more worried than nothing. What does it mean to be hit by a shell? In that era, it was almost impossible to sink a ship with artillery shells. At most, shells caused some casualties.

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

"This... is this so?" General Cade felt that his brain was not enough. This is really, if the last time they met this ship, it was a tragedy; then this time, when they again When I met this ship, the tragedy turned into a horror. Who had seen it before was shot and the whole ship burned?

At this time, Captain Johnson rushed over and said, "Commander, you must leave immediately!"

"What happened?" General Cade asked.

"The enemy used a new type of arson bomb..." Johnson coughed as he said, "Cough...cough... this thing lit the gunpowder, and... and the smoke is too big, it's poisonous, a lot The young man who went up to fight the fire... suddenly... some of them were stunned... Commander, now the fire is out of control, we must abandon the ship!"

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

"Order immediately, let the fleet disband and break through." General Kane realized how vulnerable his warships are to the new type of British arson bombs. The other side only needs to hit a shell to burn a warship. It's not that we are incompetent, it's that the enemy's technology is too advanced to fight this battle! Compared with British warships, the American fleet is as fragile as a bug.

The order was issued in semaphore. General Kane and the captain pushed the lifeboat down into the sea~www.readwn.com~ and got on the lifeboat. The British didn't care about them, and went straight to chase the American warships that had disbanded their formation and escaped. Kane and the others pulled the sailors who had jumped into the sea into the lifeboat.

The dimension of this area is very high, and due to the influence of the Labrador cold current, the water temperature is quite low, even in summer, it is about ten degrees, and at this time, the water temperature may only be two to three degrees, and people soak in such water for a little longer. At one point, it will freeze to death.

General Kane and other people worked hard to rescue some of the sailors who had fallen into the water, and then tried their best to row the lifeboat to the southwest, where is the Nova Scotia peninsula, which is Canadian territory.

The remaining four U.S. warships scattered and fled, and the "Indomitable" finally caught up with only one. It also only hit the opponent's shot, which caused the super cruiser to ignite. The Americans were forced to abandon the ship. And this time, because they had lost their position on other American warships, the British stopped, grabbed the Yankee on board, and then returned to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.

A few days later, the escaped U.S. warships returned to those ports in the U.S. and brought back news of their huge defeat at sea.

As the saying goes, the leaking of the house happened to be rainy night, not only did the Americans suffer losses at sea, but also the Americans suffered losses on the land battlefield.