On the surface, the Eagle turret ironclad ship was an experimental ship in this mobile detachment. In fact, the entire detachment was responsible for experimental tasks. After all, crossing the North Atlantic is the first time in the history of the Imperial Navy. As the forer of the expeditionary fleet, the mobile detachment targeted the Port of Royal, the capital of the French colony Arcadia.

When the Great Alliance War broke out in Europe, the distant New World of North America also broke out in the war, because the British king was already William III at that time, so the war in the colony was called the King William War.

The war between Britain and France has been around for a long time on North American colonies. Even before the outbreak of the Grand Alliance War, the Cat Po trade, which surrounded the important interests of the colonies, and the Iroquois who controlled the trade routes, had caused a long period of tension. The French were determined to occupy the St. Lawrence River and had developed their power to both sides of the Mississippi River.

During the three years of King William's war, both sides gained their own advantages. In the inland areas, the French effectively combined Indian allies, French regular armies and colonial militias to attack British colonies from the inland areas and win repeatedly. The British colonies performed poorly in the early wars.

Because the British colonies did not have a unified management and command organization, even if New England was formed, including several colonies, it only solved the problem of mutual attack. Five years before the outbreak of the war, the colonies also broke out in the King Philip, the Native Americans. The Indians who learned to use firearms used guerrilla tactics to destroy many British settlements. More than 2,600 colonists died in the war alone, and more people died of illness, and the British colonies were seriously injured. In the New England colonies, there were uprisings inside, especially William III and his wife replaced James II as king, causing many riots in the colonies, and wars broke out between those who dissented opinions.

However, the British had naval advantages. In May of the 27th year of the empire, representatives of the British and North American colonial states finally reached an agreement at the meeting of Albany, the capital of New York, to cooperate in the attack on the French colony. New England troops quickly occupied the Port of Royal in the French Arcadia colony.

According to the plan formulated by Li Junwei, Zhao Longcheng and Li Su, the forwards need to capture Luo Yaer Port to ensure that the Expeditionary Fleet and Expeditionary Force have a stable ending point after they arrive in North America.

The reason why I chose Royal Port was because this French port has a long history and has always been the capital of Arcadia, and it was also the outpost of France to deal with British colonies. Its military facilities and population size were relatively complete. The British army occupying this place implemented harsh policies, and the expeditionary fleet was more likely to receive support from local people. The Royal Port had been occupied by the British army, and the empire attacked this place was not considered a declaration of war on France. On the contrary, it could be based on this in the future to sell the favors of the French.

On April 7, 28th, the empire, the mobile detachment arrived at the Bay of Fundy, where the Port of Royal, and soon found a fleet of six warships on the route. Judging from the flying national flag, it was obvious that these were ships from the British colony, one of which was a three-masted cruiser and the other two-masted fly-slippers, but the expeditionary fleet was not lucky. At that time, the wind was full. Except for easily catching up with the twenty-two-cannon cruiser, the other five fly-slippers sailed into the depths of the Bay of Fundy. The speed was so fast that even the mobile detachment could not catch up with it.

But the British's good luck ended here. As the pursuit reached the afternoon, the wind began to slowly decrease, and the sea began to fall. You should know that the Bay of Fundy has the largest tide difference in the world, with a maximum difference of more than twenty meters. The drop slowed down the British fleet, and steam-powered ships could obviously overcome this problem, so there was no warship that could escape.

In the battle to attack the Port of Royal, the armored cruisers played an important role.

Royal Port is a fairly open port, with a huge harbor facing the Bay of Fundy. The harbor pool is large in width but shallow in depth. Three armored cruisers directly anchored on the periphery of the port. At a distance of 1,200 meters, they used 203 mm and 178 mm of normal howitzers to attack various ships and buildings anchored in the port, while the Eagle directly attacked the shore defense turrets on both sides.

The French turrets were built for only twenty years, and they used stone and were not very thick. After all, their imaginary enemy was just some smooth-bore guns. The Eagle was 800 meters away and used a quenched armor-piercing projectile with a 305mm rifled gun to attack directly. This armor-piercing projectile was cast by iron, which was originally used to bombard iron ships. It was cast with sand molds and melted iron water was poured into it to form a hollow conical shell. Then the sand mold in the center of the shell was retained and the whole was quenched. In this way, the front of the shell was harder and easier to penetrate the iron armor. The sand mold behind it was not clear and the cooling was slower, so it was tougher.

After such shells penetrate the iron armor, the rear of the shell will collapse, causing losses to the people and ship facilities behind the armor. In actual use, the Navy found that the rear hollow can be closed and a piece of gunpowder can be placed directly inside. When the shell is out of the bore, the gunpowder sticks to the rear and hits a hard target. After the gunpowder collides with the inside of the shell due to inertia, forming an armor-piercing blasting bomb. But the problem is that when the target armor is thicker, the armor-piercing bomb cannot reach the desired armor-piercing depth, but it is easier to use when dealing with light armor targets and fortresses.

The 305mm main gun was fired every five minutes, and it was easy to hit the target at a distance of 800 meters. The turret of Royal Port quickly fell. Less than an hour after the shelling, the Marines had already landed and occupied Royal Port that afternoon.

But the result was disappointing. Port Royal was attacked from New England and New York State last year and fell twice, especially Major Church from New York State. He was simply an inhuman robber. After occupying Port Royal, he plundered local wealth and destroyed everything he saw. Houses were burned, livestock were killed, corpses were thrown into wells, digging dams, destroying ditches, and even pet dogs and cats were not spared. The French in Arcadia did not know what hatred they had with Major Church, but there was one thing that everyone knew that this demon made a living by plundering Arcadia.

The French governor had brought most of the residents and soldiers to the inland areas to resist, while Major Church led the main force of more than 400 people to pursue the British army, with only more than 200 people in the Port of Royal, including the injured and sick. The fleet encountered in the Bay of Fundy was actually carrying trophy, but most of the ships were blown up by the usual bombs and double bombs of armored cruisers, and nothing was found.

Losing residents and losing order, the Port of Royal is no longer a good supply base, and the tide with too large height difference in the Bay of Fundy also makes it unsuitable as a military port. Obviously, the plan formulated by the Expeditionary Fleet based on intelligence failed from the beginning.

"No matter what, we have succeeded. We need to wait here for the arrival of the main fleet led by His Highness Yu. This is necessary. Although it is not so perfect here, it is not the time to change the plan..." Zhao Longcheng held a military meeting in the church. When he entered the door, he saw Su Jing and several Marine officers cooking fires. He directly expressed his request. He needed to make these people agree and reach an agreement before arranging the accompanying Allies.

But halfway through, Zhao Longcheng frowned and kicked the brazier over because the group of idiots actually lit up the wood found in the church, including icons, crosses and other symbolic things. In a short while, allies would come to attend military meetings, including commanders, representatives or military observers of the Cossacks, Scottish Wild Swans, Ukrainian regiments and other army commanders, representatives or military observers. Although this is a Catholic church, allies who are all Christian faith cannot see these.

"You idiots!" Zhao Longcheng grabbed the knife and slashed it with a scabbard. He was a irritable commander. On the battlefield, he would charge forward, live and die with soldiers, and in private he would share the joys and sorrows with his navy brothers. However, he had a stubborn persistence in military discipline and was willing to practice military law with violence. Sometimes, he even did not take the military police. Zhao Longcheng's voice roared in the church: "How did His Highness Yu teach us before we came? Expeditions for thousands of miles and expand territory. We have military strength and technical advantages. No one can defeat us militarily. Only God, and his own arrogance and stupidity. Are you so arrogant that you don't take your allies seriously?

You! Su Jing, are you not learning a lesson yet? Do you have to wait until your allies' swords stabbed into your chest before you regret it?"

The most unlucky one was Su Jing. Su Jing suffered a great loss on this long voyage. The allies' army was scattered and the transport fleet could not be loaded, seventy Irish soldiers from the Wild Swans were settled on the Iron Wall frigate where Su Jing was located. However, Su Jing did not allow Irish soldiers who believed in Catholicism to perform mass on the grounds of naval tradition, which almost led to a mutiny.

Su Jing was beaten by the scabbard, and bloodstained appeared on his white naval uniform. He said: "I just don't understand. The British and French in North America combined together are less than 300,000. Why do we have to conquer this land if so many foreigners participate in the expedition, especially those Irish people. I heard that they said that King Yu was going to hand over the land he captured to them......"

"Don't think that if you make great contributions in the Battle of Ireland, you are qualified to point fingers at His Highness Yu. The duty of a soldier is to obey. I personally recommend that you not use your limited wisdom to guess His Highness Yu's mind. There is at most a fleet in your eyes, but his mind covers all the world. You may not understand and do not support it, but as a soldier, you must keep everything in your heart and obey the orders!" Zhao Longcheng glared at him. In fact, he did not understand, or the expeditionary fleet and the people in the expeditionary army did not understand, but so what.

"Yes, obey!" Su Jing straightened his waist and repeated Zhao Longcheng's words.

"General, the Allied Representative is here." The adjutant walked in and whispered.

Zhao Longcheng looked at the mess in the church, kicked the head of half of the icon away, and said, "Change another place, remember, everything here is a masterpiece of the British."

The military conference was temporarily placed in a hotel. Participants included Zelenko, the leader of the Ukrainian regiment, Belinsky, the leader of the Cossack regiment, and Fitz James of the Irish Wild Swans. Only Fitz James led the translator. He had learned some Chinese, but still could not use it skillfully. On the contrary, Belinsky and Zelenko were both from Cossack Zasak, who were under the Parliamentary Academy, and had a long life experience in the Empire Shenjing and Beijing.

All three of them have their own goals. Belinsky hopes to make military achievements in the expedition and successfully take over the Caucasus Appeasement Zone left by his father, while Zelenko hopes to gain military experience and build a capable army. Fitz James also needs to use his military achievements to gain overseas territory for his father's throne.

"According to the plan formulated by His Highness Yu, we need to wait at least until April 20. As far as I know, this is a vast and sparsely populated colony. If the Indian tribes are not counted, there are only more than 9,000 French people on this huge peninsula. The British colony's army is looting everywhere. I believe that they will choose to hide or escape after receiving the news of our arrival. So the only military task now is to pursue the British army, and each of you three has five or eight hundred people under your command. I need an army to do this." Although Zhao Longcheng was the commander, he did not directly order his allies.

He is a soldier, but his thoughts are not stiff. What he learns the most is smoothness. This kind of smoothness mainly faces Western allies. If this group of guys who are in harmony with each other can do things willingly, it is a complex discipline, but maintaining respect will never go out of date. Respect will easily gain the favor of others, especially the respect of the strong and the superiors.

"I'm willing to go, General," said Fitz James.

"The Irish group is not good..., Mr. James, if you meet the French, it will be very embarrassing." Zhao Longcheng reminded.

Fitz James thought about it and felt that it made sense. Now the James Party is entrusted to King Louis XIV of France. If you encounter a French colonial army and make some requests to him, it is not good to refuse, and it is not okay not to refuse. It is a dilemma.

"Belinsky, are you willing to perform this task?" Zhao Longcheng asked.

Belinsky said, "I obey the orders, General. But I cannot guarantee that I will capture the Englishman when His Highness Yu arrives."
Chapter completed!