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Chapter 122 Buying a Colony

Mountain cannons are still conventional heavy weapons, but compared with 75mm rapid-fire cannons of the same caliber, they are not all of them. When it comes to rapid-fire cannons, the one that impresses everyone the most is probably the French "Miss 75" rapid-fire cannon. However, the author is the French m1897 75mm artillery. Also known as the French m1897 75mm cannon, French 75mm fast cannon, French 75mm rapid-fire cannon, French Schneider m1897 75mm cannon, etc. It was produced in 1897 and is an epoch-making cannon.

The artillery was added with a hydraulic stationary and retreat mechanism, and the recoil of the artillery was absorbed by the stationary and retreat aircraft, reducing the recoil transmitted to the gun stand. It combines the excellent performance of other artillery and becomes a cannon with superior performance, greatly promoting the innovation of artillery. Originally, this kind of artillery was invented by the French to resist the increasingly powerful Germany, but Miss 75 was born at the wrong time. The Germans would not play with them.

Faced with the absolute technical advantage of French rapid-fire guns, the German Army finally forced them to give up and continue to accompany the French to engage in such a passive arms race. The Germans boldly took a new step, that is, the large-caliber long-range gun of the artillery. No matter how powerful the 75 rapid-fire gun is, it cannot withstand heavy artillery attacks of 105mm, 120mm, 150mm or even 380mm and above. Therefore, there is no legendary record in history. However, compared with any white European artillery made by European whites in 1721, Miss 75 can form fire suppression.

The imitation of the 94 75mm mountain cannon was officially named by Xiao Lin as the 21 mountain cannon. The imitation of the 75 Miss 75 has a unique name, the flash snake-type rapid-fire cannon, which represents the speed of fire that jumps out like lightning to attack the enemy. The new cannon has opened ten production lines, of course not at the same time, Xiao Lin does not have that ability, it is just the final reservation quantity. In the future, heavier cannons with larger caliber will be generated, and more construction will be wasted

Xiao Lin did not wait for the two types of artillery to produce enough quantity. After all, it was a new product, and the difficulty was larger than the front-mounted rifled guns of the mortar and heavy punch series. It would not be possible to form a sufficient scale in a few months. Xiao Lin began to draw the troops back, and each newly built settlement left a battalion of garrison soldiers, and they trained the militias of the two battalions on the spot before leaving. This kind of risky thing was because Xiao Lin received the news that the British were not going to be able to do it.

Although weapons are of great use in combat, they are not absolutely decisive. Especially the British, who were only rifles far ahead and the front-mounted rifled guns did not lead the French artillery, could persevere until this time, and it was beyond Xiao Lin's expectations. Speaking of which, Xiao Lin also had a responsibility, who told him to be a black-hearted arms dealer and sold the arms to a very high price. However, their weapons were really advanced and strong, and the British, who had no advantage in numbers, naturally would not be willing to give up.

But until now, people are really out of money. This place is not Europe, and they are not a family with a long history. Only those nobles who cannot survive in Europe will come to North America. Some have only been here for decades, and even if they scrape the ground, they have not collected much money. Of course, after spending so much money, there is no result. Even if the French come for reinforcements, relying on the increasing number of advanced weapons, the British force them out of the colony.

The French also once again told 10,000 regular troops that they had to restrain themselves. Anyway, they had already grabbed enough things, and it was not a loss. As soon as the French lost their desire to attack, the British stopped attacking directly. When the cannon fired, tens of taels of gold were used. Since ancient times, wars have been full of money. Every day, watching the money in their own vaults was like flowing water, which made everyone feel distressed. The three counts stood on a high place and saw far away. They could hold back their actions even if they felt distressed.

The nobles below naturally felt that they could not fight. Instead, they began to discuss the division of spoils. In fact, there was nothing, just the unowned land that appeared due to the massacre of the French. Even if there was no output now, the future benefits would be indispensable. One by one, each looking at the fertile land and trying every means to get it. The French clearly discovered this matter and began to sow discord among these people and intensify conflicts.

Earl Linman and the three bosses were really frightened by this. Under the instigation of the French, these comrades who had been close before began to speak ill of each other and even fought. Of course, it was not the nobles themselves, but their confidants. If this continues, at most three months, the original noble coalition will be completely disbanded, and it will be difficult to gather again. Even if they forcefully join together, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

At that time, the French gathered troops to fight, and the British North American colonies were completely finished. Earl Linman and others now have their family foundations in British North American colonies. Although they can retreat to their homeland or other colonies when they are absolutely necessary, those places have their own forces and deep-rooted ones. How can they develop again? If they are lucky and have some who have some bottom line, they can still go home and become rich. If they encounter those who are cruel and ruthless, all people will have no life left.

There is another option, which is to directly put it into the arms of Yanhuang Trading Company like the Charles family. However, the choice was absolutely necessary at that time. It was not yet that time, and the three counts didn't want to do this. After about four months, local reinforcements should have arrived. However, one is that they don't know how many reinforcements can be, and the other is that they don't know if the French will give them more than four months.

Since this situation cannot be stopped, the three counts of Lin Man can only continue to strengthen their own abilities. After all, they are counts and still have their own family. If some of the non-performing assets in their hands are abandoned, the three counts will be enough to arm the 40,000 elite private army, half of which will be the elite forces that use the company's firearms. Their so-called non-performing assets are some towns that have already seen signs of riots. These territory that the three counts on the colonial borders will not bring them any benefits in the short term.

On the contrary, it is necessary to invest a lot of money to recover before reporting. There are also many young nobles and merchants who escaped at the time, making trouble outside every day, wanting to take over the property they had discarded before. Naturally, Lin Man and others could not return it to them like this, but they paid a huge price to get it. Even if they collect money, with the current property of these people, they may not be able to make them pay back their capital.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to sell these places. Lin Man asked Collins to try it and asked Xiao Lin if he would like to ask these places. Xiao Lin said on the spot that if a town had a population of 5,000, Xiao Lin would definitely be willing to buy it. Lin Man and others directly gathered all the people who were disobeying their rule, gathered 15,000 people, and joined three towns close to the company's territory, and sold them all to the company. For this reason, Xiao Lin had to pay 8,000 Hall m1819 rifles, as well as a hundred heavy punch one-type cannons, with rifles equipped with fifty bullets and artillery equipped with ten shells.

However, Xiao Lin secretly used inferior steel. The surface looked like there was no difference, but the service life was shortened by 30% and the cost was reduced by 40%. With these weapons, they could not defeat the company's army anyway, but Xiao Lin was stingy and was unwilling to pay too much. After the negotiations, the arsenal started working with all its might and produced enough quantities in one month. Then, three field brigades were responsible for escorting them.

The two sides held a handover ceremony directly outside the three towns, and all the weapons were sent to the hands of the three counts' private troops. Then the private troops left with these arms. The three towns were handed over to the company for disposal. The 15,000 British people inside also knew about the sale of them early. But what should we do? They were already harmed by the French, and it was already lucky to be able to survive.

Earl Lin Man and the others were guarding against these people, and they were dissatisfied with them. If these people were physically strong and had weapons, their subordinates would be miserable. Therefore, they were powerless to do anything about this situation. In order to show Lin Man and his kindness to the company, these people were forced to come outside to welcome the company's army. Xiao Lin did not object, and just took this opportunity to let these thorns see the company's strength and cut off their fantasy of rioting.

Apache, James and Bab, three brigade commanders, specially organized the troops outside the town and asked everyone to check the military appearance. Then, soldiers with some musical talents in the army formed a military band and played the military song "Draw the Sword" adapted by Xiao Lin.

"If the company is violated, the passionate man should be self-reliant. Drink this bowl of wine from his hometown. The hero will never return. Let the blood dye the most beautiful flowers red on my chest. The red flag flutters and the army horns are ringing. The sword has been out of the sheath and thunder and lightning. It has always been the brave who meets on a narrow road, advance forward and forward forward, advance forward, advance forward, forward, forward, forward, forward, the spirit of the Yanhuang army!"

I changed a few words and deleted a sentence. Under the adaptation of professional music talents, it was still so passionate. When the music sounded, all the soldiers were excited and their bodies became even more straight. They sang songs one by one and walked into the town with neat steps.
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