Britain is going to war this time with an old general who has rich combat experience.
Although his own strength now clearly exceeds France's defensive strength, he still has a very pessimistic mood about this plain battle.
Although they have a large number of troops, their weapons and equipment are far stronger than those of the French army.
They are blessed with dragon flame weapons and equipment, those cannons with super long shooting range.
But on the plains, and it is not a siege, these cannons can play very little role.
The Ohio River Basin area is too flat.
There is simply no way to unleash the power of these cannons.
If these cannons were used to siege cities or block attacks in narrow mountainous areas, they would be perfect.
The attack range of the cannon is wide enough and the explosion power is powerful enough.
It can exert extraordinary power in the mountains, not only destroying troops, but also creating obstacles that prevent other troops from attacking.
There is no way to march.
Especially Long Yan's latest artillery is simply prepared for mountain warfare.
Not only is the barrel lightweight and easy to carry.
It is also extremely powerful and has an extremely long range.
The reloading time is also very fast, and this type of artillery has almost no weaknesses.
If I have to say it has a weakness, it is that this artillery, like other artillery, exerts too much power on plain battlefields.
Although the effective range of this kind of artillery is very wide, due to the almost abnormal scientific research ability of Longyan people.
It almost raised the artillery's aiming level by one level.
The hit rate of the Dragon Flame Cannon is very high, and can even be said to be ridiculously high.
However, this kind of super high hit rate still won't play a big role on the plain battlefield.
The plain battlefield is too vast, and the sparse artillery attacks can be completely avoided.
What's more, the current number of French troops is far lower than that of the British troops. In this case, let alone attack with artillery shells.
Even if the British troops charged in, there were not even a few French people to be found.
Taking advantage of artillery attacks is completely meaningless due to battlefield reasons.
The old general had thought about using traditional fighting methods to crush the French army horizontally, but they just couldn't do it.
As for why, only Braddock's death serves as a warning.
What the old general dreams of now is to have a cavalry team.
On the plain battlefield, the advantage of cavalry is huge.
However, among the many troops in Britain, there is no cavalry capable of fighting. Their army strength can be said to be extremely low.
Even though Britain had good pastures in America, the army did not breed powerful war horses.
From this point of view, Britain is already ten percent weaker.
But Britain's old rival, France, who has had a hatred for more than 200 years, not only has the best pastures in America, but also has very fine war horses.
Has a strong cavalry force.
But now, an Indian uprising broke out in France.
These cavalry teams rushed back as soon as possible.
The French army currently fighting the British army does not have cavalry.
This is great news for the old general.
Without cavalry, there was only a competition in strength between the two armies.
Although he remained pessimistic about this battle, he felt that he should not lose too badly.