The French troops had already been prepared on the shore.
And the French general on the shore.
After learning that their supply line fleet had encountered an attack, they immediately mobilized the battleships in the St. Laurent River port to provide support.
But it would take at least more than two hours for the battleships at the St. Laurent River port to arrive at the battlefield.
Now the sea is filled with smoke.
Although the French frigates were wooden-hulled ships and were not equipped with steam power, they showed a superb combat level in this battle.
They fought to a draw with the British destroyers.
However, judging from the damage, the British destroyers also used part of the steel as armor because they used steam engines.
Although several ships were sunk, the entire fleet was still able to continue fighting.
But the French frigates, because they are wooden-hulled ships, have too low defense.
As long as the shell hits, it can cause irreversible damage.
Although they relied on the superb control skills of the helmsman to prevent the losses of their wooden boats from being serious, they also sunk several of them.
Other ships also suffered damage of varying sizes, and some ships were no longer able to continue fighting.
Seeing this, the French commander of the battleship became increasingly anxious.
They are no longer far away from the St. Laurent River.
He could even see clearly the faces of the French soldiers on the shore through the telescope.
But with such a small distance, the French soldiers on the shore were unable to provide them with the slightest assistance.
But looking at the British battleship getting closer and closer, he was extremely anxious.
If the supplies on the ship were sunk, it would affect their entire French trading market in Canada.
In this area of the east coast, they would completely lose the fur trade with the Indians.
This kind of transaction, which could bring huge profits, now seems to be all lost.
He hammered the command module and saw that Britain had developed a battleship that was almost equal to Long Yan's supply ship.
A burst of envy and jealousy.
In the more than two hundred years that France has been competing with Britain for hegemony, the gap has never been so wide.
Looking back on the era of His Majesty Louis XIV, their French Empire was truly powerful!
But now the French Empire is extremely weak!
Especially now when the country is going to war, as the king of France, Louis XV is still building a palace for his lover!
If we have this money, we can add a little bit of budget to the army.
Give those scientists a little budget for research.
France may also be able to build this kind of steam battleship!
But now it's too late to say anything.
The British battleship was already approaching them, and their main and secondary guns were already aimed.
The French commander sighed heavily and looked at the St. Laurent River not far away. Although he was in his prime, he looked like an old man, sitting slowly on the ground of the command cabin.
The French soldiers who had been prepared in the distance were watching helplessly the French battleship that was about to sail into the St. Laurent River.
It exploded in the Atlantic Ocean.
The huge explosion was very clear from such a distance, and they seemed to hear the unwilling shouts within it.
But after a second, the whole world fell into silence.
After the French battleship exploded, billowing black smoke rose up, and the supplies on board sank into the deep seabed along with the ship.
The French soldiers in silence had not yet realized what they would face after losing their supplies.