Fox of France

At the same time, in North America, the U.S. military is under the cover of the French navy—to put it more clearly, the French cruiser is equipped with the American electric submarine (that thing is only the size of a lifeboat) and then in the British fleet. When anchoring in the waters near Monmouth and sending a team of British troops ashore to promote goodwill between the United States and Britain, the French cruisers that had been accompanying the British fleet also began to anchor. And just under the nose of the British, the boat was lowered. There were several French soldiers on the boat, as well as several bicycles made by the French.

The British knew that it was a French observer. They will follow the direction of the British Army's actions, and then record the behavior of the British. And their bicycles are indeed a good thing, which allows them to even keep up with the speed of cavalry.

Of course, it is very inconvenient for the British army to let such a group of people follow. Let’s not talk about whether these guys will play an early report or something, just like the two men pretending to be in front of the British. The British did the same with the French cruisers. So every time, the British army would leave a few people behind and use various methods other than the use of weapons to persuade the French not to follow. The French, on the other hand, are not sensible, and always follow. So now it has almost formed a habit, that is, as soon as the French come ashore, everyone will immediately watch the boxing match.

Yes, the so-called "persuasion and dissuasion" by the British is actually sending the same number of people as the French, and then using hands-on fighting to prevent the French from following.

The reason for fighting with bare hands is because the situation is easier to control, and it will not turn into a war because of shooting at each other. As for why the same number of people is used, it is not because of British pride or sportsmanship. It was to make the French less embarrassed to complain in the media after the defeat.

After doing this a few times, it even became an indispensable little embellishment for the soldiers on both sides in their boring lives, and even the soldiers on both sides would bet on the score at this time or something.

Sure enough, just like in the past, the British also left the corresponding personnel, and then everyone had a one-on-one friendly match. The game ended in a five-to-five tie. Although today's game failed to determine the winner, the French were also injured to a certain extent and could not continue to follow the British Army-God knows what the British Army who came ashore in the evening planned to take advantage of the night.

The soldiers on the British warship cheered—although the score was a tie, in fact, they won.

But just as the British were cheering, on the side of the British fleet, a small wooden submarine was put into the water from the position where the lifeboat was lowered. Because of the cover of the French warship, the British naturally couldn't see it. edge problem.

The submarine, shaped like a large vertical goose egg, was lowered into the water. Two real Americans descended to the side of the big goose egg along the rope ladder hanging from the French warship, stretched out their hands to open the door of the goose egg, and drilled into the water. went in.

As the door was closed, the goose egg began to dive slowly, and after a while, it was submerged in the sea water.

The diving depth of this wooden submarine is actually quite limited. According to calculations, it is no more than eight meters at most. If it is deeper, its wooden shell will not be able to withstand the water pressure. Even for the sake of safety, generally speaking, its diving depth is generally around four or five meters. Considering the transparency of the sea water, if it is in the daytime with good visibility, from a suitable angle, such as from the position of the lookout post , Condescending observation, there is a good chance to directly see the submarine in a place that is not too deep underwater with the naked eye. So this thing is almost impossible to use when the light is too good like noon.

But submarines can only observe targets through periscopes, and at this time there is no low-light night vision technology, let alone such a tall thing, even the coating technology used to increase the amount of light entering the periscope is not achievable in this era. So if it is really night, this submarine will encounter a new problem, that is, if they do not surface, they will not be able to see where the enemy is at all.

Therefore, this submarine chose to attack the British fleet at dusk when the light was relatively weak, but not so weak that the periscope could not see anything.

The submarine carried a time bomb with a charge of 40 kilograms - the largest bomb the submarine could carry, because the magnets holding the bomb took up too much weight.

The submarine quickly dived to the predetermined depth, then quietly raised the periscope, observed the surrounding situation, and then sailed towards the British fleet.

The submarine slowly approached the anchorage of the British fleet at a speed of a little more than two knots. Because of the light, none of the British lookout posts could detect the approaching submarine.

The submarine was slowly approaching the British warships. If in later generations, a submarine approached such a distance, the rest would be simple-it would be enough to launch torpedoes at those immovable targets. As long as the torpedo you launch is not the MK-14 developed by the Americans in the 1930s, the British must be dead.

But in this era, let alone torpedoes, even pole mines have not yet appeared. Therefore, American submarines cannot yet attack. They will keep coming closer.

But at this time, it is more important to identify the warships of the British army. There is only one bomb on the submarine, and the Americans certainly hope that the bigger the target that this bomb can hit, the better. So at the beginning, the Americans' goal was the battleship "Queen Elizabeth".

The target is also relatively easy to find. The "Queen Elizabeth" is obviously larger than other warships, so the Americans quickly released her, but she was surrounded by several British warships, so the American submarine had to approach it. Still need to go around for a while.

It took another half an hour, and the "Turtle 2" submarine finally came into the shadow of the "Queen Elizabeth".

At this time, the sun was putting away its last rays. Then the whole sea became dark.

"Turtle 2" slowly surfaced near the "Queen Elizabeth". A man stretched halfway through the hatch and ripped off a cover that covered a box-like thing on the submarine, exposing the magnets on the bomb. Then the man fixed some targets one last time, and the Turtle 2 sank again.

After another hour, "Ocean Turtle 2" returned to the side of the French cruiser again. By this time it was already dark. However, it is much easier to find the French cruiser than to find the "Queen Elizabeth". Because unlike the British who enforced blackout, French warships will turn on all kinds of identification lights at night. This seems to be to avoid misunderstanding on the surface, but the British feel that the purpose of the French is to tell others that the British fleet is in this area.

On the side facing away from the British fleet, "Turtle 2" turned on its identification lights. The hook was dropped on the French cruiser. Two Americans hooked up the Turtle 2, and the wooden submarine was retrieved into the cruiser.

"Tony, is it all right?" a French officer asked a Yankee who was watching the other sailors put away the sub.

"It's going well. The time has been set. It's 1 o'clock in the evening, when everyone is sleeping soundly. I hope our bombs can teach the British a lesson!" Tony looked at the direction of the British fleet and replied through gritted teeth.

Time passed very slowly. On the French cruiser, the Americans and the French all looked at the British fleet with wide eyes.

"Damn it, it's only ten o'clock. I feel like it's been almost a century."

"Steve, don't worry, it's still early. If you can't wait, you can go to sleep first, and I will call you when the time comes." Tony smiled at another Yankee.

"I'm not sleepy, I can't sleep," Steve replies, staring wide-eyed at the Englishman, though it's so dark right now that he can't see anything. Only the sea breeze brought the sound of the waves to the ears of Taoists.

"How much longer, Tony?" After an unknown amount of time, Steve finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked again.

"It's still early, um, it's ten thirty in the evening. We set the time until one o'clock in the morning. Um, how about we play a game of chess?"

The two set up a chessboard under the light and played chess. Several French officers also gathered around to help.

However, Steve was restless and played very messy chess, so he was checkmate soon.

"Hell, it's not suitable for playing chess today. I will lose to you!"

"If you are not convinced, then have another plate?"

"No, I feel like a kitten is scratching in my heart. What's the next thing? Well, Tony, what time is it?"

"What's the rush? It's only ten forty. You resisted a few times before you were checked to death."

While the two were talking, there was a sudden explosion in the distance. Then I saw all kinds of lights on the British fleet's side, and the searchlights shone in all directions.

"What's going on here? Why did it explode right now?" Tony was taken aback.

And Steve stood up directly, rushed to the side of the ship, the chessboard was knocked over by him, and the chess pieces fell to the ground.

"How could it be, why would it blow up now?"

"It's normal." A French officer next to him guessed, "Because there is such a big magnet on the bomb, this thing will have some impact on the clock. Because there are a lot of steel things in the clock. Maybe it's because of this. "

While talking, everyone stared at the British with wide eyes. But it is night now, even if the British turned on the lights, everyone can't see clearly the damage to the British.

"I don't know what happened to that old maid, if..."

The next morning, after the sun came out, the situation disappointed both the French and the Americans. The spinster "Queen Elizabeth" is still floating on the water. However, after careful observation, they found that the "Queen Elizabeth" seemed to be leaning slightly. The range is not large, it should not exceed ten degrees.

After the British Navy took back the armies that landed yesterday, they continued to sail north, but their speed slowed down significantly, and the speed of the entire fleet even dropped to about 4 knots. It seems that although the explosion last night failed to sink the old maid, it still caused a lot of damage to the old maid.

Since then, the British fleet did not visit any American cities along the coast, but went directly to the port of Halifax, Canada, and stayed there for a long time. The French estimated that they must have tried to further restore the "Queen Elizabeth" there.

"The port of Halifax simply doesn't have the ability to completely repair a warship like the 'Queen Elizabeth'." In New Orleans, Governor Marcel told Louis, "The British can at best reinforce the damaged parts, and then Let it return to Britain as soon as possible. This also means that the pressure of the British fleet on the Americans will soon be lifted. The command of the sea will soon return to the hands of the Americans."

"So, we don't necessarily need to prepare death row prisoners?" Louis asked.

"If we want to hit Britain hard, we need it. If we want Britain and the United States to continue to consume, we don't need it for the time being." Governor Marcel said, "But I worry that the Americans may negotiate with the British."

This is indeed a danger. Although the Americans have suffered and gained nothing. But if the war continues, they may suffer even more. Even lose everything. Therefore, if they are sensible enough, they will indeed cut the meat and stop the loss.

Moreover, if Americans are smart enough, they should also understand that the interests of the French in North America are inconsistent with those of the Americans. The French may even be more dangerous than the British in the long run. Unless the Americans are willing to give up their so-called "city on a hill" ambition and honestly be a pendant on France's lap, the French and the Americans are not real allies. Under such circumstances, let alone cutting meat to stop losses, it is even possible for the Americans to hook up with the British after discovering that the French are too strong. It's like Sun Shiwan, who had been resisting Cao Cao with Uncle Liu Huang, suddenly stabbed Uncle Liu from the back and became King Wu of the Great Wei.

"So we must not allow the Americans to withdraw from the war at this time, let alone allow them to hook up with the British." Louis said, "Damn it, it would be great if Lucien was here, he would do this kind of thing It is the most suitable. But since he is not here, we have to move ourselves. Well, Mr. Governor, we have to arrange people to release all kinds of rumors. It is said that in the federal government, someone has taken money from the British and is going to turn their backs on those Martyr who died, made peace with the British and sold America to Britain!"