主题:【原创】改变历史的18分钟 -- 晨枫
因为看晨大的描述,法国在北美战场整体处于劣势,失败是迟早的事。
好比解放战争中的三大战役啊。
楼上莱斯特仙人提到纳尔逊是泡在白兰地里运回英国的,这应该是史事实,在英国国家档案馆都有记载,这位将军身后可是没少受罪。先是在直布罗陀把白兰地换成了酒精,回国后解剖验明死因,重新放回灌满白兰地的铅棺材,接着倒腾到用法国军舰“东方”号主桅制成的木头棺材里,外面套上铅和木头两层外椁,然后供10万人瞻仰,最后才举行国葬,前后折腾了两个多月。((资料来源))。
但在民间段子里,也有说是用朗姆酒的,这才有了狗血的机会。话说纳尔逊泡在朗姆酒里回国之后,赢得身前身后名,这个装他的朗姆酒桶当然也沾了点名人的光,受了一番顶礼膜拜,拜着拜着就发现酒桶底上居然有个洞。有明眼人指出来,准是在回程路上有贪嘴的水手惦记上这个桶里剩下那点酒了,这点酒里还搀着纳尔逊的血。。。。然后朗姆酒就有了个雅名:“Nelson's blood”,英国水手还专门有歌唱,第一句就是“Oh, a drop of Nelson's blood wouldn't do us any harm。”
英国人拿这个段子来鼓舞士气,战前一杯下肚,纳尔逊与伙计们同在,冲吧。朗姆酒价格便宜量又足,正合适。要是换成白兰地或酒精,英国政府心疼呀,于是政府也不出来辟谣,以讹传讹到如今。
我的意思是,法国一方面人员上处于劣势,另一方面在战略意图上又没有死守海外领土的意思,尽管组织了有力抵抗,但似乎意在牵制、消耗英国有生力量。即便这场战役侥幸获胜,法属美洲的陷落看来也是迟早的事。
法国方面人口占劣势,但兵力并不占劣势。战略上处于下风,但战术上未必。法国缺乏进取和死守的意志确实是最大的命门,法属北美在战略上已经作为交换的筹码,所以命运已定了。
一个小破地方,过河的桥窄得差点蹭了俺的车。
就是这个链接里面的地址:
似乎离您家很近啊,别跟俺说您没去过。
from the French king,
1. The French royal court believed that New France is so cold and so barren that it could not financially justify further large investment.
2. French king cares too much about land gain in the old world.
3. French general Montcalm won so many battles against English armies, but he was always short on man power and had no professionally trained strong-willed soldiers as good as those red coats.
4. French king perceives the New France only as the supplier of salted cod fish and nice fur. After the 7-year War, French king gave up today's Quebec and only kept two very small fishing islands.
check the map and you will see those two French islands.
the 7-year war.
The French lost Louisburg fortress (Nova Scotia). It is a key fortress on the sail route from France to New France (French navy relies on latitudinal sailing).
Without this fortress, it became more and more difficult to reinforce New France from France.