The U.S. Navy's swift defeat of the British Royal Navy fleet not only shocked the world, but also had a major impact on the outcome of the war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The U.S. Navy's control of sea supremacy in the western Pacific made it impossible for the British to send reinforcements and supplies to Canada.

On the other hand, the United States and Great Britain fought the War of 1812 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, which the Americans also called the Second War of Independence. Throughout the war, the U.S. military's performance was unsatisfactory, both in terms of strategy and military performance, and it was like a joke. Of course, it is not too demanding to say that the United States at that time had just been established, and it was inexperienced in all aspects, and there were problems in army building and political management, so it could not be transformed into effective combat effectiveness.

But in this plane, the United States is like being given a fertilizer, its strength has grown rapidly, and it has also learned relatively completely in the military field. For example, Dearborn and other American generals were trained by Datang's military advisers, and they also read and studied a large number of Datang military works and Datang actual combat cases, which also made them at least act like an expert on the battlefield.

In the 1812 war between the United States and Great Britain, one of the biggest strategic mistakes made by the United States was that it made a mistake in the direction of its advance. In the early days of the war, the American offensive was focused on the west, and the war around Lake Erie and Ontario was prioritized. The St. Lawrence River, the most important of all, was blockaded by the Americans, so that all kinds of reinforcements and supplies from the sea could be smoothly transported to Upper Canada (the area of Canada along the Great Lakes). It was not until 1814 that the Americans intensified their struggle in this direction, and the British took advantage of this time to build first-class battleships equipped with 102 guns on the Great Lakes and control the right to control water control on the Great Lakes.

In the plane, the U.S. Army took the initiative to attack, divided into two routes, one was two brigades of troops, starting from New York State, attacking Kingston, a strategic point where Lake Ontario flows into the St. Lawrence River; The other was to send troops from Vermont and invade Montreal. There is no doubt that as long as the Americans control these two points, the mutual support within Canada will also completely collapse, and the American army will cut Canada into two parts, after which it will be left to gradually defeat the Canadians.

Perhaps to the surprise of the Americans, the Canadians did not see them as liberators, but fought against them with great determination. Canada itself was the site of royalist escapes during the Revolutionary War, and even French Canadians were hostile to Americans because of their religious hatred, so Americans faced a more fierce civil revolt than expected.

However, the British army was very vulnerable to the advantage of size and surprise attacks on the American army, and the American army won successive victories, occupying Kingston and Montreal. American generals, angered by Montrealers' opposition to the United States, allowed soldiers to loot Montreal and set fire to large swaths of the city's neighborhoods.

This act did not deter Canadians, but it gave Canadians more anger and motivation to confront the Yankees.

After an initial period of panic, the Canadian militia began to organize a counterattack against the U.S. military. Although the militia is poorly armed and has low military quality, the US military has become a little proud after the victory in the war, and in addition, a large number of US troops have occupied and deployed on millions of square kilometers of land in Canada.

After the victory of the American army, Dearborn made a judgment inclined to be optimistic, believing that the navy had achieved sea supremacy, the British army on the Canadian side was only a little more than 10,000 and still relatively scattered, and the American army had also cut off the supply lines in western Canada, and the next battle would be less difficult. So Dearborn made the decision to divide the troops and go together. The U.S. military began to attack the Niagara River, the St. Clair River, and other places, with the goal of occupying important Canadian strongholds and creating an established fact that the United States had full control over Canada.

But it was at this time that the American troops sent from Detroit lost the war. The Americans planned to attack Amherstburg, but the British held the fort. At the end of the stalemate, the British suddenly attacked Detroit, causing turmoil in the morale of the American army, and even the commander of this army was killed in the subsequent battle. Eventually, the Americans gathered their armor and artillery to defeat the British force, which numbered less than 3,000, and recaptured Detroit.

The British army did not have any outstanding performance after the battle of Detroit, but the actions of the Canadian militia were indeed remarkable, they fought in small teams, their movements were erratic, and there were already some shadows of modern guerrilla warfare, plus the land itself was large, with dense wilderness and dense forests and rivers and lakes, and it became very difficult for the American army to marry and pursue the Canadians after they were attacked. Even some of the persevering Canadian militia hid in the mountains and forests, allowing the Americans to occupy their villages. They hunted animals, took water from the lake to survive, and just didn't surrender to the Americans.

The persistence of the Canadians worked, and the delay of the United States in stabilizing Canada gave the British ample time to prepare. Filled with anger and revenge, the Royal Navy organized a task force and sailed from Europe to Canada, targeting the U.S. Navy.

The British did not dare to rush to Canada with a large number of British soldiers in troop carriers, and they did not dare to do so until they had secured sea supremacy. Therefore, the military action of the Royal Navy will be the prerequisite for the subsequent counterattack by the British.

The Royal Navy's actions were also very large, and after analyzing and measuring the strength of the American Navy, the British Royal Navy had to draw most of the forces of their main fleet to fight against it. It is because after the last European war, the Tang Dynasty set up a so-called Warsaw system, so that there was no war flashpoint between European countries for the time being, and the Royal Navy dared to abandon its homeland and send the main force to the Americas to fight.

Before they did this, the British repeatedly confirmed their intentions to Datang, confirming that Datang would not roll up its sleeves and fight on its own, and that the United States was not behind Datang's instructions. Britain also wants to find Tang people to help, but Datang will not join forces with Britain to fight the United States at this juncture.

Datang's main focus is on the construction of China, and it is more of a wait-and-see attitude towards the war between the United States and Canada. But that doesn't mean Datang isn't prepared at all. The East Coast Theater has long been in a state of combat readiness, and the Atlantic Fleet is ready to fight if something happens. (To be continued.) )