Fox of France

Considering that the US military, from organization to training, cannot be regarded as a fully standardized army, um, in the Qing Dynasty, it should probably be regarded as a training courage. In addition, in many places, the U.S. military power at this time is really a bit like ours. That is, the equipment and morale of the regular army in China are generally inferior to the practice of courage; in the United States, the equipment, morale, and treatment of the federal army are generally inferior to the state soldiers.

And this time, the situation should have changed, because the French weapons were acquired by the Federation, right? But when allocating weapons, these things are mainly divided among the states, because the federal army is too small.

Since the army you look at, Amei, is basically a group of courageous soldiers, the way it is used is naturally different from that of a serious army. Therefore, the consultant of the French advisory group, Colonel Sevigte of the French Army, based on the results of their research in Turkey that year, proposed a set of strategies specifically for the army that has a huge material advantage but lacks training and organization. :

"We don’t have to pay attention to the various actions of the British army. We only need to make our fortifications rigorous, so that their various conspiracies and tricks are useless, and then we can rely on solid strength to remove them from Cleveland expelled!"

If this kind of "strengthening the stronghold and fighting the stalemate" was proposed before, it is estimated that the Americans would not accept it anyway. But after getting two sticks in front, even after the presidential palace was turned into an adult art center, even the proud Southerners had to admit that they were indeed lagging behind in the military, and now they are not relying on it. The age where bravery can be invincible.

So the US military set up a fort near Cleveland, and then began to build fortifications on a large scale, dig trenches, assume barbed wire, lay mines... to encircle Cleveland on land.

But siege on land alone cannot really threaten Cleveland. Because Cleveland is a port city, through the Great Lakes, people and supplies can be maintained. If Cleveland’s waterway cannot be cut off, it will not be easy to get Cleveland back.

In fact, the French can cut off the waterways in Cleveland. The French have small mines specially used in shallow waters such as inland rivers. Each of these small mines weighs only tens of kilograms, and even a small boat can carry many. And the inland waterway ships are incomparable to sea-going ships. Even such mini mines can easily blow up an inland waterway. At night, using small boats, you can gradually block the waterways of Cleveland.

But the French consultants did not raise this point. As for the reason, it's actually very simple, because they didn't know that the French had this in their arsenal. The reason they didn’t know was that selling to Americans was not in the interest of France.

For the French, it is best to let both sides shed their blood in this war, and thus forge a grievance that is difficult for many generations to shed. And keep them in the confrontation, then they will not pose too much threat to Louisiana. And if they let the Americans have this kind of mines, then once the British find that the US troops are starting to mine, they will definitely retreat. In this way, the Americans will be able to get Cleveland back without much sacrifice.

Therefore, the advice given by the French was to encircle it first, and then repeatedly bombard it with artillery, slowly gnawing on the British defense. This method of tactics is of course time-consuming and labor-intensive, but what France needs is the time-consuming and labor-intensive Americans and British?

So the Americans and Canadians fell into a continuous **** battle in Cleveland.

In Europe, the French military exercises in Calais have also ended smoothly. During the exercise, the French army also invited observers from various countries to visit the exercise. In the exercise, the French once again demonstrated their brand new landing operations technology to countries around the world, especially to the British. For example, in the follow-up process of logging in, the French demonstrated a floating jetty made of cement that can be quickly deployed, and a floating breakwater that can float on the sea and sink when it reaches a suitable place.

These technologies mean that once the French obtain a landing site, they can quickly send a large number of people and materials ashore without having to rely on seizing the opponent's port. This has naturally brought greater pressure on the British defense.

However, how to withstand this pressure is a matter for the future, but now, as the French fleet returns to its home port, the French army has also left the exercise site one after another and returned to its own station. The British can take a breath for the time being.

After organizing such a large-scale exercise, the British felt that the French should not, and unlikely to organize an invasion of Britain in a short period of time. From this point of view, the British were at least in a short period of time. Gained freedom of action.

So the British immediately made a decision and sent a fleet including the latest "Queen Elizabeth" battleship to **** the expeditionary force to the Americas to defend British territory in North America.

There is no way to hide the fact that the British sent expeditionary troops in Europe. Apart from other things, just like every important military port in France, there are businessmen from the United Kingdom or who have economic contacts with the British doing business there. Near those important military ports in the United Kingdom, there are also French. "Legal merchants" are active there.

An important job of these people is to count the warships in the harbor every day. "Well, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5... the main British navy is still..."

And on this day, after counting, uh, several ships of the "Queen Elizabeth" were missing. The news that the British dispatched a fleet was quickly confirmed.

However, because transatlantic communications rely on ships, and ordinary civilian ships cannot keep up with the speed of warships. Although the speed of the "Queen Elizabeth" is not particularly fast, the speed at which news reaches North America is Certainly not keeping up with the speed of the British fleet to North America.

"In this way, the warships we rent to the Americans will not be in danger?" Lucien was a little worried. "I'm not worried about the Free Trade and Common Market. I know they can't beat the old British. Virgin, but they are faster than the British ships. The British can’t catch up with them. But I’m a bit worried about the two cruisers that Louis later leased to the Americans. You know, they are all colonial cruisers, although the speed is theoretical It’s still faster than the British battleship, but not faster than the British cruiser. No problem, right?"

"No, there will never be our warship being sunk or captured by the British, which will cause trouble to your propaganda." Napoleon said indifferently, "We were prepared."

The French in North America are indeed prepared. Although I don't know when the British fleet will arrive. But they know when their exercise will end. So they can also roughly guess when the British will arrive.

Therefore, in the earliest possible time for the British to arrive, they had asked the two colonial cruisers to leave the most dangerous Cabot Strait and return to New Orleans for "maintenance" on the grounds of "mechanical maintenance".

In fact, these two ships are new ships, and there is no need to enter the dock for repairs at all. But the boats are all French guys. They said that there are some problems with the ship's machinery and need to be maintained. Can the few American guys on the ship disagree?

Therefore, the two colonial cruisers left first.

If the British went directly to the Cabot Strait, they would be able to crash into the American fleet on a blockade mission. This fleet includes the "Free Trade" and "Common Market", as well as two American hybrid cruisers.

but……

"If we go directly to the Cabot Strait, we can definitely catch the American fleet. But everyone thinks, can we keep those two French ships?" The fleet commander, General Nelson, was in the spacious "Queen Elizabeth". Said the officers under the opponent in the conference room.

"General, you know, those two ships are much faster than us. Unless they enter the narrow waters themselves, we can't keep them. Queen Elizabeth," Captain Hardy replied.

"As far as the information we learned before we set off, in addition to the two French ships, the U.S. fleet probably also has two steam-sail hybrid cruisers. We are sure to keep them with these two ships." General Nelson's The adjutant continued to introduce the situation.

"General Nelson, if I can only sink two completely obsolete old warships, but prepare the Americans for our arrival, I don't think it means anything." An army general said.

"General Wellesley, what do you think?" General Nelson asked.

"I don't think we can just think of ourselves as a merchant fleet engaged in transportation." General Arthur Wellesley said, "The French will not give us too much time. At most two or three months later, they will What's going on in Europe. Therefore, our fleet will not be able to stay here for more than one and a half months. Within this month and a half, we must give the Americans a large enough blow, otherwise, the situation of war will How to develop is difficult to say. And if my troops enter Canada first, and then slowly attack from Canada to the south, it will be difficult to give the Americans a decisive blow within one and a half months. Therefore, my advice is that we should not go. Canada, let's go directly here!"

General Arthur Wellesley tapped the map with his white gloved hand.

General Nelson looked down at the map, nodded and said, "I agree with this."

Two French colonial cruisers are sailing south along the coastline of North America. The cruiser "Hanatsuki" is walking in front, and the cruiser "Fugetsu" is walking a little behind.

"In another hour, we should be able to reach Savannah. We can rest there, add a few things, and let the boys go ashore to relax. The captain of the Flower Moon, Alençon, said to the first officer. Edmund said.

Savannah is the oldest port city in Georgia. In this era, it is still the capital of Georgia and one of the most important ports in the South. Many of the cotton, tobacco and other products in the southern United States are loaded on ships from here and are continuously shipped to Europe.

Because of this, Savannah is quite prosperous, with a lot of entertainment for sailors. Everyone is looking forward to a rest in Savannah. This is especially true after receiving combat allowances from the Americans.

Soon, the Port of Savannah appeared in the telescope, but at this moment, the lookout sent out a shout: "Find the fleet, at ten o'clock!"

Alenzon quickly looked over there, and as expected, some plumes of smoke appeared on the sea to the east. It's just that the distance is still far, he still can't see the flag of that fleet.

After a while, the masts of the fleet finally rose from below the sea level. On the top of those masts, there is a proud St. George flag flying. This is the British fleet!

But Alençon was not nervous at all, because when they decided to return to New Orleans, they had already lowered the American flag and hung the French tricolor flag. In this way, their current status is no longer a US warship, but a French warship. Do the British dare to open fire on warships with French flags?

Although the British Navy has always been brave, the current situation should make them sober enough. And ~www.readwn.com~ in case they are really brave enough, then the French will just be able to justify the British colonies in the Americas.

So Captain Alençon did not worry about his safety at all.

Soon, the British fleet was completely in the sight of Captain Alençon. He immediately recognized the British battleship "Queen Elizabeth".

"The British sent all this old maiden out? Now the Yankees are going to be unlucky." Captain Alençon made such a judgment immediately.

To be honest, Captain Alençon and the crew on the cruiser "Hanagyue" had a good impression of the Americans. Because the Americans paid for them with gold coins and silver coins. But after recognizing the "old maiden", Captain Alençon did not want to fight the British at sea. Two colonial cruisers are going to fight against the huge fleet including the "Queen Elizabeth". Don't you think you are driving water droplets?

The trouble is that there are Americans on the "Hua Yue" issue.

"Captain Alençon, it is the British fleet! We must stop them and give Savannah time to prepare!" Major Francis, the representative of the US military, shouted.