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To be fair, the Britain didn't have many regular troops in Canada; the main force of the Canadian Army was actually the local Canada militia. Of course, from Europe perspective, the US United States Army was essentially just a militia. In terms of numbers, the United States Army was actually larger. Logically, even if the United States Army was less skilled and weaker, it shouldn't have been so easily defeated by the Canadian Army. Even in the original historical accounts, before Britain reinforcements arrived, the United States Army held a clear advantage.

"How can these United States be so stupid!" In a lavishly decorated office in the Louisiana Development Bank's most luxurious and imposing building in New Orleans, the Louisiana Development Bank's newly appointed chairman Louis Bonaparte, was cursing. "Are we going to provide those weapons and mercenaries that we prepared for the Canada to those United States idiots?"

"Chairman, actually selling weapons and mercenaries to the United States isn't a big deal. It's still selling, isn't it?" said a man dressed as a balding manager.

"Sergei, you're right, but things have gone beyond our expectations, which is always unpleasant," Louis replied. "Besides, mercenaries shouldn't be a consideration right now. United States still has a population; it's not that bad yet. Moreover, the main problem for the American army isn't morale, but... they're completely unaware that times have changed. However, some of the Britain atrocities could provide us with a pretext for intervention..."

Yes, the US military failed because they were simply too outdated. Unlike the Navy, which at least had been educated by the France and had seen what advanced world technology looked like, the Army was truly a bunch of bumpkins.

The United States Army hadn't fought much since the Revolutionary War. Even during the Revolutionary War, they didn't perform particularly well; it's hard to say how the war would have turned out if Louis XVI hadn't sided with the Americans. During and after this war, the United States Army had only one role model: the French Army. However, that was the French Army of the era of firing squads.

Therefore, the United States Army still uses the outdated tactic of firing squads to this day, because they know nothing else. They are not even particularly proficient in firing squads, because United States order to save money, the size of the federal standing army has always been very small, and the state soldiers, which later became the National Guard, are essentially militias. They have even less training, but their weapons are much better than those of the federal army.

The situation was completely different for the Britain. On the Europe continent, the Britain were getting thoroughly thrashed by the Bonaparte brothers. Although they were beaten so badly they could only lie on the ground crying for their mothers, they at least learned what the most advanced warfare tactics were like. So they quickly implemented the Joseph Defense. And then? Then, the United States bumpkins had absolutely no idea how dangerous the Joseph Defense was.

General William Hull's United States troops, marching in formation and beating drums, launched a brave attack on the British Army -held Fort Amherst, and then... nothing happened.

In short, the foolish United States were thoroughly outmaneuvered by the cunning Britain with landmines, shrapnel, barbed wire, and anti-personnel directional mines, and then collapsed.

In reality, this was just one failed attack, albeit a rather disastrous one. To be honest, the number of deaths wasn't actually that high. The initial wave of attacks consisted of only about two thousand men. Although the Britain indiscriminately attacked and killed at least half of them, compared to the total number of troops on both sides, the loss of just over a thousand men wasn't actually that many.

But these men were killed right before everyone's eyes, almost instantly. The Britain were so efficient at killing them that the American soldiers who witnessed it were stunned.

The United States. Army, primarily composed of state troops, shared a weakness remarkably similar to that of the Vendée rebels of yesteryear: while their morale was high when fighting in their homelands, it plummeted at the first sign of setbacks elsewhere, its morale dropping as rapidly as the flow of Niagara Falls. To put it more simply, after this devastating blow, the entire United States Army. Army was gripped by self-doubt, and morale nearly collapsed overnight.

General Isaac Brock, commanding the British Army (which were also predominantly Canada), seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Utilizing shrapnel, a tactic unfamiliar to the United States, and skirmishing, he directly routed the disorganized and stagnant American troops. General William Hull fled to Detroit with his remaining forces, suffering heavy casualties and his troops scattering as they were pursued by the British Army. By the time they reached Detroit, less than a thousand men remained with William Hull.

The British Army continued its advance, reaching as far as Detroit. The citizens of Detroit took up arms to defend their city. Detroit was close to Canada and Louisiana. Here, Canada, United States, German-speaking France, and various Native Americans fought each other frequently. Therefore, the population of Detroit at this time was predominantly white and militant. Almost everyone living there owned more than one gun.

So, in response to the call to "defend the city," more than four thousand armed Detroit citizens joined the ranks of "resisting Britain aggression" in just one day.

However, the evil Britain pulled another trick; instead of attacking Detroit directly, they used white phosphorus incendiary bombs to bombard Detroit city.

Perhaps due to the butterfly effect, the devastating fire that should have engulfed Detroit last year did not occur. Therefore, Detroit at this time remains Detroit that has not yet undergone post-disaster reconstruction. In other words, Detroit is still a Detroit that grew naturally from the fur trade market, lacking any artificial urban planning, with narrow streets, haphazardly constructed wooden houses everywhere, and Detroit significant fire hazards.

Such a city was perfect for arson. So the Britain (Canada) unleashed a barrage of incendiary bombs, and Detroit was engulfed in flames. Unlike the original Great Detroit Fire, which, although it eventually swept through the entire Detroit, had only one point of origin, limiting its spread and allowing most people to escape, the historical fire reduced Detroit to a mere warehouse and a brick chimney (the last remnants of the city originally founded by the France, which Detroit residents have even Detroit on their city flag) resulted in a relatively small death toll.

But this time the situation was different. The British Army bombardment scattered tens of thousands of fire starters, engulfing the entire city. The city was ablaze almost instantly, leaving no time for evacuation. The exact number of casualties caused by this fire remains controversial, but even the lowest estimates put the death toll at least at nine thousand, with the highest figure reaching over twenty thousand. Of course, the Britain considered this number an exaggeration, as Detroit did not have that many people.