The Rise Of Australasia

Now, the system in the United States is vastly different from that of later generations. Due to its limited involvement in World War I, the United States had not yet abolished the segregation laws between the states.

In layman’s terms, the U.S. army had no power to enter any state without the state’s permission, otherwise the states had the right to consider the actions of the U.S. army as an invasion.

All states also had their own troops, and the strength of the National Guard was not necessarily weaker than that of the U.S. army.

Especially in some of the more powerful states, if a governor took a dislike to the President, they could even put the President on the state’s blacklist and forbid the President from entering the state’s land.

Yes, it sounds that incredible.

Although the federal system allowed America to quickly acquire a large amount of territory and it took just over 100 years to connect the East and West Coasts of America.

The great price paid was the lack of unity between the states, each still holding enormous power and even blatantly refusing to obey orders and proclamations.

One of the concerns of the American Secretary of State, aside from the inability to fully deploy over a hundred thousand troops in all the states, was the combined strength of the various opposing state National Guard units, which could exceed the number of the U.S. Army.

In the U.S. military’s strategic development, the army had always been treated like a stepchild, and it was not necessarily a match for the National Guard units of the states.

If all the states manage to successfully start a civil war, America could be torn apart by the rebellions of the states even before the enemy arrives.

It wouldn’t even need the Allied Army for America to naturally split into three or four countries, which would then await the blessings of the Allied Army.

As for the current American government, it would be good enough if it could hold on to the basic platform of the original 13 states without fantasizing about other territories.

"Damn it! Where are those consortiums? It’s time for them to step up, right? Tell those damned capitalists that if we are defeated, they will be the culprits of both the influenza and the economic crisis. The British will not spare us, nor will they spare them, these fat cats," President Hoover asked furiously.

Most of America’s wealth was in the hands of consortiums, which held a large part of the government’s say.

If the American government did not have the support of the consortiums, the hope of winning this war was very slim, and one might even say doomed to failure. Read latest stories on NovelBin.Côm

"Mr. President, I’m afraid that’s going to be difficult," the Secretary of State said with a wry smile, explaining, "As soon as the economic crisis broke out, there was already a part of the capital that flew out to Europe or Australasia.

Although we cannot ensure that all consortiums have relocated, the vast majority have already planned their retreat and cannot recklessly help us.

Mr. President, you should understand, we no longer have any outside support. To the capitalists, the existence of the United States is irrelevant; as long as their consortiums and assets exist, that’s enough for them.

Compared to the troubled United States, it is Australasia, unaffected by the economic crisis, that they prioritize."

If you cannot find us more support, I suggest you consider the meaning of this war.

Mr. President, there is no need to create greater casualties, which is harmful to us and to the United States.

Given the current chaotic situation in the United States, I do not believe you can lead America to victory, unless you can obtain the support of God," Secretary of State Lestes clearly had thoughts of withdrawing. He did not want to accompany President Hoover to death, even though his position was bestowed by President Hoover.

"Mr. Lestes, what are you talking about?" President Hoover looked at Lestes with an angry face and said incredulously, "Damn it, you should understand what the British want to do.

If we give up resistance, America will cease to exist, and we will become the sinners of America, the traitors of the American nation!"

"Even so, that’s still better than creating more meaningless casualties, Mr. President," Secretary of State Lestes countered: "Forgive my bluntness, Mr. President, but without any advantage in the army and navy and without the support of the people, it is fundamentally impossible for us to win this war.

If we negotiate with the British, we might only need to give up the land of a few states to resolve this dispute.

Do you think starting a civil war is the best outcome? If a civil war breaks out, let alone maintaining the unity of America, the American government will also cease to exist, and America will become a colony of the powers, that will be the doomsday for you, me, and all Americans."

As they say, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. President Hoover had been pinned with great hopes by the American people, who believed he could lead America out of the economic crisis and onto a path of rebirth and strength.

But unexpectedly, President Hoover’s inaction in economic matters severely aggravated America’s economic crisis, and his inaction in politics significantly worsened America’s chaos, leading to such a serious situation for the country.

Even without the Allied Army, current America still had to face the independence demands of the states, the conflicts of black people, and the unemployed population of over ten million.

Any one of these issues could potentially cripple America, not to mention that several crises were coming one after another.

In such a dire situation, let alone President Hoover, what could even President Washington, the nation’s father, achieve?

The meeting ended without resolution, marked by a quarrel between President Hoover and Secretary of State Lestes, failing to produce any effective decisions.

But the war would not wait for the American government to make a decision before moving forward. Before the American government could react, on July 9, 1928, the Panama Canal was breached by the Central American Allied Army, and the United States officially lost its lifeline. @@novelbin@@

In the following few days, the Australasia Army swiftly landed on Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, Guam, Wake Island, and Midway Atoll, finally approaching the Hawaii Islands on July 17.

The American garrison on the Hawaii Islands was much larger than the garrison of Samoyeds but consisted of only a little over 2000 men.

To minimize casualties, the Australasia Army adopted a strategy of carpet bombing to pave the way, utilizing a large number of airplanes and warships to instigate a frenzied bombing campaign on the Hawaii Islands.

This strategic Pacific Ocean foothold, seen by the United States as a critical transfer point, withstood the bombardment by Australasia’s ironclad vessels for only three days.

The few hundred remaining American soldiers on the islands quickly raised the white flag of surrender, signifying Australasia’s official unification of Oceania and becoming the only nation in the world to exclusively dominate an entire continent.

Having lost the Panama Canal and Hawaii, the United States, like a lamb awaiting slaughter, was bracing for the occupation and division by the Allied Army.

News of Australasia and the Central American Allied Army’s unstoppable victories stirred excitement among the Allies on the Atlantic side, who eagerly rushed toward the United States East Coast, prepared to claim their share of the spoils of victory.

On July 18, over ten thousand troops of the Dominion of Canada engaged in fierce combat with the United States army along the southern border.

At that time, Canada had not yet received the right to diplomatic independence; hence, when Britain declared war on America, Canada also automatically entered a state of war with the United States.

However, Canada did not rush to action, understanding that its power alone was insufficient to challenge the United States.

It wasn’t until the first wave of tens of thousands of Allied troops had arrived in Canada that the Canadian army began to move.

The location of the skirmish, said to be the border, had actually penetrated deep into American territory.

This was an inevitable situation. The border between the United States and Canada was so vast that even after deploying about ten thousand soldiers, it was impossible to guard the entire borderline.

As a result, a long stretch of the border remained undefended with only a handful of border outposts and local police for protection.

Such defense was clearly insufficient to stop the Canadian army, which swiftly entered the state of Maine.

Had it not been for the local police who detected and reported the movements of the Canadian army, the Canadians might have captured Augusta, the capital of Maine, without the United States army even realizing it.

Of course, it was far too late now. The battleground where the United States army clashed with the Canadian forces was perilously close to Augusta, indicating that much of Maine had already fallen.

The situation worsened as Maine, being in the northeastern part of the United States, was quite close to New York, America’s largest city, signaling immense danger for New York as well.

Even though the United States army deployed nearly thirty thousand men, they could only barely manage to keep the Canadian forces from advancing beyond Augusta.

This was because, compared to the well-prepared Allied Army, the United States Army faced significant challenges.

It wasn’t a problem of manpower. With a population of over a hundred million, the United States could afford tens of thousands of soldiers, if not more.

But the real issue lay in the shortage of junior officers. Even during World War I, when the military expanded to several hundred thousand men, the war ended before their training did.

Even just before the outbreak of the World War, the highest-ranking active general in the United States Army was only a Brigadier General, which speaks to the lack of reserve officers within the army.

The most significant problem that emerged was the severe shortage of lower and middle-ranking officers when expanding the army’s size by several times within a short period.

Upper-echelon officers were not as significantly affected since military academies in the United States still produced a fair number of mid to high-level officers each year.

However, the vacancy in the lowest-ranking officer positions was quite severe. These positions usually depended on the accumulation of extensive experience or combat merit, and it was not easy to train such officers quickly.

Now, it was too late to establish schools specifically for training these junior officers, as the war could very well end before the schools were even completed.

This issue also highlighted an even more severe problem: the actual combat proficiency of America’s junior officers was not as high as it should have been.