The entire area of New Mexico is extremely vast, divided in two by the Rocky Mountains, which run north and south.

On the east side of the Rocky Mountains is the New Mexico Region, and on the west side of the Rocky Mountains is the Arizona Region, which was originally historically divided into the State of Mexico and Arizona, and is now collectively referred to as the New Mexico Region.

The reason is very simple, it is too sparsely populated!

The entire New Mexico region is dominated by the boundless desert Gobi and bare mountains, which look extremely barren, as if the surface of Mars.

In fact, the underground of the New Mexico region not only contains an astonishing amount of water resources, but also contains the richest oil and gas, steel, copper and coal resources in the United States, which can be said to be a treasure trove of resources.

The hundreds of millions of barrels of oil reserves in the southern oil fields that have been surveyed today, as well as several iron and coal mines with staggering reserves, are just the tip of the iceberg. These are all valuable resources coveted by the people of Fusang, and a reliable guarantee for the realization of an industrialized power in the future.

Russo-Japanese War

Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in the ice and snow in the northeast, and it finally occupied the vast land of the South Manchurian region, and did not survey the slightest oil and gas resources.

With the New Mexico region, Fuso can get rid of the hat of poor oil in one fell swoop, and even get rid of the hat of poor mineral resources, and lay the foundation of an industrialized power, which shows that the country attaches great importance to the New Mexico region.

While much of New Mexico is harsh and the land is barren, this is not always the case.

On both sides of the area, there are two narrow strips of land, one east and one west, with streams and fertile land, and large forests and plains and valleys, which are suitable for farming.

To the east is the narrow strip of land near the Republic of Texas, which is one of the traditional habitats of the Indian tribes, thanks to abundant water irrigated by the tributaries of the Colorado River.

On the west side is the narrow strip along the Rocky Mountains, which is fed by numerous rivers that melt the snow and ice in the mountains, and is also a very good agricultural area, where the locals are mainly Mexican, native white people of Spanish descent.

After the Fuso people came to power, they implemented a policy of beating and pulling the locals, and the situation was quickly stabilized.

Overall

The entire New Mexico region has a population of about 1 million people (including 94,000 Japanese troops), and has reclaimed land on a large scale to grow crops, and has hundreds of factories (the Japanese side has done the same, and the factories and equipment captured during the war have been rebuilt in other places), and the development momentum should be good.

Side-by-side comparison

In the past three years, there was not much difference between the number of immigrants to North America between the Ocean Empire and Fuso, with the Ocean Empire slightly superior at more than 400,000 (only spontaneous emigration, not counting the soldiers who were transferred on the spot), and the Japanese side was slightly behind with 360,000, and the two sides did not see much difference.

As a matter of fact

The Northern Union has a vast territory, fertile land and a pleasant environment, and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean has numerous harbors, large and small towns, and has a good industrial and agricultural base, and has the conditions to receive large-scale immigration.

The total population of the Ocean Empire has exceeded 80 million, the overall economic scale is 5.5 times that of Japan, with the largest number of large passenger and cargo ships in the world, after 36 years of immigration experience, has the most mature and developed immigration system, and has realized the two-way migration route from the mainland of China to Australia and Australia to North America.

With a total population of 50.5 million, Japan's immigrants need to rely on the large ocean-going migration ships of the Ocean Empire to achieve North American immigrants with an average annual population of more than 100,000, which cannot be met by its own ability.

New Mexico, the destination of Japanese immigrants, is a harsh environment, and much of the hinterland is barren, and conditions vary greatly.

Despite all kinds of unfavorable conditions, Fuso still achieved an average annual migration scale of more than 100,000 people, mainly organized by the government, and invested a lot of money in the resettlement work, which put tremendous financial pressure on the weak Japanese side.

For several years

In addition to the 600 million yen loan from the United States that was written off during the war, the Japanese side repaid 200 million yen each of the loans of Britain and the Ocean Empire after the war, reducing the debt by a total of 1 billion yen.

There is still 1.6 billion yen of debt, but it has increased slightly, rather than decreasing.

During the Russo-Japanese War, Britain and the Ocean Empire were the main creditors, and the annual interest repayment alone cost more than 70 million yen.

This alone can be seen

Fuso has made great efforts to immigrate, and it is not easy to operate a situation in New Mexico for more than three years.

Even so

In the face of the war secretly prepared by the industrialized rice country, Fuso's chances of winning were minimal.

Today, the country still has a population of 56 million, the overall economic size is 6.3 times that of Japan, and the industrial index is as high as 133%, which is the highest in the world.

How can the Fuso people withstand a blow?

Imperial Marshal Li Shunzhu still had a good impression of the Japanese side from the bottom of his heart, not only himself, but also the officers and men of the expeditionary force generally held a similar attitude, after all, they had been allies who fought side by side in the past, and the Fuso people had always been deferential, tenacious in combat, and were obedient and easy to use lackeys.

But doesn't that goodwill mean anything?

Today, the attitude of the Holy Lord towards the Fuso people is very clear, maintaining a high degree of vigilance and precautions, and the policy is mainly to restrict and suppress the New Mexico region, and throwing out the New Mexico region is just a use, and he does not trust the Japanese side at all.

The attitude of the saint also determined the position of Marshal Li Xuanzhu, that is, to resolutely maintain consistency.

Deduction based on the sand table;

The combat effectiveness of US soldiers (including militia) is weak, about 0.39 for Fuso soldiers, and even if they are superior in weapons and equipment, they cannot reach half of the level.

Then, only in the case of forming an absolute superiority in strength (that is, three times the above), the US military can quickly defeat the Japanese army and achieve a hearty victory.

According to the determination of the Mi government in secret negotiations, and the demographic advantage of the Mi country's home war, it is not difficult to achieve this, and even surpasses.

Looking back now, the deployment of Japanese troops on the Colorado border, as well as the deployment of troops in depth, presents a clear "T" shaped structure.

The First Army of Fuso has a total strength of 94,000 troops, with three divisions, three independent brigades and some local garrisons of brigade size, and it has deployed three divisions and one independent brigade in the New Mexico area at the eastern foot of the Rocky Mountains, with a total strength of about 81,000 troops.

Two separate mixed brigades were deployed in the Arizona area at the western foot of the Rocky Mountains, totaling about 13,000 troops.

The main battlefield of the battle between Japan and the United States is also in the border area between New Mexico and Colorado, which is the main section of the Central Pacific Railroad and is located in Colorado, and the controlling stake of the Central Pacific Railroad is in the hands of the Royal Fund Consortium of Ocean Empires (according to the amount of compensation approved by the Settlement Committee, a part of the equity transferred by the American government), and the railway is the property of the railway company within 10 kilometers on both sides of the railway.

The Japanese side lined up near the border line, with important towns as the core control area, and arranged two heavy divisions, the 4th Division and the 6th Division, to control the front with a width of more than 400 kilometers.

In the rear of the Kobayashi Independent Mixed Brigade about 330 kilometers behind the city of Albuquerke, there is the main force of the Fifth Division, which became famous in the Battle of Chicago, and the city of Albuquerque is also the largest city in New Mexico, the target of the Japanese side's key colonization, with a total population of about 247,000 people, is the political and economic center of the region, and is also the land transportation hub for the import of Japanese immigrants.

When Japanese immigrants arrive in the city, they are transferred to the colonization sites in various regions, which is also the main road connecting the West Coast metropolis of Los Angeles, where the main highways from east to west and from south to north pass through, and the roads leading to various places form a "m" shaped transportation network, and the city of Albuquerque is at the center of the intersection, which is of great significance.

The loss of the city of Albuquerque also lost the core that controlled the entire New Mexico region in the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

The plan of Imperial Marshal Li Xuanzhu was; If the U.S. amassed an army of more than 150,000 men, broke through the Japanese defenses in one fell swoop, encircled and occupied Albuquerki in the south, and attempted to the west to bypass the Rocky Mountains and attack the Arizona region in one fell swoop.

The Imperial Army should make a deterrent move to force the U.S. government to agree to an intergovernmental agreement recognizing the independence of the Northern Union.

If not

The Imperial army marched out of the Rocky Mountains, cutting off the long logistics line of the United States deep into New Mexico from behind, causing it to collapse without a fight in fear, and once again suffered a complete defeat, and worked in vain.

If the rice guys can clearly understand the reality, they will not reject the goodwill proposal of the imperial side, otherwise, the United States will not be able to bear the serious consequences of such defeats and defeats.

When the bottom line has been breached, the choice of breaking the bottom line for the second and third time is not so difficult.

Through this move, the Imperial Expeditionary Force could leave enough strategic buffer time for the Japanese side to urgently increase its troops from the mainland to North America......

As for the huge military spending spent on this, hehe...... Of course, the Japanese side is responsible.

The Ocean Empire is not a good money boy, and while achieving its own goals, it can reap a large loan and the gratitude of the Fuso people.

When it comes to the final course of the war between Japan and the United States, it will all depend on their own performance, and there is only so much that the Imperial Expeditionary Force can help.

According to the overall development strategy laid out by the Holy Authority today, in the next 10 years or so, it is foreseeable that in the next 10 years or so, we should focus on domestic peace construction and try to avoid meddling in regional disputes.