Turned over the New Year

The United States and Japan have engaged in dozens of battles and clashes between the United States and Japan, large and small, in the branch mountains of the Gobi Desert region in the south across the Rocky Mountains, the largest of which is the regimental level battle, and the smaller scale is the attack of more than a dozen people at the patrol level, and the two sides have clashed continuously.

But a larger-scale battle has never happened, not because the United States and Japan don't want to fight, but because they really can't fight.

Until March

The U.S. maintains a military strength of about 290,000 to 300,000 in New Mexico, most of which are militia forces, and mainly relies on a desert-Gobi highway that stretches more than 1,400 kilometers from north to south to transport supplies, almost reaching the limit of its logistical capabilities.

The first government budget announced by new President Davin Porter was the construction of the New Mexico Railroad from Colorado through Wagenmande and Las Vegas to Santa Fe and then to Albuquerque.

After the railway is built to Albuquerkei, it will be extended south to the U.S.-Mexico border, forming a north-south railway corridor, which will be closely connected with the heavy industry metropolitan area in the central part of the country and the large urban areas on the east coast, which can easily transport large quantities of materials.

Once completed, the railway will greatly enhance the ability of the United States to project military power into the New Mexico region, posing a substantial military threat to the Arizona region.

But that was for the future, and the current U.S. military really can't move.

Since the outbreak of the first US-Japan war, the Mi militia who enthusiastically joined the army have held back a vicious anger in their hearts and have sacrificed their lives to fight on the front line, and it has been more than half a year.

They have won one hard-fought and bloody battle after another, but at the same time, they have paid a great price.

On the word about casualties

Some statistics say more than 137,000, and some say more than 160,000 casualties, but the official only admits 78,900 casualties, which is obviously low.

In any case, the US military suffered heavy casualties in this war, and it was not easy to grit its teeth and win, and it can really be said that it was a big victory with great pride.

But this breath in my heart is relieved, and I can't fight anymore.

Fusang people this hard bone who bites who knows, it is really full of blood, although the face of the rice country made a relaxed and victorious expression, but the twitching muscles and trembling hands have shown weakness, just strong support.

The morale, morale, and material supplies of the Japanese army could not support the US army to fight, and the Japanese side deployed 100,000 troops in the Arizona area, all of whom were well-trained elite soldiers, not armed civilians who hastily took up arms.

The border between New Mexico and Arizona is the remnants of the Rocky Mountains, where the mountains are crisscrossed, and they are all the kind of bare stone mountains with no grass, and the desert and Gobi are all over, and the climate is arid and hot, and the environment is relatively harsh.

The Japanese army built a defensive line according to the favorable terrain of the mountains and rivers, and sent heavy troops to defend it, but after many trials, the American army wisely gave up.

The Japanese side could not fight anymore for the simple reason that there was no money.

The loss of the New Mexico region made the hearts of Fuso people feel like a knife, especially the loss of the rich southern oil fields, which simply drove the Fuso Navy crazy, and the cabinet of Katsura Taro collapsed, and the country was condemned.

In the midst of all the disturbances, the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang Cabinet, which was appointed in danger, has been in a state of turmoil since its formation.

On the one hand, there was a strong demand from the National and Army General Staff Headquarters to continue to increase the number of troops, expand the scale of the war, and retake the New Mexico region.

On the other hand, the financial constraints are too stretched, and it is really impossible to support it.

What is the concept of an expedition of 100,000 troops?

Not to mention the small country of Fuso, even for the powerful British Empire, it is not an easy matter, in the Second Boer War, Britain mobilized 360,000 troops in South Africa, costing as much as 200 million pounds, about 1.5 billion yen.

Nearly half a year of war

The 800 million yen borrowed by Fuso in the later period was spent like a stream, and it only reached the current military confrontation situation, and if you want to defeat the nearly 300,000 U.S. troops on the opposite side and retake the New Mexico region, how much will it cost?

There is more than enough heart but not enough strength!

In April

The great powers led by Britain, France, and the Ocean Empire intervened to mediate, and the United States and Japan reluctantly pinched their noses and sat down at the negotiating table to hold formal negotiations on the cessation of the war and the division of their spheres of influence.

The negotiations were extremely difficult, with stoppages and periods until October, when the United States and Japan signed a formal armistice.

The armistice agreement stipulated;

On the basis of the existing military demarcation line, the sphere of influence is divided along the extension of the Rocky Mountains to the south, with the United States owning the New Mexico region east of the Rocky Mountains, and Fuso owning the Rocky Mountains and the Arizona region, and the two sides have achieved a ceasefire. Taniji

As for the status of the occupied territories, the reduction of their respective forces after the war, and the question of war reparations, none of them were addressed, but only the exchange of prisoners and the repatriation of personnel.

The U.S. military released 17,100 prisoners and more than 70,000 Japanese immigrants, and the Japanese army also released more than 1,000 captured U.S. soldiers, and then, there was no more......

The first war between the United States and Japan caused a deep estrangement between the two sides, and the Japanese side lost the war, but lost the 318,900 square kilometers of New Mexico, and lost most of the reclamation gains of more than three years, and suffered huge losses in personnel.

Of the total 360,000 Japanese immigrants, more than 270,000 of them colonized in New Mexico, which is also the key area of Japanese colonization.

The people of Fuso remembered it in their hearts and vowed to avenge this blood vengeance.

The Mi Guoyan was also not satisfied, the pre-war goal was only half achieved, and Arizona was still in the hands of the Fuso, but now it can only be like this.

Before the New Mexico Railroad was built, the United States could not afford to launch a large-scale military operation.

After the signing of the armistice

The United States began to demobilize the militia and transferred most of the formed army to the front line of confrontation with the Japanese side, and in the Gallup area alone, it deployed about 50,000 troops in four army divisions, and about 80,000 troops in the entire border area (including the Gallup area), as well as tens of thousands of local militia support.

The Japanese side was also not idle, learning from the experience of the Ocean Empire, and decommissioned some officers and men of the 2nd, 9th, 13th, and 16th Divisions on the spot, and concentrated on reclaiming land in accordance with the unit structure to support themselves in order to reduce the economic burden on the mainland.

Nearly 60,000 people retired from the 100,000 army, plus more than 90,000 Japanese immigrants from Arizona, and more than 90,000 people returned from New Mexico, totaling about 250,000 people, forming the mainstream society of local Japanese immigrants.

The Japanese side has implemented a large-scale military cantonment system in accordance with the pattern of brigades, squadrons, and squadrons.

After that, in order to prepare for a large-scale war, the immigrants from the Japanese mainland were no longer civilians, but all retired veterans who had completed their service and boarded passenger ships to North America with their wives and daughters.

meanwhile

Shangri-La Bank has granted a loan of 6.8 million gold to build a T-shaped railway from Los Angeles to the east connecting Arizona towns such as Ferragestaff, Phoenix, and Oro Valley, which is expected to greatly alleviate the pressure on the transportation of personnel and materials in Arizona, promote local economic development, and greatly enhance military mobilization capabilities.

In Europe

The first Balkan War in Europe had just come to an end in March, with Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece winning the final victory, and the Ottoman Empire was defeated, and the Balkan lands of Europe were almost lost.

The Ottoman Empire had lost most of its territory in Europe, with only a small amount of southeastern territory, such as Istanbul, retained, and the four victorious powers convened a peace conference in London to discuss the division of interests in the occupied territories.

No one expected that the division of post-war interests would lead to even more fierce quarrels.

At the London Peace Conference, Serbia and Bulgaria had serious disagreements over Macedonia's domination, which led directly to the impasse in the peace conference.

Bulgaria believed that they had contributed the most to the war against the Ottoman Empire, so they wanted to divide more land, and Bulgaria was inclined to occupy all of Macedonia at home, so it was unable to negotiate with Serbia.

Serbia was denied access to the Adriatic Sea, and Bulgaria, which had the most land, demanded part of Macedonia as compensation, which was decisively refused.

Greece's claim to possession of southern Macedonia and Western Thrace was likewise denied. Romania, which was not part of the alliance, demanded possession of South Dobroga, but was met with merciless ridicule.

June 1

Serbia and Greece secretly entered into an anti-Bulgarian alliance, which Romania joined.

After the victory, the Bulgarian nation was full of confidence and felt that it had taken a big step forward in the "dream of a great Bulgaria", and Austria-Hungary promised to give war loans and guarantee its territorial integrity, which made Bulgaria feel more confident and felt that it had found a big backer.

June 29th

At the instigation of Germany and Austria, Bulgaria, which was self-reliant and strong, launched a surprise attack on Serbia and Greece, and after only three months, the prelude to the Second Ercan War was unveiled.

Soon after, Romania and Montenegro joined the Serbian side in the war, and the battered Ottoman Empire, seeking to regain lost territory, launched an attack on Bulgaria on 16 July.

At this point, a war pattern of 5 countries besieging Bulgaria has been formed in the Balkans, and even if Bulgaria is covered with iron, how many nails can it hit?

At this point, Bulgaria's defeat was inevitable, not only did it spit out most of the territorial interests obtained in the first Balkan War with hatred, but it was also beaten all over by its Balkan friends, and it could only hide in a remote place and lick its wounds, which was really 10,000 mmp in my heart!

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