Chapter 702: Occupation of California (Two Chapters in One)

With the entry of Mexico, the battle on the US border has become more chaotic, because the number of casualties and deaths in the war is also rising every day.

But this is inevitable. It is impossible to defeat a powerful country without paying a little casualties.

The good news is that as the enemy of the United States, there are nearly 30 countries participating in the United Army, and the troops they can contribute are not what the United States can compete with.

Now it is that countries do not want to go all out, otherwise, the US government will definitely not be able to jump for a few days.

The focus is on the attack of the Australasian army again. After several days of serial bombing, on August 11, 1928, the landing battle of the Australasian army on the west coast of the United States officially began.

The landing on the west coast of the United States is divided into three directions. The northern army has only one infantry division. After landing in Oregon, it will successively control important cities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and then wait for the support of the large army.

The focus of the attack is on the central and southern directions.

The central direction is responsible for landing from San Francisco, heading east, capturing Sacramento, the capital of California, and then controlling Nevada.

The southern army has only one goal, which is to control Los Angeles, the largest city on the west coast of the United States as soon as possible, and smoothly radiate to a wider area.

From the deployment of the army, we can also understand Arthur's attention to California. Even now, California is definitely the essence of the west coast of the United States, and its importance far exceeds that of Washington and Oregon in the northwest.

No joke, for California, Arthur can give up the offensive in Washington and Oregon.

However, I believe that the Americans do not have so many troops to dispatch. In the case of defending the attacks of Canadians and Mexicans, the troops that can be mobilized to the west coast are already very limited.

With the cooperation of the navy, the attack on the west coast of the United States was very smooth. Since the US Pacific Fleet was not found, Arthur focused all his attention on the attack on the states on the west coast of the United States.

From the reports from the front line, it can be seen that most of the people who resisted the attack of the Australasian army were the National Guard of each state. The number of US Army was small and the combat effectiveness was worrying.

In just three days, the Australasian army successfully landed in San Francisco and marched inland along the entire Bay Area.

The California National Guard had no resistance to the Australasian army, which was a double suppression from weapons and equipment and individual combat effectiveness of soldiers.

The attack on Los Angeles was not so smooth. After all, Los Angeles is the only city on the west coast of the United States with a population of more than one million, and even the population is very close to 2 million. Looking at the world, it is definitely a megacity.

California's defense force in Los Angeles is very strong. I am afraid that except for the capital Sacramento, this is the area with the strongest defense force on the west coast of the United States.

There will be a problem here, that is, Los Angeles is obviously the most populous city in California, why is the capital of California in Sacramento hundreds of miles away?

In fact, this also has to do with the development history of the west coast of the United States.

As we all know, this land of North America grew after the development of the great powers, and it was sparsely populated and barren before.

In the United States, the first to be developed must be the eastern states, and the west has only grown up in recent times.

Even some western states are still sparsely populated, and many areas are still remote small cities even in the United States in later generations.

Why did California develop rapidly in a short period of time? In addition to the geographical advantage of being close to the west coast, the gold rush that broke out in California is also an important reason.

This is very similar to Australia. The reason why Australia's population was able to develop rapidly before was that the long gold rush attracted a large number of gold diggers.

If there were no gold diggers, the population of Australia and New Zealand would not be so large, and Arthur's development would not be so smooth.

The reason why San Francisco is called San Francisco is naturally because large-scale gold mines were discovered in this land, which caused the gold rush.

Sacramento is not far from San Francisco, and as a hub city in the center of California, it is natural for it to become the capital.

Although Los Angeles is the most populous city in California, and even the entire West Coast of the United States is firmly in the first place, the problem is that it is too close to the south, which is not conducive to the stability of the entire California state.

Moreover, the capital of California is not stable. In the short history of California, the capital of California has changed several times.

Especially in the short 13 years from 1849 to 1862, the capital of California moved from Monterey to San Jose, Venezuela, Benicia and San Francisco, and staged a good show of multiple cities and multiple capitals.

Even now, although the capital of California has stabilized in Sacramento, there are still many voices in Los Angeles calling for the capital to be moved to the south.

As the largest city in California and even the entire west coast of the United States, Los Angeles still has the confidence.

Although Los Angeles created a little difficulty for the Australasian army, it was only a little after all.

The US Army could not stop the attack of the United Army, let alone the National Guard formed by the states.

The California Guard responsible for defending Los Angeles has a size of about 10,000 people, and has already fallen into a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

The Australasian army responsible for attacking in California has two infantry divisions and an artillery regiment, and the number is nearly four times that of the California Guard.

On August 17, the Australasian army successfully conquered Los Angeles and implemented temporary military management of Los Angeles.

For ordinary American citizens in Los Angeles, Australasian has no intention of oppressing them for the time being.

After all, there is a high probability that they will become the people of a few little guys in the future, and Arthur will not create difficulties for a few little guys. After all, this is related to his own rule and life safety.

Not only did he not oppress the citizens of Los Angeles, but after implementing military management, he distributed food and provided jobs to some unemployed people in Los Angeles.

What is the specific work? Of course, it is to help the Australasian army load and unload and transport supplies.

In addition to food and medical supplies, these supplies also have corresponding weapons and ammunition, which are provided to the front-line troops for combat.

It is worth mentioning that although they knew that these weapons and elixirs were used to fight their compatriots, the citizens of Los Angeles did not have any aversion, but instead helped the Australasian army transport supplies with a smile on their faces.

This is actually very normal. After all, immigrants to the United States are from European countries, and there are actually very few pure Americans.

From the names of various distinctive cities in California, it can be seen that this is a region with a very Spanish style.

History is indeed like this. California once belonged to Mexico, and Mexico once belonged to Spain.

This also led to many citizens in Los Angeles being Spanish. They and immigrants from the East Coast are already people from two countries, so they naturally would not be disgusted by the Australasian army attacking them.

More importantly, neither the US government nor the California government could provide them with enough jobs, but the Australasian army from afar did it.

The Australasian army also provided a small amount of food for free to these unemployed people who could not afford to eat, which is completely opposite to the US government.

Outsiders treat themselves better than their own people. In this case, even if there are people who recognize the government, how many people will not be chilled?

This is actually an open conspiracy of Australasia. But in the context of the US economic crisis, such a conspiracy is too useful.

No matter what crisis it is, food is definitely one of the most important things for humans.

Although Australasia only provided a small amount of food to the unemployed people in Los Angeles, it was better than the US government that did nothing.

And as long as Americans working for the Australasia army can get more food distribution, isn't this more promising than staying in the United States?

Because of this temptation, not only are many Americans willing to work hard for the Australasia army, but the order in Los Angeles is also better than before the Australasia army came.

This situation makes General Silvio very satisfied.

After all, compared to capturing the next city with a population of one million, how to defend and manage this city is the most important thing.

At present, Los Angeles is still stable, and the citizens of Los Angeles have not had a conflict with the Australasia army, which is very helpful for Australasia's layout in Los Angeles in the future.

The offensive in Los Angeles is unstoppable, and the offensive in other areas is no different.

To put it bluntly, whether it is the US Army or the National Guard, or the various militias born out of the US conscription system, their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Australasian Army.

The US government still invests too little in the army. In addition to the fact that the number of soldiers in the army is far behind that of other powers, the intensity of army training is also far behind.

Apart from other things, the amount of shooting done by Australasian soldiers in a week may be the amount of shooting done by the US army in half a year or even a year.

This is not an exaggeration. The US government relied on its geographical advantage and did invest very little in the army before World War I.

If it were not for the changes brought to the US Army by World War I and World War II, and the fact that the United States really needed more land forces after becoming the world hegemon, I am afraid that how the United States would develop in history would be unknown.

Before the end of August, the Australasian Army had successfully controlled important cities in California, including San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles.

The army's offensive in the north was also very smooth. However, there are no important cities in Washington and Oregon in the north. In addition to focusing on controlling the capital cities of these two states, other cities have not been controlled and managed.

This is the most normal. If all cities were to be managed, the size of the Australasian army of 100,000 people would not be enough.

Arthur's goal was also very simple. In addition to maintaining order in the occupied cities, he also tried to cultivate Americans' goodwill towards Australasia.

Apart from anything else, the impression of Americans on Australasia could not be destroyed because of this war. After all, these Americans might become allies of Australasia in the future.

Of course, if the impression was really destroyed, Arthur could only change his plan and impose a higher pressure on Americans in these areas.

However, these Americans were useful after all, and they must be controlled as much as possible.

The attack on the west coast of the United States was very smooth, and the attack on Alaska was naturally no problem.

Although Alaska has the largest area, it has the smallest population among all the states in the United States.

Although the Australasian army only had one regiment attacking Alaska, the speed of the attack was very fast. It took only a few days to capture Anchorage, the capital and largest city of Alaska.

Alaska is worthy of the title of ice and snow. As the closest region to the Arctic in the United States, the climate of Alaska even made the Australasian army feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the United States did not have too many troops stationed in Alaska. With the cooperation of the navy, Anchorage was quickly captured.

If a large-scale battle was launched here, the Australasian army might not be able to achieve a smooth offensive.

After capturing Anchorage, this infantry regiment was ordered to carry out militarized management in Anchorage.

As for other cities in Alaska, there is basically no need to care about them, and there is no need to waste troops.

Speaking of the population distribution in Alaska, this is also a characteristic of all countries and regions close to the Arctic, that is, the population distribution is relatively concentrated.

As the capital and largest city of Alaska, Anchorage has a population of only tens of thousands.

Although tens of thousands of people seem small, their population accounts for 47% of the entire state of Alaska.

What kind of exaggerated proportion is this?

Even Sydney and Melbourne, the most populous cities in Australasia, only accounted for about 30% of the total population of their respective administrative regions before they became independent administrative regions.

The 47% ratio means that after controlling Anchorage, it is basically determined that the Australasia army controls Alaska.

Why do we need to control Alaska?

Speaking of which, Australasia is located in the southwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, and Alaska is located in the northeast corner of the Pacific Ocean. The entire Pacific Ocean separates the two.

The distance from Sydney to Anchorage has exceeded 20,000 kilometers. The current fleet will take almost a month to arrive at full speed.

From the perspective of geographical distance, it is very difficult for Australasia to control Alaska, and it also seems a bit unreasonable.

But Arthur understands how rich the mineral resources are underground in Alaska. Such a region that currently seems a bit useless is even more valuable than Oregon and Washington in the western United States combined.

Geographically, Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in the United States and the highest peak in the United States.

Most of the active glaciers in the world are also in Alaska, which is very advantageous for Australasia to study the geography of the Arctic and the Arctic Ocean.

Secondly, California has a huge area of ​​1.71 million square kilometers. Although the climate is cold most of the time, the summer in the northern hemisphere is still relatively cool and suitable.

Of course, this is not too important. California has rich mineral resources, and its reserves of zinc, lead, gold, silver and coal are very rich.

Although the next currency is not directly linked to gold, it is certain that the more gold you have, the more currency you can issue.

The rich gold and silver mines in Alaska can make Australasia's currency stronger, and the rest of the mineral resources can also enrich Australasia's mineral system.

In addition to Alaska's mineral resources, Alaska's geographical location is also very important.

Owning Alaska can allow Australasia to better control the states of the United States. In the future, when missile technology becomes more mature, it can also effectively threaten various regions in North America and improve the global strategic system of Australasia.

To put it bluntly, if new countries are established on the west coast of the United States in the future, they can also better control these countries.

After all, the countries established on the west coast of the United States in the future will be ruled by Arthur's son. How can Arthur not worry about his son?

Deploying a certain number of troops in Alaska can also facilitate any accidents on the west coast of the United States in the future, and the Australasia army can respond quickly.

Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska can also form a horizontal line to help Australasia better control the Pacific Ocean.

With Hawaii and Alaska, Arthur can even proudly say that the Pacific Ocean is the inland sea of ​​Australasia.

After occupying Hawaii, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California respectively, Australasia's strategy has been completed by more than half.

Fortunately, the Americans chose to focus on defense in the east and let the west go, which made Australasia's attack very smooth, and even did not encounter strong resistance.

Especially after the fall of California, the most populous state in the western United States, it has become very easy to send troops to other states in the western United States.

The remaining combat missions are that the populations of Idaho and Nevada are not too large, and their defenses are destined not to be too strong.

This also means that Australasia has basically achieved its goals, and then it is waiting for Britain and France to capture its goals.

In fact, the British attack is not hurried or slow. After all, the British also understand that the main defense force of the United States must be in the northeast at this time.

But the French are much more anxious. The land allocated to the French is basically in the southern United States, which happens to be the target of Mexico's attack.

If the French do not act faster, I am afraid that before the French army arrives, Mexico will have captured Austin, the capital of Texas, and Texas will be smoothly annexed by Mexico.

It just so happens that Mexico does have territorial sovereignty over Texas. Mexico will definitely not want to spit out the meat that has been swallowed, and another war will be inevitable.

However, France's current situation obviously does not allow the French to start another war. Even if it is only a small-scale war with Mexico, it may aggravate France's economic crisis.

The only way is to speed up the action, capture important cities in Texas before Mexico annexes Texas, and then in turn demand the withdrawal of the Mexican army.

As long as Texas can be occupied before the Mexican army, the Mexican army will have to evacuate Texas unless it is willing to go to war with France.

At this time, even if the French know that Mexico's military deployment is the work of the British, they can only swallow their teeth and have no way to deal with it.

After all, the British are not wrong in general. The United States has indeed offended the whole world by doing this. Can it still prevent other countries from declaring war on the United States?

The French cannot dig a hole for the British in the same way. The United States has only two neighbors. Mexico has already taken action, and Canada is a colony of the British.

Except for France itself, there is no country in the coalition army that can compete with the British for territory.

Australasia does have this strength, but there is a whole United States between it and the east coast of the United States.

If Australasia wants to come to the east coast to grab territory, it must occupy most of the United States from west to east, which the British will never allow.

No matter how good the relationship between Australasia and the British is, Britain can't wait for Australasia to occupy most of the United States.

This is also the reason why the British are not in a hurry at all, because there is no country on the east coast of the United States that can compete with Britain for territory. Britain can play steadily and wait for the Americans to fall into fatigue in the offensive and defensive war.

On August 9, 1928, tens of thousands of French troops landed in Galveston and successively conquered Houston and Woodland.

Even after conquering several cities in succession, the French army did not have any intention of stopping and quickly moved to their destination, which was Austin, the capital of Texas.

Austin has been the capital of Texas for many years. It was once the capital of the Lone Star Republic. Its importance to Texas is self-evident.

For the French, if they can quickly capture Austin and then take the opportunity to control San Antonio, Dallas and other areas near Austin, they will basically control the important cities in Texas.

In this way, France can also take the opportunity to support the regime in Texas and drive out the Mexican army in the name of justice.

As for the southern part of Texas, including Weslaco, Mansfield and Corpus Christi, they can only be handed over to the Mexican army temporarily.

It is impossible for the French army to take care of so many areas. Compared with these small cities, it is the safest way to seize the important cities in Texas first.

The French are also proud of being a great power. The Mexican army can rush into Texas, not to mention France as a great power.

By blocking the Mexican army from Texas, the French can better control Louisiana in the east and complete their strategic goals that have been planned for a long time.

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