~To Live and Die in Dixie~ *Doomsday* A History of the C.S.A.

[Brian Roastbeef]

Nimitz found a way to take the upper hand in the struggle against Mexico. Could he have also possibly found the upper hand in a power struggle against Patton?

This has the potential to be a long and difficult war, indeed.

 

[caffran]

a long war yes, but not Long's war. i don't see him coming through this war as president. not unless Adm. Nimitz pulls his arse out of the fire for him.

good update, awaiting the next.

later, caff

 

[Brian Roastbeef]

a long war yes, but not Long's war. i don't see him coming through this war as president. not unless Adm. Nimitz pulls his arse out of the fire for him.

Hard to see old Huey getting ousted, but this might mean Nimitz getting one up on the Kingfish himself, as well as Patton, unless he tries to dump all of the blame on his generals in the west. He's going to have to work hard to get his house in order and resume anything near the dominance he once had.

But would they dump Long entirely? I don't know. (Only Volga knows ) I'm sure there's a guy in Missouri who might think he could handle things though.

 

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Brian Roastbeef Indeed, it does have the potential to be dsasterous, like Stylan said, war is very unpredictable.

Caffran Long has a VERY tight control over his cabinet and the C.S.S., least we forget what happened to the last attempt to 'oust' him out of power.

Im thrilled everyone is enjoying the AAR, makes me proud Hope you enjoy the new update!

 

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Reformation

Long was never one to like to show weakness, be it on the battlefield or political field, any show of weakness meant that he was giving his opposition ammo in which they could use against him, and he wanted a personal monopoly on all ammunition. His medaling in pre-set plan’s were blamed for the loss in Durango and Hermosilio, and the inevitable fall of Tucson now that the Army of the West had been pushed back.

For the first time in his time in office he showed his major weakness, one he had been able to keep out of the public’s eye for a long time, his pride. The defense policy Long had established for the nation came under heavy attack from ‘radical’ members of the senate and Parliament, forcing him to ether revise his policy, something akin to admitting he was wrong, side with one of the parties who criticized his plan, or weather the storm.

A public survey in each state showed his popularity rating was slowly decreasing and that many believed something had to be done. In a show of humility, Long decided the best thing to do was suck it up, so to speak, and accept that he had made a bad decision. Long announced that he would no longer interfere with any of the pre-set plan’s or orders coming from the front unless he believed them to be completely too dangerous or faulty; This announcement effectively put Patton, a man the army looked up to, in complete command of the war on land. At sea, was another story.

Grand Admiral Nimitz was brought to Richmond and awarded command of all Confederate naval forces and supreme commander of the ‘allied’ war effort. This plan was set in motion to counter the power Patton was gaining on land, placing Nimitz in control of all Cuban and Pilipino force’s during the war.

Meanwhile, Mexican troops crossed into Confederate Arizona, capturing Tusa and Phoenix before their advance was finally brought to a halt outside Phoenix, the State Capital of Arizona. A valiant defense was put up by the badly crippled Army of the West, reinforced by local patriots, who effectively were able to fend off the Mexican attack. News of the success quickly spread back to Patton, who began the advance into Mexican land. The Confederate Armor stormed across a forge in the Rio Grande and engaged Mexican troops on the border, with aid from the Army of Sonora from the west, resulting a resounding defeat of Imperial Mexican troops.

The same day the troops under General Knox in the Army of the West attempted to regain ground by assaulting troops around Phoenix, but the attack ended in failure, as Mexican troops took up defensive position’s on the captured part of the old ‘Jackson’ Wall. Patton, from there on, ordered all attack’s to be okayed by him first, as avoid any possible complication’s in any future plans, as well to avoid any un-necessary casualties.

Patton’s advance signaled the pre-planned invasion of Mexico; From their on the advance would be a system of slowly advancing positions, each one backed up by troops from the adjoining parts of the line to overwhelm the numerical and technological inferior Mexican Army.

The next attack would come from the Army of Texas, supported by Cuban allies and Patton’s armored division’s, resulting in a clear cut win for Confederate troops. On April 14th, the combined forces of the recently arrived Army of Sequoyah and the Army of the West joined in a combined assault, finally recapturing Phoenix.

[Confederate Positions/ Blockades and Borders as of April 15th, 1938]​

As of April 15th, 1938 Mexican and Confederate Advances were about equal. The Army under Patton and cut like a dagger towards Mexico City, but the an attack on the city itself was, at this point, unfeasible. The Mexican Army, on the other had, had completely recaptured the State of Sonora and the southern half of Arizona.

The recent gain’s had brought the nation’s spirit’s back up, if only a bit, as Long’s contacts in the media blurred news of the nations victory’s at sea and on land. Reports of that the Mexican navy and air force had been completely and utterly crushed echoed in every radio, while reports of Patton’s victory’s against the Mexican Army followed in the news paper’s with exclusive photo’s of the battles.

Only a month into the fighting and the war had taken a devastating affect, despite what the radio and newspapers said. Long, gaining some respect and popularity back for admitting his failure and allowing the war to be decided ‘by the capable hands of the nations general’s and god’, urged the citizen’s to ration their supplies and help out their neighbors. The war was becoming a heated subject in the United States and even Europe, who took note of the devastation the new weapons of a new era were having….

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

Well, finally the CSA armies seem to be in position to finish the war... do they?

 

[stnylan]

The CSA should finish it, but Long is being forced to prop up his political position with military support (in terms of things like Nimitz's position) so this might well play against him down the line.

 

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the blockade of mexico should bring them to their knees.

 

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Changing Position’s​

While Patton worked to keep command of the situation on land and Nimitz at sea, Long worked to repair the damage done on the diplomatic front. Long personally held ‘war rallies’ in Richmond and other major cities throughout the Confederacy, in which he spoke to the people about supporting the nation in its time of need and about the plan’s for a ‘greater Confederacy’ once the war was over.

Determined not to make the same mistakes over again, Long tried to leave the big military decisions up to his generals, while looking like he was taking command. While hosting war rallies, Long frequently traveled to area’s where the fighting was. Photographers took pictures of him meeting with Patton and other military personnel on the battle field, one picture in particular made headlines, depicting Long as a strong willed commander as he road with Patton in his personal Light Tank.

[Long (in the tank) and Patton (Beside Long) at the fringes of the front]​

This new campaign was set out to gather the respect and support of the common soldier, who now typically idealized the great war hero, Patton. Aside from the war, the politics and rivalry between Patton and Nimitz were quickly becoming somewhat of a problem. Patton argued that if he was to obtain victory over the Mexican’s, he didn’t need to be entangled in the lengthy process of going to Nimitz to approve any attacks involving allied troops, who he was in charge of.

Nimitz, on the other hand, argued that because of Patton’s constant refusal to work with him on planning and executing the assaults was the reason the war had been dragging on. Here, Long set out to meddle once more, taking on the role of arbitrator and negotiator between the two. Long, siding with Nimitz mostly, denied Patton the control over the allied soldiers on the front, but did allow him complete control over all aspects involving Confederate bodies on the front; something he had all along, just not officially.

Long then turned to Nimitz and, due to the stubbornness of the Mexican government to negotiate, freed him of the usual ‘niceties’ of war, giving him the power to use whatever force he deemed necessary to bring Mexico to its knees. This was largely allowed by the international community because of Britain’s support of the war, sending supplies and volunteers to the Confederacy; This then set France in motion to follow, along with most of the other ‘Allied’ nations.

Aside from the general, mostly silent support from Europe, they were largely concerned with the growing aggressive policies of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. Ever since the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Europe had began becoming more and more aware of the threats of spreading fascism.

While, at first, the Allied concern lay in Communist Russia, who had began taking over several small Baltic States, but as the war in Asia progressed and Communist aggression began to die down, Europe’s attention shifted. The tide had turned in Asia, from what appeared to be a steady advance into Manchukouo by an allied Chinese advance, to a breakdown of Chinese military might. In the beginning of the war the various states of China allied together, trusting in the National Government, and for a brief time complete unity; But as the war progressed, with considerable gains being made by Chinese military leaders, a power vacuum was created by individuals seeking glory.

About the time of the start of Confederate-Mexican war the Chinese war effort broke down and the Japanese steam roller took over, crushing the Shangxi and making a successful invasion of southern and northern China. The world watched as China and Mexico, both nations gaining early advantages in the beginning of their respected wars, fall into disarray and defeat.

Meanwhile, as Nimitz began to operate a total war scenario, bombing port cities and town into submission via C.S. Capital Ships, Patton began Launching his Mid-April offensive, in which he aimed to cut off the Mexican forces in the north from the rest of the empire, effectively trapping thousands of soldiers and allowing the soldiers in the north to over run the Mexican positions. A combined attack on Durango obliterated the enemy positions and led way for the Army of Sonora to occupy the area and bottleneck the men and supplies heading into the north via central and southern Mexico.

The rest of April, from the 20th on, saw a Mexican counter attack against Confederate positions holding the line in the north. A combination of quick thinking and support from neighboring units helped push the Mexican offensive back, allowing for a second counter attack into the north in which the area of southern Arizona was dislodged of enemy occupants and western Sonora was recaptured.

The month of May would see the Confederacy make significant gain’s towards Mexico City as the first real major battle, consisting of almost two hundred thousand soldiers and various armored vehicles in the Mexican province of Puebla. The Imperial Mexican Army, under General Hernando Valdez was camped near a small port town in Puebla, preparing for the assault that was aimed at recapturing the northeastern Mexican coast when a Hawker Hurricane on a routine patrol spotted their position and informed Admiral Nimitz, who was several miles away at sea. Late that night his encampment came under heavy bombardment by a combination of Cuban artillery and C.S.N. Capital Ships, followed by an attack by the Army of Mississippi and the Army of Texas.

The attack took Valdez by surprise, forcing his men to react quickly, but less effectively. For the first time, a real combined operation was pulled off between Patton and Nimitz, who both approved of the attack. The men of the Army of Mississippi attacked from the north in numbers, along with forty thousand Cuban allies, forcing the Mexican army to face them on a wide front consisting of desert and beach.

The Army of Texas, situated nearby in Montgomery, made a blitz attack with a combination of horsemen and armored car’s into the Mexican left flank, forcing them to now split their forces to confront both attackers and pushing them steadily back towards the sea where the bombardments from the sea became more and more frequent and deadlier.

After several days of hard fighting, Valdez was able to give the Confederate attacks the slip in a night retreat in which they slipped away to the south and back to Mexico City, where they were quickly re-supplied and took up positions to defend the capital. The battle ended in a great victory for the Confederacy, and was the second bloodiest battles in the war. Many soldiers described in as “A walk in hell”, referring to the blistering heat, constant gunfire, scorched earth and the bodies that lay smashed and broken across the desert floor and beach’s.

[BLUE X - Major Battles]
[Red Line- Accepted Confederate Battle Lines]
[Flags- Troop Positions]
[Green Checkered - Furthest Mexican Advance Past C.A. Lines]​

 

[stnylan]

A good victory, but not as good as it might me. Mexico City can be a tough nut to crak.

 

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A good victory, but not as good as it might me. Mexico City can be a tough nut to crak.

Indeed; Too bad a few great victories don't always mean the end of a war huh. Update in progress.

 

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Stranglehold ​

[Mexican City during a naval bombardment]​

After the advances made in May the front settled down as Mexican military forces entered a massive stand off to guard against any further incursions towards Mexico City and the heart of the Empire. Trench’s were dug at the front along with artillery and machine gun emplacements, strategically placed along the line to discourage attack. The apparent plan of action was to turn the Confederate gain’s against them, by bottlenecking the majority of their forces into the front near Mexico City, or face loosing their position.

The Mexican army was effectively split in the process. Mexican troops in the north were cut off from the ones in the center of the empire, taking up defensive position’s where they were in an effort to hold out until the main Mexican Army could relieve them.

While this began maneuver stalled the Confederate advance, for awhile at least, it didn’t help things as a whole on the nation. The naval stranglehold on Mexico was bleeding the empire dry; food and other basic supplies was running short, driving the nation into deeper debt than it had been in before.

The assaults (as depicted at the top of the page) on major Mexican costal cities wasn’t helping either. With Mexican shipping being seized and all ship heading into ‘hostile waters’ being turned back dissent was growing among the people of the empire. Emperor Cellas urged the people in a national radio address to remain diligent and supportive of the empire, urging everyone to fight to the last for every inch of Mexican land.

This address was one of the definitive moments of the war, as Patton took it as a sign of desperation and inevitable defeat of Mexican forces. With the nation practically split in two and the people and army starving, he figured it was only a matter of time before they would be forced to sue for peace, or be completely destroyed.

Despite the impeding Confederate victory, which Long took particular care in announcing it every where he went and spreading it throughout the nation, the people had already grown tired of the war, a war in which they did not chose. Cries went out for an end to the war, be it through military victory or armistice, they wanted an end to the conflict. Long, seeing an opportunity to rally more support, held a massive political rally in Richmond in which he vowed to end the war before August. Long even went as far as to call into service The Army of Northern Virginia, the nation’s finest and proudest army, who had been on ‘honor guard’ for the capital since the end of The Great War.

The Army of Northern Virginia had became something of a myth to many in the Confederacy. It was the most experienced Army of the Confederacy, having been in use since the War of Succession, made famous by the Nations ‘founding father’, Robert E. Lee. Despite all of this, the army hadn’t been called into action or been completely mobilized since the Great War. Field Marshal J.W. Stillwell was chosen for the job of commanding the army (given he was very skilled and a supporter of Long), the nations second most skilled and influential army officer in the nation.

While Patton had been considered for the role, he was turned down as a possibility thanks to his opposition to Long during the beginning of the war, even though relations between the two were beginning to thaw. None the less, Stillwell received the job and the army was mobilized for Operation Ironclad, the invasion of southern Mexico. The plan was formulated by Nimitz and Long, who sought to deal a decisive blow to Mexico while simultaneously one upping Patton, who’s goal was to capture Mexico City himself and end the war. Patton’s popularity had been somewhat dangerous, in Long’s mind, not wanting any of his military personnel to had the possible power to challenge him.

The plan was simple enough; Stillwell, along with four divisors of armor and four divisions of Cuban allied infantry would assault the mostly undefended Mexican south, via a two pronged attack. (below)

Stillwell would lead the first attack and cut off the Mexican troops in the North East part of the peninsula. After landing and securing the area the second attack via the confederate armor and Cuban allies would assault the remaining half of the peninsula, supported by Stillwell, and destroy the last of the resistance and capturing the entire eastern Mexican coast. The entire month of June was spent on devising the plan; at the same time Patton launched his campaign against the troops in northern and western Mexico, with the aid of Pilipino allies, quickly enveloping their defense and securing Mexican California and the rest of the northern half of the empire for the Confederacy.

On June 30th the invasion began, without Patton’s knowledge, and quickly ended in victory for the Confederacy. The invasion took minimal casualties and the defenders, overwhelmed by superior number and naval/air support were forced to retreat or surrender….

*writers note* Eh, sorry for delay guys, life got in the way lol

 

[stnylan]

'without Patton's knowledge' - there is a theme growing here. Rifts are, I think, due.

 

[Kurt_Steiner]

Patton, uh? Mmmmh... I see him running against Long in the next elections. Wait and see.

 

[Lordban]

Is going out of one's way to annoy Patton such a great idea? The man isn't the hardest to deal with in an elective process, but you certainly want him on your side when you could lose popularity...

 

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Stnylan- Rift's can be mended when both parties half somthing to loose, or gain, from them.

Kurt_Steiner- Hmmm, Patton for president..

Lordban- Patton can be replaced, Long is in almost complete power, but your right; Patton's popularity does pose a threat to Long, but thats why he's trying to balance the power by limiting Patton and eleveating others. How popular will Patton be if he tried to make a coup? especialy since Long is still rather well loved and the nation has never experienced somthing like that.

Thanks for posting! and thank you to all my readers, I hope you enjoy the update coming up in a few minutes

 

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The Great Race ​

The beginning of Operation Ironclad marked the start of ‘The Great Race’ between Patton’s troops and Stillwell’s for Mexico City. Patton, using the immense forces at his disposal, immediately began a push towards Mexico City, taking on the heaviest amount of resistance in the process. While Stillwell’s troops didn’t face heavy opposition, Patton made sure supplies and other equipment was slow getting to the Army of Northern Virginia, forcing them to forage for supplies and move at a slower pace.

As Patton began his July Offensive to conquer the rest of the Mexican Empire and Stillwell began the campaign in the south, capturing all costal cities and preventing a possible retreat to the south, Long began doing major campaigning. In a press conference on July 1st, the start of the July Offensive, radio reporters asked Long about he thought the war was going, in which surprisingly, he raved about Patton’s success and declared the war to be almost over.

“Ladies and gentlemen, as we speak the forces of Field Marshal George S. Patton and J.W. Stillwell are knocking at the front and backdoors of Mexico City, the center of power for Mexican Empire. I have complete faith in our general’s, who have done an exceptional job at leading our armed forces to victory over the Imperialist policies and cronies of Emperor Cellas. By the time this ordeal is over and the rest of my policies are put into action, everyone will be able to take a trip to the largest Confederate Lake in the nation, the Gulf of Mexico.

Huey Long.

Using Nimitz, Patton’s and Stillwell’s increasing popularity to his advantage, Long declared them national hero, and much to the people pleasure, he promised to reward them each medal’s of honor for their great service to the nation. As bad as the beginning of the war was for the nation, the people as a whole were beginning to believe what Long had been telling them, that the war was coming to an end.

In reality, the truth was far from it. The war had devastated Mexico, the bombing of Mexican cities, and especially Mexico City, by Confederate bombers left the nation’s commercial sectors in chaos and ruin. The Mexican Army and people continued to fight hard, despite the attempt to starve them into submission, and perhaps that fact was one of the reason’s they were fighting as hard; what was left for them to really loose?

Patton’s victories and the public support of Patton by Long was increasing the Presidents popularity, making it rise back to what could be considered the norm. for Long, and effectively preventing Patton from opposing him publicly. None the less, despite their difference’s, Patton acknowledged Long as the supreme commander and chief, and his leader. Patton’s real feeling towards Long were well documented in his ‘War Journal’, a collection of letters and memoirs put together later in which Patton was very critical of Longs administration, calling him a ‘A façade of lies and scandal, not fit to lead a marching band let alone a nation’.

As the war further progressed into July Patton’s gain’s became greater and greater. The Army of Sonora closed in from the north before being halted by Mexican insurgents and regulars, striking from a hidden mountain stronghold while Patton’s 1st Armored Core and the Army of Mississippi closed in from the North East and East, getting within ten mile’s of the city before finally being delayed due to bad weather.

[Three medium tanks of Patton‘s forward guard]​

With the threat of Confederate troops occupying the city (the lights of troops could easily be seen from the Imperial Palace) Emperor Cellas began planning a guerilla war, and ordered the evacuation of the Imperial Directory to the last hidden stronghold in Mexico, where they would set up a government in exile to fight the impeding Confederate occupation in Guadalajara.

In the South, Field Marshal Stillwell began pushing towards Guadalajara in an effort to surround Mexico City and trap the remaining soldiers inside the city. Again, the advance was halted by insurgents and troops who harassed supply lines and forced the army to turn towards Mexico City and join in the siege. From the Mexican Imperial Palace it appeared as if the entire Confederate Army was surrounding the city, lights from the camps went as far as the eye could see, and the fact that the lights shown even brighter due to the fact that the bombing’s had taken out most of the power in the city.

On July 16th a temporary cease fire, for the day, was issued as Patton’s troops seized large portions of Mexico City from the north and Stillwell from the south, occupying all of the city except the heart of it and portions of the north eastern and south western sections of the city. Eugene Talmadge, the Confederate Foreign minister personally took a trip to Mexico City for a one day/chance peace agreement, in an effort to ’save the nation’ from total annihilation.

Talmadge met with the Emperor in an upper class citizen’s home in the ‘neutral’ zone, outlined by a major city road that surrounded the cities heart. There, Talmadge offered, in return for Mexico accepting being a ’dominion’ of the Confederacy and paying war indemnities, peace and aid in restoring the nation.

Emperor Cellas rejected the term’s, saying that it better he and his people fight on and die, rather than be subjected to the will of another nation. The rest of the day would be used as a rare day of rest for the Confederate troops, and a day of frustration and evacuation for the Mexican Empire. Realizing that it would be impossible to hold the city, Cellas ordered the military to evacuate the city and take up positions in Guadalajara and prepare for the inevitable guerilla war.

Talmadge took the opportunity to bring a man by the name of Larzaro Cardenas to Confederate occupied territory, a former Directory member and Social Conservative who supported a reestablishment of the Mexican Republic. Quickly he became the head candidate for a puppet ruler of Mexico, as it was believed he would be easy to control and loyal.

Two days later Mexico City was seized and a New Mexican Republic was declared with Cardenas as the President. Patton would win the race to Mexico City and quick to move his troops to crush the last remaining troops in Guadalajara. Cellas was in route to the fortress when his car came under attack by a C.S.A Hawker Hurricane, who was acting on duty to prevent anyone from leaving the area, killing the Emperor. As news of this spread the Imperial Directory believed without his popularity that a guerilla war would be unable to last and would cost many more lives, and instead opted to make a last stand, one that would with luck bloody the Confederacy in ’grand last stand’ and force them back to the peace table.

An unknown amount of Mexican troops under Field Marshal Hernandez Valdez , estimated to be in the hundred thousands, marched out to meet the combined forces of the Army of Sonora, Mississippi, Northern Virginia and Patton’s Armored Core in a final battle that would go down as the single most bloodiest battle in Confederate modern history.

[Confederate Infantry heading to the front]​

The battle lasted from the 20th of July to the 25th, involving the largest number of men in a single battle in all of Confederate history. Tanks, supplies, vehicles, everything was forwarded to the front in order to end the war. This became a major event for Long, remembering his promise that the war would be over by August, perhaps that was the reason why he gave so much co-operation and put so much effort into giving Patton, who ended up leading the attack, everything he needed and asked for.

The weight of Confederate numbers and technology would bring the hard fought and valiant defense to a halt as the army was enveloped and defeated. Many reported, from the Mexican front, that General Valdez silent cried as he watched his men go out to die, before eventually taking his own life in the shame of defeat. The job of surrendering the army was left up to his protégé, who wasted no time in ending the bloodshed.

Officially, the war ended with the declaration of the New Mexican Republic, but it unofficially ended with the Mexican defeat at Guadalajara. The Imperial Directory surrendered itself shortly after the defeat and announced to the nation the end of the war, and discouraged (some say under threat of execution) the continued resistance to Confederate occupational forces.

 

[Lordban]

Some seeds of hatred have been planted for a later blossom in the soil of Mexico, an Empire meeting its end after a rather short and troubled history. There is, of course, the question whether Mexico shall remain peaceful. A lot depends on whether Mexico will now be directly or indirectly administrated by the CSA.

To sum it up: a very good update which leaves quite a few possibilities for this story to develop

 

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Some seeds of hatred have been planted for a later blossom in the soil of Mexico, an Empire meeting its end after a rather short and troubled history. There is, of course, the question whether Mexico shall remain peaceful. A lot depends on whether Mexico will now be directly or indirectly administrated by the CSA.

To sum it up: a very good update which leaves quite a few possibilities for this story to develop

Thank you! I have a special treat for my readers, another update! Coming up in a few minute

 

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The Treaty of Mexicali ​

[Confederate troops searching through the ruin’s of the western sect of Mexico City]​

The fall of the Mexican Empire sent shockwaves throughout Central and South America, instilling a fear, and paranoia of sorts about the Confederacy. This was most notably seen in a series of coup’s that ripped through the various South American nation’s which replaced many Confederate-friendly regime’s. In their place sprouted dictatorship’s, created out of a fear of ‘we could be next’, despite Mexico being the aggressor during the war.

The war had left the nation in ruin’s; Thousands were homeless, many of those wounded in the war some way or another. The major centers of commerce were no more and Mexico City, the Jewel of Central America, was now in shamble’s, a representation of how the rest of the country was. Confederate peace term’s didn’t help the situation either.

Larzaro Cardenas, the new Mexican President, was forced to cede Mexicali (the lower half of California) to the Confederacy and pay a portion of all resources and money it collected to the Confederacy until Parliament deemed the nation ready to stand on its own two feet. In return, Parliament issued the Reconstruction Act, in which Cardenas negotiated for in the signing of the treaty. With Mexicali in Confederate hand’s there was no longer a fear of having to worry about Mexican intervention through control of the small peninsula (the only Pacific ports were locked within the water way between Sonora and Mexicali) and now their was a clear shot to the Pacific.

Throughout the month of August celebration erupted throughout the Confederacy. Long hosted a post-war celebration in Richmond on the Confederate White House lawn, inviting everyone to come and join in ’A great triumph for the Confederate nation.’. During the party Long awarded Grand Admiral Nimitz, Field Marshal Patton and Stillwell as well as several other general’s medal’s of valor and courage. The nation rejoiced in the victory over an imperialistic power seeking to take what was rightfully theirs.

[Confederate-Mexican borders after the Treaty of Mexicali]​

The same enthusiasm could not be said for the people of Mexico, who faced the daunting task of rebuilding their nation from the ruins of war. President Cardenas was, perhaps the best man for the job though. He was charismatic and caring, a ‘man of the people’, yet he knew his place in make of things and knew that for the nation to recover it would have to use it’s conqueror as a crutch, a tool, to rebuild the nation if it was to ever regain the stature it used to hold.

In a sense, Mexico became one massive state of the Confederacy, although now a ‘dominion’, Cárdenas acted much like a Confederate senator would, addressing Parliament with plan’s and requests for aid. But, with every visit Cárdenas paid to Parliament, the more power he and his government lost over the nation.

Originally, the Republic would rule itself under the leadership of its president, with the Confederacy ever watchful, but as the need for supplies such as food, cloths and building material’s in Mexico increased and the nation’s crashed economy left its money no good, another form of payment had to be worked out. Instead of charging the nation money for the supplies, they exchanged the supplies for positions within the government, especially positions in control of the nations resources, as to keep the nation loyal to them.

This trade off was done so in secret, and was really the only option left open to the fledgling Mexican Republic. As the year progressed Mexico began rebuilding itself from the ash’s of defeat, and even began to prosper, but only with the aid of the Confederate Parliament, who had imbedded itself as a political and financial crutch in Mexico. None the less, Lazaro Cárdenas was a popular figure head among the people, and began striking up a cordial friendship of sorts with Huey Long.

The two men were very much alike, being perhaps one of the reason’s he was chosen. Both men were ‘champions of the people’ and worked closely with them, while maintaining ruthless politics’ that spared no one. Cárdenas kept a calm, cool façade surrounding him at all time’s, appearing to be a kind hearted leader, when behind the façade he was a ruthless politician and master schemer. Unlike Long, though, Cárdenas worked for with the nation’s governing body and ruled a much more ‘democratic’ nation, where Long exerted much power of his own will.

[Mexican President Lazaro Cárdenas]​

Mexico continued to rebuild itself, successfully, under Lazaro and made a surprising economic comeback, supported by the Confederacy and later Britain, who sought to see greater Confederate control over America, which in turn would result in profit of Great Britain via their close relation’s. September and October saw great strides in the reconstruction Mexico, despite much of the nation being in ruin, large housing camps administered by Confederate troops and Mexican volunteers began eliminating the massive amount of homeless people, at least giving them a home of sorts until the cities and towns were finally rebuilt.

Mexico City became the focal point of this campaign. As the city was the first priority, the camps would outline future, new, sections to be built onto the city. Cárdenas began to work towards the political freedom of the nation, seeking to join the ranks of the former dominion’s of Cuba and the Philippines, both close allies and economic partners of the Confederacy. This dream was beginning to become closer and closer as the nation proved itself able to handle its own domestic problem’s and began to work towards a form of independence from it’s international ‘sponsors’.

On November 15th, Parliament declared that the Republic of Mexico was now able to support itself, but Parliament would continue aiding the nation for a period of time, and was ready to be an ‘independent’ nation once again. Parliament officially ended Mexico’s dominion status on the 16th of November and Cárdenas later convinced the Republic’s Congress to join the Confederate Protectorate’s of America, which included Cuba, the Philippines and the territories of Hawaii and several Caribbean islands.