Day 16: Manitoba Falls, Four American States Under Attack

Day 616, 11:31 • Published in USA USA • by Desertfalcon

Despite having a nice lead in Manitoba, PEACE was able to pull out yet another victory on the Canadian front by taking the region of Manitoba which has gone back and forth between the U.S., Canada, and France over the past week. Manitoba isn't a very important region as it has a small population and the resources it holds are common in other Canadian regions however Canada is at the point where they can't afford to lose any more regions. With the fall of Manitoba, Canada only has control of 5 of their original 13 regions and with France leading in the Northwest territories that could be knocked down to 4 by tomorrow. PEACE's strategy in Canada appears to be to circle around Ontario and take the Canadian capital after severely weakening the country however the regions Canada occupies in the U.S. may hold up France from attacking Ontario. Currently 4 of the 9 regions under Canadian control are American and unless Indonesia and Russia start attacking Canada they should give Canada a few more days before PEACE tries and deliver the death blow in Ontario.

Back on the American front it appears that it has heated back up despite Russia still having to deal with problems back at home. After taking a day off from fighting after successfully invading California, Indonesia launched an assault into Arizona where they took a large early lead. Arizona is one of the three remaining U.S. regions that shares a border with California and would serve as a gateway for a counter attack to retake California which is vital to the U.S. economy. While the loss of Arizona would not completely destroy America's hopes of a counter attack it would diminish them and get Indonesia one state away from the next non Q5 prize in the U.S., Texas. Russia has also managed to secure the region of South Dakota after losing in Kansas and is launching an attack into Minnesota in hopes of cutting the U.S. off from Canada's original western regions. Portugal managed to win In Tennessee but lost in South Carolina and is now attacking Kentucky in a move that could allow PEACE to attack states in the Midwest should it succeed.

Over in North Korea things are looking grim. After attempting to help out the U.S. by blocking Russia along with Norway, Russia has roared back and has already taken out all the key North Korean regions including one that held 80% of the population and the Q5 hospital. Now there are only three regions left which should be easy pickings for Russia, they launched one attack early this morning and have launched attacks into the two other regions this afternoon, it seems as though North Korea will be wiped out tomorrow. Norway on the other hand has not had to deal with being invaded too much as Russia has only gone one region deep in the country as it seems to be focusing their efforts on NK and the U.S. right now. Without two countries working to block Russia they will be able to launch more attacks on the U.S. and put more force into those attacks. This could be trouble for Canada to if they decide to attack Alaska and the other Canadian occupied regions in the U.S..

A few weeks ago things looked like they were going to blow up between France and Spain however the conflict has died down recently as France has refrained from launching attacks into the original Spanish regions. This could change if France is successful in wiping out Canada but for now all we are going to see is blocking attempts on the Western European front. The Eastern European front has also been quiet as the only battle today is an attack by the Ukraine in an attempt to take Southern Basarbia from Romania, right now Romania has a lead their but the region isn't very significant.

Thats it for today, its been pretty quiet in Europe and Asia so not much to report. I will try and keep this updated throughout the day.

Edit: Indonesia has launched an attack on Nevada as well and Russia has launched two other attacks into North Korea.

Battle Links

North American Front

Arizona- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6993
Kentucky- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6996
Minnesota- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6999
Nevada- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7000
Northwest Teritories- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6994

Korean Front

Chagang- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7003
Pyongan- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7004
Ryanggang- http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/6998