Day 19: Eugene Harlot Steps Down, PEACE Pushes Onward

Day 619, 11:09 • Published in USA USA • by Desertfalcon

Earlier today Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Eugene Harlot announced his resignation from his post and from the game. This comes as a huge blow to the American defensive effort as now they have lost almost half of their states and one of the best and most experienced joint chiefs in the history of the U.S. military. A replacement has yet to be announced but it will likely be someone high up in the military structure and whoever is named the next JCS will have some large boots to fill. His resignation was likely spurred by the fall of Kansas and Kentucky which he takes full credit for in his resignation article.

Yesterday it looked like the U.S. might of caught a break as we had a nice lead in every region however PEACE was able to make a run at the wall with their armies in the early morning and won another tanking battle to finish us off in Kentucky and Kansas. The loss of Kansas was a big one as now our interior Q5 hospital has been destroyed and many active Americans are now behind enemy lines. Kentucky wasn't a very important region but it gives Portugal their third victory of the war and puts them one state close to the American capital of Washington D.C.. All was not lost for American forces as they did manage to beat Indonesia back in Oklahoma, also a key region since it shared a border with Texas. Today PEACE continued their assault by launching an assault into Oklahoma once again by retreating at the last second and one into Oregon and with Portugal continuing their assault by attacking West Virginia. Russia has come under attack by Canada and was unable to attack after securing Kansas.

Things have grown more interesting in Canada now as Canada tries desperately to keep the French blocked and now the Hungarians have entered the conflict. After using their active war with the U.K. to pick up some of the Canadian regions held by PEACE Hungary easily made their way down to Manitoba and seemed ready to strike at some of the Canadian possessions in the U.S. however Canada quickly responded and launched a blocking assault. As of now Hungary will still have to wait but it has become clear that their plan is to take back the regions in the U.S. Canada took and make their way up to Alaska. This information was released by PEACE in a recently approved deal that would give the Urals region back to Russia if Hungary were to get Heliongjiang, a high iron region in Chinese territory which is controlled by Iran. The treaty also states that the Caucus regions could go back to Russia if this transition runs smoothly and Hungary takes Alaska.

The conflict appears to be dying down on the world stage however we have yet to see that happen in North America. Canada has been able to block themselves for awhile but it is likely that France will launch an attack within 24 hours that could push Canada back to just their U.S. held regions and Ontario. If Ontario falls it would be a bad sign as its wall is just about the size of the wall in New Jersey and a little smaller then the one in Florida. If it were to fall it would not only mean the death of Canada but that not even the high Q hospital regions of Florida and New Jersey are safe. I will keep you updated throughout the day.