1948 20 years after the Great War
16 years after the Texan- Mexicilian War
Londinium
"Two years after the Great War ended the Unified States would get dragged into another war, this time not across the ocean, but right at home, along the border between Texas and Mexicilia." Andrew Correspondence WTN Londinium Times.
"Hello I am Andrew and Today we will cover a lesser known war, but a war that influenced world politics to the point where it considered Francois and Russy a threat for world peace. The Federal republic who was still recovering from their economic collapse at the end of the Great War, was more trustworthy to Albion than their historical enemy Francois who only allied with each other to confront the newly formed Empire in the early 1870s.
I will give you a brief overview of Texan history up to the point of what caused this war occured in the first place.
We need to go back to 1834. In 1834 Stephen F. Austin, who is considered the Father of Texas was arrested by Mexicilian Federalist who won the civil between the Federalist and Centralist, out of fear of inciting an insurrection. 8 months later when he was released he learned, the Anglo-Americans immigrants who are from the Unified states at the time were preparing for war.
Another man called Jacob Jackson, who was an Anglo-American immigrant from the state of Virginia, and who was an old friend of Austin. He was known for his extremely extravagant propaganda. 6 months earlier he was able to convince 10,000 americans from the both the slave owning Southern states and Industrialised Northern states, to help Texas in their rebellion, and made a division between the coastal regions and the fertile north plains the Coastal Region to be made industrialised, and the fertile North Plains to allow slavery, and created a economic triangle, where both sides depended on each other economically to some extent. But that's for another documentary.
In 1836, Texas started their rebellion, and at San Jacinto they successfully defeated Santa Annas' army and Sam Magnolia the first president captured Santa Anna, and declared the Republic of Coahuila y Tejas, or better known by Americans and historians as Texas.
During the 10 years between the Texan Revolution and the The first Mexicilian-Texan-American War, Texas not only started to industrialized their Coastal region, but slowly got rid of slavery. They also accepted economic aid from Albion. After the Mexicilian-Texan-American war, Texas sold their pan handle to the U.S to allow for the construction of the trans-continental railway system.
Texas also started to build their own railway network to allow for the transportation of cotton, goods, and allowing people to immigrate to Texas easier. The treaty of Technotlictan made a 5 mile demilitarised zone on both sides of the border, the recognition of Texan independence, and the border Mexicilian-Texan border would be at the Rìo Brávo river.
Lets now jump forward to the American civil war, in 1861 the second Francoan Empire landed an invasion force at the Mexicilian state of Puebla, the Mexicilians was able to defeat the Francoan forces but all it did was slow them down, The Texan President at the time, President Samuel Jackson the son of Jacob Jackson, learned of this, and ordered the Texan army to aid the Mexicilians in the effort to hold up the Monroe doctrine in place of the americans, who were busy with the rebelling southern states.
Emperor Neopoleon III, the grandson of the unstoppable Neopoleon during the Neopoleonic wars, was enraged that not only his invasion force was slowed down, but the Texans declared war as well.
President Samuel Jackson knew full well that they could not fight against Francois's superior military despite training with American forces.
When the Francois took the Capital of Tecnotlictan, they installed their own regime and invited an Ostterian Noble Maximilian III and Crowned him Emperor of Mexicilia.
Emperor Maximilian was very liberal, he removed many things an outdated monarchy system would have like serfdom, and with his conservative Mexicilian backers called himself commander in chief of the imperial army. After Francois was kicked out, Maximilian was captured and was about to be executed by Juarez forces, but was somehow convinced by president Samuel Jackson to keep him and make juarez prime minister and maximilian abdicate from the title Archduke of Osttery. Since there is no remaining evidence of this actually occurring, but the biggest evidence we have is that Maximilian announced he would remove his title as a noble of the Osterrian Empire, and become Emperor of Mexicilia.
In the year of 1920 the border war started where Mexicilia removed Emperor Maximilian the III from power and went into civil war. Emperor Maximilian and his family then fled to Texas, and was able to seek asylum in Texas.
By the time the Mexicilian revolution ended, the communist were in charge. The Mexicilian Communist party then vowed they will take back Texas from their kidnappers and integrate it back into Mexicilia.
In 1826 when the Unified States was distracted with the Empire during the great war, they tried to expand into the west indies, and Texas stopped, a proxy war occurred between the two countries, and Mexicilia who purged many of their officers, was forced to leave the West Indies states.
And in 1930 a border dispute where it was evident that Francois, and Russy was sending men and manpower for reasons unknown to even to this day occurred, and this was the excuse that Mexicilia used to Declare war.
At the same time in the Great Plains a dust bowl formed causing dust storms to extend all across the North American Continent, it was caused by an extended drought, coupled with hotter than usual days than previous years, change in both American and Texan Policies, the collapsing American economy a year earlier, and poor farming practices, caused this disaster to form, which the American president at the time was Hervert Hoober inaction caused a great deal of unnecessary suffering among the Texan population occupied by the Mexicilians." Andrew WTN The Second Texan-Mexicilian War.
10th February, 1930
Skies over the Texan-Mexcilian border
It's been about a year since I've been exiled to Texas. Since that time I went through what's basically Imperial training all over again, and now here I was here in the hot border of Mexicilia and Texas, where it's scorching hot, and is just desert for hundreds miles on end, it's the complete opposite of the Pecan tree filled forest, and the cooler coastal areas of Texas, where most of the population of the country lives. The reason I got here is that I officially turned 18 back in November last year, and by law people under the age of 18 can not be in a combat zone and can only be in the rear until they are of age, also I am continuing my training as it takes around a year to finish as this is my "first'' live exercise as an artillery observer. I wish I could be training in the rear right now. None of that right now I need to focus on the job at hand.
I then turned my attention to the artillery brigade, and garrison on the ground around 6000 feet below me, near the Río Bravo river, they were recently brought in response to Mexicilia ever increasing military exercises in the demilitarized zone, established between Texas and Mexicilia, after the first Mexicilian-Texan American war, in 1846, which led to the annexation of Alta California by the U.S,a vast and unpopulated wasteland at the time, now a booming center of commerce just like how San Antone or Aggtown one of Texas's booming population center. Along with Texas complete claim on their border today.
I was thrown out of my thoughts when the radio crackled to life.
"Rattlesnake 04, we have detected a border violation, near Benito Juárez." The Traffic Control officer said. Benito Juárez is awfully close by.
"This is Rattlesnake 04, Is the border violation near my location?" I ask over the radio.
"Confirmed, Rattlesnake 04, it is near your location." The Traffic Control Officer said calmly.
"Permission to retreat!" I say over the radio. I don't want to end up like in Norden again.
"Permission granted, a battalion along with interceptors is already on their way to your location anyways." The Traffic Control officer said.
I was about to retreat, it wouldn't be until tons of magical artillery exploded behind me, I nearly felt my shield break, but it still somehow held up. My mage gear was also thrown around, and damaged a bit but I was able to hold out, and stabilise myself. I quickly poured magic redirecting my magical energy to increase my speed to the fastest it could go.
I quickly tried turning my radio on but it was damaged during the explosion. I threw it off, it was extra weight anyways. I quickly turned around to get a good look at the enemy.
"No… why… Why are they here in Texas, working with the Mexicilians?" The enemy that attacked me was a mixture of Francoan and Russy aerial mages.
"So that's the Devil of the Rhine, the one who killed hundreds of our brothers over the Rhine alone and foiled the Free Republic's continued liberation war in the southern continent to protect the colonies. It looks like it is becoming lazy and content, we will continue to hunt the devil till it's neutralized." Said the battalion Commander Johnathan of the Francoan expeditionary force.
"You are correct, it seems like the vampire bride is nothing more than a pathetic woman, it seems like she's more fit to be a housewife now." Joked a Russy First Lieutenant.
"I don't understand why you guys are so infatuated about the devil to the point you want to marry her?" Said Major Johnathan.
"I'm not marrying her, the leader of the NKVD wants to marry her, that's from what I know." Said the Russy First Lieutenant with his hands up in complete surrender.
"The only reason why we're helping you, is to make sure the Devil doesn't go back to the Federal Republic and start an Imperial Hegemony over the continent again." Said Major Johnathan.
"Consider yourself lucky that I'm allowed lots of free will in the effort to catch the Vampire Bride, normally officers in the Red Army are told to follow orders to the letter, and if you don't you will get shot and replaced." Said the Russy First Lieutenant.
"No wonder why you guys performed so poorly during the early years of the Russo-Imperial war." Said Major Johnathan.
"Anyhow, we can't just stand here or we will allow the target to escape." Said the Russy First Lieutenant.
"Agreed, we can't exactly take it out, but we were told to keep it alive so we could capture it, right?" Said Major Johnathan.
"Yes, all I was told by my superiors was to take her and capture her alive, although we were allowed to roughen her up if she proves to be difficult to take." Said the Russy First Lieutenant.
"Then that makes our job more difficult. All right, I want your aerial mages to surround it, as you haven't used any artillery formulas, and my men are starting to become exhausted- '' His orders were interrupted by a mage who was on observation duty.
"Major, we are detecting a battalion of mages coming our way!" said the corporal who was in charge of observation duty.
"Damn it, that makes our job harder, how did they get aerial mages this fast here, we were keeping our presences concealed right?" Said Major Johnathan.
"I'm pretty sure we were." Said the Russy Lieutenant.
"Change of plans we take out the battalion first and go after the devil!" Ordered Major Johnathan.
"Yes sir." Said all the mages in the battalion.
"Lt. Col Jackson, I spotted an unidentified group of aerial mages. They… They look like Francoan and Russy aerial mages!" said 1st Lt. Insurriag, his second in command.
"What are the Great Powers of Europa doing here?" Wonders Jackson.
"Who knows Lt. Col. but it looks like they're exhausted and they seem to be chasing that artillery spotter." Said Insurriag.
"It's your 'first' live training, here in Texas, and you get yourself into a firefight. But this time you're fighting a battalion, alone." Jackson whispered to himself.
"You okay, Lt. Col. Do you know that artillery spotter?" said Insurriag.
"No I don't, let's just save our men and get out of here." Said Lt. Col. Jackson "Company 1, 2, and 3 distract those aerial mages over there and we'll hit them from the side we'll put them into a pincer. 4th company is with me, we will link up with that artillery spotter, to make sure he's ok, then platoon 3 of squadron 4 make sure you escort that artillery spotter the artillery batteries, if the enemy battalion somehow begins to chase after you make sure he doesn't die or get captured, as you know we don't have the manpower to replace him. Now move!" He ordered.
Quickly and obediently the Battalion went out to complete their orders. Within minutes a firefight broke out between the Texan Aerial Mages and the mixture of Francoan and Russy aerial.
"Lt Arch, make radio contact with that artillery spotter, to make sure he's ok." Jackson ordered.
"Yes, sir." He responded quickly and began trying to make contact.
'Come on Tasha please be okay, I don't want to get killed by the brass, for the shit that follows you.' He thought to himself.
"Sir, I tried making radio contact but he isn't picking up." Said first Lt Arch
"It's possibly magical interference, I guess we will have to come into contact physically." Jackson said.
"Sir, we have a squadron of aerial mages right on our 6!" Lt Arch reported.
"Damn, how did they get through so quickly?" Jackson cursed to himself. It wouldn't be until the artillery spotter tried taking pot shots at the chasing enemy mages, that the enemy mages started to scatter.
"Damn it! How hard is she! She doesn't even have the type 95 on her, and she still is hard to kill!" Eventually she disappeared into the clouds.
"Where is She!" The Russy battalion who was ordered to chase after the Tanya, has lossed visual contact.
Meanwhile back at the aerial battle between the Francoan and Russy Aerial mages against the Texan Aerial Mages, the Texan aerial mages were winning, as the the foreign aerial mages have been flying for a while, it wouldn't be until Tanya quickly descended from the clouds, and began firing artillery magic at them taking out a few of them till she ran out of ammo.
"Damn, it Norden all over again." She cursed to herself. She attached her bayonet, she also quickly filled herself with magical methamphetamine, she felt lighter, her magic canals unrestricted, just like Norden, she's fighting a battalion, which will be much harder but since the other companies are distracted fighting Henry's battalion. She then quickly disengaged from her seated gear and switched to her footed gear. The motorcycle-like seated gear quickly flew into the enemy's disciplined lines and exploded near them.
Now much faster, and agile, she quickly dodged an incoming magic artillery barrage, that she would always perform over the Rhine, although limited by the amount of formulas she could use with a single core orb, that didn't stop her from taking out multiple enemy mages.
"Commander Johnathan!" said a Francoan aerial mage as he jumped right in front of him, she cut the poor bastard's head off.
"Go higher!" Yelled the Francoan commander. But couldn't as a large disciplined magic artillery barrage was fired at them. Tanya noticed this and quickly avoided the barrage.
Whatever aerial mages remained all fled.
11th, February 1930
Castillo de los Pueblos (People's' Castle), Technotclitan, Mexicilia
"Mr. Presidente, we have a report from the Tejan border!" Reported his ayudante (adjutant).
"Then tell me Mr. Girasol, is it with the Francoan and Russy expedition we sent to the border?" Asked the president of the Mexicilian Communist Party.
"Yes it is with the expeditionary force, they were entirely wiped out sir!" the adjutant said.
A smile began to creep up the Mexicilian president's face. "Then mobilise all the reserves and order the pre war invasion plans we made during the West Indies conflict to follow invading Tejast!" He ordered.
"Yes sir! Do you want me to call a meeting with the other members?" The adjutant asked.
"Yes, please do so. Also please summon the Francoan and Russy diplomats to see if they have any demands, as they did lose some of their men in an expedition." he said.
30 minutes later all the members of the Mexicilian communist party, along with Francoan and Russy diplomats.
"So Mr. Presidente Let me guess its with the recent border dispute of the Francoan and Russy expeditions?" said one of the members.
"Yes it is, Mr Secretary. As we can't let other countries' men die like this without the proper justice." Said the Mexicilian president.
"Just get to the point Mr. Presidente." Said the Russy diplomat.
"Alright, we will declare war on Tejas one week from now. Do the Russy's and Francoans have any demands on what they want after we win this war?" ask the president
The diplomats were in thought for a while, till they said "We will ask our governments, but we will let you do what you do." said the Francoan diplomat.
"Yes I see. Generals I want you to use the plans you drew up during the West Indies conflict. Foreign Minister, make sure the Americans don't join the war." he ordered.
"Yes sir." Said the foreign ministers, and the generals.
"Alright, you all may leave now, and get to your duties. As for the foreign diplomats, I want an answer from your government within 3 days." he asked the diplomats.
"All right we will see what they ask of us," said the Russy diplomat.
Eventually the government officials left to do their duties, leaving the president to himself "Be prepared Tejas cause we're coming back to suppress and take you back within your rightful fatherland you rebellious bastard." he chuckled to himself.
A farm 20 km, off of the outskirts of Aggtown
12th February, 1930
"Damn it's so hot!" said a farmer to himself.
"Yea and it hasn't rained in a month, it's supposed to be the rainy season." said another farmer.
A large wind began to blow the exposed dirt up in the air, from the abuse of years of poor farming practices. Eventually it picked up so much dust that it formed a storm of dust.
The farmers who were farming were just gawking at the dust wall that's viewable kilometers away.
"What is that?" asked a farmer.
"I don't know, but my instincts are telling me it isn't good. Come on, we should get inside before it hits us, we don't want to get trapped in that storm, from what I can tell it looks dangerous." said the other farmer.
"Agreed. But what about the farm animals?" Said the other farmer.
"There isn't any time from what I can tell it's probably moving as fast as the wind speed, but it may speed up and we could get trapped in it." The farmer said.
They decided to try to get some of the farm animals inside the barn but were only able to get 6 of them inside before the storm hit.
The dust bowl began to form.
I'm gonna be honest with you, most fanfictions that take place after the great war. Like a Young Girls Delinquency record, AYPR, and the leader for example typically looks over the dust bowl, and I'm a texan, so the dust bowl was pretty impactful to us, but overall I will take into consideration of the impact the dust bowl will have with the Texan-Mexicilian war