As per request by the second person to review this story I am going to try, note the word try, to implament relationships and love into this story, I can not promise you however that I will be successful. On a side note, relationships are open to be stated, and since I'm a terrible match maker I will let you guys decide the relationships, note there will be no sexuall interactions, just love talk, and maybe a kiss or two, also France does not count as sexual interaction as he is his own category. Also lastly could some one give the Republic a name, because I've got nothing.
Chapter 36: The Great War Part 8, Interstate Warfare Final
The Republic now fashioning its new name as the United Republics of Northern America, as its enemies have only one hold out now, Washington D.C. (The Brits still got Maryland.) The combined forces of the USA, Mexico, and Canada waited inside Alfred's capital. The now URNA stood outside D.C. and shouted to the enemy army, "Surreneder and your governemnts, and military will be peacefully assimilated into the new Union!" The Three country looked to each other, then men tired and weary, low on supply and nothing more than a few bullets, Alfred looked to Matthew then to Ricardo, "We have got to accept… are men and people are dieing and suffering… even a hero like me can not save us now." Alfred hung his head in defeat as he turned to a wall punching it leaving a huge fist sized hole in the wall. Matthew went up to Alfred and said, "That's not very heroic just giving up like that, come on lets give them hell just one last time." Matthew had already lost his country to the Republic, but was still helping Alfred with the remenants of his military the same went with Ricardo. Ricardo walked up to Alfred than patted his back, "You know gringo, as much as I hate you, I can't let you lose your country like we did, now give them hell hero." Matthew stood by Ricardo, the two then said, "We give you our military as your own, were done, its all you now, and don't forget you're the hero." The two walked out their hands behind their heads to the URNA, "Intelligent of you to give up without a fight." He said as his men cuffed them.
Alfred stood there alone with a bloody fist a hole in the wall. He looked up crying and said, "I'll save you guys, because that's what a hero would do!" He grabbed the flag in the oval office and walked out still crying and shouted, "You'll take their land and mine over my dead body!" He waved the stars and strips and started to sing the battle hymn of the Republic's most famous line, "Glory, Glory, hallelujah! Glory, Glory, hallelujah! Glory, Glory, hallelujah, his troop keeps marching on!" The American soldiers in dismay looked up at Alfred, who was now singing even louder waving the flag, the American troops stood up and raised their weapons and joined in the song, the White house's destroyed frame in the background, "Glory, Glory, hallelujah!" They all sang, the Mexican and Canadian troops looked up and joined in the standing and hummed along with it. Alfred planted the flag into the ground and shouted the final line, "Our Troop will keep marching on!" and with that the enterty of the three former countries armies cheered and charged on toward the URNA, a hellfire so bright in their eyes, that any man would run in fear, so passionate that it would be admired by all through out the ages, and finally and fire so bright that would win the Americans the honor of being second head in the URNA latter in time.
The URNA was so taken back by the sheer determinism and pride in the opposing country who was running full speed his flag in his hand and a pistol in the other at him, that he said nothing, until he was shot at. The URNA shook his head and turned to his men stationed in the trenches out side D.C. and said, "Boys these men are giving their lives for their country, their country is giving his life for them, the least we could do is fight them honorably and meet them in the field." The troops nodded their heads and got out of the trenches, the artillery men off the artillery, the tank troops out of the tanks, the calvalry of their horses, and met in a line, the URNA in the center holding the Flag of the contient of North America with Four Stars around it representing the four republics that once made up the contient. He finally shouted, "For the Republic! Lets give them the end they deserve, one of honor!" The entire army charged at the American and his forces.
The URNA met Alfred in the middle of the battle field the two flags clashing against each other, both dropped landing in a 'x' formation. Both pulled out a saber, and brought their blades against one another. The two armies clashing around them forming a kind of fighting circle. The URNA was pushed back by Alfred who bashed his blade against his foes knocking him back following through with a series of slashes on the blocking URNA. After just a few of these the URNA's saber started to crack, to which he then sidestepped one brought a slash to Alfred's side, but this didn't even bother Alfred who just turned to him and continued his assult. The fighting around them with bayoneted rifles and sabers was bloody men dieing left and right.
Alfred managed to catch the URNA off guard hitting him in the sword arm making him drop his saber, The URNA however picked it up with his other arm in order to keep fighting. The ferocity of Alfred's assult had demoralized the URNA's military the troops were barely able to hold one another off. This was one of the few battles after the invention of gunpowder that not a shot was fired.
The URNA threw a vicisous slice at Alfred's leg cutting it open, blood flowing down the country's leg, but this didn't even slow him down he just kept at it. Alfred stabbing the URNA's sword arm again, causing the country to scream in pain, but before Alfred could pull it out the URNA grabbed Alfred's saber with the hand he was holding his saber which he had dropped. He kicked Alfred away making him let go of his saber, which the URNA pulled out of his shoulder and threw to the ground. The two flags of both countries were now covered in blood. The URNA brought his good arm up into a boxing like form, to which Alfred just charged him punching him in the gut causing the URNA to fly backwards into the group of fighting men. The URNA stood up coughing up blood, spitting out some blood, and ran up and punched Alfred in the face, but the same was met to the URNA, both of them falling on the ground, bloodied badly. Yet if only through sheer will Alfred stood up first, bringing a huge fist down on the URNA knocking him out cold, and with a few less teeth. Alfred picked up his flag and waved it proudly in victory the URNA's troops falling back in defeat, grabbing their beaten country.
This devastating blow was the only major victory won by the American countries opposing the Grand Republic. However only a few days later the war was over, the American government surrendered to the URNA under the condition that they would all, citizens included be intergrated into the new country. The URNA went on to become a confederacy between all the republics of America, now making them all brothers in arms.
Now you may wonder why the battle hymn of the republic was in there. Well its because for one, this alternate history is loosely based on real history, plus, I don't think there would be a more inspiring song that could have existed at the time, at least in America.