Mexico Enters the Fray

Arthur had still underestimated the Americans' ability to act when driven into a desperate corner.

Since the US Pacific Fleet had not been found in Hawaii, Arthur had assumed that it was stationed on the US West Coast, hiding in some harbor and waiting to ambush Australasia.

But what Arthur had not expected was that even with the Australasian Army nearing the US West Coast, there was still no sign of any American fleet.

By all logic, this was abnormal. It was one thing for the main force of the US warships to withdraw and hide, but surely they would at least dispatch a squadron to scout the situation.

Without any grasp of the enemy's movements, fighting a war was like groping in the dark, leaving one at an innate disadvantage.

The United States Army surely understood this as well. The fact that there was still no sign of the United States Navy could only mean that either the United States Navy was planning some major operation, or it truly was no longer on the West Coast.

After General Silvio contacted the British and learned that the US Pacific Fleet had likewise not been spotted in the Atlantic, he could only give up and shift his attention to the landing operations against the United States.

The British, however, strengthened the patrol fleets around the Panama Canal and southern South America, preventing the United States from secretly gathering its navy.

As August arrived, battles erupted on both the east and west coasts of the United States, and the war gradually entered its most intense phase.

To shatter the Americans' will to resist, the Combined Army began bombing some of the United States' major cities.

The bombing came from four directions. To the north and south, air forces were transported to Canada