September 12th,1862
Border between the Bavarian Empire and Americus, Northern Italy.
General James Bruton, commanding general of the Army of Americus, looked at the border that seperated the Bavarian Empire for Americus. Perhaps soon there will be an Americusian Empire instead of a Bavarian one, thought Bruton. The army had been resupplying for weeks now, gaining new troops and artillery along with ammuntion. Everyone sensed that victory was in the air. My how the tables have turned, smiled Bruton. Just four months ago, the combined Bavarian-Austro army, some 140,000 men had stood right on the doorsteps of the Americusian capital, Columbus.
It had seemed that the war was lost. Then President John Maxwell had panicked, unsure as to what to do. He came very close to loosing the war, Bruton thought. Indeed, Maxwell had ordered the evacuation of the Parkersburg Naval Base, and had it been carried out, the Americusian Navy would have found itself without a home. On top of that, Maxwell had revealed to all that he was going to order the evacuation of the country's eastern half, facing Czarist Russia. That would have only encouraged the Czar to unleash his powerful army on us, thought a frowing Bruton. Finally, Bruton, then a Major General, and Jack Thomas, a senator from the southern area of Americus, what was once known as Greece, decided that the President had to go. In his place, Thomas became President and his first act was to appoint Bruton a full general and placed the defense of the capital in his hands.
In what was deemed a miracle, Bruton and the Army of Americus fought several battles that cuminated in the near destruction of the combined enemy army. What followed was a brilliant campaign that saw Bruton retake much of the territory that had been lost early in the war. God, how i am proud of these boys, he thought. Veterns of Parker's Crossroads, Paintsville, Liberation of Venice, Milano, the list goes on.
Now his boys were going to give the Bavarian a taste of their own medicine. It would not be easy. Repots said that the Bavarian Amry still had some 250,000 to 300,000 troops avaliable, and also that they had begged their newest ally, The United States of Sicily, to attack the Americusians to the south. Its still going to be a long war, thought Bruton.