Chapter 10 - America Falls
Tupac Shakur said:
Even though I'm marked for death, I'm a spark 'till I lose my breath
Germany, or the Fatherland as its people called it, was home to some of the world's biggest revolutionaries. Karl Marx, who developed Communism whilst in China and Rome, was of German extraction and in more recent years Germany had been where the push for greater voting opportunites had taken place.
Finally in 1375AD, the German parliament ordered a special referendum which took place on August 3rd, 1375, in which 71% of the voting-eligible population approved the change to Universal Suffrage, making all people within Germany, regardless of gender, religion or racial extraction, eligible to vote.
These social developments had allowed Germany to assume the mantle of one of the world's technological leaders. Tupac, whose scientists were the leaders in the field of atom research decide that a technology share agreement could be feasible between the two nations.
Germany: Atomic Theory for Combustion + Incense + 2154gp + 41gpt + World Map.
Then came the big news however. The major players in the World War, China and Rome, had met at the American city of Houston and had negotiated and armistice between them. Although it meant that the other nations remained at war, it seemed to most analysts that the war as a whole would soon be over. They were wrong.
Although the Aztecs joined Rome in agreeing peace terms with China, Egypt and Iroquoisland suffered terribly as Aztec and Roman forces ravaged and annexed their lands. Meanwhile Babylon and Japan continued their centruy-spanning war as Japan slowly began to assimilate Babylon.
Tupac's armies continued their push in America however. The shipyards of St. Louis had been the base, for years, of the American fleet in the Northern Oceans. A Zulu force led by Yaki Kadafi succeeded in defeating the American Rifle divisions tasked with its protection and destroying the crucial shipyards.
Houston, the site of the Roman-Chinese Armistice of 1380 was to ironicly be the site of major conflicts as the last of America's Infantry Divisions fought desperately against Tupac's soldiers in a last-ditch effort to maintain control of the Eastern American-Chinese Border. The victory for Tupac's 4th Army Corps marked the end of America's influence in the East.
Near the ruins of Chicago an American force attempted to strike through the Zulu defences around the lightly defended New Northern Ports. Yaki Kadafi had returned to 2PacalypseNow and in his place had left his friend, and comrade of many battles, the talented singer-songwriter Elton John. Elton, had often cooperated directly with Tupac himself and was held in extremely high-esteem by the Zulu leader. Elton's efforts in detecting and destroying the American invasion force was recognised by Tupac who declared that, like Kadafi, he should be named as a hero of Zululand.
With the American's having expended so much effort and resources in their failed invasion force, the 2nd Zulu Army Corps was free to move forward toward Detroit, the new Naval Base for the American fleet. The American defences were caught off guard and the short, bloody battle resulted in the massacre of all American soldiers. Citizens in the city collected the arms of their dead protectors and attempted to fight the invading army themselves to no avail. In the end no American who had born arms was left alive in the old city as Tupac ordered its destruction, along with the entire remaining American fleet.
Tupac's strategy for waging war against the American's, who in many cases were well dug-in, was refreshingly simple.
Step 1 - Simply take any large American city. Miami for example.
Step 2 - Use artillery to weaken the garrisons and to kill or drive out the population until it is, as civil analysts affectionately refer to as, size 1.
Step 3 - Move in large forces and slaughter any remaining defenders or citizens, and raze the city.
Step 4 - Rinse and Repeat.
It was a strategy that yielded immense success.
The defeat of America had allowed funds otherwise directed toward military efforts to be directed toward civil projects and infrastructure development. The completion of Hoover's Dam in 2PacalypseNow was as a result of this and often came to be regarded as a symbol of the Golden Age of Tupac.
Trade was also able to blossom during this period, continued trade with Germany had proven beneficial to both parties.
Germany: Electronics + 21gpt + 314gp for Mass Productions
However the good times couldn't last forever. As the lands of former America were colonised and developed, the spector time began to worry Tupac. The Golden Age was beginning to end, as was the Industrial Era and he was still decades, if not centuries from attaining total control of his home continent, let alone the lands of Japan and Babylon, Egypt or Germany. Tupac knew that he could sit idle only a short while longer, he knew that danger, was just around the corner...