The North PacificBoard

"Sir, the advance of the enemy is-"

"Don't call them that, Al. We might be fighting them now, but they are still our brothers."
President Cinder rebuffed. General Pickens sighed and continued.

"We are fighting them, though. They are killing our boys, and we are killing there's. We are at war, Mr. President. Until you realize that, I'm going to continue calling the shots around here."

President Cinder sighed.

"Of course, of course. So, General, what do you propose we do?"

General Pickens smirked and leaned back in his chair.

"Well, Mr. President, first and fore most we need to Ration food and fuel. Civilian manufacturing needs to hop over into military, now. If they don't we take it by force. I'm ordering The National Guard to begin to set up rationing stations in major cities. I also think that we can use this invasion as a propaganda tool. With your permission, I'm sure that we can make some stuff up to get the people rallying. As for the front line, it seems to have stagnated a bit. If we can hold them, we can break their will. Most of the military is there, even the Navy. We can't win anything against the East on the sea. So, me and the other generals and admirals have the ships being decommissioned and used to build more aircraft and tanks."

President Cinder sighed, and nodded in approval. Be next week after that, in shipyards across the nation destroyers and frigates were decommissioned. On the TV, Radio, and on posters around cities and towns were propaganda pieces referring to the invasion defense as "The Duty of Every man and Woman." They also demonized the new Prime Memester, calling Him a Fascist who only wants to grow his evil empire. Rationing stations popped up everywhere, where food and fuel was dolled out. The well known Factory for Convergence Industrial was taken over by force, some members of the military killing and wounding staff who tried to resist. This was sweeper under the rug, of course in the attempt to "keep morale high during these trying times." Propaganda began to dismiss the incident, but the result was the same. Military occupation of industrial zones went on across the nation.

On the front line, however, NSL forces were suffering. They had managed to slow the advance of the East, and were now launching hit and run raids into the supply lines of the enemy at night. Defections happened every day, civilian and military alike. Dogfights in the sky were a common occurrence, but not something that could be kept up with loss wise. The NSL forces, 50 miles behind the lines began to construct trenches and bunkers, as a fallback point for the military. Mostly it was Naval Persons, sent to the front line when their ships were decomissioned. Congress was outraged to learn of the sidestepping of them, but it didn't matter. A salary increase kept them quiet and complacent.