Cracking the Balance

Jackson's PoV

One week later

Base Zero, Newly formed 'State of Terra'

With the discovery of a major Mana Crystal deposit fuelling me with vast amounts of SP, my small camp of fewer than 200 people quickly transformed into a small country with a population of about more than 10,000. Said small country I named the 'State of Terra'. The capital I named 'Base Zero' since it was essentially a military base despite a large number of civilian facilities. The State of Terra claims the regions not occupied by foreign states, namely the entire peninsula, as its sovereign territory.

The military had been expanded to the size of 5 Battalions, totalling more than 5,000 men. During this time, I had been able to acquire new and better infantry weapons such as the American M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle and the M1 Mortar.

As for armoured vehicles, I actually managed to acquire the American M4 Sherman for it's reliability and the German Sd.Kfz. 251 Armoured Personnel Carrier with the 7.62mm MG 42 replaced with the 0.50cal M1 Browning. Since my numbers were still small but there was much territory to cover, speed and reliability were required. This is why I had also gotten the 155 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M41 self-propelled artillery gun. The K 17 field gun has been largely replaced by the M114 155 mm howitzer, though it is still in service. Each battalion is effectively a corps, capable of combined arms warfare.

In the skies, I had summoned British Hawker Fury fighter aircraft from the 30s which had impressive speed for its time. I also had a few Vickers Wellington Bombers for any bombing missions that may arise.

On the seas, I had built up a small navy mostly meant for coastal defence. I had summoned a pair of Japanese Hatsuharu-class destroyers. Warships were extremely expensive, so I wouldn't touch on them for now.

The newly expanded military had finished up the 'pest extermination' project and the peninsula was safe for colonisation. 'New Geneva', a new settlement which would be built near the border was undergoing construction with as little summoning assistance as possible.