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The Roundheads had several effective generals, and Fairfax doesn't get nearly enough credit as he should. My point was that everyone here's way too complacent about a right wing victory in a Minecraft American CIvil War, just like many of us were way too confident that Trump would sweep.
It would really depend on what the objectives are and how things shake down. But war gaming is fun so let's do this.
The first thing I see is the Blue faction has a serious geographical problem. Texas will naturally be the center of power for the Red Faction and it's a thousand miles from the border. By contrast the major centers of power for Team Blue are just a few hundred miles from the border. Worse still, blue faction will have half their strength thousands of miles away and unable to coordinate effectively.
Next Team Red has clearly defined geographical barriers, in the form of the Appalachian and Sierra Nevada mountains. Any effort by Team Blue would require breaching these barriers, which would be a bloody nightmare.
Add to this fact a huge portion of the Federal Army is in territories controlled by Team Red. If things pop off, at best for Team Blue they lose half the Army and a good chunk of the Air Force right out the gate. At worst half the Army sides with Team Red. This means would allow Team Red to play for all the marbles and attempt to destroy Team Blue,
More import still though is a huge portion of Team Blue will not stay loyal. I can pretty confidentally say that if Tennessee's State Legislature decides it's time to legit own the libs, there will be little no internal opposition in Tennessee outside some shrill shrieking in Memphis and Nashville that would get crushed quick. By contrast if Virginia's governor called out the levies to resist Tennessee invading, he may see a good 1/3rd of his state grabbing their guns and joining up with the invaders.
All this adds up to a scenario where Team Red could in theory launch a successful invasion of Team Blues territory in rapid fashion and while outright victory would not be quick, enough gains could be made to land a death blow. Washington DC could be taken in short order and with the east coast unable to support the west coast, Team Red would just need to keep California bogged down in the Sierra Nevadas while they focused their efforts on Smashing New England and the Mid Atlantic flat.
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