The Mexican Rebels begin to make lightning fast advances in the country, and the Mexican Army is as much help as the Russian Army was to the Russian Empire during the Russian Revolution. Pennsylvania continues a swift advance and attacks Virginia. West Virginian seperatists begin activity and make good use of the Pennsylvanian invasions. The reason that Pennsylvania has made such progress is because Virginia did not expect an invasion and that it came by surprise. Virginia did not have time to mobilize sufficiently.