Georgia has a death wish. Portugal's defection was always likely. Wars have a habit of being long winded affairs just to get a few provinces. Bihar is consistent and you'll have many battles with them
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I think it must be an early patch for Napoleon's Ambition. Kind of old, still. I didn't update because I wasn't sure if the savegame would transfer.
I seem to remember -- not sure -- that Georgia ceased to exist for a while in the past, so they should know not to tick off people who hold their future in their hands. Genoa too -- I was pretty surprised to find them around again.
Thanks for the comments, folks!
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Ah, that makes sense then.
In my own, long standing, game as Savoy, Genoa seems to have a real tenacity for coming back after being completely annexed. And it's a kind of odd behavior, since they always seem to come back in the Asia minor area. And then for whatever lame reason, declare war on me, I guess because I hold their former european holdings, and Corsica. I pretty much just ignore their DOW, and then several years later they offer a white peace and I accept it. Then wait for it to repeat yet again.
edit: I don't bother going after them because moving into asia minor is so far off of my own game goals, that it's not worth the hassle to extract a price on them for their errant behavior
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In July of 1736, we successfully converted yet another formerly Muslim province of the former Ottoman Empire.
As you can see, we’ve been really concentrating on this, and Islam is quickly becoming a minority belief among the residents of the Near and Middle East.
At home, the religious fervor – hope from converting more Muslims – has another effect. The people express renewed support for our war! Parts of Bihar actually are Muslim, and we have high hopes of capturing those areas.
Our War Exhaustion was just under 10 at the time, so it’s now down to 8! That’s good.
I wonder what the Bihari War Exhaustion is, about now. Gen. Containi just concluded a massive battle at Pandua where no fewer than 11,000 of the enemy died! Scarcely 2,000 of mine.
We could use those odds on a regular basis. While the slaughter is horrific, we didn’t choose this war – they did. That seems a familiar theme.
Around this time there was a battle for the ownership of the Andaman Islands. The Biharis had landed to try to take this colonial territory from us, and we had moved a fleet in to prepare, should the garrison need to be evacuated.
As it was, the Bihari navy descended upon the site – 30 men-of-war and 30 frigates against our handful of ships. Our fleet had to flee – thankfully without loss. But without our navy there, it was very important that our troops win. Fortunately, they did – we lost 200, while the Biharis lost 1300.
In February, 1737, we get into this incredible battle with nearly 40,000 of the enemy!
The enemy king, Husain Shah III, leads his troops, while we had no one of particular note in command. We did take some serious casualties at first, and it looked like we might be in trouble.
What they don’t realize is there’s a nasty blindside punch coming on their flank, whether Husain Shah can stand the heat or not. I’m hoping that their morale will be so badly hurt that they’ll run when Gen. Containi hits them from the side. But it would take a long time for him to get there.
Even before his arrival, the battle lasted the better part of a month, with the casualties virtually even, which is amazing considering the disparity of size between the two forces, and yet it means I’m ultimately losing ground relative to them.
Once Gen. Alberto Containi arrived to take charge, things turned around decisively. They started losing 20 times the soldiers we were. But that wasn’t the only equation. There were more of the enemy coming also, to reinforce their king.
By the end of March – the second month of this battle – the enemy was still losing enormous amounts of men, but their numbers were back up to 40,000 and ours were dwindling!
Meanwhile, General Galeazzo Maria Containi (Alberto’s brother) is embarking aboard the Eastern Fleet to land with another 8,000 men who would try to come to the rescue. The slaughter continued, before and after their arrival.
But after the brothers were united in combat at Bangala, our troops were fortified with courage, and they felt they could hold on. The enemy was now 43,000 strong, but our own was almost 18,000 in strength – a far more favorable ratio – and with better leadership, and we were still mowing the enemy down with our massed firepower.
By the middle of April, the enemy – which must, by this time, include nearly the whole strength of the Bihari army, come to rally at the banner of Husain Shah – was back down to around 40,000.
But our own army was growing very tired. Could we hold on?
Thankfully, the enemy was sapped, too. Somehow, we held on. The end of April came and went. The first week of May, and we held strong still, routinely bringing down 500 or 600 of the enemy per day, and hardly one or two dozen of our own would fall, but our endurance was being challenged to its utmost.
We’ll still likely lose this battle at Bangala (I can’t imagine we won’t! But…). But we’ve just passed two important thresholds. First, our odds have dropped to only 2 to 1, which is amazing by itself. But you see that 2,700 man army? That’s 9 regiments (down to less than 30% strength). But if they had been forced to retreat from an enemy army of more than 27,000 men, that 9 regiments would have been eliminated. Now, the enemy has fewer than 27,000 men, and their ratios are dropping by the day. We’re saved!
After 3 months of constant combat against what is 25,000 of Bihar’s 27,000 man total army (the rest of them are scattered around elsewhere), the battle continues STILL!
Finally, on the 17th of May, we could persevere no longer. The Containi brothers withdrew their ragged, flagging armies, and moved back to friendly territory. We had lost nearly 6,000 soldiers, out of 24,000 engaged.
But the field of battle was littered with nearly 33,000 of Bihar’s finest soldiers. This had been a truly devastating “victory” for Bihar and their Shah. With only 24,000 soldiers remaining, practically, in his entire army, his country was done for this war. Surely! Surely?
Time would tell.
As you can see, we’ve been really concentrating on this, and Islam is quickly becoming a minority belief among the residents of the Near and Middle East.
At home, the religious fervor – hope from converting more Muslims – has another effect. The people express renewed support for our war! Parts of Bihar actually are Muslim, and we have high hopes of capturing those areas.
Our War Exhaustion was just under 10 at the time, so it’s now down to 8! That’s good.
I wonder what the Bihari War Exhaustion is, about now. Gen. Containi just concluded a massive battle at Pandua where no fewer than 11,000 of the enemy died! Scarcely 2,000 of mine.
We could use those odds on a regular basis. While the slaughter is horrific, we didn’t choose this war – they did. That seems a familiar theme.
Around this time there was a battle for the ownership of the Andaman Islands. The Biharis had landed to try to take this colonial territory from us, and we had moved a fleet in to prepare, should the garrison need to be evacuated.
As it was, the Bihari navy descended upon the site – 30 men-of-war and 30 frigates against our handful of ships. Our fleet had to flee – thankfully without loss. But without our navy there, it was very important that our troops win. Fortunately, they did – we lost 200, while the Biharis lost 1300.
In February, 1737, we get into this incredible battle with nearly 40,000 of the enemy!
The enemy king, Husain Shah III, leads his troops, while we had no one of particular note in command. We did take some serious casualties at first, and it looked like we might be in trouble.
What they don’t realize is there’s a nasty blindside punch coming on their flank, whether Husain Shah can stand the heat or not. I’m hoping that their morale will be so badly hurt that they’ll run when Gen. Containi hits them from the side. But it would take a long time for him to get there.
Even before his arrival, the battle lasted the better part of a month, with the casualties virtually even, which is amazing considering the disparity of size between the two forces, and yet it means I’m ultimately losing ground relative to them.
Once Gen. Alberto Containi arrived to take charge, things turned around decisively. They started losing 20 times the soldiers we were. But that wasn’t the only equation. There were more of the enemy coming also, to reinforce their king.
By the end of March – the second month of this battle – the enemy was still losing enormous amounts of men, but their numbers were back up to 40,000 and ours were dwindling!
Meanwhile, General Galeazzo Maria Containi (Alberto’s brother) is embarking aboard the Eastern Fleet to land with another 8,000 men who would try to come to the rescue. The slaughter continued, before and after their arrival.
But after the brothers were united in combat at Bangala, our troops were fortified with courage, and they felt they could hold on. The enemy was now 43,000 strong, but our own was almost 18,000 in strength – a far more favorable ratio – and with better leadership, and we were still mowing the enemy down with our massed firepower.
By the middle of April, the enemy – which must, by this time, include nearly the whole strength of the Bihari army, come to rally at the banner of Husain Shah – was back down to around 40,000.
But our own army was growing very tired. Could we hold on?
Thankfully, the enemy was sapped, too. Somehow, we held on. The end of April came and went. The first week of May, and we held strong still, routinely bringing down 500 or 600 of the enemy per day, and hardly one or two dozen of our own would fall, but our endurance was being challenged to its utmost.
We’ll still likely lose this battle at Bangala (I can’t imagine we won’t! But…). But we’ve just passed two important thresholds. First, our odds have dropped to only 2 to 1, which is amazing by itself. But you see that 2,700 man army? That’s 9 regiments (down to less than 30% strength). But if they had been forced to retreat from an enemy army of more than 27,000 men, that 9 regiments would have been eliminated. Now, the enemy has fewer than 27,000 men, and their ratios are dropping by the day. We’re saved!
After 3 months of constant combat against what is 25,000 of Bihar’s 27,000 man total army (the rest of them are scattered around elsewhere), the battle continues STILL!
Finally, on the 17th of May, we could persevere no longer. The Containi brothers withdrew their ragged, flagging armies, and moved back to friendly territory. We had lost nearly 6,000 soldiers, out of 24,000 engaged.
But the field of battle was littered with nearly 33,000 of Bihar’s finest soldiers. This had been a truly devastating “victory” for Bihar and their Shah. With only 24,000 soldiers remaining, practically, in his entire army, his country was done for this war. Surely! Surely?
Time would tell.
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Can't fault the Biharis for trying. They're giving your armies a real fight.Your navy escaped without damage, may be the best thing it's managed to do and your garrison stood firm.
Jalandar and Chief Ragusa, thanks for your reliable comments!
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In June, 1737, we achieve Land Tech 23, and can build Level 4 Forts… Which, I don’t need. But at least our troops will fight more effectively.
In the wake of that HUGE Battle of Bangala, the Biharis have taken their capital back (yes, I’m fighting at Bangala again), and that’s not great, but they’ve also divided their forces to do it, which IS great!
Gen. Galeazzo Maria Containi (who was cooling his heels while his brother finished the first battle) returns to the fray with 11,000 against their 10,000, which won’t last.
The battle concludes in August with most of that new army destroyed, and less than 3,000 remaining (plus what they have at Bangala).
We’re assaulting Surat, which falls quickly.
In September, Gen. Alberto Containi finds Husain Shah at his capital, and begins reducing his last army.
This time the enemy loses 12,000 men, to our 450, and we assault the city to make it ours again.
If we’re really going to win this war decisively, we have a lot more province conquest to get done, still. We begin spreading out our forces once the major Bihari armies are dead, and besieging cities.
By the very end of 1737, we’ve battled Shah Husain to a standstill, killing all but 800 of his 6,000 remaining troops. More provinces are falling.
He finally sees sense (why couldn’t he have seen it 30,000 soldiers ago???), and yields four provinces in a peace treaty at the beginning of 1738. Bundelkhand also becomes our territory.
Remember, if we had a goal in this war (we didn’t – we didn’t want to fight them), it would have to be to connect our eastern provincial holdings in India with our western. We begin to construct a land bridge across the neck of India, which, incidentally, surrounds the Bihari capital with our own territory.
Yes, this will make another war inevitable, but what are we to do? We are weakening them, as a state, and making it harder for them to wage war with us in the future. And it will eventually be necessary for us to take provinces in the Bihari far east, where their Muslim lands are. This sets us up for that. It also makes our next war with Vijayanagar that much more effective.
Here’s where I get my revenge upon the feckless Portugal, who refused our war with us after having been graciously accepted into our Empire as an ally. What, did they think they wouldn’t have to fight side by side with us, because we were so powerful???
We begin to move upon their properties in the Americas, in Africa, in Scotland, and even in their homelands.
King Duarte II leads an army of nearly 30,000 against us, and our Emperor leads our army against them. Duarte’s cavalry saves the day for him, but they will not last. Duarte retreats in mid-September with approximately equal losses.
Sweden joins Portugal in its war. Yet another of these European allies who I meant to have as my friends – they just will not drop the wars of irrelevancy against the central European power of Milan. In October, they lose half of their army at Halsingland.
And Genoa declares war upon us. That should be a quick war to snap up! That one province in the Black Sea will not hold.
In November, the Emperor wages another bloody battle at Braganca, where we lose 5,500 troops, and the Portuguese lose 8,000. But already, most of Portugal proper is occupied. We need time only to collect the conquests of their outlying lands, so that we can bring them to the peace table.
By late April, King Duarte has fallen in battle, and his brother Filipe VI now leads their armies. They still can hold their own against Milan in one-on-one combats, but they have no ability to hold back our conquests. They win some battles, and lose some battles, but they are clearly losing the war inexorably.
Our impatience with Sweden – and let this be a lesson to Portugal! – is resolved in April 1739 with a peace treaty that leaves them with but the province of Stockholm!
This country which has been a pain in our side for too long has been reduced to a one-province minor irritation. They had best mind their manners!
We even allow our helpful ally Saxony to retain a small Norwegian province as war spoils.
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In June, 1737, we achieve Land Tech 23, and can build Level 4 Forts… Which, I don’t need. But at least our troops will fight more effectively.
In the wake of that HUGE Battle of Bangala, the Biharis have taken their capital back (yes, I’m fighting at Bangala again), and that’s not great, but they’ve also divided their forces to do it, which IS great!
Gen. Galeazzo Maria Containi (who was cooling his heels while his brother finished the first battle) returns to the fray with 11,000 against their 10,000, which won’t last.
The battle concludes in August with most of that new army destroyed, and less than 3,000 remaining (plus what they have at Bangala).
We’re assaulting Surat, which falls quickly.
In September, Gen. Alberto Containi finds Husain Shah at his capital, and begins reducing his last army.
This time the enemy loses 12,000 men, to our 450, and we assault the city to make it ours again.
If we’re really going to win this war decisively, we have a lot more province conquest to get done, still. We begin spreading out our forces once the major Bihari armies are dead, and besieging cities.
By the very end of 1737, we’ve battled Shah Husain to a standstill, killing all but 800 of his 6,000 remaining troops. More provinces are falling.
He finally sees sense (why couldn’t he have seen it 30,000 soldiers ago???), and yields four provinces in a peace treaty at the beginning of 1738. Bundelkhand also becomes our territory.
Remember, if we had a goal in this war (we didn’t – we didn’t want to fight them), it would have to be to connect our eastern provincial holdings in India with our western. We begin to construct a land bridge across the neck of India, which, incidentally, surrounds the Bihari capital with our own territory.
Yes, this will make another war inevitable, but what are we to do? We are weakening them, as a state, and making it harder for them to wage war with us in the future. And it will eventually be necessary for us to take provinces in the Bihari far east, where their Muslim lands are. This sets us up for that. It also makes our next war with Vijayanagar that much more effective.
Here’s where I get my revenge upon the feckless Portugal, who refused our war with us after having been graciously accepted into our Empire as an ally. What, did they think they wouldn’t have to fight side by side with us, because we were so powerful???
We begin to move upon their properties in the Americas, in Africa, in Scotland, and even in their homelands.
King Duarte II leads an army of nearly 30,000 against us, and our Emperor leads our army against them. Duarte’s cavalry saves the day for him, but they will not last. Duarte retreats in mid-September with approximately equal losses.
Sweden joins Portugal in its war. Yet another of these European allies who I meant to have as my friends – they just will not drop the wars of irrelevancy against the central European power of Milan. In October, they lose half of their army at Halsingland.
And Genoa declares war upon us. That should be a quick war to snap up! That one province in the Black Sea will not hold.
In November, the Emperor wages another bloody battle at Braganca, where we lose 5,500 troops, and the Portuguese lose 8,000. But already, most of Portugal proper is occupied. We need time only to collect the conquests of their outlying lands, so that we can bring them to the peace table.
By late April, King Duarte has fallen in battle, and his brother Filipe VI now leads their armies. They still can hold their own against Milan in one-on-one combats, but they have no ability to hold back our conquests. They win some battles, and lose some battles, but they are clearly losing the war inexorably.
Our impatience with Sweden – and let this be a lesson to Portugal! – is resolved in April 1739 with a peace treaty that leaves them with but the province of Stockholm!
This country which has been a pain in our side for too long has been reduced to a one-province minor irritation. They had best mind their manners!
We even allow our helpful ally Saxony to retain a small Norwegian province as war spoils.
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A nice ending to the war with the Bihari.
And revenge you got right there....What price will Filipe VI have to pay for his brother's political madness? Will you be going after mostly New World holdings, or Iberian holdings?
And revenge you got right there....What price will Filipe VI have to pay for his brother's political madness? Will you be going after mostly New World holdings, or Iberian holdings?
5 Provinces lost to them, teaches them a lesson about watching what company they keep.
every one is forcing you to paint the world with one color yours.
army composition looks better, results are better to.
keep up the great job.
army composition looks better, results are better to.
keep up the great job.
Thanks! Indeed, on all counts. I had been going after colonial holdings in the past, but I don't remember if I changed my practice on this one or not.
lol Yes.
Thanks! I do remember my army composition started improving around this time. I had had a period of war, both in India and Europe, and it forced me to build more armies. For decades I'd not needed to build anything more (at home especially) so I was stagnant. The new armies were more balanced. I am not entirely sure. I had stopped paying attention at least a century before. Maybe longer. I'd suspect it was around 50-100. Would have been alot higher, except most of these wars I didn't start them.
Another update coming -- maybe today, or maybe through the weekend.
Thanks for your comments, folks! Anyone else out there watching who hasn't commented recently?
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Brilliant. Just brilliant. I remember reading through this back in 2010 and thinking it was long, but now re-reading all 206 pages the past week on my lunch breaks, I can really appreciate its length and depth. Thanks so much for the amazing AAR, and I look forward to the final years of Milan!
Welcome, PlatoonSgt! Thank you for that VERY kind, heartwarming post!
That's amazing to have read through this in a week (during lunchbreaks even!). Glad you've enjoyed it for so long, and again now! And glad it's kept your interest. Thanks also for registering to make your first post, 3 years after you started reading this. That's an honor in itself! And the Milan flag as your avatar... Are you really a platoon sergeant? Do you play EU 3 these days?I'll reward you with an update! Didn't realize it'd been 15 days since my last update. Time to get caught back up.
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In the first week of May, 1739, Gen. Containi met in a spectacular, bloody, conflict with Portuguese King Filipe VI at Galicia. Superior numbers seemed to favor the Imperials, but many on both sides fell.
Portugal was finally exhausted. Filipe sent envoys who, in great abjection, offered all of Portugal’s foreign provinces except for six provinces (3 in Argentina and 1 in Newfoundland).
This included huge swathes of South America, and some of Africa.
Portugal was more or less getting out of the colonial business, and concentrating on matters at home. In the wake of this war, Milan strengthened the fortresses in her provinces bordering Portugal, to ward off future raids such as the Portuguese had made.
Milan also annexed Genoa, which would never be seen again.
Protestant conversions continued. You can see our progress in converting the Arabian peninsula, with many of the most populated regions already believing in Christ.
With this tremendous war – and the others – out of the way, Milan began to concentrate once more upon its economic stability and security. After having “maxed out the scales” in inflation for a major power, the Empire was finally getting a handle on things, Inflation dropping to around 45% for the first time in 130 years.
Many might be astounded by the levels of Milanese inflation. But it’s not that bad for a country that’s been at war for most of the past 300 years.
Central Asia still roiled. Hindu Rajputana declared its independence from Muslim Persia.
This is likely to be one of the few successful wars of rebellion, as there’s no way the Persians can attack Rajputana without military access through one of two neighboring countries of which Persia is an established enemy.
Milan’s imperial reach into Siberia proved fortunate, as her prospectors began finding lands rich with gold. Efforts to colonize in this area were stepped up.
One interesting thing I noted is that my present Caribbean naval squadron, meant to protect against pirates, is now comprised entirely of captured pirate ships!
At home, we increase our naval technology to 25 and begin building Heavy Frigates. Mecca and Medina become a core properties of Milan, along with half of Asia Minor.
Te dum… Sigh… Six years without war. War Exhaustion is down to 3.34. Seems like time for a war. No one else seems to be doing it for us. Should I pick on the Mohammedans again, or is there someone more challenging I need to deal with first?
We do what we can to royally roil the Burgundians.
But our heart really isn’t in it. It’s time for war on the Timurids.
Kashmir comes along. And Lan Xang. And Georgia. And Sweden (yup). And Northumberland?? Hmm… Anyway, should be fast and easy.
Stockholm falls quickly. The Poles beat me to Northumberland, and assault the walls.
To tell you the truth, I’m really not even sure what happens when I go to the peace treaty. When “I” annex them, do the Poles get the country, or me? Or should I just wait 15 months and see if the Poles annex them? I really wouldn’t mind if they did – I just don’t want to wait forever to see them take action. I want my War Exhaustion to continue going down, and this was meant to be a quick war.
We annex Sweden.
We annex Sweden.
I just wanted to say that again… has such a nice ring to it.
We annex Sweden.
Then we annex Georgia… Hmm… Not quite such a happy sound, but satisfying enough.
We conveniently get a Casus Belli against Persia. Not that I particularly was wating for that.
And we decline Northumberland’s paltry peace offer, and begin looking for something better.
As it turns out, there’s nothing we can do about Northumberland. Poland hasn’t sent their annexation request, and without resigning the game, starting as Poland (which I’ve done before, with Castille!), and settling it that way (which I don’t want to do), doing anything with Northumberland is just impossible.
What’s more, it’s impossible to annex other countries than the Alliance Leader. Which means that I have to choose between annexing Kashmir (the alliance leader – why, I don’t know – a one-province minor vs. a 4-province country) and getting anything at all from the Timurids. I chose to take all the Timurid land.
Awkwardly, I now face the possibility of having to fight two separate wars to take the rest of these two tiny powers – one war to annex Kashmir (because I can’t annex Timur/Samarkand first), and a second war to annex Samarkand. Interesting.
Frustrating.
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Nice work with the inflation.
to bad Burgundy will not play
Sweden gone awwwww. to bad
to bad Burgundy will not play
Sweden gone awwwww. to bad
Steady progress on that inflation. Somewhat perturbed that Wales should have so high inflation- too many troops, perhaps.
Burgundy clearly wants to become part of Milan. Their time will come.
Sweden joined in a war against Milan. You annexed Sweden -three times. Good riddance. If Northumberland comes up that you can annex it, Milan should get the province.You declare war on the Timurids and OPM Kashmir is alliance leader. Hmmm! Good by Georgia.
I think you are clearing the decks (pirate or otherwise) for a war with Persia. Clearing away the Ottomans first would be my choice.Portugal seems to have taken on GB's title of most irritating state. Too big to annex first time, and just comes back for more time after time.
Yep. Ex pirates in the Milanese navy is the way to go. An entirely piratical fleet serving Milan would be something, wouldn't it?
How about a map showing Milan's les than aesthetically pleasing borders, please.
Burgundy clearly wants to become part of Milan. Their time will come.
Sweden joined in a war against Milan. You annexed Sweden -three times. Good riddance. If Northumberland comes up that you can annex it, Milan should get the province.You declare war on the Timurids and OPM Kashmir is alliance leader. Hmmm! Good by Georgia.
I think you are clearing the decks (pirate or otherwise) for a war with Persia. Clearing away the Ottomans first would be my choice.Portugal seems to have taken on GB's title of most irritating state. Too big to annex first time, and just comes back for more time after time.
Yep. Ex pirates in the Milanese navy is the way to go. An entirely piratical fleet serving Milan would be something, wouldn't it?
How about a map showing Milan's les than aesthetically pleasing borders, please.
I'm amazed that you've come this far (even though I haven't been following )! I can hardly even play EU3, but I'm hoping that eventually it won't be so overwhelming.
)! I can hardly even play EU3, but I'm hoping that eventually it won't be so overwhelming.
Amazing update! Looking forward to the inevitable clash with Burgundy, and nice to see Sweden taking on a nice relaxing shade of purple.
This thread is still my favorite of yours, and well worth registering for. And, yes, the Milan flag just felt appropriate. I am not a real platoon sergeant, unfortunately, but it comes from an old tabletop gaming nickname from the days of Axis and Allies. And I actually just loaded up EU3 with Divine Wind once again to play some more after finishing this AAR; it gets you in the mood. Looking forward to more!
Glad that you liked my post.Welcome, PlatoonSgt! Thank you for that VERY kind, heartwarming post!
This thread is still my favorite of yours, and well worth registering for. And, yes, the Milan flag just felt appropriate. I am not a real platoon sergeant, unfortunately, but it comes from an old tabletop gaming nickname from the days of Axis and Allies. And I actually just loaded up EU3 with Divine Wind once again to play some more after finishing this AAR; it gets you in the mood. Looking forward to more!
And I actually just loaded up EU3 with Divine Wind once again to play some more after finishing this AAR; it gets you in the mood.
Yeah, it's done the same for me several times, I have a long standing game as Savoy that I fire up from time to time, and often after reading an update or two from Rens.
Thanks! I was SOOO happy to finally get that Assessor building to start reducing Inflation (that happened a while back, but it's taken all this time to really get traction against it). I notice (I think) that in the newer expansions the Assessor no longer affects Inflation, yes? They have something else that does it, right?
I'll see what I can scrounge up for a map. I'd love to commit to getting rid of Burgundy, but they're more of an annoyance than a strategic goal. Still, annoyances close to home are especially annoying.
I'm amazed that you've come this far (even though I haven't been following
I'm kind of amazed, too!
I would have thought, when I started, that playing 400 years was a little crazy. But I've persevered! Welcome, Worn Steel7! Always good to have new readers in this ancient AAR! Amazing update! Looking forward to the inevitable clash with Burgundy, and nice to see Sweden taking on a nice relaxing shade of purple.
Glad that you liked my post.
Thanks! Ahh, I remember Axis & Allies! I had Fortress America, too -- in fact I have the box cover (later discontinued as events overtook it) with Saddam Hussein as one of the enemies. Great to hear you're playing EU 3 again! I've explored a little with Divine Wind, but haven't really gotten into it yet. Maybe once this is done.
See.... I'm such a slow player, I can't imagine having multiple games in process (well... I DO, but they're in different game platforms). Savoy was always a good choice -- I used to play either them or Milan often in the beta. And Bohemia. Certain countries are just in the thick of it! Glad I'm encouraging to you!
Thanks for the comments, folks! I'm almost done with taxes, so I'm hoping I can use my lunchhour tomorrow to get another update ready.
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Emperor Giovanni Maria III reigned over the Milanese Empire for 24 years, and became yet another emperor who died in his sleep. His son Gian Galeazzo IV promised to be a very capable ruler, and he took over in 1747. Then again, perceived promise was not truly a promise, and such predictions had been wrong before.
You might remember from a previous update that, after our problems with Portugal, we were keeping our eye on a small island off the Canadian coast which was one of their last remaining colonies.
The colony had been under the control of rebels for some time. In 1748, they finally defected and became part of the Empire.
Emperor Giovanni eventually decided it was time to start making a name for himself, once he had settled in.
He declared two wars – one in Europe, and one in the Near East, intending to settle two long-term problems as well as he could.
For good measure, he added a third war in Africa, intending to settle the Swahili annoyance.
Northumberland came into the war by alliance, and so they became the first accession of the war. The Empire gobbled them up, like it had so many others over the years.
Another one-province-minor came into our fold when we defeated Candar (Kastamon).
This gave us the entire coast of Asia Minor, encapsulating part of the Ottoman lands so they couldn’t even communicate with their capital.
The war continues on multiple fronts. Austria wins its siege at Pecs, helping on the European front.
We have allies helping elsewhere also. In fact, Lithuania had besieged Aberdeen before I could get there. So they controlled the siege. I sent some troops in to help them, and they commanded an assault. The assault was bloody, and didn’t go well. All the Lithuanians died, and most of the Imperial troops.
And so… Since the last Lithuanian infantryman died, the siege which they stole from us when I didn’t like the numbers on my first assault, becomes mine again! We’ll do it right this time, especially since the Lithuanian assault took out most of the defenders. By September we’d conquered Aberdeen.
By September, 1749, all the Ottoman lands had been captured.
All that remained was the division of the spoils.
Milan, as you know, has been very generous in the past, doling out properties captured by our allies to strengthen those allies. Here, again, we do so.
Milan takes Azov and Bulgaria as its own. Venice gets Bosnia, and Austria gets Pecs. They’d earned them!
We also take the Bahamas – seized as a colony, which now becomes ours.
Now… Having these allies was often helpful. And often it got in the way. Milan really controlled northern England, but left southern England to her allies the Welsh and Cornish. The Cornish had been besieging London, but unfortunately they were having difficulties in the east.
Milan would have to send troops to help, it seemed, but there were few around. Most of what I’d had in the islands anymore was in Scotland – the tired ones who had just finished the siege. They’d have recouped their numbers by the time they arrived in southern England, and hopefully could take the English on in collaboration with the Welsh and Cornish.
Oops! I forgot that, when I change from one type of troop to another, I lose all my morale while they learn the new formations and tactics. No matter. It’s not like I’m in serious combat anywhere…
And so I suffer an embarrassing, but unimportant, loss in Africa, having first killed 10,000 Swahili, my troops withdraw to practice their new operational tactics, leaving the survivors to wonder about these strange Europeans and their preoccupations.
I seize another colony – Trinidad (which has switched hands so many times, each time the new occupants being wiped out by the Indians!) – and then my troops board to depart for Bermuda, where our allies the Castillians have the garrison pinned down (not that they would go anywhere).
I have no idea if that name (a captured Heavy Frigate) is meant to be a great ship (barque) or a great bark (like a dog). But anyway, it’s ours now. It’s nice that our fleet can at least capture ships from pirates and the Royal Navy, even if they do still have trouble with these Indian dhows.
You might remember from a previous update that, after our problems with Portugal, we were keeping our eye on a small island off the Canadian coast which was one of their last remaining colonies.
The colony had been under the control of rebels for some time. In 1748, they finally defected and became part of the Empire.
Emperor Giovanni eventually decided it was time to start making a name for himself, once he had settled in.
He declared two wars – one in Europe, and one in the Near East, intending to settle two long-term problems as well as he could.
For good measure, he added a third war in Africa, intending to settle the Swahili annoyance.
Northumberland came into the war by alliance, and so they became the first accession of the war. The Empire gobbled them up, like it had so many others over the years.
Another one-province-minor came into our fold when we defeated Candar (Kastamon).
This gave us the entire coast of Asia Minor, encapsulating part of the Ottoman lands so they couldn’t even communicate with their capital.
The war continues on multiple fronts. Austria wins its siege at Pecs, helping on the European front.
We have allies helping elsewhere also. In fact, Lithuania had besieged Aberdeen before I could get there. So they controlled the siege. I sent some troops in to help them, and they commanded an assault. The assault was bloody, and didn’t go well. All the Lithuanians died, and most of the Imperial troops.
And so… Since the last Lithuanian infantryman died, the siege which they stole from us when I didn’t like the numbers on my first assault, becomes mine again! We’ll do it right this time, especially since the Lithuanian assault took out most of the defenders. By September we’d conquered Aberdeen.
By September, 1749, all the Ottoman lands had been captured.
All that remained was the division of the spoils.
Milan, as you know, has been very generous in the past, doling out properties captured by our allies to strengthen those allies. Here, again, we do so.
Milan takes Azov and Bulgaria as its own. Venice gets Bosnia, and Austria gets Pecs. They’d earned them!
We also take the Bahamas – seized as a colony, which now becomes ours.
Now… Having these allies was often helpful. And often it got in the way. Milan really controlled northern England, but left southern England to her allies the Welsh and Cornish. The Cornish had been besieging London, but unfortunately they were having difficulties in the east.
Milan would have to send troops to help, it seemed, but there were few around. Most of what I’d had in the islands anymore was in Scotland – the tired ones who had just finished the siege. They’d have recouped their numbers by the time they arrived in southern England, and hopefully could take the English on in collaboration with the Welsh and Cornish.
Oops! I forgot that, when I change from one type of troop to another, I lose all my morale while they learn the new formations and tactics. No matter. It’s not like I’m in serious combat anywhere…
And so I suffer an embarrassing, but unimportant, loss in Africa, having first killed 10,000 Swahili, my troops withdraw to practice their new operational tactics, leaving the survivors to wonder about these strange Europeans and their preoccupations.
I seize another colony – Trinidad (which has switched hands so many times, each time the new occupants being wiped out by the Indians!) – and then my troops board to depart for Bermuda, where our allies the Castillians have the garrison pinned down (not that they would go anywhere).
I have no idea if that name (a captured Heavy Frigate) is meant to be a great ship (barque) or a great bark (like a dog). But anyway, it’s ours now. It’s nice that our fleet can at least capture ships from pirates and the Royal Navy, even if they do still have trouble with these Indian dhows.
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Bark like the barque I think...There were a couple of RN ships named that in the early 1500's so says my Ships of the Royal Navy.
Excellent update, good to see the progress of the mighty Milan. The Swahili will soon feel the wrath of the Milanese infantry. Again.
With new and improved tactics and sharp pointy bayonets
Excellent update, good to see the progress of the mighty Milan. The Swahili will soon feel the wrath of the Milanese infantry. Again.
With new and improved tactics and sharp pointy bayonets