Chapter 59: The final term of Yanza the Tease
Dec 1715: France has stationed 75,000 troops on the border to Britanny and another 37,000 on their Mediterranean coast. This leaves only Aquitaine in the Southwest and Calais as relatively safe places to land troops. Also, Russia has chosen Quest for the New World. They must know of some really new world they are trying to escape to...
Jan 1716: Hesse warns us. That's a most unwelcome development since it opens up a land border with France. But since there's nothing we can do about that, we attack with 66,000 soldiers landing on French shores.
After two weeks, we've taken two French provinces and are close to taking Caux, while the French armies start marching towards the invaders. Shortly after this screenshot we make peace with Normandy.
Feb 1716: The second wave of assaults also succeeded, though the Army at Perigord is almost out of morale and French troops have arrived. Unfortunately after just one month, France doesn't want to negotiate.
Mar 1716: Ultimately we have to make peace through Hesse, although we would have preferred a seperate peace with them later. We now have our first three provinces bordering France.
Apr 1716: Make that four, as we annex Brittany.
Jun 1716: Or five, after Flanders declares war. We also release Friesland from vassalisation.
Nov 1716: We declare war on Russia, and finally we can also attack Aragon.
In the same month, a colonist arriving in Navajo fills the final hole in North America.
Jan 1717: Aragon is reduced to Barcelona.
And while we have lost the Battle of Ingermanland once again, this time the Russians can't start an assault for at least two months.
Apr 1717: As predicted, this time we don't have to end our war prematurely, and we cut Russia in pieces, hoping rebels will do some of the work for us. Shortly thereafter, the Russians move their capital to Moskva.
Oct 1717: After three terms, Yanza Moyoyo retires from public life and is replaced by Yanza Sadami. While his qualifications don't seem too brilliant, he's exactly the man we need to screw the French.
Jan 1718: We declare war on Ryukyu, dragging every East Asian nation besides Manchu into the fight.
Feb 1718: After the first month we've annexed Japan and made progress on the mainland.
Apr 1718: And a further two months later, we annex Ryukyu and get two 100 warscore peace agreements with Wu and Ming.
Jul 1718: Our final two African provinces have cored.
Mar 1719: During our diplomat buildup we've gathered a few warnings which we'll deal with now.
May 1719: And thus we're back down to no diplomats. And no Great Britain for that matter, as the Empire ends with a whimper.
And to celebrate the conquest of London we recruit our 2 Millionth soldier (and 2000 extra for the parade)
Coming Up: Brutally Breaking Big Bad Blue Blobby Behemoth's Backbone
