Update 31
Update 31
Peace with Inca
The last three non capital territories have been seized and with a 99% war score a 93 point peace is made – the Inca pay 2375 ducats
30/09/1579 Conversion of Chichas fails
01/11/1579 Trade 13
A long series of battles follows against the Lithuanians, their casualties are heavy as they lag in military technology. Depending on how these battles go I may push much further east. Danish forces are fairly quickly being shattered in occupied Jutland. My fleet controls the Sound; Denmark is likely to suffer rather badly in this war. Bavaria is close to falling.
09/02/1580 Crete converts
14/02/1580 Peace with Bavaria, they surrender Ruppin and 50 ducats to become an OPM.
07/06/1580 Wurzburg converts
September 1580 – I’ve forced Lithuania onto the back foot – but they still have 85 regiments in the field – I’ve destroyed at least 30 already and seized the capital, always an effective technique to damage the AI. The Danes have ran out of troops and southern Sweden is steadily being stormed – ideally I’ll be able to peace them out before the winter kicks in and the manpower drain gets even worse. I’ve lost at least 50,000 manpower even if no units have been destroyed.
04/10/1580 Hum converts
01/01/1581 Trade 14
29/01/1581 Bern converts
Peace with Denmark
This is a 70 war score peace at 59% victory – I want the troops back south of the Baltic. I have also taken the Danish colonies of Falklands, Suriname and Beothuk.
The greatest battle of the AAR to date
This is what I’ve been working towards for months, a huge series of running battles that end in the total destruction of the Lithuanian forces. I want to achieve a high scoring peace – some border provinces ideally including Kiev, this will require that Lithuania’s army is destroyed. I don’t want to have to march all the way to Siberia to enforce a worthwhile peace.
The surviving Russian countries have all declared war on Lithuania, both Novgorod and Muscovy might be big enough to inflict some series damage.
03/06/1581 Conversion of Hamburg fails
15/07/1581
Corsica declares WAR
16/07/1581
Saxony declares WAR in support of Corsica
This is good, Corsica are a Catholic OPM so can be eliminated in this war, Saxony has stayed Catholic and neutral so far, with a mix of Catholic and Protestant provinces I’ll try and take the Catholic lands and hope Saxony converts.
07/10/1581 Athens converts
23/11/1581
Corsica accepts annexation
12/02/1582
Scotland declares WAR
13/02/1582
France declare WAR in support of Scotland
The Diplomatic Situation
This isn’t too bad, fingers crossed. With the near total destruction of Lithuanian armies I’m starting to march troops back towards France via Saxony.
06/06/1582 Cuenca converts
The war situation has been suboptimal – however France doesn’t have huge numbers of troops so all is not lost. Saxony is virtually defeated, as is Scotland although getting to the Scottish colonies still looks difficult due to the large French fleets.
I only have two 13,000 strong armies operating against France, I’m chewing up small French forces and ignoring the stacks they’ve thrown into northern Germany.
10/06/1582 Conversion of Rhodes fails
01/07/1582 Trade 15 – I am now three years ahead across all techs except Gov’t where I am 28 years ahead.
Occupied Lithuania
Peace with Saxony
October 1582 – Lithuania short of troops and facing a 64% war score refuse 92 point peace deals. Edinburgh has fallen; a sneak attack is being prepared in the Caribbean. The French colony of Arguin has been seized.
War Exhaustion has reached 4.89.
11/01/1583
Peace with Scotland and Lithuania
The Scottish colony of St Martin was also seized – the other Scottish colony in the Caribbean was too heavily defended and my transport fleet starting to look ragged. I did also grab the French colony of St Kitts.
11/01/1583
Castile declares WAR on Burgundy
War exhaustion at 5.01 is an issue but I’m a long way from peace with France and Burgundy looks pretty defenceless.
12/01/1583
Poland honours its alliance with Burgundy and joins the WAR against Castile
12/01/1583
Mecklenburg honours its alliance with Burgundy and joins the WAR against Castile
The Diplomatic Situation
War aims are to annex comagoosieburg and strip away some more provinces from Burgundy. Poland is slightly different - as a two province nation where the other province is rebel controlled and a revolter it will be ignored - no turbos even though this wouldn't actually help me in this case.