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The Midnight Report
The sun rose from the east then arched and sunk down to the west. Another fruitful and productive day of the Empire. Another day for the Sublime State. Another day has passed for the spy of Istanbul, and this spy needs to write his scheduled report soon. Shivered, he puts his hands in the pockets of his military-issued jacket, and quicken his pace to escape the cold January night air sweeping from the Marmara Sea.
The door closed. The man took a moment to catch his breath before opening the lamp. This needs to be done in two days- he looked at his pocket watch: 12:40 - no, it's Wednesday already! Tomorrow! He cursed himself for procrastinating. So much for being a high valued spy. So much for being a Pasha. With a pen and papers at the ready, he stared at the parchment. Frozen. How am I suppose to do this?
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Archive ID: 05121354-01
The Empire have four armies; 1. Armee in Instanbul, 2. Armee in Kars, 3. Armee in Mesopotamia, and 4. Armee in the South-West. (See Appendix A)
1. Armee
Istanbul Ordusu (I Korps)1st Cavalry Division 1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division Edirne Ordusu (II Korps)3rd Cavalry Division
3rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division Izmir Ordusu (III Korps)5th Cavalry Division
12th Infantry Division
13th Infantry Division |
| 2. Armee
Kafkasya Ordusu (IV Korps)1st Climber Division
2nd Climber Division Erzurum Ordusu (V Korps)6th Cavalry Division
4th Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division 3rd Climber Division |
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3. Armee
Baghdad Ordusu (VI Korps)4th Cavalry Division
6th Infantry Division
9th nfantry Division Basra Ordusu (VII Korps)1st Lt. Infantry Division
11th Infantry Division |
| 4. Armee
El-Arish Ordusu (VIII Korps)2nd Cavalry Division
8th Infantry Division
10th Infantry Division Hedjaz Ordusu (IX Korps)3rd Lt. Infantry Division
4th Lt. Infantry Division
7th Cavalry Division Trablusgarb (X Korps)2nd Lt. Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division |
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They have five garrison; 4 defence units protecting the outlying islands,
and a fifth one stationed in Albania. All garrison forces are armed with
Weltkrieg heavy artillery. Their artilleries are deployed in defensive manner,
which is why there are no artillery brigade whatsoever on all mobile armies.
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The air-arm consists of three squadron; one fighter interceptor
squadron of Vecihi K-VI model, a light bomber squadron of
German He-45, and another squadron of German He-59 naval
bombers.
The navy consists of two fleets. I have the pleasure of examining
the fleet stationed in Istanbul. Three pre-Weltkrieg battleships.
Another one is stationed in the Levant. No direct information
gained from that fleet. Indirect information, however, tells us that
there is another pre-Weltkrieg battleship and a pre-Weltkrieg
battlecruiser. |
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- CAVKESK
APPENDIX A:
File logged: 5th of Dhu'l-Hijja 1354 (Islamic), 28th of February 1936 (Christian)
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Archive ID: 05121354-02
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I have heard of the formation of two new cavalry divisions from [scratched out].
GROUP B concluded that the budget for the imperial army has increased.
The estimated increase by GROUP 2 fits well with the cost of raising two cavalry
divisions. It is likely that the expansion is true. No other evidence found yet.
No data to their final deployment position.
No other signs of further expansion. |
- HAWIN
File logged: 5th of Dhu'l-Hijja 1354 (Islamic), 28th of February 1936 (Christian)
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Done. This report would be given to the messengers at the 10th anniversary of the Sultan's crowning (May His Imperial Majesty die in his own shit!) and would travel to Kurdistan for around 30 days, perhaps. Urgent messages travel on the rails via Aleppo.
The tired spy read his piece, and read it again the second time. A sigh of relief. He placed the report in an enveloped with an earlier report already tucked in it that he got from another regarding new cavalry formations. He looked at the cavalry report again, especially the part that he erased, and remind himself to advise the idiot not to write his source unless coded: it gives away clues of their identity. The enveloped was placed in its usual hiding place, and finally dropped himself to his bed.
Good night, Istanbul.
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