@Razgriz 2K9: Not sure what Albania would want to be doing in this war, they don't really have anything to fight with. If they were foolish enough to join the war against me I would be more than happy to show them what K.u.K Military Occupation looks like! :happy:
@Asalto: Hopefully its enough. The Russians attacking in force simultaneously is probably my biggest threat, especially when so many of my best divisions are busy trying to flatten the Serb Army.
@Winner: Hehe, it is a bit perilous isn't it? :laugh: Its just all a question of timing, I need to stamp out threats as fast as possible in order to free divisions to fight whatever the Entente can throw at me next.
@Sakura_F: They are a good defensive line...if I have troops to man it. Right now, the border with Romania is bare: if they backstabbed me, I would have next to nothing to stop the pretty powerful Romanian army from advancing into Transylvania.
And welcome aboard.
@everyone else: thanks for the comments! I am sorry that I have not been able to update for a while due to christmas stuff, but I am now done all of that so I will post another update.
With the British entry into the war, Germany orders its small Mediterranean naval squadron, made up of the Battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau, to flee to Istanbul in order to escape pursuit by the British Royal Navy. The ships are then ordered to join the Ottoman Navy, a gift by Germany in order to help bring the Ottoman Empire into the war. Meanwhile, the British threaten to declare war on the Ottoman Empire if they continue to harbour the German ships, but eventually they back down, in order to contemplate other possible options.
On land, the K.u.K Army begins to rack up its first wins against the Russian threat. Cavalry units are able to blunt Russian attacks into Galicia, something that is further aided by the arrival of the first German Army divisions into Galicia to shore up the defense. Of further significance are German advances into Poland, aided by the fact that the Russians being bogged down in Galicia has thinned out their lines in Poland.
Good news however is not being replicated in Serbia. Despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned, Serb forces are stubbornly holding their ground against K.u.K forces marching on Sabac and Bor. The Serbs are proving to be a much stronger threat than initially thought, with the General Staff fearful of being bogged down in the mountains of the Balkans, especially with winter not being too far away.
As the General Staff is forced to call off the attack on Sabac, word arrives of another major invasion attempt by the Russians. 12 Russian divisions now are advancing into Galicia from the center, aimed at taking Przemysl. K.u.K and German forces take up defensive positions, as the cavalry are ordered to move into the area and blunt this new Russian attack.
While the invasion of Serbia is stalling, the attack on Montenegro, Serbia's little ally, is proving far more successful. Despite very heavy Serb/Montenegrin resistance, the K.u.K Army is able to overrun Montenegro's capital of Cetinje. Austro-Hungarian forces are then ordered to finish Montenegro off, in order to open new fronts against the Serb defenders. Enemy resistance in the mountains is very stiff, but the K.u.K Army is still gaining ground day by day.
Meanwhile, the Serb army halts another major K.u.K attack, this time centered on Bor. Austro-Hungarian forces take some major losses, while the Germans send a small number of divisions to the area to help with the attack.
Finally, in other news, Germany's invasion of the BeNeLux region is sweeping aside all before it. Luxembourg has surrendered, while the remnants of the Dutch army are under siege in Amsterdam, holding on as long as possible in order to allow the Dutch royal family and government to evacuate to Britain by sea. Further south, French and Belgian forces are slugging it out with the Germans in the center of the front, while German artillery is beginning to fall on the Belgian capital of Brussels. While things look good, delays in the progress of the advance are causing some major concerns for the German high command, who hopes to bring more pressure to bear on the region once the Dutch capitulate.
