So I've played around with the game now and I think I'm starting to get the hang of it (I hope), so I thought I'd dive right into the AAR scene and post an ongoing saga of my Ottoman experiences.
Chapter One : It's a Set Up
The general plan of campaign is to roll along the North African Coast creating a string of satellite states who can build me armies and navies to turn up to fight my wars in all sorts of places I least expect them.
If invaded I intend to draw back and let the hilly nature of my territory cause attrition losses to mount up before sweeping in and mopping up the poor starving survivors!
I've decided to consolidate forces moving troops to form 6 rough military areas :
1. North Eastern Command based in Kars - this should give me some scope to snipe Persia and watch for Russian troop movements.
2. Egyptian Command in Akka - the staging point for my glorious march along the coastline, will also provide reserve to the North Eastern Command group and a mobile force should anyone make a play for Cyprus.
3. Central Command - this will be my main strategic reserve based around the capital and with transports and naval support.
4. Northern Command in Silistre - I expect to be busy with the Russians soon.
5. South Western Command based on the Adriatic coast.
6. Western Command based in Belgrade will be my main force for holding off the Austrians scouting their advance before falling back to hit them at their weakest.
Since I will be moving on Egypt early on I assign a full cadre of generals to the Egyptian Command, however a chain of fast horses and small swift sailing vessels have been readied should his Magnificence the Sultan decide that they are needed elsewhere.
Reviewing the state of the Imperial Navy sinks the plan for an early mobile reserve with only 1 transport, 3 first rate, 3 second rate and 1 frigate. A look at the treasury sinks the idea even further with only 279 ducats to increase both army and navy! And looking at the feeble state of the border defences I feel the Imperial Navy will be mainly sitting in port and putting on nice regattas.
The Imperial Court has other difficulties too, a severe lack of trained diplomats and scientists/innovators means that we will be achieving very little early on. This scuppers my grand plan to declare war on the entire African coastline before Spain tries to gallop along it and Britain grabs some of it to just to annoy Spain.
Of the Major powers we have the 2nd smallest army, with only Sweden being worse off, and the worst quality troops. It's all looking rosy!
As she has 3 dominance objectives we need our first target shall be Egypt with that in mind I send the single Transport round the coast to Smyrna to pick up part of the future army of conquest and deliver it to the staging area.
Recruiting starts in earnest with Central, Egyptian and North Eastern Command being the major areas of build up.
And with that let the fun begin, we who are about to die salute you, etc etc. Or as it's also known taking the game off pause.....
Chapter One : It's a Set Up
The general plan of campaign is to roll along the North African Coast creating a string of satellite states who can build me armies and navies to turn up to fight my wars in all sorts of places I least expect them.
If invaded I intend to draw back and let the hilly nature of my territory cause attrition losses to mount up before sweeping in and mopping up the poor starving survivors!
I've decided to consolidate forces moving troops to form 6 rough military areas :
1. North Eastern Command based in Kars - this should give me some scope to snipe Persia and watch for Russian troop movements.
2. Egyptian Command in Akka - the staging point for my glorious march along the coastline, will also provide reserve to the North Eastern Command group and a mobile force should anyone make a play for Cyprus.
3. Central Command - this will be my main strategic reserve based around the capital and with transports and naval support.
4. Northern Command in Silistre - I expect to be busy with the Russians soon.
5. South Western Command based on the Adriatic coast.
6. Western Command based in Belgrade will be my main force for holding off the Austrians scouting their advance before falling back to hit them at their weakest.
Since I will be moving on Egypt early on I assign a full cadre of generals to the Egyptian Command, however a chain of fast horses and small swift sailing vessels have been readied should his Magnificence the Sultan decide that they are needed elsewhere.
Reviewing the state of the Imperial Navy sinks the plan for an early mobile reserve with only 1 transport, 3 first rate, 3 second rate and 1 frigate. A look at the treasury sinks the idea even further with only 279 ducats to increase both army and navy! And looking at the feeble state of the border defences I feel the Imperial Navy will be mainly sitting in port and putting on nice regattas.
The Imperial Court has other difficulties too, a severe lack of trained diplomats and scientists/innovators means that we will be achieving very little early on. This scuppers my grand plan to declare war on the entire African coastline before Spain tries to gallop along it and Britain grabs some of it to just to annoy Spain.
Of the Major powers we have the 2nd smallest army, with only Sweden being worse off, and the worst quality troops. It's all looking rosy!
As she has 3 dominance objectives we need our first target shall be Egypt with that in mind I send the single Transport round the coast to Smyrna to pick up part of the future army of conquest and deliver it to the staging area.
Recruiting starts in earnest with Central, Egyptian and North Eastern Command being the major areas of build up.
And with that let the fun begin, we who are about to die salute you, etc etc. Or as it's also known taking the game off pause.....