RE: Argentum vs operating 92 turns

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Turn 79
Riyadh
The rebels had indeed captured Riyadh, sorry to say, but are now under attack by my garrison supplanted with a general and an AC on it's way to further beef up a force to retake this city.. Notice the rebels are now at half supply and weak, but could recover and become a threat if unmolested, also have to think they may still have PP from when they originally deployed. In this go-around I will definitely make sure they are completely destroyed, thus end a headache. [:@]

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Turn 80
Austria- Hungary Surrenders
So Argentum must of accepted the AH surrender offer and acknowledged the terms of the surrender, he also is aware of the consequences that happen to all CP nations affected. This was not an "Unconditional Surrender", it was a "Conditional Surrender"..

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Turn 80
Sofia
Not sure how or where Argentum is going to attack Bulgaria? He certainly can transport units to this sector along with supporting naval fleets as a sort of supply bases, but will not be able to leave the coastal hexes without being isolated. Whatever he does is going to take quite a bit of time and resources (ie. purchasing transports and trains). In the meantime will send a couple of Bulgarian units to support Turkey at Gaza, or support at Gallipoli.

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Turn 80
Suez
With all the Turk units being repatriated back to Home soil I now have a greater capacity for defense here at Gaza.. Notice the attempt by the Italians to amphib/disembark at Beirut and got mauled by the Turk cruiser, plus moved my garrisons to block landings there. He would have less likely even tried this maneuver if the AH navy was still in existence. Turk artillery will be of great help against the Brit invaders..

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Turn 80
Riyadh
The rebels swapped positions and I believe they are out of PP. I immediately attacked the AC at Riyadh and brought up my AC for support and spotting (4 hexes LOS).)

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Turn 81
Management
Since CP is now down to 2 nations I thought to give you an idea as to what the inner workings of Turkey is showing. One thing for sure is that a green check mark is there to prevent an ultimate victory for the Entente, perhaps a major victory. As you can see the effect on Turkey's and Bulgaria's NM as a result from AH's accepted surrender in the lower left panel circled in red.

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Turn 81
Suez
The English have attacked my front to little effect, I will try to rotate out damaged units from the front. Moved the artillery closer to the front also.. Keeping a reserve near Damascus and Beirut and sent the Turk Cruiser to supply Cyprus... Not much else is happening..

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Turn 81
Riyadh
Recaptured Riyadh eliminating the rebel AC and damaged the rebel cav down to 1 strength point. This should put the rebels back into isolation mode and with no PP should be completely eliminated through attrition during the exchange of turns (at least that is what I suspect, but unsure). What I do question: When the rebels surrender, does it affect its Ally's NM? [&:]

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Turn 82
Cyprus
Argentum really does not like having lost Cyprus..! He sent his heavies to bombard Nicosia and to try and draw my little cruiser into a fight, not in your best day would I try and fall for that...[:D]

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Turn 82
Suez
Managed to wipe out an English infantry by Aqaba, but not without losing one of my own.. My class I fighter cannot hold up against his class III fighters, so best to keep a safe distance away. In the orange circle to the left an air armada is gathering, which can be seen during replay. French navy is lobbing a couple of shells into Gaza, if the AH subs were still around that sucker would have been in the process of being sunk...[;)]

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Turn 82
Riyadh
That rebel 1 strength cav should have still been in the LOS of the AC, but it is not now!!![:)] That tells me it suffered from attrition was removed from the map, "the rebel revolt is over". Disbanded the nearby garrison and started moving the AC to Kuwait city..

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Turn 83
Austria-Hungry
Here's where the game get's more funky.. Argentum had "accepted" AH's surrender knowing all the circumstances surrounding it (as I explained in prior post #79), now he is declaring war on AH (no fault of their own) once again. Which I kind of feel is "cheesy" [:-]. So all I can imagine is that he sees he has a logistic problem getting his armies and so forth to Bulgaria and Turkey and wanted the match over before the 118th turn, for there is this one category left in the victory conditions panel which is: "Defeat all enemies before Jan 1, 1919", which he questionably might not achieve, although should have been able to achieve with out DOW AH. Also he may have realized the mistake in accepting AH's surrender in the first place, but the deed was done, thus causing Bulgaria and Turkey's NM to sink -30 or -35 NM making it all that easier for them to submit to surrender..
I have no problem with a Belgian or Serb surrender being violated (by CP) for by then there is little or no assets involved, but with nations like AH and Germany there are huge assets that are sacrificed, such as their navies and units that were currently in the production queue at the time of the accepted surrender, never mind their loss of alliance. The same could be said for the Entente if the chips were down for them.. Should add this too: A surrendered nation also losses all captured territory which is repatriated to it's original owners..
I'd like to hear others opinions on this subject..

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Turn 83
Austria-Hungry
When Argentum DOW on AH he immediately captured it's remaining capital thus eliminating AH's production queue leaving them without the ability to reinforce and reduce AH back to "0" NM, they have no chance at recovery, it's like beating up on a puppy dog....

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Turn 83
Bulgaria
The Bulgarians were getting ready for anticipated Entente transport landings, now have to organize a defense of it's capital from the usurpers of peace.. Turks are deploying here also at Constantinople...

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Turn 83
Suez
Almost destroyed another English infantry, I'm sure a rich nation like England will send all kinds of assets to this theater.

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Turn 83
Riyadh
All this region's hexes were returned to Turkey with the ignominious departure of the rebels...[:)]

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Turn 84
Romania-Serbia repatriations
Here's another result of the original AH surrender: Both Serbian and Romanian territory were repatriated to the original owners (indicated in blue markings). So now Serbia is a Independent sovereign nation once again in it's entirety capable of having it's own production queue, also Romania had regained territory around Arad (Arad is still owned by Bulgaria) both former Entente allies, although officially neutral now... Obviously AH had lost a considerable amount of PP from captured Serbian cities that had to be forfeited as a result of the Conditional Surrender.. Because they are neutral they block Entente access..

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Turn 84
Suez before SS
This before SS shows where an English tank had attacked and lost efficiency. Entente navy pounds Nicosia.

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Turn 84
Suez after SS
In this after SS almost killed off the English tank with counter attack. I'd like to be able to contain Entente forces in this region, where-as if this front opens up it will be more favorable to the on coming English forces. Yes I put my Turk artillery at risk, but felt it was time to make a stand, besides the artillery is the one unit that can really bust up a Class II tank unit..

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Turn 85
Neutrals-Bulgaria
I'm hoping that Argentum is going to respect the Neutrals (his former allies) sovereignty and has to go over the eastern AH mountains to engage the Bulgarians and company, if so that will buy me about 3 turns to build up defenders and fortifications. I have no intention of making it easy for him to blow through Bulgaria. There are units in the production queues waiting to be deployed, in limited numbers, don't forget; Bulgaria is not rich in PP and they are up against the Entente Imperial Army and airforce..