Janissaries Forward! PBEM 109 DAR

[Tophat1815]

They still have more than 100 turns to go don't they?

[Zap]

I believe your right. But I would think they will need to position themselves after the war to take advantage of the gains(if any) of those battles. Since the leaders in this game are going for the top spot. Won't they need time after to make the last push for the top position.?

[06 Maestro]

We do have about 120 turns to go. That is ample time for a nation to recover and have another go. I am tempted just to go for it myself-and risk defeat. For a year or two it will be tough going to recover-however, there is a small matter of 300 "experience" points for military reorganization. That would be a very nice addition to my 60 plus Turkey is getting each quarter.

Defeat is just such a bummer though. Regardless of the advantages, it is a tough pill to swallow.

[06 Maestro]

March 1805

There are no significant changes in the glory levels this month.
There was one more barracks completed-every little bit helps.

[06 Maestro]

March

The Sultan offered a treaty to France this month. This was offered on the assumption that war was nearly upon us. It seemed like the honorable thing to do-not to surprise other nations with a new and unexpected enemy.

[06 Maestro]

March

The Empires military is slowly concentrating. Within a month or two everything will be emplaced for war. There will still be new divisions making their way to their assignments for a few months to come.

[06 Maestro]

March

The Balkan theater does not offer many options for Ottoman grand plans. The Sultan has three main choices;
1. Converging attacks into eastern Austria aiming for Pest, Then press on to Vienna north of the Danube-or
2. Converging attacks onto Pest thence proceeding to capture Poland for temporary glory and military points-or
3. Shifting the axis of advance to the south bank of the Danube.

Option 1; this would entail a decisive battle with Emperor Matto rather quickly. Although the Ottoman Army is much stronger now it is doubtful that giving the Austrians a defensive advantage would end in success. The war would drag on in undetermined paths-if at all.

Option 2; This avoids an offensive decisive battle (most likely) and would give some benefits during a long war. However, even with the loss of all of Poland, Austria will not be crippled. It would drag on for years.

Option 3; this is a more challenging approach. I took this route one time in the last war-it was a total surprise and got me into Vienna. It is impossible that such luck will happen again. However, there is the possibility of engaging the main Austrian Army before all the other corps can be brought into the area. There is also the advantage of supply by sea. Sea supply would be costly, but relatively safe compared to the land routes. A successful operation to the direct south of Vienna would open 3 possibilities-one of which would be a decisive push on to Vienna. This route would also guarantee the need to fight the entire Austrian Army rather quickly-but possibly in smaller groups.

[06 Maestro]

April 1805
Glory Report

Spain continues to gain Glory at a very rapid rate. If there was no war ending in Spanish defeat, It would be taking the lead-again. It is very unlikely that there will be no war.

Another six developments, including 3 barracks were completed this month. Those tree projects cost approx 40 textiles to start. The others also cost a few textiles each also. The Empires production of textiles has already fallen to 38 due to taxation increases-production will go much lower in the near future.

There were an additional 7 projects begun this month-a cost of nearly 400 in gold. The treasury is starting to run low. Those same 7 projects may have cost any other power 20 in gold. However, no other power except Russia can match the Ottoman Empires production of textiles. This advantage is being pressed.

[06 Maestro]

April
Strategic Map

You can see that some armies have been concentrated. Also, Spain has finally moved a large army to the north. No doubt the Spanish King, IronWarrior, is expecting some trouble real soon-he is likely correct.

[06 Maestro]

April

The first Army is nearly complete. It is missing on infantry division which is on its way. It has moved into Transylvania in anticipation of war with Austria. However, I have not decided on an action as of yet.

The moral measures favorably with the European powers now. The 2 infantry divisions with below 4 moral were units that were captured and then returned after the end of the last war. The irregular cavalry is rather low-and won't increase. I can't really afford to disband it as new cavalry is quite expensive. Perhaps in another 5 years.

[06 Maestro]

April

The second Army is similar to the 1st in numbers and quality. The one big difference is that the 2nd has the bulk of the good cavalry. The Empire has one general with some special cavalry traits, Yusuf Pasha, which enhances the use of the cavalry divisions.

From what I have been able to see, the other powers generally have one Cav division per corp. This cannot be afforded at this time-and I don't want to loose what I have. Concentrating them in one army seems like the rational thing to do.

Both of the main armies have 168,ooo troops each. There are three other formations which will amount to about 160,000 troops very soon.

[06 Maestro]

April
Strength Report

It looks like the Empire has actually caught up with Austria in military strength. Austria has attained an upgrade which should allow it to build approximately 6 new divisions. There is no sign of any new units yet.

Ottoman strength will continue to increase for another few months-at least.

[06 Maestro]

April
Upgrades

I was able to acquire another military upgrade this month-Target Practice. It cost another 104 experience points. The O.E. is rapidly approaching qualitative parity with Austria.

The generals are gleeful at the increased rate of training.

[Zap]

I can understand your being cautious. You are thinking 5 years will be better. At least you will be able then to fill your treasury by that time.

I would not want to go it alone,either . I believe your present strategy of being patient will pay-off better.

[Zap]

I just read France's update you are moving ahead quickly with the plans. It is going to be some battle

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: 06 Maestro

ORIGINAL: Tophat1812


Make A MOVE!! Gotta sometimes love the Frenchman!

Well, the French just pulled off a doozy-gotta love em.

We are getting close to decision time. It would really be funny if Prussia comes to an agreement with France now.

Quoting myself here from the February 1805 turn. I thought it was a joke-a near impossibility, however, Prussia has indeed come to an agreement with France. This news will not be a joke to King Ironwarrior of Spain when he finds out. Spain has now been left out on a limb. The French Army can now deploy overwhelming power to the south-it will take a miracle-or several, for Spain to last a year.

I doubt Prussia would have done this on its own accord. I think GB advised for this course of action. G.B. would have come to the aid of Prussia had France attacked Prussia. However, G.B. currently has some problems with Spain, so has no problem of France hitting Spain hard.

The Czar has gotten "cold feet" regarding joining the war. He may change his mind now that Prussia is out of the picture.

It looks like there will be a new war very soon. As I mentioned before; May is a lovely month to begin a march.

[06 Maestro]

ORIGINAL: Zap

I can understand your being cautious. You are thinking 5 years will be better. At least you will be able then to fill your treasury by that time.

I would not want to go it alone,either . I believe your present strategy of being patient will pay-off better.

With the higher taxes going into effect and reducing provincial development, the treasury could be at a record high in less than a year. There may be events during the war that will cost large amounts of money so it is hard to accurately predict just how much will be available at a given time. There is always some other priority than having money in the bank.

If there was no war I could easily amass a record treasury in six months. Not only are tax rates going back up, but multiple provincial banking improvements have been developed. Its going to be tight for a few months-then there will be big options for development or military expansion.

[06 Maestro]

Hopefully we will be proceeding today.

[Mus]

Looking at your OOB you must be bursting with horses after all this time. Is it only lack of money preventing you having more cavalry units?

Can you speculate as to the cause of Russian reticence? Anthropoid was a very inactive player in all the games I was in with him... is he playing Russia in a very sleepy manner in this game as well? Russia having few glory targets it starts the game in control of basically has to make war on it's neighbors to place decently at all for it's size. Once it has it's waste under control (5-8 years tops with decent management) it should also have the money and other resources to start building a very scary (~500k, not including cossacks, of 4+ morale infantry and decent cavalry and ample artillery contingents to go along with that) army to use on it's neighbors. Maybe Russia is thinking about attacking you at some point instead?

[Zap]

I'm glad they are continuing. the game is at a critical stage. What will you do with the two countries without leaders, no that 2 have dropped out?