1914 Icarus Version 7.0 campaign - Old Crow Balthazor vs mdsmall

[mdsmall]

August 26, 1916

On the Western Front, this turn it is the British who have retreated, so that they are now only one hex in front of Paris. What Old Crow does not know is that this is ideal timing, as it allows me to upgrade all of my corps in western France to Infantry Weapons 2 without having to retreat them. On the rest of the front, I decide to use Germany's surfeit of MPPs to swap and replace Duke Albrecht (rating 5) for von Hutier (rating 8). This now makes my "backup" HQ one of the strongest in the game. The German manage to kill three French corps. Even with four heavy artillery, they do not have extra shells to spare, so I am glad that I brought in that Bulgarian field artillery unit. It will still take a few more turns to crack the French line.

In Italy, he retreated as well, so no Italian units are in reach of AH artillery. He cleverly evacuated the division in Venice by sea (should have anticipated that). So, I move up my line, coming down out of the Alps and am now pressing on Verona. Venice was empty so I occupy it.

On Poland, Austria-Hungary have their first attack using only their own corps, heading towards Lemberg. It goes well. I make good use of one elite German cavalry unit to kill the remaining strength Russian point.

The Ottomans pull back their lines a bit further in eastern Anatolia to avoid casualties. My thin liner facing them in central-southern Anatolia is now as risk. On the other fronts I hold firm and bring up rear area detachments. In Arabia, the Ottomans attack the partisan that formed north of Tabuk which threatens Amman - unfortunately for me, it evades combat.

In naval moves, Old Crow does not seem to be looking for subs, so his destroyers must be upgrading. Three subs in the North Atlantic start heading towards home now that they have reached 5 supply, while three more arrive. By the end of the turn, I have three subs raiding in the Mediterranean as well.

Germany spends most of its MPPS upgrading corps to level 2 in infantry weapons. It invests 2 more chits into Long-Range Aircraft, and it buys a fighter. Austria-Hungary decides to spend surplus MPPs on naval weapons and starts building up its navy in the Adriatic. The Ottomans buy back the destroyed detachment and invest in a second chit in Command and Control - which will be helpful in expanding their generals command range over widely dispersed front lines.