Churchill comes along
After declaring war I launched my own small offensive in the mainland and took Samsun and Lahore. I thought that I could quite easily operate in the mainland now that the Mehmeds army was trapped in the peninsula. But I was wrong. Mehmed still possesed some troops and he was able to attack Samsun and when facing certain defeat I withdraw my troops back across the border. Lahore saw some heavy fighting and switched sides couple of times but I was finally able to keep it. Asoka also attacked from the north and I had some hard time there. The main problems were in the South were Mehmed was threatning Lyons and Bangalore.
My attacks in the mainland after the declaration of war
To secure the southern region I contacted Churchill and I was able to convince him to attack Mehmed. So the whole continent was now in war. When the pressure eased in the South after Churchill came along I was able to halt all the attacks made by Asoka and Mehmed.
In the peninsula Mehmed main force had broken trough my defences with quite heavy losses and was now threatning Parthian and Rouen. I had concentrated all my efforts to halt the attack in Parthian so Rouan was almost without defence. After some heavy fighting Mehmeds forces were able to take Parthian and Rouan. His forces were now ready to march south to strike my back but his losses had already been heavy and there were no reinforcements coming.
Mehmeds advance in the peninsula
Russians intervene
More setbacks came from the Far East when Russians declared war on me. They had obviously been seeking a chance to gain some power in the east ocean and now they had their chance. They landed troops to the northern island and were able to take Libyan, my only harbor city in the island. Fortunatelly I had gathered quite a substancial force in the island to attack Asokas territory but now I had to use it to liberate my own city. I was able to do that quite easily but the real damage the Russians had inflicted was that they had destroyed my navy in the area and I had no possibility to transfer troops to the island. This will have severe consequences in the future.
My main sea route to the island and the operations of the Russian navy
Battles in the peninsula
Mehmed continued his attack in the peninsula and was able to launch his next move faster than I had expected. I hadnt taken in count that after Mehmed took my two cities in the peninsula he was able to move faster because the cultural borders changed. So he was able to bypass my two forts unchallenged.
I had to halt all my operations in the mainland and concentrate to the situation in the peninsula. I had already formed a small army to attack and maybe liberate Rouan across the narrow strait but now I had other work for that. I realised that this was a perfect chance to beat the Mehmeds army completely. By encircling it, it would have no where to go. So I let the army to advance towards Avignon in the western coast and then landed my troops behind it and with a double attack from both sides I was able to destroy it completely.
Mehmeds attack against Avignon and the destruction of his army
After the destruction of Mehmeds army I was able to liberate the peninsula as Mehmed had not left many troops to defend the cities. After this the fighting in the peninsula was over.
Desicive defeat in the North
As I stated in the beginning the initial goal of the war was to conquer the Asokas territory in the northern island. This task hower became much harder after the Russians (and partly Gandhi) destroyed my navy. So first I had to gain back the control in the sea which took some time. I got destroyers but then Asoka destroyed my only oilwell and again it took some time to reconstruct that.
In the mean time Churchill had inflicted quite heavy losses for Mehmed and had conquered couple of his cities. This weakened Mehmed so much that I was able to take Samsun once again. But Asoka was putting heavy pressure from the North and I wasnt able to take any more cities from Mehmed.
After initial setbacks I was able to rule the eastern sea once more and I was able to transfer troops to the island. But time was not on my side. Asoka was massing more and more troops to the island; he had clearly understood its importance. As Churchill made peace with Mehmed and Asoka I was left evermore worse. I had to attack quikly and when I finally did I lost my whole army in the northern island and was not able to take any cities from Asoka. This was total disaster and weakened my position even more. The situation got so bad that I had no other choise than to make peace with Mehmed and Asoka in 1975. After fighting 20 years the initial goal of the war had finally failed.
The failed attack in the North
Aftermath
The aftermath of the war was that I lost one city (Etruscan) and I gained two cities (Samsun and Lahore) and that the initial goal of caturing Asokas cities in the northern island failed. In that way it seems that the war was not worth 20 years of fighting. But one goal was achieved and it was the destruction of Mehmeds army. He had been the ruler of the continent but this war had ruined his army and economy. Even Asoka, his vassal, was now more powerfull than him.
Powergraph
I had been able to ascent my nation from the depths and I now possessed equal chances of ruling the continent. This I put to effect 15 years later when I was finally able to break the vassal treaty of Mehmed and Asoka by giving away one of my cities to Asoka. 1991 I attacked once more and this time I didnt have to worry about Mehmed. In that war I was finally able to take the two cities from Asoka which had so long been my obsession.