Reign of Shi "nuke them" Huangdi 1866-1871
I'll start with the highlight of my turns:
As this shows I have been having a little fun
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1866 AD (0):
Sell the factory in Magnitogorsk for $200. Change some redundant Elvii to taxmen, this yields about $250/turn.
Switch to freight in Tsingtao which supplies something the big, accessible Russian cities demand.
IPRB battleship in Paoting.
IPRB military units in two of the four cities on the main continent that have barracks (one of these abandoned an almost completed airport).
IRB one transport and one airport in the island south of Russian Tee.
IPRB lots of transports on the Greek continent and elsewhere to be able to transfer troops all the way to their destinations next turn. This includes a transport in Port of Spain to ferry some howitzers back to the main continent for later action in Russia and Vikingland.
Change production in many (most) cities leading to increased focus on barracks, howitzers and mechanized infantries.
Rush buy freight in several relatively large cities that supply goods the Russians demand in cities that are relatively easy to reach.
Rush buy at least one airport on every continent.
Move mechanized infantry from Russian Tee to the fortress east of it (one of the few units I can move :-( )
Rush buy mech inf 'from scratch' in Romanov.
Rush buy aqueducts and sewer systems in a few carefully selected cities to allow them to grow.
Pop. 107,220,000.
1867 AD (1):
Greeks and Vikings cancel peace treaty. Lots of Greek ships north of Russian Tee. Lots of Mongol troops move, ships and especially troops near Blenheim Palace.
Global warming feared !!!
Lots of barbarians appear north of the Mongol city of Quinsay but there is no immediate danger from them.
The Russians do
NOT !!! sneak attack but move lots of troops around near Magnitogorsk where a power plant gets sold.
Viking cruiser kills our engineers SE of Nanking.
Spanish government overthrown, they become a republic but do not sneak attack.
Food exhausted in Tugela and Bapedi.
Mpondo and Barcelona running dangerously low on food.
Pollution 130, pop. 109,730,000.
Cancel some of the stuff engineers are doing, they are badly needed for more strategic tasks (railroads, fortresses and cleaning up pollution).
Pollution cleaned up so it is down to 30.
City of Foo Bar founded for strategic purposes, transports then enter that city.
Jarrow captured and we now have the Women's Suffrage but the morons in the Senate sign a cease fire with the Vikings.
Rush buy some barracks and mechanized infantries in cities with 0 shields completed, saying that our forces are spread thin is a major understatement.
Finish a north-south running railroad on the west coast of the 'Greek' continent (near Vancouver etc.).
Engineer added to Russian Tee to enable it to grow by celebrating.
Some troops (mainly howitzers) moved from Spain back to the main continent.
Withdraw the freight near Naples in anticipation of a Mongol sneak attack.
Transport lots of troops to the Greek continent.
The Russians now have $30996.
1868 AD (2):
Russians break cease fire, capture Magnitogorsk, get Nuclear Fission and also kill two engineers near Romanov. We refuse to speak to the Russians following these events.
Vikings develop flight. They want to talk, it turns out they are unhappy about our troop near Jarlshof. We are very happy to hear that
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Mongols acquire economics from the Spanish. To our big disappointment the Spanish do not break the cease fire.
Advanced flight discovered, choose rocketry
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Pollution 130, pop. 108,180,000. No global warming warnings this time.
Moscow's Nuke founded for purely strategic reasons, immediately rush buy city walls there.
We kill everything inside Magnitogorsk and lots of Russian units near that city but refrain from capturing anything. Many non-veteran howitzers become veteran by this. The howitzers then retreat to Russian Tee.
Coal (demanded) from Tsingtao to Novgorod: $960.
Rush buy several mass transits, pollution has become a major nuisance.
Deliver a few non-demanded freights to the Russians for a total of about $1500.
Adjust the science rate to ensure we discover rocketry next turn.
RB Manhattan Project so that we can rush buy at least one nuke next turn.
City of Northern Spain founded.
Sell some granaries to fund city walls in Northern Spain since we'll soon have the pyramids. Only $225 left.
Start The Jarrow Forestation Project: Change the fortress terrain there to forest for better defense.
Pollution down to 30 after cleanup.
The Russians now have $31010.
1869 AD (3):
Greeks acquire combustion from the Vikings.
Mongols develop espionage. They want to talk and are unhappy with our troops near Issus. Good.
Rocketry discovered, recycling next since some cities are a constant source of pollution despite mass transits.
Chengdu builds Manhattan Project !!!!
No AI civ breaks a cease fire, it's bad the Spanish don't but luckily the Mongols didn't since then they could have razed the city of Northern Spain. Now it's too late since that city just completed city walls.
Moscow's Nuke also completed city walls and now everything has been set up for capturing Moscow in a turn or two.
Pop. 109,770,000 and pollution 50, much less than in the last several turns thanks to the mass transits.
The world's first bomber sinks a Russian battleship SE of Russian Tee.
We again kill everything inside Magnitogorsk but deliberately do not capture it. Some Russian units out in the field also killed. The howitzers then retreat to Russian Tee.
Rush buy a nuke in Moscow's Nuke (the backup plan if "plant nuclear device" fails) and cruise missiles in Cymru and Calgary for use in emergencies in case enemy ships block the route our transports must take from Moscow's Nuke to Russia next turn.
Pollution reduced to 10 after cleanup.
Uranium (demanded) from Chinan to Novgorod ($1608 !!).
Copper (demanded) from Ningpo to Maikop ($1080).
The Russians now have $31140 and at least two size 49 (!!) cities.
1870 AD (4):
Refuse talking to the Greeks.
Mongols break cease fire !!
Some of their ships die attacking coastal fortresses (exception: Cruiser/destroyer combo kills rifleman in Macao). However, they win all naval battles, even with damaged ships
?? They lose lots of units attacking heavily defended Blenheim Palace and we lose none. Port of Spain heavily hit.
The Russians kill a rifleman in Sna Fu but lose a huge number of cruisers and destroyers attacking Russian Tee while we lose none. The Russians discover mass production, switch to democracy and now have $31221 and a size 50 (!!!!!) city. Time to teach them a lesson...
Vikings and Greeks sign a peace treaty.
Pop. 112,870,000, pollution 50.
Recycling discovered.
Naples (Mongol) captured, $396 plundered and the senate signs yet another cease fire.
We sink about 5 Russian ships near Russian Tee.
City of Invade Russia founded and some espionage is conducted. The purpose of the city of Invade Russia is to reach the Russian continent in one turn from the city of Moscow's Nuke. Start by filling this new city with several transports of spies, howitzers, mechanized infantries, alpine troops, armor and engineers.
As mentioned in the previous message, Moscow turns out to be defended with 17 (!!!!) units, of which 12 are alpine troops.
Gold (demanded) from Nanking to Moscow ($1242).
Uranium (demanded) from Ulundi to Moscow ($888).
Moscow is far too heavily defended for conventional weapons.
Our veteran spy plants a nuclear device in Moscow and is caught red handed following the explosion. This is great because everyone now declares war and we can start finishing off the Spanish:
Moscow captured, $924 plundered and the pyramids and UN are ours !! Russian government escapes to Dnepropetrovsk.
Valencia (Spanish) captured, $504 plundered. The senate signs a cease fire. Mongol cruiser that was blocking Port of Spain bribed for roughly $1800. We sink a Viking cruiser and the Spanish declare war !! Seville (Spanish capital) captured, $426 plundered and the Spanish government escapes to Cordoba. Senate signs a cease fire.
Everything in Magnitogorsk killed. Dye (demanded) from Lost City to Rostov ($1212).
At last sufficient cash is available to rush buy lots of stuff. Rush buy many howitzers and mechanized infantries, transport in Moscow's Nuke and Cymru, airport in Moscow, battleship in Port of Spain, bomber in Barcelona etc. Also some demanded freight (dye, copper and uranium) for delivery next turn.
Pound Krasnoyarsk with howitzers, they then retreat into Moscow which has barracks.
1871 AD (5):
Spy in Russian Tee foils a Greek espionage attempt by a diplomat. Spy in Invade Russia foils a Russian espionage attempt by a spy. The Russian counterattack is very weak but their battleship manages to kill alpine troops in Moscow's Nuke.
Spanish acquire flight from the Vikings and the Vikings get the corporation in return.
Space Flight discovered.
Pop. 119,220,000, pollution 80, half of which is around Moscow.
The Mongols kill several of our brave engineers near Naples but lose many units attacking Blenheim Palace.
Spice (demanded) from Zimbabwe to Minsk ($576).
Mysterious nuclear blast in Dnepropetrovsk !
Mysterious nuclear blast in Minsk !
Mysterious nuclear blast in St. Petersburg !
Russia looks slightly messy at the moment:
Peace treaty with the Spanish so we can demand the withdrawal of their troops next turn.
Mop up some Viking units near Jarrow.
Our bomber sinks a Greek battleship that had previously been sabotaged by a spy near GreekOverlook.
Another bomber sinks a Greek transport near Russian Tee (total of 6 units killed).
Empty Magnitogorsk and kill some units out there in the field.
I decided to stop here even though the turn is not finished, I was slightly annoyed at the start of my reign that I could move almost no units because the turn was finished but the big amount of cash largely compensated.
Notes and the game will follow in another message.
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