1838 (Turn 3)
Northern Cities Under Attack
BEIJING (Reuters) - Several Chinese cities in the far north were attacked last night in what appears to be a coordinated effort by Russian and Greek forces.
The cities of Aurora Borealis and Romanov, were each bombarded by gunfire from Russian destroyers. All defenders in each city were killed, but no Russian ground troops were sent to capture the city.
"The Russians made strategic strikes against military targets in our northern cities." Said Defense Minister Shu Ting. "There does not appear to have been a Russian invasion attempt."
However, the Greeks sent ground troops into the forest surrounding Kung Fu in an attempt to seize the city. The troops did not attack, but have taken up positions surrounding the city.
"The situation in these cities is under control" said the Defense Minister. "and plans have been set in motion to deal with each of these situations." He continued, "These attacks have highlighted a degree of vulnerability in the region, but we will come out of this even stronger than before."
- Greek ship unloads knight and dip near Kung Fu
- Russian ship kills rifleman in Romanov
- Russian ship kills defender in Aurora Borealis
- Zulu Cavalry kills our cavalry. partisan kills our rifleman
- Viking govt overthrown.
- Viking destroyer kills our destroyer.
- Vikings get Steel from Spanish for Amphib Warfare
- Vikes and Spanish declare Thessalonica pact to contain Chinese aggression.
- Viking ship kills rifleman in paoting.
- Spanish get Chemistry, Monotheism from Vikings.
- Spanish get Feudalism from Mongols for Amphib warfare. Philosophy for Tactics. Polytheism for Chemistry, Monotheism.
- Discover Refining, start Combustion
- Order restored in Romanov, WLTPD
- WLTPD in chopsticks, Ghent, Umtata
- Middleboro builds Market, WLTPD
- Lost city Coal
- Kung Pao Wool
- Moo Shi harbor
- Pisa silk
- Prague Harbor
- Salamis Engineers, WLTPD
- Verona Temple, WLPTD
- Issus Dye
- Yangchow Spice
- Swazi walls, WLTPD
- Xinjian Gems
- Population exceeds 40million
- Tims Whale Oil to Magnitogorsk (ND -522g)
- Turin Dye to Novgorod (D-766g)
- Vet Cruiser kills Viking destroyer
- Cruiser kills damaged Viking destroyer at Paoting (Vet), kills other destroyer nearby.
- Kill Viking AT in Spanish lands
- Hut 100g
- Kung fu has Knight and Dip at doorstep with 1 rifle defending. Take out the dip
- Retreat injured units to central barracks cities (Beijing, Tsingtao, etc) to heal. Some units rehomed to Tsingtao.
- Sell Romanov temple to get cheaper Coastal fortress with no shields in tank
- Yangchow spice to Trondheim (D-312)
- Right Canal founded
- Kill 2 partisans with cavalry
- Put Vet AT in to zulu fort to see what happens.
- Transport of Vans to Spain.
- Kungpao wool to Granada (D-344)
- Combustion nearly complete (~90%), but going for cash before spain declares war.
- Xinjian gems to Valencia (nd-354g)
- Smallville silver to Valencia (nd-172g)
- Sacrifice transport to obstruct the Cruiser that will undoubtedly attack Port of Spain
- Rush new transport in Genoa to get vans to spain.
1840 (Turn 4)
World's First Supermarket Opens
TSINGTAO (Reuters) - The world's first "Super Market" opened in Tsingtao today. This store takes advantage of the latest Refrigeration technology to bring fresh food from farmlands in to the industrial areas of the city. It is believed this innovation will allow Tsingtao to increase its total productivity by 20-25% because more workers can get the fresh produce and meats needed on a daily basis. "This is a great day for the Chinese people." said Domestic Minister Chu Wing at the ribbon cutting ceremony. "Now people can get the fresh food they need every day without traveling to a distant farm or market."
China Strikes Back
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Defense department announced that strikes had been made against Russian and Greek targets in response to recent attacks. "We have sunk the ships that attacked Romanov and Aurora Borealis" said Defense Minister Shu Ting. "In addition, all Greek troops in the vicinity of Kung Fu have been destroyed."
Military action against the Zulus was again limited to minor skirmishes. When asked why further action had not been against the Zulus, Ting would only say that the Zulus had not been forgotten and that all was going according to plan.
- Frigate and knight attack Kungfu. Rifle killed but knight out of movement.
- Mongols develop communism
- Mongols get steel from Spanish for Communism
- Russians develop Espionage
- Russian destroyer dies attacking cruiser-escorted-transport stack near Roma
- Zulu govt overthrown
- Vikings develop machine tools
- Vikings in republic
- Spanish ships and troops dance around, but dont attack!
- Port of spain completes Coastal fortress.
- Discover Combustion, Start Automobile
- Romanov builds coastal fort.
- Spy in seoul, jaynes plains.
- Kevs peninsula Dye
- Tims whale market (WLPTD) needs aqua to grow, so emphasise shields ending celebration for now
- Bergen Gold
- Cremona Copper
- WLTPD in Issus, Yangchow
- Paoting coastal fortress
- Hangchow Gems
- Tsingtao Supermarket, Pollution
- Barcelona walls
- Knight killed at Kung Fu
- Pisa Coal to Kuibyshev (D-170g)
- Cruiser sails out of Spanish overlook to kill wounded Russian destroyer that hit Romanov
- New Nanking cruiser kills Viking destroyer
- Issus Dye to Mpondo (D-460)
- Cavalry kills Zulu engineer near New Capua
- Vet Crusader kills Mongol Cannon/Cavalry stack near naples
- Mpondo now has 9 defenders (2 rifles, 5ATs, Marine, Cav)!
- Ngome has 4ATs, rifle, Transport
- Vet Cavalry goes on likely suicide mission to kill stack moving towards Ngome from north...turns out to be Cannon and engineer.
- Greek caravan killed near Duchy of China
- Greek dip spotted by spy near Apollonia. Killed by cavalry
- Bribe Spanish Cannon blocking route for freights
- Bergen Gold to Shangtu (D-552)
- Cremona Copper to Cordoba (D-272)
- Lost City gold to Madrid (D-585)
- Set AT on mountain next to Mpondo to see if theyll attack him and weaken defenses.
1842 (Turn 5)
Zulu War Resumes
BEIJING (Reuters) - After months of quiet in the war with the Zulus, China unleashed a furious assault against her former ally and neighbor to the north. "We have not forgotten the Zulu people," said president Tim N. Chanter "we simply needed time to regroup and continue to grow our military capabilities. We now have a military force that can stand up to any army on the planet."
Chinese Engineering forces led the way into battle, clearing the way north from Swazi. Intelligence operatives then disabled key Zulu defenses, allowing Chinese Artillery to take command. Defenses in Mpondo and Ngome were decimated after being constantly pounded by Chinese artillery shells. Chinese troops were welcomed to the cities and no new rebel forces were reported anywhere in the region.
"Mark my words. We can, and we will free the Zulu people." said the President.
- Greek destroyer seen off the coast of Greek Overlook
- Mongols move toward Spanish
- Russian govt overthrown
- Zulus develop Steel
- Alpine on mountain near Mpondo attacked by Cavalry (survives) then by something in Mpondo (defeated)
- Cavalry unit in Zulu territory survives rifle attack from fort. Zulu cavalry occupies fort again.
- Greeks get Machine tools from Vikings
- Spanish units wander around (lots of ships), but no action.
- Port of Spain Barracks
- Sna Fu Temple
- Still No Barbs engineer (Disorder, rehire elvis)
- Cymru temple
- No barbs yet Harbor, WLTPD
- WLTPD In duchy of China
- Left Canal Harbor
- Middleboro Silk Caravan
- Malta Harbor
- Bermuda Aquaduct, wlptd (cant sustain)
- WLTPD in Lost city (no food)
- Kung Pao Spice van
- Port Old n Slow market (WLTPD)
- Venice engineers
- Crete Market (WLTPD)
- Anyang Market (WLTPD)
- Macao Coastal fortress
- Xinjian Dye
- Leos cancelled
- Discover Automobile, start Mass Production
- Pop exceeds 42 million
- Mpondo now has 10(!) defenders - 6 AT, 2 rifle, cavalry, and a badly wounded marine that attacked our AT
- Ngome has 5 defenders and transport
- Both have barracks, but Vets should be able to hold on. Use vets on Ngome because Mpondo on river.
-Ngome offensive
-- 5 defenders defeated with 1 vet artillery lost.
-- Non-vet artillery kills badly wounded AT (vet)
-- Non-vet artillery kills Transport.
-Mpondo Offensive
-- Vet Spy brings down walls in Mpondo, escapes
-- 5 veteran artilleries win
-- Non-vet artillery: lose to AT, Defeat rifle (vet), Lose to AT, Defeat Rifle, defeat wounded AT (vet), Kill Cavalry (vet)
-- Vet Cavalry kills Wounded AT. Nonvet cavalry kills marine. City empty.
- Artillery kills Cavalry in fort near Ngome.
- Artillery kills cannon NW of Mpondo
- Partisans killed E of Swazi, SE of Umtata
- Completely fill city radius of Mpondo with Cavalry, ATs, Artillery, Engineers and even a food freight.
- Capture Mpondo, plunder 285g. Size 18, Barrack, Library, Bank, university.
- Completely fill city radius of Ngome with units
mostly engineers.
- Capture Ngome, plunder 247g. Size 18, Granary, Market, Sewer, Aqua.
- Greek Cannon killed near Rhodes. AT comes out to defend cavalry. Engineer trails, should build fort on mountain soon.
- Cruiser sinks Viking Ironclad near Nanking (vet)
- Marines spotted assembling near Aarhus, Cruiser bombards stack, kills 2.
- Pisa silk in Dnepropetrovsk (D-222)
Notes.
1) Firepower=2 is a good thing! Nothing like playing with a new toy
Artillery are fairly effective against fortified Alpines. If the city has walls, you need to have Vet Artilleries to defeat vet ATs with regularity, and even then I wouldnt try it against walls if the city was on a defensive bonus.
2) I did not complete the turn, so there is still work to do in 1842. We still need to deliver freights, several units have movement left, and rushbuys can be made and production changed, etc. Also check for unhappiness problems with troops in the field. An easy solution for many of these problems would be to use remaining engineers to put forts around the large stacks of artilleries next to Mpondo and Ngome. I made several rushbuys that I wanted to ensure were done, but most have yet to be made.
3) Ive been getting a tech per turn, but I slacked off on freight production to ramp up for that last big hit against the Zulus, so I doubt we can get a full tech this turn without raising the Science rate considerably. This also cramps our ability to rushbuy. Ive been spending about 3000g per turn with taxes and delivery payments. Ive been doing all I can to deliver to demand cities in Spain, but Im running out of demanded goods. Vans from Xinjian pay well enough that they are worth delivering even if not demanded. With superhighways, this will get even better.
There are three newly built freights, in Kung Pao, Xinjian and Middleboro. I moved the stockpile of non-demanded goods to the Iron Mountain near Tsingtao. (I didnt want our freight stack killed by the Zulus up north.) There is also a dye caravan in Port of Spain waiting until I figured out how to deliver to Russia. You can usually ferry transports across from Genoa directly to Port of Spain, but the Spanish have had so many ships wandering around theyve blocked my shipping lanes, so youll have to do some creative sailing to get the freights across this turn.
Because demand is Spain is drying up, Ive tried to get the start of a ship chain up to Russia. There are lots of demand opportunities up there, but the Russian Navy has been all over the place. Romanov now has a coastal fortress, and is building a defender now, so you might be able to use it as a way-station to Russia.
You can probably switch to more freight production as we have a fairly good sized army riding the rails through Zululand now. I wanted to pick Mobile Warfare this turn but it was unavailable. It should be there next time if you want.
4) I used almost the entire main continent engineering force to suppress the Partisans at the zulu cities. Many of them have been used up building rails and such. There is a small stack of them left in the fort between Umtata and Swazi for you to do as you wish. I just moved them here so they would be easier to locate. Note that they have had part of their movement used up this turn.
The engineers spent most of my time working on Tsingtao, mining and RRing the remaining hills and making farmland so the city can reach full potential. Its currently celebrating its way up to full capacity. Actually, if you rehome two of its units, you could complete superhighways in two turns, no rushbuy. (Just wait till we get a Manufacturing Plant!)
5) The Spanish have been very antsy, but have yet to attack us. It should come at any time now. Our cities there should have adequate defense, but we could not probably make much headway in an offensive without bringing over support from the Zulu campaign.
6) The Vikings have been a regular nuisance in the east, and I saw they were amassing Marines near Aarhus. We still do not have much defense in this area. Watch out.
7) Russia has been a complete pain in the butt up north, mostly with their ships. They now have espionage, so be careful up there.
8) Mongols remain at war, but they have not made much of a showing at sea. They occasionally sacrifice a few troops to the Mountain near Tundra Fortress/Naples. Its generally a good idea to let the spy look around there each turn so you know whats coming, then go attack it.
9) I was sending an engineer out from Duchy of China to the mountain with our troops to build a fortress, then road back to the city for support (Similar to Tundra Fortress)
10) I didnt send diplomatic emissaries as it seems we are locked in mortal combat from here on out. The senate is our biggest obstacle at this point, but I didnt move out of democracy for fear of cities being bribed away.
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