Update 5: 1755
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The Cape Republic launches a massive assault into Bolivia. 4 Regulars and 10 Irregulars versus 11 Irregulars. Can the Bolivians stand their ground? Uh, no. With a loss of 3 Irregulars, the Cape stands victorious over the Bolivian rebels. The Ivory Coast holds against Cap claiming attempts, but the Falklands have fallen into Cape hands.
The Chinese Army has launched a powerful drive overland into Kazakhstan from Sinkiang - and is opposed by a Hindustani counteroffensive aiming to seize Sinkiang. The armies clash in the field - the Hindustani have six Regulars to the Chinese five and fourteen Irregulars - who will win?
China emerges victorious from the gunsmoke and debris, losing four Irregulars and two Regulars to the Hindustani forces, but destroying all six Hindustani Regulars. The road to India is open.
Meanwhile, the Iron Islands brace for invasion from the Australian Empire - Irregulars hide in the jungles as Australian Regulars hit the beaches. The battles for Borneo and Java erupt! Borneo falls easily, as does Java. The Iron Islands are destroyed and defeated.
Australia, high off its victory in Indonesia, deploys two Lines of Battle to Hindustani waters - they outnumber their foes in both engagements, but will that be enough to offset the home turf advantage? Well, in the Arabian Sea, it is. No casualties are dealt as the Hindustani squadron retires southward in good order. In the Bay of Bengal, however? The engagement turns brutal as the Hindustani admiral uses trade ships to bait the Australians, then hits them with the naval equivalent of an ambush, ruthlessly sinking the Australian flagship and a supporting Ship of the Line. The Aussies aren't ready to go down without a fight, though, and a Hindustani Ship of the Line burns to the waterline when its magazines detonate. The Australians retreat to Java, unable to break Hindustan's trade lines. It might not matter, what with the Chinese advance in Kazakhstan. The Philippines built a Ship of the Line and have sailed to Java, obviously awaiting Australia's go-ahead to engage the Hindustanis at sea.
The Celtic Union spreads across Madagascar, Hawai'i and into Siberia, while Keme seizes ground from Iraq to Liberia into Persia. Romania-Yugoslavia and Keme now run headlong into each other as they dispatch armies into Anatolia against the Ottoman Turks - who will win?
The Kingdom of Keme asserts its dominance over the region in a blast of gunfire, wiping out three Ottoman Irregulars, two Romanian ones and a single Romanian Regular. In retaliation, the Ottomans destroy one Keme Irregular, and the Romanians shatter the other two, plus a Regular. The Anatolian Campaign has broken all forces involved - and now another battle is brewing as the Ottoman Army attempts a breakout through Greece. Two Romanian Irregulars and a matching number of Regulars stand in the way of four Irregulars. The result is comically one-sided in Romania's favor. The Ottomans have been destroyed.
The Romanians launch a powerful attack against the Poles, but a pair of stubborn Irregulars manage to hold the line in the Baltic States, despite one of them being annihilated. In Poland itself, the Romanians break through against a Polish Regular, but cannot destroy the unit. South Urals withstood a colonization attempt, but the Caucasus has fallen to Romania-Yugoslavia.
The Italians have learned a valuable lesson: Don't mess with Prussia. 11 Irregulars 100% annihilated 2 Regulars, at the cost of only one of their own. Prussia has sent a nasty letter to Venice, accusing Antonio Februzzi's mother of certain anatomically impossible actions and requesting more troops to slaughter. In addition, the entire Italian navy has been shattered by the Celtic Union's navy in the North Sea, at the price of only one Privateer. Two companies of Regulars manage to land in Norway prior to the devastation of the Italian Navy, and square off against four Norskandian Irregulars. A complete and total Italian victory destroys all the Norskandians at no significant casualties.
A regiment of Italian Regulars on the march for Spain deserts, obviously funded by the Norskandians. But that's no more than a leaf in the wind for the disaster slamming into the Italian mainland - every single Italian mainland province except Italy itself rebels, claiming the banner of the "Free European Republic" - one unit of Italian Irregulars attempts to hold Southern France. Against all odds, they hold, depriving the Free Republic of one province. It hardly matters, though, considering the four-province power breathing down the Italians' necks. They request protectorate status from
Norskandia.
New Wales launches a massive assault on Cuba and Hispanola, seizing them without a fight. Portugal similarly falls without a fight. Italy, New Wales and Iberia face off in a huge 5 Reg v 5 Reg v 5 Reg brawl in Spain, 25000 men to a side. Cannons roar, muskets crackle and cavalry charge - by the end of the vicious battle, Italy has seized the province, at a cost of 3 Regulars. New Wales has been shattered, withdrawing only a single Regular from the brutal war zone into Portugal, whereas the Iberians have retired in good order on the massive Iberian merchant marine, slipping around into Keme national waters and successfully retreating to Mexico. Iberia in Exile lives on, claiming California without undue effort.
The Dene blockade Iberia in Exile, but are disappointed when a rebellion in Northern Mexico is thwarted by Iberian agents. Iberia strikes back with a series of offensives on the Dene border - three Dene Regulars are destroyed as Deseret falls to the Iberians, at the cost of only a single Regular. The remaining Dene Regular and all four Irregulars desert, and the crew of a Privateer in the Caribbean are enticed to turn pirate and flee to begin preying on shipping lanes for profit. 2IP worth of infrastructure in Alaska goes up in flames as coincidental fires erupt across their industrial heartland, consuming factories and armories alike.
The CSA(Dixie) has taken exception to the Dene policy of declaring unilateral naval control over trade routes and installing blockades of nations who were only brought into conflict with Dene because of the Dene's so-called maritime "Rules." The CSN sallies from Mobile - four Ships of the Line, two Privateers and a flagship frigate, with the express intention of breaking the Dene blockade in the Caribbean. The Dene blockade squadron of now just two Ships of the Line takes a CS Ship of the Line with it, but ultimately is sunk. The CSA now rules the Caribbean, preserving Spanish trade and staring down the New Welsh fleet in the Bahamas, as if daring them to make the same mistake as the Dene did. However, the CSA has declared neutrality on land, as it is unwilling to engage in a war that does not protect its best interests.
New Rules: Anyone who wants to know how many spies they lost, PM me.
All trade MUST be listed in your orders. If you list nothing, you will be assumed to be trading with no one.
As always, point out any error you see.
-L
