IT
As suggested by Barbslinger sign peace with Korea and buy MT for 97gpt
switch all cities to tanks that were producing cavs
Enter
IT
Korea and Mori sign embargo against us
Takeda and Han sign MA against Gogu, Takeda declares on Gogu
Takeda and Han sign MA against Choso, Takeda declares on Choso
Resistance ends in Tsuyama and it riots
1. 1305 AD
take Takahashi without losses
1. tank rolls from the assembly line
sink Choso Frigate
capture Fukuyama without loss
slip of mouse leaves 1 explorer exposed on Choso land
research flight as it takes as long as radio but no-one has it yet, 13 turns at 60% and -5gpt, any increase we cannot afford
Mori cities set to starving
Send more infantry to the Takeda border towns, their previous sneack attack is still on my mind and they do make quite a show of their 20 odd cavs strolling around there
IT
Mori and Han sign MA against Choso (good, Han are in 2 wars now)
our explorer gets captured
Mori and Gogu sign peace
Azuchi finishes army and starts UN pre build
2. 1310 AD
found Oilsuka SE of Mori oil
bringing troops into position for attack on Yamaguchi and Okayama, this takes time as capital has large culture border and all movement is in enemy territory
Han have now Amphibious war, so do Korea and Shimazu
sell Refining to Takeda for 1446 g (all they have), this tech is not very useful to them and we can use some spare cash
IT
Takeda has destroyed Kuroda, good we will not have to search for them
Gogu and Mori sign MA agains Choso
loose cav army and explorer on Choso land ?? after being attacked by cavs, kill 4
Takeda lands 3 cavs next to Okayama, we attack city, draw counter attack from Mori, 1 mori rifle and 1 cav die, 1 Takeda cav gets redlined
Mory cav kills elite sam
capture Okayama (just in time before Takeda can get it)
capture Yamaguchi loosing 2 cavs, get 4 slaves
IT
And here we go again, Takeda invades our land with masses of troops (what is it with Takeda and Shevek???)
34 cavs at the gates of Koromositu, 20 infantry before Yoks revenge, just good that I had moved lots of troops into the border towns
Choso sink our damaged ironclad
lost supply of silk
renew spices deal with Han
3. 1320 AD
attack Matsue (2. last Mori city), loose 2 cavs, redline last rifle defender and run out of troops
attack capital to deny it Takeda (they still have cavs there)
heroic Mori rifle redlines tank and kills cav before dying, capture Hiroshima
tank looses against Mori rifle on open grounds (damn good rifles they have)
move more infantry to border with Takeda
ask Takeda to leave, they declare, start to use arti on them, reduce 9 cavs to 2hp, kill 7 cavs with cavs and 1 tank
hit enter with a big shiver
IT
Takeda loose 5 cavs to our heroic tank (now dead but not unsung)
they bypass Kokomo and Koromosito heading for the core (12 infantry in each town might have done the trick
Takeda cav attacks Okayama and makes our sam produce leader
Takeda and Korea sign MA against Baekje
renew Shimazu horse deal
4. 1325 AD
attack Matsue and capture it for the loss of 2 cavs
Mori are history
Save leader for UN + we have a pre build maybe for SETI
artillery bomb Takeda cavs and kill the damaged units off, kill 27 cavs for the loss of 1 cav
Nobody wants to sign MA or embargo against Takeda
IT
Takeda and Korea sign MA against Gogu and Choso - the worlds is at war
Takeda retreats damaged troops but brings in some fresh ones
5. 1330 AD
Slaughter continues, kill 18 infantry, 3 cav for the loss of 2 cavs and 1 cav army (sorry)
railnet laid to all former Mori cities
The main force of Takeda on our territori is killed or retreating damaged. We can deal easily with the remainder on our land and then I will start to invade their land. Since the opportunity is here to finish them off I will wait with the Chosogabe.
More to follow
Sorry for not finishing my turns on time. The year end at work takes its toll (stock count and clearing the books = over time
)
Tomorrow is not the night to play civ either. But 1. Jan is off and play time again
on the Shimazu.
