TURKEY 1891
Realistic names (the ones with skill (1) were the highest ranking Turkish army and navy officers in 1891, I made up two more (of skill 0) for future use please replace the Arab and English names)
Generals: General Osman (1), General Namik (0)
Admirals: Admiral Hasan (1), Admiral Temel (0)
Spendings
a) 2 points to upgrade infrastructure from dirt roads to stone roads
b) 1 point to research machine guns.
c) 1 point to buy infantry
d) 1 point to buy cavalry
COMBAT
This map shows stages of the offensive in two fronts, as well as possible defense of the south, starting from the initial troop deplyments I sent before. For convenience, Ill call them Thessaly front (westmost), Thrace front, and Southern front. Only action that might change depending on the Greek invasion is my Cyprus operation.
Map Notes:
- All units are shown only once. So if there is a 5 and an arrow from it to another 5, that means there were 10000troops in the initial location, 5000 of which moved to the second location.
- The small inner sea between Thrace and Anatolia is Marmara Sea. Dardanelles is the strait on the west end of Marmara Sea.
Naval orders
- Except the two northwards transport routes (and their destroyer escorts) within Marmara Sea, all ships leave their ports at about the same time.
- The transport numbers arent shown, but each landing has a number of troops in multiples of 3, so transports in multiples of 2 (usually with one destroyer escort).
- If warships are placed on a transport route, it indicates that those are escorting the transports through the entire way. There is no unescorted transport. If battleships are escorting, they may provide shore bombardment at landing locations if needed. Once amphibious landings are done, battleships go and join the battlefleet in central Aegean while destroyer escorts remain with the transports.
- After unloading their troops, transports run troop supplies.
- The battlefleet is 15 destroyers, commanded by
Admiral Temel (0). It will establish control in the central Aegean, blocking Greek fleet and supply ships from reaching the northern lands that will be attacked. If the entire Greek fleet tries to engage them, they will try to delay by playing hide and seek until the Battleships return from the amphibious support missions. Battleships (total of 3) in Aegean and Marmara seas will join the battlefleet once they complete their missions. But priority is barring the enemy access to northern Aegean even if it means full engagement before the Battleships arrive.
- Two pairs of destroyers are patrolling the outlet of a narrow waterway that may serve as an alternate naval supply route for greeks in the north.
Southern Front
I dont know where the Greeks landed.
- In the map, I am showing the forces available to mobilize towards south (shown as a bunch of units arbitrarily moving to the south coast. Once the enemy lands, these will actually be towards the enemy, obviously), while keeping 5000 militia at each of the eco-centers, and Asian side of the Dardanelles Strait.
- If my offensive happens first or the enemy lands somewhere on the west and of the south coast (as shown in map), 3000 infantry is sent to conquer Cyprus, along with 2 transports, 1 destroyer, 1 battleship (as shown in map). If the enemy lands first, further to the east of my south coast, thus closer to the two eco-centers, cancel Cyprus plans and keep the 3000 infantry for defense ships obviously remain in port.
- So my mobile (excluding units garrisoned in cities) forces on this front are 30000 militia, 4000 (or 7000 if Cyprus didnt happen) infantry, 1000 cavalry.
Thessaly Front
Turkish forces: 27000 infantry with
General Namik (0), 6000 cavalry, 22 transports, 4 destroyers, 1 battleship with
Admiral Hasan (1).
- 3000 infantry land on the east end of the Khalkidiki peninsula (the claw-shaped peninsula at the north Aegean shore). These may land a bit before the big group, as their naval path is shorter. The troops proceed towards Thessaloniki (mission objective).
- the rest of the force lands on the west end of the Khalkidiki peninsula, they capture
Thessaloniki (IRL pop at this time was 55% Jews, 20%Greeks, 20%Turks. Probably some Turks were replaced by Greeks in the 11-year occupation in this alternate history. Still it shouldnt be much local opposition). If there are a few enemy destroyers in this bay, my battleship and 3 destroyers will take care of it (I am guessing there isnt a huge number of enemy destroyers this far north if there is, wait for reinforcements from the battlefleet). Note that the landing area is a few km west of the city, so that my battleship doesnt have to bombard the city while providing cover fire for the landing.
- Next, these troops fan out to take the high ground on the west, to the locations shown in the map.
- 4000 infantry and 1000 cavalry will then spend the next few days going through Macedonia and Albania, to the purple dash-line.
- 20000 infantry and 5000 cavalry will wait for a counter-offensive from the Greek army in Athens. If they come, my infantry corps will stall, while cavalry brigade rides around the enemy (as in my UU description).
- If both of the last two items have taken place (or Greeks did not make a counter-attack), start progressing the front southwards from the purple line towards Athens.
Thrace Front
Turkish Forces(scattered in three seas): 21000 infantry with
General Osman (1), 3000 cavalry, 16 transports, 6 destroyers, 3 battleships, 5 biplanes.
First three items happen at the same time.
- 3000 infantry land on the Black Sea coast with support fire from 1 battleship. These then move inwards.
- 6000 infantry land at the neck of Gallipoli peninsula (European side of Dardanelles strait), 3000 from each of Aegean and Marmara seas. Battleships provide cover fire on both side. 3000 infantry goes southwest, securing the rest of the peninsula and strait, while the other 3000 goes inland, to the northeast. Each of these brigades have a biplane conduct reconnaisance for them.
- 6000 infantry (General Osman) and 3000 cavalry land on the plains around Meritz river, and progress inland. The infantry heads straight to the center of Thrace, while the cavalry includes
Adrianopolis (IRL pop at this time was 35%Turks, 30%Greeks, 15%Jews, 10%Bulgarians. Same comment as Thessaloniki) to their path.
- After allowing some time for these troop movements (a few days probably), i.e. about when the rest of the troops start to engage enemy corps, two brigades of 3000 infantry land on the north shore of Marmara Sea and close the circle around the enemy. Each of these brigades have a biplane conduct reconnaisance for them.
- Once the enemy is defeated in Thrace, occupy
Constantinopolis (IRL pop at this time was 75%Turks, 10%Greeks, 5%Jews, 5%Armenians. Same comment as Thessaloniki).
Wow, that was long.
very fancy orders.. what a shame you wasted them on this...
