1805, See what we can do about the Danes in Copenhagen ( Köpenhamn. )
Two turns before a large payment comes in, and then perhaps I can buy into Advanced Tactics, and Code civil.
Otherwise main goal is to grab Köpenhamn, and get peace with the Danish. Any techs gained will be bonus.
Also it would be fine if we left some sort of army, so that we may make a credible attempt on the Prussian soil.
IBT: A Danish infantry waste itself against the defenses of Vejle, Russia and Prussia goes to war against Ottomans.
1805 Cannons reveal that the danes have a ship full of infantries in Köpenhamn, and outlook looks bleak. A couple of salvos by our cannon soon reveals conscripts though. I kill off a couple of two hitpointers, and hope things will work out well next turn also, when there are fewer defenders.
Send a couple of wounded cavs to heal in Vejle. We need it. Have only three cavs with 3+ hps left. Unlikely to be enough to grab Köpenhamn next turn.
Ooo, I find an elite cav in Vejle. All this bombardment generates a lot of bad press in the homeland, and I need to raise lux taxes dramatically.
IBT: We lose our supply of iron. I do not think it matters, as we soon have two native sources.
1805 May. This is the do or die turn of Köpenhamn. As long as I kill faster than they rush and draft, I can manage this.
Half of our cannon miss, but it doesn't matter. We redline the defenses of Köpenhamn. I can just hope I have enough 3+ hitpoint cavalry to defeat them.
In spite of several elite victories, I do not manage to spawn any leaders. I do manage to capture Köpenhagen with only two cavalries lost though. ( During the battle. This turn, no losses. )
I pay Denmark 7 gpt for peace.
I rush an Aqueduct in Helsingfors, as it seems like a productive city.
I pay 76 gpt an 16 gold for Medicine to the British.
I get 4 gold and Advanced Tactics from Austria for Medicine
I get Espionage, gems and 21 gold from Turkey for Medicine.
Artillery tactics is known by the tech leaders, but that aint us.
ooo, and I got Code civil from Denmark in the peace deal.
Thought I made a lousy peace deal, did you ??
France is leader in victory points, but until we have 20 batteries, there is precious little we can do about him.
I will collect troops in Denmark for a campaign against Prussia.
IBT: Ooops, silly me, didn't check cities thouroughly, and I get surprised by the Forbidden Palace message.
1805 Jul. I am having problems deciding on a Forbidden Palace location. We need to have soem shields, so it gets built quickly, so I start it in Kristianstad. It has a decent stack of shields now, so Palace will be finished quickly.
IBT: Naples wants an MPP. I do not do MPPs for him. Britain and Austria sign peace. Husqvarna riots in spite of me checking it before
1805 Sep. Movement. I could use a couple of more units, and money, and everything else as well. We do have 70 gpt, and it could be we soon could buy the last tech we ever will need. Spain still wont speek with us.
IBT: Russia goes to war against France
1805 Nov More movement and some micro.
IBT: Norrsundet Cavalry->Musket,
1806 Jan. I have started to collect troops next to the Prussian borders. Beware the MPP they have with Russia. We do not want to sign MPP with russia now, as they are at war with the French. It doesn't look like they are fighting in Russian borders, as Prusisa is not dragged into the fight with France, so it might work with an MPP with Russia after all. Ideally we also would like to have Batteries, but they are probably not needed against Prussia.
I do not think we can afford to wait very much longer. We will need some three muskets and a couple of cannon more before we start to hit Prussia. Hit the large cities without Victory point thingies first, as those cities will get us a boost much faster than the heavily defended victory point cities.
Do not go to war against Russia is it is avoidable. I have just moved out half of the garrison of Leningrad, and they need to be returned there if imminent war with Russia is the plan.
Grimjack
. Declare. Move in. Upgrade a Musket to MI in St. Petersburg, for the worst case scenario France signs the Russians against us.
- they really have troops everywhere.
