AThousandYoung
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I am currently in a war. I am Elizabeth on a marathon/huge/fractal map striving for a space victory because I haven't done it yet. I didn't war until too late, I think, and now that I've united my continent (hit Hatty when she had longbows and I had swords) I began being a little belligerent diplomatically to my two lead rivals in the space race. That is, they actually started the Apollo Program while I was still building infrastructure and getting ready to upgrade my troops.
So, China hits me with his Tanks and Mech Infantry (Artillery too) against my Rennaissance troops. I had just earned Infantry tech and had Artillary as well but I hadn't yet built up the funds to modernize my troops! BIG MISTAKE.
I cracked down! I spent five weary years consolodating my grip on power while my outdated forces fought these mechanized soldiers from science fiction. Grenades down the tank hatch, IEDs, daring cavalry charges against fortified Mech Inf, huge projectiles ranging from stones to iron balls to explosive shells pounded the enemy. But their field artillery had tracks, armor and machine guns! Even the infantry had these things! We had no idea China had come up with such terrifying devices. They don't even use horses any more, but used mechanized transport for everything.
Now I'm in war mode. I have Police State, Theocracy and Nationhood going. I've started drafting modern Infantry (well, modern except for the squad level light tanks that the Chinese use for troop transport). I have the all important Artillery. I have Machine Guns. We've been experimenting with troops using rockets, but haven't put them into service yet since there's nothing to shoot at in the air and the eggheads tell me it's pointless to fire shoulder mounted rockets at anything on the ground. I don't see why; it seems to me that one could have, I don't know, some sort of rocket for ground use...something with a name like a Rocket Propelled Grenade...or Light Anti Tank Weapon (light because it's not the Artillery) or even something silly like BAZOOKA!!!
So! I've lost a city and there's a large stack of enemy forces, but I still have fairy large reserves of obsolete troops.
How do I handle this?
I am currently in a war. I am Elizabeth on a marathon/huge/fractal map striving for a space victory because I haven't done it yet. I didn't war until too late, I think, and now that I've united my continent (hit Hatty when she had longbows and I had swords) I began being a little belligerent diplomatically to my two lead rivals in the space race. That is, they actually started the Apollo Program while I was still building infrastructure and getting ready to upgrade my troops.
So, China hits me with his Tanks and Mech Infantry (Artillery too) against my Rennaissance troops. I had just earned Infantry tech and had Artillary as well but I hadn't yet built up the funds to modernize my troops! BIG MISTAKE.
I cracked down! I spent five weary years consolodating my grip on power while my outdated forces fought these mechanized soldiers from science fiction. Grenades down the tank hatch, IEDs, daring cavalry charges against fortified Mech Inf, huge projectiles ranging from stones to iron balls to explosive shells pounded the enemy. But their field artillery had tracks, armor and machine guns! Even the infantry had these things! We had no idea China had come up with such terrifying devices. They don't even use horses any more, but used mechanized transport for everything.
Now I'm in war mode. I have Police State, Theocracy and Nationhood going. I've started drafting modern Infantry (well, modern except for the squad level light tanks that the Chinese use for troop transport). I have the all important Artillery. I have Machine Guns. We've been experimenting with troops using rockets, but haven't put them into service yet since there's nothing to shoot at in the air and the eggheads tell me it's pointless to fire shoulder mounted rockets at anything on the ground. I don't see why; it seems to me that one could have, I don't know, some sort of rocket for ground use...something with a name like a Rocket Propelled Grenade...or Light Anti Tank Weapon (light because it's not the Artillery) or even something silly like BAZOOKA!!!
So! I've lost a city and there's a large stack of enemy forces, but I still have fairy large reserves of obsolete troops.
How do I handle this?
