1750 Starting

[Midshipman]

Guys, I hate to be a stick in the mud, but doesn't it take two turns game time for regulars to be prcessed into the game? A lot of these armies are made up of regulars just added in, but they shouldn't be ready until Friday.

[Bearcat]

We would like the French to know that their bastard arrogance and hollow threats are not appreciated. We would also liek to point out that this is isn't their war and it would be much appreciated if they would mind their own business. Besides why should we cede what is ours?

OOC - My forces in the Netherlands are made up of militia. Polaris have you ever heard of forced conscription?

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[JT3]

OOC: BT, I went to the little battle-decider thing, put everything in, and I won losing less than a thousand men when I gave them 10,000, which was probably too high anyway since they got 40,000 over at the Prussian border. So I'll be writing my little story now, if you decide to give them a lot more men and it changes the battle just tell me.

IC: The Rhinish(pronounced Rhine-ish) commander, Heinrich Vutstein, walked to the top of the hill and raised the spyglass to his eye. He saw the Duchie army a mile and a half away, preparing their small, undertrained group for the battle that was ahead.

Vutstein collected the I Army in a rather loose formation. It was split in two parts, 20,000 to go up the middle, 10,000 to try to outflank the enemy army. It was a classic maneuver, particularly well used by Rhinish armies as their calvalry was more abundant than in other European armies, and therefore gave them more speed and a better chance of successfully flanking. First, however, Vutstein would be opening up with sheer firepower. Firepower that he intended to use to crush the enemy army before they could fire back.

At dawn, Vutstein climbed to the top of the hill again. Around him the Rhinish artillery was positioned to strike. They had been setting up all night, making the slightest adjustments to make sure their shots would count.

"Ready!"

The artillerysmen took their positions.

"Aim!"

The artillery was braced.

"FIRE!"

Fifty-two artillery pieces opened fire upon the Duchie army. Almost immediatly, chaos took hold of the enemy, and any chain of command was forgotten as men scrambled to flee from the explosions and fire surrounding them. The artillery continued to fire, destroying enemy cannon, killing horses, and blowing bodies in all directions.

The Duchie commander began to yell as loud as he could a single word:

"STOP!"

Many Duchie troops ran for cover, but one there, gave their attention to their officer. He slowly reorganized his army, even during the constant picking off of men by the Rhinish.

A little after noon, the Duchies began their final defense. They had retreated two miles and dug in, but it wasn't nearly enough. The Rhinish closed in.

Musket balls tore into the Duchie ranks, bringing down man after man. Some of the Duchies used their dead comrades for human sheilds. Others simply stood still, parylized with fear. Half continued to march forward and began to fire. The Rhinish artillery continued its merciless assault, killing the middle and back ranks of the Duchie army before they could even fire their guns.

Rhinish calvalry, accompanied by the fastest infantrymen, slowly came out of the forest. They had waited for exactly the right moment. Now it had arrived. They were directly left of the Duchie ranks, and had a perfect attack route to surround and capture nearly two-thirds of all men in all Duchie forces. Their artillery, set up in the dense tree during the night, opened fire.

The Duchie men were taken totally by surprise. Entire rows were suddenly impaled by shells coming from the left. They started to lose their organization, and some began to run. The Duchie commander continued to ride forward on his horse, firing his rifle when he could, and keeping order in the ranks he could see. But then, he too was killed by the Rhinish, the flanking army charging forward killing all they saw.

By dusk it was over. The Rhinish had won. The battle was over. Over 5000 Duchies had been killed. The Rhinish had lost only 820 of their own men. But their lives had been given for the glory of the Empire. And their comrades were proud of their homeland, and the sacrifice their friends had given. Now they marched on, closing on the Duchie capital, bringing the greatness of the Rhineland with them, to be spread yet again.

[Spartan187]

OOC:BT-did you see my post?
I invaded Ancona and took Malta with my fleet if that is allowed.
Also, do you have to post a budget daily?

[Black Dragon]

BT miscalculated my budget- I have $300 not $280. I am going to be using all of the extra $20 on more regulars- so currently that makes me training 17,000 regulars.

[PolarisGL]

The Netherlands are our allies, we will not see them fight alone.
Why should you cede what is yours? If you choose not to, so be it.

Our forces are continuing their attack on Liege.
We have experienced no casualties. The unguarded city is now property of the Netherlands, and our troops will stay there until commanded to leave.

Austria, you will have to give us a better reason not to take Belgium from you and give it to the Netherlands.

OOC: Have you ever heard of raising a militia and equipping them? Can't get a miltia ready in a few RL hours.

[Bearcat]

Wait one day IRL equals three months doesn't it? That shoudl be plenty of time to recruit new regulars.

[Bearcat]

A good reason hmm? The Belgians are Catholic which Bas stated that the Austrians are also. That's one of the reasons the Belgians grew unhappy with Dutch rule IRL. They were Catholic and the Dutch were Protestant. So respect the people's wishes.

Need time to equip my militia? I'll give them sticks No seriously Brussles or Antwerp would have arms works and therefore I could up the production quota and pump out weapons could I not?


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[Chris Szabla]

OOC: JT3, you realise of course that the nation you're fighting is the "Hesse Duchies", which means their nationality are "Hessians". Just for future reference.

Yes, regulars take two turns to muster and train.

And the light warship I was building at Ajaccio will have to be built at Genoa, as there are no facilities in Ajaccio. The La Spezia will sail to Ajaccio to provide protection for the harbour.

[PolarisGL]

Bearcat, surprisingly, that is convincing.

France is pondering to move their men out and declare a non-agression with Austria.
No word from Louis XV yet.

[JT3]

Oh...... two turns, not two days....... okay, my new armies will be done Wednesday(BT said everything but war could start earlier than Monday).

[JT3]

OOC: Yes, I know, I'm just marching towards the territory capital and fighting the territorial army, as it seems the national army is off at war.

[Midshipman]

To Poland:
Request denied. We ill not stab our glorious allies the Prussians in the back. Rather, we are ashamed at you for suggesting that we side against our allies.

[Spartan187]

OOC:Yes, but only 1/3 of the Netherlands IRL is Protestant and over half of Belguim speaks Dutch.
So there, Bearcat

[Chris Szabla]

Um, half of Belgium speaks Flemish, a language similar to Dutch and German, and the other half speaks Waloon, which is basically a French dialect.