Battle Report 5, 1894This year, through hard work, we have designed the
Guulin Infantry Rifle, an advanced rifle able to hit and kill from a distance and quick to reload, using a bolt action to load and take out the shells. It is an amazing gun at long to medium range in trained hands, and does well in short range combat and in melee, thanks to our revision making the
Guulin Carbine & Bayonet which has made a bayonet. The new Carbine allows us to use the gun on horseback and be lighter at the cost of some accuracy and the gun having less reach in melee combat, although melee's have been quite rare lately, so it doesn't matter too much.
Our enemy however, has made something quite surprising and quite honestly deadly at short range, the
Carrera Series 1 Model 1 Repeating Rifle, a rifle that has a revolver mechanism and can fire about as fast as our own rifles can. However, they can get six shots off quick before they use the break action of the gun to reload it. The other thing they have done is, well...this year, thanks to some work, we managed to find out that they used to use a mini ball like shot called the Reseph shot for their rifles and muskets, however we also learned they made an up sized version for their cannons, and they made a new kind of shot for their cannons called the
Asimov Artillery Shell. A shell similar to their old shot, and now explosive. It is extremely deadly against our ships and to any groups of soldiers in range of one of their cannons.
Battle Report, Naval Combat: The battle at sea is a massacre, our ships are sunk left and right and, like the great storm that brought us here, barely anything survives the waters out at sea. Both Sea wolves and transports alike sink to the bottom quickly as the only thing that remains is the occasional flotsam that washes up on the shores. The few ships that do make it to the islands usually sink on the return trip, and there are only a handful that don't have to deal with the wrath of the Nafunan Navy. The only thing we know from one of the few survivors is the ship burst aflame in a grand explosion when they got hit, and after that, it was to the sea floor.
The Nafunans have achieved Naval DominationBattle Report, Ruins. Attackers, Nafuna: The Ruins are a twisting maze of ruined and ancient constructions. Once a city, these lands where sacked long ago into the stone remains that exist now. While support of things like cannons and horses can help here, the maze like streets parts of which are blocked off by debris limits their usefulness. Naturally, fighting happens at close combat, or long range here. Close combat being something that the Nafunans currently have an advantage in with their repeating rifle, along with of course, our massive supply disadvantage preventing our troops from getting the ammo, guns, manpower and so on has left us on the retreating side of the battle.
Its not to much of a stretch to say, we lose ground. [Karikhita 3/4, Nafuna 1/4] We will still get our resources from here, so long as we aren't pushed back again, however.
Battle Report, Villages. Attackers, Karikhita, Nafuna: The battle in the villages is even more brutal then it was last year, now, more men die then ever before as the once green and golden fields start to turn brown from Nafuna's new shots. Tactics have change quite a bit from the beginning of this year, our own soldiers now relying much much more on hit and run tactics from a distance and near hills to get out of Nafuna's lines of fire, while they have started to fan out much much more then before. As we found out early in the year, staying out in the open near Nafunan troops is a death sentence and all our tactics now rely on hit and run and ambushes, along with the few new weird skirmishers who fight from far away in the distance, only putting their rifle away and riding off when the enemy starts to move in close on them. Their shells are also deadly whenever they hit, taking out more of our soldiers then their old normal non explosive shots did, however, after all the fighting in this year is said and done, both we and the enemy are exhausted, and find that the line has more or less, stayed where it was and
no side has gained anything from all of this, other then plenty of dead bodies, however we fear we lost more then they did. [Karikhita 1/4, Nafuna 3/4]Battle Report, Swamp. Attackers, Karikhita: Our new guns help us here, our old cannons help us here, but really, what truly helps us here is the weak will of the Nafunans themselves. Over the past few years, we where barely kept from advancing here, emphasis on barely. This year, we constantly harrassed their soldiers, ambushing them at every opportunity, our cannons and our guns firing while they where just marching, or just relaxing around a fire, or while they where eating, or while they where patrolling for us, or when they where running away from another ambush. Every which way they went, there was a ambush by our soldiers. And, due to our constant harrassment of them, along with us always dealing more damage and them just barely holding us from the door. We have managed to finally subdue the spineless cowards and driven them off from these swamp lands
which finally are now fully under our own control. [Karikhita 4/4, Nafuna 0/4]Outside world and Internal affairs The possess of industrialization has been relatively slow. And we have a new group of civil engineers after the last ones ran away. Despite this we have managed to work the land in the mountains a bit more with the new equipment, although, we need a bit more transport to deal with the extra ore which currently is a bit harder to do considering our ability to transport anything by sea is quite terrible as of late. In other news, the Donghak Peasant Rebellion begins in Mujiang, Korea over local corruption, sparking the 1st Sino-Japanese War. Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20. He is later executed by guillotine. Archibald Primrose, the 5th earl of Rosebery, becomes the First Lord of the treasury. Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal. German Emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi & Premier Botho zu Eulenburg. And Nicholas II becomes the new Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
Mongol Sabre, A old sword design that has served us well even after all these years, It can be used on horseback just as well as it can be used on foot. Costs 1 Ore -Cheap
Bear Armour, Sadly, not made out of bear leather, Bear armour is simple but effective cloth and leather armour able to stop arrows from killing at medium and long range, however, it doesn't stop musket shots at anything short of extreme range, at which point, you have to be lucky, which considering how accurate a musket is at that range, means you probably aren't. The arms aren't armored for flexibility, and it doesn't include a helm, so shots to the head or arms will be more effective then the chest. -Cheep
Shonkhor Light Cannon, A light cannon designed by us for mobility and speed over firepower. It is able to go almost anywhere, so long as people are strong enough, however that doesn't mean it is effective everywhere. When moving, especially at speed, on rough or bumpy ground the shot tends to fall out of the barrel. Other then this it is a fairly good cannon. Costs 2 ore, 1 wood -Complex, Expensive.
Sea Wolf, It is basically a Water wolf with six cannons. It is also bow heavy and the chaser cannons tend to get wet ruining the powder. It is still a fast ship but it isn't as quick as the water wolf ships are, it also is complex due to the cannons equipped on it. Costs 2 ore, 1 wood -Complex, Expensive.
Guulin Infantry Rifle, Our newest rifle utilizing a pinfire system and a bolt action. It is loaded not by the mussel but by the breach which combined with the new bullets is extremely quick to fire compared to any of our old guns. The revolutionary design is also good at long range and has allowed some of our soldiers to use the rifle to its maximum potential. Costs 1 ore 1 wood, cheap
Guulin Carbine (& Bayonet), a shortened version of the Guulin rifle to be used on horseback at the cost of some accuracy. Also includes a bayonet as the name implies. Said bayonet can be used on the rifle as well. Costs 1 ore 1 wood, cheap.
Khopesh, A classic short sword design we have not forgotten even after all these years, the major difference between it and the original is the use of steel instead of iron or bronze and it is much sharper then what we had before. Costs 1 Ore-Cheep
Armored Chariot, Unlike our foe, we do not ride atop horses in battle, instead, we use chariots. These particular chariots are armored and quite sturdy so they wont have an unlikely chance of being set on fire. It is only used by skilled archers, as we have limited numbers of them due to the required skill needed to make them. Costs 2 Wood, 1 Ore -Complex, Expensive
1891 Nafuni Soldier Uniform Standardization, A standardization of Nafuna's soldiers, it gives them a pouch and belt for paper ammo, along with a faded gold colored thick shirt that protects against arrows and leather boots. They also are given a helmet, with skilled people having their helms have golden falcon wings on the helm, sadly not sticking out like the bayonet, so we cant drag them down to the ground in combat. All soldiers seem to be equipped with this.
Asennu-class Shunefu, We don't know much, other then it has a lot of cannons, and is a Barque. Has two Narmer's at the back of the ship and is fairly fast, though, not faster then us of course.
Hor-Aha 12 lb Cannon, a 12 pound cannon that is able to fire at long range and appears to be made of iron, probably rifled due to accuracy, but it might now, we haven't managed to get any intact versions after all.
Carrera Series 1 Model 1 Repeating Rifle, An oddly named rifle with break action loading and a revolver mechanism. It can fire all six shots fairly quickly, but it takes a while to reload, leaving it about as quick as our own rifle.
Asimov Artillery Shell, It is a Reseph shot like shell that, as far as we know, explodes in impact most of the time. It is very effective against our ships and against infantry or calvery that rides or runs next to each other due to its explosive power.
It is now the Design Phase, Make them pay for what they did to us.
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Topic: The Ameliorate War, An Arms Race game, Karikhita, 1904 Battle Phase (Read 29196 times)