Battle Report 12, 1901This year, we made the glorious and completely original never before seen
Mogoi Torpedo which is a warhead propelled through the water at high speed and explodes on impact. We also made a deal with a capitalist named Tsaasen who helped us with the Tsaasen Motors
W3L-Mk1, a robust, reliable, and powerful engine that can fit in our good old Tos-Mori truck with a few slight minor tweaks and proved to work like a charm in the truck.
Our enemy from the desert meanwhile made the
Cheops Personal Machine Gun Model 1901, a light machine gun that can be held in hand and fired in hand. Although there seems to be issues with firing it since reports show it doesn't seem to
stop firing at times. They also made the
Toth-Type Observational Kite Balloon, a observation balloon that seems to stay in place in the air, goes quite high into the sky and seems to allow spotting of flares and artillery from longer range.
Battle Report, Naval Combat: The combat at sea takes a slight turn to our favor thanks to our torpedoes which, when they hit, are extremely effective against Nafunan ships. However, its a bit difficult to calculate where to aim by hand making them less effective at longer ranges. Early in the Year, the torpedoes sunk plenty Nafunan ships, but soon enough their captains figured out what was going on and made a few more evasive maneuvers. Although, this didn't effect how well we did so by much due to the fact most of the time the ship shooting the torpedoes was a Luu who closed in. They have a gun advantage, and we have torpedoes, but it takes only one hit with a torpedo to disable one of their ships.
As one can guess, things are in our favor, but we have a edge they don't and have taken a advantage.Battle Report, Mountains. Attackers, Karikhita: We decided that last year was a something that wouldn't be repeated now their supplies are somewhat disrupted at sea, having yet another go at those Nafunans in the mountains would work this time around. Unfortunately, while it is true, that with some of their supplies disrupted, we can make more advancements in the mountains then if we hadn't, we clearly didn't disrupt them enough,
and as such, we where unable to make much more ground then we did last time before we had to tactically withdraw. [Karikhita 0/4, Nafuna 4/4] Battle Report, Villages. Attackers, Karikhita, Nafuna: Our advance here quickly comes to a crawl as we quite quickly find out two terrible things here, one being that the Nafunans now have about as much artillery to throw at us as we had to throw at them, and with that balloon of theirs, they seem to be able to fire decently at longer ranges then us. Of course, we can still technically fire at them, but its more just random shots in the dark then actual accurate sustained fire. Still, the Tos Mori helps on the artillery front a bit, as we are able to move fairly quickly and sometimes dodge enemy retaliation and it also helps out with getting soldiers out to the front line. But its not exactly enough to fully stop them from pummeling our artillery. As for guns, we already know they have bolt action with fast reloading, machine guns, and now hand held machine guns, although the later is not used much here.
Still, they are able to quite a bit of damage to our forces, and especially our artillery, and they manage to advance due to this, abet barely. [Karikhita 0/4, Nafuna 4/4]Battle Report, Swamps. Attackers, Nafuna: The battle in the swamps takes a turn like the villages did, abet slightly less of a turn. We had a hard time last year and we had a even harder time this year. The Nafunans new personal machine gun is simple and effective when it works...when it works however, is sometimes. And it seems that most of the time after firing it, they need to do something to the gun to be able to reload it properly that takes a while for them to do, however rarely this has been seen not to be the case, and we believe its prone to jamming after expending its ammunition or some other such issue. Still, the gun can go everywhere in this bog, unlike our light machine gun which cant go in the muddiest of places. Still, luckily, their gun isn't reliable enough to push us over the edge, but the artillery is almost able to, if it weren't for the fact that we have the cover of trees to make flare spotting a little bit harder...
Just barely we cling on to our land with heavy losses. [Karikhita 4/4, Nafuna 0/4]Espionage Report, Nafunan Mission 6The khan himself received a report from our good friend Tsaasen, and judging by his scream of rage after getting it, we can tell its not good. When we where given the letter, it described how his headquarters had important things stolen last night. Apparently, one of the employees he hired last week had used his access to get in to places he shouldn't have been in, knocked out the guards, took the plans for his new engine along with anything relating to our truck, and then drove away in a Tos-Mori with no one being the wiser until next morning. However, there is more, there was something left by the scene of the crime...a single stone with the words "Hello again my friends, don't mind if I borrow this for people who actually deserve it" engraved into it. Naturally, knowing just who is the one who did this, the Khan is understandably absolutely livid burning mad inferno of rage...
Outside world and Internal affairs: Despite all that's happened with Tsaasen, there has been some good things going on in our society. Namely, as it turns out, the new Tos Mori's are much better at moving factories to different locations then horses ever where! Even if it is still a slow and difficult process its one that can still be done. Also, our deal with france ended this year, so we no longer are paying them ore for machinery. In other news Queen Victoria's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England. In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob train of forty thousand dollars at Wagner, Montana. The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21 in Fairfield, Connecticut, happened. And Guglielmo Marconi attempts to send the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada using a 500-foot (150 m) kite-supported antenna for reception.
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
SS Yalagdashgui, Its a large ship armed with the brand new Tom-Shonkhor cannon. Its slow but basically impervious to all Nafunan fire and it uses not only the power of the wind to sail through the waves, but the power of steam as well using large paddle wheels. Costs 3 Ore 2 wood, Complex- Expensive
Burgud Infantry Rifle, A smokeless powder rifle with the ability to fire five shots before needing to be reloaded, as one would expect its better then our old gun and replaces it as our main rifle, along with it being quite simply as good or better in all regards. Can be used on horseback and has a bayonet and leather strap for ease of carry. Costs 1 ore, 1 wood Cheap
Luu-Class Cruiser, A very fast ship that is lightly armoured but armed enough to take down any Asennu-class the Nafunans have. Due to its speed, it hunts down enemy transport ships more then anything else. Costs 3 ore, 2 wood, -complex, Expensive
Algasahk Rifle Scope, Quite literally a spyglass slapped onto a rifle, it helps our skirmishers see further then they would otherwise, but not much else... -Cheap
Shuurga LMG, A very light Machinegun that is fast firing, slow to overheat, and quick to load. In other words, better then the Nafunans machinegun in almost every way. Costs 2 ore -Cheap
Osolt HE TNT, A explosive shot for our cannons, just plain better then our old shot, even if it doesn't explode once in a blue moon. -Cheap
Ayanga QF-12cm L40, A brand new 120mm Artillery gun that is smaller and lighter then the Nafunan's gun, of course, its mass produced numbers also help with its effectiveness, along with it being equipped on ships and soldiers having flarerrows to call shots down on a position. Costs 3 Ore, -Cheap
Tos-Mori Truck, A new machine powered not by steam, but by oil. The old engine was replaced with the W3L-Mk1, made by Tsaasen, and is very robust and reliable unlike the old one. Costs 2 Ore, 1 oil.
Khagas Semiautomatic Rifle, An attempt that was made to make a semi automatic rifle. We never managed to make a working prototype thanks to sabotage...
Mogoi Torpedo, A useful and powerful explosive that propels itself under the waves to strike at enemy ships from beneath, causing flooding and structural damage.
Khopesh, A old shoddy short sword design they 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 they had before. Costs 1 Ore-Cheep
Armored Chariot, Unlike our us, they do not ride atop horses in battle, instead, they 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 their skilled riflemen, as they 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.
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. No longer makes smoke when fired
Reseph-Vizier Series 2 Service Rifle Model 1900, A long range rifle used by the bulk of Nafunan troops, and by their skirmishers. Its a bolt action and has a box magazine along with a few weird features attached to it as well. Fires slightly more often then our own.
Carrera Series 3 Model 2 Rapid Repeater Revolver, Its a machinegun that uses a revolver and is really annoying to deal with, doesn't seem to penetrate light cover too well and is heavy. Usually has a 2 man team or 3 when being moved somewhere.
Sekhmet 1.6-inch Revolver Cannon, A cannon that is about as heavy as it looks and about as mobile as a horse with only two legs. Can pack quite a punch and has a shield to protect the gunner from gunfire. Needs 6 people to move the thing from what we have seen, and can penetrate cover.
QF Tauret Field Artillery Piece model 1898, Artillery with a massive range compared to our own and has the ability to be used out of sight of its target via the use of sparkly things refereed to as 'flares' It has quite the explosive punch and is fast firing. Apparently what project hippo is.
Sobek class Nushunefu, A Ironclad like our own, has heavy armour and two basic turrets along with a decent amount of casemates. Its not as fast as the Luu, but still quite a bit faster then the Yalagdashgui, then again, most things are...
Cheops Personal Machine Gun Model 1901, A hand held machine gun that seems to take a long time to reload most of the time and is suspected of being very unreliable, however when it fires its just as deadly as any other machine gun, especially at close range.
Toth-Type Observational Kite Balloon, A observational balloon that is very stable and able to go quite high up to help spot flares and artillery for their own.
Since some people asked for it.
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Mountains Hill Ancient Ruins
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Swamp Villages Mountains
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Savannah Desert Tropic Forest
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Jungle Farm City Island
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It is now the Design Phase, the Khan is still an absolutely livid blazing burning mad inferno of rage...Its advised for your safety to leave him be....
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Topic: The Ameliorate War, An Arms Race game, Karikhita, 1904 Battle Phase (Read 29147 times)