The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight - The 7th Algiers/Somalia War
I order:
Western Flank Armies to the minor of Yao
36k from Bengkulu to the Malay Peninsula
6 Horn of Africa armies to Warshiekh
One to Beledweyne
Northern Armies to the Fortress of Gonder for a siege
I have 597k manpower at the beginning of the war
18 Aug – The Siege of Gonder begins with a fusillade
29 Aug- I win the Battle of Shewa
3 Sept – Three minors fall on all three flanks. I order the Western Army east to the Fortress of Wadai, I order the Warsheikh army next to the Fortress of El Buur
6 Sept – Beledweyne falls
20 Sept – Event - I lose 15 prestige rather than 10 ulema loyalty
1 Oct – Relations max with Hormuz, dip recalled
They are besieging Mukha with 31k
6 Oct – Now 69k
17 Oct – Gonder falls! I order my army to Mukha
120k are in Mukha now
9 Nov – I send the Hormuz dip to make nice with Venice
14 Nov – El Buur falls! Next is their capital of Meregh where they have 20k
29 Nov – We win the Battle of Meregh
7 Dec – Wadai on the West Flank falls, next is the Fortress of Tegali, we have a 21% warscore
29 Dec – We win I Mukha, I order my combined army next door to Aden’s capital of Adan
27 Jan, 1793 – We capture Meregh, and have a warscore of 31%
6 Feb – A minor falls
1 Apri – Another minor falls
Transoxiana relations maxed, diplomat pulled
5 May – Two minors fall
11 May – I send the Transoxiana dip to make nice with Deccan
16 May – Another minor falls
22 May – Tegali’s siege is over, and my warscore is 36% - I order my flank next door to the 42k army in Waylula
1 June – Do I spend 974 ADM to raise my tech? I hold off until post war
8 June – We defeat a 30k strong army in the Horn of Africa’s Bosoro
17 June – We win in Waylulam, I order my western army to the Fortress of Shewa on the northern flank
29 June – Two more minors are ours
9 July - Adan falls – warscore now is 52%
Next in Arabia is the Fortress of Beihan next to this
16 July – Every Horn of Africa holding is ours
30 July – Adan has arrived to siege As-Suways
1 Aug – Kedah the captial in Malay Peninsula ally falls
I have a warscore of 58%
My manpower is 206k, we are at the one year mark. Keep going or take a 58% peace deal?
What can I get?
Horn of Africa:
Warsheikh – Wartarget, up the Coast from Mogadishu, in my Mogadishu State – 9 warscore, 14.2 badboy
Beledweyne – Inland, connects Warsheikh and my stuff – 12 warscore, 12.1 badboy
West Africa:
El Obeid – South of Bayuda, surrounded by them – 4 score and 2.0 badboy
I can get Adan for 40 score. And Aden doesn’t really care. Do it? It has a huge 35 dev.
Nope I keep up with more stuff here.
El Buur – Inland of Warshekh and Beledweyne - 15 warscore and 13.9 badboy
Sanaag – Coastal, east of Berber – 7 warscore and 5.9 badboy
Northern Africa:
Arsi – Southwest of Harer, west of Dawaro – 3 warscore, 1.8 badboy
Lasta – Great Project, NW Corner – 6 warscore, 2.8 badboy
That’s 56 warscore, can I grab something else? Yup!
Werder – Inland, North of El Buur, east of OGaden, west and south of Somalia – 6 warscore, 3.8 badboy
Let’s look!
62 warscore, 61.4 badboy, only Somalia cares.
I do it! Peace! I spend ADM equal to 259 total
Ready?
Horn of Africa:
Warsheikh – Wartarget, up the Coast from Mogadishu, in my Mogadishu State – Arid Steppes, Somali people, Sunni faith, 27 dev, Livestock, Farm Estate, Mosque, Counting House, Grand Shipyard, Con Center, 2.84 made here
Beledweyne – Inland, connects Warsheikh and my stuff – 1.83 made here, Somali Sunni, Arid Steppes here too, 23 dev, Farm Estate for Livestock, Training Fields, Counting House, Town Hall, Con Center
El Buur – Inland of Warshekh and Beledweyne – Fortress, Arid Steppes here too, 33 dev, Iron Mines, Weapons Manufactory, Mosque, Town Hall, Con Center, Counting House, making here 3.86, Somali Sunnis
Sanaag – Coastal, east of Berbera – Arid Coastal Desert, Incense, Sunni and Somali, 15 dev, Con Center, Grand Shipyard, Mosque, makes 0.77
Werder – Inland, North of El Buur, east of Ogaden, west and south of Somalia, Throw In – Somali Sunnis with the lottery of Slaves, who knows what’ll be. This Highlands is Arid with 9 dev, Trade Station, Con Center, 0.62 made here
West Africa:
El Obeid – South of Bayuda, surrounded by them – Textile Manufactory for the rich Cloth, Con Center, 5 dev, Nubian Fetishist, Arid Steppes, 1.01 made here
Northern Africa:
Arsi – Southwest of Harer, west of Dawaro – Plantation for Coffee, Con Center, Mountains, 4 dev, makes 0.60, Oromo people, Fetishist faith.
Lasta – Great Project called “Rock Hewn Churches at Lalibela”, NW Corner – Farm Estate for Grain, Con Center, Mountains, 6 dev, Amhara Coptic, makes us 0.49, Central Ethiopia State so it’s already stated.
Remember that Somali is an accepted culture. Every addition was a high dev province, Cloth, Coffee, a Great Project or a throw in.
This war ends in 11 years in 1804 and will likely be the last Somalia war.