The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Six - The 1st Algiers/Somalia War
I order my 36k to Kedah
On the South Flank I order all of my armies are ordered to the Fortress of Kikuyu
On the Egyptian flank I order to the minor of Beja
4 Feb – We win a minor naval battle, we capture a few ships, I order them to berth in our Red Sea’s Suakin to rebuild.
12 Mar – Beja is ours, next is the Fortress of Mendefera next to us
1 May – Our votes failed – next is Quartering of Troops
25 May - The Kedah army is in our Bengkulu besieging us
4 June – The southern flank captures a minor
6 June – A northern minor falls
1 Aug – I don’t invest in War Tech 25 at war
15 Aug – Kikuyu falls! Our warscore is just 1
22 Aug – We capture a west flank minor and pull back, I don’t wanna annoy them with my 31k army
25 Aug – We capture the wartarget Massawa with my mercs
7 Oct – Zigua converts!
We capture a southern flank minor
15 Oct – Mendefera falls – I head next door to 13k Aksum
22 Oct – 85k Aden armies have arrived in Sharqiya and As-Suways, I’ll head over now that we captured Mendefera and after fighting those Aksum troops
6 Nov – Angoche converts!
9 Nov – We win in Aksum and capture a northern minor with my mercs
18 Nov – Southern minor falls,
25 Dec – Two minors fall
31 Jan, 1709 – We capture Pattani in the Malay peninsula, next their captial
A minor fell, next is their capital of Mogadishu
10 Feb – Kilwa converts as does Katsekera
1 Mar – We win in As-Suways
19 Mar- We win in Sharqiya – I order my army south again
4 April – Mogadishu falls! We have a 33% warscore
13 May – Minor falls on Southern Flank
13 June – Two minors refell back to Somalia
21 June – A southern minor falls, it’s next to 28k troops in Meregh I order my army there
12 July – We win the battle of Meregh
23 July – We win the Battle of Gezira
5 Aug – They have three armies on the West Flak
I order my Norther army to the Fortress of Tegali
11 Aug- Another minor falls to us
18 Sept - Another minors falls I order my southern army to the Fortress of Degehbur
9 Oct – Another minor falls to my mercs
21 Nov – Another minor falls to us
4 Dec – I cannot get to the West Flank, I hire 30k in Marghi
26 Jan, 1710 – An 19k army recaptures the wartargget my 30k are heading over
1 Feb – The Age of Revolutions has begun!
19 Mar – The wartarget is ours again
I have a 41 warscore again
12 May – The capital of Kedah falls to me!
Now a 50% warscore
5 June – We win the campaign in West Africa’s Mandara
28 June – Tegali falls!
Next the Fortress of Darfur
26 Aug – Degehbur falls!
Next is the Star Fort of Kaffa
I have a warscore of 55%
What can I get?
If you’ll recall I want the Red Sea down to the crossing over the Red Sea to keep the Turks from heading down the coast after Aden. I’ve wiped out my manpower and need to rebuild.
I’ll take as much as possible after my Red Sea stuff until Somalia cares.
Ready?
North Somalia:
Massawa – Wartarget, Red Sea, South of Suakin – 3 warscore, 4 badboy
Assab – Red Sea, South of Massawa, 5 warscore, 3 badboy
Tajura – Red Sea, south of Assab, strait to Arabia - 8 warscore and badboy, but Somalia cares. Uh oh. What do I do? Do it and then annoy them later? I don’t want Somalia joining Kilwa. But I need to stop the Turks from crossing over, and I need to get land from my 206k manpower spent and years of fighting.
I do it.
What else?
Now it’s just good things
Can I get Mokha?
Mokha – Arabian Peninsula, strait to Tajura – Surrounded by Aden – I don’t want them to attack us from the strait – 10 warscore and badboy
Fazughli – South of us in Al Qadarif, Cuts Somalia off from western holdings – 5 score and 3 badboy
South Somalia:
Tana – North of Taveta – 7 score, 9 badboy
That’s the most I can do with Mombasa on the sidelines:
38 score, 36.8 badboy I do it! I spend ADM equal to 132
My new stuff!
North Somalia:
Massawa – Wartarget, Red Sea, South of Suakin – Mill for Gems, Grand Shipyard, Tigray Coptic, Arid Coastal Desert, 5 dev, makes us 0.41
Assab – Red Sea, South of Massawa – Afar and Sunni, Arid Coastal Desert – Grand Shipyard and Farm Estate for Livestock, 4 dev, 0.34 made here.
Tajura – Red Sea, south of Assab, strait to Arabia – 10 dev, Afar and Sunni, Arid and Coastal Desert, Farm Estate for Livestock and Workshop and Conscription Center 0.68 made here
Mokha – Arabian Peninsula, strait to Tajura – Surrounded by Aden – I don’t want them to attack us from the strait – Coastline, not Arid, Coffee, Afar and Sunni, 13 dev, Star Fort we can upgrade later, Workshop and Plantation, 0.36 made here
Fazughli – South of us in Al Qadarif, Cuts Somalia off from western holdings – Arid Marsh – weird combo, Salt here, Mosque and Workshop, 5 dev, Nubian and Coptic.
South Somalia:
Tana – North of Taveta – Throw in – Arid Savanah, 10 dev, Ivory trade, Conscription Center, Trade Station and Workshop, Somali culture, Sunni faith and makes us 1.19
Good stuff! We took 6 holdings, but not a major holding, so this wasn’t a major economic hit.
Peace until 1719 in nine years