The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Two - The First Algiers/Mombasa War
I order my 3 armies into Tanga, which is next to their Star Fort in Mombasa.
9 Feb – We win a Naval Battle and captured 8 ships! I order those to berth in Mzizma for repairs and upgrades.
15 Feb - I send a diplomat to make nice with Japan
22 Mar- Tanga falls – next is the Siege of Mombasa
1 Apr – Peace with Air is up
12 April – We begin the siege of Mombasa with a cannonade
6 July – Another 31k from south Kilwa joins the siege
26 Aug – Our 31k army finishes in Lake Vicotria region, I order it to Mombasa
1 Nov – Our DIP Power is about to hit it’s max, I spend some upping the Dev of gold holdings like Zimbabwe and Lower Limpopo and Butua
15 Nov – Lake Victoria army arrives in Mombasa
I spend 90 to upgrade my taken ships
1 Jan, 1701 – Relations maxed with Japan I pull my diplomat
15 Mar – Ships finished in South Africa, I send them to Cape, I order another 8 heavies here
28 Mar- I send my Japan diplomat to make nice with Muscovy
1 April – 14k Separatists rise up in Quelimane where my army is
9 April – No longer
21 April - Our 20 year Shala’fi Scholar finishes, I spend 50 ADM and bring in another
1 July – Event – A Royal Influence – Our state is loving Bengal where our Consort lives, Muhumbe is now Sunni
I send a Missionary there for 20 months
12 July – The minor next to Mombasa called Malindi falls to Sale
16 Aug – After 495 days, Mombasa falls, I order north of Malindi to where their army is – Lamu
We have a warscore of 75%
Their navy flees into the Zanzibar Strait where my main navy is
1 Sept – We with the battle and capture another 6 ships I send to Mzizma
25 Sept – Quelimane converts!
27 Sept – We win the battle of Lamu
They fleet to Pate a Fortress
1 Nov – Lamu falls, I have a 90 warscore
What can I get? Without annoying anyone?
Tanga – Wartarget - Lower dev, southern of 5, Coastal, north of Bagamoyo, east of Shamba – 9 warscore, 12 badboy – wow that’s a lot.
North is their capital of Mombasa, can I get it?
Kilwa will care with just Mombasa. What else can I get?
Even just Malindi will make Kilwa upset.
So let’s make Kilwa upset then, I don’t like it, but what else can we do?
Mombasa – Captial, North of Tanga – a massive 30 warscore, 24 badboy
Malindi - North of Mombasa – Brings in Somalia, nope
Kilwa cares, no one else does, 39 score, and 35.9 badboy, I do it and spend 91
Tanga – Wartarget - Lower dev, southern of 5, Coastal, north of Bagamoyo, east of Shamba – Trade Station for Ivory, Counting House, Conscription Center, Grand Shipyard, 15 dev, Coastline, Tropical, Swahili and Fetishist, 1.84 made here
Mombasa – Captial, North of Tanga – COT Entrepot, a massive 39 dev, Fortress, Counting House, Conscription Center, Trade Station for Ivory, Stock Exchange, Grand Shipyard, Swahili people, Sunni faith, Tropical Coastline, makes 0.89 monthly
Nasty!