KorutZelva
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Entente sinks a battleship off the coast of Italy, but the CP takes its revenge notching a battleship of its own and a (very sturdy) seaplane carrier. The combined CP fleet in the med consist of a light cruiser, 1 destroyers, 2 torpedo boat, 2 subs, 2 battleships, 1 dreadnought and a battlecruiser. Survivors from the Entente fleet consist of 2 seaplane carrier, 3 subs, 2 destroyers. I expect these to scatter following the battle. My fleet will make port, refit and then go to Gibraltar. Finally took Riga this turn. Russian artillery makes an appearance in Ukraine, this will make the approach to Kiev more arduous. In the center the road to Smolensk seems wide open, but I don't expect it to be the case for long. Russian morale is in freefall so the question is whether to Lenin or not when the time comes. I don't think the Russian can prevent the NM moral death spiral with the amount of russian real estate I own. I'm tempted to skip on Lenin to leech on Russian NM cities and avoid the NM drain from the bolcheviks. It will depend the extent the russian's ability to mount offensive when I'm asked for it. If the Russian can drain me corps on offensive I'll send Lenin, if they are stuck playing defense I'll pass. It also depends of my naval plan, if I'm currently blockading the UK, it's not a bad idea to let Russia languish to prevent the UK to leverage a USA entry from Russia's surrender. In the West, the UK is starting to shoulder some of the frontline load to preserve french morale. This is both good and bad. Going for the UK, obviously having english target is good but... as long as France morale is higher than Germany's I'm nervous. Right they hold a 5% edge so it's not a critical gap (Russia surrender would cover it and then some) but something to monitor. Austrian victories at sea have given them a little bump in morale and surged over 50% again.
< Message edited by KorutZelva -- 9/7/2021 1:37:13 AM >
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