KorutZelva -> RE: From the desk of the evil guys (companion AAR) (9/1/2021 6:01:28 PM)
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Let's use this pause to discuss the predicament the Ottomans are in, or rather the choice my opponent has to mull. Ottoman morale like 20%... but there's only two cities that can inflict a big dip (+ arab revolt). Bagdad and Constantinople, both who'd be a bit of a pain to go get. In a typical game the current border would have been enough to see the Ottoman fold because it would have been obtained with more of a slug. In this game, the fighting was so one sided that there was no occasion for protracted military lost and lost NM cities to accrue morale sink overtime. What are his options? 1-Press on, get to armistice Troops from the theater would probably be tied another year. Bulgaria being within joining dangerzone means the troops really have to hustle and may have to duke out with the Germans to finish the job. Germany and Austria get a big morale hit but ultimately missing out on anatolia mpp, NM and staging area. 2-Press on, get full conquest Not a decision to do now, but can be delayed depending on any arrival of german support but refusing the armistice give the Ottomans a whooping 5000 NM and giving the scarcity of targets to bring that down it almost guaranties it won't fall baring losing its capital. 3-Gallipoli! Difficult to do but would take Bulgaria from the war and give an option to capture Constantinople. It's almost impossible to do on the fly though. 4-Garrison and leave Ottomans are not in a position to conduct any offensive operation, Russia could withdraw troops to help against the advancing Germans. UK could go shore up Serbia and threaten Austria. Let the cities conquered by the Russian erode Ottoman morale. So what if the Germans send help latter, that's troop not seen on other fronts. In the meanwhile the Ottomans feeds NM to Russia. Let it be. I think option 4 is what he should do... but I understand that psychologically it's hard to back down when the OE seem down and out. I'm thinking he'll go with 1. For the OE the goal is to hold on Gallipoli and Constantinople, everything else can be sacrificed.
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