Prussia - HOI4 - Italian Victory and Russian Loss

12 Jan 1912: The Siege Artillery Upgrade is a great bonus for my forces on the French border.
I select the doctrine Mass Charge next.
We sank another Russian Cruiser in the Baltic.
Five months into the war and our losses are less than I feared they would be.
I need to improve my rail network in order to achieve better logistics for the Russian front.
13 Jan 1912: We appear to be getting nowhere in a hurry.
16 Jan 1912: Good! In the north I managed to withdraw my forces in order to prevent them from being encircled.
18 Jan 1912. A promising development in the south.
19 Jan 1912: 10 Russian divisions have been encircled E of Warsaw. Another 13 NE of the city are about to suffer the same fate. Even the Russians can't replace 23 divisions overnight. When this battle is over I shall move 9th Army to my left flank. More pressure is needed there. The Austrians appear to have everything under control here.
20 Jan 1912: My 'wasted' focus Schutztruppen Deployment really is a waste.
One lousy weak division.
22 Jan 1912: I deploy it in Dar es Salaam and hope for the best. Well the Italians are now under employed.
My next focus is Reinforce Kaiser's Authority.
23 Jan 1912: They did get Libya....
28 Jan 1912: We lost another merchant ship.
01 Feb 1912: We are making progress near Kovno.
03 Feb 1912: I cancel 9th Army's orders in the south....
...and assign it to a piece of my northern front. What on earth is Japan up to?
We also need to garrison Warszawa. The Poles are protesting being liberated from the Russians? But the Poles hate the Russians....
A quick fix there.
11 Feb 1912: I've forgotten what benefits we had....
26 Feb 1912: Rest in Peace cousin William. I'll take care of Luxembourg for you.
27 Feb 1912: I hire Peter Strasser to take care of my air force's bombing mission.
04 Mar 1912: I give new orders to Army Group 1. Riga, Dvinsk and Minsk are the immediate objectives.
In the last 8 weeks we have 90,000 casualties compared to their 240,000. Good odds.
Russia is definitely weaker. We now have more divisions than they do. We are still the only power with an air force!
Japan has its eyes on a few islands we have in their area. They can have them. Germany is looking mighty fine but I have to keep Italy out of the war. If they joined the Entente that would change the balance of power in Europe.

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