Prussia - HOI4 - Back to War!

04 Oct 1913: I create a new CAS air wing in the Rhineland.
The Luftwaffe now has 16 air wings.
08 Oct 1913: I add two infantry battalions to my Fortress Division template.
18 Oct 1913: I select where some of the new Dockyards will be allocated.
02 Nov 1913: So much for peace in our times....
The Russians and the Soviets just don't get along with each other.
04 Nov 1913: I send Lenin 24 Fokker CAS aircraft - a one-time only deal.
06 Nov 1913: I also offer to send volunteers - I have no objection to German communists getting themselves killed.
The Soviets accept my offer so 9 divisions are on their way.
17 Nov 1913: The tech Early Support Weapons II has become available.
I select to develop the Seaplane Tender I next. Air power at sea sounds intriguing.
20 Nov 1913: Our volunteers have arrived in Saint Petersburg.
30 Nov 1913: The first target has been found.
02 Dec 1913: It is attacked from several directions.
07 Dec 1913: The focus Dockyard Expansion has been completed.
I select Chemical Warfare Focus next.
I also select Max von Fischel as my Chief of Navy.
In the Soviet Union a new target has been located.
11 Nov 1913: The attack begins.
17 Dec 1913: General von Einem's 7th Army quickly surrounds the enemy divisions and begin to neutralize them.
20 Dec 1913: The offensive is over.
22 Dec 1913: Southeast of their current location a more challenging target is located and into the fray....
29 Dec 1913: A confused series of battles begins.
05 Jan 1914: 7th Army soon has the situation under control.
12 Jan 1913: The first pocket has been neutralized and we move on to the next battle.
7th Army is gaining valuable combat experience and the troops are winter acclimatized. I also want to be on good terms with the Soviet Union because eventually France will have to be dealt with and the last thing I want is a two-front war again. That's all for this post, folks. Bis bald.

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