Prussia - HOI4 - Brest-Litovsk

21 Aug 1912: I've decided to dissolve 8th Army's front and move them to Austria-Hungary to help against Serbia.
24 Aug 1912: Even 9th Army's front has shrunken to ca. 50km but they can still support 1st Army on their right flank.
29 Aug 1912: The French lose another merchant.
The Soviets now have 52-81 divisions. Now that's what I call recruitment. The Russians are now 45% towards capitulation and have lost 914K troops.
The Serbs are at 59% towards capitulation! The war is going better than I thought.
Meanwhile in the Adria our ally is hopelessly outnumbered. 300 to 9!
While I order the bulk of 8th Army to Grodno....
….I order 1st and 9th Armies to march further into Russia,
31 Aug 1912: 10th Army adjusts which regions it occupies.
My Production is looking better. All my divisions will soon have full equipment. I've put more emphasis on Siege Artillery while I've given both air units an extra MF.
I order the remaining 6 divisions of 8th Army to join their colleagues in Grodno.
The whole front now belongs to 1st Army. Two divisions are a little exposed so I order 6 more to cover their right flank and occupy those 3 Russian divisions.
This is the big picture for all 1st Army divisions. Bryansk is the immediate objective.
I have two Zeppelin wings in the East. One is in East Prussia and the other near Warsaw.
I move them both to Graz for operations in the Western Balkans.
A more detailed view of the naval battle in the Adriatic Sea. It doesn't look good.
That division in Cameroun is sent to hopefully distract the enemy divisions attacking our colleague in Togoland.
I assign 8th Army to a piece of the Serbian frontline.
It's objective is Nis.
Finally an overview of our research projects.
02 Sep 1912: 1st Army units have captured Bryansk. Orel is next on our list.
I assign Walther von Eberhardt to my military staff. His speciality is naval strike. It will be useful against the Royal Navy.
I give orders to take Orel.
03 Sep 1912: The Russians have conceded defeat and have signed a Peace Treaty with us at Brest-Litovsk.
With that the war in the East is over. Complete victory and we shall be demanding territorial concessions from the Soviets. Be assured. That's all for this post. Bis bald.

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