Ottoman - HOI4 - Preparing for the Inevitable

09 Apr 1912: I can still develop my infrastructure so I select Communication System.
25 Apr 1912: The technology Improved Hand Tools is now available.
I decide to research Engineering Drawing next.
I add two more infantry battalions to my Garrison Division template so that they will perform better in combat.
11 May 1912: I need to place 15 divisions back in training....
05 Jun 1912: I select Vecihi Hürkush to be in charge of aircraft design.
09 Jun 1912: Serbia declares war! Without warning!
A focus has finished and I choose Aviation Effort next. The war has really caught me by surprise because I thought we had another 6 weeks to prepare. I quickly put those 15 divisions back in Army Bulgaria, put Ottoman Empire Fleet 1 on Search and Destroy in the Black Sea and basically put my armed forces on a war footing.
10 Jun 1912: The Greeks are attacking so I launch a counterattack.
12 Jun 1912: This is why I quickly calm down. The Balkan League has 4+4+3+0 = 11 points...
….while we have 19!
19 Jun 1912: The fronts are intact and the outlook is positive. On the Bulgarian Front we have a green 82 in the central sector.
We sink 7 Bulgarian destroyers...
….anf the Greeks sink 5 of ours.
We are short on steel so I import more from the Russians.
I also commit my 'reserves'.
24 Jun 1912: Those 4 enemy divisions in the centre have been pushed back and we have captured Plovdiv, their second largest city. Now we must press home the attack and cross that damn river. In the west the situation is as planned. No enemy breakthrough.
28 Jun 1912: That river is still blocking our advance.
30 Jun 1912: I order the 28th Piyade to support its neighbour's attack.
01 Jul 1912: We are slowly joining the two fronts in the south. It'll mean giving up Macedonia but we shall return.
05 Jul 1912: The technology Communication System has arrived.
11 Jun 1912: In the East we have broken through the Bulgarian but 7 divisions advanced too far and have been encircled. We also crossed the river in the centre so relief forces are on their way.
13 Jul 1912: We remedied the situation and are now aiming for Sofia. In the south and west I am not overly concerned. The enemy has a mountain range to cross and we have reinforced it.
Do we capture Sofia? All shall be revealed in the next post. Until soon....

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