Ottoman - HOI4 - The Waiting Game

14 Jul 1911: We now have the 2nd half of 1911 and the Italians haven't claimed Libya yet. Has he changed his mind? My hands are tied with the Balkan nations because World Tension needs to be 40% before a nation with an authoritarian government can start justifying a war goal. So I have to sit back and wait for them to attack. Meanwhile I upgrade another garrison division - there aren't many left....
16 Jul 1911: The technology for Trench Excavation has arrived....
….so I continue with the doctrine Entrenching Battalions.
23 Jul 1911: Agadir Crisis! Come on Germany. Do something!!!
25 Jul 1911: I split my air wing into 2 air wings and have assigned one of them to Army Bulgaria.
My construction schedule....
….and production schedule. Support Equipment gets the next MF.
I commence constructing Coastal Forts at Derna, Tripoli and Benghazi. Just realized that it should have been Tobruk not Derna. Maybe fate was guiding me.
18 Aug 1911: Germany backed down so we are stuck with low World Tension. I assign Ismali Enver as my Airforce Chief of Staff. A CAS expert.
23 Aug 1911: The tech Light Cruiser I is finished but it is already obsolete....
….so I start researching Light Cruiser II technology.
29 Aug 1911: I've accumulated enough Field Guns for two more Infantry Divisions.
02 Sep 1911: The focus Armament Effort has completed.
I assign the new MF to Infantry Equipment....
….and choose Dockyard Expansion as the new focus. We need facilities to build the new cruiser.
18 Sep 1911: War in the Far East.
I start improving relations with Montenegro - who knows????
19 Sep 1911: A very British comment!
28 Sep 1911: I move a couple of Cavalry Corps forward to the west coast. The capital of Albania and the port are the only things of value there.
27 Oct 1911: The doctrine Air Squadron has been completed.
I select Mountain Infantry I next. Should have done that earlier because we have a lot of mountains. On the other hand I am not wallowing in Infantry Equipment to support their recruitment.
11 Nov 1911: (!) The Italians finally declare war. The waiting is over...
We now have to go down the road to defeat - more in the next post....

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