03-25-2003, 07:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2003, 08:03 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
The Build orders came in. French fleet in Brest. He announced it as part of a subversive plan between Engalnd and France to play against Germany, in that the Franco-German alliance requested French naval support for Germany's northern holdings whilst Germany contended with the Austrian menace south of him. (with the secretly declared intention to betray Germany and leave him to be fed upon by the British lion). :lol:
Never mind that Germany still has two fleets in the north that can supply that defense. Never mind that the only way France could have aided Germany is by antogonizing England with a passage through the Channel. Never mind that by the defense of Germany's north does so only at the cost of French-English antogonism as the Frech units crowd out English units in what are essentially Britain's sovereign waters at this moment!
You don't "waste" a unit in building a ruse, and you don't do it by threatening your close ally. The hostile intent is sincere.
It's a ploy. And considering that English builds were hidden from the French player until he declared his own, a little bit of foresight on my part at seeing the French's plan.
Austria already informed of the plight. Italy was prodded to look at the French. HMS London, England's premier battleship (of early 1903) has taken to sea (in a newspaper article). Time for a little naval warfare... B)
Never mind that Germany still has two fleets in the north that can supply that defense. Never mind that the only way France could have aided Germany is by antogonizing England with a passage through the Channel. Never mind that by the defense of Germany's north does so only at the cost of French-English antogonism as the Frech units crowd out English units in what are essentially Britain's sovereign waters at this moment!
You don't "waste" a unit in building a ruse, and you don't do it by threatening your close ally. The hostile intent is sincere.
It's a ploy. And considering that English builds were hidden from the French player until he declared his own, a little bit of foresight on my part at seeing the French's plan.
Austria already informed of the plight. Italy was prodded to look at the French. HMS London, England's premier battleship (of early 1903) has taken to sea (in a newspaper article). Time for a little naval warfare... B)
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