The end of an era: The Indonesian Empire is no more
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by Aeros
The USA has come a long way since the Indonesians were banging on the doors of our final regions last summer. Yesterday, American, Spanish and Sol Alliance forces routed the Indonesian Army in the Battle of the Northern Cape. This was the last over seas possession of Indonesia, a country that at one point controlled territory from Central Russia all the way into the heart of North America. With this defeat, the Indonesians have been reduced to their home territory and its single High resource. I think it would be fair to say now that the USA has won the war against Indonesia, and that we are not going to be hearing much from them for awhile. The loss of all their High Resource possessions will cripple the countries mass tanking strategy and make it that much more difficult for the Indonesians to try and break back out of their home territory. They were unable to defeat Malaysia several months ago when they still had all the High resources except wood. Now with Australia and South Africa supported by a list of powerful EDEN MPP’s and Indonesia's economy much weaker, it is unlikely they will be able to succeed on their own.
With the defeat of Indonesia, the focus will most likely return to Europe, where Spain has initiated an Invasion of Italy. For weeks now the Entente Alliance has been holding out in the hopes of being able to mount a counterattack against the Spanish and the Polish. For the most part, this resistance to ending the war in Western Europe has been spearheaded by France. France has been prolonging the conflict because they are unwilling to capitulate and risk losing some of their territory in a contract treaty. It appears Spain now intends to tighten the screws on the French by going all out against their Italian Allies. This is seriously bad for Italy, as they are presently lacking in many MPP’s that could potentially be used to hold off a Spanish offensive down the Italian Peninsula. No doubt the Spanish hope to put the Italians in a similar position as the French in order to improve their standings at the negotiating table. The French may be willing to play hardball when it’s just their own territory to worry about. If Spain occupies Italy, they will also have to factor in their Allies territory into the calculations of their negotiations. The French seriously need to bite the bullet and agree to some sort of settlement with the Spanish. Each time they refuse to end the war their position gets worse. First they refused when the Spanish overran the border marches, so Spain rolled all the way to Paris. Then they refused again, so Spain took over the country in its entirety. Further refusal introduced Poland who now owns the second High Wood region that France could have originally been able to keep. Now, France’s Italian Allies are going to pay the price for continued resistance. This War started in December and as we approach February, the French are no closer to winning now then they were at the start of the war. It’s time to face reality, though whether they will or not remains the million dollar question.
The other issue that EDEN is having to deal with is the ongoing war between Romania and Bulgaria. Many Romanians have been upset about the lack of the American support in this particular Front of the conflict. This can probably be summed up to poor communication between various parts of EDEN. South Africa had put itself up on the chopping block and the Indonesians forced a decisive battle in Northern Cape with the South Africans. Had that battle ended in defeat, South Africa could have been wiped out in a double invasion by the Argentineans and the Indonesians. On the flip side, if the South Africans won, Indonesia would lose its last colony and another critical High Resource region. It is clear military leaders in the USA and Spain decided that South Africa had to take priority over Sofia, especially since Sofia would not be a deciding battle anyhow, as it would not wipe Bulgaria (they have other regions) and Romania was already blocked by a Serbian counter invasion. Now that South Africa has been secured, EDEN will be able to send more troops Romania’s way, which would not have been the case if Phoenix had gotten an offensive going in the Oceanic sector. If South Africa had fallen we would most likely have had to deal with an all out invasion of Australia. We are in a war of attrition with Phoenix. While progress might seemed stalled at times, EDEN has overall been able to slowly chip away much of the Alliances strength. We just need to keep our collective mind focused two steps ahead and not get caught up in immediate problems that may seem dire at first but in the scheme of things are not as serious as we might think.
Apparently some people are still bitter over the two articles I wrote last week. Seriously, I'm done with that crap, but if you are desperate to continue flaming, at least hear what I had to say. I did a debate on the Jewitt Report Blog Radio that you can download and listen to yourself. You will even get to hear my sexy voice if that is your thing. Just download. It starts at 24 minutes and 50 seconds if you don't want to hear the whole show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-report
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Adios, my Indonesian friends!
7o
FINLANDMAXXXX!
Firstpagemaxxx!
Southafricamaxx!
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just one sub for the third mm!
congratz
a comment.
eSA= better than you
We are waiting you for Plovdiv. It's our gateway to Turkey!
Don't forget Marmara!
good stuff.
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(throws spells)
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Finally, some reason!
Firstpagemaxx
Bye bye Indos
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I am so incredibly bitter, still.
Excellent, as always.
Ive waited so long for this article
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you promise help? well lets see! lets see how you secure Plovdiv! 4 hours remaining.
I understand that it's more important to beat indonezia then to keep sofia but now, tell me, What is the american help in here: <a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/8851" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show[..]/8851</a> ????????????
And every eSouth African will be eternally grateful for what the eUS, eSpain and EDEN did for us.
Hail EDEN!
I love how the Russian accuses Jewitt and the eUS of using Manufactured and bought gold. 2 points for irony sir.
*APPLAUDES WRITING*
thank you USA, thank you EDEN!
FRANCE WILL STAND !
Love You Aeros... Keep up the good work!
Aeros, always glad to hear your opinions. Long time sub - you are one of the best.
Thank you USA🙂
You are right... Sofia was not a priority for EDEN, neither Plovdiv and not even eRomania itself when we lost Transilvania and Crisana.
Romanians now make their own "priorities". Guess what... US will not be either a priority. Hope that you will not be pushed in Florida again and need romanian help.
eIndonesia not scare !
Why do you make your own story about Romania and start believing in it?
The problem was not Sofia but the last month battles in which USA was not present in any of them! Look over the figures and than do analysis : <a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/let-s-make-a-recap-1166732/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/let-[..]1/20</a>
The last battle (no other "important" battle open): <a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-8851-the-battle-of-plovdiv-upd-army-units--1166552/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-885[..]1/20</a>
2341 damage..you are the best friends ...like ever...
Indonesia is gone, will it be replaced by a new era of self-determination? I suspect not.
We have to support them soon. We cant feed them with resources... Sweden is under attack by phoenix but that is only shit regions. Hope the battle between romania and bulgaria end well so we can go on supporting sweden. Sweden will complain soon. Hail america
VOted
I said it in the final of Northern Cape article:
For those a little bit unhappy with the yesterday's help:
Sofia was a "no go" for EDEN yesterday.
The only reason for us to get Sofia was to erase bulgarian MPPs. This being done everything else was just a bonus.
Our, so called, "asian campaign" or "follow the serbians in Asia" didn't reach EDEN's priority list.(Pakistan was the Jolly Jocker there)
Regarding Sofia, we keep it by ourselves or we leave it.
Sofia is less than high diamond region of Northern Cape. If not for South Africa, it was for kicking eIndo from there.
We had our own battles, we'll have much more once the polish babies start goin' into high school🙂 The big prize Hungary is just waiting to be taken by a lot of MPPs already activated.
Have patience🙂
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On the other hand, there were many battles important for us but useless for some of our allies. Wasn't just Sofia1, was Transilvania, Crisana, Sofia2, Marmara 1 and 2 or Plovdiv. In the previous day USA tanked a lot to take Marmara from Pakistan for what? To do nothing in Plovdiv.
Anyways, let's suppose that ALL these regions and even many to come are completely useless and they are right. When you see so many people unhappy with the way we are being treated by some of the allies, somebody that really believes in EDEN so much (like they claim) should do something at least to show off. Let's make a travel to Romania to show them that they were not forgotten. Even we will lose, let's fight together.
That's what I was expecting at least in Plovdiv.
Omg... wat a noob...
It's not Romania vs Bulgaria it's Serbia vs Romania... You failed to mention 2 Serbian victories over the once powerful Romanian empire...
Nice article. ^-^. Voted!
This is the end...is my only friend.....bye Indonesia.