[BR]A Fine Lesson in Strategy from the Guys Who Invented the Word "Guerrilla"
Day 639, 09:28
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by mihail.cazacu
[In the picture: Napoleon's French army surrendering at Bailen, Spain, 1808]
The Italian who turned France into an Empire (I’m talking about Napoleon Bonaparte) had only a few bad ideas during his career. But hey! He was the one who singlehandedly turned France into a super power. Thus it was only fair he was allowed to run it into the ground as well.
200 years later the French empire is built again under foreign leadership. And will of course end up just as Napoleon’s. But since the French victories were engineered by the Hungarians, it’s only fair the Hungarians will also engineer the final screw-up. The Italians had played their part twice already - let’s not forget Caesar, the other Italian who had his ways with France.
Since history has the nasty habit of repeating itself, the foreign-led French canon-fodder invaded Spain. History kept repeating itself with the Spaniards initially goofing BIG time (the story of the Spanish Treasury losing 16000 gold is too fresh to be retold). But then, just as in 1808, the Spaniards got their s*it together while the Hungarians…err French became too smart for their own good.
The lesson the Spanish have just taught PEACE might escape some of the American readers if left unexplained. Hence the printing of this article. Enjoy the whole movie in slow motion:
1. Spain was down to its last 2 fortress-provinces (Madrid and Andalucia) when the Hungafrench finally realized wiping Spain off the map would mean the Spanish and EDEN/FORTIS armies would from then on fight France alone in the Resistance Wars. France ALONE because the MPPs don’t work during the Resistance Wars. The recent history shows how well the other puppet state (UK) managed to hold onto its Canadian possessions in spite of some PEACE crack troops scrambling to their aid.
2. In order to avoid that, a Hungarian was tasked to start a Resistance War in Valencia. The plan was to conquer Madrid and Andalucia and leave Spain survive in the newly-liberated Valencia. This way Spain would have continued to be at war with all the PEACE real powers instead of having to deal with the French paper tiger only. And they would survive in a region without any hospital, severely impairing their ability to fight.
3. While that was happening, the Spanish under French occupation were already screwing the invaders big time through the economic guerrilla tricks mentioned in my previous articles (here and here). To those they added a few more fresh ones. After all it’s the Spaniards of the 1808 who coined the word “guerrilla” when kicking Napoleon’s butt. Creativity was passed down from generation to generation and put to good use nowadays. When the Hungarians started the Valencian “liberation war”, all those shrewd Spaniards fought on the French side, AGAINST the “insurgents”. This way they sabotaged the Hungafrench plan of leaving a weak, toothless Spain alive. I’d venture to say I’m afraid many American players would have fought FOR the liberation just like they fought for the defense of their Real Life home state, ignoring the orders of the DoD. Don’t worry some finer points of this game can be learned form more experienced gamers like those in Spain. Play the game right and US will bounce back in no time!
4. With the Hungarians failing to “liberate” Valencia the Spanish president took a quick tour of the trenches of Madrid.
5. Unknown to the enemy, the Spanish Corps of Engineers had dug a tunnel leading right under the tent of the French Commander in Chief. At that time the French general was resting after a night-long “strategy planning session” with his Hungarian advisers. The French general’s butt was a bit sore after so many valuable Hungarian inputs. So he was sleeping face down in his bed when the Spanish commando sprung out of the tunnel. “Ah, that was too easy” told the Spanish president to his aid upon returning to the tunnel. “Now let’s check the Brazilians in Andalucia”.
6. The Brazilian high commander had also been thoroughly advised by the Hungarians. But being somewhat unsatisfied he asked for an Indonesian second opinion. Finding out what’s going on in that tent the whole Portuguese General Staff quickly volunteered to assist, insisting this time there will be no language barriers. But a 3rd round of “conferencing” was too much even for a Brazilian. So he declined. The Portuguese officers on the other hand, having seen only little action lately where eager to ram in their own “pillars of wisdom”. Their shared cultural heritage with the Brazilians included the saying “Cu de bêbado não tem dono“ (“The butt of a drunkard is everybody’s property”). Thus they put several bottles of Porto on the table and invited the Brazilian general to drink to the imminent victory.
7. When the Spanish president led his commando into the Brazilian tent they had first to pull the enemy leader from under a pile of drunken half-dressed Portuguese. Finding the Portuguese there hadn’t been planned therefore the lubricant brought on the occasion proved insufficient.
8. When the French and the Brazilian generals finally came to their senses they’ve realized the Spanish are going to be a bigger pain than expecte
9. By doing that Spain temporarily disappears from the map, only to be left alone with France and Brazil respectively. Hungary, Indonesia and the rest of the PEACE powers can only help by flying in some of their elite troops, but those would be outgunned by the EDEN/Fortis commandos who are as numerous but have a higher strength and experience. PEACE was successful against the EDEN/Fortis countries mainly because of their ability to use their larger populations, fighting from home thanks to the MPPs. Once the large PEACE populations are removed, quality beats quantity. As strange as it may seem to those American players who accepted the terms of the peace treaty, it is much better NOT to surrender. Not only the honor is intact but it’s also an overall more cost-effective way to recover the lost territory. And of course it’s much more fun.
The readers who now know how the French “triumphed” in Madrid and the Brazilians in Andalucía are probably curious find out what happened to the Hungarian who started the resistance war in Valencia.
The problem with such a subtle strategic move is it requires experienced players to understand it. The Spaniards were experienced. The French were fresh from their recent baby boom. They saw France was risking losing a territory paid-for in blood because of that damn Hungarian. So they fought hard to keep it. Full of patriotic rage they charged empty-handed and singing “La Marseillaise” at those PEACE tanks fighting for the “résistance”. Thousands were blasted away by the high explosive Q5 shells. Thousands were mowed down by the Q3 machine guns. Hundred more were smashed under the tracks. But in the end they prevailed. They opened the turrets, dragged out the “traitors” and what happened next is too gross to be written down. Suffice to say the morticians need to be very good at solving puzzles in order for those unsung PEACE heroes to be buried in an open casket ceremony.
Well done Spain, see you back on the map in a few days!
The Italian who turned France into an Empire (I’m talking about Napoleon Bonaparte) had only a few bad ideas during his career. But hey! He was the one who singlehandedly turned France into a super power. Thus it was only fair he was allowed to run it into the ground as well.
200 years later the French empire is built again under foreign leadership. And will of course end up just as Napoleon’s. But since the French victories were engineered by the Hungarians, it’s only fair the Hungarians will also engineer the final screw-up. The Italians had played their part twice already - let’s not forget Caesar, the other Italian who had his ways with France.
Since history has the nasty habit of repeating itself, the foreign-led French canon-fodder invaded Spain. History kept repeating itself with the Spaniards initially goofing BIG time (the story of the Spanish Treasury losing 16000 gold is too fresh to be retold). But then, just as in 1808, the Spaniards got their s*it together while the Hungarians…err French became too smart for their own good.
The lesson the Spanish have just taught PEACE might escape some of the American readers if left unexplained. Hence the printing of this article. Enjoy the whole movie in slow motion:
1. Spain was down to its last 2 fortress-provinces (Madrid and Andalucia) when the Hungafrench finally realized wiping Spain off the map would mean the Spanish and EDEN/FORTIS armies would from then on fight France alone in the Resistance Wars. France ALONE because the MPPs don’t work during the Resistance Wars. The recent history shows how well the other puppet state (UK) managed to hold onto its Canadian possessions in spite of some PEACE crack troops scrambling to their aid.
2. In order to avoid that, a Hungarian was tasked to start a Resistance War in Valencia. The plan was to conquer Madrid and Andalucia and leave Spain survive in the newly-liberated Valencia. This way Spain would have continued to be at war with all the PEACE real powers instead of having to deal with the French paper tiger only. And they would survive in a region without any hospital, severely impairing their ability to fight.
3. While that was happening, the Spanish under French occupation were already screwing the invaders big time through the economic guerrilla tricks mentioned in my previous articles (here and here). To those they added a few more fresh ones. After all it’s the Spaniards of the 1808 who coined the word “guerrilla” when kicking Napoleon’s butt. Creativity was passed down from generation to generation and put to good use nowadays. When the Hungarians started the Valencian “liberation war”, all those shrewd Spaniards fought on the French side, AGAINST the “insurgents”. This way they sabotaged the Hungafrench plan of leaving a weak, toothless Spain alive. I’d venture to say I’m afraid many American players would have fought FOR the liberation just like they fought for the defense of their Real Life home state, ignoring the orders of the DoD. Don’t worry some finer points of this game can be learned form more experienced gamers like those in Spain. Play the game right and US will bounce back in no time!
4. With the Hungarians failing to “liberate” Valencia the Spanish president took a quick tour of the trenches of Madrid.
5. Unknown to the enemy, the Spanish Corps of Engineers had dug a tunnel leading right under the tent of the French Commander in Chief. At that time the French general was resting after a night-long “strategy planning session” with his Hungarian advisers. The French general’s butt was a bit sore after so many valuable Hungarian inputs. So he was sleeping face down in his bed when the Spanish commando sprung out of the tunnel. “Ah, that was too easy” told the Spanish president to his aid upon returning to the tunnel. “Now let’s check the Brazilians in Andalucia”.
6. The Brazilian high commander had also been thoroughly advised by the Hungarians. But being somewhat unsatisfied he asked for an Indonesian second opinion. Finding out what’s going on in that tent the whole Portuguese General Staff quickly volunteered to assist, insisting this time there will be no language barriers. But a 3rd round of “conferencing” was too much even for a Brazilian. So he declined. The Portuguese officers on the other hand, having seen only little action lately where eager to ram in their own “pillars of wisdom”. Their shared cultural heritage with the Brazilians included the saying “Cu de bêbado não tem dono“ (“The butt of a drunkard is everybody’s property”). Thus they put several bottles of Porto on the table and invited the Brazilian general to drink to the imminent victory.
7. When the Spanish president led his commando into the Brazilian tent they had first to pull the enemy leader from under a pile of drunken half-dressed Portuguese. Finding the Portuguese there hadn’t been planned therefore the lubricant brought on the occasion proved insufficient.
8. When the French and the Brazilian generals finally came to their senses they’ve realized the Spanish are going to be a bigger pain than expecte
😛upon returning from the front-line tour the Spanish president had order all the Spanish army to stop fighting and go underground.
9. By doing that Spain temporarily disappears from the map, only to be left alone with France and Brazil respectively. Hungary, Indonesia and the rest of the PEACE powers can only help by flying in some of their elite troops, but those would be outgunned by the EDEN/Fortis commandos who are as numerous but have a higher strength and experience. PEACE was successful against the EDEN/Fortis countries mainly because of their ability to use their larger populations, fighting from home thanks to the MPPs. Once the large PEACE populations are removed, quality beats quantity. As strange as it may seem to those American players who accepted the terms of the peace treaty, it is much better NOT to surrender. Not only the honor is intact but it’s also an overall more cost-effective way to recover the lost territory. And of course it’s much more fun.
The readers who now know how the French “triumphed” in Madrid and the Brazilians in Andalucía are probably curious find out what happened to the Hungarian who started the resistance war in Valencia.
The problem with such a subtle strategic move is it requires experienced players to understand it. The Spaniards were experienced. The French were fresh from their recent baby boom. They saw France was risking losing a territory paid-for in blood because of that damn Hungarian. So they fought hard to keep it. Full of patriotic rage they charged empty-handed and singing “La Marseillaise” at those PEACE tanks fighting for the “résistance”. Thousands were blasted away by the high explosive Q5 shells. Thousands were mowed down by the Q3 machine guns. Hundred more were smashed under the tracks. But in the end they prevailed. They opened the turrets, dragged out the “traitors” and what happened next is too gross to be written down. Suffice to say the morticians need to be very good at solving puzzles in order for those unsung PEACE heroes to be buried in an open casket ceremony.
Well done Spain, see you back on the map in a few days!
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you do know that Brasil was attacking you guys alone???
If you guys go 1 vs 1 against us your in trouble
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VIVA ESPAÑA!!!
Come on Brazil... 1 vs 1 you always failed against the canaries. Only beacuse of Asturias you managed to conquer the islands. And only because it suits us, we allow you to get Andalucia...
Don't come crying when we kick your butts all the way back home!!!
Nice ficticious story.
A shame it will never turn into the "History" status.
Dream, my dear. Weep for eSpain, for she is lost.
lol, you're creative mate. 😉
By the way, the spanish might bother us for a while, but they won't be a big threat...
Nice ficticious story.
A shame it will never turn into the "History" status.
Dream, my dear. Weep for eSpain, for she is lost.(2)
@bunaly:
1. Sou romeno. O que vc acha que vai acontecer numa guerra Romenia vs Brasil, sem aliancas e sem mercenarios?
2. O que vc acha que vai acontecer numa guerra Espanha vs Brasil, nas mesmas condicoes? 😉
3. Viva Espanha!
Romenia Vs Brasil.. lol
nao sabia q tinhamos fronteira com a Romenia.. o.O
@treize kushrenada: O bunaly tambem não sabia 😃 "If you guys go 1 vs 1 against us your in trouble"
Great article. And OH, the imagery! lol.
Nice ficticious story.
A shame it will never turn into the "History" status.
Dream, my dear. Weep for eSpain, for she is lost.(3)
@Khaz Modan: Spain is back 😉
of course Spain is back, no one ever thought it would be possible to keep down such a large country for long, you've missed the entire point
the regions that matter will never go back to Spain, and the recovery of other less important regions will be a long and very difficult process
You're right that it was a smart move by the spanish to fight green at the RW and retreat andalucia, it definitely allows them to recover more easily
But you missed the main goal of PEACE: cripple Spain for several months and get Asturias forever. This has been done. Once Spain gets back on its feet and gets the gold and organization to re-take Asturias (i'd within a few months), it will be too late. French babies will have grown, and France will be a world power.
while the spaniards are in France doing RWs for useless regions like Navarra, EDEN has lost it's second most important player (after Romania)
and I'm sorry to say, but u're wrong on one thing: in a 1x1 fight between Brazil and Spain, the result is unknown, it depends who organizes better and who spends more gold. We did not get the canary island before simply because we were fighting 11 MPPs, and the attacks were only to block them. When we attacked for real (during the battle of asturias), we made almost 600k damage.
sorry for the long comments hehe
the article was good, but biased (of course, u're from EDEN). No problem with that, i like the strategy discussion
i voted
voted. factual. awesome.
@itsmeyoshi:
1. I like your articles too and vote for them 😉
2. Spain will recover Asturias before France has the possibility to transform the babies into a valuable fighting force. Use your analytical skills a little bit more and you'll understand why. Hint: look at the failed attacks against Croatia and Greece.
3. Brazil's move to attack Andalucia was a mistake for 2 reasons:
- It helped Spain execute its exit strategy;
- it gave you 1400 experienced and pissed-off Spaniards. Look at the impact of their sabotage on your economy.
@itsmeyoshi: by the way, Brazil is in the wrong alliance. The way the map works in eRepublik confines Brazil to always fighting somebody else's wars. Which means when the war in the US is closed the general population would get bored to death.
The only solution against boredom would be to start expanding in South America. Fail to do that and most of the players would abandon the game, leaving you open to a payback attack from Spain, South Africa (yes, they are now too weak and therefore willing to stick to the NAP, but what if Gauteng is liberated by EDEN?) or from your RL "friends" from the South.