Summer 1545
By early summer, Motonari had led his army to Hamada castle, and had established siege works around the fortifications. The army’s camp became the clan’s centre of government, as Motonari directed the clan’s activities. His recent victories had added to his reknown as a strategist, and a biwa player had joined his retinue. This improved the morale of his tired troops.
His recent victories had also boosted the morale of the Mori subjects and this feel-good factor appeared to be providing a small boost to the economy. A message arrived from senior retainers in Aki proposing that Mori clan scholars work towards improving their understanding of ship building and naval strategy.
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A friend of mine, Valerius, has submitted a great AAR for Shogun 2. Enjoy!
Spring 1545
By 1545, in the 14th year of the reign of emperor Go-Nara, the once peaceful realm of Japan had descended into chaos. Since the outbreak of the Onin war, over 70 years earlier, the power of the Muromachi Bakufu of the Ashikaga Shoguns had been nearly totally eroded. Nominally still charged with the security of the country, in practise the Ashikaga were figureheads, just like the imperial family whose power they had usurped.
Mori Motonari had been at the healm of his clan for over 20 years, and had thus far protected his province from the ravages of war.
The Mori clan’s home province was in Aki. Aki has good fertile soil, and was known for a local holy site, which made local monks especially zealous. In 1545, the Mori clan was embroiled in an ongoing disupte with the Amako clan. A Mori invasion was recently turned back at the gates of the Amako clan stronghold in Izumo, and now the Amako were counter-attacking, with an army having reached the Aki-Iwami border.
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Bucaneer dropped me an email to let me know about his blog The Losing Move and the Shogun 2 AAR/Lets Play he’s working on. He’s done a great job, and the AAR is a fun read and well illustrated. Head over and give it a read!
With war over it’s time to look at the world and review our position before deciding “what next?” One of the first tasks is to reorganize the military, which was heavily battered about during the war. After adjusting we end up with three armored corps and about eight infantry corps (in addition to our police and colonial forces). We’ve lost a number of divisions, but overall, I think we’re in good shape.
But hang on, what are the Soviets up to?…. Read more…
When we last met the Germans were pouring over the border into Italy and threatening Spain’s Italian holdings. From there, things get worse. Read more…
January 12 sees something very, very interesting happen. WW2 is over. Over for just about everyone except Republican Spain! Let me explain… Read more…
War in Italy is dragging on. By October things have slowed substantially in the North and in the South it is taking time to clear the cities of Rome, Salerno and Taranto. We’re also suffering at the hands of the Italian fleet, which I’m having a hard time pinning down (and would probably lose to if I did!). Lets see what happens next! Read more…
In January, 1949, something happens! The Allies try for OVERLORD again and the Soviets are clawing back territory in the East. Perhaps it is time for Spain to make its move and to make this conflict turn decisively in the favour of the good guys! Read more…
When I left you we had destroyed Vichy France and then engaged in a number of tedious Garrison deployments. All of this activity was put on hold when this happened: Read more…
As 1944 dawns Spain finds itself more powerful than it has been in a very long time. Yet Portugal still bothers us. The troops in Africa got stuck in British territory – too out of supply to cross into Portugal’s East African holdings (perhaps being in the Allies would help this?), we’ve got the Azores to perhaps take, and surrender to force on the stubborn Portuguese! Read more…
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